 There were several ideas for episodes which ultimately were never  used. One had Sam leaping in as Robert F. Kennedy (qv). Another  idea would involve an animated episode. The producers even toyed  with the idea of leaping Sam in as a baby. Also,  Donald P. Bellisario (qv) wanted to do an episode where Sam leaps  in as Thomas Magnum (from _"Magnum, P.I." (1980)_ (qv). It is  unclear why that episode never materialized, although in an earlier  episode, a character is seen watching "Magnum, P.I.", thus  establishing that show as fiction within the Quantum Leap  "universe".