Swinging into Pop Culture: The 1967 Spider-Man TV Series

[@jamesmoss3424]

The Spider-man 60's cartoon show is still excellent today. 😀👍

[@garycarpenter2980]

It's the same age as me

[@davidmitchell6873]

I'm the same age. I remember they played the reruns in the mid 70s on week day afternoons. We all stoped what we were doing and went home to watch.

[@Leadeshipcoach]

Agreed! It is my favorite Spiderman animation series! I grew up on it in the 70’s! I have it on DVD….somewhere. A friend bought it for me for Christmas😊

[@jamesmoss3424]

@@Leadeshipcoach that's nice of your friend.😀👍

[@mikearchibald744]

Its BEYOND excellent, its a classic. They are easy enough to 'share' online, I love the later ones where they cut and pasted old shows together. You can literally see spidey karate chop a guy and two seconds later its a different character at his feet. It was beyond crazy. There was the other famous one where spidey was fighting the same bad guy that had just appeared on "Rocket Robin Hood", another canadian classic, and they simply switched the main character with the background. It was that crazy one with the weird alien and 'Igor' who played the organ and had all those mechanical beetles. Now THAT is how marvel needs to make movies.

[@GizmoFromPizmo]

The mid-1960s were SO great for kids. Batman series, Spider-Man and Fantastic Four, Star Trek, It was like heaven.

[@MAGronemeyer]

I absolutely love the theme song for "Spider-Man"!

[@DJWOLFLIVE]

That theme though was and is still a catchy song

[@agranero6]

Here in Brazil the cartoon was dubbed but the theme song was not adapted (it was common tho create new lyrics). I remember that boys in school (not just mine school) sang some lyrics in Portuguese for it in parody style (that I am translating back): "Spider-Man, Spider-Man, never punches, only get punched, it is Spider-Man.". (Homem aranha homem aranha nunca bate só apanha). I don't know the origin if this version to this day but this is a popular joke to this day in Brazil. I think it has to do with Spider-man being a down to Earth hero, with fears, doubts and everyday problems, unlike Thor, Captain America and Iron Man.

[@Maki-00]

@@agranero6 I love the parody lyrics!

[@oaf-77]

I remember it in the 2000 PS1 spiderman game

[@garycarpenter2980]

Who doesn't this was a great theme

[@ultrafaga1947]

The music in the series should not be overlooked! Whoever composed it was a musical mastermind 👍

[@amb2745]

Jazz musicians Bob Harris and Ray Ellis composed the background music for the first season in1967. Of note here is that Ray Ellis also helped compose the Spider Man theme song played at the beginning of the show.

[@Out-Cast75]

This was the true Spiderman , watched it every day.

[@scottstark5528]

I was born in the mid 70's, this series as well as Nicholas Hammond live action series in the late 70's were my introduction to the character. My first comic book was an adaptation of Spider Man and his Amazing Friends cartoon in the early 80's. Happy I still have the complete 67 series set released on dvd almost 20 years ago.

[@robertcoggeshall3071]

I love the background music to both the og and amazing friends show. Still watch them just for that.

[@rickytoddbotelho9555]

This show will forever be badassness of badassness. It's what the future has in store ❤

[@AlbertScoot]

Spider-Man: The Animated Series is basically just the 67 series with a good budget.

[@mikeburkhart8336]

Greatest theme in Superhero Cartoons.

[@jonb3189]

As a kid, Spider-man, Under Dog, Gigantor. Speed Racer.

[@robertleewilliamsjr.]

The 1967 Spider-Man cartoon series is still number 1 in my book, better than the ones that came years later.🕷️🤟🕸️

[@Leadeshipcoach]

You are 100% right sir!!😊👍

[@robertleewilliamsjr.]

Thank you!

[@robertcoggeshall3071]

Agreed! Got it right the 1st time!

[@Xontar02]

That background music in Spider-Man was so incredible.

[@arthurgscholich3833]

Agreed! That background music still plays in my head. Imagine a movie playing that music in the action scenes. Imagine Spidey in action over present day New York City, swinging by web shooters to the great jazz beat. RETRO!!

[@teeterharris]

Good old Syd Dale :)

[@robertcoggeshall3071]

After seeing this video, I had to rewatch the episodes just for all the great jazzy background music. This cartoon to me had to have both the best theme song AND background music. Perfectly set to the scenes as well.

[@floydcooley1]

The 1967 series has always been the DEFINITIVE Spider-Man for me. Especially the song which will always remain the best.

