The Adventures of Superman Questions Answered

[@HarryDagostino-v9t]

Watched Superman every afternoon after school. Still watch one of my favorite all time shows today

[@demetriusdillard2863]

R.I.P. George Reeves, Jack Larson, and Noel Neill. And it's a low down dirty crying shame Phyllis Coates (Lois Lane #1) is the last surviving cast member from the 1950s "Adventures Of Superman" television series. And don't even get me started on Reeves' untimely and unfortunate demise...even after six decades, it still remains Hollywood's greatest unsolved murder. Ben Affleck's performance as the severely typecast and down-on-his-luck Reeves in "Hollywoodland" was superb; it's a travesty he didn't receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor (Affleck was nominated for a Golden Globe award, but he lost to Eddie Murphy in "Dreamgirls"). For those of you who haven't seen "Hollywoodland," go watch it right now. All in all, this was another highly entertaining video! Thanks for sharing!

[@mackermaldrill2656]

Great Ceaser's ghost! You young whipper snapper!

[@whatsamattayu3257]

I sent in for a "Flying Superman" premium from Kelloggs cereal in the late 1950's. The commercial depiction was a lot different than what I got. It consisted of a 4 inch blue plastic Superman figure with a hook on it and a rubber band. You hooked the band on the figure and launched Superman in the air. I used it once. I launched "Superman" right onto a neighbor's roof and that was that. I was one sad kid, that day.

[@tvcrazyman]

They should have warned kids to play with it in a big open field.😀 Reminds me of a lot of toys I got that tore up on me the same day. Those cheap paper airplanes they used to make with the rubber band propellers were a lot of fun but the wings broke within a day.

[@FaydOgolon]

How many months did you have to wait for that to arrive in the mail? A lot of people today don't know what it was like to have to WAIT for something you ordered to arrive.

[@michaelmclaren1333]

That reminds me of the 80s a cereal company (can't remember which one) had bicycle license plates they were a HUGE deal because they were run on commercial on Saturday mornings between HE-MAN and Gi joe at first people were opening the boxes IN THE SUPERMARKETS to get them. Then, the company put them inside the cereal bags so people wouldn't be willing to dump out entire boxes in the store but then the FDA said NOPE. And mind you they were not in every box so it was like charlie and the chocolate factory for these stupid plates. So after ALL that. The company switched tactics again and thats what started the *send us 30 upc codes and $5 for shipping and handling* and with the 3rd way they would put YOUR name on it! So I finally got my 30 boxes of cereal and mailed the correct stuff. 6 WEEKS later I FINALLY got my license plate and they spelled my fkin NAME WRONG!!!! I traded a kid for 3 hard to find garbage pail kids cards. I never WANTED a toy from a cereal box ever again. And I was SEVEN!! LMAO

[@VoightKampf]

I remember getting one of those, too. I had a spacious farm with which to fly mine. However, the plastic cape soon cracked and broke apart with repeated flights.

[@josephthunderhorse8793]

Was that the cheesy plastic one with a sling shot?

[@greatfilmmaker]

You're right. I grew up with the 50s. 60s television show as they ran reruns in the 60s. And he will always be the man of steel to me.

[@joemazloom7664]

My favorite show and he will always be my hero even at the age of 72❤

[@rufus-h4h]

Very interesting video. I used to watch Superman when I was a kid, and while I watched both Andy Griffith and Startreck, I never noticed the use of the same set. Thanks for a very interesting video.

[@WarriorSmurf]

Word on the street is that Reeves' fiancee made a deathbed confession (in the early 80's) to a priest. She said that she and GR were hosting a dinner party in their apartment. She went to talk to him in the bedroom. Before doing so, she said something to the effect of "if the police happen to come by, tell them that Iwas down here (the main level) the entire time. Apparently, while preparation for some new seasons of Superman was underway. Apparently, they had been arguing about his future as Superman off and on for a long time. GR was considering quitting due to not wanting to be typecast. The fiancee went nuts and the rest is history.

[@majkus]

The leaping over the low camera take-off effect was a very effective (and imaginative) idea. Of course, adding the sound effect helps to sell it. Nowadays, cameras can be so small that any kid today could do their own super-hero video using this effect. With a very soft mattress behind the camera to face-plant onto, of course. I'm pretty sure that although the character was understood by adult viewers to be the actor, George Reeves, in the I Love Lucy episode, they always maintained the conceit that Superman was real, and so he introduces himself as Superman, etc. You mention the Griffith Observatory (perhaps most famously seen in Rebel Without a Cause), but somehow overlook the use of Los Angeles City Hall for the establishing shots of the Daily Planet. I still think of the Daily Planet whenever I see City Hall. "Panic in the Sky" was written by the prolific (and to my mind, very talented) scriptwriter Jackson Gillis, who gave The Adventures of Superman some of its most memorable episodes, a total of fifteen in all, including their first Kryptonite story. 'PitS' was re-made twice: once in the syndicated 'Superboy' TV program-with no credit to Gillis!-and once in 'Lois and Clark'. Gillis's agent was more alert, or the network program was a bigger deal, because Gillis did get a "story by" credit in that episode, 'All Shook Up' (1994). It is the last credit for him on IMDB.

