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The Wizard
1986–1987 · 1 season, 19 episodes · ended
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Seasons and episodes The Wizard
Season 1
1986 · 19 episodes · about 19h
1. El Dorado60 min
Alex Jagger, fresh from an hapless tryst with an exotic woman who could undo his tie with her teeth, is taken to California to look after Simon Mckay. Simon is a former pentagon advisor, toymaker, genius, and short. (Me, thats the order I like it to describe him.) Anyway, you also meet Darcy- the agent Alex replaces-, and Simon's very naive, eager assistant. Anyway, this episode Simon pledges to find a brother of sick boy for bone-marrow transplant. Simon, Darcy, and Alex find the brother in the ancient city of El Dorado where the bro is being held hostage.Well, they save him with the wizard's trick of the trade. The boy was given the transplant and a teddy reuxben(sp?) that could learn from the boy.
2. Reunion60 min
3. Haunting Memories60 min
Alex and the pretty owner of a local toy store share some frightening ghostly manifestians at her store, and Simon tries to find out why.
4. Seeing is Beliveing60 min
Simon tries to help out the blind by building a robotic dog that can guide and be there forever. Well, a science jerk finds out about the proto-type and convinces a arms dealer to steal the dog and its owner. Well, the plot works and the two are stolen. Simon is beating himself up and trying to do everything he can to trace the dog and hopefully his owner. The two stolen ones are found when the dog escapes and leads to the wharehouse the blind woman is being kept. Simon and Alex really just watches as the dog saves the day.
5. An Inside Job60 min
Todd, a young street punk in cheesy eighties fashion, is caught trying to steal Simon's car radio. Simon takes in the young kid and shows him a 50,000 dollar prototype of a toy plane. When Todd tries to escape, he is snatched by two assains who remind the young boy of his job, which is to steal the plane. The plane gets stolen and used to try to blow up a real plane.Simon and Alex finds Todd, then tries to stop the plan, but gets caught in a building that will blow up in 4 minutes. If the wizard can not find a way to get out and stop the evil villians, He and Alex are history. Will this be the end of the Wizard and his trustee government official? Naa, Simon gets out and screws up the villians plans. Everything turns all right in the end.
6. Born to Run60 min
8. Twist of Fate60 min
10. It takes a Chimp60 min
11. Endangered Species60 min
12. Trouble in the Stars60 min
13. The Heart of a Dancer60 min
During the shooting of a music video, were Simon is assisting with one of his robots, the dancer that is dancing with the robot is shot by a crazed fan, paralyzing her from the waist down. It is up to Alex, Simon and the Dancer to find the fan. At one point, the fan is spotted and followed, where we discover that he has been has been following her career for a long time. He even makes an attempt on her life while she is in the hospital recovering from the shooting. His thing is that she will dance for only him. Simon invents a machine that creates a hologram of the dancer, so she can dance again and it is thanks to this machine that the crazed fan is finally caught, as the dancer, controlling the machine, finally is able to confront her attacker. Ep ends with a new music video where we see the dancer, using the machine Simon created, dancing again.
14. Never Give Up60 min
17. The Aztec Dagger60 min
18. Papa Simon60 minSeason summaries1 season, 19 episodes
Season 1
1986 · 19 episodes · about 19h
1 season, 19 episodes, about 19h in total, from September 9, 1986 to March 14, 1987. Episodes run about 60 min.
Is it worth watching? The Wizard
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What is it about? The Wizard
The Wizard is a live-action, family friendly, action/adventure series created by Michael Berk, Douglas Schwartz, and Paul B. Radin. The series included lessons in diversity, friendship, imagination, respect, and never giving up.
Genre: action & adventure. Themes: inventor, little people, ex spy.
Cast and crew The Wizard
AllCreators
- Created byMichael Berk
- Created byDouglas Schwartz
- NetworkCBS
Full cast27 cast members across all seasons
Cast:
- David Rappaport · Simon McKay · 19 ep.
- Douglas Barr · Alex Jagger · 19 ep.
- Fran Ryan · Tillie Russell · 19 ep.
- Nadine Van der Velde · 1 ep.
- Billy Jayne · 1 ep.
- Roddy McDowall · 1 ep.
- Gates McFadden · 1 ep.
- Macon McCalman · 2 ep.
- Roy Dotrice · 3 ep.
- Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa · 2 ep.
- Peter Kent · 2 ep.
- Kristen Meadows · 1 ep.
- Leslie Jordan · 1 ep.
- Morgan Brittany · 1 ep.
- Bart Braverman · 1 ep.
- Viveca Lindfors · 1 ep.
- Avery Schreiber · 1 ep.
- Al Ruscio · 1 ep.
- Sarah Douglas · 1 ep.
- Priscilla Weems · 1 ep.
- Robbie Rist · 1 ep.
- Marine Jahan · 1 ep.
- Kenny Morrison · 1 ep.
- Trey Ames · 1 ep.
- Natalie Gregory · 1 ep.
- Stewart Granger · 1 ep.
- Roy Brocksmith · 1 ep.
Crew:
- Peter H. Hunt · Director
- Michael Berk · Writer
- Douglas Schwartz · Writer
- Don Weis · Director
- Reza Badiyi · Director
- Charles Braverman · Director
- Marc Daniels · Director
- Burt Brinckerhoff · Director
- Mary Ann Kasica · Writer
- Howard Gordon · Writer
- Michael Scheff · Writer
- Arthur Bernard Lewis · Writer
- Jonathan Glassner · Writer
- Steven Barnes · Writer
- Alex Gansa · Writer
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Details The Wizard

- First episode
- September 9, 1986
- Last episode
- March 14, 1987
- Status
- ended
- Network
- CBS
- Original language
- English
Frequently asked questions
How many seasons does The Wizard have?
1 season, 19 episodes. The last episode aired March 14, 1987.
Who’s in The Wizard?
David Rappaport, Douglas Barr, Fran Ryan, Nadine Van der Velde, Billy Jayne, Roddy McDowall, Gates McFadden, Macon McCalman, Roy Dotrice, and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa. Created by Michael Berk and Douglas Schwartz.
Is The Wizard worth watching?
IMDb 7.8 from 440 votes.
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