# Jack Horkheimer: Star Hustler (1997 season)

The 1997 season of the astronomy TV show Jack Horkheimer: Star Hustler starring Jack Horkheimer started on January 6, 1997. Towards the end of this season, the show title changed from Jack Horkheimer: Star Hustler to Jack Horkheimer: Star Gazer. The change occurred for the November 10, 1997 episode because people complained that Internet searches for the show were turning up the adult magazine Hustler instead of the TV show itself.
The show's episode numbering scheme changed several times during its run to coincide with major events in the show's history. During the 1997 season, in November, the show's numbering was restarted at -001 and included an SG at the beginning to mark the change from Start Hustler to Star Gazer.
The February 3rd show was the 1000th episode of the series. The official Star Gazer website hosts the complete scripts for each of the shows.

## 1997 season

| # | # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| 996 | #389-I | "Weekend of the First Planet and a Saturn-Moon Conjunction" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | January 6, 1997 (1997-01-06) |
| 997 | #390-I | "Don't Worry About Winter, After All it's The Shortest Season of the Year" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | January 13, 1997 (1997-01-13) |
| 998 | #391-I | "Now Is the Time To Start Your Comet Hale-Bopp Watch!" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | January 20, 1997 (1997-01-20) |
| 999 | #392-I | "A Red Planet for A Green Holiday!" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | January 27, 1997 (1997-01-27) |
| 1000 | #393-I | "A Star Hustler Milestone, Closest New Moon of '97 and A Super Planet Parade" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | February 3, 1997 (1997-02-03) |
| 1001 | #394-I | "Comet of the Century? Update!" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | February 10, 1997 (1997-02-10) |
| 1002 | #395-I | "Get Ready for the Rusty, Dusty Planet of the Year!" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | February 17, 1997 (1997-02-17) |
| 1003 | #396-I | "A Return Journey to Orion's Belt" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | February 24, 1997 (1997-02-24) |
| 1004 | #397-I | "March 1997: A Super Sensational, Celestially Stupendous, You're Not Gonna Believe It, Month For Star Gazers" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | March 3, 1997 (1997-03-03) |
| 1005 | #398-I | "A Comet Hale-Bopp Update, and St. Patrick's Day on Mars!" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | March 10, 1997 (1997-03-10) |
| 1006 | #399-I | "Super Week! Comet Hale-Bopp At Its Closest! Mars At Its Brightest! And A Palm Sunday Eclipse!" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | March 17, 1997 (1997-03-17) |
| 1007 | #400-I | "Super Comet Hale-Bopp! The Real Nitty Gritty and Fun Facts!" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | March 24, 1997 (1997-03-24) |
| 1008 | #401-I | "The Secret Life of Hale-Bopp" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | March 31, 1997 (1997-03-31) |
| 1009 | #402-I | "When, Where & How To Watch Comet Hale-Bopp At Its Best During April!" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | April 7, 1997 (1997-04-07) |
| 1010 | #403-I | "Death of an Unknown Comet, and Sensational Movies of Our Sun" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | April 14, 1997 (1997-04-14) |
| 1011 | #404-I | "Last Two Weeks To See Hale-Bopp! For 2400 Years!" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | April 21, 1997 (1997-04-21) |
| 1012 | #405-I | "The Cat/Moon Goddess and the Comet; an Evening to Remember" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | April 28, 1997 (1997-04-28) |
| 1013 | #406-I | "Farewell to Hale-Bopp: The Exquisite Monster Comet of the 20th Century!" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | May 5, 1997 (1997-05-05) |
| 1014 | #407-I | "Measuring Distances In the Sky Using Just Your Hand and the Big Dipper" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | May 12, 1997 (1997-05-12) |
| 1015 | #408-I | "Moon Finding the Two Giant Planets of Summer: A Preview" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | May 19, 1997 (1997-05-19) |
| 1016 | #409-I | "Preview of the Christmas Star, A UFO and A Diminished St. Patrick's Day Planet" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | May 26, 1997 (1997-05-26) |
| 1017 | #410-I | "The Moon and Mars on Triskaidekaphobia Day" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | June 2, 1997 (1997-06-02) |
| 1018 | #411-I | "Day Star Day: A Celebration of the Summer Solstice and the Star We Call Our Sun" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | June 9, 1997 (1997-06-09) |