[@mikee2]

What memories from my child in the 50's. When I'd tie a bath towel around my neck and run through the house. There is only ONE Superman, George Reeves and he can never be replaced. RIP George, hopefully someday, the truth about your death will surface.

[@larrybarber5457]

I wish I could tap the like button 20 times for your comment

[@mikee2]

@@larrybarber5457 Thanks for your reply. Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end. Only memories, cherish them.

[@anuthabubba964]

I know that I do!

[@mackethridge7798]

George, you are so greatly loved! For so many reasons. But, one, is that you epitomized the very BEST that America was, at one time, and what it still stands for, in the hearts of ALL true American Patriots, today. You are sorely missed, dear brother! Amen.

[@airdaleva42]

Very entertaining and informative.

[@tvcrazyman]

Thank you!

[@stevenhazelbaker635]

Well done! I grew up watching the series. It will always be my favorite! 😊

[@tvcrazyman]

Thanks

[@odysseusrex5908]

I was born in 1962. I caught George Reeves in reruns in the 60s and 70s and absolutely loved the show. I remember being very saddened when I learned that he had died before I was even born. I always wondered why the terrific cartoon show of the 60s was called The *New* Adventures of Superman. It took me a long time to figure it out. When I did, I thought that was a nice tribute to the George Reeves show.

[@AshrafAnam]

Just like how Superman and the Mole Men, even when being the first ever feature film based on DC/National comics, as well as the show itself which was the first ever TV series based on DC/National comics could've just been titled "Superman." But they didn't 'cause the first Columbia serial starring Kirk Alyn as well as the first Fleischer animated short were called so.

[@Eyes-of-Horus]

You missed mentioning that George Reeves was in Civil War epic film, "Gone With the Wind." He was a suitor of Scarlett O'Hara. I do remember the Saturday afternoon Superman serials with Kirk Alyn. He was a weight lifter and had a really "buff" body, unlike George Reeves. A friend of mine's father was a studio tailor and sewed Reeves into his padded costume. I always thought that Phyllis Coates was really hot and the best Lois Lane, a real go-getter for a story.

[@tvcrazyman]

I hope you all enjoy this mix of new video and compilation of questions and trivia around the Adventures of Superman a lot of which I noticed in the comments of my previous Superman videos.

[@rickykay9516]

I don't know if anyone spotted the error at the end of Season 3 "King For A Day" and several other episodes. On the END CREDITS it says Re-recording....Ryder SEVICES. It should read Ryder SERVICES with an "R" in the word SEVICES. This misspelling is at the end credits of several episodes. Check it out.

[@nomdeplume7216]

Wow! I enjoyed this video tremendously! I am a fan of TAOS, but in particular, I have been studying the various shows and movies that used the former RKO/40 acres/DesiLu/Paramount backlot for sometime. It is just so much fun! I don’t think you mentioned how much it was used for the Untouchables, and interestingly in Gomer Pyle, they used the downtown, for whatever town near the base as needed frequently, as well as Mayberry, and also hogans heroes used it frequently dressed as German locations again. Not to mention Mission impossible. Oh, and even a couple of old my three sons episodes. Amazing how much variety of setting they could get out of those simple semi fake buildings! But, you did point out one my favorite mind blowing uses, namely Star Trek, and the episode Miri. Just how the hell did they get it to look like well manicured albeit worn Mayberry again after trashing it. so convincingly! Similarly, there’s an episode of the Untouchables where they blow up, Floyd’s barbershop! (Well, the inside, mostly and the windows are blown out, I think it was dressed as a delicatessen )And of course, both shows were in production at the same time, then also. In 1959 there was that World War II aftermath movie, Verboten!, starring, James Best where that backlot was used extensively, made to look like a German town, complete with a Nazi flag hanging on the front of, the Mayberry courthouse! And that same actor just one year later was on that same set again for two episodes in season one of the Andy Griffith show! In a movie from 1954 the raid, starring van Heflin, they made it look like a Civil War era town, and they ended up setting fire to it all over the place! Just incredible what they were able to do with it. You may be aware of the various websites like obviously, Wikipedia, but another good one is retroweb/40acres.html. The same guy that put that together has tons of images on Flickr that he generated in 3-D/virtual rendering of most of those buildings. I also have the book I covering the history of the back lot called Hollywood’s lost backlight by Steven Bingen. I have the DVDs of several movies and shows so I can see how creative they were. if only it would’ve been preserved, can you imagine what a theme park that could’ve been turned into?! So sad how it deteriorated rapidly in the early 1970s and you may also be aware of how it was used very roughly toward the end in the movies, switchblade sisters and vigilante force, complete with a bazooka firing into the poor broken down buildings of beloved Mayberry. I am a new subscriber and will be catching up on your earlier videos. Thanks for doing what you’re doing. PS- another fascinating one is a 1968 episode of land of the Giants, where it’s like a miniature town, made by the Giants and they are all over that place . The Giants even put up a sign naming it, I can’t remember, but it’s a variation of Mayberry, I think it has MAY in the name like Mayville, or something, anyway, and it looks impeccable. I was aware of its use and TAOS but thanks for pinpointing which episodes it seems to have been used the most in. I’ll have to rewatch them. Of course that pilot Superman, and the Mole men was my favorite from that show! You know that villain character in Mole Men , the mob, leader, the guy with the mustache, he looks so much like an evil Howard Sprague, LOL! Once you see it, you can’t unsee it! By the way, I think I’m somewhat older than you and watched many of these shows when they were first on. I just turned 67. But I am so glad that you also found this so interesting.

