A thought which often crosses my mind is why television was so much better 20 years ago. Sure, today we have Lost and The Office and Celebrity Apprentice, but back in the 80s there was some psychotic creative sh*t happening: Out Of This World, Small Wonder, ALF, Misfits of Science… “What’s that last one?” you ask? Why, Misfits of Science… the brilliant and unintentionally hilarious NBC sci-fi show that managed to last an entire season before network execs put down their coke-20 long enough to realize it was one of the worst shows ever.

But Ben over at the B-Side Blog noticed something strange about a short Misfits of Science clip he found on Youtube… specifically, that one line from the clip was oddly similar to the Heroes catchphrase “Save the Cheerleader, Save the World.” Stranger, Heroes writer Tim Kring apparently wrote an episode of Misfits of Science. Hmmm…

Coincidence or lack-of-ideas-ery? Either way, the following clip is worth your time. It’s kind of like Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace… but, you know, real. (The Wiki page is also worth a glance…)