[@ShinobiShaman]

I watched the reruns in the late 70s when I was a kid. I own the series on DVD. I always liked the jazz soundtrack & the villain's voices. One of my favorite villains was Electro. He had a great voice.

[@robertcoggeshall3071]

Electro was great. I loved Mysterio, Goblin, and Scorpion the most. Jameson was the best voice too.

[@ronm6585]

"Here comes the Spider-Man." I remember this series well. Thanks for sharing.

[@morlockmeat]

It was and still is my favorite of the Spider-Man cartoons. It's THE original and most classic. This and the original Hanna/Barbara Fantastic Four cartoon were... fantastic! And as limited as the Mighty Marvel Super Heroes were with animation, I still loved them, because it was the Marvel comic books in motion! And the voice actors were absolutely great. Not like today..

[@derricklogan2058]

Most Definitely! 🕷️ Spider-Man was and still is, for the 6 year old boy, (Spirit), that lives within the 62 year old Man that I am now, will ALWAYS BE my favorite Marvel Super Hero! Growing up, we could identify with the human issues of Peter Parker and the child in us always yearned to be stronger and braver, especially when, like me, was bullied quite often as a child growing up in Detroit, MI.

[@morlockmeat]

@@derricklogan2058 - You nailed it, Derrick. 😉👍

[@misternobodysixtynine]

I recall watching this EVERY morning from the late 90's rolling into the 2000's on a Canadian television channel called "YTV".

[@AL13NM]

Some of my earliest memories are of watching re-runs of this Amazing cartoon, back in the late 70's. Eating cereal in my Spidey P.J.s and watching Spidey save the day. I've been hooked ever since to this very day.

[@SteveBerryhill]

Me too!

[@speedracer1945]

The 60s were magical for cartoons and tv shows with cool themes

[@bp39047]

The "golden age" of Saturday morning cartoons/children shows was in the late 50's thru the early 60's. It was a major event for children back then to look forward to Saturday morning by the TV set. We had a black/white TV then.

[@TheSuperhomosapien]

Iron Man. Iron Man. Does whatever an Iron can. Pressed pants......really fine. Keeps the pleats, riiiiighhht in line. Hey there goes the Iron Maaaaannnnnnn!

[@felipeterrazas317]

Me and my dad sat together and watched this series all the time.

[@maureencora1]

Glad I Got the 1967 Spiderman on DVD.

[@darryl3422]

Great show and fantastic theme song I'm 69 and still ♥ Spider-Man!

[@hanschristianbrando5588]

Spider-man will never be as cool as he was back then.

[@Dr.GrahamSuperstar]

I wish this show would come to Disney+

[@Leadeshipcoach]

Yes!!!

[@cabellero1120]

This was my favorite show when I was a child!

[@WillHal1000]

The selected music used in the background from the KPM library was just as integral for the show's success.

[@hoodninja734]

For a 1967 toon those animated episodes were ahead of time 😎👌🏽

[@keithbperrin9633]

By far still my favorite cartoon of all time

[@veronicasiegfried2712]

I used to Love😍 this show as a kid. It has the most memorable theme song!❤

[@deathincorporatedfitnesstr1256]

55 yrs old grew up on this. Still my favorite cartoon ever. And even though the Bakshi season is a total throw together, it's incredible..the backgrounds as a child blew my mind. Still does . LoL cheers from Vancouver BC Canada 👍

[@lm2530]

I was 10 years old when the 1967 Spiderman series was on TV. He quickly became my favorite Superhero! The 1967 Spiderman series had Spiderman as a wise-cracking, ass-kicking Superhero! I loved it! He always had something to say to his opponents! That humor is missing from many Spiderman cartoons and even his movies! To remain cool enough to crack jokes in deadly situations was his specialty I still think!

[@adamkane7513]

Yes, the humor is what got me into Spider-Man comics as a young boy. I would say _none_ of the live action adaptations displayed the jocular Spidey we all knew & loved.

[@SteveBerryhill]

The original Deadpool.

[@maureencora1]

@@adamkane7513 At 66 yrs old 1967 Spiderman Made Me the Wiseguy From Chicago I Am. (smile)

[@kevnar]

I remember seeing that Rocket Robinhood episode and then the Spider-man version. Even as an 8 year old kid, I was like "The fuck is this shit!?"

[@jayflores182]

Thank you for this. I am 51 yrs old and I remember watching these classic episodes when I was a kid with my brothers and sisters

[@midnightwind8067]

No midi. No digital editing available. No auto tune. Just a bunch of musicians who spent the years learning to play with unquestioned skill. Of. Purse the composer was off the hook as well. A great example of talent. No copy and paste. No loops or slices. Pure awesome.

