Adventures of Superman Sixth Season Goofs

In this video I take a look at visual, prop. and plot goofs and a blooper from the final season of the Adventures of Superman starring George Reeves as Superman, Jack Larson as Jimmy Olsen, and Noel Neill as Lois Lane.
I found goofs in special effects, a blooper from Lois Lane, and a few questionable mistakes in plot in the sixth season of the Adventures of Superman in episodes, "Atomic Captive", "Superman's Wife", "Three In One", "The Magic Secret", "Divide and Conquer", and "All That Glitters".
I look at a goof involving Superman dealing with an atomic bomb blast, one where Superman saves his fake wife, a weird levitation trick using Lois Lane to hold back crushing walls, and one dealing with Clark Kent's hat that seems to come and go as it pleases, and a few other goofs and mistakes I hope you enjoy.
Here's my link to my cartoon channel as mentioned in the video / @fradycatcartoons
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[@mikee2]

When we were kids, we never even thought of that stuff. We just enjoyed Superman. We were too naïve. But God bless Superman and RIP George......😪

[@KutWrite]

Yeah. I knew it was pretend, like my other favorite shows (e.g. Captain Midnight). It was fun just to imagine there was a Superman, who was as kind and capable as Reeves portrayed him. RIP George. Hope some day the truth comes out about your demise.

[@mikee2]

@@KutWrite Thanks for your reply. I remember Capt. Midnight. I was raised in the LA area in the late 50's. I remember, Buster Brown and his dog Tag. Howdy Doody and Clarabell.

[@johncasper8031]

I can remember seëing "Gone with the Wind" where George Reeves played one of Scarlet O'Hara's suitors.

[@jamesb.9155]

He is absolutely my favorite man of any screen! We have and always will love our original Superman, Mr. George Reeves!

[@areaboy777]

My favorite parts are when superman would stand in front of the gun men and not flinch while he's being shot, but as soon as the gunman ran out of bullets and thru the gun at him, he would dodge the gun like it would hurt him if he got hit by one.

[@scottbarusek1207]

Actually, that only happened one time, in the first season episode The Mind Machine. And it wasn't even Reeves, but his stunt double, Dale Van Sickle.

[@williamvasquezvasquez9878]

Superman may have had a lot of goofs in season 6, but it’s STILL a classic! I grew up watching Superman as a kid and STILL love it today🙂👍!

[@StevenEverett7]

I'm not into conspiracies but I've had doubts about Reeves' death for years. Murder does seem more likely... and yes, he is also my favorite Superman followed closely by Christopher Reeves.

[@fiddlefaddle1]

I don't buy the so called suicide either. Reeves just found out that he landed a job, and there was a spent cartridge underneath his body.

[@franknew9001]

The actress who played Superman's wife was Joi Lansing.

[@dariusdaguerre3535]

She was the babe in the men's magazine in _Marty._

[@ckhorwias4149]

I absolutely love this series, and have from the moment it first aired in B&W, and then came back in color. Thank you for having brought these snippets to trigger our nostalgic side. Just keep showing us what you find interesting, and I'm sure we'll find it so too.

[@tvcrazyman]

Thanks, I appreciate it.

[@rongendron8705]

If you saw "Superman", as I did, from its beginning in 1952, you must be my age, i.e. 77! Great show, especially the first year or two! p.s. I liked the show so much, I talked my mother into naming my baby brother, born 1953, Kent!

[@ckhorwias4149]

@@rongendron8705 Not quite 77, but close. Great idea you had - naming your baby brother after your hero. Hope he appreciated that.

[@miked6335]

When I was a kid I could never figure out how, in the 'Magic Secret', Jimmy managed to maneuver his body out of that shaft once he reached the top.

[@tvcrazyman]

That's true. It would have appeared almost impossible.

[@jerryshunk7152]

@@tvcrazyman Still, that was a memorable episode !

[@rongendron8705]

He would let his feet fall forward & then lift one & then the other, over the edge & pull himself out of the hole!

