That Time Superman Fought The Jeffersons (Lois & Clark: Season's Greedings) (1994) (Manic Episodes)

Superman has gotta stop the Jeffersons from ruining Christmas!
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[@Daniel-yy5tx]

It's amazing how many Christmas specials end with "Uh, and Santa's real???? I guess?????"

[@dr.penguinstein3426]

Ok Superman exists in this show, theoretically so do various other superheroes, is Santa beyond the realm of possibility? :P

[@TheSeptet]

Wait, are you implying that Santa *isn't* real?

[@Spike-Prime]

Oh man, so many of them. So, so many have this weird thing of actual santa just showing up and flying around at the end of the episode, it's hilarious

[@zarrg5611]

I remember when Dr Who did it, which seemed to accidentally imply that they were still stuck in the headcrab dream world.

[@TheDreamerExtreme]

8:17 "I didn't mean to be bad, Superman. My mother was named Martha too!" "GASP" lmao

[@lizardlord4k]

Superman doing a chair race is amazing and every other Superman adaptation should do that

[@Rambo-Gaming]

I loved it when Clark surprised Lois by spending Christmas with her.

[@NapoleonWinston]

Toyman is actually one of Superman's villains from the comic. The version i most like and am familiar with is the Superman the Animated Series one where he's this creepy man child with a plastic head that is a permanent happy go lucky smile. Its super cool and creepy. And yeah bad writers forget that Superman is a human being first and foremost. He was raised as a normal dude by normal people. He slowly gained his powers and had to deal with that and his lost heritage sure, but he is so very human. He does good with his powers because its the most human thing to do.

[@rodster6campingprepper]

The animated version is by far the best Toyman.

[@floydlooney6837]

He lifted a car as a baby. He's from another planet.

[@LupineShadowOmega]

Floyd Looney, almost like nature vs nurture is a thing.

[@akiameko1984]

Sherman Hemsley as the Winslow Shott incarnation of Toyman... Whoever casted this episode is officially eligible for Godhood now.

[@BigK13372]

akiameko1984 Agreed. Looking back, Lois & Clark was a pretty good adaption on the Superman mythos. I mean where else do see Superman take on his greatest enemy: Lex Luger and his Godlike Selling. . . . Or am I thinking of a different Superman show, specifically when he is a teenager.

[@bradwolf07]

"Mr. Jefferson cured this mute orphan, it's a Christmas miracle" is not a sentence I ever expected to hear.

[@ajmeyers5661]

Moral of the story: never let Dean Cain write anything ever again

[@fredaf3700]

Dean also wrote the 3rd season episode, 'Virtually Destroyed'

[@crinosG]

Wait, so they had George Jefferson play the Toyman? WHY IS THIS NOT MORE WIDELY KNOWN?

[@cliffhanger5753]

First Richard Pryor, then George Jefferson. What is it with Superman and Black comedians?

[@DerangedAvenger]

So when is Superman gonna go into battle against Kevin Hart?

[@Rocketboy1313]

Give it time. Dwayne Johnson is apparently playing Black Adam, having Hart play Toyman, that is the makings of a quality Legion of Doom right there.

[@EDifyer881]

@@cliffhanger5753 good point lol

[@EDifyer881]

superman and the Jeffersons who would've ever guessed lol

[@Moonbeam143]

Atomic Space Rat does sound like a real toy you would find in 80's and 90's toy stores back in the day.

[@Tadicuslegion78]

That's something I wish more people would explore because I think Superman works the best when they remember Clark Kent and Superman are the same person.

[@Tadicuslegion78]

see I was thinking of Superman the animated series from the 90s and how they didn't make him Jesus but just a guy trying to do the right thing.

[@arielfangirlmendez]

Does anyone wanna watch a christmas episode of teen titans go because I don't

[@cliffhanger5753]

I love the way you summed up this show Alison. A humanized Superman, a strong Lois, Clark and Lois's relationship is developed, and super-hero shenanigans. Everything the DCEU Superman isn't.

