The History of Jack McGee from the Incredible Hulk TV Series

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In this video we take a look at the history and story of the Incredible Hulk’s determined antagonist, Jack McGee from the popular TV series starring Jack Colvin as McGee, Bill Bixby as David Banner, and Lou Ferrigno as the Incredible Hulk. What was his motivation? Did he really want to help the Hulk or the man who becomes the creature or was it all just about McGee’s career? Should David Banner have trusted him?
I follow McGee’s biggest highlights from the pilot episode and until the end including the times McGee came the closest to discovering David Banner was still alive.
Jack McGee worked for the newspaper the National Register and hounded the Hulk most of the series even appearing on the first TV movie the Return of the Incredible Hulk before disappearing from the TV movies to follow.
I also talk a little bit about the connection between the Six Million Dollar Man and the Incredible Hulk series including Jack Colvin's past connection to the show a connection shared by Hulk series developer Kenneth Johnson.
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@HeavyMetal95 Жыл бұрын

Jack McGee never showed up in the last two remaining Hulk TV movies after The Incredible Hulk Returns afterwards although he was played by Jack Colvin who later played the Doctor in Child's Play

@kevinmiller6380 Жыл бұрын

Jack Colvin suffered a stroke after the filming after the filming of The Incredible Hulk Returns, and was never seen again, although I would have loved to see his face when he sees the Hulk lying on the runway after being blown out of the plane, and changing back to Banner for the last time before he dies.

@tvcrazyman Жыл бұрын

Yeah, that would have been something to see. That would have made for a perfect end to the series.

@srstriker6420 Жыл бұрын

@@tvcrazyman well I guess that Bruce would finally get the rest he deserves.

@robertpolanco1973 Жыл бұрын

@@srstriker6420 You mean "David" because the character was for the SERIES and NOT the comic book itself.

@robertpolanco1973 Жыл бұрын

@Kevin Miller - You know what, MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY. After all, I was very sad that Jack Colvin lost the chance for a final appearance as "Jack McGee" in "The Death of The Incredible Hulk" and I am even disappointed that there was no mention of the character's fate in that TV movie as well.

@sirorliktheironclad Жыл бұрын

Agree. May Jack Colvin and Bill Bixby rest in peace.

@figureofauthority Жыл бұрын

Jack McGee was a big part of the show. there should have been a final confrontation between him and the hulk even if using a different actor when Colvin got sick after doing Return, that story needed an ending.

@user-rt5br1zi3u 7 ай бұрын

True ialways,wish Magee discover that Banner is still live

@heatherconnor8093 10 ай бұрын

I heard Jack Colvin was a very respected drama teacher after his last appearance as McGee.

@indianahoosiersfan1970 10 ай бұрын

Very underappreciated actor.

@demetriusdillard2863 Жыл бұрын

R.I.P. Jack Colvin.

@captchaos83 9 ай бұрын

Jack Colvin was a good, reapected actor...he brought a lot to the role of Jack McGee. I remember in Prometheus, when he's trying to convince Monte Markham's character not to corner the Hulk. He said something to the effect "if your men go charging in there like the 1st 8 bars of Tiger Rag, he'll tear this place apart!" A comical line, but i loved the delivery of it! RIP John Colvin

@MrMedictom Жыл бұрын

It would have been great if the Hulk TV series had had a proper final episode, and even better if Jack McGee were finally held to account for his true role in causing the explosion that killed Banner's love interest.

@tvcrazyman Жыл бұрын

It would have been very interesting to see McGee realize he was the one that caused her death and not the Hulk all along.

@patrickperalta59 Жыл бұрын

@@tvcrazyman I agree it would have been interesting for McGee to realize he caused the explosion that killed Banner's friend and co-worker..........maybe by being hypnotized and seeing more of what happen......McGee never knew he bumped into the bottles he knocked over.

@_SomeRandomYoutuber_ 4 ай бұрын

Jack McGee deserved a proper ending. He appeared in most episodes and whilst we did see his character evolve over time, it still feels incomplete without a proper ending whatever that may have been.