[@miked6335]

@@rongendron8705 I probably gave this situation a lot more thought over the years than I should have, but we probably all did or we wouldn't be watching this video. I had considered your solution but I'm pretty sure that I would not be able to pull it off. First off, I would not be able to work my way to the top as Jimmy did, even if I wasn't too scared to try it. There's a point of no return where I couldn't give up or I'm in for a nasty fall. Once at the top, there was nothing to wrap my thumbs around so all my weight would be on my fingers. And even if I could hold on to the lip of the shaft, I wouldn't be able to hold on after my face and other body parts (!) smashed into the wall as my feet fell forward. I'm not saying that it can't be done, but I pretty sure that I could not. See, I told you I've given this too much thought!

[@stevehammel2939]

@@jerryshunk7152 My favorite

[@michaelstorm2165]

Love this show; George Reeves will always be my favorite Superman 😎

[@PepperWilliams_songcovers]

Me as well! Superman aired the year I was born 1952. As a kid, I loved the show dearly........who cares about the 'goofs'! George Reeves will always be my #1 Superman (mistakes or not).

[@KutWrite]

Christopher Reeve is a close second. He played a slightly kinder version, but along the same lines as Reeves' portrayal.

[@jeffbrescia58]

Loved this. Thank you.Superman was one of my favorite series growing up, along with Flash Gordon. I even used to go Trick or Treating as Superman !😂

[@moodberry]

George Reeves (real name George Brewer) was a very versatile actor, starring in many other movies and plays besides Superman. He was also philanthropic, but was the product of a broken home. His "suicide" is still controversial and we will never know for sure. The production quality of the series is due to the hurried nature of its production schedule, and they usually filmed two episodes in one week. So that is why there were so many goofs. Just not enough time to put much effort into covering up their goofs. I think they knew there were errors, but they figured no one would notice, and few actually did notice because they loved the story (me included). But it was getting kind of ludicrous what powers he supposedly had, like reversing atomic bombs. Today, superheroes, including Superman, have their own limited range of powers and have to rely on other superheroes to do other things. But that's OK. Those were the early days of the superhero genre, and I think this series set the stage for the Marvel series and the superhero concept to this day.

[@davidminton6994]

I remember as a boy one Saturday morning, this series got paused to pay tribute to George Reeves. I didn't know he had died. As others in this America my hero was gone. That was 1963. A month later JFK got shot - killed. There were newspapers on the front lawns in every house in my neighbor that morning. El Paso, Texas. It was quiet, very quiet. Everywhere my dad and i went that morning, I Saw shock in people's eyes, but not a word. And today that memory lives with me. I too, believe he (Goerge Reeves) was murdered., he had too much going for him in 1959.

[@st.charlesstreet9876]

You are absolutely right about the end at 5:43! It touch me dearly too ❤😇🦸🏻‍♂️

[@jonathanlane4496]

Thank you for posting these “goof” videos. I have thoroughly enjoyed them. I have always loved “The Adventures of Superman” and can still remember the day in 1959 when I was 8 years old, my dad came home with the evening newspaper that had the headline “Superman Kills Self,” which like you, I don’t believe. George Reeves was the absolute best. He looked the part and had a likable charm that overcame a lot of corny and weak scripts.

[@wondercub]

Lois got her shoes from the same cobbler as Lynda Carters Wonder Woman featuring the magical changing heels.

[@tvcrazyman]

Yeah.😀

[@13thwho]

As for Lois’ goof at 3:16, it’s been explained that they were under such a tight schedule, that there was no time to reshoot, so the goofs were kept in.

[@rfletch62]

Like with "Dark Shadows". The only way an actor could get a reshoot was to utter a foul word.

[@buddyvincent9205]

It was the best when I grew up in the 60s and 70's. I still watch it on Sundays.

[@larryaldrich4351]

In "Superman in Exile", George's belt comes unclasped pulling the guy from the atomic pile.

