🐾🦅 Manimal (1983) was one of the wildest—and weirdest—TV concepts of the ’80s: a suave crime-fighter who could transform into any animal to solve cases. Starring Simon MacCorkindale as Professor Jonathan Chase, a wealthy shapeshifter with a mysterious past, Manimal blended police procedural with full-on creature-feature. One minute he’s teaching criminology, the next he’s morphing into a panther, hawk, or snake to stop bad guys in their tracks. 🐍🐆 The transformation scenes—crafted with cutti