[@80sdreamwave32]

Love the 1960s spiderman cartoon show

[@wrlord]

All the music for that series was top-notch.

[@robertcoggeshall3071]

Academy award level for sure.

[@williamwatson4354]

I had never heard of Marvel comics until one Sunday after I stumbled upon the Marvel Super Hero show. I was instantly hooked. Some months later I read that both the Fantastic Four and Spider-man were coming to tv. The fact that his theme song is still remembered today shows the impact that series had. The FF, not so much.

[@richardtracy8242]

Spiderman's Catchy Theme Song is What Made This Cartoon Famous.

[@robertcoggeshall3071]

Made Spiderman famous!

[@kirkhensley5870]

BTW, that Spider Man theme as done by the Ramones is worth hearing about 11 times a day!

[@barrymurphy1337]

I have very fond memories of watching the 60s cartoons in the UK in the early 70s, in the mornings during school holidays. I never understood the lyrics to the theme tune - for the longest time I made out the line 'He's got radioactive blood' as 'He's got raido-act-a-flood!' (whatever the heck that means) lol! It wasn't until years later I worked out what they were singing 😳 I still prefer my version better!

[@SG-jw8mo]

I only found out recently, the line was "catches thieves just like flies" and not "can't you see, just like ice"'. Again, I prefer my lyrics too :)

[@Traderjoe]

We used to laugh about his shooting the web slings into the sky and swinging along in the country as though there were tall buildings to attach to. It was as though he was sticking them to the inside top of the TV set

[@robertcoggeshall3071]

Even in the city too. Lots of shots where there shouldn't be a building to web onto.

[@Leadeshipcoach]

🤣👍… yep! As a kid I would wonder “He’s swinging straight… between buildings… what is his web attached to?!” 🤣 But I didn’t care… still don’t!😊

[@robertcoggeshall3071]

@@Leadeshipcoach the best is where he swings across country, even the desert, after the alien spider people.

[@cdrum13]

I watched this growing up.

[@carlosfalcon2099]

I remember when I was a kid, I'd come home from school and watch Spiderman cartoon..seems like yesterday. This will never go out of style

[@vincentfranklin17]

I have the series on DVD. Love it!

[@sailor75565]

Yes they were! 😢

[@sallopiccolo7336]

This is the BEST Spider-Man ever. Thank you.

[@peterhoulis1184]

Ive got the complete 1967 spiderman on dvd , its awesome

[@briansprenger5578]

I own the DVD box set of this complete series released around 2006 I think. Still watch it all the time.

[@evanescapades2513]

Love this show!!! And when they become all abstract crazy skylines and stories i love it even more!!!!

[@kahnkretefpv7594]

I used to love this show as a kid! I caught this series in the early to mid 80's on Saturday mornings! Had no idea it was made in 67...wow! Syndication was the absolute best back then!!

[@elc1960]

I never missed the syndicated Marvel Super Heroes cartoons back then. (Yup, I'm old enough to have seen them first-run.) Never missed Spidey either. I didn't realize that the man who voiced Hermey the elf in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was also the voice of Spider-Man. Who says you can't learn something from KZbin?

[@steelbrigadekory]

Best Spidey cartoon ever.

[@richardtracy8242]

Some of the Stories(Like Spiderman's First Battle with Mysterio) were taken Directly from the Comics.

[@moviesgalore9947]

The music is what made this awesome cartoon so fantastic and so memorable.

[@LRM724]

This Spider man cartoon show was my favorite & this Spider man was a smart ass to the bad guys

[@johnhorn3344]

I started collecting Marvel comics just a few weeks before the Spider-Man and Fantastic Four cartoons premiered. I was one excited 8 year old on that September Saturday morning in 1967.

[@Gwpix1]

I love this series. I have the DVDs. The 1st season may have had limited animation but they made it work, and the jazzy background music added to the stories. The Krantz seasons had the 1st animated origin story. The animation quality was a step or two below the 1st season, but there were some great stories when combined with the some of the KPM library music they used. Great stuff.

[@Leadeshipcoach]

Gordon I agree! I just live the 1960’s Spiderman series! Sometimes it gets criticized for its animation… but I can’t help loving it!

[@robertcoggeshall3071]

You can't not love that jazzy sound track. Makes even an ordinary scene cool as f.