[@steevrawjers]

Nobody could bust through a wall like George reeves

[@tvcrazyman]

That's for sure. He really knocked them down!

[@steevrawjers]

@Tvcrazyman he'd bust through a wall then square up ready for action

[@donwest1869]

George was THE Superman to those of us who grew up with him. A goof I always saw….when he enters the mine to get diamonds(or coal to squeeze to a diamond, there is no S on the back of his cape as he walks away from the camera.

[@TheSpinnerRack]

You forget that Superman would get new powers when he needed it.

[@MrSanrioent]

This was wonderful. Love that Superman show.

[@Gman-qm6bv]

You were right about George Reeves, he was murdered.

[@PaulSmith-pz9eq]

Wonder why?

[@Gman-qm6bv]

@@PaulSmith-pz9eq He was having an affair with a mobster's wife.

[@PaulSmith-pz9eq]

@@Gman-qm6bv Guess he really wasn’t that smart.

[@jeffd3660]

The original Superman was always one of my all-time favorites , I have the complete series on DVD 📀 , + the " bloopers " are what makes it so great 😊

[@michaelstorm2165]

I, too, have the complete 104. Especially like the 1st two, b&w seasons😎

[@coololdluke3905]

Loved the show and didn't notice the mistakes back then, After all we actually believed he could fly and shoot laser beams out of his eyes lol ok maybe wearing his underwear outside his pants was noticed haha

[@coloradostrong]

Wow what a hottie Joi Lansing was! A pin-up girl too! Born Joy Rae Brown, American model, film and television actress, and nightclub singer. She was noted for her pin-up photos and roles in B-movies, as well as a prominent role in the famous opening "tracking shot" in Orson Welles' 1958 crime drama Touch of Evil. Lansing appeared in over 200 TV shows. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles for her contributions to television. Lansing was married three times: Jerome "Jerry" Safron (1950; annulled) Lance Fuller (1951-53; divorced) Stan Todd (1960-72; her death) Apr 6, 1929 - Aug 7, 1972 (breast cancer)

[@ImTheDaveman]

The thing is - back then we didn't have to overthink a film. Accurate physics and science didn't matter as long as we were entertained by what looked cool. 🙂

[@dariusdaguerre3535]

I was born in 1957, so by the time I started watching the show in re-runs, Reeves was already dead-but I didn't know it, and no older kids told any of us. I didn't learn about his death until I was in my thirties. I think. The news still tears me apart.

[@toshiojohnston3732]

Heard about in the early 70s still a kid.

[@abc456f]

Superman's wife....hubba hubba!!

[@ronniesmith2504]

Like the Superman clips a lot keep up the good work and thanks

[@brianscott3541]

So great as always. Your voice is so friendly it makes the content you put together even better.

[@tvcrazyman]

Thanks, I appreciate that a lot.

[@timc6245]

We knew obvious scenes were fake, but the whole series was pure fantasy. We knew there was no Superman, but we loved the show anyway.

[@loadtoad]

Great memories from when I was a little kid. RIBBIT!!

[@2painful2watch]

George Reeves' Superman was my first ever super hero. It broke my heart when I learned that all the episodes I watched as a kid in the sixties were only reruns and that my hero had been dead for some time. I hope there is a heaven when I die and I hope to meet him out there in the next realm.

[@ericgoldfarb4870]

Superman was my hero and I asked the barber to cut my hair to look like Superman flying. I'm 63 now but I remember in1965 I was in first grade and was dresses as my hero Superman

[@SpeiderSchneider]

I took my kids to the Superman Museum in Metropolis, Illinois. A lot of memorabilia and props. If you're ever in the area... actually, it's nowhere near anything or anywhere.

[@tvcrazyman]

I've been there a couple of times. It's been a few years though.

