Leap into the world of Quantum Leap with new hosts Peter Veunnasack and Mikey Graf! We Are The Bonus Features! Get ready for an ultimate companion to the iconic series, offering episode-by-episode recaps, deep dives into the lore, and insightful character analyses of Sam, Al, Ben, Addison Allison Augustine, and more. We’ll explore the show’s enduring legacy and even bring you interviews! Whether you’re a seasoned “Leaper” or new to the journey, you’ve found your essential guide. Oh, boy! Relive classic episodes with past hosts Albie & Heather, Christopher DeFilippis, Allison Pregler, and Matt Dale, featuring Hayden McQueenie, John Irons, and Brian Greene. Join our thriving Leaper community – over a decade in the making! http://www.patreon.com/QuantumLeapPodcast
Peter and Mikey breakdown a very progressive episode of Quantum Leap. They talk about ridiculous segregation and unbelievable racism in 1950s. And praise Sam for participating in the Civil Rights Movement.
1×06 “Double Identity” Rewatch
Dec 20, 2025
Peter and Mikey breakdown a double leap, a mission from Ziggy, and the funniest scene of the show so far.
1×05 “How the Tess Was Won” Rewatch
Dec 08, 2025
1×04 “The Right Hand of God” Rewatch
Nov 22, 2025
Peter and Mikey make a few Rocky references, discuss the great relationship between Kid Cody and Dixie, and wonder if the distraction finish was the best decision.
1X03 “Star-Crossed” Rewatch
Nov 09, 2025
Peter & Mikey continue their rewatch with “Star-Crossed”. Hear their thoughts as Sam gets a little off track. And we involve Watergate.
1×01 & 1×02 “Genesis” Parts 1 & 2 Rewatch
Oct 26, 2025
Peter and Mikey begin their Excellent Adventure! Join the new hosts of the QLP as they rewatch Quantum Leap from the beginning. One episode at a time, Peter has seen them all, but Mikey is watching for the first time. Listen as hijinx ensue!
In this episode of the Quantum League Podcast, Albie and Chris introduce the new hosts, Peter Veunnasack and Mikey Graf, who will bring fresh perspectives to the show. Peter shares his journey with Quantum Leap fandom and the excitement of taking over the podcast. The conversation highlights the importance of community within the fandom, the new format and production value of the podcast, and the anticipation for future episodes. The hosts also offer advice and encouragement for the new team as they embark on this journey.
Reading ‘Foreknowledge’: PT 1 – Month of Matt LIVE!
Nov 03, 2024
November is the month of Matt. https://gofund.me/03b6ded2 In this episode of the Quantum Leap Podcast, the hosts gather to celebrate the life and contributions of Matt Dale, engaging in a live reading from Christopher D. Filippis’s book ‘For Knowledge’. The event aims to raise funds for Matt’s family, with the community coming together to support a good cause while enjoying a nostalgic journey through the Quantum Leap universe. The hosts share anecdotes, discuss the significance of the event, and encourage audience participation through donations and super chats. The conversation delves into the intricate world of smuggling, negotiations, and the consequences of criminal activities, particularly focusing on the character Anne-Marie and her experiences in prison. It highlights the challenges faced by characters like Sam and Al as they navigate complex relationships and the impact of their actions on others. The narrative intertwines themes of power, dignity, and the quest for redemption, all set against the backdrop of the Quantum Leap universe. In this segment, the conversation explores various themes including the challenges of reading aloud, the importance of research in writing, community support through fundraising, the dynamics of guest appearances, and a dramatic reading of Chapter Three from a book. The participants share personal anecdotes and insights, creating a lively and engaging atmosphere. In this segment of the conversation, the characters navigate the complexities of time travel, personal relationships, and societal issues. Sam grapples with the challenges of changing history while dealing with the consequences of his leaps. The introduction of the Rural Purity League and the protests against the mud wrestling club highlight the clash between traditional values and modern entertainment. The characters reflect on their pasts, the impact of B-movies, and the dynamics of small-town politics, culminating in a confrontation with Rex Beringer, who seeks to shut down the club for his own political gain. In this segment of the conversation, the participants delve into themes of self-reflection, cultural inspirations, and the evolution of identity as expressed through fiction. Christopher DeFilippis shares insights about his writing process, character development, and the significance of personal experiences in shaping narratives. The discussion also touches on the importance of community and support, particularly in the context of honoring a friend. The reading of Chapter Five serves as a focal point for exploring deeper emotional connections and the complexities of the characters’ lives. In this engaging conversation, the hosts connect with Brian Greene, discussing his online presence and contributions to the Quantum Leap community. They share unboxing experiences and fan interactions, highlighting the importance of community engagement through giveaways and future events. The conversation wraps up with acknowledgments and plans for upcoming content, emphasizing the collaborative spirit of the Quantum Leap podcast. Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Setup 06:59 Celebrating Matt Dale 19:57 Prologue Reading Begins 26:12 Negotiating Deals and Consequences 34:56 Al’s Concerns and Relationships 45:58 Ziggy’s Search for Information 01:17:30 The Art of Reading Aloud 01:26:44 Chapter Three: A Dramatic Reading 01:35:25 The Leap into History 01:42:10 The Role of Richard Danson 01:48:40 The Protests Begin 01:54:25 The Rural Purity League’s Agenda 02:00:08 Confronting Rex Beringer 02:07:02 The Stakes for the Club and Its Workers 02:14:39 Self-Reflection in Fiction 02:37:46 Discussion and Reflections on Writing 02:49:13 Connecting with Brian Greene 02:55:18 Community Engagement and Giveaways 03:01:34 Closing Thoughts and Acknowledgments https://www.patreon.com/QuantumLeapPodcast https://quantumleappodcast.com/ Please tell us what you think! Drop us a line at Quantum Leap Podcast, P.O. Box 542, Bayport, NY 11705 Leave us a voicemail by calling (707) 847-6682. Send feedback and your voice recordings to quantumleappodcast@gmail.com. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
QLP 161 Bryan Wynbrandt Tells All!
May 10, 2024
An untold chapter of Quantum Leap history is revealed as Quantum Leap 2022 co-creator Bryan Wynbrandt Tells All! Join QLP hosts Albie Burdge and Christopher DeFilippis for an EXCLUSIVE in-depth discussion with one of the driving forces behind the revival series. Bryan recounts the genesis of the reboot, including his interactions with Don Bellisario and NBC, and the creative tightrope that he and writing partner Steven Lilien walked to bring Quantum Leap to a modern audience while staying true to the spirit of the original. Bryan also tells how he envisioned Scott Bakula’s revival of the character Sam Beckett, and reveals the behind-the-scenes changes that led him and Steven to part ways with the show. It’s the behind-the-scenes story Leapers have been waiting for!
It’s official. Quantum Leap will not be renewed for a third season.
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Albie Burdge and Christopher DeFilippis as they reflect on their journey with the Quantum Leap revival series and discuss the future of the Quantum Leap Podcast.
Leap Day Bold Leap Forward Table Read Special
Feb 29, 2024
We celebrate Leap Day 2024 with a table read of the 2003 proposed Quantum Leap revival script A Bold Leap Forward!
Quantum Leap stars Caitlin Bassett, Nanrisa Lee, Georgina Reilly and Deborah Pratt join scriptwriter Trey Callaway and QLP hosts Allison Pregler, Albie Burdge and Christopher DeFilippis to bring this story of a Leaping Sammie Joe to life.
Brush up on your chopsticks, because we’re Revisiting Blind Faith!
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Christopher DeFilippis and Matt Dale for one last time as we present Matt’s final show, examining Sam’s Leap as a blind concert pianist who must save a young woman from being murdered and – worse – from her overbearing mother.
We also bring you an encore of our interview with said overbearing mother, guest start Jennifer Rhodes! Albie speaks with Jennifer about her time on Quantum Leap.
We also present the thoughts and well-wishes of listeners responding to the loss of our friend Matt. Thank you all for your outpouring of love and support. And stay tuned for news of a Leap Day Special honoring Matt’s memory, and featuring the cast of Quantum Leap.
QLP 158 As The World Burns & Against Time
Feb 21, 2024
Prepare for double the Leaps, because it’s time for As The World Burns and Against Time!
Join hosts Allison Pregler and Christopher DeFilippis as they celebrate Quantum Leap’s season two finale with a pair of episodes that sees Ben’s good intentions come back to haunt him, and ripple outward to threaten the existence of Project Quantum Leap!
We’re also thrilled to welcome QL writer and producer Drew Lindo back to the show. Drew speaks with Albie, Chris and Allison about writing his episode Against Time, and the unique challenges and opportunities of crafting this season’s finale.
Chris, John, and Suzanne discuss their trip to New York City to see Scott Bakula perform in the musical ‘The Connector.’ They share their experiences with Albie of meeting up, attending the show, and recording the event. The musical is praised for its music, acting, and integration of songs into the story. The hosts express their enjoyment of the show and highlight its unique aspects. They discuss their experience at the Q&A with Scott Bakula and the challenges of setting up the camera and capturing the audio. They also talk about the super edit of the Q&A and the excitement of meeting Scott Bakula in person. The hosts share their nervousness and self-consciousness when asking questions and reflect on the kindness and graciousness of Scott Bakula. They also discuss the fan community and the perfect fan experience they had. The chapter ends with a discussion of the post-event activities, including going to Gabriel’s for dinner and their visit to the Back to the Future musical. They discuss the long walk, the delicious food at Gabriel’s, and the excitement of seeing the musical. They also share their thoughts on the musical’s special effects and the overall experience. The hosts then talk about the merchandise they purchased and their opinions on the musical genre. They conclude with a review of the Back to the Future musical and their preferences for different types of musicals. In this final part of the conversation, the hosts discuss their experiences after the show and share their final thoughts and ratings for The Connector. They also mention a touching moment involving a signed book and Scott Bakula. The conversation ends with some fun banter during the credits.
QLP 157 The Outsider
Feb 14, 2024
Grab your reporters’ notebooks, because we’re talking The Outsider! Join hosts Allison Pregler and Christopher DeFilippis as they investigate Ben’s Leap into a TV news producer who must help a crusading journalist save her career. And back at the project, Ian’s misdeeds catch up with them. Then join us for an interview with Quantum Leap co-creator and executive producer Deborah Pratt. Albie caught up with Deborah while she was touring Africa, and spoke to her about directing this episode.
Break out your maps, because we’re hunting for The Family Treasure!
Adventure along with hosts Allison Pregler and Christopher DeFilippis as they join Ben’s quest to find the lost fortune of San Patricio – and reunite an estranged trio of siblings.
We’re also proud to bring you an interview with guest star Wilder Yari, who plays Dean in the episode. Wilder speaks with Albie and Chris about their journey as a non-binary actor and how it led to Quantum Leap!
Chris also relates the story of his encounter with Scott Bakula at his new off-Broadway musical The Connector.
Join hosts Allison Pregler and Christopher DeFilippis as they kick off the second half of season two by chasing down Ben’s Leap as a bounty hunter who must save the life of a sleazy criminal.
There’s also a ton of Project stuff to parse, and the return of Hannah!
Then stay tuned for our interview with said sleazy criminal, guest star David Clayton Rogers! David talks to Albie and Chris about his time on Quantum Leap and the fun he had with his radically selfish performance.
Join Albie, Allison, Hayden, Chris, Sam, and Brian to celebrate Matt’s memory – including heartfelt messages from fans, friends, and the cast and crew of Quantum Leap. We miss you, Matt.
Goodbye, Matt
Dec 28, 2023
It is with profound sadness that we bring you the news of the passing of our co-host and dear friend Matt Dale.
Matt died on Christmas Day after suffering an apparent heart attack. He is survived by his partner Sharon and his seven-year-old son, Zack.
All of us here on the QLP team are heartbroken, and the podcast is going on a temporary hiatus as we regroup and take time to heal.
The outpouring of love and support from the Quantum Leap fan commuinty — as well as from the cast and crew of Quantum Leap — has been nothing short of astonishing. And as his longtime friends and colleagues, Albie, Allison, Hayden and I can’t thank you enough for your kind words, and for helping honor Matt’s memory and his considerable legacy in the Quantum Leap community.
We are currently working on a proper tribute special, which will be coming soon.
We miss you Matt. We love you. Our lives won’t be the same without you. Rest in peace.
The Quantum Leap Podcast would like to ask anyone interested in recording a short video memory of Matt or a condolence video for the QLP Matt Dale tribute show to send it in before Saturday, Dec 30 at noon Eastern. Please make the video around two minutes or less and in landscape format.
Please send the video or link to the shared uploaded video to QuantumLeapPodcast@gmail.com
Any video submitted may be used during the tribute show.
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Thanks,
Albie
A Little Miracle: Level 7
Dec 24, 2023
Join The Quantum Leap Podcast and friends for the seventh somewhat annual Holiday celebration of the Episode of Quantum Leap “A Little Miracle” In this seventh edition, we have joining us Brian Greene @AlsPlaceQuantumLeapFanSite , John Irons @captaingameshow5838 , Co-Host at Project Quantum Leap – The Podcast Christina Gist, Co-Host of Fandom Entanglement: Quantum Leap Mike Bloxam, Co-Host of Fandom Entanglement: Quantum Leap Damon Sugameli @DamonSugameli176 , Michelle and Aaron Moss from The Starbright Project, and Roger Colton.
QLP Spotlight: A Bold Leap Forward with Trey Callaway
Dec 21, 2023
Long before the new Quantum Leap, there was another planned QL reboot project called A Bold Leap Forward. The details of this failed revival have remained shrouded in mystery — until now!
Quantum Leap Podcast host Matt Dale brings us an exclusive interview with writer and producer Trey Callaway, who wrote the pilot script for A Bold Leap Forward. And for the first time ever, Trey reveals the genesis of the project, and why it ultimately never made the Leap.
Join us in rediscovering this lost bit of Quantum Leap history!
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Trek along with hosts Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis as they discuss Ben’s Leap as a rookie spy in 1960s Egypt, where he makes dangerous new enemies while reconnecting with an old friend.
And we’re celebrating Quantum Leap’s mid-season finale with two amazing interviews!
First up, a fun and freewheeling discussion with main cast members Raymond Lee, Caitlin Bassett, Nanrisa Lee and Mason Alexander Park. They dish on everything happening in season two, and hint of exciting things to come.
Then we welcome back Quantum Leap Executive Producer Dean Gerogaris, who gives us some insight on charting the creative course for the series in season two — and beyond.
Join hosts Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis as they discuss Ben’s Leap into a 1692 Massachusetts serving girl who is facing death over charges of witchcraft.
Then stick around for two bewitching interviews!
First, Matt and Chris talk to episode writer Margarita Matthews. Margarita tells us what considerations went into crafting Ben’s furthest Leap back yet, and how she used the historical backdrop to tackle current issues.
Then Albie and Chris talk to guest star Amanda Jaros who plays Morgan McKenna in the episode. Amanda relates her journey as an actor and her experiences on the set of Quantum Leap!
QLP Spotlight: Caitlin Bassett Talks Season Two
Nov 16, 2023
The Quantum Leap Podcast is thrilled to welcome Caitlin Bassett back to the show!
Everyone’s favorite hologram stopped in to chat with Matt and Chris about the new season of Quantum Leap, with her thoughts on how the series has evolved past season one to tell different types of stories, and how she’s approaching Addison’s journey throughout it all.
She also dispels some internet rumors, gives us some funny stories from behind the scenes, and hints about things to come…
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Gear up for adventure, because we’re on the hunt for Secret History!
Join hosts Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis on Ben’s quest as a college professor seeking a lost equation by Albert Einstein that could change the world – with unexpected help from a new friend.
And intrigue deepens back at the project as Ian’s quantum chickens come home to roost.
We’re also thrilled to bring you two interviews!
First, Matt and Chris talk to episode writer Drew Lindo and director Pamela Romanowsky.
Then Chis chats with guest star Cullen Douglas.
The Quantum Adventure is just beginning….
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Join hosts Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis to witness Ben’s Leap into the 1992 L.A. riots, with Magic as his hologram. It’s a poignant and powerful episode.
We are also thrilled to bring you an interview with episode writers Benjamin Raab and Deric A. Hughes. They speak with Matt and Chris about the ins and outs of writing for Quantum Leap, and the genesis of this story.
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Put on your best tux, because we’re hitting The Lonely Hearts Club!
Join hosts Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis to celebrate romcom – QL style – with Ben’s Leap as a Hollywood assistant bent on helping a film icon woo a lost love.
We’re also thrilled to bring you two interviews.
First Matt speaks with Quantum Leap costume designer Genevieve Tyrrell.
Then in a QLP first, Matt joins forces with Sam from the Fate’s Wide Wheel Podcast for an interview with QL Supervising Producer Kristy Lowrey, who also wrote this episode.
Join us for a jam-packed 150th Episode Celebration!
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Prepare to believe, because you’re in for some Closure Encounters!
Join hosts Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis as they probe Ben’s Leap as a UFO investigator who must help a young woman who had an apparent run-in with extraterrestrials.
We’re also thrilled to bring you an exclusive interview with Quantum Leap Composer Daniel James Chan! Daniel speaks to Matt about the creative and practical processes involved in scoring a network television series. There may be some Star Trek geekery as well . . .
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Fill out your deposit slips because it’s time for Ben & Teller!
Join hosts Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis to explore Ben’s Leap into a bank teller who must navigate a holdup and make sure no one dies.
But it’s not really about that, because we get to see what’s happening back at Project Quantum Leap!
We also bring you an interview with Quantum Leap Editor Christina Sophia Castro. She chats with Albie about her journey in the entertainment industry and how she landed her dream gig on Quantum Leap!
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Leapers are breathing a sigh of relief, because This Took Too Long!
Join hosts Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis to usher in the second season of Quantum Leap, in an episode that sees Ben trapped behind enemy lines in a military mission gone sideways. It’s unlike any Leap we’ve seen before!
We’re also proud to bring you an exclusive interview with Quantum Leap Producing Director Chris Grismer. Chris takes us behind the scenes to discuss the show’s production process and artistic direction. We also chat about what’s to come in season two!
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Welcome to the 18th and final in our series of S1 Interview Redux specials, featuring the interviews we did with the cast and crew of Quantum Leap over the course of Season 1 — most of which appeared only on our YouTube channel.
We have arrived at Judgement Day – the season 1 finale. And we’re celebrating this grand event with a line-up of Quantum Leap’s biggest and brightest.
First, we welcome back Georgina Reilly, who plays Janis Calavicci;
Then we speak to Leaper X himself Walter Perez;
We chat with Quantum Leap executive producer Martin Gero;
And finally, we present a roundtable interview with series stars Raymond Lee, Caitlin Bassett and Nanrisa Lee.
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Welcome to the 17th in our series of S1 Interview Redux specials, featuring the interviews we did with the cast and crew of Quantum Leap over the course of Season 1 — most of which appeared only on our YouTube channel.
Get your boarding passes because we’re flying The Friendly Skies — where Ben Leaps into an airline stewardess who must stop a pair of hijackers.
We spoke to both hijackers:
Davida Williams, who plays hijacker Leslie Drobis;
And Bart Johnson, who plays hijacker Paul Kirk.
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Welcome to the 16th in our series of S1 Interview Redux specials, featuring the interviews we did with the cast and crew of Quantum Leap over the course of Season 1 — most of which only appeared on our YouTube channel.
We are at episode 16, Ben, Interrupted — where Ben goes undercover in an insane asylum to resuce an unjustly committed woman suffering at the hands of an abusive doctor.
We did rounds with three guest stars this time out:
Armando McClain who plays the burley nurse;
Paul McCarthy-Boyington who plays orderly Lawrence;
And main guest star Dana Melanie who plays Judith Murphy.
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Prepare for a bit of divine intervention, because it’s time for Angels Unaware!
Earn your wings with hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis as the QLP Book Club discusses L. Elizabeth Storm’s novel that sees Sam and Al resume their roles as guardian angels for Teresa Bruckner as she faces a deadly future.
And they have some heavenly help from another guardian angel they’ve worked with before.
This joint sequel to Another Mother and It’s a Wonderful Leap tackles deep questions of faith, doubt, and the miraculous virtues of a cheap hot dog.
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Welcome to the 15th in our series of S1 Interview Redux specials, featuring the interviews we did with the cast and crew of Quantum Leap over the course of Season 1 — most of which only appeared on our YouTube channel.
We are at episode 15, Ben Song For the Defense, where Ben plays a beleaguered public defender trying to juggle multiple cases while exonerating an innocent young man from murder charges.
We nabbed multiple interviews for this show, including:
Edward Gelhaus who plays Biker Stuart Johnson;
Nate Walker, who took a comedic turn as Tyler Hamlin;
Tina D’Marco who plays Grandma Layla;
And main guest star Diandra Lyle who plays ADA Vicky Davis.
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Welcome to the 14th in our series of S1 Interview Redux specials, featuring the interviews we did with the cast and crew of Quantum Leap over the course of Season 1 — most of which only appeared on our YouTube channel.
Alert the fleet, because we’re up to S.O.S. – the one where Ben is on a Navy Destroyer trying to avert a nuclear war – with the help of Addison’s dad, played by none other than Brandon Routh.
Matt, Albie, Serenity and I talk to the erstwhile Man of Steel about his time on Quantum Leap, and of course what it was like to play Superman!
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Welcome to the 13th in our series of S1 Interview Redux specials, featuring the interviews we did with the cast and crew of Quantum Leap over the course of Season 1 — most of which only appeared on our YouTube channel.
And we’re serving it up Family Style – the one where Ben has to help a South Asian family keep their restaurant afloat.
Befitting the theme of this episode, we have some family-style interviews to share:
First a joint interview with guest stars Laura Niemi and Anisha Jagannathan, who play Kathy Tanner and Manisha Prasad (respectively);
Then another joint interview with guest stars Nandini Minocha and Meera Simhan, who play Sonali Prasad and Padmini Kumar (respectively);
Ane we wrap things up with Quantum Leap co-creator and episode director Deborah Pratt!
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QLP 145 Revisiting What Price Gloria?
Sep 13, 2023
Break out your high heels, because it’s time to revisit What Price Gloria?
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis as they dive into this groundbreaking episode of Quantum Leap – Sam’s first Leap as a woman!
But does this notable moment in Quantum Leap history hold up?
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Welcome to the 12th in our series of S1 Interview Redux specials, featuring the interviews we did with the cast and crew of Quantum Leap over the course of Season 1 — most of which only appeared on our YouTube channel.
We’re up to Let Them Play – in which Ben has to help his transgender daughter Gia navigate prejudice to get a spot on the high school basketball team.
We spoke to multiple people involved in this groundbreaking episode of Quantum Leap, including:
Episode writer, co-director and guest star Shakina;
Brigitte Kali Canales, who played Gia’s mom Miriam;
Anita Kalathara, who plays Gia’s best friend Shruti;
And Gia herself, main guest star Josielyn Aguilera.
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Welcome to the eleventh in our series of S1 Interview Redux specials, featuring the interviews we did with the cast and crew of Quantum Leap over the course of Season 1 — most of which only appeared on our YouTube channel.
Brace yourself for Leap. Die. Repeat., in which Ben gets stuck in a time loop while trying to prevent a nuclear disaster. It’s Groundhog Day, Quantum Leap style, featuring interviews with guest stars:
Joe Dinicol, who plays Eugene Wagner;
and Mike Wade, who plays Moe Murphy.
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QUANTUM LEAP — “Leap.Die.Repeat” Episode 111 — Pictured: Mike Wade as Moe Murphy — (Photo by: Ron Batzdorff/NBC)
QLP S1 Interview Redux #10
Sep 08, 2023
Welcome to the tenth in our series of S1 Interview Redux specials, featuring the interviews we did with the cast and crew of Quantum Leap over the course of Season 1 — most of which only appeared on our YouTube channel.
We’re up to Paging Dr. Song, the one where Ben Leaps into a medical resident who has to handle an ER full of train crash victims while battling a corrupt hospital administration. This time out, our interviews include:
Tiffany Smith who played Dr. Sandra Turk in the episode;
and François Chau, who played crash victim Louis Tann in the episode.
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QUANTUM LEAP — “Paging Dr. Song” Episode 110 — Pictured: (l-r) Francois Chau as Louis, Tiffany Smith as Dr. Sandra (Photo by: Ron Batzdorff/NBC)
QLP Special: Matt Chats BTMI with Fate’s Wide Wheel
Sep 06, 2023
Quantum Leap Podcast Host Matt Dale recently made a guest appearance on Fate’s Wide Wheel – another podcast celebrating Quantum Leap – to discuss the upcoming release of his book, Beyond the Mirror Image: The Observer’s Guide to Quantum Leap.
Matt chatted with FWW hosts Sam and Dennis about the status of the second edition of BTMI, the expanded information that will be available in all three new volumes, and some fun twists and turns encountered during the copious research that went into it all.
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Welcome to the ninth in our series of S1 Interview Redux specials, featuring the interviews we did with the cast and crew of Quantum Leap over the course of Season 1 — most of which only appeared on our YouTube channel.
We’re up to Fellow Travelers, the one where Ben Leaps into a bodyguard who has to save the life of a 70s pop star. This time out we speak with:
Karissa Lee Staples, who played Jamie in the episode;
Composer Jamie Jackson – who wrote the song Traveling On which is featured in the episode;
And Janis Callavicci herself, Georgina Riley.
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Prepare for a revolutionary Leap, because it’s time for Independence!
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis for another meeting of the QLP Book Club, as we dive into John Peel’s historical thriller that sees Sam Leap back along his own timeline into the Revolutionary War.
We’re also proud to bring you an encore presentation of our interview with author John Peel. He speaks to QLP Co-Executive Producer Hayden McQueenie about the circuitous route to publishing Independence — and a few other wild QL novel ideas he had along the way.
And yeah, we talk about the grandma thing. A LOT.
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Welcome to the eighth in our series of S1 Interview Redux specials, featuring the interviews we did with the cast and crew of Quantum Leap over the course of Season 1 — most of which only appeared on our YouTube channel.
We’ve arrived at Stand By Ben – the one where Ben finds himself on the run in the wilderness with a group of troubled kids escaping from an abusive school.
And this time out, we have interviews with:
Ciara Riley Wilson, who plays Leah in the episode;
And series regular Nanrisa Lee, who plays Jenn.
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QLP 143 Revisiting The Americanization of Machiko
Aug 12, 2023
Break out your kimonos, because we’re Revisiting The Americanization of Machiko!
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis to discuss Sam’s Leap as a sailor whose surprise Japanese bride forces a family to confront grief and prejudice, and begin a journey towards healing acceptance.
We’re also thrilled to bring you an encore presentation of our interview with K Callan, who plays Lenore McKenzie in this episode. Albie spoke to K about her time on Quantum Leap and her legendary stage and screen career.
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Welcome to the seventh in our series of S1 Interview Redux specials, featuring the interviews we did with the cast and crew of Quantum Leap over the course of Season 1 — most of which only appeared on our YouTube channel.
Brace yourself for episode 7 – O Ye of Little Faith – where Ben Leaps into a priest who has to perform an exorcism on a seemingly possessed young woman.
We chatted with almost all of the main guest cast, including:
Elyse Levesque, who played the nefarious lady of the house Lola Gray;
Shane Callahan, who played her husband Charle Gray;
Colleen Foy, who played housekeeper Magda;
and Josh Meyers, who played evil Uncle Percy
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Put on your thinking caps, because it’s time for Odyssey!
Get schooled by Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis during another meeting of the Quantum Leap Podcast Book Club, as we discuss the Barbara Walton novel in which Sam Leaps into a boy genius who has to save a gifted students’ program — lest his friends suffer terrible consequences.
And back at the Project, Al’s growing connection with the smart young Leapee is causing him to dredge up parts of his past he thought long dead and buried.
Also, there’s PopTarts.
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Welcome to the sixth in our series of S1 Interview Redux specials, featuring the interviews we did with the cast and crew of Quantum Leap over the course of Season 1 — most of which only appeared on our YouTube channel.
We are up to S1E6, What A Disaster! — where Ben Leaps into the middle of the 1989 San Francisco earthquake and has to save his Leapee’s son from dying in the disaster.
This time out we speak to folks from in front of and behind the camera, including:
Actor Everett Andres, who plays Ben’s son in the episode;
And Quantum Leap Director of Photography Ana M. Amortegui.
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Get on your boogie shoes, because it’s time for Disco Inferno!
Shake your booties with hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis as they take the dance floor and talk about Sam’s Leap as a swinging 70’s stuntman who has to save his little brother from a fatal accident.
We are also proud to bring you an encore interview with Quantum Leap stunt coordinator Diamond Farnsworth. Albie speaks to Diamond about his daring career, stunt-doubling for Scott in Quantum Leap and beyond, and how they pulled off the stunts for this very episode!
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It’s time for the fifth in our series of S1 Interview Redux specials, featuring the interviews we did with the cast and crew of Quantum Leap over the course of Season 1 — most of which only appeared on our YouTube channel.
We are up to S1 E5 Salvation or Bust – which saw Ben Leap back to the 1890s to save a frontier town from outlaws. We have a posse of interviews to go with this episode, including:
William Mark McCollough who played gun-toting baddie, Josiah McDenough;
Ted Monte who took a turn as the doomed Sheriff Bailey;
Harry Yi who played town doctor Wei;
Eddie Park who played Wei’s son and assistant Ving;
Marquise Vilson as Sheriff Henry;
And episode director, Silas Howard.
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Get ready for twice the Leaping fun, because it’s time for Double or Nothing!
Double down with hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis during another meeting of the QLP Book Club, as we discuss the novel where Sam Leaps into identical twins and splits into good and evil versions of himself. Yes, really.
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It’s time for the fourth in our series of S1 Interview Redux specials, featuring the interviews we did with the cast and crew of Quantum Leap over the course of Season 1 — most of which only appeared on our YouTube channel.
This time, we’re going back to S1 E4, A Decent Proposal, bringing you four more-than-decent interviews with:
Tyson Turrou, who played sleazy creep Stuart Watkins;
Anastasia Antonia, who played Ben’s Leapee and Mirror Image Eva Sandoval;
Stuntman Steve Bralver, who talks about the stunts he did for the episode;
And series regular Ernie Hudson, who stars as Herbert Magic Williams III.
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Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis to go all abroad Sam’s Leap as a newlywed New York cop who must save his new bride from her deranged ex-husband. Meanwhile, Al needs to convince the committee not to pull the plug on Project Quantum Leap.
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It’s time for the third in our series of S1 Interview Redux specials, featuring the interviews we did with the cast and crew of Quantum Leap over the course of Season 1 — most of which only appeared on our YouTube channel.
This time, we’re going back to S1 E3, Somebody Up There Likes Ben, bringing you 3 heavyweight interviews with:
Jon Chaffin, who guest-starred as Daryl, a troubled Vietnam vet;
Danielle Larracuente, who guest-starred as Ben’s love interest Angela;
And series lead Raymond Lee, who stars as Dr. Ben Song.
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Break out your QLP Book Club bookmarks, because we’re reading Pulitzer!
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis as they discuss L. Elizabeth Storm’s novel that sees Sam Leap into the life of a newly-repatriated Lt. Calavicci, in a story that reveals Al’s harrowing past as a POW and the government intrigue surrounding his return home.
This novel is a must-read for all the Al lovers out there!
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Welcome to the second in our series of interview specials, featuring the interviews the Quantum Leap Podcast has done with the new cast and crew of Quantum Leap over the course of season 1.
Today, we’re going back to S1 E2, Atlantis, bringing you interviews with:
Jose Zuniga, who guest-starred as shuttle Commander Jim Reynolds;
Susan Diol, who reprised her role as Beth Calavicci;
And main cast member Mason Alexander Park, who stars as Ian.
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QLP 137 Revisiting Play it Again, Seymour
May 09, 2023
Pack your roscoe and keep your peepers peeled for a dropper named Clapper, because we’re Revisiting Play it Again, Seymour!
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis as they open up like pencil pushers from Toledo on their third martini about Quantum Leap’s season one finale — which finds Sam as a gumshoe who has to solve the murder of his dead partner.
We’re also proud to bring you an encore of our interview with Claudia Christian who plays the smoldering Allison in this episode. Claudia was the first-ever Quantum Leap guest star Albie interviewed for the podcast, so enjoy Leaping back to this bit of QLP history.
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Welcome to the first in a series of S1 Interview Redux specials — featuring the interviews we’ve done with the cast and crew of Quantum Leap over the course of Season 1.
Only a fraction of our S1 interviews aired on the main podcast; the majority of them ran on our YouTube channel. So we’re rectifying that by Leaping back to the series premiere, July 13th, 1985, which featured interviews with:
Leo Seo, who played a guest at Ben and Addison’s engagement party;
Maile Dudeck, who played young daughter Caroline;
Dan Istrate, who played fake-Hope-Diamond-maker Horace;
And we wrap it up with an encore presentation of our first interview with Caitlin Basset — who had just begun playing the role of Addison.
