She appeared in only the pilot episode.
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THUNDER IN PARADISE
Created by Michael Berk & Douglas Schwartz
Produced by Berk, Schwartz, Bonann Productions and Rysher Entertainment
Music by Cory Lerios & John D'Andrea
Main Title Music by Cory Lerios & Pamela Phillips Oland
End Title Music by Hulk Hogan, Jimmy Hart & John McGuire
Filmed at Epcot Center and Disney's Grand Floridian Beach Resort
Syndicated 3/21/94 - 3/18/95 plus reruns.
TNT repeat showing started 7/1/96 at 10am PDT weekdays
(Listed in order of appearance on TNT)
Spence (Randolph J. "Hurricane" Spencer)........Terry "Hulk" Hogan
Brubaker.(Bru)..................................Chris Lemmon
Kelly LaRue.....................................Carol Alt
Edward Whitaker.................................Patrick Macnee
Megan Irene Whitaker (in pilot).................Felicity Waterman
Jessica Whitaker................................Ashley Gorell
Jessica (in pilot)..............................? Robin Weisman
Heidi Mark......................................Alison
1. PILOT -- Part 1 3/21/94
2. PILOT -- Part 2
The two ex-Seals rescue a Cuban woman and her son.
Spence marries Megan to save her inheritance and pay for
his debts when he loses the government contract to produce
a fleet of Thunder boats. A necklace found in a shark
proves to be the map to a fortune in hidden loot.
w. Michael Berk d. Douglas Schwartz
story by Michael Berk and Douglas Schwartz
Guests: Sam Jones..................(leader of gang)
Charlotte Rae..............Lola
Lisa Stahl.................Nicole
Sandra Thigpen.............Citra
Rus Blackwell..............Shanks
Jim 'The Anvil' Neidhart...Kowalski
Giant Gonzales.............Terremotto
Jimmy Hart.................Jimmy
Santiago Archila...........Alfredo
Guillermo Gentile..........Enrique
Linda Reyes................Mariel
Brutus Beefcake............Self
Featuring:
Michael Edwards Jeff Moldovan Rusty Meyers
Fred Ottaviano Richard Casey Ray Hercules Fernandez
3. EYE FOR AN EYE 2/15/95
Repeat of the Cuban rescue operation from the pilot.
w. Michael Berk d. Gregory J. Bonann
Heidi Mark....................Alison
Jimmy Hart....................Jimmy
James 'The Anvil' Neidhart....Kowalski
Santiago Archila..............Alfredo
Linda Reyes...................Mariel
Guillermo Gentile.............Enrique
4. GETTYSBURG: CHANGE OF ADDRESS 5/13/94
Fitch, an Army captain, wants Spence and Bru to compete
against him in a war game which turns out to be a re-enactment
of 'The War Between The States'. Meanwhile, Kelly is running
a sea sled competition, The Fifth Annual Sea-Doo Invitational
Scuttlebutt Pro-Am, and being romanced by an old beau.
w. Jonathan Torp d. Russ Mayberry
John Beck......................Captain Fitch
Jeff Altman....................George Langston Sibley, VI
Robert Starr...................Darryl Wilkes
Gregory Neff...................Larry Walton
Keith Hudson...................Kerrel
Ron Greschner..................Ray
Kristian Truelson..............Clayton
Sam Ayers......................Soldier
Kiki Shepard...................Trelawney
Heidi Mark.....................Alison
Brutus Beefcake................Self
5. STRANGE BRU 4/15/94
A man and a voodoo drug dealer are interrupted and the man
runs to a boat which explodes shortly thereafter. His wife,
who is an old flame of Spence, comes and asks Spence to find
him. Bru is wounded by a poisoned arrow and hallucinates.
