Automan - December 15, 1983
Sci-Fi 5
English - December 15, 2022 08:00 - 5 minutes - 5.03 MB - ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsTV & Film Society & Culture entertainment film history literature sciencefiction Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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If you're assuming that the TV series Automan, which premiered on this day in 1983, was inspired by Tron, you're not wrong. Today's Sci-Fi 5 takes a cursory glance at both that inspiration and the making of Automan!
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Written by Ryan Myers
Hosted by Jessica Lynn Verdi
Music by Devin Curry