| 1019 | #412-I | "Moon To Crash Into Saturn Next Week! (Well, Almost)" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | June 16, 1997 (1997-06-16) |
| 1020 | #413-I | "A Special Sky & The 4th Of July" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | June 23, 1997 (1997-06-23) |
| 1021 | #414-I | "The '3 Tenors' of Summer: A Cosmic Trio" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | June 30, 1997 (1997-06-30) |
| 1022 | #415-I | "Zubenelgenubi and Zubeneschamali: The Two Stars of Summer You Just Love to Pronounce" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | July 7, 1997 (1997-07-07) |
| 1023 | #416-I | "Summer Ballet of Two Planets and A Star: A Celestial Pas De Trois" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | July 14, 1997 (1997-07-14) |
| 1024 | #417-I | "A Planet Named George: Tale of A Celestial Gas Bag" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | July 21, 1997 (1997-07-21) |
| 1025 | #418-I | "Plan now For the Perseids! The Most Famous Meteor Shower of All Time" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | July 28, 1997 (1997-07-28) |
| 1026 | #419-I | "The Pathway of the Planets and How to Find It" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | August 4, 1997 (1997-08-04) |
| 1027 | #420-I | "The Great Late-Summer Jupiter Show" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | August 11, 1997 (1997-08-11) |
| 1028 | #421-I | "Kitty in the Cosmos: A Stinging Tail/Tale" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | August 18, 1997 (1997-08-18) |
| 1029 | #422-I | "Cosmic Goodies for the Labor Day Weekend and Virgo Meets Venus" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | August 25, 1997 (1997-08-25) |
| 1030 | #423-I | "A Super September Planet Parade" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | September 1, 1997 (1997-09-01) |
| 1031 | #424-I | "The Wonderful Week of the Harvest Moon" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | September 8, 1997 (1997-09-08) |
| 1032 | #425-I | "Mercury at Its Best and: It's 'Sun-Visor-Equinox Time' Once Again" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | September 15, 1997 (1997-09-15) |
| 1033 | #426-I | "Why Is Fall Called 'Fall'? Or, The 'Season of Descent'" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | September 22, 1997 (1997-09-22) |
| 1034 | #427-I | "How to Make 'Contact' With Vega" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | September 29, 1997 (1997-09-29) |
| 1035 | #428-I | "Parade Of the Planets and Saturn at Its Best" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | October 6, 1997 (1997-10-06) |
| 1036 | #429-I | "Mars, Venus and Antares: A Triple Whammy Weekend" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | October 13, 1997 (1997-10-13) |
| 1037 | #430-I | "Autumn Stars; And Why The Stars Change With The Seasons" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | October 20, 1997 (1997-10-20) |
| 1038 | #431-I | "Pegasus and The Pleiades; And the Farthest you can see With the Naked Eye" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | October 27, 1997 (1997-10-27) |
| 1039 | #432-I | "Star Hustler is 21 years Old This Week! Say Hello To Star Gazer!" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | November 3, 1997 (1997-11-03) |
| 1040 | #SG 001-I | "Queen Cassiopeia: Vanity and Its Cosmic Reward" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | November 10, 1997 (1997-11-10) |
| 1041 | #SG 002-I | "Perseus and The Pleiades: Double Your Cluster, Double Your Fun" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | November 17, 1997 (1997-11-17) |
| 1042 | #SG 003-I | "A Grand Gathering Of Planets For Thanksgiving: The Last Such Of The Century" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | November 24, 1997 (1997-11-24) |
| 1043 | #SG 004-I | "Last Week for the Grand Gathering of the Planets and Venus at Its Greatest Brilliancy" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | December 1, 1997 (1997-12-01) |
| 1044 | #SG 005-I | "The Moon of the Short Shadows" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | December 8, 1997 (1997-12-08) |
| 1045 | #SG 006-I | "Venus and Mars at Their Closest on the First Day of Winter: And why the Winter Solstice Was A Time Of Ancient Fear" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | December 15, 1997 (1997-12-15) |
| 1046 | #SG 007-I | "The New Year's Eve Star: A Different Way to Welcome in the New Year" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | December 22, 1997 (1997-12-22) |
| 1047 | #SG 008-I | "New Year Goodies, The Great Jupiter / Mars Conjunction, And Kiss The Goddess of Love Good-bye" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | December 29, 1997 (1997-12-29) |