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QLP Spotlight: A Chat with Walter Perez
Apr 11, 2023
We know who you are, Leapers from the Year 2022!
And we invite you to follow us as we interview Leaper X himself, Walter Perez!
Albie and Chris spoke to Walter about his stint on Quantum Leap as the big bad of season one, and how much fun he had working with the cast and crew to bring Martinez to life.
Make your peace with God, Time, Fate or Whatever, because it’s Judgment Day!
Join hosts Matt Dale, Christopher DeFilippis and special guest host Albie Burdge for a deep dive into Quantum Leap’s season one finale, which sees Ben Leaping into uncharted territory to combat deadly forces that threaten not only Addison, but the future of Project Quantum Leap!
We’re also thrilled to bring you an interview with Quantum Leap stars Raymond Lee, Caitlin Bassett and Nanrisa Lee. They spoke with Albie, Matt and Chris about their character journeys in season one, and tease us with hints about what’s to come in season two!
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QLP Spotlight: A Chat with Martin Gero
Apr 01, 2023
Hello Leapers!
We are proud to bring you an interview with Martin Gero, executive producer of Quantum Leap.
Martin spoke with QLP hosts Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis about the challenges of bringing Quantum Leap back to television, the considerations that went into recreating the classic series for modern audiences, and how the creative team navigated the unknown terrain of season one.
He also hints where the show might go in season two.
Put your tray tables in the upright and locked position, because we’re hitting The Friendly Skies!
Join hosts Matt Dale, Christopher DeFilippis and special guest host John Irons as we discuss Ben’s Leap into a flight attendant who must thwart a hijacking and prevent a deadly plane crash — with no help from Ziggy!
We also bring you an interview with Davida Williams, who plays Leslie in the episode. Davida speaks with Matt, Albie and Chris about her career and her time on Quantum Leap.
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Cinch up your straightjacket, because it’s time for Ben, Interrupted.
Join hosts Matt Dale, Christopher DeFilipps and special guest host Damon Sugameli to analyze Ben’s Leap into a 1950s insane asylum, where he must break out a young woman unjustly committed by her husband.
To make things more difficult, Leaper X is on the scene, and team PQL has to uncover a mole in their midst!
We also bring you an interview with Paul McCarthy-Boyington, who played the dastardly orderly Lawrence in the episode. Matt speaks with Paul about his eclectic show-biz career and the path that led him to Quantum Leap.
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Join Quantum Leap Podcast hosts Matt Dale, Christopher DeFilippis and special guest host Jan Fennick as they cross-examine Ben’s Leap into a harried public defender trying to prove the innocence of a young man falsely accused of murder.
And we are also proud to bring you an interview with Diandra Lyle, who guest-starred on the episode as ADA Vicky Davis. Matt speaks with Diandra about her acting career and her time working on Quantum Leap.
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It’s all hands on deck as hosts Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis welcome Albert Burdge, Serenity Burdge and Hayden McQueenie for a Quantum Leap Podcast/Quantum Leap Aftershow crossover event! Both shows combine to discuss Ben’s leap onto a naval battleship and into a pivotal moment in the life of Addison’s father!
And if that wasn’t special enough, we also bring you an interview with genre legend Brandon Routh, who guested as Alexander Augustine. Brandon speaks with the QLP crew about what it was like to play such an important role in Quantum Leap. And don’t worry, there’s a ton of Superman geekery to be had.
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Come to the table, because we’re serving it up Family Style!
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis as we dig into Ben’s Leap as a young South Asian woman who must save her family’s Indian restaurant.
We are also proud to bring you an interview with Quantum Leap Executive Producer Deborah Pratt, who directed this episode. Deborah speaks to Matt and Chris about her stint in the director’s chair, and how she feels about the return of Quantum Leap.
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QLP Extra: Oh Boy! It’s Albert Burdge
Feb 21, 2023
Quantum Leap is taking an unexpected hiatus this week, which gives us a chance to bring you an episode of our Patreon bonus show Oh Boy!
Oh Boy! is the show where Quantum Leap Podcast host Christopher DeFilippis interviews Quantum Leap fans about their Quantum Leap fandom. And on this, our premiere episode, we interview Quantum Leap Podcast creator Albert Burdge.
Albie talks to Chris about how he discovered and fell in love with Quantum Leap, and how that fandom journey inspired him to launch the Quantum Leap Podcast.
Matt, Allison and Chris recently made an appearance on Captain GameShow! — a trivia and wordplay podcast created and hosted by John Irons, a long-time friend of the QLP.
Every episode of Captain GameShow is a journey into John’s unique blend of humor and creativity, and we jumped at the chance to do this crossover.
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis to celebrate this groundbreaking episode of Quantum Leap, which is a full-court press for Transgender Rights — as Ben Leaps into a father who must fight for the right of his trans daughter to play on her high school basketball team.
We’re also proud to bring you an interview with Josielyn Aguilera, who plays Gia in this episode. She speaks with Albie, Matt and Chris about her time on Quantum Leap and how her personal experiences helped inform her character.
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Hit the reset button, because it’s time to Leap. Die. Repeat.
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis as they go round and round with Quantum Leap’s first time loop episode, in which Ben must prevent a nuclear explosion — and die trying.
We’re also proud to bring you an interview with actor Joe Dinicol, who guest-starred in this episode. Joe talks with Albie and Matt about his long career, and what it meant for him to be on Quantum Leap.
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Start your engines, because we’re Revisiting Camikazi Kid!
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis as they relive Sam’s 60s romp as a hot-rodding teenager who must save his sister from an abusive relationship.
We are also proud to bring you an encore presentation of our interview with actress Holly Fields, who played Jill in this episode. Holly chats with Albie about her career, her time on Quantum Leap and, yes, that kiss.
This time we’re racing for pinks!
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QLP Spotlight: A Chat with Dean Georgaris
Jan 17, 2023
The Quantum Leap Podcast is proud to bring you an interview with Quantum Leap Executive Producer Dean Georgaris.
Dean sat down with QLP hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale, Christopher DeFilippis and Albie Burdge for a wide-ranging discussion about the genesis of the new Quantum Leap, the current state of the revival series, and where things may be heading in season two.
It is not to be missed!
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Paging Dr. Song. You’re needed for Quantum Leap’s first genuine medical episode!
Scrub in and assist hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis as they examine Ben’s Leap as a first-year medical resident who has to save three lives. It’s hospital drama with a quantum twist!
We also interview Tiffany Smith who played Dr. Sandra Turk in this episode. She speaks to Albie about her acting career and what led to her role on Quantum Leap.
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Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis to celebrate Quantum Leap’s midseason return with our review of episode 9, which finds Ben as a bodyguard who must prevent the murder of a pop singer. Meanwhile, PQL tightens its net around the fugitive Janis Calavicci.
Speaking of whom, we are proud to bring you an interview with Georgina Reilly who plays Janis. She spoke to Matt, Albie and Chris about her time on Quantum Leap, and hints at where the story and her character may be heading next.
We also spoke with composer Jamie Jackson, who wrote and produced the song “Traveling On” which is featured in this episode. She recounts how she got tapped to work on Quantum Leap, and the process of composing the song and bringing it to the screen.
It’s a jam-packed episode you don’t want to miss!
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It’s time for one last Leap into the McConnellverse with Random Measures!
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis for another meeting of the QLP Book Club, to discuss author Ashley McConnell’s fifth and final Quantum Leap novel in which Sam must save the life of a young woman, and in which Al enters an altered reality that contains a new wife — Janna Calavicci!
It’s a timey-wimey trip that you don’t want to miss!
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Matt Dale and Albie chat with Melinda McGraw who played Salvation Army Captain Laura Downey in the Quantum Leap episode A Little Miracle – December 24, 1962, about Quantum Leap, The X-Files, and why Scott Bakula is the nicest guy in Hollywood. Happy Christmas!
QLP Takes a Drunkard’s Walk
Dec 20, 2022
Matt, Allison and Chris recently appeared on a terrific show called The Drunkard’s Walk Podcast. On every Drunkard’s Walk, hosts Matt Hartman and Jethro Nolen try to get from one random topic on Wikipedia to another in as few clicks as possible. So when they invited us on, we couldn’t resist giving them a destination page, QLP style.
It’s the long-awaited crossover episode! The conversation from A Little A Little Miracle VI continues when Fate’s Wide Wheel welcomes Matt Dale, the author of Beyond the Mirror Image: The Observer’s Guide to Quantum Leap, the man behind QuantumLeapInfo.Net, and co-host of The Quantum Leap Podcast back on to the show. We discuss the second edition of Beyond the Mirror Image. Second Edition – Volume One, to be precise. He gives us an inside look of what fans can expect from this entry in the BTMI series and hopefully future editions if the 2022 series carries on beyond the first season.
Roast those chestnuts, because it’s time for A Little Miracle VI!
QLP host Matt Dale leads the sixth iteration of this Quantum Leap Podcast holiday tradition, making merry with special guests Sam and Dennis, hosts of Fate’s Wide Wheel: A Quantum Leap Podcast.
Deck the halls with us once more to celebrate Christmas, Quantum Leap style!
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QLP 124 Revisiting The Color of Truth
Dec 06, 2022
Find a seat at the lunch counter, because we’re Revisiting The Color of Truth!
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis to celebrate this groundbreaking episode of Quantum Leap — Sam’s first Leap into a black man.
We discuss how The Color of Truth laid the foundation for Quantum Leap’s signature exploration of social issues, and how the messages in the episode are more important than ever.
Also, Al says, “Squished by a choo-choo.”
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Grab your survival gear, because it’s time for Search and Rescue!
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis for the latest meeting of the Quantum Leap Podcast Book Club as we dive into Melissa Crandall’s novel that sees Sam and Al on a deadly double Leap to save a group of plane crash survivors in the wilds of British Columbia.
Did we mention Al gets mauled by a bear? MAULED. BY A BEAR.
We are also proud to bring you an encore of our interview with the author herself, Melissa Crandall. Melissa spoke with QLP Co-Executive Producer Hayden McQueenie about her inspiration for the book and her approach to the story and characters. She also discusses her ongoing writing journey, and all the other projects she is working on. Check it all out at her website!
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Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis to discuss Quantum Leap’s fall finale, which finds Ben struggling to save a group of runaway teens on a deadly wilderness trek. And Project Quantum Leap is thrown into turmoil as Janice vies to stay one step ahead.
We are also proud to bring you an interview with Nanrisa Lee, who plays Jenn Chou, Quantum Leap’s head of security. Nanrisa talks to Matt, Chris and Albie about getting the role of Jenn, her approach to playing the character, and honoring the legacy of Quantum Leap.
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Get into the Halloween spirit with hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis as they discuss Ben’s horrific Leap into a priest who must perform an exorcism on a troubled young woman.
We also bring you an interview with Elyse Levesque, who plays Lola Gray in the episode. Elyse speaks to hosts Matt and Albie about her time on Quantum Leap, and even tells a real-life ghost story of her own!
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Brace yourself for some tremors, because it’s time for What A Disaster!
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis for this unveiling of Quantum Leap’s original reboot pilot, which thrusts Ben into the 1989 San Francisco earthquake. We talk about what elements of the original script made the cut in this repurposed version of the episode, and how well it fits into the new Quantum Leap.
Meanwhile, Magic and the gang are scrambling to discover the identity of the mysterious Leaper Ben encountered in the Old West, and the larger implications for the future of Project Quantum Leap.
We are also proud to bring you an interview with Everett Andres, who played Jason in this episode. Everett spoke with Serenity Burdge about how he got the role, and his time working on the pilot of the new Quantum Leap.
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Saddle up, pardner, because it’s Salvation or Bust!
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis as they round up Ben’s Leap into the Old West, as a washed-up gunslinger who has to save a frontier town from a band of outlaws.
Problems are also afoot back at the Project, with the unexpected arrival of a nosey Committee member looking for Ben.
And stick around for an amazing interview with William Mark McCullough, who plays the big bad in this episode. Mark told us about his time on the set, his love for the original Quantum Leap, and his spooky new thriller A Savannah Haunting, which he wrote and directed!
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A new episode of Quantum Leap? That sounds like A Decent Proposal!
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis to witness Ben’s first Leap into a woman – a bounty hunter chasing an escaped fugitive and dodging a boyfriend who has marriage on his mind.
And back at PQL, Magic drops the bombshell that he was a former Leapee.
Speaking of Magic, we’re thrilled to bring you an interview with acting legend Ernie Hudson. Ernie tells us how he came to Quantum Leap, and discusses the level of depth and complexity that he brings to the role of Magic. It is not to be missed!
And after the podcast, keep the party going on our YouTube Channel with the Quantum Leap Aftershow, featuring a video version of Ernie’s interview, as well as exclusive interviews with Anastasia Antonia, who plays Ben’s Leapee Eva Sandoval, and Tyson Turrou who plays Stuart the sleazy lounge lizard.
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Go a few rounds with hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis as they discuss Ben’s Leap into a boxer who must win a title fight — and prevent a tragedy. And back at the Project, the mystery behind Ben’s premature Leap deepens as a new threat is revealed.
And we’re proud to bring you an interview with Raymond Lee, who plays Dr. Ben Song. Ray tells us how he came to Quantum Leap, what taking on the mantle of the iconic series means to him, and where the new show is headed. Join us as we welcome this new Leaper into the fold!
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Get ready for liftoff, because we’re boarding Atlantis! Enter the final frontier with hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis as they discuss Ben’s Leap to save a doomed Space Shuttle mission. And follow the rest of the PQL team as they hunt down Janice Calavicci in an attempt to uncover the mystery behind Ben’s unexpected Leap!
We are also happy to bring you interviews with Mason Alexander Park, who plays Ian Wright, and Susan Diol, who reprises her role as Beth Calavicci. Neither are to be missed!
The new Quantum Leap is here, and we’re gonna party like it’s July 13, 1985!
Step into the Accelerator Chamber with hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis as they celebrate a new era in Quantum Leap with the 2022 series premiere. Does the return live up to thirty years of expectations?
We’re also thrilled to bring you an interview with Caitlin Bassett, who plays new Observer Addison Augustine. Caitlin tells us about her background, how she came to Quantum Leap and some of what we can expect from the new show!
The Quantum Leap reboot is almost here and NBC is ramping things up!
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis for the latest news regarding the new show and an in-depth discussion of new teaser trailers. What can we expect from Ben’s Leaps? Will they be like Sam’s? Or will the rules be fundamentally different in this latest iteration?
Time to Remake History!
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Ay oh! Oh ay! It’s time to revisit Double Identity!
Dance the Tarantella with QLP hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis as they travel to 1965 Brooklyn to review Sam’s Leap as a mafia hitman making it with the Don’s goomah. Banga-banga-banga!
You’ll have more fun than Nona at bingo. If we’re lyin’, we’re dyin’!
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Sharpen your broadswords, because it’s time to tourney with Knights of the Morningstar!
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis for another meeting of the Quantum Leap Podcast Book Club and prepare to get swept away in Melanie Rawn’s rollicking tale of Sam’s Leap into a medieval knight — sort of.
There are jousts and fair maidens and Evil Leapers and we try to answer that age-old question: Just what the hell does Donna do at Project Quantum Leap?
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QLP Extra: Fangent 8: BTMI Second Edition
Jul 28, 2022
Have you heard? QLP Host Matt Dale has begun work on the second edition of his comprehensive Quantum Leap reference guide Beyond The Mirror Image: The Observer’s Guide to Quantum Leap.
So for this special episode of our normally-Patreon-exclusive bonus show Fangent, Matt tells us what’s new with everyone’s favourite Quantum Leap encyclopedia, and how the new edition of the premiere source for Quantum Leap facts and trivia will be even bigger and more jam-packed with QL goodness.
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QLP 110 Revisiting How the Tess Was Won
Jul 17, 2022
Saddle up Widowmaker pardners, because we’re Revisiting How the Tess Was Won!
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis as they lasso Sam’s silly Leap as a country veterinarian roped into a contest to marry the fiercest filly in Texas.
It’s a romancin’ cowboyin’ good time!
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QLP 109 Reboot Pilot Redo?
Jun 30, 2022
What’s this we hear? There’s been a Reboot Pilot Redo?
NBC has ordered a second Quantum Leap reboot pilot, and hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis break down all the known details behind this unusual decision. The news also comes with a slight plot spoiler, but don’t worry, we provide fair warning for spoiler-averse listeners.
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The QLP Book Club reconvenes for Prelude by Ashley McConnell.
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis to discuss this long-anticipated entry into the Quantum Leap novel series – the origin story of Project Quantum Leap!
Before they were Leaper and Observer, Sam and Al were fast friends with a dream to make time travel a reality. But deadly outside forces are conspiring to stop Quantum Leap before it can begin!
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QLP 107 Revisiting The Right Hand of God
Jun 05, 2022
Get your ringside seats, because we’re Revisiting The Right Hand of God!
Go a few rounds with Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis to discuss Sam’s Leap as a washed-up boxer who must help some nuns raise enough money to build a new chapel.
We also have an interview with Christopher Kirby, the actor who played the original Herbert “Magic” Williams in The Leap Home Part II: Vietnam. Our very own Hayden McQueenie caught up with Chris to discuss his time on Quantum Leap and how he feels about his character coming back in the QL reboot.
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The QLP Book Club reconvenes with The Wall by Ashley McConnell.
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis to discuss the third book in the Quantum Leap novel series, in which Sam Leaps into Missy — a five-year-old girl on an American army base in Germany in 1961, living in the shadow of impending nuclear war and an abusive mother.
WARNING: This podcast contains frank discussion of child abuse and adult themes. Listener discretion is advised.
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Lots of scraps and oddments have been floating around regarding the new Quantum Leap, so it’s high time for a comprehensive Reboot Roundup!
Join hosts Albert Burdge, Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis as they dish the juicy deets on everything that is known so far — including a bunch of new stuff that we’ve never discussed on the podcast.
QLP 104 Reboot Update with Deborah Pratt
Apr 19, 2022
The Quantum Leap Podcast is proud to welcome back Quantum Leap co-executive producer and writer Deborah Pratt to discuss the Quantum Leap reboot!
Hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis dish with Deborah about the origins of the reboot, the current stages of the production, and when and where the series might air. She also drops some hints about story details, series themes, and the possible return of a certain parallel-hybrid computer.
We also just sorta geek out about all things Quantum Leap!
To Donna, or not to Donna? That is the question, because we’re revisiting Star-Crossed!
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis as they dive deep into Quantum Leap’s first official episode, in which Sam Leaps into a sleazy college professor — and reconnects with the love of his life, Donna Eleese.
It’s a timeless tale of romance, fate and magic cheeseburgers.
Then stay tuned for an interview with Quantum Leap Editor Michael Stern. Michael worked on Quantum Leap from seasons 3-5, and he recounts the production and editing process — giving us a glimpse of how episodes were built from the ground up.
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Stop the presses, because it’s time for Reboot Production Updates!
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis for all the latest developments regarding the new series, including the announcement of the main cast and the start of filming — plus a possible scoop from Matt regarding one of the main guest stars.
To quote a very famous Leaper, “Oh, boy!”
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The QLP Book Club is back in session and things are getting Too Close for Comfort!
When Sam Leaps into a college student in New Mexico in 1991, he meets none other than Al! Not the Observer for Project Quantum Leap, but a younger version of his best friend at a transitional time in his life. One wrong move from Sam, and the Quantum Leap Project could cease to be!
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis for an in-depth discussion of this sophomore entry in the Quantum Leap Novel series, written by Ashley McConnell.
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Welcome to the 100th Episode of the Quantum Leap Podcast, where we begin our post Mirror Image series retrospective by Revisiting Genesis!
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis for a new look at the Quantum Leap pilot, as requested by listeners. Does the series premiere hold up?
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QLP 099 Reboot Character Announcements
Feb 13, 2022
The new characters for the Quantum Leap reboot have been confirmed.
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis for an in-depth discussion of the new Leaper, Observer and various other denizens of Project Quantum Leap as envisioned for the new series, along with some broad plot points.
It’s official! NBC has ordered a Quantum Leap Reboot!
Join QLP hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis as they review the latest news surrounding this bombshell announcement and speculate on what a new Quantum Leap series might look like.
The future is looking bright for Quantum Leap!
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Brush up on your Carny Knowledge, because it’s time for Quantum Leap: The Novel!
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis as they kick off the first meeting of the QLP Book Club with this extended review of the first novel in the Quantum Leap novel series, written by Ashley McConnell — in which Sam Leaps into a 1950s carnival worker and has to stop a deadly roller coaster crash.
We also bring you an interview with Quantum Leap novel series editor Ginjer Buchanan. Ginjer chats about the inception of the official tie-in novel program and how she kept it going for 19 books.
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QLP 096 Mirror Image Listener Feedback Special
Dec 01, 2021
Think you’ve heard everything there is to hear about Mirror Image? Well think again, because it’s time for the Mirror Image Listener Feedback Special!
And to celebrate the occasion we welcome two very special guest hosts, QLP Co-Executive Producer Hayden McQueenie and QLP Creator Albie Burdge.
They give their own brilliant takes on just what the heck is going on in Quantum Leap’s infamously nebulous series finale, and help Matt, Allison and Chris explore other fascinating theories posited by QLP listeners. Plus, we give away some sweet Scott swag!
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QLP Extra: Dean Stockwell – A Brief Tribute
Nov 21, 2021
Quantum Leap Podcast Host Christopher DeFilippis shares a segment he wrote for his “DeFlip Side” radio program commemorating the passing of Dean Stockwell.
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Portrait of American actor Dean Stockwell crouching outdoors, 1989. (Photo by Nancy R. Schiff/Getty Images)
QLP Book Club Bookmark Unboxing
Oct 16, 2021
Introducing the QLP Book Club Bookmark!
Our reviews of the Quantum Leap novel series will soon begin, and what better way to read along than with this beautiful, one-of-a-kind collectible? The exploding handlink design provides a bold burst of color on the front, there’s a list of novels on the back, and a rad tassel brings this bad boy home (if only Sam had had one…).
Get your bookmark by joining the QLP Book Club on Patreon for just $3 a month. Learn more on our Patreon page. You’ll be the envy of your reading circle! All patrons supporting at the Book Club level and above are also automatically in the running to win a Quantum Leap novel or comic book.
Thanks to our graphic designer Scott Matteson for this amazing treat. Check out his work at PlanetRise Creative.
Let the reading commence!
QLP 095 Mirror Image
Oct 10, 2021
Forget everything you think you know about Leaping and belly up to the bar; it’s time for Mirror Image.
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis for a deep dive into Quantum Leap’s infamously controversial, confusing and heart-breaking series finale.
We talk GTFW, dubious doppelgängers, and debate Sam’s ultimate fate.
Have a fan theory? Tell us what you think! We may use your comments in our upcoming Mirror Image Fan Feedback Special!
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We’re on vacation! So please enjoy this episode of our Patreon Exclusive bonus show Leaps Elsewhere, where we talk about other movies and TV shows starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell.
For this outing, we tackle Scott’s short-lived TV series GUNG HO! A spin-off of the Ron Howard/Michael Keaton film of the same name, Scott heads up a rowdy bunch of Pennsylvania auto workers whose plant has been taken over by a Japanese car company. Cultures clash and wackiness ensues.
Strap in for lazy comedy and casual racism as only the 80s could deliver. And did we mention Scott’s hair? Come for the laughs, stay for the truly awful singing.
WARNING: This episode contains profanity.
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Tap those blue suede shoes, because it’s time for a Memphis Melody!
Get all shook up with hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis as they talk about Sam’s Leap into the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley.
Quantum Leap pulls out all the stops for its penultimate episode, showcasing Scott’s singing and dancing talents to celebrate this 20th century musical icon. But is the episode any good?
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Mix up a mustard poultice because it’s time for the The Leap Between the States!
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis for Sam’s Leap beyond his own lifetime — into a Civil War soldier who’s also his own great-grandfather.
We explore new frontiers in Leaping, a major kiss with history and a sorta creepy woo-your-own-great-grandmother plot. All this excitement is enough to make a man feel like a king.
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Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis for Sam’s Leap into a traumatized Vietnam War veteran for what is emphatically, positively, no way no how the Bigfoot episode.
Also, it’s the Bigfoot episode.
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Hell hath no fury like the Revenge of the Evil Leaper!
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis for the final chapter in Sam’s battle against Lothos and the mysterious Evil Leaper Project. Strap in for geeky speculation, flagrant retconning and TV hypnotism at its finest.
If you’re yelling for a three-letter savior, we suggest you make it start with a Q — and end with an L – P!
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Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis to discuss Sam’s second clash with his time-traveling arch-nemesis, Alia.
Then listen to an encore presentation of our interview with Carolyn Seymour, who plays the evil hologram Zoe. Carolyn speaks with Albie about her time on Quantum Leap and her wide-ranging acting career.
And be sure to stick around as Chris relates his encounter with Alia herself, Renee Coleman.
In a word, delicious!
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Stock up on garlic, because it’s time for Blood Moon!
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis as they sink their teeth into Sam’s Leap as a vampire in what is widely considered to be the worst QL episode ever. But does Blood Moon get a bad rap?
We’re also proud to present you with an encore presentation of our interview with Shae D’Lyn, who plays the Lady Corrington in this episode. Shae talks with Albie about her time on the set and what she’s been doing since starring in this infamous episode.
It’s a deep dive into the bizarre juxtaposition of vampire lore and Leaping logistics that you don’t want to miss!
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Get ready for some frank talk about sex, because it’s time for Dr. Ruth!
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Christopher DeFilippis and Matt Dale as they discuss Sam’s Leap into the world-renowned sex therapist — a story that could only be told in Season 5. Strap in for a cavalcade of bad impersonations, low-hanging love muscles and truly awful stunt doubles.
Did we mention it’s Allison’s least favorite episode?
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Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis as they discuss Sam’s Leap into a suburban housewife fighting for equal rights, while deftly avoiding guy-on-guy smooches.
The bras they are a-burnin’!
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Insert your Dickens pun here; It’s time for A Tale of Two Sweeties!
Settle in for some classic screwball comedy — Quantum Leap style — as hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis discuss Sam’s Leap into a bigamist trying to juggle two families. The farce is strong with this one.
It is a far, far better podcast we do, than we have ever done; it is a far, far better jesting place we go to, than we have ever known.
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Primp your bandannas, because we’re heading for the Promised Land!
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis to chat about Quantum Leap’s other Christmas episode, in which Sam finds himself in the middle of a bank heist back in his home town of Elk Ridge, Indiana.
It’s a heartwarming holiday tale of multiple felonies, farm swindling, questionable sheriffing, and SCOTT IN THAT MAKEUP!
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QLP 083 Trilogy Part 3: The Last Door
Jan 16, 2021
Prepare for adventures in fourth-dimensional parenting, because it’s time for Trilogy 3: The Last Door!
Join QLP hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis for one last romp in the life of Abagail Fuller in which we see Sam save Abagail (again), hear about that damn locket (again) and discover what is arguably the biggest addition to Quantum Leap lore ever — Sam’s daughter, Sammy Jo (who we never see again).
There’s also the beigest, sweatiest Southern courtroom drama this side of season two.
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QLP 082 Trilogy Part 2: For Your Love
Jan 01, 2021
Cue the harmonicas and twangy guitars, it’s time for Trilogy Part 2!
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis as they learn that even heroes are human in Sam’s increasingly problematic adventures in the life of Abigail Fuller.
Is it an epic star-crossed romance, or just plain wrong?
Warning: This episode of the podcast contains frank discussion of rape, consent and sexual situations; listener discretion is advised.
Also, no Velton Ray Bunches were harmed in the making of this episode.
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God help Sam if he ever leaps to 2020. Wait a minute… Is it possible that everything that happened this year is from… An evil leaper?! Thanks to a throwaway line in “Deliver Us From Evil”, there is a distinct possibility. Hayden is joined by friends of the QLP and hosts of the Starbright Project, Aaron, and Michelle Moss to discuss the “Jimmy” arc in Quantum Leap and to make sure we get out of this dumpster fire of a year, alive. JUMANJI!
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A LITTLE MIRACLE… FIIIIIIIIIVE GOOOOOOLDEN PODCAAAAAASTS… It’s that time of year again, we’ve pulled out our favorite Christmas episode of Quantum Leap, “A Little Miracle”, so of course, we have to talk about it. Friends of the QLP, Aaron and Michelle Moss, have joined our very own Jolly fat man, Hayden, for a special crossover with their own podcast “The Starbright Project”. It’s Michelle’s first time watching the series through, so enjoy hearing a new fan talking about her new favorite show with fresh eyes, while Aaron and Hayden wind her up. And since it’s Christmas, there’s a brand new, practically gift-wrapped Quantum Deep segment, which settles scientifically the mind vs body debate. Have a Holly Jolly Christmas Leapers!
You will be visited by three Christmas apparitions, as hosts Albie, Heather, Zoë, Hayden, Christopher and Suzanne crash this Dickensesque Scroogefest Inception-style, with a podcast in a podcast in a podcast.
Then stick around for an interview with Jarrett Lennon the actor who played Tiny Boy. Jarrett talks with Christopher about his acting career, and what it was like to work on Quantum Leap at such a young age. And be sure to check out Jarrett’s L.A.-based comedy improv group The Feel Good Not Bad Death Laser. Visit their website here for upcoming shows.
There’s also a Quantum Deep segment from Hayden McQueenie, an all-newQuantum Leap Radio Sightings by Christopher DeFilippis, episode trivia and more!
We also bring you an interview with actor Tom McTigue. Tom played Blake’s sycophantic yes-man Calloway in the Christmas episode A Little Miracle. He spoke to Chris about his acting and stand-up comedy career and recounted his time guest starring on Quantum Leap.
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Let’s hope we all don’t end up in limbo…
BONUS EPISODE: A Very Fangent Christmas
Dec 25, 2020
Welcome to a very Christmas edition of Fangent – our (normally) Patreon exclusive show about the stuff we’re talking about when we’re not talking about Quantum Leap.
Celebrate the season with us, as Matt takes down dumb holiday specials, Allison goes Puppy Star Christmas crazy, and Chris lays down some forbidden Christmas lore!
It’s a stocking-full of silly holiday laughs. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!
QLP 081 Trilogy Part 1: One Little Heart
Dec 21, 2020
Tell us all the ways you love us, because it’s time for Trilogy Part 1!
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis for Sam’s Leap into a small-town sheriff embroiled in a murder mystery — where his 10-year-old daughter is the prime suspect.
It’s a cavalcade of sweaty Scott, creepy sexual undercurrents and Meg Foster’s haunting eyes.
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Let those TV dinners burn, because it’s time to Deliver Us From Evil!
The Evil Leaper has arrived! Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis for this season five event, introducing Sam to his greatest nemesis.
And then stay tuned for a LaMotta family reunion as we bring you interviews with John D’Aquino, Laura Harrington and Brad Silverman, who reprised their roles as Frank, Connie and Jimmy for this episode.
John D’Aquino, Laura Harrington and Brad Silverman
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Watch the skies for elliptical orbs, because it’s time for Star Light, Star Bright!
Richard C. Okie
Join Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis for a close encounter with special guest host Richard C. Okie, who wrote this episode.
Rick recounts the genesis of Sam’s brush with extra-terrestrials in the now-infamous “UFO episode” and chats about his time as a writer/producer on Quantum Leap during its fifth season.
His credits include such memorable S5 outings as Leaping of the Shrew, Goodbye, Norma Jean, and The Leap Between the States.
Rick also reveals the unlikely origins of the Evil Leapers!
We also welcome a new producer to the podcast, and take a geeky deep dive into some heavy international video artwork.
Here’s are the video covers we discuss!
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We interrupt our regularly scheduled podcast for these words from… you!
Join QLP hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis for a deep dive into what you’ve been saying in this listener feedback extravaganza!
Bone up on your hand anatomy, because it’s Killin’ Time!
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis to discuss Sam’s Leap into a brutal killer in a deadly siege with police — while Al hunts for the real killer, who has escaped from the Waiting Room in 1999.
It’s a whirlwind of Sci-Fi action, confusing guns and revealing truths about Fermi Suits. Did we mention Sex World?
Also, Matt tells his car-park story, and there’s a dark(winged) post-credits bonus!
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Hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis are thrilled to welcome Quantum Leap writer and producer Tommy Thompson back to the podcast as a guest co-host to discuss Sam’s Leap into a double amputee returning home from Vietnam.
Tommy Thompson
Tommy shares the life experiences that shaped his writing of this episode, and provides some insight into what it was like behind the scenes during season five.
He also gives us a definitive answer on the whole mind/body debate!
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All hail Princess Pain in the Buffalo. It’s time for Leaping of the Shrew!
Get swept away with hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis as Sam Leaps into a goofy desert island romance with special guest star Brooke Shields.
Jean-Pierre Dorléac
We’re also thrilled to bring you a new interview with Quantum Leap Costume Designer Jean-Pierre Dorléac! Jean-Pierre brings a special pedigree to this episode, having dressed Brooke Shields as a castaway once before for the 1980 mega-hit film The Blue Lagoon. He talks to Allison and Chris about his reunion with Brooke during the filming of Shrew, and all the behind-the-scenes goings-on. Click here to check out Jean-Pierre’s website, where you can find costumes for sale and his biography, The Naked Truth.