[@tedgiba7544]

​@@nomdeplume7216very nice. Almost better than the video presentation. So many facts. Thanks

[@4891MR]

Thank you! This video is wonderful for historical purposes. 5:10 "Jimmy Olsen actor Jack Larson, Lois Lanes Noel Neill and Phyllis Coates would appear in other Superman productions many times over the years, like the Superboy TV series of the '80s and Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman in the '90s, and even the motion picture Superman Returns." That's truly neat. It is impressive to me that tradition has continued. Players frequently reappear. Most notable are Annette O'Toole on Smallville and Jon Cryer on Supergirl, but there have been numerous other examples in latter day productions.

[@richardvinsen2385]

Noel Neil was in “Superman The Movie” on the train with young Lois Lane as Clark ran past.

[@larrymcclure3842]

This was my favorite. show as a kid. It broke my heart when my mother told me that Superman was dead. She could have just told me Santa Claus was dead. In 1972 I went to work for a company that made us wear hard hats and dark glasses in the shop. You would work beside these people all week but if you ran into them on the street you would never recognize them. That is when I understood how a hat and glasses were a perfect disguise. for Clark Kent.

[@tvcrazyman]

Interesting.

[@donaldsmith6814]

Harold Loyd the actor/comic who always wore glasses in his movies claimed that when he would go anywhere with out his "prop" horn rim glasses; no one recognized him & that he was one refused entry to the movie studio because the gate-guard didn't believe him, until he borrowed a pair from a passerby & put them on!

[@timothydavis3154]

At the risk of sounding condescending, my good sir, I am tremendously proud of you for knowing your multimedia Superman lore instead of just one particular dimension/facet. Specifically: the matter of how his kryptonian blankets were reworked into his uniform and why everyone sees Clark differently than they do Superman. I have all of those issues, purchased them fresh off the newsstand and was quoting them just before you referenced them. BRAVO! George is my Superman and the inspirational catalyst for me becoming a super fanboy. In September 1978, one of our local television stations, WTOG-44 out of Tampa/St. Pete, FL, started re-airing AoS in anticipation of Chris’s first film. Upon seeing my first episode, a color one, I was immediately hooked. I always seek out specials like yours that contain proper academic scholarship regarding Superman‘s multimedia history and I’m very happy to say I learned a few new things today and will be sharing your presentation with several fanboy acquaintances of mine. Blessings in CHRIST and many thanks.

[@tvcrazyman]

Thank you very much. I've been reading Superman comics since I was a kid sometime in the late 70s. Comic collecting has always been a lot of fun for me.

[@CannonfireVideo]

Great video. In 1943, George Reeves was in an excellent WWII movie called "So Proudly We Hail," which you really should see. There's one scene that will stun any Superman fan. Incidentally, my old art teacher, Irving Block -- the guy who came up with the idea for "Forbidden Planet" -- insisted that he was the one who came up with a way to make Superman fly in the TV series. "We had no money to do it," he told us. "I don't mean we had very little money. We had NO money!"

[@tvcrazyman]

Awesome!

[@grepomaster8460]

What a Memories!!!! Although I started watching the show around 1974-75, in reruns, almost 20 years after the show ended, I never missed an episode of the series…

[@philwood1020]

In 1979, early in my radio career, I hosted an all-night program on WRC Radio in Washington. It was largely focused on pop culture and I scheduled an hour long interview with Jack Larsen. He was a great guest (by phone) for a full hour, and was able to explain a lot about the show that, up to that point, really had never been fully documented. At one point I asked why he'd not done much acting after the show went off the air, and he talked about his writing career, and some other theatrical projects he'd participated in behind-the-scenes. I then asked, "Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't I see you on an episode of Gomer Pyle, USMC?" There was a long pause and finally he said "My agent assured me no one would ever see that," and we both laughed. He's Sgt. Carter's clerk-typist in that episode, and has a couple of lines, but it obviously wasn't a continuing role. He later sent me a nice autographed 8 X 10 of him as Jimmy Olsen, and I treasure it to this day. I only wish I'd kept an audio tape of the show.