[@tacotoosday42]

Cliff Hanger i was afraid she would hate on it or just note the cheesiness which people do. Show was based on the post crisis Superman comics started by John Byrne. Byrne in turn based it on the George Reeves show which focused alot on Clark Kent

[@cliffhanger5753]

And a developed Clark Kent persona, something else the DCEU is lacking. Knowing what kind of movies Allison likes I'm pretty sure she likes stuff that's kind of cheesy. She likes Tremors, the Sub Species series, Baywatch, and Cynthia Rothrock movies.

[@tacotoosday42]

Cliff Hanger i honestly think its one of the best superman related adaptations and by far the best clark kent portrayal. Christopher Reeve movies only top it with nostalgia. Feel like The Flash is a spiritual successor to this show get the same vibes

[@Hromovlad1]

He is still pretty good in his own right

[@viralshadow]

Heck this show is better than the DCW shows.

[@KingOfDoma]

Thank you for reminding me how much I friggin' love this show. It's a brilliant concept - 90s relationship comedy mixed with Silver Age-style storylines! I'm surprised that Clark didn't have to hide the fact that he got turned into a lion-man at some point. Great episode!

[@nickbell8353]

KoDOmega there's also a comic where he grows the horns of Pan, and so he hides it by wearing Batman's cape & cowl. The silver age was full of crack.

[@phantomdragon3893]

Oh the high of Dean Cain career.

[@arielfangirlmendez]

PhantomDragon3 He reminds me of the original taylor lautner

[@stephenthelesser9297]

The best superman. Ever. Period

[@nightwingjosh8491]

Yes, his actual super villain name is toyman. Heck the character's son is a series regular on Supergirl

[@sillygrl23]

Finally, the Superman/The Jeffersons crossover I have been dreaming of!

[@bradwolf07]

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman was one of those shows I watched as much as I could. I love this show. If I happen to catch re-runs, I would be happy all day. Dean Cain was my Superman for years. He was nice blend of goofy and serious. And Teri Hatcher was is still the Lois I compare all others to. I must admit I had a HUGE crush on her.

[@CaptainBadNews]

Toyman IS a Superman villan. I forgot about this episode, this was great casting!

[@HiperPivociarz]

It actually took me some time to realize Mr. Shott is Winslow Shott, the Toyman. I'm slow

[@ystin]

loads have already mentioned the toyman thing but the hilarious thing is in the comics at the time this episode was on air schott was a psychopathic child murderer because lol 90s darkness

[@mitkitty]

oh man, this show looks like something i'd actually be interested in. Superhero shenanigans and goofy romance? I wanna watch it now!

[@PsychoWhite3]

The bad guy in this reminds me of the Gnomes from South Park: Stage 1. Infect Kids Stage 2. Stage 3. Profit

[@toonboy222]

Superman is bulletproof and an’t feel pain. Unless you pinch his ear, then he feels pain.

[@eamonndeane587]

NEVER underestimate the Power of a mother disciplining her Son.

[@stefanfilipovits21]

Oh thank you! I needed some new movie nights content for a laugh. What a long & shitty week. Please keep up the awesome & hilarious work.

[@CatBru]

I love this show so hard and this is one of my favorite episodes for how silly it is :D

[@serenadesilhout]

Oh how I miss Dean Cain's Superman. Probably the best since Christopher Reeves.

[@sensibleGamer]

I think this episode was one of my earliest memories of questioning the plot of a story. Even my young mind though "... so, HOW is this supposed to ruin Christmas?"

[@michaelmythology]

I always found it hilarious that even Superman is powerless when his Momma is about to pull out a belt!

[@radfordra]

This show would not be made today.

[@nickkladky8396]

The Toyman is a Superman villain from the comics, one of my favorites. He was a bespecled, overweight white guy, but having him played by Sherman Hemsley is awesome.

[@danstiver9135]

First Richard Pryor, now Sherman Hemsley, did Superman end up Saving the life of Redd Foxx, or having to defeat the greatest supervillain of the 1970s, Bill Cosby?

[@rodrolliv]

Hey, this was my superman growing up. Good memories.

[@agirlnamedbrett.]

haha I grew up with this version of Superman what a flashback!