And if that isn’t enough, QLP Co-Executive Producer Hayden McQueenie theorizes on the many histories of Al in a new Quantum Deep segment entitled “Bingo, Bango, Bongo,” which features special guest Albie Burdge!
The Quantum Leap Podcast — more fun than singing wild peasant songs and dancing naked with your bouzouki. (Well, maybe not…)
Leaping of the Shrew production photos courtesy of Jean-Pierre Dorléac
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Get ready to crack the conspiracy; it’s time for Lee Harvey Oswald!
Join Allison Pregler, Matt Dale, Christopher DeFilippis and special guest host Hayden McQueenie as they usher in Season 5 with this jam-packed QLP episode examining Sam’s Leap into the 20th Century’s most infamous assassin.
Natasha Pavlovich
We’re also proud to bring you an interview with actress Natasha Pavlovich, who played Marina Oswald in the episode. Natasha speaks with Chris about her time on the set, discusses her pioneering achievements as a female pilot, and tells us about her new book “AMONG STARS: TEN HABITS TO SKYROCKET TO SUCCESS.” Find out more on her website.
And we revisit an interview with actor Elya Baskin, who played Major Yuri Kosenko in the episode. The interview first appeared on a Lee Harvey Oswald crossover special between The Quantum Leap Podcast and 11.22.63: An Event Podcast, and is conducted by 11.22.63 host Skipper Martin. Listen to the full interview here.
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Wait? Success suddenly has no effect on Leaping? It must be time for A Leap for Lisa!
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis for the paradigm-shifting, time-twisting, Al-dubbing, Roddy-McDowalling antics of the season four finale as Sam Leaps into a young Al — and changes history with deadly consequences for our favorite hologram.
We’re also proud to bring you an interview with actor Jeff Corbett, who played Chip Ferguson in the episode. Jeff talks about how he got into acting and shares memories of his time on the set.
Then listen to QLP announcer Zoe Dean’s touching retrospective of the late Roddy McDowall. Roddy fans should definitely check out her show Not Just Yesterday: The Roddy McDowall Podcast.
Bingo bango bongo! So long, season four!
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Put down that sheep and put on your clothes, because it’s time for Stand Up!
Get in on the act with hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis to yuck it up over Sam’s Leap into a fledgling 1950s comedy trio headed for disaster on stage and off.
Also, more evil Italians? Fuggedaboutit!
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Please enjoy this sneak peek of our Patreon Exclusive show “Leaps Elsewhere,” in which we review other films and TV shows featuring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell. On the premiere episode, hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis review Scott Bakula’s very first film, the failed 1986 TV pilot “I-Man” — the gruesome origin story of the most arguably useless superhero ever. Space gas! An indestructible family! Copiously shirtless Scott! To get access to the full episode and other Patreon exclusive bonus content, visit the QLP Patreon page
Thanks for your continued support and happy listening!
QLP 072 The Curse of Ptah-Hotep
Jun 03, 2020
Beware The Curse of Ptah-Hotep!
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale, Christopher DeFilippis and special guest host and QLP Producer Morgan Feldon for a Leap of deadly discovery as Sam uncovers the resting place of an Egyptian pharaoh – and unleashes the mummy’s curse!
Then stick around as Morgan talks about his collaboration with replica propmaker Rob Werden in a decade-long journey to build a screen-accurate Handlink prop, complete with lights and sounds.
The Quantum Leap Podcast is especially proud to present an interview with Captain Galaxy himself, Richard Herd! Chris spoke to Richard about his roles in two iconic episodes of Quantum Leap and his distinguished acting career. Check out the full podcast about Future Boy here.
Note from Albie “Richard was very kind to me and everyone at the Quantum Leap Podcast. A few days before the interview, Richard and I connected on the phone and Skype to do a tech setup and arrange the details of our interview with him, kind of an informal pre-interview conversation. He spoke very highly of everyone involved with Quantum Leap. We talked about his art, Quantum Leap, V, Star Trek: Voyager, and his family. He seemed very appreciative of his good fortune in life and his career. We only spoke for about a half-hour, But I could tell how genuinely nice Richard was. It’s something I’ll always remember.”
QLP 071 Moments to Live
May 22, 2020
Cue the daytime drama music, it’s time for Moments to Live!
Tune in with hosts Allison Pregler, Christopher DeFilippis and Raul Dale, as Sam Leaps into the hottest soap star on TV – just in time to get kidnapped by a crazed fan!
This thrilling installment of the QLP features mystery! Intrigue! Teddy Boys! Join us, won’t you?
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Please enjoy this preview of the premiere episode of our Patreon exclusive show Fangent. It’s all the stuff Allison, Matt and Chris talk about when they’re not talking about Quantum Leap.
This time out we geek out over an obscure German SF TV cult classic, the reboot of a classic female superhero duo and the misadventures of a very accomplished cat.
Also, lots of Star Trek, and Matt’s secret Doctor Who fame.
To get access to the full episode and other Patreon exclusive bonus content, visit the QLP Patreon page.
Thanks for your continued support and happy listening!
QLP 070 It’s A Wonderful Leap
May 01, 2020
Calling all angels, it’s time for It’s A Wonderful Leap!
Hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis join Sam as he tries to prevent the murder of a New York City taxi driver — with the help of a guardian angel played by the irrepressible Liz Torres.
We also spoil the heck out of It’s A Wonderful Life and Mirror Image.
You won’t have more fun this side of the cuchifrito circuit!
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Rejoice friends of fruits and veggies! It’s time for ROBERTO!
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis in the studio audience to witness Sam’s Leap into an outrageous daytime talk show host who uncovers a dark secret in a New Mexico town.
Also, Matt talks about cannibalism.
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Brace yourself for the mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle, because it’s time for Ghost Ship!
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis as they join Sam on a spooky Leap into a pilot on a plane that vanishes without trace in the world’s most infamous supernatural hotspot.
Here there be Sea Monsters! UFOs! Dimensional Vortices! Old-timey douche bags! Strap in for a wild Leap!
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Keep your harmonies tight because we’re singing A Song for the Soul!
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis as they groove to Sam’s Leap into a 1950s female trio searching for stardom, complete with family drama and Motown hits. This is Quantum Leap as it was meant to be!
Also, the B-man curse rears its ugly head. We’re not saying it’s real… but it’s real!
The Quantum Leap Podcast — more sizzling than Scott Bakula in a hot pink sequined gown!
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Leap Day Paradox Table Read Extravaganza!
Feb 29, 2020
Happy Leap Day!
Hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis
are celebrating the special occasion with a table read of the original Quantum
Leap script PARADOX written by Chris.
Rounding out the cast are special guests John Irons of the
Captain GameShow! Podcast, Quantum Leap Podcast producer Morgan Feldon and
Quantum Leap Podcast creator Albie Burdge.
Draw, partners! It’s time for The Last Gunfighter!
Have a rootin tootin time with hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis as they spin yarns about Sam’s Leap into an old western gunslinger – whose former partner is out for deadly revenge.
We also have an interview with actress Susan Isaacs, who plays Lucy Means in the episode. She chats with QLP Executive Producer Albie Burdge about her time working with on set with Scott and Dean.
It’s more fun than a shootout at high noon!
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Wake up from your psychic dream, it’s time for Temptation Eyes!
Hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis find
out what love is in this extrasensory Leap, in which Sam must prevent the
murder of a beautiful psychic – who can see him for who he really is. Oh yeah, and
they fall in love.
We also welcome a new Patreon patron, have a blast with feedback, and did we mention the singing? So much singing . . .
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Lace up your track shoes, because we’re Running for Honor!
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis as they explore Sam’s Leap into a naval academy student fighting against intolerance in this groundbreaking episode dealing with gay rights.
We discuss the controversy surrounding the episode when it first aired, and how the topics it tackled are still relevant today.
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QLP A Little Miracle Writer’s Commentary with Professor Sandy Fries
Dec 22, 2019
Check out this amazing audio commentary for the season three episode ten of Quantum Leap A Little Miracle.
Albie is joined by his friend Professor Sandy Fries, the Co-Writer of the best Quantum Leap Christmas episode ever. This commentary is synced to the Quantum Leap: Complete Series – Blu-ray So light the yule log, the Menorah, grab some egglessnogless, hold on to your Flying Spaghetti Monster plush, pop the Blu-ray in, and start the episode when we tell you to.
We must be courageous. We must be innovative. We must be. . . NUUUDE! Because The Play’s the Thing!
Smell the insanity as hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis discuss Sam’s Leap as a young actor who must tread the boards in his all-together, while trying to spark the singing career of a girlfriend twice his age.
It’s fun that’s guaranteed to last a lifetime. Plus ten years!
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Cast off your shackles because it’s time for Unchained!
Listen as Quantum Leap Podcast hosts Allison Pregler, Matt
Dale and Christopher DeFilippis do hard time with Sam, as he becomes a fugitive
from a chain gang who must find justice for an innocent man.
Then stick around for an extended feedback segment that
includes gags, goofs and even some Quantum filk!
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Get your silver iodide, because it’s time for A Single Drop of Rain!
On this episode of The Quantum Leap Podcast, hosts Allison
Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis discuss Sam’s Leap as a con man promising
to make it rain in a drought-ridden Texas town.
It’s an exploration of faith, science, freedom,
responsibility, and most importantly – Scott in a snappy suit! Can we get a hallelujah?!?
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Turn out the lights, because it’s time for Dreams!
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher
DeFilippis as they discuss Sam’s Leap into a traumatized cop in this nightmarish,
psychological thriller.
This also happens to be Chris’s least favorite episode, so
consider yourself warned.
It’s a whirlwind of blood, puberphonia and some rather
unfortunate glasses.
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Take a slug of caterpillar juice and cinch up your diaper, because it’s time for The Wrong Stuff!
Monkey mayhem ensues as hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis discuss Sam’s leap into Bobo, an aspiring Astrochimp with an uncertain future.
Join us as we debate Leap logistics and do a deep dive into Sam’s diaper in this classic comedy episode. It’s one of our most bananas podcasts yet!
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On this episode of The Quantum Leap Podcast, hosts Allison
Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis discuss Sam’s distressing Leap
into a rape victim and his mission to bring her attacker to justice.
Along the way we explore the prevalence of rape culture and how
far we have (or haven’t) come in combatting it in the decades since the episode
first aired.
There’s also some terrific viewer feedback, an announcement
or two, and Allison sings!
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QLP Mirror Image Found Footage Special
Jun 30, 2019
A new ending of Mirror Image has surfaced, and the Quantum Leap Podcast has found the fan behind the lost footage!
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Christopher DeFilippis and
Hayden McQueenie as they chat with Roger, a Leaper whose long-time fandom led
to the discovery of the new scene, featuring Dean Stockwell as Al and Susan
Diol as Beth. Roger tells us how he got hold of the footage – a story as old as
Quantum Leap fandom itself.
Then stick around for a new Quantum Deep segment from Hayden!
Watch the Mirror Image Lost Ending
QLP 057 Permanent Wave
Jun 05, 2019
Leapers, get ready to ride the Permanent Wave! On this episode of the Quantum Leap Podcast hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale, and Christopher DeFilippis take a trip to the salon, as Sam Leaps into the hottest hairstylist in Beverly Hills and has to prevent a double murder. Will he save the life of wee Joseph Gordon Levitt? It’s an old-school action episode—Quantum Leap style! We also discuss the bombshell Mirror Image lost ending footage that recently surfaced online. Stick with the Quantum Leap Podcast and you’ll be stylin’!
QLP 056 Justice
May 13, 2019
It’s a Leap for Justice!
Join Quantum Leap Podcast hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis as they discuss this racially charged episode in which Sam leaps into a member of the Ku Klux Klan and must prevent the lynching of a young black man.
In these divided times, the show’s message is more important than ever.
Then stick around as we answer one listener’s burning question, and totally geek out over Quantum Leap novel covers.
And, as promised, here’s the side-by-side Foreknowledge cover comparison:
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QLP Spotlight: A Chat with Shae D’lyn
Apr 14, 2019
Shae D’lyn is a multi-talented actor, producer, writer and director. Since making her small screen debut with a guest role on Quantum Leap, she has gone on to have a varied career on stage and screen – both in front of and behind the camera.
Shae was a cast regular on the hit network comedy “Dharma
and Greg.” Her other television work includes guest spots on “Law & Order,”
“Ellen,” “Boardwalk Empire” and the Netflix drama “Orange is the New Black.”
She also appeared on the big screen in the cult hit film “Vegas Vacation,” Woody Allen’s “Café Society” and most recently in the Academy Award nominated “Can You Ever Forgive Me” with Melissa McCarthy.
Shae also directs and produces theater, film, and television productions. She is founder of the production company Shot in the Dark Films and the Independent Artists’ Cooperative in Los Angeles, New York, Vancouver, and Toronto, which has more than 600 members
But Leapers will know Shae best from her role as Lady Alexandra Corrington in the Quantum Leap episode “Blood Moon.”
Quantum Leap Podcast Creator and Executive Producer Albie Burdge recently sat down with Shae to discuss her time on Quantum Leap, and what it was like to be on set with Scott and Dean for her very first television acting role.
Please enjoy our interview with Shae D’lyn.
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QLP 055 Hurricane
Mar 19, 2019
Hunker down for some gale force podcasting, because it’s time for Hurricane!
On this episode of the Quantum Leap Podcast, hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis brave the winds of Hurricane Camille as Sam Leaps into a deputy charged with keeping a small seaside town safe from the deadly storm.
Action, romance and stock footage abound! There’s even a wet dog! This is one hurricane party you don’t want to miss . . .
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Pinch a wad of tobacco and step up to the plate, because it’s time to Play Ball!
On this episode of the Quantum Leap Podcast,
hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis slide into QL’s
fourth season with this celebration of America’s favorite pastime, Quantum Leap
style.
But don’t let the sportsball angle fool you.
This is an episode full of humor, heart and character-defining moments for Sam
and Al.
Play Ball proves that you don’t have to be a
sports fan to have a good time at the ballpark. Unless you’re Matt… Batter up!
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Bring the synchrotron online. It’s time for The Leap Back!
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher
DeFilippis in this bonus-sized celebration of Quantum Leap’s fourth season
opener — chock full of simuleaps, hand link porn, Donna drama and post-coital
stargazing.
Does this gonzo fan-favorite episode live up to its reputation? Join us and find out!
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Ah, the magic of Christmas. Serenity certainly felt it when she asked Santa for a fourth, yes you heard right, FOURTH level of Inception for the Christmas episode of Quantum Leap – A Little Miracle. Not satisfied with just another viewing and discussion by Albie and Allison, this episode is the gift that keeps on giving. The writer of A Little Miracle Professor Sandy Fries. Author of Secrets Your Textbook Will Not Tell You: (About TV, Movies, and Life), earned a permanent spot on the Nice List by having a conversation with Albie to discuss his experiences. In this extended interview with Sandy, Albie gets his Christmas wish of a one on one heartfelt conversation about Quantum Leap, Star Trek, Life, Love, and so much more.
It’s a winter wonderland of fun in the 40th installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast! Join us as we have some eggnog and enjoy season three, episode nine, A Little Miracle, again, and again, and then again for the first time! Again!
You will be visited by three Christmas apparitions, as hosts Albie, Heather, Zoë, Hayden, Christopher and Suzanne crash this Dickensesque Scroogefest Inception-style, with a podcast in a podcast in a podcast.
Then stick around for an interview with Jarrett Lennon the actor who played Tiny Boy. Jarrett talks with Christopher about his acting career, and what it was like to work on Quantum Leap at such a young age. And be sure to check out Jarrett’s L.A.-based comedy improv group The Feel Good Not Bad Death Laser. Visit their website here for upcoming shows.
There’s also a Quantum Deep segment from Hayden McQueenie, an all-newQuantum Leap Radio Sightings by Christopher DeFilippis, episode trivia and more!
EPISODE RUNDOWN (layer 3) 00:00:01: Welcome to A Little Miracle: Phase III 00:26:25: Scott Bakula Sings! “It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas” 00:29:22: ALM Phase II — Pt. 1: Christmas Party Crashers 00:32:45: ALM Phase I 01:23:30: “Joy to the World” 01:24:15: An Interview with Jarrett Lennon 02:08:49: Vintage QL Audio 02:10:40: ALM Phase II — Pt. 2: Hayden & Amanda Celebrate 02:25:22: Amanda Sings! “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” 02:27:29: Quantum Deep: A Review of Quantum Leap Comic #3 02:36:52: Vintage QL Promo 02:37:11: ALM Trivia with Hayden and Amanda 02:53:42: The Quantum Leap Radio Sightings: “A Little Miracle” 02:57:10: Next on the Quantum Leap Podcast: “Runaway” 02:58:35: ALM Phase II — Pt. 3: Albie Gets Scrooged 03:10:51: Amanda Sings! “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” 03:13:46: Marina Prior Sings! “Angels We Have Heard On High” 03:17:16: Credits 03:18:28: Bloopers
We also bring you an interview with actor Tom McTigue. Tom played Blake’s sycophantic yes-man Calloway in the Christmas episode A Little Miracle. He spoke to Chris about his acting and stand-up comedy career and recounted his time guest starring on Quantum Leap.
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Let’s hope we all don’t end up in limbo…
Shock Theater
Dec 17, 2018
Check your super-egos at the door and enter the Shock Theater!
Join Quantum Leap Podcast hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis as they discuss this fan-favorite season three finale — which also happens to be Allison’s favorite episode.
The stakes have never been higher for Sam, as his dark sojourn in a mental institution causes him to take on the personas of past Leapees, and threatens to cut him off from Project Quantum Leap for good. But hey, who says there isn’t time for Al to get in a little Alphabet Rap?
The Quantum Leap Podcast is gonna give you what you need!
Nuclear Family
Nov 18, 2018
Put on your gas masks and get ready to survive in style, because it’s time for Nuclear Family!
On this episode of the Quantum Leap Podcast, hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis duck and cover down in the fallout shelter to discuss Sam’s brush with Cold War paranoia.
This also happens to be Chris’s favorite episode, and he explains (at length!) the many things about it he finds so praiseworthy. Allison and Matt manage to get a few words in too!
The Cuban Missile Crisis! Neighbor turning against neighbor! The ever-present threat of nuclear annihilation! What’s not to love?
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The Empowering Internet Safety Guide for Women
Please check out this guide we mentioned during the feedback segment, designed to help women protect themselves from harassment online. Thank you to listener Rebecca May for bringing it to our attention.
QLP Bonus Science Fiction Double Feature
Oct 30, 2018
Halloween is not over until the fat man sings – is this why Albie was so adamantly against Hayden singing? Join Hayden and Albie for a Halloween themed Science Fiction Double Feature. On their arrival in Egypt, they delve into the tombs of Ptah Hotep, then fly to England on the wings of a bat for the Blood Moon. If they manage to survive, they may go Quantum Deep into some theories into the scientific explanation for supernatural elements in the show. It’s sure to be great fun when we do the Time Warp again.
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Make way for the Battling Ruskies, because it’s time for Heart of A Champion!
Join hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis as they tag-team the pro wrestling episode of Quantum Leap — and usher in the triumphant return of Quantum Leap Podcast creator Albie Burdge!
As a former professional wrestler and pro wrestling referee, Albie brings some unique and funny insights to this episode that are not to be missed.
Susan IsaacsWe also bring you an interview with two-time Quantum Leap guest star Susan Isaacs. Susan appeared in both Heart of a Champion and The Last Gunfighter. She chats with Albie about her time on the show, and her long and diverse career as a performer, writer and teacher.
Need more wrestling action? You’re in luck, because Chris interviews Barren Space’s own Gabe LLanas about his new professional wrestling podcast A Month of Mondays! The long-time Thinking Outside the Long Box host talks about the inspiration that led him to embark on A Month of Mondays, and what wrestling fans can expect from him and his co-host Carl “Monday Night Carlo” during the new monthly show.
Listen up, or we will eat you like the capitalist pigs you are!
A special for the Quantum Leap Podcast Segment on Acting, with guest Manu Intiraymi. Your Bavarian Barbarian, Jessie, crossed paths with Manu Intiraymi, while on the trail of acting that cuts true. They spoke of such things as acting, stories, dragons, aliens, and a mystical foreign place, called Urbiessa. Awesome sources include “Instant” (yep!) on roddenberry.com & “5th Passenger”: 5thpassenger.com. To help make sci-fi, visit thecircuitfilm.com and email manuintiraymi@thecircuitfilm.com.
@5thpassenger Its Available Now!!!! Nationwide on most of the major streaming services: Dish, DirecTV, Charter, Spectrum, Comcast/Xfinity, Verizon Fios, Cox, SlingTV, iTunes, Amazon, Vudu, FandangoNOW, Google Play, Microsoft/Xbox. If you’re an Indie Sci-fi Fan, spread the word on your Social Media. Review us on #rottentomatoes and #imdb and #amazon #amazonprime after you see the film! Co-Produced by Manu Intiraymi Thecircuitfilm.com is next.
Piano Man Part B
Sep 12, 2018
Much like Wile E Coyote’s attempts to catch the Road Runner, Sam Beckett’s attempts to save the lives of his host and his host’s long time girlfriend continually blow up in his face… Literally… For the most cartoon-like episode of Quantum Leap, in the “Piano Man” bonus show, Hayden, Lesley and Zoe have gathered around the piano to discuss the episode, only to realize that none of them know how to play it. So instead, being Saturday morning, they settle in front of the TV in their PJs with a bowl of cereal for some cartoons. The Deans List covers Dean Stockwell’s work on “Batman Beyond: Return Of The Joker” and “Captain Planet and the Planeteers”; Jessie Neumann returns with her “World’s second-oldest profession” segment about voice acting; and Quantum Deep is taken over by some very special guests for a Quantum Leap themed cartoon cavalcade that is definitely not for children!
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Last Dance Before an Execution
Aug 29, 2018
You are cordially invited to join us for a Last Dance Before an Execution.
In this electrifying episode of the podcast, hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis discuss one of Sam’s darkest Leaps yet — into a death row inmate headed to the electric chair. Sam’s desperate quest to prove his innocence turns into a larger exploration of fear, punishment, bigotry and faith.
Don’t worry, we find some funny stuff to talk about, too…
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A Hunting We Will Go
Aug 02, 2018
Get set for handcuffs and hijinks because it’s A Hunting We Will Go!
On this episode of the Quantum Leap Podcast, hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis laugh at Sam’s expense, as he Leaps into a bounty hunter who must bring a beautiful and beguiling fugitive to justice.
It’s a whirlwind of slapstick and romance Quantum Leap style!
We also have a ton of listener feedback and some of our craziest tangents yet.
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Glitter Rock
Jul 17, 2018
Cue the guitar solo, and get ready for some Glitter Rock!
On this episode of the Quantum Leap Podcast, hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis don their purple fedoras and rock out to this season three whodunit in which Sam Leaps into the lead singer of a glam rock band — and must avoid being murdered by a crazed fan.
Join us for lots of fun, music and laughs, as we go beyond the gonzo makeup and crazy costumes to determine if Quantum Leap’s rock and roll fantasy is a one-hit-wonder, or a power ballad for the ages.
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Southern Comforts
Jul 01, 2018
Stir the gumbo and primp your fez, because it’s time to enjoy some Southern Comforts!
On this episode of the Quantum Leap Podcast hosts Matt Dale, Allison Pregler and Christopher DeFilippis head to a New Orleans brothel, where Sam has to prevent a young woman from being killed by her abusive husband.
Chris Ruppenthal
And joining us as special guest host is episode director Chris Ruppenthal. Chris is a veteran Quantum Leap writer and producer, and he takes us behind the scenes to share his unique perspectives on Southern Comforts. He also tells us how an episode of Quantum Leap got made from start to finish.
The Quantum Leap podcast — more fun than graduation day at The Labonte Sewing and Quilting Academy!
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Piano Man
Jun 18, 2018
Take off with us somewhere in the night, as we cut loose to Piano Man!
On this episode of The Quantum Leap Podcast, hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis kick off their Sunday shoes to discuss Sam’s season three Leap as a lounge lizard on the run from the mob.
Velton Ray BunchWe also have an amazing interview with Velton Ray Bunch. Velton was the series composer for Quantum Leap and was instrumental in crafting the song “Somewhere in the Night” which was the centerpiece of this episode. Allison and Chris spoke to Velton about the genesis of the fan favorite tune, and the unique challenges it posed to making the episode.
And hold on, because Matt reveals another startling new discovery about series finale Mirror Image! Think of it as a companion to Allison’s amazing photo find from a few months back.
You can say you heard it first — on The Quantum Leap Podcast!
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Private Dancer Part B
Jun 15, 2018
You guys give up, or are you thirsty for more? We magic jump back into Private Dancer one more time in this Part 2.
On this episode of the Quantum Leap Podcast, hosts Hayden McQueenie, Natasha Zoë Dean, and Lesley Wentzell Dive deeper into this season three episode, where Sam helps a deaf dancer take her shot at fame!
Laura Harrington as Connie LaMotta
Chris has an awesome interview with Laura Harrington who played Connie LaMotta in the episodes Jimmy and Deliver Us from Evil. This completes the Jimmy trifecta along with John D’Aquino and Brad Silverman.
Quantum Deep goes so deep, you will need a diving bell. There is also a full preview of The Dean’s List podcast with Zoë and Lesley. It’s a podcast in a podcast at no extra charge.
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Private Dancer
Jun 04, 2018
Squeeze into your Speedos and don your Zorro mask! It’s time to take that magic jump into Private Dancer!
On this episode of the Quantum Leap Podcast, hosts Allison Pregler, Christopher DeFilippis and Matt Dale cut a rug to this season three episode, where Sam helps a deaf dancer take her shot at fame!
Debbie Allen
And speaking of fame, We also have an interview with Fame star, renowned choreographer and episode director Debbie Allen! Debbie spoke with Albie about her decades-long dancing and acting career — both in front of and behind the camera.
We also have a unique insight into how deaf culture was portrayed in this episode — as discussed by two deaf Quantum Leap fans! Allison relates a conversation between Leapers Kelsey and Megan, and their thoughts on the matter. You can also read their full conversation here.
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Future Boy
May 15, 2018
Grab your pyramid hats, time cadets! It’s time for another thrilling adventure with Captain Galaxy and Future Boy!
Holy smokin’ retro rockets! It’s a Future Boy extravaganza as special guest and episode writer Tommy Thompson joins Quantum Leap Podcast hosts Allison Pregler, Christopher DeFilippis and Matt Dale on a journey back through time — to relate some amazing behind-the-scenes anecdotes about the making of this season three classic.
But there’s more! The Quantum Leap Podcast is especially proud to present an interview with Captain Galaxy himself, Richard Herd! Chris spoke to Richard about his roles on two iconic episodes of Quantum Leap and his distinguished acting career.
There’s also a super-cool extended edition of Hayden McQueenie’s Quantum Deep!
Then stand by the time accelerator, and activate the thermal reaction switch for a big announcement about the future of the Quantum Leap Podcast!
Until then, we’ll see you in the future!
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8 1/2 Months
May 01, 2018
Break out the Jell-O and onions Leapers! It’s the episode you’ve been expecting, 8-1/2 Months! Join guest hosts Allison, Matt, and Chris as they discuss Sam’s mind-bending Leap into pregnant teen Billie Jean Crockett. Sam must fight social stigma and morning sickness in equal measure as he struggles to find some way for the girl keep her baby. We also bring you an interview with Ann Walker, who played Leola in the episode. Ann spoke with Albie about her time on Quantum Leap and her decades-long acting career. Then stay tuned for trivia, feedback, radio sightings, a new edition of Quantum Deep and more!
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Runaway
Apr 15, 2018
Join us as we buckle in for a family road trip — Quantum Leap style — with Season 3 Episode 11, Runaway.
Guest hosts Allison Pregler, Matt Dale and Christopher DeFilippis journey cross country with Sam as he Leaps into 13-year-old Butchie Rickett. Not only does Sam have to deal with a host of adolescent indignities — including a mean big sister and posing with Buffalo Chimps — but he also has to find a way to keep Butchie’s mother Emma from abandoning her family.
We also bring you an interview with actor Tom McTigue. Tom played Blake’s sycophantic yes-man Calloway in the Christmas episode A Little Miracle. He spoke to Chris about his acting and stand-up comedy career, and recounted his time guest starring on Quantum Leap.
Then stick around for a new Quantum Deep, radio sightings, trivia, feedback and more.
The Quantum Leap Podcast: More fun than a barrel of Buffalo Chimps!
RUNDOWN 00:00:01: Intro 00:02:13: New Voices, Same Podcast 00:05:10: Initial Impressions 00:06:58: Episode Recap 00:11:30: Main Discussion 01:07:55: Promo: Barren Space Professional Audio Production 01:09:45: Vintage Audio: Scott Talks Quantum Leap 01:12:04: Ann Walker Show ID 01:12:10: Tom McTigue Interview 01:38:44: Quantum Deep: Identical Beckys 01:52:15: Quantum Leap Radio Sightings: Double Identity 01:56:41: Trivia and News with Albie and Hayden 02:16:46: Feedback 02:32:41: Up Next: 8-1/2 Months 02:33:49: Goodbyes 02:34:16: Credits 02:35:30: Bloopers
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[WARNING: This podcast contains spoilers for the Quantum Leap series finale Mirror Image]
We interrupt your regularly scheduled podcast to bring you breaking news!
Quantum Leap Podcast staffer Allison Pregler has made the uncovery of the century — finding photographic proof that an alternate ending to series finale Mirror Image was likely filmed.
Allison joins co-host Christopher DeFilippis and Quantum Leap expert Matt Dale to discuss the photos, which feature Dean Stockwell as Al and Susan Diol reprising her role as Beth in a scene contained in original production scripts for Mirror Image — previously thought unfilmed.
But you don’t have to take our word for it. We also have an amazing interview with Susan Diol, who shared her memories of that shooting day and helped shed some new light on this amazing find.
So please join us was we take a new Leap — into Quantum Leap history!
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It’s a winter wonderland of fun in the 40th installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast! Join us as we have some eggnog and enjoy season three, episode nine, A Little Miracle , again, and again, and then again for the first time!
You will be visited by three Christmas apparitions, as hosts Albie, Heather, Zoë, Hayden, Christopher and Suzanne crash this Dickensesque Scroogefest Inception-style, with a podcast in a podcast in a podcast.
Then stick around for an interview with Jarrett Lennon the actor who played Tiny Boy. Jarrett talks with Christopher about his acting career, and what it was like to work on Quantum Leap at such a young age. And be sure to check out Jarrett’s L.A.-based comedy improv group The Feel Good Not Bad Death Laser. Visit their website here for upcoming shows.
There’s also a Quantum Deep segment from Hayden McQueenie, an all-newQuantum Leap Radio Sightings by Christopher DeFilippis, episode trivia and more!
EPISODE RUNDOWN 00:00:01: Welcome to A Little Miracle: Phase III 00:26:25: Scott Bakula Sings! “It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas” 00:29:22: ALM Phase II — Pt. 1: Christmas Party Crashers 00:32:45: ALM Phase I 01:23:30: “Joy to the World” 01:24:15: An Interview with Jarrett Lennon 02:08:49: Vintage QL Audio 02:10:40: ALM Phase II — Pt. 2: Hayden & Amanda Celebrate 02:25:22: Amanda Sings! “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” 02:27:29: Quantum Deep: A Review of Quantum Leap Comic #3 02:36:52: Vintage QL Promo 02:37:11: ALM Trivia with Hayden and Amanda 02:53:42: The Quantum Leap Radio Sightings: “A Little Miracle” 02:57:10: Next on the Quantum Leap Podcast: “Runaway” 02:58:35: ALM Phase II — Pt. 3: Albie Gets Scrooged 03:10:51: Amanda Sings! “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” 03:13:46: Marina Prior Sings! “Angels We Have Heard On High” 03:17:16: Credits 03:18:28: Bloopers
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It’s ahead full-throttle in the thirty-ninth installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast, as we rev up for season three, episode eight, Rebel Without A Clue.
Join hosts Albie and Heather as they discuss Sam’s Leap into biker-gang clown Shane “Funny Bone” Thomas, where he must rescue an idealistic young woman named Becky from being murdered by abusive gang leader Dillon. Desperate to save her, Sam enlists the help of iconic Beat Generation poet Jack Kerouac.
Then stick around for an interview with the actor who played Kerouac, Michael Bryan French. Michael talks with Albie about his long acting career, and what it was like to work on the show.
There’s also a new Quantum Deep segment from Hayden McQueenie, Radio Sightings by Christopher DeFilippis, episode trivia and more–including a huge announcement about the rediscovered lost ending of series finale Mirror Image!