[@tvcrazyman]

That's funny he was on Gomer Pyle and he didn't want anybody to know even if it was a small role. That would have been a neat conversation to be a part of.

[@jb888888888]

Too bad he didn't send you a nice autographed 8 X 10 of him as Clerk-Typist.

[@Stardate1312.4]

IIRC, Jack Larson was Sgt Carter's corporal for the first season. He appeared in most of that season's eps.

[@philwood1020]

It's just that one episode.

[@RadioFanBoy]

The credited writer for the pilot "Superman On Earth" was Robert Maxwell, who worked on 1940's radio serial. He literally took the radio script from the first 15 minute episode, "Superman Comes To Earth" and just added visual cues. The narration and dialogue were never changed. He wanted to film the second radio episode, "Eben Kent Dies in Fire, Clark Goes to Metropolis" as written, but the TV producers thought an on-screen fiery death a bit too much. Whitney Elsworth did the re-write for the second half of the episode (Source: IDMB)

[@kevinmadden1645]

Interesting!

[@kevinmadden1645]

It seems strange that Eben Kent dying in a fire was considered too violent for young audiences. Considering all of the mayhem found in the first season of production(murders, beatings stabbings) it would have fit in perfectly.

[@jb888888888]

To clarify, you're talking about the 1942 radio series. The 1940 radio series simply called _Superman_ has a different origin story. He comes to Earth as an adult and gets a job as a newspaperman in order to get the inside dope on any big events going on in the world he needs to save. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4POl56ZdtCdhck

[@odysseusrex5908]

@@jb888888888 Ah ha, I thought that was the story I remembered.

[@JamesorJimHenderson]

Thank you for your time effort and love of the subjects of your videos.

[@tvcrazyman]

Glad you like them!

[@shawnamiller191]

Just recently found your channel and absolutely love your content. Every time I watch one of your videos I get smacked in the face with nostalgia

[@tvcrazyman]

Thanks. I'm glad you like my videos.

[@haroldworthington8952]

I remember seeing that Superman appearance with Lucy in a rerun in the 80s. My favorite Superman moment was from Superman 3 where he turned grumpy drunk uncle and fought Clark Kent. I was old enough to know they were both the same guy but that scene showed Christopher Reeves acting abilities having both parts portrayed together thru the magic of editing. Your research for these videos and your editing in your mashup videos is pretty amazing as well, great work.

[@tvcrazyman]

Thanks, I appreciate it.

[@haroldworthington8952]

@@tvcrazyman you're welcome 🤗

[@thomaswolf723]

It was a great line from “I Love Lucy”, after Ricky admits he has been married to Lucy for 15 years”, Superman says “And they call me “Superman”.

[@bikefixer]

George Reeves was the most physical actor to play Superman. While all later actors relied on special effects, Reeves did some amazing physical feats. In Mystery in Wax, he jumps down a full flight of stairs. Likewise, in the color episode, Topsy Turvy, he makes a long leap from an unseen ladder or ledge. George was also an amateur boxer as a young man, so his punching prowess was as good as any actor not named Tony Danza or Chuck Norris. There were also little things he did like running up a staircase three steps at a time, running at top speed and jumping over a fence in The Deserted Village, and going all out in a brawl as Clark Kent fighting off a scavenger ship's crew in The Golden Vulture. When Reeves did his stunts you can see he really got into them, and that, in turn, gets the audience emotionally involved. It wouldn't be a bad idea to use some of that formula again. Maybe the new actor who plays Superman will be display his own athleticism.

[@mandolindleyroadshow706]

I love the scenes where Clark is not wearing his glasses. In those scenes, usually something is wrong in Superman's world (amnesia, loss of power, etc). Without his glasses he is weak and strong at the same time. This mostly happens in Tommy Carr directed episodes. I think it is a brilliant device that should be used more.

[@paullowmanjr.8089]

I have enjoyed each of your broadcast. They take me back to the good old days when I was growing up. Thank you 😊

[@tvcrazyman]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@ShawnWSavage]

A very well informed and fun episode! Great job!!

[@tvcrazyman]

Thanks so much!

[@anthonyrodgers8233]

Thanks, that was fun and now I want to watch them again. The pilot was my favorite episode, I always liked seeing Krypton.

[@tvcrazyman]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@SJHFoto]

I LOVED watching this as a kid, but I saw them on reruns as my contemporary Superman was Christopher Reeve. I always thought of George as Superman's dad (hehe) I even watched the Kirk Alyn serials as a kid (my local videostore had them as 2-sets to rent). George seemed the oldest of the 3 by far to me. I still thought it was cool though-and it was really forward thinking to film them in colour! In contrast, Dr Who didn't go to colour until 1970!