[@kalvingoodlaxson]

By the time season 2 came, they brought in several Superman villains including Intergang, Metallo, and the Prankster. This was an incarnation of The Toyman based off his real name, season 3 had one time Superman villain Baron Sunday, and Season 4 had Mr. Mxyzptlk (which was played by Howie Mandel in that Christmas episode). I only know they brought in Lex Luthor in the first three seasons, a look-a-like Superman (which was basically their version of Bizzaro), and the DC villain Dr. Light in an episode.

[@tomarctu]

The "my mother is name Martha too" part killed me, fantastic, I love you.

[@edisonlima4647]

I still remember that show having a gossip writer character who was always acting really predatory towards Clark and not very bright most of the time, until one episode in which, for some reason or another, Clark had to stay at her apartment. There he found out that she read hard literature and that the dumb thing was just her playing into the estereotype of the dumb vixen because that made people underestimate her and lower their guard. It was interesting, to give a bit of complexity to that random background character. I remember I liked that episode.

[@tiaelise74]

That dramatic chord😄

[@MaskedWeirdosChannel]

I love Lois and Clark!!!! Thank you!!! Please do more manic episodes on this and the Nanny if possible? Your reviews make my day😄

[@--Fish]

OMFG Allison!!! You are brilliant!!!! x

[@AndrewMiller-yo7bd]

Loved this show

[@BraninT]

I used to use that dramatic sting sound clip as my incoming text ringtone. I can't hear it without thinking I'm getting a text.

[@emperorsean1]

i loved this show when i was younger

[@DokkaChapman]

LOVED this series! It was the best version of Superman EVER!

[@CatwortRambullKerr]

Angela (Denise Richards) does appear later in the episode. And in a later episode, Jimmy takes her to a Pearl Jam concert.

[@matthancox7608]

I totally need to rewatch this show now.

[@iamaunicorn1232]

Every Christmas special ever must end with a Santa tease or it's just not a true Christmas Special.

[@Lionkingview]

That reminds me of the "Smallville" Christmas Special "Lexmas" (yes , as if in Lex Luthor)There Lex Luthor (who up to this point was not quite the evil mastermind we all know today) get's shot in metropolis and while being treated in the hospital has a vision of a possible future where he and Lana Lang( up to a certain point in the series Clark Kents love interrest) have a Family . In this alternate timeline/dream he has given up on his fathers wealth (Lionel Luthor who is to an extend the main big bad until later seasons) and is now living a typical middle class live. However when Lana's life is on the line due to complications during the birth of their second child , Lex trys to plead to his father to give him some money to save her live . But he says nope and she dies. Then Lex wakes up and decides that this dream was a sign for him to change his ways.......so he choses money over all else and his path to the dark side continues. Meanwhile Clark (Better known as the Blue /Red/Black or just Blur , depending on the season of "Smallville" ) helps Cloe (Character from the show but later included in the Superman canon) to deliver toys all over Metropolis. There he encounters a drunk guy in a santa suit , who falls of a roof but is saved by Clark. Turns out this dude is real depressed. Clark gives him a bit of the good old spirit of christmas stuff and he's no longer suicidal. Anyway at the end of the episode it turns out that the drunk santa suit dude was .....you guessed it : The real Santa.

[@percyperanamus7432]

my chest hurts from laughing

[@derekconnors4128]

Miss this show. Dean Cain is my second favorite Superman, after Christopher Reeve (excluding animated Supermen like Tim Daly.)

[@Rebochan]

I miss this show with all my heart :(

[@Polycomical]

I actually remembered this episode, so darn silly. But yeah, it was harmless fun and a good Saturday teatime watch.

[@CrossJeniel]

before supergirl R.I.P. Sherman hemsley and isabel sanfore

[@floydlooney6837]

Someone should do a video comparing and contrasting Superboy, Lois & Clark and Smallville.

[@manicpixiefangirl4189]

One of the shows I was strangely fond of as a kid. Ah, good times.

[@DollyBelladonna]

I have the whole box set of Lois and Clark I need to start watching them

[@dunes8817]

Love how he's stating his evil plan out in public for everyone to hear.

[@jimbobaggins1423]

Damn! I watched this as a kid and totally forgot about it. Bit of Xmas nostalgia

[@karelfinn2343]

You know, despite the Toyman actually being a longstanding Superman villain, I can't help but feel like your skepticism over his validity was exactly the right reaction.

