Cultural Effects
When aired in 1980s in Turkey the series gained a lot of interest and the then unknown sport of basketball attracted millions of youth.
Saturday Night Live did a parody skit of the show titled The Black Shadow when NBA star Bill Russell hosted the show on November 3, 1979.
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