[@DarrylRuiz-s1w]

For my Generation George Reeves was Superman his strange death still puzzles me

[@maplebob23]

I watched The Adventures of Superman in the seventies and I would fantasize that George Reeves Superman was my real father.

[@MoonjumperReviews]

Great video and fascinating facts! I grew up on this series in reruns, years before Christopher Reeve, and I’m loving re-watching it on DVD.

[@tvcrazyman]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@smittyschmid5457]

When Barbie and Ken were first introduced, I received a Ken from Santa for Christmas. I enjoyed the reruns of the original show so much that my grandmother made Ken a Superman outfit from scratch and my dad changed his hair color to black. She was an amazing seamstress and everyone marveled at it where ever I took it as a child. Nothing remotely like it was on the retail market. Superman being able to fly truly captured my imagination, along with being an all around swell guy. Naturally when G.I.Joe came out she made him a Batman suit from scratch. I have been truly Blessed all of my life. 📖 ✝️

[@MoonjumperReviews]

@@smittyschmid5457 - That’s wonderful! 🙂

[@cindydott452]

I really enjoyed your video. I just recently started watching Smallville on DVD, and its got me hooked on everything Superman! Thank you! Subscribed and hit the 🔔

[@tvcrazyman]

Awesome! Thanks

[@georgeplimpton9429]

I watched this show all the time when it came on. Once it was in syndication, I watched the reruns every weekday. Don't remember what time it came on though. But I've seen them all. Never knew they were in Mayberry for a lot of the shots until this video, or that Star Trek used it too. I used to watch I Love Lucy with my mom right after coming home from school before I'd go out to play. I LOVED seeing Superman on there!

[@ManuelDiaz-on7tg]

I remember reading that comic book issue you mentioned about his glasses hypnotic effect. How they subtly made people see Clark different from Superman.

[@jsizemo]

But my iPhone recognizes my face whether or not I wear glasses.

[@wallacelang1374]

I enjoy watching the "Adventures Of Superman" TV series starring George Reeves, it was well made for both adults (seasons 1 and 2) and children (seasons 3 through 6). I knew for years that George Reeves was born George Keefer Brewer on January 5, 1914 in Woolstock, Iowa. I still believe that he had been murdered for certain known facts such as he was contracted to direct over half of the 7th season of the series, as well as he was supposed to introduce the next superhero from National Comics (later to become DC Comics) to television and direct a number of that character's episodes also.

[@danielcrocenzi]

No tengo todas las temporadas de.superman y es un gran recuerdo siempre las miro para mi es.el mejor Superman saludos de Argentina Daniel.😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@bobbuethe1477]

12:57 There's an even better explanation from the comics. In several stories in the early 1940s, Superman was shown to have the power to change his facial features by muscle control. He often used this ability to disguise himself as other people (and once, even as a non-human looking alien). This was a great explanation as to why people didn't recognize Clark as Superman. Unfortunately he stopped using this power around the time of the Kirk Alyn serials for no apparent reason.

[@tvcrazyman]

Interesting. Sounds vaguely familiar. I guess I haven't ran across that in a while. I wish I had some Superman comics from the 1940's.

[@LSOK38]

​@@tvcrazymanIn the comics the face changing power was retconned by the fact that the Superman who used it was the "Golden Age" Superman who was from a different universe from the more modern incarnations of the character.

[@clrobertson13]

The Mayberry set was also used in street scenes of The Green Hornet.

[@MichaelSattler-f8d]

I remember the premiere of Superman being televised in color on WPIX, September 1965. I believe that the first syndicated show to be televised immediately in color was Hazel, September 1967, started with the 2nd season since the 1st season was all B&W except for 1 episode.

[@AlanDavid1955]

I saw George Reeves in Palisades Park in New Jersey when I was 5 , i have a picture standing next to him ! I kind of remember! But that was pretty cool.

[@joeminella5315]

Great! Videos about something other than 2023. Thank You!

[@billbucktube]

When Superman was on a promotional tour I was on stage with him at a fairground stadium. George was nice to me and professional. My ‘part’ was to be waving around a ‘gun’ that felt like it was cast of lead. He cautioned me about playing with guns and bent the barrel over. I was given a signed 8x10 and thanked foe being a “ready actor.” I was 6 and had seen a few episodes. Oddly, there was a walk through scene at the same fair just off stage that was promoting a Frankenstein movie. As I walked through the set the Frankenstein monster was seated, chained to a chair. When he saw me he roared at me ‘straining’ against the chains which broke (too easily) and he charged at me. Needless to say I ran out into the fairgrounds. I liked Superman much better than the monster.