[@jaywingate187]

How have I never heard of this show? Neat.

[@Valdagast]

What we need is a crossover between this and Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas.

[@davidbauler3159]

This was a fun and well made series . Especially, when you consider the track record of live action TV shows based on superheroes. Sadly, the show never got its final season. The network said it would happen, but it didn't. So, the show never got a proper final season.

[@DerekEvans1013]

How in the hell did Martha Kent pinching his ear hurt him?? Unless he was "putting on a show"....but he was under the influence of the atomic space rat fart so would he even think to do that? I doubt it...

[@robbiramirez5820]

"...Mr. Schott." Oh God...oh God, I know what this is already.

[@zwordsman]

I adore this show. If you ever run out of other shows....do an episdoe episode of this like you do with others~ even when it kind of went wonkey with the later stuff.. but its great. favorite superman~

[@Tareltonlives]

Merry Christmas everyone! I miss when Superman actually knew how to think and help people rather than just killing people

[@Tareltonlives]

And man is this show better than Smallville

[@chrissysky01]

Amusingly, there is a Superman villain named Toyman. Though he's usually seen in the comics as a normal guy from the neck down. He wears an innocent doll mask that looks like Charles Lee Ray when he's faking being just a doll.

[@CatwortRambullKerr]

Sherman Hemsley as Winn Schott's father?! Hmm; might make a good spinoff to "Diffrnt Strokes..."

[@WTFisTingispingis]

The second I heard 'Mr. Schott', I knew exactly where this was going.

[@trooper9249]

So in the process of double-checking to make sure Helmsey really was supposed to be the Toyman (he was), I discovered that the show introduced another, completely different character called the Toyman in a later episode. Because....they didn't feel like they did the character justice the first time around? I dunno.

[@Flanavision]

Just started watching the first season of this last week with my wife and daughter. It's great! Dean Cain is my favorite Superman by far.

[@jessecampbell7351]

My favorite episode

[@LaDracul]

Did you know that Dean Cain plays Jonathan Kent on "DC Superhero Girls"? :)

[@Antiyonder]

4:23: While it's nice for Clark to show concern for the orphans not getting toys for Christmas, I think we need to remember what Linkara would say on the matter. Orphans not getting toys is a problem, over there. And over there needs to stand on it's own.

[@AmityvilleFan]

If there was a show I felt some shame afterwards for watching it, it was this!

[@supernerd5781]

What's ironic about this is that I'm getting Superboy (a show that was ended because of this one) on DVD for Christmas.

[@FarelForever]

5:38 *smug look* I do believe that is a sound effect from Sailor Moon, a part of the transformation sequence from season 1.... It truly is a Christmas miracle ....

[@CartoonTriper]

Sailor Kripton?

[@arielfangirlmendez]

Awkward

[@boraxkid1097]

Nineties incoming.... Brace for impact!

[@trinidadbotello9906]

Toyman is a villain from the comics, and is one of Superman's most famous villains. Toyman (for lots of people) was best known for, being in Superman The Animated Series. He was portrayed differently in the series, and was great and creepy. If you kinda think about it, Toyman could've been a great Batman villain.

[@hudemx]

Great Episode - one of my favourites when I watched the show as a kid back in the 90s ^^ If you weren't doing Baywatching I would love you doing a episode by episode review of Lois & Clark :D

[@RedJax69]

I remember watching this as a kid! Oh my goodness! I felt the point it was trying to say was that greed was a personal choice, but then saying it was a chemical. Oh well. Lois gets Turkey for a week. ;)

[@ActuallyDoubleGuitars]

Lois's Clothes are actually alright for the 90's.

[@MsRowsdower]

OMG was just complaining about how many bad Christmas themed movies and TV shows there are - and came across this. Thank you - so funny. If you do movies, watch One Magic Christmas - Mary Steenburgen doesn't Love! Christmas so angel Harry Dean Stanton in a long black coat and cowboy hat (who appears in her kids' bedroom and says don't tell your Mom about me ) teaches her the true meaning of Christmas by having her watch her husband get shot and die then the robber steals her car and drives off a bridge with her children in the back. How d'ya love your Christmas Now?! Dark and twisted as only Disney knows how lol

[@CthulhuianBunny]

"But Clarke is who he is." Nuh-uh! Clarke Kent is what Superman thinks humans are! Quentin Tarantino told me so!

