I guess if you like a prolonged "vehicle chase" plot in the vein of Duel or Smokey and the Bandit, "Never Give a Trucker an Even Break" will be up your alley. It has its infamy in just how much the show depends upon Spielberg's classic "psycho truck" desert road film footage, but we do get to see the Hulk knock down a power pole, lift it up, and break it across a big rig chasing after David and his newest acquaintance, a truck driver named Joanie (Jennifer Darling). A crew of thieves truck-jack big rigs that drive down a Nevada stretch of highway, and Joanie's was the latest victim, losing her own diesel truck (a rather unsightly rig, looking mighty weathered and worn) to Ted (Frank Christi) and his gang (including recognizable character actor, Grand Bush, known to show up on action movies and shows). David is just hitchhiking when Joanie gets him involved with getting her rig back after picking him up and tricking him into handing over a supposed birthday card to Ted, which was in fact a warning to them. So David is once again caught in the middle of a dispute.
This is played for kicks and giggles. The drama of David's situation is put aside for a lighter tone, with humor certainly taking over when David gets so mad at an operator for not transferring him to a police station and that he didn't have enough change to call the number himself that the Hulk emerges! That is quite a unique way to see David's alter ego return, but the whole power pole smash is one for the highlight reel. I think the Duel footage incorporated into the episode does add an intrigue and provided a notoriety as those at Universal saw a cheap way to keep from spending too much for chase scenes available to them in their library and damn to the filmmakers who might balk! There is a great deal of David and Joanie in a Plymouth (after seeing them for a time in the rig *chasing* after the Plymouth) while Ted and Mike (Bush) either chase them or vice versa. Anyway, there is a lot of traveling down dirt, desert roads in Nevada. As for the location, I was won over, but this is nothing more than a road chase with David and Joanie bonding over the 45 minute running time good chemistry between Bixby and Darling helps a lot. Making Ted and Mike a rather hapless (but still dangerous if they could just catch up with their quarry) duo, often outsmarted or duped further emphasizes the lighthearted tone of this episode. The car being pushed into the truck, and its going over the cliff are given star treatment Universal had every reason to be proud of the footage. I imagine many came away from this show quite impressed, not knowing that it was stolen (oops, I mean, *reused*) from a great film. There's a desperate attempt to bring McGee up in the show since he doesn't appear, with a mention of his reporter "in the area asking questions about the sightings of the Hulk from locals".
This is played for kicks and giggles. The drama of David's situation is put aside for a lighter tone, with humor certainly taking over when David gets so mad at an operator for not transferring him to a police station and that he didn't have enough change to call the number himself that the Hulk emerges! That is quite a unique way to see David's alter ego return, but the whole power pole smash is one for the highlight reel. I think the Duel footage incorporated into the episode does add an intrigue and provided a notoriety as those at Universal saw a cheap way to keep from spending too much for chase scenes available to them in their library and damn to the filmmakers who might balk! There is a great deal of David and Joanie in a Plymouth (after seeing them for a time in the rig *chasing* after the Plymouth) while Ted and Mike (Bush) either chase them or vice versa. Anyway, there is a lot of traveling down dirt, desert roads in Nevada. As for the location, I was won over, but this is nothing more than a road chase with David and Joanie bonding over the 45 minute running time good chemistry between Bixby and Darling helps a lot. Making Ted and Mike a rather hapless (but still dangerous if they could just catch up with their quarry) duo, often outsmarted or duped further emphasizes the lighthearted tone of this episode. The car being pushed into the truck, and its going over the cliff are given star treatment Universal had every reason to be proud of the footage. I imagine many came away from this show quite impressed, not knowing that it was stolen (oops, I mean, *reused*) from a great film. There's a desperate attempt to bring McGee up in the show since he doesn't appear, with a mention of his reporter "in the area asking questions about the sightings of the Hulk from locals".