THR reports that Sony is looking to reboot Manimal — NBC's 1983 show about a guy who is a manimal — as a feature film. Is this the most ridiculous thing you'll hear out of Hollywood all week? On the one hand, the show was a famous flop, lasting only eight episodes. It revolved around a rich, handsome, and mysterious doctor/professor/police consultant who transformed into a black panther in order to fight crime. It was called Manimal. (Still confused? Allow Rembert to explain it to you). On the other hand, you're at least barely aware of it, right? Somewhere, maybe just in the back of your mind, you're somewhat conscious of the phrase manimal? Well then that means it's qualified for rebootin'!

Editor's Note: Welcome to our series, Rembert Tries to Explain the '80s. Every so often, we'll e-mail 24-year-old Rembert Browne a video from the 1980s that he hasn't seen. Rembert will write down his thoughts as he's watching it, then we'll post those thoughts here. This week's installment was selected by our editor-in-chief, Bill Simmons: the first episode of Manimal If you have an idea for a future episode of Rembert Tries to Explain the '80s, e-mail us at hollywood@grantland.com.

Simmons seemed extra excited about this one. It's either going to ruin my holidays or be the best thing ever.