EPISODE RUNDOWN 00:00:01: Intro 00:02:20: First Impressions 00:06:25: Episode Recap 00:13:17: Main Discussion 00:49:13: Michael Bryan French Interview 01:06:53: Quantum Retrieval: Teaser 01:07:36: TOTLB Promo 01:09:23: Vintage Audio–Behind the Scenes at Quantum Leap 01:15:11: Scott Bakula ID 01:15:17: Quantum Leap Radio Sightings: “How The Tess Was Won” 01:20:10: Quantum Deep: Al Calavicci: Legend or Liar? 01:38:07: Trivia with Albie and Hayden 01:48:52: News–Mirror Image Lost Ending Found! 01:57:32: Feedback 02:01:50: On The Next Episode: A Little Miracle 02:04:38: Credits 02:05:53: Bloopers
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In the thirty-eighth installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast, Albie, Heather, Juan and Gabe from Thinking Outside The Long Box discuss season three, episode eight, The Great Spontini. – Recorded Live in Colorado.
There are first impressions, an episode recap, thoughts and opinions, and a great interview with episode guest star and Magic Consultant, Magician Dan Birch
Matt – author of “Quantum Leap: Beyond the Mirror Image” shares his journey writing, and some of his favorite Quantum Leap timeline mistakes and reconciling them.
Jessie brings us her second segment in her multi-part series on Acting: “The Magic If”.
Hayden McQueenie is back with his latest “Quantum Deep” segment about Forecasting The Future.
Also some exciting news from Don Bellisario
QLP Hurricane commentary (season 4, episode 3)
Oct 08, 2017
Hello Leapers! Just to remind everyone, our fearless leaders Albie, Heather, and Serenity recently had to flee their home because of Hurricane Irma, leaving a huge physical, mental and financial strain. So to try to help Albie and Heather get back on their feet, the Quantum Leap Podcast crew has decided to have a fundraiser.
The crew has put together a commentary for the Quantum Leap episode “Hurricane” (season 4, episode 3)
Please take this as an early thank you for your generosity. As with all our other commentaries, this one is also intended to be listened to as you watch the episode with low volume.
Would everybody please make a generous donation via Paypal to “albertburdge@msn.com” or https://www.paypal.me/albie ? We have more than 2000 people who have liked this page – just to put that into context, if everyone donated even just one dollar, that would be $2000 and would make a substantial difference. Also to raise funds, we will also soon be putting some Quantum Leap items and special services up for sale soon – stay tuned. All proceeds will go to Albie and Heather.
Albie and Heather will only be learning about this fundraiser now, remember that we love you and you are in our thoughts in this difficult time. Also, this commentary is spoiler heavy, so please don’t listen to it, Heather. Everybody else, enjoy
Black On White On Fire
Sep 06, 2017
In the thirty-seventh installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast, Albie, Heather, and special guest star Deborah Pratt discuss season three, episode seven, Black On White On Fire.
There are first impressions, an episode recap, thoughts and opinions, listener feedback, and two great interviews from episode guest stars conducted by Christopher DeFilippis. Our first interview is with Corie Knights who played Susan Brewster. Our second interview is with SaMi Chester who played Bebe.
In the thirty-sixth installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast, Albie and Heather discuss season three, episode six, Miss Deep South.
There are first impressions, an episode recap, thoughts and opinions, listener feedback, and two great interviews from episode guest stars.
Our first interview is with David Allen Brooks who played sleazy photographer Clint Beaumont. Our second interview is with Nancy Stafford who played pageant coordinator Peg Myers. Both discuss their time working on the show and their current projects.
Also stopping by is episode writer and friend of the podcast Tommy Thompson. Tommy tells us his inspiration for writing Miss Deep South and gives a unique, behind the scenes perspective on how the episode came together.
If that’s not enough, Hayden McQueenie is back with his latest “Quantum Deep” segment – where he reviews the Quantum Leap comic book “Waiting” and discusses a unique wardrobe challenge presented by Miss Deep South.
Christopher DeFilippis also returns, discussing how the humor in this episode inspired some of the more comedic aspects of his QL novel Foreknowledge, and why he considers Miss Deep South a high mark of the series and one of its best episodes. He also brings us another edition of the Quantum Leap Radio Sightings
In addition, Albie teams up with special guest Peter Veunnasack to read viewer feedback.
Listen up for all that and more.
And once you’re done listening to the podcast, please read our interview with Holly Bryar, Miss Sydney Australia, 2016. Holly spoke with QLP contributor Jessie Neumann about her experience with beauty pageants, and how the pageant world has changed (or not!) since the 1950’s-era time period depicted in “Miss Deep South.”
SHOW RUNDOWN TO COME
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The Quantum Leap Podcast is proud to bring you an interview with Matt Dale and Kevin West, the creative team behind the upcoming Quantum Leap book:
Beyond the Mirror Image: The Observer’s Guide to Quantum Leap.
Author Matt Dale launched the Doctor Who website millenniumeffect.co.uk in 1998 and has been writing detailed analysis of TV series ever since. He’s most well-known for covering Doctor Who spin-offs Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures — the Saw films — and the Jeff Wayne concept album The War of the Worlds, amongst other things.
Kevin West has been Matt’s collaborator for 20 years, contributing articles to TME and creating TME Books in 2006.
Matt came up with the idea for Beyond the Mirror Image after decades of knowing a little bit about Quantum Leap and waiting for an official book that would tell him everything….
While he waits, he has written this unofficial but extensively comprehensive show guide. And both Matt and Kevin have taken the time to tell us all about it.
USA Today bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch writes in almost every genre. Generally, she uses her real name (Rusch) for most of her writing. Under that name, she publishes bestselling science fiction and fantasy, award-winning mysteries, acclaimed mainstream fiction, controversial nonfiction, and the occasional romance. Her works include: The Fey series: With a sweeping scope reminiscent of George R.R. Martin’s Westeros and intricate characters like those in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth, Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s Fey series takes fantasy in a whole new direction. When the most powerful ruling family in the world attempts to conquer a tiny, seemingly helpless island kingdom, they meet forces they never knew existed. In a fight spread over generations, this saga of hope and magic proves that the greatest power of all comes from love; The Retrieval Artist series – a series of 15 books, consisting of seven standalone novels and the Anniversary Day Saga, an epic, eight-book story of conspiracy, revenge and shadowy justice. Miles Flint, no stranger to tough cases, walks a razor edge as he and others struggle to save the Moon from total destruction. Where will you be when the bombs go off? And the Diving series: a space opera set in a vividly imagined far-future universe, featuring a strong, capable female heronie, blending fast-paced action with an exploration of the nature of friendship and the ethics of scientific discoveries. Her novels have made bestseller lists around the world and her short fiction has appeared in eighteen best of the year collections. She has won more than twenty-five awards for her fiction, including the Hugo, Le Prix Imaginales, the Asimov’s Readers Choice award, and the Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Readers Choice Award. Rusch publishes mystery novels under the pseudonym Kris Nelscott. Publications from The Chicago Tribune to Booklist have included her Nelscott mystery novels in their top-ten-best mystery novels of the year. The Nelscott books have received nominations for almost every award in the mystery field, including the best novel Edgar Award, and the Shamus Award. Her Nelscott mystery novels include the Smokey Dalton series: Memphis, 1968. Black P.I., white client. And Martin Luther King’s on the way… Memphis P.I. SMOKEY DALTON is hired by a wealthy woman from Chicago to find out why her mother left him $10,00 in her will. Toss in the fact that 1968 Memphis is a racial powderkeg set to go off, with an on-going Sanitation Workers’ Strike and the impending arrival of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. contributing to the mix. Now add in that Smokey’s developing a strong, and apparently mutual attraction to his white client, and you’ve got one hell of a read that offers an unflinching look at a pivotal moment in American history. He’s an appealing private eye, a loner with a strong set of ethics, burning with anger at the injustices he sees everyday, but careful to distance himself from the struggle for equality swirling all around him, or any personal involvement. He doesn’t even commit himself to his profession –he prefers to call himself an “odd-jobs man.” But the distance Smokey tries to keep is rapidly shrinking, even as his attraction grows, and it soon becomes obvious that somehow, somewhere, his client’s life and his are inextricably linked. Rusch writes goofy romance novels as award-winner Kristine Grayson, romantic suspense as Kristine Dexter, futuristic science fiction as Kris DeLake, and has sold a number of short stories. She also edits. Beginning with work at the innovative publishing company, Pulphouse, followed by her award-winning tenure at The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, she took fifteen years off before returning to editing with the original anthology series Fiction River, published by WMG Publishing. She acts as series editor with her husband, writer Dean Wesley Smith, and edits at least two anthologies in the series per year on her own. Rusch is one of the few people who can boast having both “Star Wars” and “Star Trek” on her resume, being the author of Star Wars: The New Rebellion, and writing or co-writing ten novels set in the Star Trek universe. Sandy Schofield is the pen name that Kristine Kathryn Rusch and her husband Dean Wesley Smith use for their collaborative writing works. Leapers will know Sandy Schofield best as the “author” of the Quantum Leap novel “Loch Ness Leap”: Dr Donald Harding, theoretical physicist, believes only in science. His son Travis believes in the unbelievable. It’s March of 1986 when Sam leaps into Harding, who has come to Loch Ness, where his son is attempting to prove to him the existence of the fabled monster. Ziggy says that there is a fifty percent chance that Sam is there to keep the two from becoming permanently estranged. But Sam suspects that there is something more to the leap – something concerning Travis Harding’s girlfriend, an oddly familiar young woman who calls herself Dixie Fuller. Sam is right. He is not at Loch Ness for Donald Harding’s son – he is there for his own daughter. And what he does will be the key to her future – as well as his own…
On this Bonus Episode of the Quantum Leap Podcast, we analyze Quantum Leap: Lee Harvey Oswald, the season five opener that found Sam Beckett Leaping into the eponymous assassin!
We start off our group discussion with spoiler-free first impressions, and then hand the reigns over to Skipper and Christopher as they dive deep into this game-changing episode of Quantum Leap.
We also have interviews with veteran actor Elya Baskin, who played Major Yuri Kosenko in the episode, and colorist Bryan McMahan, who worked behind the scenes on Quantum Leap during seasons 3-5.
If you enjoy this special episode, you can here more of Skipper and Christopher on the 11.22.63 Podcast, where they talk about 11.22.63, the Hulu event miniseries, and the Stephen King novel on which it’s based.
Oh boy!
RUNDOWN
00:00:01: Intro 00:00:09: Quantum Leap: Lee Harvey Oswald Promo 00:01:04: Welcome 00:01:30: Enter Albie and Juan! 00:03:15: Bonus Episode? What Gives? 00:04:25: Spoiler-Free Discussion of Quantum Leap LHO 00:15:28: Spoiler Discussion Begins 00:26:17: Mad Props to Albie and Juan 00:29:00: Is That A Violin? 00:29:33: And Then There Were Two: What Skip and Chris Really Think About the Lee Harvey Oswald Episode 00:42:24: Donald P. Bellisario on Writing (and Meeting) Lee Harvey Oswald 00:46:58: Lee Harvey Oswald: Morals, Meanings and Messages 00:56:22: Expectations for Hulu’s 11.22.63 Series Adaptation 01:01:50: 11.22.63 Podcast Interviews to Come 01:06:20: Elya Baskin Interview 01:46:40: Bryan McMahan Interview 03:04:24: More 11.22.63 Interviews to Come 03:06:11: Contact Us! 03:08:00: Barren Space Plug 03:09:18: Where to Find Skipper 03:10:32: Where to Find Chris 03:11:44: Wrap Up 03:12:46: Credits
In the second episode of this limited audio series, A Look Back At The Leap Back, Brian Greene from quantumleap-alsplace.com and one of the key organizers of the 2009 Quantum Leap fan convention, joins Albie to travel back in time to this incredible event that brought together so many of the amazing people that gave us Quantum Leap.
Join Brian and Albie listen to the amazing Deborah Pratt.
In the thirty-fifth installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast, Albie and Heather discuss season three, episode five “The Boogieman”. There are first impressions, an episode recap, thoughts and opinions, and four amazing interviews with: Paul Linke, who played Sheriff Ben Masters in The Boogieman, Emmy Award winner Valerie Mahaffey who played Mary Greely in The Boogieman, and after 26 years of silence, we find out this episode’s greatest secret, what really happened from Writer, Producer, Leapee (Joshua Rae), and Director (Southern Comforts) of Quantum Leap, Chris Ruppenthal. Also Hayden has a great interview with the author of the Quantum Leap novel Search and Rescue, Melissa Crandall, in the segment, A Novel Concept. Also, two great segments from Christopher DeFilippis Boogieman: Supernatural Horrors, and Quantum Leap Radio Sightings: 1.2 Star-Crossed. Also an article from Hayden McQueenie about… goats? For more on The Boogieman check out this audio commentary…
In the thirty-fourth installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast, Albie and Heather discuss season three, episode four “One Strobe Over The Line”. There are first impressions, an episode recap, thoughts and opinions, listener feedback, and two great interviews, one with Susan Anton, who played Helen Le Baron in One Strobe Over The Line, and an interview with the author of the Quantum Leap novel Independence John Peel. Also, two great segments from Christopher DeFilippis, Origin Story, and Quantum Leap Radio Sightings: 3.4 One Strobe Over The Line. Also an article from Hayden McQueenie about wibbily wobbly timey wimey bits in Quantum Leap.
In the thirty-third installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast, Albie and Heather discuss season three, episode three “Leap Of Faith”. There are first impressions, an episode recap, thoughts and opinions, listener feedback, a great interview with Bud Sabatino, who played Sam’s leapee, Father Frank Pistano. Also, two great segments from Christopher DeFilippis, The Italian Problem, and Quantum Leap Radio Sightings: Genesis Redux. Also an article from Hayden McQueenie about Al, and religion in Quantum Leap. And an awesome song, I Always Feel Like (I’m Gonna Quantum Leap) – Rockwell Parody by Bonecage.
In the first episode of this limited audio series, A Look Back At The Leap Back, Brian Greene from quantumleap-alsplace.com and one of the key organizers of the 2009 Quantum Leap fan convention, joins Albie to travel back in time to this incredible event that brought together so many of the amazing people that gave us Quantum Leap.
He imaginatively dressed up Lorne Greene in TV’s Battlestar Galactica and artfully dressed down Brooke Shields in the cult classic film The Blue Lagoon. But Quantum Leap fans will best remember costume designer Jean-Pierre Dorléac for giving their favorite show its most iconic image, and for giving their favorite hologram his flamboyant style.
In our post Mad Men, nostalgia-driven media culture, it’s hard to remember a time when costumes weren’t so much wistful distractions to be blogged about as they were tools to transport viewers into another time and place. And when it comes to embodying eras gone by, Don Draper ain’t got nothing on Sam Beckett.
And that’s thanks to Dorléac. In his series-long tenure as costume designer for Quantum Leap, Dorléac had one of the most important jobs on show. When Sam Leapt into a new time and place, his first clue as to who and where he was was often his outfit. It was a crucial, visual shorthand for both the character and the viewers—one that required Dorléac to reliably recreate four decades worth of fashions.
He rose to the challenge brilliantly; whether tracking a dropper named Clapper as noirish Nick Allen in “Play it Again, Seymour,” fighting sexism as a stylishly-dressed Samantha Stormer in “What Price Gloria” or romancing on the high seas as wealthy playboy Philip Dumont in “Sea Bride,” Sam convincingly inhabited any era a story required. And Dorléac made it look so natural and effortless that he was nominated for four Emmys for his work on Quantum Leap (including for the aforementioned “Sea Bride”). In fact, his QL period costuming was so effective that it is now studied in university classes.
But not only did Dorléac have to faithfully recreate the past. He also had to give viewers a glimpse of the future. And his fashion choices have given Quantum Leap its signature genre style.
The designer’s futuristic flourishes take front and center in the show’s very first scenes. Al’s neon star lapel pin and matching shoe appliques are prominently featured in the tease for “Genesis,” as are Tina’s LED high heels and earrings. And while we’re still grinning over this retro-future chic, Dorléac hits us with Quantum Leap’s most iconic image: Sam, in his clean, white Fermi suit, arms outstretched, being buffeted by quantum energy in the Accelerator Chamber as he prepares for his first Leap.
Fashion, both real and imagined, was critical to the success of Quantum Leap. And fashion would remain the show’s primary tool to differentiate the past from the future, embodied mainly by Al.
Al’s flamboyant fashion choices were a brilliant counterpoint to Sam’s historic mien. And while the metallic fabrics, funky cuts and garish hues may have started out as a visual gimmick to make the hologram an anachronistic standout in Sam’s pedestrian surroundings, they evolved into an abiding character statement for Al. For a man who spent five years in filthy black rags as a POW, Al’s colorful clothes proclaim that he remains unbroken, and that he’s full of joy and lust and a zest for life.
Quantum Leap wasn’t the first time Dorléac recreated historical fashions for show creator Donald P. Bellisario. They started working together on Bellisario’s 1930’s era series Tales of the Gold Monkey. And Dorléac lent his futuristic vision to a parade of genre shows through the 1970s and 80s: Buck Rodgers in the 25th Century, Automan, The Greatest American Hero, Max Headroom, Knight Rider and the aforementioned Battlestar Galactica, for which he won his first Emmy. And his impressive roster of film work includes another time travel classic, Somewhere in Time, starring the late Christopher Reeve.
Dorléac has chronicled his storied career in his new memoir, The Naked Truth: An Irreverent Chronicle of Delirious Escapades. In it, the costume designer relates never-before-told, behind-the-scenes stories about working in theater, couture, television and film.
And in the vein of those never-before-told stories, The Quantum Leap Podcast is proud to bring you Jean-Pierre Dorléac’s first-ever interview about his work on Quantum Leap. Listen as he recounts his time with Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell and the unique challenges presented by Sam’s trips through time. Along the way he tells us more about The Naked Truth, and his passion to preserve historic Hollywood fashions.
Join us as we take this couturistic leap!
Signed copies of The Naked Truth: An Irreverent Chronicle of Delirious Escapades, are available at Mr. Dorléac’s website jean-pierredorleac.com
The Naked Truth: An Irreverent Chronicle of Delirious Escapades is also available on Amazon.com and wherever good books are sold.
The Leap Home, Part II (Vietnam)
Aug 06, 2015
In the thirty-second installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast, Albie and Heather discuss season three, episode two “The Leap Home, Part II (Vietnam)”. There are first impressions, an episode recap, thoughts and opinions, listener feedback, two great interviews with David Newsom who played Sam’s brother Navy Lt. Tom Beckett and Andrea Thompson who played Maggie Dawson. Also, Great segments from Chris DeFilippis and an article from Hayden McQueenie about The unofficial trilogy and Quantum Leap 08: Pulitzer.
00:00:00 – QLP opening 00:03:35 – Hello – First impressions 00:09:43 – Episode recap 00:19:59 – Main discussion/Episode breakdown 01:07:20 – Interview with David Newsom 01:39:44 – Interview with Andrea Thompson 02:02:37 – Chris DeFilippis– Every Generation 02:13:03 – Feedback 02:47:21 – Hayden McQueenie 03:04:04 – News 03:08:07 – Trivia 03:08:43 – Radio Trivia with Chris DeFilippis – Genesis 03:11:53 – On the next episode 03:14:58 – Credits
In the thirty-first installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast, Albie and Heather discuss season three, episode one “The Leap Home”. There are first impressions, an episode recap, thoughts and opinions, listener feedback, an amazing interview with The Star of Quantum Leap Scott Bakula, who played Dr. Sam Beckett in every episode. Also, Great segments from Chris DeFilippis and a cool article from Hayden McQueenie about The Leap Home.
00:00:00 – QLP opening 00:03:18 – Hello – First impressions 00:09:37 – Episode recap 00:20:28 – Main discussion/Episode breakdown 01:10:52 – Interview with Scott Bakula 01:47:33 – Chit chat about stuff and things 01:51:47 – Chris DeFilippis – Going Home 01:58:51 – Feedback 02:29:22 – Hayden McQueenie 02:42:41 – Quantum Leap Fanfic announcement 02:44:00 – News 02:46:17 – Trivia 02:51:42 – Radio Trivia with Chris DeFilippis – The Leap Home 02:55:05 – On the next episode 02:58:10 – Credits
This interview has a spoiler level of “Mirror Image”.
SCOTT BAKULA has been recognized for his work in a variety of mediums, from feature films to television to musical theatre and more.
Bakula is now starring as the lead agent for “NCIS: New Orleans.” As ‘NCIS Special Agent Pride,’ Bakula’s character is described as “the embodiment of New Orleans, a unique federal agent working in one of the country’s most unique cities. He’s driven by the need to do what’s right, and he does it all with warmth, passion, strength and humor.’
The “NCIS” spin-off is executive produced by Gary Glasberg and Mark Harmon. CCH Pounder, Lucas Black, and Zoe McLellan have also joined the New Orleans team.
Bakula was recently nominated for an Emmy for his supporting role in the award-winning HBO Films Liberace biopic BEHIND THE CANDELABRA. Bakula reteamed with his THE INFORMANT! co-star Matt Damon and director Steven Soderbergh in the film that features Michael Douglas starring as the famed performer, and Damon as ‘Scott Thorson,’ his young live-in lover. His fifth nomination (the previous four were for his work in “Quantum Leap”) was for Bakula’s portrayal of ‘Bob Black,’ the choreographer who introduced Liberace to Thorson. The film also enjoyed many nominations and several wins at the Golden Globes and SAG Awards.
Currently, Bakula is starring in the new HBO dramedy “Looking” from creator/writer/executive producer Michael Lannan. In the series about three 30-something friends living in San Francisco grappling with the modern gay experience, Bakula recurs as ‘Lynn,’ an attractive entrepreneur and pillar of the Castro community who befriends one of the series leads. HuffPost TV praised Bakula’s performance, saying:
“As he did in ‘Behind the Candelabra,’ SCOTT BAKULA steals every scene he’s in. He plays an older gay man who wryly observes the dating and mating habits of the younger generation, and he brought such warmth and depth to the character that one of my main takeaways from ‘Looking’ is that BAKULA, who was similarly great in ‘Men of a Certain Age,’ should be cast in just about everything. In any event, Bakula’s presence and air of experience add weight and depth to the show!”
Bakula has several projects in the can. He traveled to India to shoot the musical feature BASMATI BLUES with Brie Larson, Tyne Daly, and Donald Sutherland. He recently wrapped the feature ME HIM HER, the directorial debut from CHRONICLE screenwriter Max Landis. Bakula will play the middle-class Republican father of the film’s lead character, a young Hollywood star (Luke Bracey) who comes out as gay in the comedy film about friendship and sexual identity. The movie will also stars Dustin Milligan, Jake McDormand, Emily Meade, and Geena Davis as Bakula’s wife.
Bakula also shot the indie feature ELSA AND FRED starring opposite Christopher Plummer and playing Shirley MacLaine’s son ‘Gabriel,’ a character described as “Elsa’s conservative banker son, a bit stuffy and judgmental, who often argues with her about her spending habits.” The indie feature SNAP, in which Bakula c0-starred opposite Nikki Reed, Thomas Dekker, and Jason Priestley, premiered at the latest South-by-Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas.
Bakula was last seen starring in the critically acclaimed TNT series “Men of a Certain Age,” with Ray Romano and Andre Braugher. The series focused on three best friends since college who are were each experiencing their own form of mid-life crises as they approach 50. Bakula received much buzz from critics and fans alike for his performance as ‘Terry,’ a womanizing bachelor who becomes increasingly jaded as a fading actor, and is forced to consider beginning a “real career.”
In between his many film projects Bakula was also seen guesting on “Law & Order: SVU” and recurred on the final episodes of “Desperate Housewives” as a love interest to Marcia Cross’ character, through its finale.
In 2011, Bakula made his UK stage debut in the world premiere of “Terrible Advice,” a new play from Saul Rubinek (“Warehouse 13”), at the Menier Chocolate Factory in London. Directed by Frank Oz, “Terrible Advice” tells the story of Bakula’s ‘Jake,’ who shares some secrets and imparts some advice to best friend ‘Stanley’ on the verge of marrying the woman he loves.
Bakula made a well-received return to the big screen in 2009 as ‘Agent Brian Shepard’ opposite Matt Damon in the Warner Bros film THE INFORMANT!, based on the true story of the highest-ranking corporate whistleblower in US history. Helmed by Steven Soderbergh, the dark comedy film premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, with Entertainment Weekly praising his appealing performance, relating “the square-jawed, Missouri-born Bakula helps ground a story that grows increasingly absurd!”
Bakula previously served a four-year mission as Captain Jonathan Archer in “Star Trek: Enterprise,” for which he received a People’s Choice Award nomination for Favorite Male Performer in a New Television Series. His other recent credits include a multi-season recurring role on NBC’s action comedy “Chuck” (playing Zach Levi’s estranged father), and a recurring role in the sitcom “The New Adventures of Old Christine.” He has also appeared on Tracey Ullman’s “State of the Union,” “Boston Legal,” and the Nora Roberts MoW “Blue Smoke.”
Television fans know and love Bakula for his five-year stint on the innovative series “Quantum Leap.” For his multi-faceted portrayal of time traveler Sam Beckett, he won a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Drama Series, in addition to earning four Emmy Award nominations, three more Golden Globe Award nominations, and four Best Actor Awards from the Viewers for Quality Television. Bakula also directed three episodes of the series. “Quantum Leap” still remains one of the most popular series in syndication around the world. There is also a “Quantum Leap” soundtrack album, which features songs performed by Bakula in several episodes of the show.
Bakula also starred in and executive produced the Showtime movie “What Girls Learn,” the CBS telefilm “Papa’s Angels” and the CBS movie “The Bachelor’s Baby.” Among his other longform television credits are the Showtime projects “A Girl Thing” and “Mean Streak”; the Lifetime movie “Blue Smoke,” based on Nora Roberts’ bestseller; the television adaptation of Tom Clancy’s “NetForce”; and the miniseries “The Invaders,” to name only a few. He also recently guest starred on “Boston Legal” and has had recurring or regular roles on such series as “Designing Women” and “Murphy Brown” among others.
On the big screen, Bakula has been seen in a broad range of feature films, including Irwin Winkler’s “Life as a House”; the indie film “Role of a Lifetime”; 1999’s Oscar®-winning Best Picture “American Beauty,” for director Sam Mendes; “Major League: Back to the Minors”; Clive Barker’s supernatural thriller “Lord of Illusions”; “Mi Familia (My Family)”; “A Passion to Kill”; “Color of Night,” with Bruce Willis; the football comedy “Necessary Roughness”; and Carl Reiner’s “Sibling Rivalry,” which marked Bakula’s feature film debut. He was also heard as the voice of Danny the cat in the animated musical “Cats Don’t Dance.”
Born in St. Louis, Bakula moved to New York in 1976 where he began his career on the stage. He made his Broadway debut in 1983, starring as Joe DiMaggio in “Marilyn: An American Fable.” In 1988, he was honored with a Tony nomination for his starring role in the Broadway musical “Romance/Romance.”
Throughout his career, Bakula has continued to return to the stage, recently appearing at the famed Hollywood Bowl, starring as ‘Nathan Detroit’ in a limited run of the musical “Guys and Dolls” featuring Jessica Biel and a handful of Broadway heavyweights. Over the past few years, he has also starred in “Dancing in the Dark” at San Diego’s Old Globe Theater, and Jane Anderson’s “Quality of Life” at the Geffen Playhouse. His other recent theater credits include “No Strings” at UCLA’s Freud Playhouse, and a production of the Tony Award-winning musical “Shenandoah” at the historic Ford’s Theater in Washington, DC. Further stage credits include the critically acclaimed off-Broadway and Los Angeles productions of “Three Guys Naked from the Waist Down” and the Los Angeles and Boston productions of “Nite Club Confidential.” Bakula’s singing talents have also been showcased in performances at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center Honors, and at the Hollywood Bowl.
Bakula joined the SAG Awards Committee in 2009. He was elected to Screen Actors Guild’s Board of Directors in 2008 and serves as an alternate to SAG’s National Executive Committee.
Deborah M Pratt, writer and Co-executive producer of the Quantum Leap episode “Another Mother” joins The Quantum Leap Podcast Crew and Hayden’s Mum, Anne McQueenie for this audio commentary meant to be listened to while you watch the episode.
1. Have your video of Quantum Leap “Another Mother” ready to play at a low volume. We recommend Netflix or Region 1 DVD for a better sync experience. 2. Open your podcast player of choice. 3. Start the episode of “Another Mother”. 4. Press play on the podcast when you see Dr. Sam Beckett at the chalkboard, after the Universal logo for most.
Note: There are intentional silences in the audio commentary. They are meant to be filled with the episode’s audio.
QLP Donald P. Bellisario Interview
May 01, 2015
Donald P. Bellisario
A prolific writer, producer and director, Donald P. Bellisario has been crafting words and stories for a variety of readers and audiences for more than 30 years, and did so long before he gained notoriety as a creator/producer of groundbreaking television series such as “Magnum, P.I.”, “Quantum Leap” and “NCIS”.
In 1961, armed with a degree in journalism from Penn State University, he began his writing career at the Centre Daily Times for four years before becoming a copywriter for a small advertising agency in Lancaster, Penn. He later moved to Dallas to take a prestigious copywriting position at the famous Bloom Agency. After eight years at Bloom, Bellisario had risen to the level of senior vice president, head of film production, creative director, and member of the board of directors. Yet, at the age of 42, he was still eager to gamble on a new career.
Moving to Hollywood, he became a story editor on the 1976-78 series “Baa Baa Black Sheep,” with Robert Conrad. After just five episodes, he was promoted to producer, a position he held for one year. He then became supervising producer of “Battlestar Galactica” and, subsequently, began to develop his own series.
Bellisario is best known for his creations “Magnum, P.I.,” “Quantum Leap,” “JAG,” and “NCIS.” Running from 1980-88, “Magnum, P.I.” starred Tom Selleck. Among other honors, Bellisario’s work on the series won him an Edgar Allen Poe writing award. “Quantum Leap,” the 1989-1993 science fiction drama starring Scott Bakula, garnered four Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Drama Series. Running for ten seasons, from 1995-2005, “JAG” starred David James Elliott. Running from 2003 to the present, “NCIS” is currently in its eleventh season.
Bellisario’s other “created by” credits include “Tales of the Gold Monkey” with Stephen Collins; “Airwolf” with Jan-Michael Vincent; “Tequila and Bonetti” with Jack Scalia; and “First Monday” with James Garner and Joe Mantegna. He served as executive producer for all eight series, and also in that same capacity on Paramount’s 1995 detective telefilm “Crowfoot.”
For the big screen, Bellisario wrote, produced and directed the 1987 feature film “Last Rites,” starring Tom Berenger.
Bellisario also received the 2001 Producer of the Year award from the Caucus for Producers, Writers and Directors. In addition to industry awards, Bellisario has been the recipient of numerous other awards including the Distinguished Alumni Award from Penn State University; Marine Corps Scholarship Fund Globe and Anchor Award 2002; Red Cross Spirit Award; an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from Washington-Jefferson University; and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Born in Cokeburg, Pennsylvania, Bellisario served four years in the U.S. Marine Corps. Bellisario and his wife Vivienne live in Montecito, CA and Sydney, Australia.
M.I.A.
May 01, 2015
In the thirtieth installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast, Albie and Heather discuss season two, episode twenty-two “M.I.A.”. There are first impressions, an episode recap, thoughts and opinions, listener feedback, an amazing interview with Susan Diol, who played Beth Calavicci in M.I.A., the fourth episode of the original audio drama, Quantum Leap: The Impossible Dream, Need You Now: Part 4 with special guest star Jennifer Runyon. Also Suzanne Smiley with her debut segment, The Music Replacement In Quantum Leap. Also, an article from Hayden McQueenie about M.I.A.
00:00:00 – QLP opening 00:04:34 – Hello – First impressions 00:15:08 – Episode recap 00:21:49 – Main discussion/Episode breakdown 01:37:30 – Interview with Susan Diol 02:00:15 – Chit chat about stuff and things 02:02:51 – Quantum Leap: The Impossible Dream, Need You Now: Part 4 02:11:55 – The Music Replacement In Quantum Leap with Suzanne Smiley 02:22:19 – Feedback 02:46:46 – Hayden McQueenie 02:56:37 – News 03:02:41 – Trivia 03:06:55 – On the next episode 03:09:51 – Credits 03:11:05 – Bloopers 03:15:36 – PS
Quantum Leap: The Impossible Dream is an original audio drama created by Jill Arroway and produced by Albert Mark Burdge, in association with The Quantum Leap Podcast and Barren Space Productions. The story centers around a new leaper, named Amber Leigh, and her neurological hologram husband, Ryan. It continues in the Quantum Leap universe of Dr. Sam Beckett and Rear Admiral Al Calavicci, but is set in 2017, and they have solved the problem with leaping: Amber has the ability to leap home after her mission. They live The Impossible Dream.