[@ksman9087]

What a lot of people do not know is that the budget for this series was so tight that all scenes in a certain area for the whole year were shot at the same time. For example, all the scenes in Perry White's office were shot on that set at the same time for the whole season. That means that the actors were always dressed the same in that setting. The actors would have to memorize the scripts in that setting for the whole season and then shoot them one right after the other.

[@BushaBandulu]

Love the goofs

[@cadeevans4623]

I'm loving these goofs thanks for these

[@DuainSmith-ph2xl]

Awesome show 😊

[@InCountry6970]

Superman can reverse a nuclear explosion back into the device, by just waving his arms and all the tiny explosions he holds in his hands in all the earlier episodes all blow up and cause damage. Yeah, right !!!

[@fiddlefaddle1]

In Supermans Wife, Supes saves everyone in the diving bell by pulling the cable and making it rise. When I was a kid , I took a foam cup and a piece of string and discovered that the only way that it could work is if Supes would stand on the ceiling and pull the cable, hoping that the wench wouldn't break from the stain! Also, why is it when fighting crooks, Supes would stand there and let them shoot at him and break boards over him but, he would often block punches?

[@jackzimmer6553]

Yes, there were Chiropractors back in the 1950’s. My Dad was one. They came under a lot of scrutiny by the MDs which made his job that much harder!

[@angelthman1659]

More goofs, please. Love these.

[@tvcrazyman]

Thanks

[@leftylou6070]

Thanks for ruining my childhood memories! NOT! Thanks for the Vids, they do bring back memories.

[@tvcrazyman]

Glad you like them!

[@davidbaise5137]

Great season, thanks for posting! Miss Joi Lansing, aka Mrs Superman, - yummmm!

[@gunnerzane5230]

Love all the goofs.. Keep it up. It's like detective work..

[@tvcrazyman]

Thanks

[@user-qi5xr5fz5o]

When I was a boy watching Superman it was about flying and bullets and him being ganged up on by thugs. Little things like major bloopers we not on my radar. 😂

[@jimsurmei5163]

I grew up watching super man after school George Reeves was the best super man 😊

[@notpyrkfonos]

Another revealing goof! Around min. 1:17 you can clearly see a safety pin holding George's cape to his shoulder (probably to deal with the wind from the fans as he rocked back and forth in his flying cradle).

[@dorabarkley6335]

Still watch this series - just one of the best - there’s one where he’s talking on a cell phone was the size of a bike but cell never the less

[@caatcher]

No, that was a radio telephone, and not a cell. (I believe it was Perry's car phone.) Those phones were hugely expensive (as were the calls) and the handsets were quite heavy. They weren't common. I remember my mom telling me I should get one like Perry's when I grew up and owned a car. BTW, during the era we're discussing, fewer than half a dozen such calls at a time could be placed in Manhattan because frequencies were so limited. Access in other areas was even more limited or non-existent.

[@E8Larry]

In Defeat of Superman, when Clark reassembles the torn up note the envelope that was also thrown away is missing.

[@Chili453]

I remember The Magic Secret from my youth. The hole in the ground looks like my elementary school hallway

[@Flint92]

Great job on posting these Superman videos! On a side note, maybe it's me, But has anyone else noticed in season six that George Reeves voice seemed to have changed, whether it was deeper or a nasal type of sound?

[@georgeanthony7282]

There's nothing wrong with "nitpicking". That's the fun of catching goofs. I saw these Superman adventures a decade later... in the mid 60s. Even then, as a little kid, I often wondered why Superman cringed, swirled his head to one side of ducked when items came close (or were directed) near his face. I'm thinking those kids who came ten years before me must have thought the same thing! Lol

[@dhenderson1810]

There's nothing wrong with it if it is done in good spirit, and with affection, and it doesn't spoil your enjoyment of the show (this video seems to do it in good nature, and the KZbinr seems to be a fan). It is wrong when the goods are used to discredit the show altogether and mock it, like some other videos do with things.

[@Freddles279]

The car didn't roll over due to the blast, it rolled over on its own. After all, it's Christine!