[@leonblack751]

They need to reintroduce this Spiderman and the music too the knew generation. Epic

[@martezdetroit3164]

I met Paul S at a comic convention and he signed my 6 disc DVD show box set. He was so cool and nice 🕸

[@KibblezanBitz]

Growing up there was always one channel or another airing 60s Spider-Man. I love it.

[@vinsemi9734]

I wish I had a dvd with these 60’s Spider-Man cartoons.

[@Danaluni59]

Check out the Spider-Man 67 collection!

[@stevebrien1041]

It was a classic. Great theme song. The style of how Spiderman webswings and the humor and style of the character

[@ToddAdams1234]

I loved it. I was born in late 71 but our TV stations were very well late to the game so it was like I was seeing the shows fresh from release. In some ways I still like being in my own version of the twilight zone. lolol 🤔

[@stewgaatz]

In the late 70's and early 80's this was played after school on UHF channels in Chicago. It was awesome!

[@DeusImperium]

The theme was great and I had a few of the reels for my View Master.

[@robertcoggeshall3071]

The view master! Thank God for that !

[@davidalangay1186]

CHCH 11 in Hamilton (?) aired the syndication of this beloved series I watched as a teen. Good memories. The reuse of footage from Rocket Robin Hood cracked me up, but it actually worked.

[@bumpedhishead636]

The "move the bottom of the mask when talking" thing was always hilarious. Whoever came up with that was a genius.

[@sammcbride2149]

The '67 Spider-Man was the first DVD set I ever bought. I remember when just one episode on VHS tape cost $90. Yikes. So getting the entire series for just $25 on DVD was fantastic.

[@martinchristian7270]

I loved watching spider man on Saturday mornings when I was a kid. I’m 61 now and I still love it. I was lucky enough to get all the episodes on cd , so I can watch him anytime I want. Hooray for technology!🤗

[@JohnAnderson-jy2js]

The knockdown drag out fight on the movie set with Magneto in my opinion is the coolest his Spider-Man has such cool one line there's

[@johnroberts2957]

mysterio

[@previnlubom4498]

"With great power comes great responsibility " best quote ever

[@robertcoggeshall3071]

He even says it in the origin story! Even then it was an instant classic.

[@cha5]

I always loved director Sam Rami’s use of the Spider-Man theme song in the 2002 Spider-Man 2 film.

[@robertcoggeshall3071]

The Asian street singer singing it with her accent made it even funnier.

[@zootopiawilson]

I'm glad you mentioned the 5th dimension episode and it's relationship to "Rocket Robin Hood". As a kid I watched that show and even then I knew it was the same episode just with Spider-Man in it!

[@richardtracy8242]

Weird Episode that Probably wouldn't be made today.

[@Paladin1873]

I think you pretty well covered everything. This sure brought back a lot of fond childhood memories.

[@ksb692]

Loved this show. Thank you for posting this video. I used to rush home from school in 1974 to watch it. I was ten years old! Seems like yesterday!

[@ecayari]

Love this show as a kid. I was so happy when the original theme was played at the end of Tobey McGuirre's first Spider-Man movie. Still better than that lousy Batman 60's show theme.

[@termsofusepolice]

The Grantray-Lawrence season was iconic. Bakshi's season was trash. Even as a kid, watching the reruns, I could see and feel the stark contrast. You also left out one of the key ingredients of Paul Soles' voice acting approach. He used two different voices - a deeper, confident voice for costumed Parker and a higher, sort of insecure voice for civilian Parker. (It struck me as an adult that Soles' costumed voice sounded amazingly like William Shatner - his fellow Canadian actor.) For a kid's cartoon - which SM67 was - it was a fantastically entertaining creative touch.

[@juniorjames7076]

Hey now, I'm quite fond of the Ralph Bakshi season. They were freaky and creepy!! I was in the 3rd or 4th grade when Channel 5 NYC began to re-syndicate them in the late 70s. Something seemed quite off, but the bizarre color pallets and plots that made no sense actually mesmerized me. I consider those cartoons my first introduction to abstract expressionism!

[@madmanmark8387]

​@Junior James, yup, I mentioned channel 5 as well in my comments.

[@mikearchibald744]

@@juniorjames7076 Absolutely, they are so bad they are good. All in the name of cheapness. In fact they are the MOST entertaining for exactly that reason. Ever notice in the movies they just hate showing him in the mask close up, he's always taking it off.