@richardpaulcaird9192 9 күн бұрын

🧟‍♂️ I just finished watching the entire series, I adored the episodes focusing on Magee, like Stop the Presses, it's a real shame that his character never had a final resolution... finally appearing in the Hulk Returns... He should've appeared in the Death of the Hulk & finally seen David Banner before a dramatic death... A poetic, if tragic, end. His character deserved a solid ending, great character 🧟‍♂️

@gregorywilliams8555 Жыл бұрын

Me Personally👁Luv Jack Colvin Playin Da Role Of Jack McGee!

@Sum_Yousah 4 ай бұрын

McGee was such a rascal (lol) - but a likeable one! He really enriched the show with his presence and should've been involved in the series finale.

@matthewdunham1689 Жыл бұрын

Those were some terribly stored chemicals. Massive OSHA violations not having such incredibly reactive and dangerous compounds not in appropriate locked containers separated in different places.

@tvcrazyman Жыл бұрын

I wonder if they were less strict on that in the 70's? It did cross my mind that it was pretty careless to store such dangerous chemicals like that.

@matthewdunham1689 Жыл бұрын

@tvcrazyman it bothered me as a kid but as a union construction worker with thousands of hours of safety training it blows my mind. 🤣

@prettyboyfloydms Жыл бұрын

He was also in the movie Jeremiah Johnson starring Robert Redford.

@sirorliktheironclad Жыл бұрын

I like that Jack McGee is the show’s version of General Ross since both men are obsessed with capturing the Hulk. Still I like how Jack McGee is his own separate character with his own goal that doesn’t involve killing the Hulk to gain it’s power. I wish McGee appeared in Death of the Incredible Hulk and see his reaction to finding out David is the Hulk. Alongside Billy Bixby, may Jack Colvin rest in peace.

@bradleyj.fortner2203 7 ай бұрын

McGee knew Banner was Hulk. He just wanted proof.

@sirorliktheironclad 7 ай бұрын

Makes sense because it's hilarious that Jack McGee doesn't pin together that Banner and Hulk are the same person. @@bradleyj.fortner2203

@robertcoggeshall3071 3 ай бұрын

@@bradleyj.fortner2203 he never knew. He couldn't put it together that the man who changed to the Hulk was actually banner. The pilot has banner and his lady colleague talk about the Hulk as a separate person.

@MulToyVerse 11 ай бұрын

You didn't bring up Jack's side of the two part episode, "Prometheus." If anything, Jack was the TV show version of "Thunderbolt" Ross, who also had an desire to capture the Hulk. The only difference was that Jack didn't have the military to help him and didn't later become the Red Hulk.

@wkrp71 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for putting this together for IH fans like myself, who have enjoyed the series. One note, I was able to watch the entire IH TV series for free through the IMDB app and the Sci Fi app, with the IMDB being the better option. A few additions, the Jack McGee character's last appearance on the IH series was in season 5, the final abbreviated series' episode "Triangle", with Charles Napier making his second appearance in the IH series (and him being the voice/growl of the Hulk) and Mickey Jones making his third appearance in the IH series. Coincidently, this "Triangle" episode was also one of the few that had a love interest character for the the David Banner character. I agree with many fans, that I wish the series was able to resolve the many plots issues relating to the IH, and I did not care for the 3 post series IH movies, which came across as comic-book drive, and abandoned the successful formula of Kenneth Johnson and his staff. There used to be a great IH series website that really went into great detail on the IH series, as a whole.

@davidblack2693 Жыл бұрын

I am still very,very angry that the series ended without the world finding out that it was Jack Magee that caused the lab explosion that killed Elaina marks,& not the Hulk,which caused Banner to keep running

@randybarnett2308 Жыл бұрын

You're very angry, just don't Hulk Out !!!👍💪🤢

@ashleyworden1887 Жыл бұрын

It was an ACCIDENT!

@sirorliktheironclad Жыл бұрын

Jack McGee is the real bad guy and monster compared to the Hulk.

@ashleyworden1887 Жыл бұрын

@@sirorliktheironclad No way! Jack McGee is a great character! I wish I could be Mrs. Jack McGee!

@sirorliktheironclad Жыл бұрын

@@ashleyworden1887 He’s not evil but he did cause Elaina’s death.