[@larrywong6331]

How bout the Thunderbirds? Love the superman goofs and facts.

[@mattheviewer]

goofs and facts go together well here....always nice to know more about a classic series!

[@frankb8239]

Love the goofs. How about some trivia or behind the scenes type stuff.

[@rbecker380]

I never noticed this when I was kid but it bugs me in every one of these videos. The crest on Superman's chest is not symmetrical

[@gregoryoleynik3698]

I remember seeing many of these bloops. I knew the whole show was a fake. But, like telling a story, some things were not literally necessary.

[@jeezychreezy1]

Lois as a wedge! 😂

[@williambethel3439]

Your goof videos are great and would love to see you develop other videos regarding this series. I too DO NOT believe George committed suicide. I was surprised that Noel and Jack stated that they believe he did commit suicide. Sad commentary on coworkers.

[@tvcrazyman]

Thanks

[@Pratman]

You totally rock as alwsys with these shows bud 😀

[@tvcrazyman]

Thanks Pratman!

[@Dakers11]

He was teported to be in good spirit's, because the show was picked up for another season. I suspect foulplay, and somebody wanted to bump him off.

[@Saor_Alba]

I never got to see The Adventures of Superman as a child, though I was born in the 1950s. I honestly don't know what to say about it as an adult not having watched it as a child. Having no nostalgic attachment to the series and perhaps the fact that I come from a different cultural perspective, I don't feel qualified to state an opinion on a series that obviously was part of many people's childhoods and is still cherished to this day.

[@invest423]

Thank you sir for this wonderful video.

[@ericgoldfarb4870]

Samantha the witch from bewitched could kick supermans butt. She could do anything and was the most powerful thing ever.

[@AnnieBananie316]

Despite the 4+ Kryptonite themed episodes, I’m not sure how the gangsters expect to evade Superman after their crimes are successfully committed. You would think they would know better, yet they still throw their empty revolvers at him. Was always rooting for the underdog bad guys in this show.

[@hifijohn]

Using Lois to stop the concrete walls was a little too much.

[@leo5208]

In Superman's Wife, how could you leave out the way he raises the bathysphere by pulling the cable down without being anchored to anything?

[@tvcrazyman]

Well, I got to thinking about that. Maybe he could have lifted it that way using his power of flight to anchor himself to the bottom. I dont know. It kind of makes my head hurt trying to think of how that would work with the power of flight added in.

[@caatcher]

@@tvcrazyman Supes could have just flown the bathysphere to the surface by rising to the ceiling and pushing it up. They wouldn't have been able to get him soaked that way, though.

[@KartikPatel-nt4ff]

😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅well information good show you 😅😅

[@robertburatt5981]

You're right!

[@user-mq8xp6yn8f]

Fraidy Cat was a cartoon that was a part of Uncle Croc's Block starring Charles Nelson Reilly!!!!!!

[@tvcrazyman]

Yep, but I think they spelled it Fraidy Cat. I saw it on youtube once. Weird thing is I dont ever remember seeing it when I was a kid. Maybe we didn't pick up that channel then.

[@user-mq8xp6yn8f]

@@tvcrazyman It was on ABC back in the mid 1970's a long with the Pups from m*u*s*h* Coo Coo Knievel and the six dollar and ninety eight cent man!!!!!!!!

[@user-mq8xp6yn8f]

@@tvcrazyman I just remembered that Jonathan Harris played the Director Basil Bitterbottom!!!!!!!

[@catholic3dod790]

😂 weird act!

[@blueticecho5690]

I bet the term Super size came from Superman wedding nite..

[@boblehmann1644]

Jimmy and Lois would have been vaporized before Superman even arrived.

[@anthonyd6370]

how many times did clark remove his suit somewhere and then have them on again somewhere else including underwater

[@jknuttel]

I'd like some Superman facts. They're always fun.

[@tvcrazyman]

Ok. See what I can come up with this month. Definitely a subject I like.