[@Wright805]

Quentin Tarantino is full of it. If we want to be generous, keep in mind that "Clark Kent is what Superman thinks humans are" is the opinion of Bill, a guy who kills people for money. He's a corrupt and evil man so naturally his view of Superman is also corrupt.

[@SuperPeterok]

Please do Santa with Muscles!

[@HiperPivociarz]

What? No ominous music for "The Greed Goo"?

[@TheCrippledEgg]

Love this style of videos.

[@dr.penguinstein3426]

Lol, for some reason I would've loved to see an adaptation of the DCUO Holiday plot and have Metropolis attacked by the orange lantern.

[@arielfangirlmendez]

Omg: I love this show!

[@Shiirow]

Yes, the villains name in the comics is Toyman, a villainous toymaker who makes supermans and the common persons life miserable with his toybased weapons of mass destruction. want to see a giant wind up robot rampage through downtown metropolis? Toyman is your man. Though he has had different incarnations, from a small manchild in a plastic doll head to a large deranged disfigured manchild turning children into dolls for their protection but never have I seen George Jefferson as the Toyman until Lois and Clark.

[@DiarraHarris]

In the end...humanity was the real rat!

[@strongblade]

Hey Alison, I don't know if it's been said in these comments, but Toyman is actually a long established DC Comics 'supervillain' I *think* he started out as a Batman villain, but i could be wrong. DC loves to mix and match over the years. I only comment as it seemed you might not have been familiar with that little bit based on the tone of uncertainty in your voice. when you mentioned it. :)

[@KasumiRINA]

4:24 using his power and affinity for destruction to get money out of people?.. pretty sure that's called "extortion racket" from where I come from... Now I see how Bruce Wayne got his manor, he just asks Gotham for "protection fee"!.. 5:30 The Mask, for being a Jim Carrey action comedy with crazy props and ridiculous dance numbers, shows a very good message about that, with diferrent characters having their personalities reflect what they do after being possessed by... well, Loki. All of them are mischievous and irresponsible, but in VASTLY different ways.

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

Yeah this show was fun. :)

[@basquat76]

Written by Dean Cain. Superman actually wrote this episode himself.

[@goufr3540]

What could possibly go wrong?!?

[@KonElKent]

CWDTrixie Superman IV was co-written by Christopher Reeve, so there's that...

[@basquat76]

Was it really? And that certainly went well.

[@KonElKent]

basquat76 It was. After the mediocre (at best) product that was the third film, Reeve publicly swore he was done with the part, but when Cannon films got the option they put the creative pressures on him; offering him the chance to write it himself (technically, he only has a "story by" credit, but per the credited writers said he was actively involved in the process). They also sweetened the deal by offering to finance and distribute another project of his, Street Smart. I don't want to speak ill of one of my personal heroes, but he got hosed in the deal. Street Smart had limited distribution, and while it got an Oscar nomination, faded into obscurity very quickly. And the broken promises on Superman IV are legendary, specifically the budget being cut by more than half as production started. Looking back, I think Reeve should have risked the lawsuit and walked away.

[@basquat76]

Good old Cannon. If ever there was a company who knew there business, it definetly wasn't them. Have you seen the documentary electric boogaloo about cannon? It's actually pretty remarkable how long they managed to stay in business and how many shitty films they got made.

[@WilliamGarland]

So Mr Jefferson played the Toyman (one of Superman's main rogues gallery, go figure). This is somehow more strange than the proposed casting of Larry David as Mister Mxyzptlk.

[@aarongaspar]

If you can make a hot Christmas toy, and get distribution independently, why are you mad that you were fired?

[@6inTruder]

Mickey Jones!

[@rodster6campingprepper]

The superhero action and supervillains may have been lacking but the way the characters were writen is still the best Superman we've had in live action.

[@jamcalx]

LOIS&CLARK should get to Baywatching treatment if you have the time! 😁 Also, ToyMan is actually pretty dangerous and creepy when written well, like in the 90's animated series.😨