They all have to contend with voodoo before it is over.
w. David Braff d. Lyndon Chubbuck
Kiki Shepard..................Trelawny
J. Cynthia Brooks.............Rita
Randolph Brooks...............? Gordon
Jimmy Hart....................Jimmy
6. ENDANGERED SPECIES 1/8/95
Wild animal poachers catch a wild boy in their net. Spence
threatens them and searches their boat finding the boy, who he
takes home and attempts to identify as well as protect from
the scientists who want to study him.
w. Michael Berk d. Les Sheldon
Alexander Sommer..............? Tommy Ralston
Nancy Duerr...................Andrea Hale
Steve Dumouchel...............? Mr. Neff
Frank Hilgenberg..............Prof. MacDougall
Stephen Paul Keirn............Leavit
Justine Reiss.................Reporter
Russ Wheeler..................'Thunder' voice
7. CHANGING OF THE GUARD 5/6/94
An English inheritance is passed through the female line and
an Earl claims Jessica as his daughter. When Edward takes
Jessica to England, the Earl spirits her away to his aunt's
castle which boasts secret passages and a dungeon.
Thanks to Medieval Times, Orlando dinner and tournament
w. W.M. Whitehead d. Gus Trikonis
John O'Hurley.................Bryden Chubshaw
William M. Whitehead..........Commander Thackery
Duchess Tomaselli.............Aunt Flavia
Timothy Bass..................Hodge
Russ Wheeler..................'Thunder' voice
8. DISTANT SHOUT OF THUNDER 5/20/94
A tugboat captain, who inadvertantly blows up Thunder, joins
Spence and Bru as they thwart a Scottish tycoon who plans to
disrupt the world's banking with a computer virus through the
Internet. Jessica's fortune telling game proves to be the key
needed to break the code.
w. Tom Greene d. Lyndon Chubbuck
Sherman Hemsley...............Tugboat Capt. Hawspipe
Rus Blackwell.................Scottish Tycoon
Heidi Mark....................Alison
John Felix
William M. Whitehead..........Commander Thackery
Russ Wheeler..................Mr. Thuron
Brett Rice....................Kenneth
John Fionte...................Malcolm
Russ Wheeler..................'Thunder' voice
9. NATURE OF THE BEAST 5/27/94
Bru must deal with his feelings about the Vietnamese officer
that killed his brother and tortured him years ago, when the
man asks them to find his daughter who went to Bowman Island
in search of a rare orchid and never returned. They encounter
a creature made of electrical energy.
w. Tom Greene d. Gus Trikonis
George Kee Cheung.............Dai Ri, former Viet Cong officer
Vivienne Sendaydiego..........Lac Ta
Kiki Shepard..................Trelawny
William M. Whitehead..........Commander Thackery
Daniel Nguyen.................Holi
Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake..The Beast
Russ Wheeler.................."Thunder" Voice
Special Vocal Effects.........Frank Welker
10. IDENTITY CRISIS 7/5/94
Hammerhead tricks Spence into making a commercial tape which
he edits into a threat to level Miami with a missile unless
they pay $100 million. Meanwhile, Trelawny is recognized by
her former fiance whom she jilted three years ago.
w. Michael Berk d. Gregory J. Bonann
Steve Borden (The Sting)......Hammerhead
Kiki Shepard..................Trelawny
Obba Babatunde................? Paul
Michael Moss..................? cop
Jimmy Hart....................Jimmy
Robert Walker*................Emerson
Alex Saccavino................Jim, the mechanic
Russ Wheeler.................."Thunder" Voice
*not the Robert Walker with whom I am familiar
11. THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR -- PART 1 3/11/95
12. THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR -- PART 2 3/18/95
Spence's nephew, Jack, persuades him to undergo a brain scan
to program a protype VR soldier. The experiment goes awry and
Jessica becomes the target of the soldier.
M.A.J.O.R.=Morphizing Acrylonitrile JPS particle Organic Replica
w. Tom Greene d. Gregory J. Bonann
Brandon Call
Peter Kent
Kiki Shepard..................Trelawny
Gary Casper
Michele Rogers................? Dr. Horn
Loren Avedon
Lowell Fenner.................Dr. Franklin
Jimmy Hart....................Jimmy
James Henry Neidhart..........Kawolski (Norman)
13. DEADLY LESSONS -- PART 1 12/25/94
14. DEADLY LESSONS -- PART 2 1/1/95
A DEA agent asks Spence to help catch a drug lord and his chief
assistant. They break into his HQ and capture the drug lord.