@gregorywilliams8555 Жыл бұрын

McGee Wuz Rite About One Thing! Life Iz All About Makin Choices!

@Voxac100b 7 ай бұрын

Very good actor he taught acting too.

@matthewdunham1689 Жыл бұрын

Awesome ❤

@tvcrazyman Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@kevinmiller6380 Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't trust McGee, either. Of course, The Incredible Hulk is a takeoff of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and The Fugitive.

@tvcrazyman Жыл бұрын

@@kevinmiller6380 That's very true and I definitely would never trust McGee if there was a story involved.

@srstriker6420 Жыл бұрын

So he is supposed to be a stand in for General Ross and there was a character in the Immortal Hulk comics named Jackie McGee.

@tvcrazyman Жыл бұрын

I think it could be argued that McGee was a stand-in for Ross, but on the other hand they were going for a classic Tv Fugitive style series so Ross may not have even been thought of when developing the series. Toward the end, I mention Jackie McGee. I have to wonder if rights issues keeps the comics from being able to present the TV version of McGee to comics, otherwise I bet they would have added the character to comics way back in the 80's.

@srstriker6420 Жыл бұрын

@@tvcrazyman right well watching this made think that McGee is more J.Jonah Jameson,Eddie Brock and Harry Osborn because they are both obsessed with and hate Spider-Man with a passion and are also these self righteous hypocrites, but I wonder if they could have used the other villains like the Leader, Abomination,Xemnu the living Hulk etc cause also for once that Hulk’s dad is a good guy in this show.

@sirorliktheironclad Жыл бұрын

McGee is the show’s version of General Ross and I think Del Frye is the show’s version of Abomination.

@kevinmiller6380 Жыл бұрын

3:30. Even though Banner's face is covered with bandages, why didn't McGee recognize his voice? Of course, Banner would not have let McGee remove the gauze that covered his face.

@tvcrazyman Жыл бұрын

That's a good point, but maybe McGee didn't really know Banner long enough to recognize his voice. I do kind of think in real life an investigative reporter would have put the pieces together though. You have the voice, then there's the fact John Doe was the same height, same build, same hair color, and the time he ran into David, but David pretended to be his gangster doppelganger. But, McGee not knowing it was Banner made for great television.😀

@AG3._ Жыл бұрын

The only explanation is to chalk it up to 70's and 80's Tv show continuity

@captchaos83 9 ай бұрын

In the beginning of that episode, Banner's voice was raspy due to the accident. As his voice came back, McGee probably didn't connect the voices. That, or plot armor. 😂

@robertcoggeshall3071 3 ай бұрын

He only met David for a few hours. In the Vegas episode, he knew his voice sounded familiar, but by later episodes, hed clearly forgotten.

@walterlaux1207 8 ай бұрын

I don't know who was more clueless...McGee or Commissioner Gordon & Chief O'Hara a decade earlier in Batman...

@robertmoir5695 7 ай бұрын

He was always snooping around Just walking right into places where he had no business being

@robertcoggeshall3071 3 ай бұрын

Jacks last appearance was getting fooled by thor as banner, lol. 😂

@gregorywilliams8555 Жыл бұрын

Even Though Dat Both Bill Bixby & Jack Colvin Wur Fine Actors! It’s A Shame Dat Both Men Smoked Like A Train!

@user-ou5hz2sp3s 11 ай бұрын

In Death of the Hulk Magee should have been there when the Hulk transformed back into Banner. After all. Magee believed the Hulk killed Banner and Elaina in the lab explosion.

@CHICANO1975 Ай бұрын

You would've thought that the last appearance of McGee would've been in Death of The Incredible Hulk. McGee in hot pursuit, Hulk does die but as he's dying and transforming back into Banner McGee is there to see it, and Banner/The Hulk die.

@patrickflaherty5914 5 ай бұрын

I believe McGee saved the Hulk's life, by driving a car in the path of a bazooka in one episode. Would have liked to see that referenced.

@gregorywilliams8555 Жыл бұрын

Persistent Man Dat Mister McGee!

@tvcrazyman Жыл бұрын

Yeah, you have to give him credit for determination.

