That is one of the main things I remember from that show. The next was my amazement that the professor dude (was he even a professor? Or did he just wear sweaters and child me makes that conn9for some reason) became a dwarf, granted that has nothing to do with Sliders the show.
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Jerry OConnell on why hes a failed actor: I have stability currently right now but really no stability in the long run