[@philbrown9764]

Personally, I don’t care for the color episodes or the ones with the first Lois Lane but I’ll watch them in a pinch. I know, that limiting myself to few episodes but those are the ones I like.

[@Nedski42YT]

How about talking about some of the guest actors who were on multiple on multiple episodes? Some of the bad guys and/or their henchmen seemed to pop up all the time. Ben Welden was on several different episodes. Also, highlight some of the guest actors who went on to roles in other TV shows and movies of the 1950's and 1960's. Thanks.

[@ForestTre]

Yeah a lot of those groups were very confusing but I fully agree with you because I fully believe Reeves was murdered to

[@merccadoosis8847]

Superman just liked getting close to Joi Lansing. Couldn't say I blame him.

[@travels129]

Its great for the time period

[@michaelmckenna6464]

A few goofs were really goofy. Many others were just overlooked and not worth even worrying about since nobody ever dreamed that the series would still be popular even a few years later, let alone after over sixty years later. Television was broadcast by analog signals received by an antenna with almost always some interference from slight to severe.

[@bobareeniobobareenio2935]

Hahah I think you have too much free time ! (It’s affecting you ) hahahah

[@mringram]

Good job

[@steveneisen8057]

Don't know if you know Jim Nolt in Lancaster, Pa, who is an expert on George Reeves. I personally have so much stuff related to him, and several autograph pictures, including all the other actors from the TV series. The only one I don't have it is John Hamilton who didn't like to give out autographs. By the way if people don't know this and you don't know this George Reeves really did sing very very well. I think Miss in Leonora did it.

[@hersonlamolli6276]

He was my hero of all heros

[@josephmaloney3140]

With respect to your comments at the end of the video concerning the controversy surrounding the death of George Reeves, actor Jim Beaver provided some insights in an interview he did several years ago. Beaver has been working on a biography of Reeves for decades (literally), and approached the project with the belief that Reeves had been a victim of foul play. In the course of his work he interviewed the actual police investigators who worked on the case and Reeves business partner (Reeves was half-owner of an electronic parts store). The police to a man felt this was a suicide the evidence clearly pointed in that direction. Reeves business partner was not surprised at all that he committed suicide, he indicted George could be very moody and was prone to bouts of deep depression.

[@tintindb]

The dust thing could be explained by him vibrating his body at super speed...?

[@Lesj142]

In the episode, Superman’s Wife, the diving bell scene defied logic and the laws of physics. In the scene where Superman, Perry White, Lois and Jimmy were all trapped on the ocean bottom, there’s no way that Superman could have stood on the floor of the diving bell and raised it to the surface by just pulling on the cable unless his feet were glued to the floor. If pulling on the cable was actually lifting the diving bell, Superman’s body would have to be pressed against the ceiling for it to lift. It defies the laws of physics. By him standing on the floor pulling on the cable, the most he could accomplish is to pull the crane down into the water.

[@chrisflaherty8991]

Superman's very existence defies physics. He is unaffected by gravity, can fly at high speed, lift the pyramids without collapsing them and many other feats that defy physical laws.

[@peggyfillmore1971]

Can you back and forth ? I love both types of vids ❤️

[@tvcrazyman]

Thanks. I do enjoy doing both facts and goofs videos.

[@stevehammel2939]

It seemed like Superman had other powers some of them exotic like mentally focusing and going through a wall without damaging it.

[@kevinmiller6380]

Keep up with the goofs. Do Get Smart next.

[@chevyseller2008]

Great video!

[@tvcrazyman]

Thanks 😀

[@jarmelo2006]

Thank You✌🏽♥️

[@tvcrazyman]

Appreciate it

[@jerryshunk7152]

Joi Lansing was gorgeous!

[@dennishalford5763]

Let's be honest here! How does putting on a pair of glasses disguise one's identity? If I were to put on a pair of glasses, everyone I know would still know me. I'd be the same person only wearing glasses.