[@robvangessel3766]

Paul Soles voice acting. Exactly. Nails Spidey all the way back to the comic. Don't agree with Bakshi altogether, tho. His villains replacing Marvel's I agree with, but he tried to do a little more with Parker than the Grantray stuff. In any case, ultimately, it's just Soles and the dynamite music score that makes the show endure. Let's not get into the plots or the animation!

[@mikearchibald744]

@@robvangessel3766 The animation was actually pretty decent. Hell, go watch the Warner animations of DC heroes like the Justice League dark or ANY of them and their animation is stiff as hell. And NOW animation is butthead easy to do compared to the sixties. I like the ones where spidey lands on a ledge and does a little dance because there was an old show where he lands on hot coals. And the plots are pretty decent, particularly now that marvel hasn't made a decent plot in four movies. This was done on the mega cheap and yet still holds up in viewing. I've watched other spiderman animations and they are just boring.

[@luisadell4421]

I was born in 67 the Bronx that’s the Spider-Man i grew up in the 70’s watching and totally dreaming i wanted to climb a side of my building and be able to swing with rope as effortlessly those was the best years of my childhood

[@jpendowski7503]

A classic introduction with lasting impact through the years.

[@squadgeman3247]

Well, obviously I love it. I loved watching it with my daughter when she was young as well. It has inspired my art.

[@jacktheripoff1888]

Directed by Ralph Bakshi, AKA "Spiderman on acid".

[@willdelarosa9440]

Web slingers music sound tracks were second to none!!..all in all 60's animation and sound tracks are unmatched!!!!!

[@robertcoggeshall3071]

Gets my vote for best ever theme song and background music. What a genius job they did.

[@CFG1849]

Shown on channel 5 in NYC in the 70s

[@Nexusofgeek]

An awesome cartoon because it introduced many to the webslinger, a nostalgic part of my boyhood that I still cherish today.

[@Tigerbrown44]

Spider-man was always my favorite super hero. Bought the comics as a kid and loved the tv show back in the day. This was back when a dollar bought you 2 comic books and two candy bars. Dang. Can he swing from a thread? Take a look over there.

[@richardsoderkvist6383]

I remember the Spiderman cartoon show in the late 60s,early 70s.Also the Marvel Super heros the Hulk Ironman Captain America and the Thor and others. They were really good cartoons and shows for kids. Also Batman and Robin. They were really good cartoons and shows for kids.

[@Journey-of-1000-Miles]

I can’t say enough about this program. It is excellent! A testimony to its long-standing quality, is that my five-year-old considers this as the true portrayal of Spider-Man! Also, he knows every word of the theme song. I feel so proud!

[@PatBALEX]

Showing my age..LoL.. When we were kids back in the 70s my brother and I would run home from school at 3:00 so we can see this Spiderman Cartoon.. Along with Speed Racer, Marineboy, Ultraman and other old shows..

[@thevizkid]

don't forget giant robot!

[@PatBALEX]

@@thevizkid Yes..

[@robertcoggeshall3071]

Force 5! Battle of the Planets! Superfriends! Johnny Quest! And of course Scooby-Doo! This along with them were the best of that era!

[@MrDannyArroyo]

Great video. Such fun memories watching this series as a kid.

[@ChainsGoldMask]

The Ramones cover of the theme song is the best...Richard cheese's cover is a close second.

[@glennknauer2696]

I loved this on Saturday morning cartoons.

[@CwL-1984]

Awesome 👍👍

[@RerunZone]

Thanks CWL!

[@CwL-1984]

@@RerunZone any time

[@JefferyMiles-o2n]

One of the best 60's cartoons ever

[@lewi7275]

They told the origin story right and the 67 collection has a great spot in my video library. It’s one of the Jules of my collection.

[@Leadeshipcoach]

Best origin story of any Spiderman animation series. Well done!!

[@robertcoggeshall3071]

This is for the man you killed! Cool as f.

[@lewi7275]

@@robertcoggeshall3071 Thank you

[@rodneyhurt5728]

This cartoon is probably the reason I’m a fan of Spider-man today.

[@SoulBrother_1]

I own a dvd box set of the series. I will always love the opening theme song.

[@jamesharrison1279]

I was a kid when Spiderman made it's debut on television. In fact, I was just born when he made his first appearance in the comic books. I enjoyed those special moments when I would get up on Saturday morning and watch cartoons. I was drawn to superheroes cartoons and of course, there were the rocket Robin hood cartoon series I grew up good watching these shows that I really miss.

[@walkerpantera]

GREAT presentation bro.

[@davidmccoy96]

I loved this show. It premiered the same month and year that I did. I literally grew up with this show.