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| | SIMON MACCORKINDALE-MANIMAL-SFX, February 1996 |
 | | Manimal's 70-minute pilot episode was directed by Russ Mayberry (a veteran of many of the better '70s crime shows, including Kojak, Harry O and The Rockford Files), from a script by Larson and co-creator/co-producer Don Boyle. |
 | | Manimal was very obviously filmed back- to-back with sister show Automan (about a cop who partners a computer-generated hologram!), even to the point of using the same sets, guest actors, and, in one case, the same scene (an exploding taxi booby-trap!). |
 | | Manimal was one of his a rare stabs at an on-going series role, despite being typecast yet again as the "cop friend." However, perhaps the best actor the series attracted was Glynn Tunnan, most recently seen in the undeserving sitcom A Different World, who played Tyrone Earl in the pilot episode. |
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