It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! (The Musical!)

[@Veggieman87]

I'm not even five minutes in and I am completely baffled by every decision made so far. I don't understand and yet I can't look away.

[@aiiiia9971]

You have described my exact feeling

[@theproanimator8447]

then just watch the musical, not the TV special

[@Neville60001]

@@theproanimator8447, *_if_* you can find a production being mounted of the musical in your area.

[@joel5644]

Where can it be watched?@@theproanimator8447

[@lustfulmirage4885]

When I'm asked which version of Superman is my favourite. I just show them this whole video.

[@Javachacin]

Saw the Goodspeed production of this in the 90’s and had a blast, a big spoof, lots of fun and I kind of love the score - and Harold Prince’s balls for producing this in the first place Edit: just read up on all the work you’ve done on this, bravo, I was surprised at how good this was looking and now I know why!

[@ashleyhobson1414]

7:38 Oh Clark, have you been there all along? 😂 Then proceeds to ask again literally less than 3 minutes later. The humor and writing so far are top tier. lol

[@MrBlueSkyof1607]

11:40 Legit, I want EVERY mafia to have that pledge from now on. Completely hilarious.

[@Nova7o9]

I was watching an episode of I've Got a Secret and they had Superman on as the special guest. He just explained that he's from the musical on Broadway (🤨) so I had to look into it. Thank you for uploading this! 👌

[@rick86615]

I just watched that exact episode today, and now I’m here.

[@Horrormoviefan-rl1wl]

I found out from "get to know all 20 live action superman" (geek watch)

[@davidjboyer1]

Vinnie- Thanks for posting! This production was aired only twice on TV around 1975-76. As a 7th grader, I saw it both times and recorded it on my portable cassette recorder the second time; listened to it for years! While certainly not the greatest production by any measure, it's campy, fun, and some great work went into putting it together for broadway.

[@KarlSturmgewher]

1:22:47 The best part... I would love to see this musical fight song with healthbars and the Street Fighter Alpha 2 announcer. I could also picture George Newburn singing this.

[@sallydurant]

Wonderful video quality. Thanks for sharing this!

[@hanschristianbrando5588]

All I'll say is: listen to the original cast album of the 1966 Broadway musical and compare it to this version.

[@Garch-the-Great]

Generally, I prefer THIS version. Linda Lavin's rendition of "Possibilities" has an edge for its cuteness, and I really miss "We Don't Matter at All," but Michael O'Sullivan's continuously-crackling voice was like a bad parody of a supervillain, Bob Holiday was hardly a great singer, Kenneth Mars gave his songs much more character than Jack Cassidy did, and I love Loretta Swit's meaner take on "Do You Love You." Patricia Marand's songs were a little prettier that Lesley Ann Warren's, but that was more due to the updated style than the singer (either way, "What I've Always Wanted" and "I'm Not Finished Yet" both suck). Different strokes.

[@scheddoc]

Honestly... I like a lot of this version's songs better

[@zeekayart]

god this was amazing

[@bryanpeters1733]

highly appreciate this and captions working on it!

[@PhilAlumb]

Very interesting and entertaining.

[@AquarianNomadic]

People were much simpler back then.

[@karmelodion]

Perfection.thank you

[@RobTFirefly]

This is amazing! Thanks for the share.

[@jsl151850b]

*February 21, 1975*

[@John231984]

I wish I wasn't high right now. WTF am I watching!

[@Horrormoviefan-rl1wl]

There's a batman musical with better quality and acting its called holy musical b@man

[@figarooschmucker8667]

Young Zack Snyder saw this and never got over it

[@amazingabby25]

Is that true? He actually saw it

[@TomStewart]

Total trainwreck, but a fun watch.

[@joelvanderveen1107]

I look this up a couple of times a year just to cringe at Allen Ludden as Perry White 7:13

[@ashleyhobson1414]

lol

[@KevinButler-m9r]

I agree with you Joel..Al Ludden is not "Perry White".

[@firefly48342]

Lesley Anne Warren screen tested for Lois Lane for the 1978 movie.

[@JesuIsTheOnlyWayToSalvation]

Terrible, but charming and hard to stop watching. It's also nostalgic. ❤

[@JohnDoe-uf3lj]

Hold on… Are you saying Superman could destroy HIMSELF?!

[@BasicallynoOneAtAll]

It's a bird, it's a plane-no, it's Satan in the flesh

[@riverebec1]

Is it the audio or are these actors really that off key?

[@Horrormoviefan-rl1wl]

Idk

[@braxtonbobo4004]

Man, and I thought Spider-Man had the worst musical

[@Horrormoviefan-rl1wl]

Spiderman had a musical too? I thought It was just batman (team starkid) untill i found this😂

[@Horrormoviefan-rl1wl]

​@Timepilot94 batman's musical was a gem(my opinion) this one is just ridiculous 😂

[@Horrormoviefan-rl1wl]

​@Timepilot94 I'm still confused on why spider-man was in the outro 😂

[@randolphhicks8208]

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[@Angel12629]

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[@winxclub4ever]

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