Get the custom RSS and iTunes links for Quantum Leap: The Impossible Dream here…
Marshall Teague is an American actor who has appeared in over 130 films and TV shows. His talent for balancing starring roles with powerful supporting characters has allowed him to build a varied and pivotal body of work. His theatrical breakout role was as Jimmy Reno in the 1989 cult classic Road House. From there he went on to work in The Rock with Sean Connery and Armageddon with Bruce Willis to name a few. He was also reoccurring star on TV series like Walker Tx. Ranger, American Heiress, and Babylon 5. Marshall holds an industry record of 103 deaths on screen. In addition to his acting, Marshall is a motivational speaker, also an accomplished singer and song writer and has a CD titled ‘The Steps I Took’. He is also a writer delving into fiction and fact. From villain to hero; cowboy to physician; drama to comedy; from contemporary settings to the surreal world of science fiction, Marshall Teague has traversed the acting spectrum.
In the twenty-ninth installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast, Albie and Heather discuss season two, episode twenty-one “Sea Bride”. There are first impressions, an episode recap, thoughts and opinions, listener feedback, and three awesome interviews, one with Beverly Leech, who played Catherine Farrington, one with James Harper, who played Vincent Loggia, and one with J.G. Hertzler, who played Weathers Farrington, the third episode of the original audio drama, Quantum Leap: The Impossible Dream, Need You Now: Part 3 with special guest star Jennifer Runyon. Also Chris DeFilippis is back with his segment, A Leap in Perspective. Also, an article from Hayden McQueenie about the Quantum Leap video game that never was.
00:00:00 – QLP opening 00:03:16 – Hello – First impressions 00:07:47 – Episode recap 00:16:38 – Main discussion/Episode breakdown 00:41:33 – Interview with James Harper 01:34:04 – Interview with Beverly Leech 02:31:45 – Interview with J.G. Hertzler 03:05:54 – Promo for Tuning in to SciFi TV 03:06:24 – Promo for Thinking Outside The Long Box 03:07:52 – Clip from Philadelphia Comic Con Panel 2012 03:09:57 – Chit chat about stuff and things 03:13:57 – Quantum Leap: The Impossible Dream, Need You Now: Part 3 03:24:05 – A Leap in Perspective with Chris DeFilippis 03:30:01 – Feedback 03:39:12 – The Quantum Leap video game – Hayden McQueenie 03:47:04 – News 03:49:04 – Trivia 03:53:06 – On the next episode 03:56:56 – Credits 03:58:03 – Bloopers 03:59:05 – PS
Quantum Leap: The Impossible Dream is an original audio drama created by Jill Arroway and produced by Albert Mark Burdge, in association with The Quantum Leap Podcast and Barren Space Productions. The story centers around a new leaper, named Amber Leigh, and her neurological hologram husband, Ryan. It continues in the Quantum Leap universe of Dr. Sam Beckett and Rear Admiral Al Calavicci, but is set in 2017, and they have solved the problem with leaping: Amber has the ability to leap home after her mission. They live The Impossible Dream.
Get the custom RSS and iTunes links for Quantum Leap: The Impossible Dream here…
QLP Teri Copley Interview
Mar 10, 2015
Teri Copley is an actress and model. She is best known for roles on the American television series We Got it Made and I Had Three Wives. She also appears in the 1984 television film I Married a Centerfold and the 1991 film Brain Donors. In 2014, Copley returned to acting in the movie Redeemed.
Michael Gregory is an actor who appears in many character roles in television and films, and has done a lot of voice acting.
Michael played Colonel Wojohowitz in the Quantum Leap episode Star-Crossed – June 15, 1972 (1989)
Some of his standout roles include Total Recall (1990) , Robocop (1987) , and Beverly Hills Cop (1984).
He played Dr. Rick Webber in episodes of the soap opera, General Hospital, from 1976 to 1978, and played Nikolai in three episodes of Dynasty in 1985.
QLP Fabiana Udenio Interview
Feb 26, 2015
Though born in Argentina, Fabiana Udenio grew up in Italy and at the age of 14 was crowned Miss Teen Italy. She began her professional acting career that same year. She has worked as a character actress for more than 20 years, often playing the foreign beauty, whether it be Italian, Brazilian or Ukrainian. She has worked extensively in film and television with starring roles in such movies as Summer School (1987) and Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) and recurring roles in series such as Mad About You (1992). Babylon 5 (1994) and The Magnificent Seven (1998). She starred alongside C. Thomas Howell and Carol Alt in the syndicated series Amazon (1999) and guest-starred in dozens of television shows, including Cheers (1982), NYPD Blue (1993) and Baywatch (1989).
In the twenty-eighth installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast, Albie and Heather discuss season two, episode twenty “Maybe Baby”. There are first impressions, an episode recap, thoughts and opinions, listener feedback, and a cool interview with Shaun O’Banion, Film Producer and honorary Quantum Leap crew member. The second episode of the original audio drama Quantum Leap: The Impossible Dream, Need You Now: Part 2, with special guest star Jennifer Runyon. Chris DeFilippis, Author of the Quantum Leap Novel Foreknowledge, The Seeker: A Novella of T.R.U.T.H., and creator of deflipside.com is welcomed to The QLP crew as a writer and segment producer, with his segment Quantum Reboot. A segment on car seat safety, and an article from Hayden McQueenie about the Quantum leap clip show that might have been. “Beyond this point there be dragons.”
00:00:00 – QLP opening 00:02:39 – Hello – First impressions 00:06:38 – Episode recap 00:13:11 – Main discussion/Episode breakdown 00:48:19 – Interview with Shaun O’Banion 01:22:24 – Interview reactions 01:23:04 – Quantum Leap: The Impossible Dream 01:34:27 – Quantum Reboot with Chris DeFilippis 01:44:07 – Car Seat Safety – Buckle Up for Safety 02:03:26 – Feedback 02:13:47 – News 02:44:57 – Trivia 02:17:11 – Hayden McQueenie skit 02:21:41 – Hayden McQueenie segment 02:29:42 – On the next episode 02:31:49 – Credits 02:33:03 – Bloopers 02:34:31 – PS
QL:TID 101 – Need You Now Part 2
Feb 10, 2015
Quantum Leap: The Impossible Dream is an original audio drama created by Jill Arroway and produced by Albert Mark Burdge, in association with The Quantum Leap Podcast and Barren Space Productions. The story centers around a new leaper, named Amber Leigh, and her neurological hologram husband, Ryan. It continues in the Quantum Leap universe of Dr. Sam Beckett and Rear Admiral Al Calavicci, but is set in 2017, and they have solved the problem with leaping: Amber has the ability to leap home after her mission. They live The Impossible Dream.
Get the custom RSS and iTunes links for Quantum Leap: The Impossible Dream here…
Leaping In Without A Net
Jan 19, 2015
In the twenty-seventh installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast, Albie and Heather discuss season two, episode nineteen “Leaping In Without A Net”. There are first impressions, an episode recap, thoughts and opinions, listener feedback, and a amazing interview with Tommy Thompson, the writer of many Quantum Leap episodes including Leaping In Without A Net, and the series’ Co-Executive Producer. The first episode of the original audio drama Quantum Leap: The Impossible Dream, Need You Now: Part 1. Also an article from Hayden McQueenie about Quantum leap crossovers.
00:00:00 – QLP opening 00:02:56 – Hello – First impressions 00:06:13 – Episode recap 00:19:48 – Main discussion/Episode breakdown 00:56:42 – Interview with Tommy Thompson 02:31:41 – Thinking Outside The Long Box promo 02:32:09 – Scott talks Leaping In Without A Net 02:34:58 – Interview reactions 02:35:52 – Quantum Leap: The Impossible Dream 02:42:53 – Feedback 02:53:48 – Hayden McQueenie segment 03:03:28 – Podcast Awards 03:04:13 – News? 03:04:55 – Trivia 03:07:01 – On the next episode 03:09:47 – Credits 03:11:01 – Bloopers 03:14:53 – PS
Also check out this great interview with Fabiana Udenio who played the role of Eva Panzini in the Quantum Leap episode Leaping in Without a Net
QL:TID 101 – Need You Now Part 1
Jan 15, 2015
Quantum Leap: The Impossible Dream is an original audio drama created by Jill Arroway and produced by Albert Mark Burdge, in association with The Quantum Leap Podcast and Barren Space Productions. The story centers around a new leaper, named Amber Leigh, and her neurological hologram husband, Ryan. It continues in the Quantum Leap universe of Dr. Sam Beckett and Rear Admiral Al Calavicci, but is set in 2017, and they have solved the problem with leaping: Amber has the ability to leap home after her mission. They live The Impossible Dream.
Get the custom RSS and iTunes links for Quantum Leap: The Impossible Dream here…
Pool Hall Blues
Dec 31, 2014
In the twenty-sixth installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast, Albie and Heather discuss season two, episode eighteen “Pool Hall Blues”. There are first impressions, an episode recap, thoughts and opinions, listener feedback, and a great interview with Shari Headley, who played Violet Waters in Pool Hall Blues. Also an article from Hayden McQueenie about Pool Hall Blues, and a chat with Heather and Albie about the holidays.
00:00:00 – QLP opening 00:02:45 – Hello – First impressions 00:04:42 – Episode recap 00:13:40 – Main discussion/Episode breakdown 00:56:50 – Interview with Shari Headley 01:34:29 – The Signal promo 01:35:31 – Family Guy clip 01:36:15 – He’ll Be There 01:38:17 – Interview reactions 01:39:05 – Off Topic Holiday Chitchat 01:44:34 – What leapers got for the holidays 01:46:08 – Feedback 02:07:23 – Hayden McQueenie segment 02:14:31 – Trivia 02:18:08 – On the next episode 02:20:00 – Goodbye 02:21:19 – Credits 02:22:32 – Bloopers 02:23:24 – PS
*This is a revised time index. If it doesn’t line up with your file, please download the latest version of episode 026 Pool Hall Blues.
QLP It’s A Wonderful Leap Audio Commentary
Dec 24, 2014
Please enjoy this holiday themed Audio Commentary…
Albie, Hayden, and Juan host this Quantum Leap “It’s A Wonderful Leap” Audio Commentary that is best enjoyed by listening to this on your podcast player of choice, while you watch the DVD of Quantum Leap’s season 4 episode 18. For best results please start this commentary at the universal logo before the episode. *Different regions and releases of “It’s A Wonderful Leap” may have been edited slightly different. This may cause slight sync issues with some versions of the episode.
Known for her roles in the vertigo inducing Cliffhanger with Sylvester Stallone, The Star studded thriller Outbreak, and many memorable television guest appearances like a woman scorned turned monster in the seventh season X-Files episode “Chimera”, Michelle Joyner, is an actor, writer, and mother, who has had a career spanning almost three decades. Using her talent and adaptability Michelle has been able to play a diverse list of characters on both stage and screen. Quantum Leap fans may know her best as Sister Angela in “The Right Hand of God” where she played a nun who inherited a boxer’s contract who had to win the big fight to be able to build a dream church she envisioned as a little girl. Albie absolutely loved talking with her, we hope you love listening to their conversation.
Jay D. Schwartz brings extensive public relations experience and the professional zeal of “an aggressive New Yorker” to his approach of doing publicity. His eclectic roster of clients includes Scott Bakula, Rocky Carroll, Cheryl Ladd, Mary Murphy, Jaclyn Smith, Louis Van Amstel, and Mary Wilson among others.
Best known for his personality representation, Schwartz achieved initial success in the field of theatre. In his first position in PR at Solters/Roskin/Friedman in New York, he worked on the Broadway hits “Nicholas Nickleby,” “42nd Street” and “Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music.” After a brief stint with Burnham-Callaghan & Associates working on accounts such as Patti LaBelle, Al Green and Elliot Gould, Schwartz worked on “Night Mother,” “Hurlyburly” (both New York and Los Angeles productions) and “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” with Broadway producers Fred Zollo and Barbara Ligeti.
In 1985, Jay moved from New York to Los Angeles and joined Nanci Ryder Public Relations, which evolved into Baker/Winokur/Ryder Public Relations (BWR). Jay opened his own PR firm, JDS, in 1995. Over the years, Jay has worked with such diverse clientele as Christopher Walken, Drew Barrymore, Jean Claude Van Damme, Lauren Bacall, Danny Aiello, Anita Baker, Gladys Knight, Luc Robitaille, Sugar Ray Leonard and many others.
Jay has always approached publicity with a personal touch, merging a roll-up-your-sleeves work ethic with an emphasis on building and maintaining relationships at both the personal and professional level.
For more information on Jay D Schwartz check out www.jdspr.com
Some of Jay’s favorite episodes of Quantum Leap are Jimmy, The Color of Truth, Shock Theater, Double Identity, What Price Gloria?, Catch A Falling Star, and Lee Harvey Oswald.
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Diamond Farnsworth Interview
Dec 09, 2014
Richard “Diamond” Farnsworth is an Emmy nominated stunt coordinator who has worked on some of the most well known movies and television shows in recent Hollywood history. Some of his projects include, First Blood, Ghostbusters, The Terminator, They Live, Weekend at Bernie’s, The Fugitive, The Usual Suspects, JAG, Star Trek: Enterprise, NCIS, and most recently NCIS: New Orleans. He has doubled for Scott Bakula for most of Scott’s career, including all of Quantum Leap where he was the stunt coordinator on every episode. Albie recently was able to speak with Diamond about his life, Quantum Leap, and the rises and falls of being a real life Fall Guy.
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Good Night, Dear Heart
Nov 23, 2014
In the twenty-fifth installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast, Albie and Heather discuss season two, episode seventeen “Good Night, Dear Heart”. There are first impressions, an episode recap, thoughts and opinions, listener feedback, news, and a great interview with Jennifer Runyon, who played Peg Stratton in the pilot movie for Quantum Leap Genesis. Also, a commentary on Good Night, Dear Heart by Jill Arroway, an article from Hayden McQueenie about Good Night, Dear Heart, and it’s comic book sequel Up Against a Stone Wall.
00:00:00 – QLP opening 00:02:34 – Hello – First impressions 00:07:30 – Episode recap 00:18:14 – Main discussion 00:57:00 – Episode breakdown 01:26:08 – Interview with Jennifer Runyon 01:55:32 – Interview reactions 01:56:32 – A commentary on Good Night, Dear Heart by Jill Arroway read by Tawny Fineran 02:02:20 – Chitchat 02:03:00 – 02:06:46 – Feedback 02:27:35 – Hayden McQueenie segment (Up Against a Stone Wall spoilers) 02:37:03 – News 02:40:24 – Trivia 02:42:26 – On the next episode 04:44:46 – Goodbye 02:46:03 – Credits 02:47:17 – Bloopers 02:48:44 – PS
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Freedom
Oct 30, 2014
In the twenty-fourth installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast, Albie and Heather discuss season two, episode sixteen “Freedom”. There are first impressions, an episode recap, thoughts and opinions, listener feedback, and news. Also, an article from Hayden McQueenie about Freedom, Frank Salsedo, and Power Rangers.
00:00:00 – QLP opening 00:03:13 – Hello – First impressions 00:07:57 – Episode recap 00:17:37 – Main discussion 00:41:17 – Episode breakdown 02:00:41 – Task Force X Promo 02:01:24 – Hydrate Level Four Podcast Promo 02:02:28 – Interview reactions 02:04:31 – Hayden McQueenie segment (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers spoilers) 02:17:27 – Chitchat 02:20:51 – 02:25:06 – Chitchat 02:25:47 – Feedback 02:52:07 – News 02:56:26 – Trivia 03:00:54 – On the next episode 03:02:53 – Goodbye 03:03:05 – Credits 03:04:19 – Bloopers 03:06:14 – PS
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The B…..man 24th Anniversary Audio Commentary
Oct 19, 2014
Freedom is in post production and will be out soon, but until then please enjoy this holiday themed Audio Commentary…
Albie, Hayden, and Juan host this Quantum Leap “Halloween Episode” 24th Anniversary Audio Commentary that is best enjoyed if you listen to this on your podcast player of choice, while you watch the DVD of Quantum Leap’s season 3 episode 5. For best results please start this commentary at the universal logo before the episode.
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Her Charm
Sep 20, 2014
In the twenty-third installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast, Albie and Heather discuss Season two, Episode fifteen “Her Charm”. There are first impressions, an episode recap, thoughts and opinions, listener feedback, news, and a fun interview with Mj Cogburn, writer of Quantum Leap the Virtual Seasons, Quantum Retribution and teacher. Also, an article from Hayden McQueenie, and an extended chit chat segment about our trip to DragonCon.
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This panel was recorded in room M303-304 at The Marriott in Atlanta, GA, while not an ideal environment for recording audio, it came out surprisingly well. The panel took place on Friday August 29, 2014 at 4pm.
***This panel has a spoiler level of Mirror Image.
All-Americans
Aug 16, 2014
In the twenty-second installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast, Albie and Heather discuss Season two, Episode fourteen “All-Americans”. There are first impressions, an episode recap, thoughts and opinions, listener feedback, news, and an awesome interview with David Campiti, the creator and publisher of Innovation Comics who made the Quantum Leap Comic Books. We announce the winner of our What Quantum Leap Means to Me essay giveaway. Also, articles from Hayden McQueenie, and Jill Arroway.
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What Quantum Leap Means To Me
Jul 28, 2014
In the fourth Quantum Leap Podcast Special, Albie and Heather introduce all eight What Quantum Leap Means To Me essays played in the previous 21 episodes and they tell you how to vote. It’s all up to you, the listener, who will win the grand prize, A C. Winston Taylor Quantum Leap comic book art portfolio.
*To vote toll free visit https://quantumleappodcast.com/ and use the Google Voice widget to have our voice mail call you.
**Don’t have a phone? Email votes are also accepted.
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Another Mother
Jul 24, 2014
In the twenty-first installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast, Albie and Heather discuss Season two, Episode thirteen “Another Mother”. There are first impressions, an episode recap, thoughts and opinions, listener feedback, and an amazing interview with Velton Ray Bunch, the composer of Quantum Leap. Not one, but two essays: from David and Donnie, to finish up our What Quantum Leap Means to Me essay giveaway. Also, an article from Hayden McQueenie.
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Animal Frat
Jun 30, 2014
In the twentieth installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast, Albie and Heather discuss Season two, Episode twelve “Animal Frat”. There are first impressions, an episode recap, thoughts and opinions, listener feedback, and a great interview with Darren Dalton who played Duck in “Animal Frat”. Also an article from Hayden McQueenie.
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A Portrait For Troian
Jun 14, 2014
In the nineteenth installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast, Albie and Heather discuss season two episode eleven “A Portrait For Troian”. There are first impressions, an episode recap, thoughts and opinions, listener feedback, a fascinating interview with Carolyn Seymour who appears as Priscilla Stoltz in “A Portrait For Troian” and the evil leaper/hologram guide Zoey in three episodes of Quantum Leap, beginning in the episode “Deliver Us From Evil” in Season 5. Also an article from Hayden McQueenie. There will be ghosts.
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Beverly Leech Interview
Jun 04, 2014
Beverly Leech
Beverly Leech is perhaps best known for her portrayal of Kate Monday on Square One TV’s Mathnet. Her other roles in her extensive television career include Babylon 5, Alien Nation, Star Trek Voyager, northern exposure, Jag, and Modern a Family. She is also the author of ACTOR MUSCLE – Craft. Grit. Wit.: A Professional Guide to the Business of Acting But us quantum leap fans know her best as Catherine Farrington in the 21st episode of season 2, Sea Bride.
Albie recently had the pleasure to talk with Beverly about Quantum Leap, her book and career.
This interview has a spoiler level of Sea Bride.
Catch a Falling Star
May 29, 2014
In the eighteenth installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast, Albie and Heather discuss Season two episode Ten “Catch a Falling Star” There’s first impressions, an episode recap, thoughts and opinions, and listener feedback. The first article from our newest contributor Jill Arroway about the strange end of episode cliffhangers, and an article from Hayden McQueenie that expands on the Burger Theory. There will be Music.
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So Help Me God
May 22, 2014
In the seventeenth installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast Albie and Heather discuss Season two episode nine “So Help Me God” There’s first impressions, an episode recap, thoughts and opinions, and listener feedback. Also an article from Hayden McQueenie.
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*John Bukenas edited part one of this episode.
Jimmy
May 01, 2014
In the sixteenth installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast Albie and Heather discuss Season two episode eight “Jimmy” There’s first impressions, an episode recap, thoughts and opinions, listener feedback, an amazing interview with John D’Aquino who portrayed Frank LaMotta in “Jimmy” and Deliver Us From Evil and a great interview with Brad Silverman who has guest starred on Quantum Leap on four occasions. In three episodes he played the part of Jimmy LaMotta. The other, the character of Pete from the series finale Mirror Image. Also an article from Hayden McQueenie.
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Jane Sibbett Interview
Apr 22, 2014
This is a supplemental interview with Jane Sibbett. This does not take the place of our normal show, but is just a little something extra for the QLP listeners… Enjoy!
Jane Sibbett played Diane Frost in the Quantum Leap episode “A Hunting Will We Go”
This will be in our feed as a supplemental until we do a show for “A Hunting We Will Go” when this will be included in that.
Thou Shalt Not…
Apr 12, 2014
In the fifteenth installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast Albie and Heather discuss Season two episode seven “Thou Shalt Not…” and open up and talk about their personal loss and how this episode, while being a downer, may in fact be able to help people who suffer with loss and grief. There’s first impressions, an episode recap, thoughts and opinions, listener feedback, an amazing interview with Terri Hanauer who played Irene Basch in the Quantum Leap episode “Thou Shalt Not…” and an article from Hayden McQueenie.
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Good Morning, Peoria
Mar 26, 2014
In the fourteenth installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast, Albie and Heather discuss Season two episode six “Good Morning, Peoria”*. There’s first impressions, an episode recap, thoughts and opinions, listener feedback, a call from Hayden McQueenie, and a lot of fun Quantum Leap themed music requests.
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*This episode contains an attempt at some “morning zoo” style bits, it’s cheesy on purpose. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.
Genesis 25th Anniversary Audio Commentary
Mar 24, 2014
This Genesis 25th Anniversary Audio Commentary is best enjoyed if you listen to this on the web or on your podcast player of choice like an iPhone or iPod for example, while you watch the DVD of Quantum Leap’s pilot movie also called Genesis at a lower volume. There are silences in the commentary meant to be filled in by the audio from Quantum Leap as you watch it. For best results please start this commentary at the black frames before you see Rear Admiral Albert ‘Al’ Calavicci driving his experimental car along an isolated highway in the New Mexico desert at the beginning of the episode. The audio of the actual episode is not included for copyright reasons.
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Blind Faith
Mar 11, 2014
In the thirteenth installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast, Albie and Heather discuss Season two episode five “Blind Faith”. There’s first impressions, an episode recap, thoughts and opinions, listener feedback, a segment by Hayden McQueenie, and a fun interview with Jennifer Rhodes who played Agnes Stevens, Michelle’s mom in Blind Faith.
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In the twelfth installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast, Albie and Heather discuss Season two episode four “What Price Gloria?”. There’s first impressions, an episode recap, thoughts and opinions, listener feedback, a segment by our new contributor Hayden McQueenie, and an amazing interview with the co-creator, co-producer, head writer of Quantum Leap and the voice of Ziggy Deborah M. Pratt.
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The Americanization of Machiko
Jan 31, 2014
In the eleventh installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast, Albie and Heather discuss Season two episode three “The Americanization of Machiko”. There’s first impressions, an episode recap, thoughts and opinions, an audio essay by Hayden McQueenie, listener feedback and a great interview with K Callan, Lanore McKenzie from “The Americanization of Machiko”.
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Disco Inferno
Jan 17, 2014
In the tenth installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast, Albie and Heather discuss Season two episode two “Disco Inferno”. There’s first impressions, an episode recap, thoughts and opinions, an essay by Nikki Johnson, listener feedback, episode trivia and a supersized blooper reel.
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A Little Miracle
Dec 24, 2013
In the thirty-ninth installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast, Albie and Heather discuss Season three episode ten “A Little Miracle”. It’s Quantum Leap’s take on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol that is safe to watch out of order. There’s first impressions, an episode recap, thoughts and opinions and a general discussion of the holiday films and television.
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Honeymoon Express
Dec 12, 2013
In the ninth installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast, Albie and Heather discuss Season two episode one “Honeymoon Express”. There’s first impressions, an episode recap, thoughts and opinions, a great interview with Holly Fields, best known for her film, television and voice roles. She also played Jill in the Quantum Leap episode “Camikazi Kid”, and listener feedback.
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Play It Again, Seymour
Nov 24, 2013
In the eighth installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast, Albie and Heather discuss Season one episode nine “Play It Again, Seymour”. There’s first impressions, an episode recap, thoughts and opinions, a special interview with Claudia Christian, best known for her many film roles and as Commander Susan Ivanova on the science fiction television series Babylon 5. She also played Alison in the Quantum Leap episode “Play It Again, Seymour”, and we have listener feedback.
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Camikazi Kid
Nov 10, 2013
In the seventh installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast, Albie and Heather discuss Season one episode eight “Camikazi Kid”. There’s first impressions, an episode recap, thoughts and opinions, a special interview with the Executive Director of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence Rita Smith and listener feedback.
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The Color of Truth
Oct 17, 2013
In the sixth installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast, Albie and Heather discuss Season one episode seven “The Color of Truth”. There’s first impressions, an episode recap, thoughts and opinions, listener feedback.
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Double Identity
Sep 21, 2013
In the fifth installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast, Albie and Heather discuss Season One episode six “Double Identity”. There’s first impressions, an episode recap, thoughts and opinions, listener feedback, a special announcement about our giveaway and much more.
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How the Tess Was Won
Sep 03, 2013
In the fourth installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast, Albie and Heather discuss Season One episode five “ How the Tess Was Won”. There’s first impressions, an episode recap, thoughts and opinions, listener feedback, a special announcement and much more.
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Check out this great interview with Marshall R. Teague who played the part of Wayne in the Quantum Leap episode How the Tess Was Won.
The Right Hand of God
Aug 14, 2013
In the third installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast, Albie and Heather discuss the Season One episode four “The Right Hand of God”. There’s first impressions, an episode recap, thoughts and opinions, listener feedback, an essay and much more.
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Star-Crossed
Aug 03, 2013
In the second installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast, Albie and Heather discuss the Season One episode three “Star-Crossed”. There’s first impressions, an episode recap, thoughts and opinions, listener feedback, an essay and much more.
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Genesis
Jul 22, 2013
In the first installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast, Albie and Heather discuss the pilot episodes of Quantum Leap “Genesis” parts 1 and 2. There’s first impressions, an episode recap, thoughts and opinions, and much more.
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00;00;00;02 – 00;00;03;20 Scott Bakula This is Scott Bakula, and you’re listening to the Quantum Leap Podcast.
00;00;03;23 – 00;00;25;11 Unknown Greetings, Dr. Beckett. Welcome to the Quantum Leap Podcast here, rising to one good time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett letting the lead group of scientists in the desert to develop a top secret project known as Quantum Leap pressure to prove his theories or lose funding. Dr. Beckett previously stepped into the project.
00;00;25;11 – 00;00;31;20 Unknown Accelerator and finished in the blink of a.
00;00;31;20 – 00;00;52;21 Scott Bakula Cosmic clock. I went from quantum physicist to Air Force test pilot, which could have been fun if I knew how to fly. Fortunately, I had help an observer from the project named Al. Unfortunately, Al’s a hologram, so all I can lend is moral support. Anyway, here I am, bouncing around in time, putting things right that once went wrong.
00;00;52;23 – 00;01;05;15 Scott Bakula A sort of time traveling Lone Ranger with Al as my Tonto and I don’t even need a mask.
00;01;05;17 – 00;01;11;22 Albie You are listening to the Quantum Leap Podcast. This is episode one.
00;01;11;25 – 00;01;22;28 Unknown Genesis is leaving. Nobody is leaving.
00;01;23;00 – 00;01;41;24 Scott Bakula You can’t leave. Will not ready. Telegram. Then everyone seemed to think it was 1956. And then I was an Air Force captain named Tom Stratton with a wife called Peg and one and two thirds children. Evidently, my best friend was the officer behind the wheel, the Captain Bridwell, who everyone simply called Bird duck. Right. It’s a kick in the butt.
00;01;41;27 – 00;01;43;02 Heather What’s up, man?
00;01;43;05 – 00;02;04;29 Scott Bakula Your part of a time travel experiment that went a little caca. I can’t fly. I’ll be your copilot. You’re a hologram. I’m also an astronaut. The hardest part about flying is taking off and landing the B-52. The first part of that for you. After that, you just fire a couple of rockets. Hang on to the second. I zoom, but I’m in a real identity crisis here.
00;02;05;00 – 00;02;11;06 Scott Bakula So, I mean, one minute I’m Tom Stratton, and the next time a ballplayer named Fox.
00;02;11;09 – 00;02;19;11 Heather I love you.
00;02;19;13 – 00;02;35;20 Albie Welcome to the Quantum Leap podcast. I’m Alby, and I’m Heather. And we’re going to be taking you through the entire series of Quantum Leap, the science fiction show that started in 1989 on NBC and ran five seasons. So it’s going to be quite a journey.
00;02;35;23 – 00;02;37;01 Heather I’m excited.
00;02;37;04 – 00;02;39;17 Albie What are your first impressions of the show?
00;02;39;19 – 00;02;54;00 Heather It’s definitely different concept. I really I really liked the pilot episode and I’m looking forward to watching the rest of the show and seeing how this plays out because it’s definitely a different concept and definitely a different type of show.
00;02;54;03 – 00;03;13;21 Albie I watched the show when it originally aired episode by episode, week by week, so I have seen it all before, but it’s been a long time. So I do remember certain things. I remember how it ended. I won’t spoil it for anybody. I have the perspective of seeing it all at least once before, and I’m sure I’ve seen a few episodes more than once, you know, repeats on the sci fi channel or whatever.
00;03;13;21 – 00;03;30;08 Albie I was 14, I want to say when it premiered, I was very impressionable at the time and I really fell in love with the show. The characters, and they were very real for me and I couldn’t wait to tune back in week after week. Heather How old were you when it premiered?
00;03;30;11 – 00;03;32;05 Heather I think I was like three or four months old.
00;03;32;11 – 00;03;34;14 Albie So did you watch it originally?
00;03;34;17 – 00;03;37;25 Heather Possibly. Probably not, but possibly.
00;03;38;00 – 00;03;39;15 Albie Do you remember any of it?
00;03;39;18 – 00;03;39;28 Heather Going to say.
00;03;39;28 – 00;03;56;02 Albie No. This is all brand new to you, right? Yeah. So for our listeners that are watching along with us, Heather will be right there with you seeing everything for the first time. Well, I guess we should start at the beginning with Genesis. Could you read us the episode recap? Heather.
00;03;56;07 – 00;04;21;16 Heather Sure. Season one Episode one, Genesis Part one and two Original Air Date March 26, 1989. Written by Donald Peebles Are you directed by David Hemmings? Alan Kallevig is driving along an isolated highway in the New Mexico desert. He stops his car to flirt with an attractive female standing at the side of the road and offers her a lift.
00;04;21;19 – 00;04;41;02 Heather The woman notes Distant blue flashes in the sky and remarks that this was the same location where the first atomic bomb was tested. Allah attempts to distract her attention until he is interrupted by Gucci, who frantically informed him that Sam has stepped into the accelerator and is leaping out, says Sam cannot do so as the project isn’t ready.
00;04;41;09 – 00;05;04;00 Heather He warns Gucci not to interfere with the process, as this could kill Sam and races back to the project, Sam awakens in the year 1956, suffering from total memory loss, He is confused to discover that his name is Tom and that he has a pregnant wife named Peg and Son named Mikey. He is further shocked by his reflection in the mirror, which he insists is not him.
00;05;04;03 – 00;05;30;24 Heather Sam begins to convince himself that he is dreaming and that as long as he goes along with the dream, he will soon wake up. Sam further discovers that his complete identity is Tom Stratton, an Air Force test pilot, and that his best friend is Captain Bird Dog Bodell, a cocky, womanizing pilot for Dell, pulls over to the side of the road to chat to an attractive young woman and brags about how he and Sam are the only pilots brave enough to fly the X-2.
00;05;30;27 – 00;05;51;08 Heather Sam tells Bodell he cannot fly, but Frodo thinks he is playing a gag and decides to go along with it. When they reach the Air Force base, Birdwell and the other pilots pretend that flying has affected their memory. Convincing staff, doctors Ernst and Berger to conduct a research project studying the matter, Al shows up as the meeting disperses.
00;05;51;13 – 00;06;13;03 Heather But Sam does not recognize him. Sam and Bourdeaux suit up into their pilot outfits and prepared to take off. Sam notices outstanding at the back of the plane and asks for if everyone on board is secure. Birdwell looks around but cannot see anybody. Bardell leaves Sam alone in the cockpit and Sam begins to panic, unable to steer the plane.