[@ideamaker]

Them seeing him and not recognizing him, even with the addition of the comic book explanation, still doesn't make any sense since, if he has amnesia, he will not know to use "Super Hypnotism" when they come to see him thus, they will see him just like he was without the illusion of weakness & unhealthiness, they'll see Superman and realize that Clark Kent is just his secret identity!!!

[@bobstafford2068]

Growing up in the 60's and 70's, I watched reruns in the afternoon of The Adventures of Superman. I was and still am a huge fan of Superman. I noticed early on how many time the set for the town of Mayberry was used in other TV shows. That town set was on the Desilu Studios. Many of the TV shows from the 50's, 60's and 70's were shot there. Star Trek, The Andy Griffith Show, Gomer Pyle USMC, The Adventures of Superman and Batman were all shot on the lot of Desilu Studios. I would also imagine alot of the actors were probably under contract with CBS or the studio. It's sad they tour down the Mayberry set. I noticed the Mayberry looked alot different in the TV special Return To Mayberry. The Mayberry set was demolished in 1976, but The Return To Mayberry wasn't filmed until a decade later in 1986. I really enjoyed your video. It's brought back so many wonderful memories. Thank you so much.

[@tvcrazyman]

Thank you for commenting and letting me know what you thought of the video. I appreciate it.

[@docbrown6550]

Land of the Giants also filmed an episode in the Mayberry town.

[@theironclads]

Madge Blake was also a guest star on the I Love Lucy episode with George Reeves. She would later go on to play Aunt Harriett on the Batman TV series.

[@jb888888888]

In an episode of _Lois & Clark_ when Jimmy gets artificially aged into an old man Jack Larson plays the old version of Jimmy. I thought that was cool.

[@majkus]

With Dean Cain comforting him by saying "To me, you'll always be Jimmy Olsen."

[@owenorders5202]

I think at some point in the comics (around the 1990s, I think) it was established that Superman continually subtly vibrates his facial molecules (the way The Flash controls his molecules) to ensure that Superman and Clark Kent look different enough to fool any facial recognition software.

[@williamhaynes4800]

3:37 Superman stunt double was Dale Van Sickel. He was later the stunt driver of the 1971 Plymouth Valiant in the movie DUEL. Ironically he died in an automobile accident several years later.

[@tvcrazyman]

That's sad. It's reminds me of how Paul Walker from Fast and the Furious died from a car accident.

[@Garrettdenardo]

This was a real fun trip down memory lane, thanks for the upload!

[@tvcrazyman]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@bostonrailfan2427]

years later the comics they had a great explanation for the indescribable baby blanket costume: parts of the ship were used, they were essentially the scissors and needles for sewing the costume

[@cadeevans4623]

Thanks for answering these superman questions

[@donbagert]

I immediately noticed the Captain America star on the back of one of Science Council's uniforms :)

[@zapdunga12]

No one knows who says "Look, up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane it's Superman!" during the theme song. It sure sounds like Robert Shayne and even George Reeves himself.

[@byronbrewer33]

I really enjoyed this. Even though I knew about two-thirds of it because I too am a lover of trivial trivialities, is Barney said on Andy, I enjoyed how this brought them together and how they were presented. New to this channel but I will be back. May I ask where you are from? I am from Kentucky and we seem to have the same accident. Thanks again for these great videos.

[@tvcrazyman]

Well, I'm not sure how much I should say like that on the net, but as you figured I am from the south. I'm glad you have enjoyed my videos.

[@dannyorozco4]

Thank you for this video.

[@markm7904]

TvCrazyman- I could never find an answer to my question- Why in the Adventures of Superman does Superman's cape droop or sag at the top?? I always wanted to tell him to "pull it up"- no other portrayals of Superman I could find have that- Kirk Alynn's cape and Christopher Reeve's cape was always close to his neck at the top- as well as in Superboy and all the modern portrayals. Thank you for all your videos.

[@tvcrazyman]

I appreciate it. I don't know the answer to your cape question, but if I find out I will put it into a future video. Probably just the choice of the costume designer at the time. I have heard that question come up before. Maybe there is a deeper reason like how it looked with the flying effects or something like that.

[@FirstnameLastname-my7bz]

11:33 The Adventures of Superman radio show is the first time ever when Whole red and blue suit in the ready (except maybe S letter, but the shield was already there definitely) came from Krypton, while 1948 Serial was the first time when Kents made costume from the blankets they found baby Clark.

[@veillifted]

Very good information! Great

[@tvcrazyman]

Thanks

[@matthewrosenthal753]

Both tv Lois Lanes made appearances in the Christopher Reeve’s Superman in 1978. Phyllis plays Martha Kent and Noel appears on the train that a young Clark runs by as High School senior. She’s the mother of a 10-12 year old girl that is a young Lois Lane. Noel also appears in Lois and Clark in the same episode that Jack Larson plays an old man Jimmy. Towards the end of the episode Lois and Clark are dancing in front of a mirror and Lois is worried about Clark’s slower aging so she sees a reflection of Clark dancing with her as and old woman. The woman is Noel Neil.

