Quantum Leap

Wearing tights while standing in smoke with a light behind him... no this isn't a strip club.  It's Quantum Leap, and it's awesome.

If you haven't seen this show then you're a loser.  If you want to be a winner, then go buy the DVD box sets right now, and enjoy your path to being cool.  For realz.  Dr. Sam Beckett, the main dude of the show, is one of my favorite characters of all time.

The gist of Quantum Leap is time travel, but with a slightly different twist.  This is the intro to the show and it can explain the show better than I can.  It also rocks:



So basically, he goes through time and fixes people's lives.  He leaps into pregnant women, boxer's in the middle of a fight, actors on stage, pilots in mid flight, gay guys in the Navy (not in the middle of anything), mixed race couples in the 60's, and all kinds of other crazy stuff.  Sam Beckett has multiple Ph.D's, is a master of martial arts, invented time travel, and most likely has a giant penis.  Though his dong isn't actually discussed at any point in the show, he has everything else going on for him so I'm just making the assumption.

Al is a hologram that appears at random points and helps Sam figure shit out.  This is another great character.  He's always wearing crazy outfits (he's still in the future), smokes cigars, and is a giant womanizer.  Awesome.  I probably made him sound like a giant douche, but he's actually a very compassionate and helpful friend of Sam's.

All kinds of crazy things happen throughout the seasons.  Sam meets several famous people, runs into something that may or may not be Satan, leaps into his own family members, gets entwined in the assassination of JFK, and much more.

I can't recommend this show enough.  It was on TV at the same time as MacGyver, but is actually good.  It's easily my favorite program.  Now, I will warn you that the first season was pretty low budget.  The show really picked up during the second season and got to kickin' ass.

Go watch it.

Oh boy.