00;06;13;05 – 00;06;36;11 Heather The plane spins on its side and begins to descend. For Dale returns to the cockpit and resumes control. Sam insists he cannot fly, but Verdell is still convinced that he is joking. A third pilot, Tony, enters the X-2, which is lowered from the plane Sam and Bourdillon piloting. Tony intends to race the two up to mark three. However, before it is able to reach the desired speed.
00;06;36;13 – 00;07;02;19 Heather The X2 spins out of control and prepares to explode. Moments before the X-2 erupts into flames, Tony is able to eject and safely glide back to land. That evening the pilots and their spouses socialize at a local bar. Pegg notes that Sam is uncharacteristically quiet and is puzzled when he asks her to dance something Tom cannot do. Sam notices Al yet again, standing at the other side of the room.
00;07;02;22 – 00;07;24;10 Heather Sam asks Peggy if she can see him, but she is unable to. Sam realizes that Al must be the key to finding out who he really is and approaches him. He asks Al if he is dead and has been reincarnated as Tom Stratton. I cannot believe that Sam has no memory of who he is, though. When Al calls him Sam, he knows that that’s his real name, but nothing more.
00;07;24;13 – 00;07;49;00 Heather Al leaves the bar and walks outside, disappearing into thin air through an invisible door. Driving back home, Peggy is worried about Sam as he is behaving oddly. Sam tells her he is not Tom Stratton and that he is not a pilot, nor does he have any recollection of her or Mikey. Peggy becomes upset and Sam decides to reach his confession, pretending that in fact it is all a joke he is perpetrating.
00;07;49;03 – 00;08;08;10 Heather Peggy is relieved, but Sam remains unsure of what to do. Sam awakens in the middle of the night and recovers a portion of his memory. He recalls that he grew up on a farm in Oak Ridge, Indiana, with his parents and sister, Katy. He also remembers that his father died in 1974, but that being 1956, his dad must still be alive.
00;08;08;13 – 00;08;29;02 Heather Sam attempts to phone his family, but he cannot remember his last name, thus is unable to reach them. Mikey enters the room carrying a fishing rod and reminds Sam that they had a fishing trip planned for the day. Sam takes Mikey fishing and while leaving him to fish further upstream encounters Al again. Sam tries to touch Al, but his hands go through him.
00;08;29;04 – 00;08;49;14 Heather Al explains that he is a man in the present day, but it pierces Sam as a neurological hologram. Al also explains that Sam is part of a time travel experiment that went a little caca and that he has traded places in time with Tom Stratton. He says Ziggy attempted to retrieve Sam in the morning, but Sam was unreachable.
00;08;49;19 – 00;09;11;00 Heather In order for Sam to leap, everyone in this time zone must believe that he is Tom Stratton. Ziggy will next attempt to retrieve Sam on Tuesday. However, this is problematic for Sam as he is scheduled to fly the X-2 on Monday. Sam is enjoying a family barbecue with friends. He notices that Peg appears nauseous, but he insists that she is fine.
00;09;11;02 – 00;09;32;09 Heather Sam is called away and summoned to the Air Force base, where Dr. Ernst and Dr. Berger have designed a memory test questionnaire for Sam to take both before and after he flies to so they can gauge whether flying is affecting his memory. Ernst and Berger muse over whether their test will turn out to be a monumental discovery or a monumental joke.
00;09;32;11 – 00;09;57;10 Heather Sam is walking around the hangar at the Air Force base inspecting the x two. He is scheduled to fly on Monday. When Al appears. Al explains to Sam the strength theory of time travel, how the imaging chamber functions, and who precisely is controlling. Sam sleeps an unseen force, whether it be God or time or fate. Al also tells him that Tom Stratton was killed while attempting to fly the x two to mark three.
00;09;57;12 – 00;10;23;03 Heather So all Sam has to do to leap is survive the flight. Despite Sam’s reservations, Alastair said that he was once a pilot and he will help guide him through the entire exercise. Sam begins to accept the plan. As Monday arrives, Sam returns to the Air Force base to submit his memory test. Doctors Ernst and Berger inspect the submission and find that it is filled with bizarre answers that suggest Sam is from the future.
00;10;23;05 – 00;10;48;18 Heather The two conclude that the entire memory loss theory was simply a joke all along. As Sam steps into the X2, he becomes nervous, as Al is nowhere to be seen. The x two is lowered from another plane and launched into the sky. Sam starts to panic and attempts to tell his operators that he cannot fly until Al shows up and instructs him on how to steer the X-2 as it starts to speed up beyond Mach one and Mach two.
00;10;48;21 – 00;11;09;14 Heather The x two begins experiencing turbulence. The warning light flares on the instrument panel informing Sam he has a fire. Al urgently tells Sam to eject. Moments later, the X-2 explodes in the sky and the debris crashes to the ground. The sound of the descent explosion shocks Peg, who is in the kitchen of her home, worried for her husband.
00;11;09;17 – 00;11;30;28 Heather Sam, however, managed to eject from the plane in time and float safely to earth with a parachute. An entire crew of Air Force paramedics rush out to collect him. Sam is frustrated that despite accomplishing his mission, he has still not leaped. Sam is taken to the hospital where he is told that Peg went into premature labor after hearing the X-2 explosion.
00;11;31;00 – 00;11;53;13 Heather The hospital doctors tell him that once labor begins, it cannot be stopped so that the baby will need to be delivered prematurely, even though it is unlikely to survive. Sam, remembering that he has medical knowledge from the future, knows this notion has been proven false and instructs them to administer an alcoholic solution intravenously to peg. The procedure works successfully.
00;11;53;16 – 00;12;15;03 Heather Peg is inebriated and the lever stops. Sam gives the thumbs up signal to Mikey and Bardo, assuring them that Peg and the baby are okay. Then suddenly he sleeps. Sam finds himself in 1968, having leaped into baseball player Tim Fox. His team is playing the final game of the season, and according to Al, they are destined to lose.
00;12;15;06 – 00;12;35;23 Heather Sam asks Al why he didn’t leap, but Allen’s a year still unsure. Sam now knows, however, that he is a medical doctor and tells him that actually Sam holds six doctorates. His specialty being in quantum physics. He reveals that Sam is the architect of the project and the only one who can figure out how to get himself home.
00;12;35;25 – 00;12;57;26 Heather Sam is despondent as he can’t even remember his own last name. Al tells him it is Beckett armed with this knowledge. Sam is able to phone his home in Oak Ridge, Indiana, and have a tearful conversation with his father, John Beckett. Sam now realizes that his ability to travel in time is a gift and ponders what greater things he might be able to accomplish in his travels.
00;12;57;28 – 00;13;19;10 Heather As Sam returns to the field to bat, the coach tells him it is his last game and he is badly hoping they will win. Sam is now determined to change history and win the game. Sam does not manage to hit the ball, though, due to unexpected fumbling and mishaps from the opposing team. Sam does manage to score on a dropped third strike and three throwing errors to win the game.
00;13;19;13 – 00;13;29;20 Heather His team cheers Sam as a hero and Sam leaps.
00;13;29;22 – 00;13;44;03 Albie Thank you, Heather, for that. It was a really long one, but it was a double episode, so that’s why it was so long, but very detailed. I like that. What are your thoughts on this episode? Genesis Parts one and two.
00;13;44;05 – 00;14;01;27 Heather I don’t really have any other episodes to compare to. It’s good so far. I’m looking forward to watching the rest of the show, so it is a good opener. But again, once I see more episodes, I’ll probably be able to rate it a little differently because I’ll know like what they’re capable of.
00;14;02;00 – 00;14;11;11 Albie One thing I was worried about was Does this show look dated to you since the nineties? Doesn’t look dated to me, but I was wondering if it looked dated to you.
00;14;11;15 – 00;14;14;01 Heather Yeah. You think the nineties was ten years ago? Yeah.
00;14;14;03 – 00;14;16;26 Albie My generation has that problem.
00;14;16;28 – 00;14;43;16 Heather I don’t think it looks dated. I think they did it so it wouldn’t necessarily have a time frame. I originally thought there was no date dates and, and it was not really made to look like it was a certain time period, but they mentioned that his dad died in 1974, which means that he had to have been born around 1970 at least.
00;14;43;20 – 00;14;46;29 Heather Like what? 1973? Yeah.
00;14;47;01 – 00;14;48;15 Albie 1953.
00;14;48;18 – 00;14;49;13 Heather He was born?
00;14;49;17 – 00;14;59;10 Albie Yes. He shares the same birth date as Donald P Bellisario, the creator of the show. Except a flip a year instead of 35 to 53.
00;14;59;12 – 00;15;20;06 Heather Well, but see, the problem is, is then you take Sam’s age, so he’s at least for like 30 because he’s gone to college and gotten his bachelors, so he’s probably in his late thirties. So then you take that and you could probably figure out around what age he is. It’s probably like already in our past.
00;15;20;08 – 00;15;28;29 Albie Yes. I think that near future where this show takes place is about the 92. 93 time. 89. 92.
00;15;29;03 – 00;15;30;19 Heather Well, it wouldn’t be that.
00;15;30;22 – 00;15;33;12 Albie I’m just saying numbers now.
00;15;33;14 – 00;16;05;07 Heather And 23, 42, 86 .5.5. But yes, I think that it probably takes place in the new millennium. 2000. Probably. Because if you remember, it was like Y2K was a big, scary bad thing. And so but everyone thought that the twins was going to be different. And it’s definitely not in the year 2000. What was that? Oh, okay.
00;16;05;09 – 00;16;15;14 Albie The only thing for me that dates the show is the format, the full screen format versus the widescreen format. If it was made in widescreen, you know, for me, I’d look like it was made today pretty much.
00;16;15;16 – 00;16;35;04 Heather Oh, yeah. I mean, if you look at it from that standpoint, I was kind of just looking at it from I wasn’t looking at it from the production standpoint. I was kind of looking at it from the like when this story took place. But the old footage, I think, because I think now we wouldn’t use old footage either.
00;16;35;04 – 00;16;36;13 Heather The old footage of the planes.
00;16;36;13 – 00;16;38;08 Albie I don’t think the stock footage of the planes.
00;16;38;08 – 00;16;38;20 Heather Yeah.
00;16;38;21 – 00;16;45;06 Albie Yeah. I think they did that for budgetary reasons, probably. But back then, I don’t think you could tell on a 25 inch television.
00;16;45;08 – 00;16;45;17 Heather Oh, I’m.
00;16;45;17 – 00;16;52;25 Albie Sure. But now in high def, you know, 50, 60 and screen, it’s very obvious that it was not filmed at the same time.
00;16;53;00 – 00;17;19;06 Heather Oh, yeah. Well, and it was okay. Like my brain made it okay because they were in the 1950s and it made me feel like they were like real shots of the plane. I mean, obviously any of them would have been real shots of the plane. But I mean, like, it made me feel like I was actually in the 1950s era because if they had somehow videotaped that, it would look all spotty and blurry and like that.
00;17;19;06 – 00;17;26;15 Albie So like in the future, they found film from the past of what was happening and show you were showing it to us with the story, almost.
00;17;26;21 – 00;17;29;20 Heather Like trying to tell the story, which isn’t really what happened.
00;17;29;20 – 00;17;35;24 Albie But that’s little tricks that I tell my brain to make it okay when I see something so noticeable when I’m watching a show.
00;17;35;26 – 00;17;51;10 Heather Well, and I’m sure that in standard definition, it’s not that bad either. But when you watching it in the high definition in, you go for like high def clear picture to like shaky, blurry, spotty stock film. You’re like, oh.
00;17;51;12 – 00;17;55;07 Albie If you watch it on like your phone or an iPad or something, it’s not that bad.
00;17;56;16 – 00;18;09;03 Albie But that’s what TVs were back then. And you only watch it once If you were lucky enough to have a VHS recorder back then, then you can watch it again. But the quality on that was even worse than the original broadcast. And, you know, you you wouldn’t see things like that.
00;18;09;03 – 00;18;14;13 Heather But at least it wasn’t like the original doctor. Who are they? Just kind of they were like, Yeah, we’ll just record over this one.
00;18;14;15 – 00;18;26;11 Albie Yeah, At least at least somebody saved it somewhere, which is great. I’m glad it was made on film. That way they could upgraded to high definition. So the opening two Genesis. Let’s start at the opening.
00;18;26;13 – 00;18;42;03 Heather Do you think the blue hue when they cut the first like scene that you see, do you think that is from the leap or do you think that that’s just like a futuristic thing? Do you just think that’s a futuristic thing or.
00;18;42;10 – 00;18;44;13 Albie Like the blue hue in the atmosphere?
00;18;44;19 – 00;18;49;08 Heather Yeah, because there’s like above the trees, it’s like light blue.
00;18;49;16 – 00;19;15;09 Albie I didn’t think anything of it when I saw it. I’m thinking back, maybe it see all the energy that it took to make Sam leap back in time. I’m not sure. I know they mentioned in the opening that during the New Mexico desert and it’s where the near the site where the first atomic bomb blast was. So I don’t know if that has something to do with the ability to time travel, maybe some radiation and and time and space or something.
00;19;15;13 – 00;19;30;21 Albie Yeah, there might be a reason why they did it there. I’m not sure. Later on, Al mentioned that Ziggy said one of the possibilities is to be at ground zero at a nuclear blast to get home. So possibly, I don’t know. Might be interesting to see if they bring that up again in future episodes.
00;19;30;24 – 00;19;37;07 Heather What is with the woman outside the car with the frizzy hair she had, like the worst hair have ever seen on television, ever.
00;19;37;07 – 00;19;42;29 Albie In my notes I call her LED lady because she’s got blinky lights everywhere in her shoes, in her ears.
00;19;43;02 – 00;19;43;18 Heather Yeah.
00;19;43;18 – 00;20;01;29 Albie And I think that was just a bad wig. Maybe to cover the wires going to the light bulbs in her earrings, because back then they really didn’t have the technology to make like LED earrings. So I’m thinking it was like Christmas tree lights hooked up to, you know, orange extension cords duct taped to her head underneath a really bad wig.
00;20;02;03 – 00;20;22;09 Heather Yeah, because I don’t think I for the entire scene, I was staring at her hair, trying to figure out why it looks so bad. I know it’s not important. I’m aware that it’s stupid. And if there’s any guys out there listening to this, you’re thinking, I’m a total moron right now, and I totally understand your point of view.
00;20;22;11 – 00;20;28;12 Heather But why would you not have, like, a girl with nice hair like that? Was her the point of her being pretty, wasn’t it?
00;20;28;17 – 00;20;36;12 Albie Yeah, but in the near future, they might have bad hairstyles as a hairstyle. Bad hair is making a comeback right now, so.
00;20;36;15 – 00;20;38;06 Heather I think the eighties are making a comeback right.
00;20;38;06 – 00;20;57;19 Albie Now. Hey, so this is the early nineties, so it should look very contemporary pretty soon. Yes, but the reason I thought about the whole extension cord and light bulbs and stuff is when she turns in the car to look to Al, she like turns her whole torso like head and shoulders all at the same time. So she was probably like wired up or something.
00;20;57;19 – 00;21;00;13 Heather Maybe they don’t have an next. In the future.
00;21;00;15 – 00;21;04;00 Albie She might have got an accident. That’s why she was waiting outside her car and had a flat tire.
00;21;04;04 – 00;21;06;09 Heather That’s why she wasn’t wearing a seatbelt.
00;21;06;11 – 00;21;30;12 Albie The only thing that bothered me in that scene was the ADR, where her voice was definitely looped in. But I found out afterwards it was actually Deborah Pratt, co-producer of Quantum Leap, who did her voiceover. So that’s pretty cool. Yeah, She’s the same woman that in future episodes does what’s called the Saga Cell and tells you all about Quantum Leap and what happened.
00;21;30;14 – 00;21;34;21 Heather I think that’s a fake word, saga. So yeah, I think you just made it up.
00;21;34;24 – 00;21;40;04 Albie It’s a cool, cool word. And so they call it on the Quantum Leap soundtrack.
00;21;40;06 – 00;21;42;01 Heather I’m just going to start making with them too.
00;21;42;03 – 00;21;59;02 Albie He leaps. Right. We join Sam Mid Leap, Gucci is calling out and saying, Sam’s leaping, he’s leaping. And what do you think of Sam? Leaping, you know, in the in the white leotards and the the all the fire extinguisher shooting at them.
00;21;59;08 – 00;22;05;03 Heather I think that’s kind of a silly way to time travel because personally wasn’t a flattering outfit.
00;22;05;05 – 00;22;05;25 Albie Well, thanks.
00;22;05;27 – 00;22;14;28 Heather You know, it looked fine. You can really see how flattering it was or whatever, because it was fire extinguisher flowing on him. And so said.
00;22;14;29 – 00;22;18;14 Albie A lot of CO2. I don’t know, some kind of special effect going on.
00;22;18;16 – 00;22;33;00 Heather He was in some kind of chamber of some sort. I don’t know why. I wasn’t sure why he was in such a hurry. But then I heard the saga. So the word you made up to describe the pressure.
00;22;33;00 – 00;22;40;21 Albie To prove his theories or lose funding, he prematurely stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished. But we don’t see him vanish.
00;22;40;26 – 00;22;42;04 Heather No, we follow.
00;22;42;04 – 00;22;44;02 Albie Him. Right. We go with him.
00;22;44;04 – 00;23;08;18 Heather Which is why he’s not the person that we see. Like he we see him, not the person he’s in. Did you notice that when they rewind the time back on the clock after he’s leaped, I mean, after he supposedly, you know, leaps, you see a clock and the time’s going backwards and then it goes to 459 and then it goes forwards again to 5:00.
00;23;08;20 – 00;23;16;08 Heather There’s a black dot in the bottom corner of the clock. Well, it’s going backwards and then disappears. When it goes forward. It’s like they marked it.
00;23;16;10 – 00;23;24;12 Albie Yeah, that’s already like the fifth and sixth time I watched the episode. I was like a piece of dirt on the film. They couldn’t clean that up in like, post or something.
00;23;24;15 – 00;23;29;17 Heather Yeah, well, it was too circular to be. I don’t know.
00;23;29;18 – 00;23;31;06 Albie You’re saying they put that there on purpose?
00;23;31;09 – 00;23;33;00 Heather To me, it looked like a Sharpie marker.
00;23;33;03 – 00;23;37;01 Albie It could have been just like to mark where they were going to do freeze frame or something.
00;23;37;03 – 00;23;45;15 Heather Well, because I don’t know, it just seemed convenient that they were going to go backwards and then forwards and then backwards. Part. There’s a dot on the film in the same spot.
00;23;45;16 – 00;23;50;04 Albie Well, again, back then on a 25 inch TV, you couldn’t tell. Probably there was a dot there.
00;23;50;05 – 00;24;07;25 Heather Well, yeah, well, it’s it’s not bad. It’s not bad that they have a mark there. It’s just it’s fascinating to look at because the video editing then is different than it is now. I mean, now it’s so much more digital than it was then. And if you needed to mark a film, you had to mark the film or you going to.
00;24;07;25 – 00;24;15;17 Albie Do and cut it and splice it and then run it through and copy it and stuff like that. It was actually like a physical medium. Yeah.
00;24;15;21 – 00;24;17;25 Heather When now it’s, well, everything’s digital now.
00;24;17;26 – 00;24;20;22 Albie Now you just loaded all the footage into Avid and then you edit.
00;24;20;22 – 00;24;23;24 Heather Away and they set the computer desk with 19 screens and.
00;24;24;01 – 00;24;28;14 Albie And you can watch it on a 60 inch screen before you broadcast it. So Yeah. And stuff like that.
00;24;28;18 – 00;24;29;02 Heather Yeah.
00;24;29;02 – 00;24;32;13 Albie And then you can Photoshop it out if you want or something panned out.
00;24;32;15 – 00;24;50;08 Heather It’s not a problem to me. I actually found it more fascinating than annoying. Like you said, a piece of dirt or something. I didn’t because I saw it as a sharpie. Mark. I was like, I thought it was cool that I kind of got a glimpse into how they did it. Of course, I’m probably wrong and it’s probably just dirt.
00;24;50;10 – 00;24;52;18 Albie Maybe we’ll talk to an editor at some point and find.
00;24;52;18 – 00;24;54;26 Heather Out, Hey, PTW.
00;24;54;28 – 00;24;56;18 Albie IBM, was it five or six?
00;24;58;12 – 00;25;02;15 Albie What was that Mark at 5 a.m. in the pilot episode?
00;25;02;18 – 00;25;05;09 Heather Like what? I had no idea. Know.
00;25;05;11 – 00;25;08;11 Albie Like I felt my coffee and it kind of got on there.
00;25;08;11 – 00;25;13;05 Heather I sneezed and I was eating Cheetos and it just flew onto the film.
00;25;13;06 – 00;25;21;13 Albie That’s why it was orange. He wakes up in the past September 13th, 1956. Did you notice the song that was playing?
00;25;21;15 – 00;25;22;10 Heather I didn’t.
00;25;22;12 – 00;25;30;19 Albie It was okay, Sera, sera, whatever will be, will be. And the next line of that was The future is not ours to see.
00;25;30;21 – 00;25;37;11 Heather That was definitely a good music choice. And then she sings that later when she’s drunk. So it’s kind of like bookend a.
00;25;37;12 – 00;25;50;12 Albie Good bookends like that story, that particular leap. She’s singing the song. I don’t know if it’s because it’s in her head, because she heard it on the alarm clock. I’m thinking that was a song from the alarm clock. I don’t know if alarm clocks did that back then.
00;25;50;15 – 00;25;53;08 Heather I would assume so. Oh, in the fifties.
00;25;53;08 – 00;25;54;21 Albie I don’t radio. I don’t know.
00;25;54;23 – 00;25;55;16 Heather I don’t know.
00;25;55;18 – 00;25;58;11 Albie Yeah. And at the end she’s singing case. Her eyes are so.
00;25;58;14 – 00;25;58;25 Heather Yeah.
00;25;58;29 – 00;26;00;28 Albie What do you think of Peg Stratton?
00;26;01;00 – 00;26;21;10 Heather She was cute. I liked her shoulder pads. They were kind of large, but I. As far as pregnancy attire back in the fifties, I’ve heard from my grandmother that there wasn’t very many options. You either kind of wore a tent or, you know, your old clothes kind of stretched. But yeah, I like the the tent she was wearing with the shoulder pads.
00;26;21;10 – 00;26;46;09 Heather It was very flattering on her, but she was cute. I mean, she was she seemed like a good wife. And I liked her character. I liked that she spoke like someone who would have been in the fifties, like she’s like Tom sometimes. I mean, that’s just seems like something that you wouldn’t say now. And I liked her talking about her stretch marks on her legs.
00;26;46;09 – 00;27;02;17 Heather I mean, it’s it’s funny to think that they had all of the same problems that pregnant women have now. I mean, of course, we all think the same, whether it’s different years, but whether it’s a different decade, I should say. But she I liked her. She was cute.
00;27;02;19 – 00;27;14;04 Albie Jennifer Runyon, She played Peggy Stratton. I mostly remembered her from Charles in charge. She played Gwendolyn Pierce, the girl that Buddy and Charles are always obsessed with.
00;27;14;11 – 00;27;16;23 Heather I think you made that up, too. No, I’ve never heard of it.
00;27;16;28 – 00;27;20;10 Albie It’s a real series. Charles in Charge had Chachi, You know Scott Baio.
00;27;20;12 – 00;27;27;09 Heather I know who she is, but I don’t know. Again, I was like a baby. I was probably negative.
00;27;27;12 – 00;27;30;14 Albie Possibly. Yes, you might have been negative when Charles in charge was on.
00;27;30;14 – 00;27;30;29 Heather Yeah.
00;27;30;29 – 00;27;51;17 Albie Wow. Don’t be so negative back then. I couldn’t help it. She was also breezy in the movie Six Pack Kenny Rogers movie. I like that. When I was a kid. I watch it. No, no. Okay. But I think she played a really good part in this episode. I mean, by the end of the episode, I really think they had formed a little relationship.
00;27;51;19 – 00;27;55;08 Albie Peg and Sam in Tom Stratton’s body.
00;27;55;12 – 00;28;28;24 Heather Well, and I think that it was good for her, too, because, you know, when he took her dancing and the different personality, it was good for her to open her eyes a little bit. But I mean, also, besides the fact that he saved her husband and baby, but she yes, I can imagine living on a base and being scared every time you hear the planes go and and being scared that something’s going to happen to your husband or one of your friend’s husbands or one of your close friends, you know, that’s got to be scary.
00;28;29;01 – 00;28;34;14 Albie Yeah. Every time you hear an explosion, they all run out and see if there’s a parachute or not. And I don’t know if I could live like that. That’s kind of crazy.
00;28;34;19 – 00;28;47;17 Heather Yeah. I mean, they didn’t have a choice. They just kind of moved along with, you know, their husband. But that’s got to take a lot of courage. I liked the scene where she kicked back the washer. It’s like a cow.
00;28;47;19 – 00;28;48;11 Albie Thinking about it.
00;28;48;16 – 00;28;49;17 Heather Kenmore Washer.
00;28;49;19 – 00;28;52;10 Albie Like every time she did laundry, she had to push it back.
00;28;52;13 – 00;29;17;28 Heather Yeah. It’s funny to to see that because, you know, moms are just kind of like that. They just kind of do stuff without even thinking about it. But I think her character was very important and she was very supportive of Tom’s Sam. But I think that if my partner came to me and said to me, you know, this is what’s going on, I don’t know if I would dismiss them as quickly as she did.
00;29;18;01 – 00;29;39;09 Heather But then again, he was a jokester and always played tricks. And that kind of covered that up, you know, that it explained why she acted like that. But I want to say that I would have more of an open mind if something crazy happened like that. And my significant other came to me and said, listen, I’m not your husband.
00;29;39;11 – 00;29;45;29 Heather I mean, I would probably freak out, but I would I would want to say I would have a more open mind.
00;29;46;02 – 00;29;51;26 Albie I would at least be inquisitive. And, you know, I like ask questions like investigate more, just not dismiss it.
00;29;51;28 – 00;30;16;01 Heather Yeah, well, she just kind of like, freaked out and shut down, which is kind of also a time period thing. I mean, women weren’t really as verbal, not they weren’t as verbal, I think with their partners mean, I could be totally making ignorant accusations right now, but I want to say that the vision I have of the 1950s, women weren’t as open with men as we are now.
00;30;16;03 – 00;30;28;03 Albie That would be my impression of the fifties also. But I don’t know if that’s true or not. Just what I know from the Donna Reed Show, you know, different different TV shows and movies from back then. But who knows if that reflected real life or not.
00;30;28;05 – 00;30;51;04 Heather Let’s see what what else? When Sam slash Tom picks up the phone and he’s speaking, the operator, I left because I. I have an iPhone and I have Siri on my phone. And it’s funny because it was kind of like talking to Siri. It was like, that’s obviously what she was modeled after the operator and you pick up the phone and you’re like, I’d like to call so-and-so, But like, I didn’t hear what you said.
00;30;51;04 – 00;31;03;23 Heather Forget that we didn’t live when there were operators that you called and said, Hey, I’d like to talk to Tom down the street, you know, you connect you. Yeah.
00;31;03;26 – 00;31;05;28 Albie Dialog about that when she was young.
00;31;06;00 – 00;31;07;00 Heather That’s awesome.
00;31;07;03 – 00;31;12;12 Albie It worked totally different. It had a word and three numbers. Yeah. Something I don’t I don’t get that.
00;31;12;12 – 00;31;15;14 Heather That’s what it looked like on the phone. Like I don’t like blocks.
00;31;15;14 – 00;31;19;16 Albie And like three five, seven. I don’t know how that would get you anywhere.
00;31;19;19 – 00;31;29;28 Heather Well, your brain, something about your brain can comprehend ten numbers at a time or seven numbers at a time. Certain. So it works out that the phone numbers that long now.
00;31;30;02 – 00;31;43;00 Albie While he’s trying to call his office at first to figure out where he was and what’s going on, that didn’t work. But then he figured out if his dad’s still alive, he could call his dad. Yeah, I think I would do the same thing if I woke up in the past and call my dad. I would call my dad.
00;31;43;03 – 00;31;44;20 Heather Her dad’s not here anymore.
00;31;44;21 – 00;32;00;03 Albie Nope. So I identified a lot with that storyline, and I think it was really good that they carried that through the whole episode through both leaps. Yeah, that was a really good part of the story. Very good character development. So early on. Yeah. In a pilot like that, what’s so secret about an area code?
00;32;00;05 – 00;32;22;23 Heather I thought that was funny. When Bird Dog picks them up and they’re driving in the car, I realize there’s no seatbelts. In the past or future, number one. And number two, he said, We’re the only two guys brave enough to fly the X-2, and I’m pretty sure they are not the only two guys to fly. The X-2 isn’t the x two of the thing, the little like thing?
00;32;22;23 – 00;32;24;25 Albie Like I got to test the test. The.
00;32;24;28 – 00;32;35;01 Heather Yeah, not the big plane that they fly. That’s the little one. But before. But like, they don’t even fly it at first. Someone else does. And I’m like that’s the third person right there.
00;32;35;04 – 00;32;40;22 Albie Well you’re forgetting the rule that if you’re trying to pick up a woman, you can lie. It’s not immoral.
00;32;40;22 – 00;32;45;26 Heather Very true. Yes. Yeah. I wasn’t thinking that was a continuity error. I was thinking that that was definitely a pickup line.
00;32;45;26 – 00;32;57;14 Albie Yeah, he was a bird dog, and he was trying to pick up a woman so he could say anything. Because he said when he was talking to her, that’s sonic boom you hear later will be dedicated to you. And neither one of them are flying the plane when it. So you know.
00;32;57;14 – 00;33;04;07 Heather Which is funny because it was the guy that like she was staying at the guy’s house or whatever anyway. Right. Or something like that.
00;33;04;07 – 00;33;11;21 Albie I was led to believe. But it was a good pickup line because really a good no risk. And then big reward, you know, if she hears a sonic boom.
00;33;11;21 – 00;33;12;28 Heather So yeah.
00;33;13;00 – 00;33;16;13 Albie That was cool. They played Ain’t nothing but a hound dog. Elvis Presley.
00;33;16;18 – 00;33;40;15 Heather Yeah. Gotta love Elvis. So I don’t know if it’s just this episode because like I said, I’ve only seen the pilot episode, but in this episode there are clouds all the time. There’s clouds in the opening. There’s clouds like there’s just shots of clouds. Clouds played a big significant part in this show, obviously. So I don’t know. But in the opening, it’s all clouds, like the music.
00;33;40;16 – 00;34;01;28 Albie I had a couple of thoughts on that. One was it was filler. Maybe they didn’t have enough to fill out a whole, you know, two hour television movie, which is what this was at first. And Misty Night at the Movies, Movie of the week kind of thing. The other thing in when we first started talking about doing this podcast, I ordered every making of book on Quantum Leap that I could find.
00;34;02;01 – 00;34;17;00 Albie And one of the articles in the books talked about Donald Peebles, Are you wanting to do an anthology series? And he had seen the movie Heaven Can Wait with Warren Beatty, which is about I don’t know if you’ve seen it. No, it’s about.
00;34;17;03 – 00;34;18;09 Heather Does that surprise you?
00;34;18;12 – 00;34;22;10 Albie No, but I want to I don’t want to assume anything. So I was going to ask.
00;34;22;13 – 00;34;25;16 Heather One day I’m going to shock you and be like, I’ve seen that one. Yes.
00;34;25;18 – 00;34;27;27 Albie I’ve seen Soylent Green, believe it or not.
00;34;28;00 – 00;34;28;28 Heather Nope.
00;34;29;01 – 00;34;46;11 Albie Not even that one. Okay. It’s about a guy that gets pulled from his body right before he’s about to get hit by a truck and die. So the angel pulls him out before he has to deal with that. And he’s dead. His body gets cremated. And he wasn’t supposed to die yet. He was supposed to die 20 years from then.
00;34;46;11 – 00;35;01;00 Albie He would have got out of the way on his bicycle because he’s a good bike rider or something. They have to find another body for him to go back in. So maybe the clouds have something to do with that. What he was thinking, I don’t know. In the description of the show, they say controlled by an unseen force.
00;35;01;00 – 00;35;18;24 Albie So I think it’s not only a sci fi show, but a fantasy show. I think they mentioned time, fate or God is controlling his leaping, possibly because there’s some kind of X factor that they don’t know what’s controlling his leaping where and when and why. So that might have something to do with it, too.
00;35;18;26 – 00;35;23;01 Heather Well, they also probably don’t want to say this. They don’t offend anybody either way.
00;35;23;03 – 00;35;42;27 Albie It was a good way to to say it that something or someone is got something to do with his leaping other than just the project itself. So that might have something to do with the clouds, but probably mostly time filler. And just a it also had to do with pilots. Can I say that I love that a pilot of a TV has to do with pilots.
