Remembering George Reeves

[kingdom warrior]

^^^^^^ Plus George's Kent was a believable hard nosed News reporter not a bumbling baffoon....George's Superman was endearing because he would turn to the audience and wink to us breaking the third wall .....they didn't know he was Superman but we as kids did.

[Mikey]

On the DVD's Noel Neil was asked why she couldn't tell Superman was actually Clark Kent.

She said she always knew, because didn't wanna lose her job if she said anything

[shyndman]

Loved that show as a kid. Superman was cool, and Noel Neil was kind of a hottie. Did you ever notice that the actor that played Perry White was always staring down at his desk? Apparently the actor had trouble remembering his lines so they were written down for him and were on his desk. Kind of a primitive teleprompter I suppose!

[toys2cool]

Christopher Reeves was my Superman,but George was great. I still think he was murdered

[Mikey]

I think Phyllis Coates was sexier then Noel, but I wouldn't want to be around her very long because she's just plain annoying and would give anyone a headache after a short time.

Noel was a nice person and not annoying so that makes her best Lois just for that

[huedell]

There has been some debate about what modern kids can handle as far as
George Reeves' Superman being an "oldie' and not palatable for a
modern audience due FX and many other aspects of style.

I am the first one to point out the differences in culture over a 50 year span
and how it can lack...however, this is a tribute thread at it's heart, and
I want to say one thing...

Like many of you, I was bred on George's Superman. I dunno what I'd think
of it in 2009 (I haven't watched it in years!), but as a 5-6-7 year old
living in the mid to late 70s, I adored it and couldn't wait for the next one!

One of my favorite things about the recent SUPERMAN RETURNS movie
was the tribute paid to that show by casting one of the Lois' and Jimmy
as the widow Lex bilked and the bartender who I believe was supposed to
be "Bibbo" from the more modern comics.

The intro for George's show is legendary too.

[huedell]

I've mentioned this before, but i'll recap.

What I liked about George Reeves's Superman was his Clark Kent and Kal El was one and the same .. which it should be ... George's "secret identity" was Superman.

Christopher Reeve was the opposite .. which isn't really how it should be.

Kal was raised on Earth and grew up to be Kal/Clark Kent ... not Superman.

That's why George's Kent was far better and more realistic then Chris's Kent.

Chris made a a baffoon of his REAL LIFE persona

Just some food for thought...if we're talking which approach is more "realistic"
---making a buffoon out of Clark seems to be the more realistic way of living
with "being Superman"...especially when some hair manuevers and a pair
of glasses are your only defense to being found out.

What better way to hide that you're Superman than playing a mirror
opposite of him when you're in your secret identity mode?

Clark the buffoon, Superman? No way!

[kingdom warrior]

Here you go Hue

YouTube - Adventures Of Superman

[huedell]

Here you go Hue

YouTube - Adventures Of Superman

That's absolutely awesome. I just watched the intro
I bookmarked it. And when i get a chance, I'll rip it.
(I have a program for that).
It'd be cool to have a few of these to stir up some childhood nostalgia.
Thanks KW

[kingdom warrior]

you got it!

[huedell]

you got it!

You "got" me alright ...
I went back to watching it out of curiosity
and now I feel compelled to watch the WHOLE thing.
I am sincerely enjoying it.
Well....BACK to ......SUPERMAN

EDITED TO ADD: It just ended....I didn't know there were
episodes that lasted a mere NINE minutes....pretty interesting.

I really enjoyed...sure it's dated, but it was enjoyable to watch in that it was
so dated, it was almost "campy" in an unintentional, but fun way...
and, of course it DOES bring up all kinds of nostalgia.

Thanks again KW.

[Mikey]

When the Adventures of Superman were first made, their total budget was $15,000 per episode .... That includes the casts salaries -- which was about $200.00 apiece per lead actor... George got a little more.

[vulcan2074]

I Loved him as Superman. RIP George
Sammy

[kingdom warrior]

When the Adventures of Superman were first made, their total budget was $15,000 per episode .... That includes the casts salaries -- which was about $200.00 apiece per lead actor... George got a little more.

He also shared co-Billing with Phyllis Coates after she left the series Reeves got top billing and more pay. Only problem TAOS had an erratic film schedule where months would pass before new episodes were be filmed....That's why the cast would make appearances to supplement their income. Although Reeves was taken care of by his lover Toni Mannix.

[kingdom warrior]

You "got" me alright ...
I went back to watching it out of curiosity
and now I feel compelled to watch the WHOLE thing.
I am sincerely enjoying it.
Well....BACK to ......SUPERMAN

EDITED TO ADD: It just ended....I didn't know there were
episodes that lasted a mere NINE minutes....pretty interesting.

I really enjoyed...sure it's dated, but it was enjoyable to watch in that it was
so dated, it was almost "campy" in an unintentional, but fun way...
and, of course it DOES bring up all kinds of nostalgia.

Thanks again KW.

I think the guy who posted those episodes edited them down and took out some bits none the less it's still great and that episode in particular shows off how really good the first season of Superman was.

Kellogs the sponsor later asked that the shows be toned down a bit to be more kid friendly.....thank goodness that somebody had the foresight to shoot from the third season on in color......which is why it did play so many years later on Tv while others shows didn't