His angered assistant breaks into the school where Kelly is to
teach, and Jessica is a student, and takes the school hostage.
Alison, knowing a way in, joins Spence and Bru in the rescue.
w. Deborah Bonann Schwartz d. Douglas Schwartz
Constance Towers...............Cavanna, head of school
Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa...........Mason Lee
Chris Lemmon...................Manuel Santiago, drug lord
Heidi Mark.....................Alison
Kamel Drifa....................Valdez
Joe Candelora..................DEA Agent Harris
Ron Rice.......................Self
Steve Howard...................Teacher
Steve Powell...................Photographer
15. PLUNDER IN PARADISE 7/22/94
When Jessica returns, Spence tells this tale of adventure:
Modern day pirates raid the coast stealing jewelry and cash
and then invade the Indian Burial Ground, a big mistake.
w. Johathan Thorp d. Bernie Kowalski
Jim Pirri.....................Jean LaFue, the Pirate
Brave Standing Eagle..........Shaman
Zahn McClarnon................Billy Cyprus
Lisa Stahl....................Nicole
James Zelley..................Blattie
Russ Wheeler..................'Thunder' voice
16. BLAST OFF
A terrorist is threatening to blow up a space rocket unless he
is paid a billion dollars. There is lots of action as Spence
rides a torpedo and Bru deflects a laser beam.
Bru acquires a new nickname-Martin 'Trashcan' Brubaker.
w. David Braff story by Bruce Kalish d. Paul Cajero
Richard Lynch..................Terrorist
Jimmy Hart.....................Jimmy (music)
Tai Collins....................T. C.
Lesa Thurman...................Lobbyist
Peter Palmer...................Senator Ames
Erica Wilner...................Newswoman
Paul Vroom.....................Yurri
Daryl Sterner..................Big Hans
Julie Cialini..................Julie
April Storms...................April
17. DEAD RECKONING 2/11/95
Edward and Jessica look for Hulk who has disappeared and is
stranded on a life raft with Bru and Hammerhead.
w. Tom Greene d. Tom Greene
Steve Borden (The Sting).....Hammerhead
Kiki Shepard.................Trelawney
Jimmy Hart...................Jammin' Jimmy
James Henry Neidhart.........Kowalski
Linda Hogan..................Linda
Robert Starr.................Jacque
Mindy Lewis..................Mindy
Gina Martino.................Gina
18. SEA QUENTIN 4/8/94
Hammerhead takes over and tries to escape from an underwater
prison. Kelly's niece, Alison, joins the cast.
w. John Hill d. Gregory J. Bonann
Steve Borden (The Sting).....Hammerhead
Heidi Mark...................Alison
Tom Nowicki..................Thomas Westlin
Emily Woodward...............Helen Westlin
Jonathan Bouck...............Ricky Westlin
Jimmy Hart...................Jammin' Jimmy
Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake.Brutus
Tai Collins..................Kristen
Russ Wheeler.................Voice of "Thunder"
Brian Donahue................Paine
Virginia Light...............Lady Dumont
Steve Zork...................Guard #1
19. SEALED WITH A KISMET -- PART 1 4/22/94
20. SEALED WITH A KISMET -- PART 2 4/29/94
Romantic tale of capture and rescue as Kelly is whisked off
into a Prince's harem to be his redemption.
w. Tom Greene d. Douglas Schwartz
Carlos Lauchu.................Prince Aramour
Jorge Gonzales................Mortador
Kiki Shepherd.................Trelawny
Gerald Martin.................King Aramour
Fred Wayne Ottman.............Self
Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake..Brutus
Jimmy Hart....................Jammin' Jimmy
Michael Marzella..............Jail Guard
Russ Wheeler..................Voice of "Thunder"
Remaining episodes:
21. QUEEN OF HEARTS 7/15/94
Edward gets a medal from Queen Elizabeth of UK.
Guest: Alison Armitage
22. TUG OF WAR 4/1/94
Story concerns a computer theft.
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