00;35;43;00 – 00;35;51;27 Heather I’m upset and disappointed in myself that I didn’t pick up on that because I feel like I’m smarter than like I should have. I should have put that together.
00;35;52;00 – 00;36;03;23 Albie I love pilots that have to do with pilots like the pilot of Lost. It had to do with a plane crashing and the pilot died and the pilot was. Greg Grunberg.
00;36;03;25 – 00;36;04;25 Heather Hi spoilers.
00;36;05;02 – 00;36;08;12 Albie It’s the first episode, it’s the first 2 minutes. So spoiler and.
00;36;08;14 – 00;36;09;00 Heather I’m.
00;36;09;02 – 00;36;30;24 Albie Sorry, spoiler. Sure. Why didn’t they call it Pilot? Yeah, the movie was called Quantum Leap, but when they renamed it for syndication, then it became Genesis part one and two. But originally it was just Quantum Leap. They get to the Air Force base and Bird Dog decided to play a joke on Weird Ernie and Doctor Berger about them not remembering how to fly because.
00;36;30;26 – 00;36;32;14 Heather Sam was freaking out.
00;36;32;15 – 00;36;40;27 Albie Sam is freaking out. He don’t remember how to fly. And so he’s like, Oh, that’s a funny joke. Let’s pull that joke. So what do you think of Weird Ernie, Dr. Berger and that whole group of pilots.
00;36;41;00 – 00;36;42;06 Heather That guys from something.
00;36;44;06 – 00;36;45;08 Heather Well, I don’t know him.
00;36;45;10 – 00;36;51;06 Albie Do you ever watch MacGyver? He was really big on MacGyver and. No, really, MacGyver.
00;36;51;08 – 00;36;53;01 Heather Like, I know what that is, but. No.
00;36;53;02 – 00;37;12;23 Albie Yeah, he had a buddy in the show like I watched originally, so it’s been forever, but a buddy on the show. And there was, like, some mysterious thing to him. Like he was dead, but he kept showing up. I don’t know if he was a ghost or he was just like, in hiding. I don’t remember. But I remember when I watched Quantum Leap going, Oh, that’s the guy from MacGyver.
00;37;12;23 – 00;37;13;25 Albie Because back then when I was.
00;37;13;25 – 00;37;15;26 Heather That’s the guy from the thing.
00;37;15;26 – 00;37;23;20 Albie When I was 12 years old, I watched MacGyver because I wanted, you know, if I was ever trapped in a situation, I wanted to know how to make a bomb out of a bomb and a paperclip, I.
00;37;23;20 – 00;37;28;06 Heather Thought you were going to be like, if I was ever caught in a situation. I wanted to know that he was from MacGyver.
00;37;28;09 – 00;37;29;11 Albie He’s from MacGyver.
00;37;29;14 – 00;37;31;13 Heather And I go now.
00;37;31;15 – 00;37;37;22 Albie His name’s Bruce McGill. He’s been in so many different things. He’s in Family Guy. He’s in.
00;37;37;25 – 00;37;40;16 Heather That’s where I know him from. You know.
00;37;40;18 – 00;37;43;11 Albie He’s in front of fans and show you.
00;37;43;12 – 00;37;44;22 Heather That’s. That’s got to be it.
00;37;44;23 – 00;37;48;23 Albie Star Trek Voyager Episode Babylon five.
00;37;48;26 – 00;37;52;25 Heather He was in, say, an episode of Psych.
00;37;52;27 – 00;37;54;11 Albie And he’s been in game.
00;37;54;11 – 00;38;06;11 Heather And you’ve been in everything. Hi. Yes, I have. Hey, hey, hey. I’m sorry. He’s been like one episode of.
00;38;06;14 – 00;38;24;09 Albie But I thought it was funny that he had a metal plate in his head. Not that that was funny, but the fact that he always carried around something they hit his metal plate with, and that had a sound effect every time it is said, it sounded like a hollow pipe getting bombs like my my injury. But he always happened to have something in his hand to hit his head with.
00;38;24;09 – 00;38;42;04 Albie So I thought that was funny. Dr. Berger and was played by W.K. Stratton. He appeared in four different TV shows made by Donald Peebles. Are you? He was in Magnum, P.I. Airwolf, of course. Quantum Leap, JAG, Tales of the Golden Monkey. So.
00;38;42;06 – 00;38;43;16 Heather So there’s that.
00;38;43;18 – 00;38;46;11 Albie You never saw Tales of the Golden Knights.
00;38;46;13 – 00;38;53;01 Heather This is what we do and we podcast. We go through all the shows Heather’s never seen because most of the people, my generation have never heard of them.
00;38;53;07 – 00;39;04;14 Albie But what’s cool is that Don Bellisario actually kept using this actor over and over again. He’s even in NCIS, so he’s in a lot of things that Don Bellisario makes.
00;39;04;16 – 00;39;09;00 Heather He that happens a lot like when, you know, you have good people, you just keep using them.
00;39;09;07 – 00;39;13;12 Albie He’s in a few more episodes of Quantum Leap as different characters, so we’ll keep an eye out for him.
00;39;13;16 – 00;39;24;10 Heather I don’t know where this falls in the story because like the only other note I have for the first part of the episode is that their son was hit by a bus.
00;39;24;14 – 00;39;27;01 Albie Wasn’t that a weird Hey.
00;39;27;03 – 00;39;31;11 Heather He was hit by a bus and he was like, Oh, right. And I was like, That didn’t go anywhere.
00;39;31;11 – 00;39;44;18 Albie I have that run down hit by a bus. She she actually says, Peg says to Sam, Tom, you haven’t spent this much time with him since he was hit by the bus and the kid doesn’t limp for anything.
00;39;44;20 – 00;39;53;26 Heather Yeah, like, and they didn’t go any further into that, like, either She was testing him and he failed and they didn’t follow through. There was a deleted scene somewhere.
00;39;53;29 – 00;40;03;07 Albie My thought was the writer wanted to just have a kid hit by a bus in something somewhere. So he put that in there.
00;40;03;09 – 00;40;06;05 Heather I think Donald P bill is are you? It was the writer. Yes.
00;40;06;05 – 00;40;13;05 Albie But for some reason the kid got hit by a bus and it just it just stands out like it has nothing to do with anything.
00;40;13;11 – 00;40;14;10 Heather But he got hit by a bus.
00;40;14;10 – 00;40;23;16 Albie It might been lost in editing. There might have been another whole storyline where, you know, he couldn’t fish, right, because he had a metal leg or something.
00;40;23;18 – 00;40;28;24 Heather I can’t catch my line because my knee is not bone.
00;40;28;26 – 00;40;30;17 Albie But people do get hit by busses.
00;40;30;19 – 00;40;36;14 Heather I thought it was cool that he said it smelled like coffee brewing and she had the coffee pot on the stove and then the coffee exploded.
00;40;36;17 – 00;40;38;05 Albie Oh, I didn’t connect that, he said.
00;40;38;05 – 00;40;46;27 Heather It smelled like coffee burning the first guy. And then when he went in, he’s like, It doesn’t smell like coffee. It sounds like coffee. And she had coffee on the stove. And then that coffee exploded.
00;40;47;04 – 00;40;52;08 Albie I wondered why the coffee exploded. Just different timing. It wasn’t an effect of the sonic boom, was it, or.
00;40;52;11 – 00;41;03;14 Heather Yeah, it was all in the same time when the the it was all during that. And then when he went to the hospital, she, the coffee exploded. I pretty sure because it overheated because she was in labor. That’s my.
00;41;03;17 – 00;41;07;08 Albie Oh so she didn’t, she didn’t, wasn’t able to turn the coffee pot down. I thought it was.
00;41;07;08 – 00;41;08;24 Heather I think she was having contractions.
00;41;08;24 – 00;41;15;29 Albie I thought it was a whole like artistic view of the plane exploding and her water breaking at the same time.
00;41;16;02 – 00;41;18;12 Heather Yeah. No, I think you’re thinking way too far into it.
00;41;18;13 – 00;41;18;29 Albie Turn it down.
00;41;19;02 – 00;41;31;10 Heather Well, I think she was in the middle of labor and she was preoccupied and forgot to turn it down, but like, that seems really unsafe that she didn’t turn it down. Because I’m thinking exploding shards of glass while you’re standing in the kitchen is probably not safe.
00;41;31;11 – 00;41;32;09 Albie Not safe.
00;41;32;12 – 00;41;48;18 Heather I said a glass pan. I go a baking dish on the stove one time and the stove is still I think I turned the wrong burner on and I walked out of the kitchen and a huge explosion happened. The baking dish exploded everywhere.
00;41;48;18 – 00;41;49;24 Albie So that really happens.
00;41;49;27 – 00;42;04;23 Heather Well, I mean, it was empty because, like, if it’s in the oven, it’s fine because there’s stuff in it or whatever. But it was on a burner and that was I think it was heating up water for hot chocolate or something. And I turned the wrong burner on and it was one of those like blue Pyrex dishes and it exploded.
00;42;04;23 – 00;42;08;11 Heather Luckily, I walked out of the kitchen because that probably would hurt.
00;42;08;14 – 00;42;14;09 Albie Yes. Sam brings his son on a fishing trip, so he’s pretty much figuring he’s going to go with it.
00;42;14;16 – 00;42;16;17 Heather Yeah, like he didn’t have to do that. So that was nice.
00;42;16;18 – 00;42;28;20 Albie Yeah. He’s just trying to make everybody happy while he figures out who and where he is still, because he really doesn’t know too much. That’s where Al talks to him and tries to explain a little bit to him. That’s where Al finds out that Sam doesn’t know anything.
00;42;28;22 – 00;42;50;13 Heather Question If, like Sam seems like a nice guy, he wants to help everyone and everything but doesn’t know who he is, he doesn’t know anything. So like, if you were a complete jerk, you lost all your memories. Do you like, do you think that you would stay a jerk, or do you think that you would be a nice person if you started over without any memories?
00;42;50;16 – 00;42;58;18 Albie I think you would be a nice person. I think memories are what makes your personality, your personality, and if you lose them, you would be a different person.
00;42;58;24 – 00;43;17;03 Heather Yeah, because I mean, I’m not saying that he was mean in the future, but I was just like, wow, he’s he’s being very nice to everyone, considering he has no idea where he is and I don’t I didn’t know if he was being nice because he’s a nice person or being nice because he didn’t know what else to do.
00;43;17;06 – 00;43;21;06 Albie Having the benefit of watching the whole rest of the series, I think he was just a nice person.
00;43;21;09 – 00;43;31;18 Heather Oh, yeah. I mean, considering he has to figure out how to save the day every time, which was a very eighties nineties thing anyway, like how to save the day.
00;43;31;21 – 00;43;35;16 Albie Right? What once went wrong. Try saying that. Yeah.
00;43;35;20 – 00;43;57;12 Heather So remember in the beginning how he woke up and he woke up with a clean shaven face, which I don’t know any man who wakes up with a clean shaven face unless he hasn’t slept very long. But he goes in the shower and actually like goes to shave his already shaved face. So I don’t understand that part.
00;43;57;15 – 00;44;20;04 Albie That bothered me a little bit until I realized that we’re seeing Dr. Sam Beckett played by Scott Bakula, but nobody else’s. Everybody else is seeing Tom Stratton, the only reason we’re seeing Scott Bakula is for our benefit to know who he is inside. But like the rest of the world, sees what the mirror sees, which is the other guy.
00;44;20;04 – 00;44;25;17 Albie Which, by the way, when he had the shaving cream on, he didn’t have any whiskers either. Yeah.
00;44;25;19 – 00;44;28;06 Heather Well, they already had shaving cream on his face, so it wasn’t.
00;44;28;06 – 00;44;34;11 Albie As it wasn’t as noticeable. But you could tell. But, but what do you do when the actor shows up? Clean shaven? I don’t know.
00;44;34;13 – 00;44;35;13 Heather Stop it.
00;44;35;16 – 00;44;36;27 Albie Stop it. Come back tomorrow.
00;44;37;04 – 00;44;41;29 Heather Okay, That’s it. We’re shutting down production. You failed.
00;44;42;02 – 00;44;55;05 Albie So we see Sam Beckett and. But only his consciousness is Tom Stratton’s body. So Tom Stratton’s consciousness is in Sam Beckett’s body in the near future.
00;44;55;09 – 00;45;15;11 Heather See, I don’t get that. I feel like they’re both like, I don’t feel like that, but I. You explained it to me. Explain it to me again, because maybe I’m not the only one who doesn’t understand that because I didn’t get like after watching it, I didn’t get that out of it. Like, I just assumed that, like, Tom was on pause.
00;45;15;14 – 00;45;40;16 Heather Well, because I swear that’s what he said. I swear he said that like Tom was on pause and that when he came back, he would be like the same age as he was. Or what? Like, no matter how long it took Sam to figure out, because when they didn’t know how they were going to get Sam back, they’re like, you know, whenever you do leave, Tom will just come back in and he’ll even he’ll live even longer because he he’s like, paused.
00;45;40;18 – 00;45;52;05 Albie During the fishing trip, Al explains to Sam that Tom is in Sam’s body in the waiting room. That’s how they knew where and when to find Sam. So they have been interviewing literally Mr. Abbott.
00;45;52;08 – 00;45;55;00 Heather And I don’t know how because I watched the episode like four times.
00;45;55;00 – 00;46;05;14 Albie Well, that’s another thing I have question about is if Tom Stratton is in Dr. Sam Beckett’s body in the waiting room, why did he step into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanish?
00;46;05;16 – 00;46;06;16 Heather Yeah, it doesn’t make sense.
00;46;06;17 – 00;46;29;02 Albie Doesn’t make sense. Hopefully some episode in the future will address that. Right now I’m just a little confused about that. So during the dancing scene at the bar, I thought it was really that Sam was really falling for Peg. And, you know, he said, I don’t know if I have a thing for pregnant women or she’s just beautiful, but I really am feeling amorous towards her.
00;46;29;02 – 00;46;40;17 Albie And they really did start to fall for each other. Yeah. And she started to fall for him all over again, even though she thought it was husband just because he asked her to dance, which Tom wouldn’t do. And he was just, you know.
00;46;40;17 – 00;46;45;20 Heather And he didn’t talk about flying. And he paid more attention to her than his friends treating.
00;46;45;20 – 00;46;48;27 Albie Her like a person. Then maybe her husband treated didn’t treat her.
00;46;48;27 – 00;46;51;21 Heather As wonder how what happened? Why he went back.
00;46;51;24 – 00;46;53;21 Albie Hmm. That’d be that’d be a cool show to see.
00;46;53;21 – 00;46;56;01 Heather Like follow up on Peggy and talk.
00;46;56;07 – 00;46;59;16 Albie What does happen when people come back in or they like what just happened?
00;46;59;18 – 00;47;09;20 Heather Yeah, like, I mean, obviously what I was gonna say, obviously, he would know because he was in the Quantum Leap waiting room, but Sam didn’t even know what was going on. So I.
00;47;09;20 – 00;47;15;10 Albie Have like an impression of thinking that most people think they were abducted by aliens or something or.
00;47;15;10 – 00;47;25;13 Heather Like a weird dream, because if you don’t remember it, like, he was like, I don’t remember sleeping with this woman in the beginning of the episode. So he believed that his life was his surroundings. So hopefully he still remembered how to fly.
00;47;25;16 – 00;47;31;21 Albie So the Ernsberger Trivial Pursuit. I have a few questions for you. What was the coldest you’ve ever been?
00;47;31;23 – 00;47;56;04 Heather Um, I moved to Florida from New Jersey when I was 14, and my mom and I went back to visit and we forgot our jackets and it was snowing. So we were in, like, T-shirts and jeans coming from Florida. Totally forgot our jackets in the car in Florida and got off the plane and had to go through the parking lot to get my grandpa’s car in the snow.
00;47;56;07 – 00;48;14;03 Heather And after you’ve lived in Florida, you forget how cold snow is, especially without a jacket on. But I was so used to the warmth here, like they say, like your blood thins out or something like that, because I was used to the cold in the first couple of years I was here. I was like, this isn’t cold. What is this?
00;48;14;06 – 00;48;20;01 Heather When back I was so cold, I was like, my bones were cold. I was so cold.
00;48;20;04 – 00;48;22;21 Albie Who is your second best friend in college?
00;48;22;23 – 00;48;30;18 Heather I think I only had one best friend in college who was the same best friend I had in high school who is the same best friend I have now. Her name is Alissa.
00;48;30;20 – 00;48;35;17 Albie Where did you first make love to?
00;48;35;19 – 00;48;41;12 Heather In some guys room. I don’t know. It’s not. It wasn’t exciting at all. No.
00;48;41;15 – 00;48;45;15 Albie Did you ever rent a video and microwave popcorn?
00;48;45;18 – 00;48;46;13 Heather Yes.
00;48;46;16 – 00;48;48;27 Albie Have you ever worn a miniskirt?
00;48;48;29 – 00;48;49;17 Heather Yes.
00;48;49;22 – 00;49;13;02 Albie Okay. So we’ll ask you those questions again later and see if you have had memory loss due to podcasting. So now we’re in a part two of Genesis Psalms walking around the hangar and he sees Al and Al’s able to give them a little bit more information now, but he still can’t tell them his last name, But he tells them the whole theory of that.
00;49;13;02 – 00;49;32;19 Albie Sam Becky came up with time travel, which is you take well, he says string theory, but that’s totally different than what he explains here. He takes a string, ties the ends together and then crumples it up in the ball. And he says every place where the strings touch each other, he can leap to that day in his own lifetime.
00;49;32;21 – 00;49;38;26 Heather So only when he’s alive and only from the time span of 1953 on.
00;49;39;00 – 00;49;46;20 Albie From the second he’s born till the second he dies, he can travel in time. So that means the past, the future and everything in between.
00;49;46;26 – 00;49;50;27 Heather What’s weird is that he’s traveling into other people’s bodies, right?
00;49;50;27 – 00;49;52;28 Albie Because it’s just his consciousness doing it.
00;49;53;00 – 00;49;56;00 Heather Because you would think, like he could go back in his own life.
00;49;56;03 – 00;50;01;09 Albie But not maybe that’s what they were going for. But it didn’t work. But he said, we did it. So did what?
00;50;01;12 – 00;50;03;24 Heather Well, he traveled in time. I mean, they did something.
00;50;03;26 – 00;50;10;23 Albie That is pretty cool and he can affect things. Yeah. So What did you think of that theory of time travel?
00;50;10;25 – 00;50;40;03 Heather I’m not going to say that I’m the smartest in in time travel research, but I mean, I guess it makes sense. I don’t doubt a lot of things that I don’t know about because it’s hard for me to say there’s no way that that can make sense when there’s so many things that don’t make sense that are possible in today’s technology and everything or any of the technology we have now, like the capabilities of things that we have that it’s hard for me to doubt string theory, which wasn’t string theory.
00;50;40;05 – 00;50;52;03 Heather Well, in the 1989, I was going to say the 1980s, but it was kind of like the 1980s. Did they know what string theory is? Is everyone know what string theory was? And they just didn’t.
00;50;52;03 – 00;51;00;05 Albie People were talking about string theory. So that was a buzz word kind of thing. And so they co-opted that into this.
00;51;00;07 – 00;51;04;14 Heather Gotcha. They were like the string theory. Anything with a string, That’s a theory.
00;51;04;16 – 00;51;26;18 Albie In my research, I found that the reason that Don Bellisario wanted Sam to only leap within his own lifetime because he didn’t want to leap back into like Roman days into a pilgrim, into gladiator. Yeah. Just things that didn’t seem realistic. He thought that it would be much more believable and much more realistic if Sam only leapt into the recent past.
00;51;26;20 – 00;51;30;18 Albie You know, in the fifties, where there’s like 57 Chevys and it’s.
00;51;31;05 – 00;51;34;11 Albie To shoot in diners. Probably too. Yeah.
00;51;34;14 – 00;51;51;23 Heather Costume. I mean, costumes to a point, but, like, it’s probably easier to shoot a 1950s theme episode than it is to shoot like a gladiator scene as far as the props and scene is cheaper, probably. And to get all that stuff.
00;51;51;23 – 00;52;12;22 Albie Right, things are more readily available from 40 years ago than 4000 years ago. That’s a good point. But he just wanted it to seem more realistic and it kind of works, I think. And I think everybody’s more relatable to the past and also I think back then in 8990s, people, a lot of people watching it were alive in the 50, 60, 70.
00;52;12;22 – 00;52;17;21 Albie So it might also be like a nostalgia thing, like, Oh, I remember bellbottoms, you know, that kind of thing.
00;52;17;27 – 00;52;33;21 Heather Which means that they had to be more accurate to like it had to be really accurate for people, for people like that, because go back to the Gladiator thing. Like you also don’t have to be very accurate in that time period. I mean, as far as the history facts, but nobody’s going to be like I remember that. And that was.
00;52;33;21 – 00;52;41;01 Albie Wrong. Yeah, nobody alive remembers how the sandals really were. Yeah. So what did you think of Pegg’s pregnant friends?
00;52;41;04 – 00;52;56;07 Heather I could totally that was totally like a plausible thing. I think it’s weird that they’re all pregnant at the same time, but. But it’s weird when you. When you’re pregnant, everybody’s pregnant. Or when you have a baby. Then everybody has a baby. So I guess it’s kind of normal.
00;52;56;07 – 00;53;01;00 Albie I don’t know. Like when you get a new car, all the cars you see on the road is the same car as your car.
00;53;01;01 – 00;53;15;12 Heather Seriously? I mean, if you’re it goes on anything, like if you’re single, everyone’s in a relationship if you notice things more. But I think back then, what else did they have to do? They were sitting on an army base. Yeah.
00;53;15;16 – 00;53;19;08 Albie Drink coffee, have babies, smoke cigarets, have babies, drink coffee, have babies.
00;53;19;14 – 00;53;23;06 Heather Yeah. I wonder if the caffeine had something to do with the early labor.
00;53;23;07 – 00;53;25;28 Albie I’m not sure. I know. Alcohol stopped it.
00;53;26;01 – 00;53;27;06 Heather She didn’t smoke, did she?
00;53;27;07 – 00;53;36;23 Albie No, I don’t think so. I was just being here. Just being back in the fifties, Doctors recommend you smoke this cigaret if you’re pregnant, you know? Yeah, because it’s got more nicotine. Better for the baby.
00;53;37;00 – 00;53;41;11 Heather But you weren’t supposed to eat like salt. My grandma had to stop eating salt when she was pregnant.
00;53;41;11 – 00;53;44;15 Albie Well, they had a lot longer to research on salt, but it turns out they were wrong.
00;53;44;20 – 00;53;48;09 Heather Because I love salt. Salt’s awesome. It’s kind of my fave.
00;53;48;11 – 00;54;07;19 Albie Her two friends, the one Lucy, is played by Lila Ivy, and she’s also in another episode of Quantum Leap coming up. So keep an eye out for her. The woman who played Sally, which is the dark haired pregnant lady, was played by Linda Cornell, and I most remember her from too close for comfort to remember. Too close for comfort.
00;54;07;21 – 00;54;11;22 Heather Sure. Well, we’ll go with this one because I. Sarah Yeah.
00;54;11;24 – 00;54;13;05 Albie Jim Jay Bullock was in it.
00;54;13;07 – 00;54;27;04 Heather I don’t even know those people. Like you’re like, So this one time cowboy, I watched this movie and it like, there’s no I don’t I don’t even think you’re I think these are fake movies.
00;54;27;09 – 00;54;31;09 Albie Anyway, she was one of the two pretty girls on Too close for Comfort. So I recognized her.
00;54;31;12 – 00;54;32;12 Heather Is it a TV show?
00;54;32;12 – 00;54;35;10 Albie Yes, a TV show. Jimmy Bullock. Ted Knight.
00;54;35;10 – 00;54;36;24 Heather I don’t know who these people are.
00;54;36;24 – 00;54;41;09 Albie A cartoon of a cow and ease of cow puppet. When he never mind.
00;54;41;15 – 00;54;45;29 Heather What Jim Jay Bullock in anywhere in the show there was a cow puppet.
00;54;45;29 – 00;54;49;18 Albie Yes. That drew a cartoon of the cow. Really?
00;54;49;25 – 00;54;56;18 Heather And I’m I’m being completely serious right now. And it sounds a little ridiculous.
00;54;56;21 – 00;55;17;13 Albie So he’s flying amok, too. He’s going up to mock three this is the other pilot he’s flying at, Mock two. He’s going to go to mock three. He he smells coffee. Right. Fire alarms going off and he goes, okay, I’m not going to mock three turns. The switch is off. Right. So he’s going mock to something, right? And he goes, I’m going to circle around.
00;55;17;16 – 00;55;25;10 Albie And then Virgos, don’t don’t turn above Mach two. Don’t turn above Mach two. You would think that would be in the flight training or like he would know, well.
00;55;25;10 – 00;55;26;18 Heather Maybe he forgot.
00;55;26;23 – 00;55;29;27 Albie He just forgot that he was going so fast that he couldn’t turn around.
00;55;30;00 – 00;55;32;16 Heather I don’t know. There was a whole memory loss thing.
00;55;32;18 – 00;55;38;25 Albie No, it wasn’t, Sam. Oh, the memory loss. Oh, he did it because he was thinking that he had memory loss.
00;55;38;26 – 00;55;49;21 Heather No I’m sure he didn’t do it on purpose. I think he was panicking because the button was on. He thought the whole thing was going to blow up. So I’m sure he was in panic mode and just was like, I’m going to circle.
00;55;49;21 – 00;55;52;04 Albie Around and tell me if I’m on fire or not.
00;55;52;06 – 00;55;56;13 Heather Yeah, yeah. Well, I think yeah, I don’t know. I don’t know why he needed to circle around right then.
00;55;56;13 – 00;55;58;00 Albie I think that’s why. Because he thought he was on fire.
00;55;58;01 – 00;55;59;00 Heather I don’t fly planes.
00;55;59;05 – 00;56;00;06 Albie I try not to.
00;56;00;09 – 00;56;01;17 Heather The scary thing.
00;56;01;19 – 00;56;06;07 Albie And he ejected that like mach two something. Is that even safe? Like, if you will.
00;56;06;07 – 00;56;07;25 Heather It’s better than really blowing up.
00;56;07;25 – 00;56;08;28 Albie I’m sure it’s.
00;56;09;00 – 00;56;10;15 Heather Safe.
00;56;10;17 – 00;56;17;29 Albie But like, if you eject at Mach two, I don’t know. I would think you’re pretty much staying now. I guess you’re going to mock, too. Also, you would.
00;56;17;29 – 00;56;20;29 Heather Have to eject really fast. So you were like, I’m saying, you’re.
00;56;21;00 – 00;56;32;02 Albie Sliced in half by the rest of your plane, right? I guess you have the same momentum going forward, but still wind resistance and I don’t know, it just seems scary. But I guess you’re like, you’re right. It’s better than blowing up.
00;56;32;02 – 00;56;51;18 Heather Well, what I realized is I’m not very daring. I’m not a daring person. I mean, I go and roller coasters and I I’m not afraid of going in planes and stuff like that. But when it comes to, like, brand new things, like let’s test the mock speed, I wouldn’t be like, you know what? We don’t know what’s going to happen.
00;56;51;18 – 00;57;01;15 Heather So let me go up in this plane and test it. I would not testing products maybe, but but not testing airplanes, flying at really high speeds.
00;57;01;20 – 00;57;08;18 Albie You never know if you go too fast that your DNA like comes apart and you start to devolve into a slug.
00;57;08;20 – 00;57;12;21 Heather I don’t think that’s what I’m afraid of. I’m pretty sure I’m afraid of dying. But oh.
00;57;12;23 – 00;57;15;28 Albie That’s another that’s another possibility, I’m sure.
00;57;15;28 – 00;57;36;13 Heather But I’m not afraid of becoming a slug. I’m more afraid how the plane’s going to crash because I’m going too fast. But there was like this era of I mean, I’m sure there are still people obviously, there’s still people who do it now because, you know, space exploration and whatever. But there’s just an era of people that were like, we have no idea how this is going to come out.
00;57;36;13 – 00;57;38;11 Heather Well, let’s just try it anyway.
00;57;38;13 – 00;57;46;23 Albie Let’s just throw as many people as we can on this and get to the moon. Let’s let’s throw as many people on this and fly Mach seven as they broke in the Mach seven barrier. Yet I’m not sure I.
00;57;47;00 – 00;57;47;25 Heather I don’t even.
00;57;48;00 – 00;57;50;06 Albie I don’t really want to place this in time.
00;57;50;09 – 00;58;02;03 Heather Well, I mean, it’s just I don’t understand why it’s so important. Why the break the mark speed barrier anyway. Yeah. It, it goes faster. But just.
00;58;02;03 – 00;58;03;18 Albie To say you could I guess.
00;58;03;20 – 00;58;06;12 Heather Some guy with some ego somewhere.
00;58;06;15 – 00;58;09;23 Albie Like you said back then, what did you have to do, Sit around, drink coffee?
00;58;09;25 – 00;58;14;12 Heather It’s not like we have really much to do now. Besides, like, Oh, no. So there are smartphones.
00;58;14;12 – 00;58;17;24 Albie But insta grandma twitters.
00;58;17;26 – 00;58;26;08 Heather Well, I need to instagram my food. That’s what I need to do all day. It sounds like I’m mocking, but I do totally do Instagram my food. I’m not.
00;58;26;08 – 00;58;30;02 Albie Really hungry, but I have an Instagram in a while, so I’ll make myself something to eat.
00;58;30;05 – 00;58;40;28 Heather For real. I am too much of a coward to fly. If I was Sam, I would call out sick. I’m sorry. I have a cold. I can’t fly at Mach two because my nose is running.
00;58;41;04 – 00;58;44;05 Albie But Al says the way to leap stairs is.
00;58;44;11 – 00;58;45;23 Heather We didn’t know that at first.
00;58;45;25 – 00;58;46;16 Albie That’s true.
00;58;46;21 – 00;58;48;05 Heather He was just like, sure.
00;58;48;07 – 00;58;51;22 Albie He was up there. He wasn’t. He wasn’t in the X to himself, though.
00;58;51;25 – 00;59;01;21 Heather Yeah, but hey, I wouldn’t be flying. I wouldn’t be sitting in a pilot’s seat chair in a plane ever if I did not know how to fly.
00;59;01;22 – 00;59;05;01 Albie And he’s just sitting there when the plane’s like, going and I’m going.
00;59;05;03 – 00;59;12;17 Heather Wouldn’t you grab try to steer, try it. Like maybe he your instincts wouldn’t your instincts be like, let’s not die?
00;59;12;20 – 00;59;17;25 Albie Yeah, maybe he didn’t remember all the airplane movies where you see how to fly something.
00;59;17;28 – 00;59;21;00 Heather You did it maybe forgot how to drive to? No, he drove.
00;59;21;00 – 00;59;21;22 Albie I think it’s different.
00;59;21;22 – 00;59;27;06 Heather Drove well, but, I mean, like, if your car is going out of control, you’re going to have the wheel.
00;59;27;10 – 00;59;31;24 Albie As a habit. Yeah, he would think he’s just like, Oh.
00;59;31;26 – 00;59;42;13 Heather Oh, boy. And now we’re dead. Sounded so chipper, and then it was dead. Oh. Oh, boy.
00;59;42;15 – 01;00;02;16 Albie The theory that Sam could leap home by flying the next 2 to 3 and living. Yeah. Was the way that they thought they could bring Sam home. But it turned out that that wasn’t it. So we find out later why he was actually there and what was he actually there to do?
01;00;02;19 – 01;00;06;12 Heather He was there to make sure that Tom lived and the baby lived.
01;00;06;15 – 01;00;08;06 Albie And what did they name? The baby?
01;00;08;09 – 01;00;11;17 Heather Samantha. Isn’t that cool? That was cute. That was. I like that.
01;00;11;23 – 01;00;35;20 Albie He introduces the idea of Lamaze, you know, the breathing technique, and he saves the baby’s life, baby Samantha, by stopping or stalling premature labor. I guess back then, if you went into labor, you were having that baby no matter what. And they didn’t think you know. Well, this lady over here is drunk and she’s not having contractions. I guess that never actually happened.
01;00;35;23 – 01;00;40;29 Heather I don’t think any drunk people usually are drunk. Women went into labor often.
01;00;41;01 – 01;00;49;27 Albie Maybe they just finally figured it out. I thought that was really good that they switched up the reason he was supposed to be there. So maybe Samantha plays a part in the future. Who knows?
01;00;49;29 – 01;00;55;29 Heather Oh, that would be cool. Yeah, Because now that she’s alive and she’s about the same age as him, I’m thinking ahead.
01;00;56;02 – 01;00;57;04 Albie It’s okay, because I’m.
01;00;57;08 – 01;00;59;29 Heather Maybe she’s the lady with the frizzy hair.
01;01;00;04 – 01;01;08;06 Albie Never know. And the reason she has bad hair is because her mom used to drink to keep her gestating.
