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11 Jan 2024, 12:51 am

Anybody here familiar with the british TV show "My Hero", about an alien superhero named Thermoman who falls in love with and marries an earth girl, and he does not understand earth culture (he has a high amount of trust for people and takes things literally, for example)?



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11 Jan 2024, 11:27 am

I think i remember it. It was Ardal O'Hanlan iirc.


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11 Jan 2024, 4:23 pm

Am just asking because if Thermoman were not an alien, he probably would be autistic.



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11 Jan 2024, 4:56 pm

I remember that show from many, many years ago.

I thought it was quite amusing at the time.



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11 Jan 2024, 7:50 pm

That wasnt the father ted guy?²



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11 Jan 2024, 8:07 pm

OUR_Diagnosis_Doesnt_Equal_We wrote:
That wasnt the father ted guy?²


Isn't that Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews?


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11 Jan 2024, 9:17 pm

Ardal O'Hanlon (/oʊˈhænlən/; born 8 October 1965) is an Irish comedian, actor, and author. He played Father Dougal McGuire in Father Ted (1995–1998), George Sunday/Thermoman in My Hero (2000–2006), and DI Jack Mooney in Death in Paradise (2017–2020). His novel The Talk of the Town was published in 1998.

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11 Jan 2024, 10:14 pm

OUR_Diagnosis_Doesnt_Equal_We wrote:
That wasnt the father ted guy?²


Did not watch that show as a kid. Of course, have always lived in the United States, it apparently was never broadcast here.



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12 Jan 2024, 1:27 am

This is the guy from the television show My Hero in case anyone is wondering:



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12 Jan 2024, 7:23 am

justanotherpersonsomewhere23124 wrote:
OUR_Diagnosis_Doesnt_Equal_We wrote:
That wasnt the father ted guy?²


Did not watch that show as a kid. Of course, have always lived in the United States, it apparently was never broadcast here.


It was broadcast on public television, so you may not have seen it. I grew up watching it, and a lot of the "britcoms"



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12 Jan 2024, 8:19 am

justanotherpersonsomewhere23124 wrote:
Am just asking because if Thermoman were not an alien, he probably would be autistic.


Whats this forum called again?



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12 Jan 2024, 8:20 am

funeralxempire wrote:
OUR_Diagnosis_Doesnt_Equal_We wrote:
That wasnt the father ted guy?²


Isn't that Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews?


They were writers on father ted and others. Not this.



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12 Jan 2024, 7:07 pm

OUR_Diagnosis_Doesnt_Equal_We wrote:
That wasnt the father ted guy?²

TBH, he's probably the one I remember most from that show. Father Dougal was hilarious.



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13 Jan 2024, 8:01 am

I remember watching My Hero as a kid and yes he might show signs of autistic traits.

By the way I ended up watching a few episodes on Dailymotion and Youtube after seeing this thread, lol.