I cannot find the post I put up a ways back regarding the recent revival , in a limited run , of the 1966 IT'S A BIRD ! IT'S A PLANE ! IT'S SUPERMAN ! stage musical , using the original 1966 book .
There were no reactions to it:-(...
Now , I have found on YT various posters putting up the 1975 ABC network-shown TV adaptation of that musical .
I...I don't know whether to put it up or not !!!!!!!!! Your eyes might bug , leaping and pushing , out of their skulls !
When Katie Couric covered " Man Of Steel " on her daytime talk show last week the day before the first midnight shows of " MOS " she referred to the " seven Superman " of the screen...
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Seven, huh?
Let's see...
Kirk Alyn
George Reeves
David Wilson, who starred in the Superman ABC version of the musical
Bud Collyer, famous as the radio and Fleisher Superman cartoons and also the TV screen voice of Superman/Clark Kent for the 1960s cartoons
Christopher Reeve, still the best of all
Brandon Routh
Tim Daly, voice of Superman on a cartoon series
Dean Cain on Lois & Clark
Henry Cavill for the new movie
Tom Welling in "Smallville" and became Superman in final episode
Plus other voice actors playing him in DC videos
...Glad to see David Wilson mentioned !!!!!!!!!!!
You may find another post ~ Um , no , what I wrote ABOVE (!!) ~ of interest .
Two prominent actors in (relatively speaking) long-running versions of the Superman musicial were Bob Holiday , star of the 1966 B'Way Hal Prince productin who also played it on the road , and Gary Jackson , star of the Goodspeed Opera House's 1992 month-longrunning summer revival of it - I saw that one and Jackson got interviewed in a post-Doomsday all-Big Blue issue of the old COMICS INTERVIEW comics fan-/info-mag .
I would guess they're counting those whose face was seen on TV or movies, and they forgot about the one-shot special.
I'm not sure why you teased the existence of a YouTube video and then decided we couldn't handle it, ED. It's not that hard to find: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afraEUNiljo
I'm pretty sure that we've talked about the revival of the play before, as I talked about it awhile after going to see it in Chicago. You and Rob S. both posted links to the fact that it had opened in NYC, but there wasn't much comment on it, possibly because all that was posted was a quick comment and the link, and we'd already talked about the play before.
-- MSA
At least no actor has to worry about being credited in the Legends of the Super Heroes as Superman didn't appear.
But the Riddler sure seems to be out of shape.
Mr. Silver Age said:
I thought that might've been another one-off (or two-off) spot Superman appeared, too, but he and Aquaman were licensed elsewhere and couldn't appear. Darn the luck. I've never seen those, but most people seem to agree that you don't want to see the twice.
-- MSA
Trust me, you don't want to seen them once.
Mr. Silver Age said:
That's for sure! As goofy as an SA comic could be, and they could, they were never that bone stupid. Though the Mighty Crusaders and such could come close.
Andy
That cover reminds me of the Black Hood and his "robot-horse."
Jerry Siegel had come a long way from creating Superman.
Andrew Horn said:
To be fair, that probably was what they were aiming for, they just weren't good at finding that line between serious and silly that defined "camp." The MLJ heroes certainly wanted that, and I have to think the Legends TV shows were too, given Adam West's popularity.
It's not that easy to hit even at its best--and making fun of how stupid comic books are TO COMIC BOOK READERS never seemed to be a formula for success.
-- MSA
To be certain. Remember Captain America?
At that time, the only series after Batman that was successful was The Incredible Hulk.
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