@bajan71683 11 ай бұрын

Oh yes, very persistent.

@madmanmark8387 Жыл бұрын

Since Kenneth Johnson didn't fully want to copy the comics, it would seem that instead of General Ross hounding the Hulk,we get a character who hounds the Hulk in a slightly different capacity. Clearly, he resembles Ross in this way, albeit Ross knows who the Hulk is at some point in time. Jack would, unfortunately, never get to know who the identity of the Hulk really was. I guess they didn't want to continue with the character by the time the second and third movie. Had he stuck around, perhaps the third movie he'd find out and write about it in Banners death. That would have been an interesting conclusion of the series. To see the article saying David Banner never died years ago, he was the Hulk the entire time, and now is at rest at last,or is he. I say that because of what might have been a fourth movie had Bill Bixby not passed away with the talks about a fourth movie.

@tvcrazyman Жыл бұрын

I bet budget may had something to do with not having General Ross and the army after the Hulk all the time. It might have been cool though if they put him in the Prometheus episode. It would have definitely been nice to have had Jack McGee's reaction to the death of the Hulk.

@madmanmark8387 Жыл бұрын

@Tvcrazyman yes they should have used him in that particular episode. Again, it might have something to do with the rights of usage. It would have been interesting to see him, and who knows if it could have been another episode in the years after or even the TV films.

@sirorliktheironclad Жыл бұрын

Agree. I prefer McGee a little more than Ross but he’s more of a villain than McGee at the same time I think McGee is an idiot for never putting together that David and the Hulk are the same person through all of his encounters with Hulk/John Doe especially in Broken Image. At least McGee isn’t an obsessive psychopath who is overprotective of his daughter and turns himself into the thing he sought to destroy.

@jessejohnson3.24 Жыл бұрын

We know mr jack mcgee i hope you doing 2008 the incredible hulk

@tvcrazyman Жыл бұрын

I probably will do one for the 2008 hulk after I get a chance to watch it again.

@Pratman Жыл бұрын

Good old Mr Mcgee got to love him lol 🤣🤣🤣

@tvcrazyman Жыл бұрын

Yeah, but he makes Banner so angry. 😀

@Pratman Жыл бұрын

And as we know you wouldn't want Banner angry lol 🤣🤣🤣

@sirorliktheironclad Жыл бұрын

McGee is annoying and an idiot for not realizing that Bruce and the Hulk are the same person but he’s not evil nor insane compared to General Ross.

@robertpolanco1973 Жыл бұрын

I am curious about what the next segment relating to the "Incredible Hulk" TV series would be. How about the bloopers and outtakes from the series someday? I am sure that it would make KZfaq viewers laugh so much, especially most of the bloopers related to Bill Bixby and his way of being a funny guy in certain moments.

@tvcrazyman Жыл бұрын

That would be fun to do. I do have a couple of videos that are about the occasional goofs they made with editing or effects here and there. I did mention the time Bixby called Jack McGee, John once in this video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hLaEpM5yrMXUgac.html . i've seen the times Bixby goofed lines though and he was funny. Sometimes watching the Hulk you can forget that Bixby started out on a comedy like My Favorite Martian which is another one of my favorite shows.

@TheRadioAteMyTV 6 ай бұрын

This video was greatly needed. Too bad he couldn't have had a few episodes dedicated totally to him like how the X-Files would do for it's characters. I admit, I would not have liked them compared to the Hulk episodes, but X-Files showed it could be done and be entertaining. Just not as entertaining as the actual characters we tune in for.

@tvcrazyman 6 ай бұрын

The X-files had a really good episode on the smoking man's back story. Just re-watched it the other day. 😀

@TheRadioAteMyTV 6 ай бұрын

@@tvcrazyman That was a good one! I also love the Lone Gunmen episodes, and even bought that show on DVD.

@johnm5889 10 ай бұрын

I hated him but liked him

@Xmen97846 4 ай бұрын

Jack McGee was not bad, he was just looking to catch Hulk to have a better job and fame, but unlike General Ross, he is a villain since he seriously wants to kill him, he chases him everywhere, even in the 90s animated series, he went crazy. wanting to shoot him in the middle of the wedding when he was going to marry Betty