[@queenglamazona8789]

Jack Larson and Noel Neil also appeared together in an episode of Superboy.

[@victorygreen]

Wrong Phyllis...Phyllis THAXTER who I think was Ilya Salkind's mother in law at the time was Martha Kent.

[@matthewrosenthal753]

@@victorygreen Yes, I know I got that wrong but I honestly didn’t remember that correctly at time.

[@mitchbray6637]

"The Town That Wasn't" is my absolute favorite episode of the series. I don't know why, though. I just think it had a good story. Also, "Through The Time Barrier" is a favorite of mine as well, along with Superman On Earth and Crime Wave. Yep, those are my top four episodes of eh series.

[@queenglamazona8789]

I liked-Panic In the Sky-where Superman lost his memory after Colliding with an Asteroid that was Headed Towards Earth. I also liked the Two Parter-The Unknown People-About Subterranean Aliens Invading a Small Town.

[@TheRadioAteMyTV]

@10:54 Through the Time Barrier? Apparently all the way to either the 100 Acre Wood or Mowgli's jungle.

[@FirstnameLastname-my7bz]

I REALLY love practical effects of this show, the compilation of Superman busting through the walls is already worthy of all praises. I think Superman The Movie and its 3 sequels portrayed Superman and other Kryptonians TOO slow and lightweight, which is also a valid take, I guess, but I much prefer ACTION.

[@tyrssen1]

Used to watch George on TV as Superman, back when they were new. And later picked up on Kirk and Chris. Chris was arguably my favorite, if I had to choose.

[@speedgriffon2504]

9:16 -- Okay, now I won't have a moment's peace until someone produces that Superman/Andy Griffith crossover mini-series!

[@plausibleg.3170]

Outstanding detective work, "Batman."

[@kenr4709]

I loved superman as a kid, watching it on my black and white TV set. There was one I don’t know whether it was a season or several episodes. Where is Noal Nel 14:10 ? Nell was not playing Lois Lane. There was another lady that played Lois lane. She was much taller Than Noal. This brought back a lot of memories. Thank you!

[@docholiday1463]

Love this video man

[@tvcrazyman]

Thanks

[@FirstnameLastname-my7bz]

0:48 as well as it is coincidental that Keanu Reeves will later on play Superman of cyber world (Matrix also ripped off humans grown in gardens from John Byrne's Krypton reboot) as well as Zack Snyder's (who put Adventures' sound effect into Man of Steel and ZSJL flights of Superman) mom's last name was also Reeves before she got married.

[@tvcrazyman]

Interesting. Keanu Reeves did kind of look like Superman too when he was doing the original Matrix movies.

[@FirstnameLastname-my7bz]

@@tvcrazyman Also scene where in Reloaded Neo has to decide whether to go and save Trinity or save entire mankind and he goes for Trinity, that was in Superman comic by Dematties before (I think Superman The Man of Steel 13, but I may wrong but it was 100% in the 90's) that with exactly same premise, though it was more of a dream (but Superman obviously didn't know it was one).

[@DevlinDomini]

This is a great video to share with people.

[@tvcrazyman]

Thanks

[@bobcruise945]

Pretty cool video, interesting stuff! I actually met KIRK ALLEN in June 1978 at the age of 15, I was a kid! It was at the Houston Con .He was really nice, he Shined like a Star ⭐ and Everyone there liked him a lot! He was a real Gentleman 🇺🇲👍

[@tvcrazyman]

Awesome!

[@stevenbeasley8684]

Great job. More!

[@alanglick4287]

Fascinating video. Thanks.

[@tvcrazyman]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@righty-o3585]

Not to mention, hut in reality, you'd think they'd notice that Clark would have been built like he could bench press a bus

[@markpostgate2551]

Compared to Prince Adam though at least he makes some effort to hide it. In Masters of the Universe it appears that the power of Grayskull is the power to make you nearly naked!

[@bostonrailfan2427]

posture is in play: he is always hunched and shrugging as Clark Kent so you don’t notice his musculature

[@righty-o3585]

@@bostonrailfan2427 lol Except that's not how that works

[@bostonrailfan2427]

@@righty-o3585 that’s literally how it was said in both the movie by Reeve in the movies and in the comics by multiple writers including the very ones writing the comic AT THAT TIME!

[@righty-o3585]

@@bostonrailfan2427 OK, but that's not how it works. He would have just looked like a hunched over body builder lol

[@KevinDavis338]

A very good video. I think had George Reeves wasn't murdered he would have appeared on the later incarnations of Superman.

