When science goes mad: Joey's Here (Matt Houston, 1982)

 When I first wrote a review of Matt Houston, I noted the fact that it was a civilian-centric reboot of Burke's Law, which, coincidentally, Aaron Spelling acquired the rights to reboot more than a decade later.

For Houston, Spelling populated his guest list with plenty of familiar names in a lot of cases. Case in point: Season 1's "Joey's Here", with guest stars Troy Donahue (ex-Surfside Six), David Cassidy (ex-The Partridge Family), Monte Markham (ex-The Second Hundred Years, The New Perry Mason), Norman Fell (ex-Three's Company, The Ropers, Dan August, etc.), and Jessica Walter.

Wrestler-turned-actor H. B. "Hard Boiled" Haggerty, a member of Jack Webb's repertory company in the 70's (i.e. Adam-12) appears as a bodyguard to a company executive (Fell). Frank Welker lends his voice to the title robot, who seems to have gone awry.

Yes, that's Paul Peterson (ex-The Donna Reed Show) as a security guard. Peterson played a variety of security guards and cops on the series.

It wasn't long before Paul Brinegar (ex-Rawhide) and Dennis Fimple, who played the ranch hands, were cut. Penny Santon stayed on until the end of the season before being released.

Rating: B.