01;01;08;08 – 01;01;10;01 Heather My mom was a drunk.
01;01;10;04 – 01;01;18;15 Albie At the end of this sleep, Peggy says to Sam, I love you. And Sam says, I love you, too. Peggy kisses her. I really think he did love her at that time.
01;01;18;19 – 01;01;36;20 Heather Yeah, I think he really had a connection with her. They had chemistry, and I’m. I’m surprised he wasn’t sad when he leaped away. Like when he went to the next sleep. I’m surprised he didn’t have, like, a moment where he was like, Huh? You know.
01;01;36;22 – 01;01;44;12 Albie It was a little interesting transition with his son, with the baseball in the glove. And then he went to be a baseball player when he leaped, I.
01;01;44;12 – 01;01;47;17 Heather Totally didn’t think about that. Now you’re so smart.
01;01;47;20 – 01;01;56;09 Albie Why? Just little things and pick up on Sam leaps and he leaps into. I have it. Tom, Tim Fox, Tom Fox.
01;01;56;11 – 01;02;00;05 Heather Tim Fox. I don’t know somebody. Fox.
01;02;00;07 – 01;02;01;13 Albie Fox Mulder.
01;02;01;15 – 01;02;13;08 Heather Exactly. That would be cool. That would be cool to have a show where like, you would jump from like character to like they leap from show sitcom to sitcom like character.
01;02;13;08 – 01;02;30;16 Albie And it might happen. You don’t know. They did a series of promos on NBC for Quantum Leap when it was coming on, and Sam would actually leap in there like the weatherman on the Today Show, and he leaped into, I think, somebody on night court.
01;02;30;19 – 01;02;31;06 Heather That’s really.
01;02;31;06 – 01;02;41;22 Albie Cool. Yeah, that’s really cool stuff. If you want to see some of that, those old commercials, a great place to go is Al’s place. It’s really great. Quantum Leap website.
01;02;41;24 – 01;02;44;15 Heather It just a coincidence that you guys have the same name.
01;02;44;22 – 01;03;11;29 Albie Oh, I didn’t make it. Even though my name is Al, I didn’t make it. It’s Quantum Leap dash Al’s place dot com. There’s a link to it on our page. Quantum Leap podcast dot com and it is just got so much information on all things quantum leap little video clips just really cool stuff. A forum. I just recommend going there for all your quantum leap needs except of course for your quantum leap podcasting needs.
01;03;11;29 – 01;03;16;09 Albie Then you go to Quantum Leap podcast dot com. But that’s a really place to see those old commercials.
01;03;16;16 – 01;03;19;01 Heather I might have to check that out because I might be pretty funny.
01;03;19;04 – 01;03;25;07 Albie Sprinkles So Sam leaps into Tim Fox of the Waco Bombers.
01;03;25;09 – 01;03;30;18 Heather Which is kind of funny because he flew like the planes he flew were kind of like bomber plane.
01;03;30;18 – 01;03;37;17 Albie They were bombers. They were like B twos and B for B-52. B-52 B-52s. They were bombers.
01;03;37;19 – 01;03;38;28 Heather Which is pretty cool.
01;03;39;00 – 01;03;48;28 Albie Yeah. So I picked up on that like my third viewing. I was like, Oh, bombers, I get it, I get it, I get it. I much rather play baseball than fly an experimental aircraft.
01;03;48;28 – 01;03;51;03 Heather So that’s not good at either one.
01;03;51;04 – 01;03;55;20 Albie No, me neither. But, you know, if you get hit by balls, you’re not going to explode and have to eject or whatever.
01;03;55;23 – 01;04;01;08 Heather Exactly. Yeah. I would be less scared to play baseball.
01;04;01;11 – 01;04;03;19 Albie What did you think of this leap short?
01;04;03;19 – 01;04;04;19 Heather It was a short one.
01;04;04;26 – 01;04;06;10 Albie Short but necessary, I think.
01;04;06;13 – 01;04;32;11 Heather Yeah. It was cool that he got to talk to his dad. I saw that the dog was a cool element of it because I totally think that a dog would know if you or not. You dogs are so in-tune to your emotions and can sense when you’re stressed. They’ll like if you they can get like neurotic from you having like a stressful life and and things like that.
01;04;32;11 – 01;04;47;11 Heather Like dogs are crazy in tune to their owners and their surroundings. So I would totally I don’t doubt it at all. I would I would totally believe that a dog could could pick that out. So I thought that was cool because I totally, totally believe.
01;04;47;11 – 01;04;55;16 Albie It. I think there’s some kind of techno babble explanation for that. Like dogs, children and certain whales. Yeah.
01;04;55;18 – 01;04;58;06 Heather Kansas City, I’m sure.
01;04;58;08 – 01;05;03;11 Albie Where else could probably tell that Sounds like you’re not Sam.
01;05;03;14 – 01;05;04;29 Heather Oh.
01;05;05;02 – 01;05;07;01 Albie You’re not Captain Ahab, dude.
01;05;07;03 – 01;05;14;17 Heather Oh, I’m so silly. Yeah.
01;05;14;19 – 01;05;35;03 Albie I think it was necessary, even though it was a short story at the end to let people know this is what the series is going to be. It’s not about an airline pilot flying planes in the fifties, because if you just had that one story, everybody would think, Well, that’s an interesting story. But week you’re going to be flying an experimental aircraft.
01;05;35;10 – 01;05;40;26 Heather Yeah, I totally thought that he was going to be there for a while.
01;05;40;29 – 01;05;43;02 Albie So did this second leap help?
01;05;43;04 – 01;06;05;19 Heather Yes, it was definitely necessary because then he leaped and I was like, Oh, huh, I guess that’s what we’re doing. So I think that you’re right. I it was definitely necessary and I liked it. It was short and sweet. He well, he fixed it. It wasn’t a hard one to fix, but, you know, he figured it out fast and fixed it.
01;06;05;19 – 01;06;16;22 Heather So it’s good to know that some of them are going to be fast after the last one, which was at least a few days, actually, I think it was longer than that, like a few weeks or something.
01;06;16;24 – 01;06;20;03 Albie I think from this point forward, pretty much each leap is an episode.
01;06;20;09 – 01;06;22;02 Heather Yeah, well, that seems fair.
01;06;22;03 – 01;06;37;02 Albie Originally they had planned to do a couple of leaves for episode and then shorten the shows to a half hour format for syndication, but that never happened. So they went with the full episode is pretty much a leap. Of course, we have two or three partners coming up. Those are really good.
01;06;37;05 – 01;06;41;18 Heather Well, I’m sure the ones that are harder to figure out are good episodes.
01;06;41;21 – 01;07;02;29 Albie I really like that he got to talk to his dad finally, like you said. Yeah, that was probably my favorite part of the episode. And I had put myself in his shoes and he kind of says Thank you to the universe or whoever’s controlling the leaping for letting him do that. And that was nice at all to give him his last name, to give him that last piece of the puzzle so he could call his dad.
01;07;03;05 – 01;07;09;18 Albie Yeah, there’s nothing more heart touching to me than a relationship between a guy and his dad.
01;07;09;25 – 01;07;18;27 Heather Yeah, well, you had a good relationship with your dad. Yeah. And so you can understand, like, if you had a chance to talk to your dad again, I’m sure you would jump at any opportunity.
01;07;18;27 – 01;07;32;13 Albie And I believe everybody watching that episode, probably not necessarily their dad, but somebody they wish they could go back in time and talk to you maybe. So it has a good resonance and it gives a more weight to the character of Sam Beckett, I think.
01;07;32;16 – 01;07;42;24 Heather Yeah, And it gave you a little bit of his background, like it showed you his childhood home and farm and how he was as a kid, which was pretty cool.
01;07;42;27 – 01;07;49;01 Albie Did you think that was a good decision to overdub Scott back in his voice in that young actors mouth there?
01;07;49;08 – 01;07;50;18 Heather I didn’t notice that.
01;07;50;18 – 01;07;56;10 Albie You didn’t notice. It was Sam’s voice. He’s like, Oh, Dad, the couch is about to drop. No, no.
01;07;56;12 – 01;07;57;28 Heather I think you’ve watched it a couple more times than.
01;07;57;28 – 01;07;59;17 Albie Me and watched you like seven times.
01;07;59;17 – 01;08;01;04 Heather And you’ve read all the making books.
01;08;01;04 – 01;08;02;13 Albie That helps.
01;08;02;15 – 01;08;05;28 Heather I’m the newbie here. You’re supposed to know all the stuff.
01;08;06;01 – 01;08;09;21 Albie I always I always pick up on ADR just because.
01;08;09;23 – 01;08;10;02 Heather You’re.
01;08;10;02 – 01;08;15;05 Albie Lip reading. I read lips so that I’m always watching somebody’s lips when they’re talking.
01;08;15;12 – 01;08;19;12 Heather Would be funny if you were. If you couldn’t hear and you were a podcast.
01;08;19;15 – 01;08;29;14 Albie The only deaf podcaster in my tribe. Now I just I just read lip sync for reassurance of what I’m hearing. It’s weird, like a thing I have here.
01;08;29;14 – 01;08;31;01 Heather Line of work is very loud.
01;08;31;04 – 01;08;37;04 Albie Yes, very loud. So for my own safety, I have to make sure that I’m understanding what people are saying when I might not be able to hear them.
01;08;37;09 – 01;08;38;00 Heather Yes.
01;08;38;02 – 01;08;41;08 Albie So that’s it’s a habit I can’t break from watching television.
01;08;41;10 – 01;08;46;03 Heather I have a question for you. Why is the computer named Ziggy?
01;08;46;05 – 01;08;48;06 Albie Do you know Ziggy? The cartoon?
01;08;48;09 – 01;08;52;05 Heather I feel like I field scores.
01;08;52;07 – 01;09;05;20 Albie Ziggy was a cartoon. Like, I don’t like not a animated cartoon that I know of, but in print, like Sunday morning comics and like, back then, he was on T-shirts and bumper stickers and stuff, so. I don’t know. Yeah.
01;09;05;22 – 01;09;10;25 Heather Oh, okay. Yeah, Yeah. I guess I was thinking, like, a show. Now, that’s. I was like, I failed this course.
01;09;10;25 – 01;09;15;13 Albie You never know, though. They made a Pac-Man cartoon show, so they might have made a Ziggy cartoon show.
01;09;15;15 – 01;09;18;09 Heather So you think it was just named after the cartoon?
01;09;18;12 – 01;09;23;09 Albie Yeah. And being that it’s a computer, Ziggy is probably an acronym for something.
01;09;23;09 – 01;09;31;06 Heather And it’s probably not spelled Ziggy. It’s probably like C, d, y, or something. I mean, it’s probably like something silly.
01;09;31;08 – 01;09;49;11 Albie We could either a go to ALS place and check it out and find out why. Go to Wikipedia. Or we could just wait and see if it comes up in the show. That’s what I’m hoping. Yeah I’m not going to look ahead too much. I’m going to try to pretend that this is happening as we’re doing it. So we have that little bit of mystery in finding out and figuring stuff out.
01;09;49;14 – 01;09;57;03 Heather Yeah, I’m going to keep all my questions to the end that if they didn’t get answered, then I will go look up my answers.
01;09;57;05 – 01;10;09;27 Albie Apparently the pitcher in this baseball leap was supposed be somebody famous. Tom Seaver I don’t I don’t know anything about baseball, but he was a famous baseball player. And this was when he was in triple A.
01;10;09;29 – 01;10;13;10 Heather I know about as much about baseball as I do about 1980s television.
01;10;13;14 – 01;10;14;18 Albie Okay. So nothing.
01;10;14;18 – 01;10;16;00 Heather So there we go.
01;10;16;02 – 01;10;33;12 Albie When he leaves, Al says that Sam had been leaping around in time for about a week. So if Sam’s leaping around in time and he doesn’t get to the there’s a week between leaps. Who that week who is in Sam’s body in the waiting room?
01;10;33;18 – 01;10;40;23 Heather I think he’s just like a blob. Maybe that’s why he vanished. And then he reappeared. Appears in the waiting room. I don’t know.
01;10;40;25 – 01;10;46;16 Albie We’ll have to find out. My question is, where was he for that week? Where was his body for that week? And who was in it?
01;10;46;19 – 01;10;49;28 Heather Maybe when we talk to the writers, we can ask them.
01;10;50;03 – 01;11;12;05 Albie All right. We find out that Sam holds six doctorates. He thinks he’s a medical doctor because he had all that medical information. But he’s got six doctorates, medical is only one of the six. But I thought it was cool that he remembered he was a doctor even before he knew he was a doctor. Because when Peg wanted to dance, he sat her down and said, Doctor’s orders, huh?
01;11;12;07 – 01;11;15;19 Albie He was like, looking at himself like, Amy, I’m a doctor.
01;11;15;22 – 01;11;26;24 Heather It’s convenient that he’s a very smart person because then he can figure out what they’re doing. So I don’t think we will wear shiny clothes in the future.
01;11;26;26 – 01;11;29;09 Albie I will wear shiny clothes right now.
01;11;29;11 – 01;11;34;24 Heather You would you would you have, like, orange pants, though, and things like that.
01;11;34;26 – 01;11;36;00 Albie With many zippers.
01;11;36;02 – 01;11;38;20 Heather Yes. That I don’t think you should wear in public.
01;11;38;22 – 01;11;39;11 Albie All right.
01;11;39;13 – 01;12;07;15 Heather So shiny clothes. Not really a fad right now. What do you think the writers would have would think if they knew like the style was going to revert back to the eighties? Like, say, like we’re in their future now, which I think this kind of takes place before now, but. Well, yeah, there’s no like definitive gear. But because I was just like noting on Al’s outfits and Al’s outfits.
01;12;07;15 – 01;12;11;04 Albie They do get and crazy in the future and they keep getting crazier.
01;12;11;11 – 01;12;41;08 Heather But if you it’s funny because the nineties view of the or the eighties nineties view of the future it’s like shiny clothes hover cars, like all these new gadgets and all this stuff like, I mean now all we think of in the future is the zombie apocalypse. But do you think the writers would have written people in eighties clothes if they looked at the trends of like clothing styles?
01;12;41;11 – 01;13;00;08 Heather Like because bellbottoms came back and like basically every decade just keeps coming back as far as fashion is concerned with the little added, you know, personality to its own decade. But do you think that they would have guessed that the eighties would be the future clothes? That’s what I’m trying to say. Yes.
01;13;00;10 – 01;13;01;06 Albie No.
01;13;01;09 – 01;13;08;07 Heather Seems a little silly because it was films when these clothes were popular and now the clothes are popular again.
01;13;08;07 – 01;13;16;19 Albie So they could have just had their normal clothes and it would have looked more appropriate. I think at the time they were just trying to say.
01;13;16;21 – 01;13;17;20 Heather This is the future.
01;13;17;20 – 01;13;26;29 Albie Big flashing neon sign to Al going, He’s from the future. He’s in the future. He is in a tuxedo in one one part. He looked very dashing. I mean.
01;13;26;29 – 01;13;30;15 Heather I’m not to say that there aren’t people who would wear shining clothes like you.
01;13;30;17 – 01;13;36;05 Albie Said you were shiny clothes. I can’t wait to get to the one piece shiny metal jumpsuit looking thing.
01;13;36;08 – 01;13;37;28 Heather Though some seem flattering.
01;13;37;28 – 01;13;39;15 Albie Everybody wears them in the future.
01;13;39;17 – 01;13;41;24 Heather I’m so glad that you’re so sure about that.
01;13;41;24 – 01;13;43;12 Albie And when they start coming out.
01;13;43;14 – 01;13;47;28 Heather You actually have to have like, a perfect body to wear a one piece of it.
01;13;47;28 – 01;13;48;20 Albie So what are you saying?
01;13;48;28 – 01;14;18;29 Heather That I could not wear one piece of it, so I would no, I would have to, like, invest in I was seriously not fishing for compliments. I would seriously have to invest in some kind. Of course it was something, but they’re flattering on people who have perfect bodies. If you’ve watched any television with people wearing one piece zipper up jumpsuits, they all look like they’ve been to the gym recently.
01;14;19;01 – 01;14;21;27 Albie Any last thoughts on Genesis? Parts one and two?
01;14;21;29 – 01;14;28;04 Heather I think we’re good. We covered a lot. It was a good episode and I’m it was a good opener.
01;14;28;11 – 01;14;31;28 Albie Next time Sam leaps into a college professor in the seventies.
01;14;32;04 – 01;14;39;24 Heather I saw that it does it go linear because like so far it seems like it’s going linear.
01;14;39;26 – 01;14;52;28 Albie Al said that he leaped closer to his own time with this baseball leap was only a few years, but I think if they did go linear and each leap was closer to his own time, then it’d be a shorter show.
01;14;53;03 – 01;15;07;07 Heather Okay, Well, because so far like 1956, he would have been three. Then the next two leap, he was like ten or like early teens, right? So That’s like in the sixties and then seventies.
01;15;07;07 – 01;15;08;21 Albie I would say it goes back and forth.
01;15;08;25 – 01;15;11;00 Heather Okay, So far it’s just the pattern.
01;15;11;00 – 01;15;20;19 Albie It’s go so far. It might go linear, but we got five seasons. Okay, We’d like to take this time to thank our sponsor for this episode.
01;15;20;22 – 01;15;56;23 Heather Audible.com Audible is a really cool site. I’m actually listening to an audio book right now called Beat Me by Jennifer Crazy, and I signed up for my free month of Audible and got a free eBook and it’s really cool. It splits it up into different parts of the book so it can download, You can download like one part at a time if you’re not in Wi-Fi, if you’re I mean, I have the app for my phone, but I’m sure you can download it on other devices or on your computer at home, but it’s really cool.
01;15;56;24 – 01;16;14;14 Heather I very much enjoying using Audible. The the app on the iPhone is really cool. You can use like button lists so you like swipe to the left and tap and do things like that. And it has a little picture of the book and has a big pause button in the middle. I don’t know. It’s it’s really cool so far.
01;16;14;20 – 01;16;41;13 Albie If you’re into listening to podcasts, you’re probably in there listening to audiobooks. It’s a very similar audience. I love audiobooks. The last audiobook I listened to with audible.com was 11 2263, the Stephen King novel about time travel. Time travel, funny enough, and the Kennedy assassination really good book. It was a really good audiobook, unabridged. It was like 30 something hours long, and I was riveted the whole time.
01;16;41;15 – 01;17;05;06 Albie You can go to our Web site, Quantum Leap podcast, dot com, and click the audible banner to get your free 30 day trial. And that comes with a free audiobook and it’s free. So go to Quantum podcast dot com, click the audible link and sign up through that link and then we’ll get the credit for it and that’ll help out the show.
01;17;05;08 – 01;17;27;16 Albie Are there things we learned in this show that we’re going to want to keep track of, like how stuff works, why things work, Things I’m thinking of is like, okay, it’s only Sam’s consciousness that leaves the other person’s in the waiting room. We know that. Okay, there’s an imaging chamber at Project Quantum Leap that is seeing everything that Sam sees but in a hologram format.
01;17;27;18 – 01;17;29;19 Albie And so Sam sees Al as a hologram.
01;17;29;24 – 01;17;35;19 Heather So like, when he randomly opens a door that doesn’t exist and walks through it. That said, probably the real door in.
01;17;35;19 – 01;17;39;16 Albie The imaging chamber, which I’m thinking is something similar to a holodeck.
01;17;39;19 – 01;17;48;29 Heather Yeah. We also learned that he has to fix the problem, the said problem before he can leap again. So some MC.
01;17;49;01 – 01;18;08;21 Albie Has to figure out what to do and then do it. Yeah. And it might not necessarily be what they think it is at first. Hmm. So it’s almost like a little tiny mystery what you have to do and see. We found out that Al is a ladies man Yes. In this episode, I think three women, Tina, Martha and Brenda.
01;18;08;24 – 01;18;09;12 Heather Wow.
01;18;09;13 – 01;18;17;01 Albie Yeah. And that’s just in this episode. We have a contest at Quantum Leap podcast dot com. If you go to our Web site.
01;18;19;24 – 01;18;42;23 Albie Pretty easy to remember. There is a contest. We’re hoping that people want to be an interactive part of the show and one of the ways to do that is to be in our first contest, the first eight people to send us an essay entitled What Quantum Leap Means to Me. The first eight people will receive an original Quantum Leap comic book number nine.
01;18;43;00 – 01;18;52;26 Albie It’s over 20 years old, and all you have to do is send us an essay. If it’s good enough to be read on the air, we’ll read it on our podcast and I will send you a Quantum Leap comic book.
01;18;54;19 – 01;19;03;05 Heather It doesn’t have to be long. There’s no like a minimum of words. It’s not a fancy essay, but we want to hear what what you think.
01;19;03;11 – 01;19;11;11 Albie You can also just send us an email, what you think of an upcoming episode or what you think of the podcast or anything you want to send.
01;19;11;13 – 01;19;13;22 Heather Quantum Leap podcast at gmail.com.
01;19;13;22 – 01;19;17;03 Albie We also are accepting voicemails that we will put on.
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01;19;18;02 – 01;19;27;07 Albie Podcast, the phone number at Quantum Leap Podcast is 707847668. To give that number, Carl, leave a voicemail and we’ll put it on the show.
01;19;27;11 – 01;19;35;21 Heather We want to hear from you. It’s more fun when we get feedback, we get talk about that on the air, makes it like we’re interacting with you guys more.
01;19;35;28 – 01;19;56;04 Albie We are on Twitter and Facebook. You can get to those links again through Quantum Leap podcast dot com Facebook, where our Facebook slash Quantum Leap podcast, Twitter. I believe we’re at Quantum Leap Pod. So many different ways to get a hold of and we look forward to hearing from you. Let’s talk a little bit about how you can watch Quantum Leap.
01;19;56;07 – 01;20;00;00 Heather Yeah, because if you’re listening to this, you should probably watch the episodes of us.
01;20;00;02 – 01;20;04;00 Albie Yes If you haven’t watched this episode yet, you’re probably like, What are these people talking about?
01;20;04;02 – 01;20;05;21 Heather Hopefully we don’t spoil anything for you.
01;20;05;25 – 01;20;14;07 Albie It is available on Netflix for the most part. Not every episode of Quantum Leap is available on Netflix, but you can watch a lot of it there.
01;20;14;11 – 01;20;15;07 Heather It’s like a teaser.
01;20;15;14 – 01;20;25;22 Albie The first pilot movie is not available on Netflix. Weird, available on Hulu. I’d say Hulu or DVD is probably the best way to watch this show.
01;20;25;24 – 01;20;26;28 Heather They look nice on Hulu.
01;20;27;02 – 01;20;31;05 Albie Yeah, they’re really high def. I don’t know if they are, but they said a word. I think so.
01;20;31;08 – 01;20;31;25 Heather You mean they want them.
01;20;31;25 – 01;20;53;28 Albie To mean it up? They’re really good quality. That’s what we were watching on Hulu and DVD and just to see if there was a difference, I didn’t notice any difference. But if you go to Quantum Leap podcast dot com, we have a Hulu banner and if you go through that banner, you can get a two week free trial and watch every episode of Quantum Leap from start to finish in two weeks and cancel.
01;20;53;28 – 01;20;55;02 Albie And it doesn’t cost you a thing.
01;20;55;09 – 01;20;56;04 Heather So there you go.
01;20;56;11 – 01;21;08;12 Albie But we have a subscription to Hulu. I love Hulu also. You want to buy it on DVD. You can go to our store on Quantum Leap podcast dot com and that’ll click through to Amazon and you can buy it from Amazon.
01;21;08;12 – 01;21;10;21 Heather It doesn’t matter how you watch it really as long as you do.
01;21;10;26 – 01;21;17;15 Albie Did you come up with any special trivia or goofs or continuity errors for this episode?
01;21;17;18 – 01;21;32;00 Heather Let’s see. How about this one, which I noticed, but I thought I was just being crazy. When Peg and Tom are doing the shower mirror scene, the head movements made by Peg are not the same as in the mirror, but I noticed that I thought I was being crazy.
01;21;32;00 – 01;21;38;05 Albie I didn’t notice that at first, but towards the fifth or sixth viewing I noticed it was very different. And yes.
01;21;38;06 – 01;21;44;19 Heather Yes, like when she’s like talking about how she looks fat and then they like pull away and they’re looking at the back of her head. It’s not the same.
01;21;44;19 – 01;21;50;10 Albie Because it’s not a mirror. Actually, it’s a double room with a window in between and two actresses playing the same part.
01;21;50;10 – 01;21;59;12 Heather The shirt On Sam’s reflection as ball player Tim Fox is not reversed. You can clearly see the buttons and Capital B for the bombers on the right hand side. Yes.
01;21;59;13 – 01;22;06;03 Albie So that’s that is a goof I didn’t see. Should have been backwards, but it wasn’t early on.
01;22;06;03 – 01;22;21;08 Heather Al is seen by Sam in the back of the cargo plane with clothing flapping in the wind. Though to Al, his surroundings are nothing but a hologram and there’s nothing around him. Should have any physical effect on him, including wind. Yes, they were just going for the effect on that one. Yeah.
01;22;21;08 – 01;22;26;02 Albie And he was tired and stuff was blowing around his scarf. I guess it shouldn’t have been, huh?
01;22;26;04 – 01;22;33;16 Heather When Sam looks into the mirror to see the actor that he has into, he is shocked and moves back. But the actor opposite him is delayed by about half a second.
01;22;33;18 – 01;22;47;19 Albie I’m sure that’s going to happen a lot because I think back then they didn’t really have video playback when they were filming something. They just filmed it and then they watched it in dailies after it got developed. So by then it was probably too late to go back and reshoot for a little minor things like that.
01;22;47;21 – 01;23;12;16 Heather Yeah. And like you said on the small screen in center diff, you wouldn’t know in a continuity error. The shaving cream smeared on Sam’s face looks nothing at all like the cream on his reflection face in the mirror. Hmm. I didn’t notice that, but it’s totally possible. Here’s some more continuity errors. When Al is standing next to the jukebox, Sam walks over to the jukebox to make a selection.
01;23;12;16 – 01;23;27;14 Heather And when Al starts talking, his reflection is visible on the glass. Later in this episode, Sam talking out of the sink of the dressing room at the ballpark. As Sam looks into the mirror, he says he thinks Al is a vampire. To which Al replies, And neurological holograms don’t reflect Sam.
01;23;27;17 – 01;23;31;05 Albie It’s a little bit of a goof up. I didn’t see Al’s reflection in the jukebox. Yeah.
01;23;31;07 – 01;23;33;11 Heather Maybe we’re not as nitpicky as I thought we were.
01;23;33;11 – 01;23;41;20 Albie Yeah, there we go. So what was your favorite part of Genesis? Parts one and two. Not part one or part two. But what do you what was your favorite part?
01;23;41;23 – 01;23;49;04 Heather I think my favorite part was when she’s like, Hey, flyboy, the squares are gone. One of because that’s what she said.
01;23;49;04 – 01;23;52;20 Albie It’s like she was hitting on him even though she was just come out of labor.
01;23;52;26 – 01;23;53;11 Heather Yeah.
01;23;53;13 – 01;24;03;04 Albie Not. Not the best time, I’m sure. No, I really like the part where, like I said, he called his dad and that whole mini story arc in this episode, how he’s able to talk to his dad.
01;24;03;04 – 01;24;17;04 Heather So I don’t really connect. Like that’s more what you connect with. That’s probably because I’ve been pregnant that I can connect with that whole thing. So I just what you connect with that you, that you find a favorite part of the episode? Very true.
01;24;17;07 – 01;24;34;07 Albie I think so. Is there any overall morals or meaning to this episode that you could find? Most episodes of Quantum Leap have to do about serious subjects, or there’s a moral lesson to learn from the episode. There’s a lot of them coming up. Did you see one in this episode?
01;24;34;09 – 01;24;41;18 Heather Um, I know I think it was this one was just an overall do the right thing, I think, and take care of your family.
01;24;41;18 – 01;24;49;19 Albie And yeah, I didn’t see any moral or lesson or meaning in this particular episode. This one pretty much for me was just about setting up the series.
01;24;49;19 – 01;24;50;01 Heather Yeah.
01;24;50;05 – 01;24;55;04 Albie So I think in future episodes we’ll have more to talk about, about morals and meanings and messages.
01;24;55;11 – 01;24;59;27 Heather Far more specific as it goes on. But this is just in general, do the right thing.
01;25;00;02 – 01;25;01;24 Albie Are you excited for the next leap?
01;25;02;01 – 01;25;15;13 Heather Yeah, because I think I’ve watched this episode way too many times. I’m ready for. A new one. Wednesday, Sam leaps back to the 16th psychedelic and into trouble with a love show. I told everything on Quantum Leap.
01;25;15;15 – 01;25;24;19 Albie In the next episode of the Quantum Leap Podcast, we discuss the episode Star crossed, where Sam leaps into a sleazy English.
01;25;24;22 – 01;25;25;18 Heather Professor.
01;25;25;20 – 01;25;31;02 Albie In the seventies with a special guest star. Very young and beautiful. Teri Hatcher.
01;25;31;05 – 01;25;32;24 Heather Cool. I know who she is.
01;25;54;09 – 01;25;58;29 Albie I’m well, I guess podcasting has affected your memory. Or you’re just pulling a joke on me.
01;25;59;01 – 01;26;00;22 Heather We will never know that.
01;26;00;22 – 01;26;07;03 Albie All about wrap it up for the first episode of The Quantum Leap Podcast. I’d like to thank you, Heather, for joining me on this journey.
01;26;07;06 – 01;26;12;08 Heather Yes, thank you for thinking of me as your podcast partner.
01;26;12;10 – 01;26;14;24 Albie Until next time is Albie and Heather.
01;26;14;26 – 01;26;23;07 Heather We did it. Did what?
01;26;23;09 – 01;26;53;19 Scott Bakula You know, maybe this quantum leap isn’t such a bad deal after all. Getting a second chance to put things right to make the world a better place knows what I can accomplish before I’m done.
01;26;53;21 – 01;27;12;22 Heather Thank you for joining us for this episode of the Quantum Leap Podcast. Go to Quantum Leap Podcast dot com to listen to new episodes. The Quantum Leap Podcast is not affiliated with Bell, Sirius Productions or Universal TV. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter to get behind the scenes information, exclusive content and be notified first when a new episode is available.
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01;27;38;25 – 01;27;45;16 Albie Pressured to lose to prove his theories or lose funding. Pressured to lose pressure to.
01;27;45;22 – 01;27;48;03 Heather La la la la la la la la la la la.
01;27;48;05 – 01;27;49;24 Albie Pressure to.
01;27;49;26 – 01;27;52;21 Heather I hate that I didn’t pick up on that because I’m.
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It’s ahead full-throttle in the thirty-ninth installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast, as we rev up for season three, episode eight, Rebel Without A Clue.
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Our first interview is with David Allen Brooks who played sleazy photographer Clint Beaumont. Our second interview is with Nancy Stafford who played pageant coordinator Peg Myers. Both discuss their time working on the show and their current projects.
If that’s not enough, Hayden McQueenie is back with his latest “Quantum Deep” segment – where he reviews the Quantum Leap comic book “Waiting” and discusses a unique wardrobe challenge presented by Miss Deep South.
The Quantum Leap Podcast is proud to bring you an interview with Matt Dale and Kevin West, the creative team behind the upcoming Quantum Leap book:
Beyond the Mirror Image: The Observer’s Guide to Quantum Leap.
In the thirty-third installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast, Albie and Heather discuss season three, episode three “Leap Of Faith”. There are first impressions, an episode recap, thoughts and opinions, listener feedback, a great interview with 
In the first episode of this limited audio series, A Look Back At The Leap Back, 
The designer’s futuristic flourishes take front and center in the show’s very first scenes. Al’s neon star lapel pin and matching shoe appliques are prominently featured in the tease for “Genesis,” as are Tina’s LED high heels and earrings. And while we’re still grinning over this retro-future chic, Dorléac hits us with Quantum Leap’s most iconic image: Sam, in his clean, white Fermi suit, arms outstretched, being buffeted by quantum energy in the Accelerator Chamber as he prepares for his first Leap.
Al’s flamboyant fashion choices were a brilliant counterpoint to Sam’s historic mien. And while the metallic fabrics, funky cuts and garish hues may have started out as a visual gimmick to make the hologram an anachronistic standout in Sam’s pedestrian surroundings, they evolved into an abiding character statement for Al. For a man who spent five years in filthy black rags as a POW, Al’s colorful clothes proclaim that he remains unbroken, and that he’s full of joy and lust and a zest for life.
The Gift By Lesley Wentzell
In the fifteenth installment of The Quantum Leap Podcast Albie and Heather discuss Season two episode seven “Thou Shalt Not…” and open up and talk about their personal loss and how this episode, while being a downer, may in fact be able to help people who suffer with loss and grief. There’s first impressions, an episode recap, thoughts and opinions, listener feedback, an amazing interview with 