[@tvcrazyman]

Thanks

[@rickm.2956]

Very interesting! 😸

[@megansavage7152]

I like to call it the flying pan

[@cwaynebrock2519]

The guy who played Perry White played in one episode of The Three Stooges where at the end, The Three Stooges had a keg of beer blew up at the end, I forget the name of the episode.

[@Samtheman85844]

I enjoy this video.

[@tvcrazyman]

Thanks

[@warrior64]

Forty Acres should have been saved !

[@tvcrazyman]

I agree

[@tjhorsegirl]

Noel Neil and Kirk Allyn played the parents on the train of the Chris Reeve Superman when young Clark was racing the train.

[@Richard-b5r9v]

At 1:15 we hear the Deep baritone voice of Thurl Ravenscroft doing the Tony the Tiger advertisement of Kelloggs Frosted Flakes cereal

[@Jim-Mc]

I think this was the best live action portrayal of Krypton. Too bad they didn't do his comic book supervilllains, or Krypto the Super Dog because they might have been good too.

[@jeffreyseay7707]

I was once told the character's adoptive parents were originally named Mary and Joseph in the comics prior to the Alyn serials

[@sixflagsshowspast9616]

One of my favorite episodes, o don't know the title, is when Lois and Jimmy flew in one episode.

[@JBoomer-pi6ml]

I started to wonder why the council on Krypton didn't believe Jor-EL (Leading Man of Science) when he told them about the fate of Krypton. Mainly because the planet was advanced scientifically, since they obviously had space travel technology.

[@MathewRenfro]

I hope you'll make a video of the new my adventures with Superman anime/cartoon that premiered a few days ago on cartoon Network Adult swim.

[@haroldworthington8952]

I caught the second episode of that new Superman show on cartoon network but it was a little too off putting for me.

[@tvcrazyman]

I've heard of it, but I don't have Cartoon Network or cable. I'll have to see if it's streaming somewhere.

[@cindydott452]

​​@@tvcrazyman really enjoyed the first two episodes. It shows Clark, Lois, and Jimmy as interns just starting at the Daily Planet. The first episode is literally Clark's first day at work.

[@michaelmcchesney6645]

There is a very funny scene in the unreleased WB cartoon film Scooby-Doo and Krypto, Too. While WB decided they would rather scrap the completed film to take a tax deduction rather than release it, it was fortunately leaked online. In the film, the Justice League has disappeared from the Hall of Justice, and supervillains are running rampant in Metropolis. So Mystery Incorporated is called in to solve the mystery of what happened to the Justice League. In one scene the gang is introduced to Lois Lane and Jimmy Olson. Then Velma takes off her glasses, and Lois and Jimmy don't recognize her. After she puts the glasses back on, they are like "Oh there you are, where did you go?" That scene was worth the entire cost of admission in my opinion.

[@KartikPatel-nt4ff]

😅😅😅well information good show 😅😅

[@FirstnameLastname-my7bz]

Also fun fact that original Lois Lane prototype Joanne Siegel (Kovacs before marriage, yeah, just like Rorschach who is also) was redhead in real life. Then Neil is redhead and also in comics in the 90's during Death and Return of Superman period of comics Lois was also redhead. And there is also Amy Adams in SnyderVerse films who also redhead.

[@Bobgrapes25]

What ever happened to the Daily Planet newspapers shown in several episodes? Do any collectors have them?

[@tvcrazyman]

If they are still around they are probably worth a lot.

[@FirstnameLastname-my7bz]

13:11 love how Superman is coping that in both drawing they portray him as balding in widow peak style. Oh man, it is so over for you buddy.

[@robertesler7071]

In the comics panel at 1:56 check the spelling of "MARTHE"

[@RRaquello]

There's an episode of Racket Squad, "The Long Shot", where Jor-El (Robert Rockwell) and Lois Lane (Noel Neill) are boyfriend & girlfriend engaged to be married. It's available for viewing on KZbin. The idea of Superman hypnotizing the others so they can't recognized him & Clark Kent being the same person was directly stolen from "The Shadow". Lamont Cranston, employing a secret he learned in the Orient, cast a hypnotic spell over everyone so they couldn't see him, rendering him invisible, though dogs could see him. This was pretty lame in "The Shadow" and even lamer with them stealing it for Superman 40 years into the history of Superman like they just thought of it. Also, speaking of "The Shadow", are Lois Lane and Margo Lane sisters? If so, Margo is definitely the smarter sister because even though Lois got a little smarter over the years, in the early Superman comics and on the radio, she was as stupid as a box of rocks.

[@patrickperalta59]

when I was young watching reruns of the Superman 50's TV series and the 1979 Superman movie.................I also thought George Reeves and Christopher Reeve were related maybe cousins......this was before I learned Hollywood tended to change actors names.

[@jessmccart3937]

How many were told when you were a kid that George Reeves went crazy put on the Superman suit and jumped out a skyscraper window . That was all over grade school classes in the early 60s.