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g6120 · #1 08-21-2008, 09:13 AM

hello

anyone here have the black and white superman television show on dvd starring george reeves

used to watch the show back when and wonder how the picture quality is and if they are remastered -

thats the kinda tv i grew up on ozzie and harriet - dennis the mennace with jay north and so on

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqogp...eature=related

g6120

SDA SRS 1.2 · #2 08-21-2008, 02:50 PM

I have the entire series on DVD and the quality is excellent. Excellent bonus material as well - the original movie "Superman and the Mole Men", which ended up as the "pilot" for the series, as well as commentaries on certain episodes with Jack Larson (Jimmy Olsen) and Superman experts Gary Grossman and Chuck Harter. Highly recommended!

Duane · #3 08-21-2008, 03:22 PM

I also have this entire series on DVD and agree with SDA's assesment.

jblmar · #4 08-21-2008, 03:37 PM

[QUOTE=SDA SRS 1.2;2069428]I have the entire series on DVD and the quality is excellent. Excellent bonus material as well - the original movie "Superman and the Mole Men", which ended up as the "pilot" for the series, as well as commentaries on certain episodes with Jack Larson (Jimmy Olsen) and Superman experts Gary Grossman and Chuck Harter. Highly recommended!

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Full feature film that ended up as the pilot then turned into a 2 part episode.
I have " 'Mole Men" on VHS. There's a lot on the movie that's not on the 2 parter.

Ron

g6120 · #5 08-21-2008, 04:01 PM

hello fellas

i have a few episodes on vhs which i taped i believe maybe the late 80s when they were running the series for awhile here and

ive seen the dvds often thought of buying them so i guess i will next time im out to bjs i will see what they have in stock .

you know those kind of shows bring me back when things were alot less complicated and life was a bit less hectic .

g6120

dgwojo · #6 08-21-2008, 11:41 PM

Hmmm, my late great great Uncle Leo Nowak illustrated some of the first issues of the comic book!!

Arkay · #7 08-22-2008, 12:15 AM

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Hmmm, my late great great Uncle Leo Nowak illustrated some of the first issues of the comic book!!

That's cool! He didn't leave you any of the original sketches and artwork, did he? If he did, call Sotheby's or Christie's and buy yourself a new house and a sports car!

I love those old shows. Also the old-time radio shows. I think I've listened to almost everything on this site by now: http://www.radiolovers.com/

dgwojo · #8 08-22-2008, 05:52 AM

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That's cool! He didn't leave you any of the original sketches and artwork, did he? If he did, call Sotheby's or Christie's and buy yourself a new house and a sports car!

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Before he died, he loaned out the 1st 13 issues of the cartoons and never got them back, ouch!!! All sketches and other pieces of history are safely kept in a remote location. If you look at the sample art on this site you'll see how similar my personal color sketch from hm is; Schuster Shop

g6120 · #9 08-23-2008, 10:16 AM

hello folks

just picked up all 6 seasons of the superman television show on dvd so i guess you know what i will be watching tonight and for some time .

g6120

Jack Lord · #10 08-27-2008, 04:23 PM

I watched it alot when I was a kid. Seems to be the only one where Clark Kent is not timid, but rather suave, cool and debonair.

I love how some goon always unloads his whole magazine on Superman, who stands their grinning, and then throws the gun at him. As if that would be lethal.

g6120 · #11 08-27-2008, 05:43 PM

if you watch the series you will notice some of the same gangsters also seem to make it back as other characters in other shows as well .

there was alot of tv shows way back then that used to get away with things of that nature and that cant be done today but i love the innocence of that area of television of the 50s and 60s .

g6120

denniswilson · #12 08-27-2008, 06:31 PM

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if you watch the series you will notice some of the same gangsters also seem to make it back as other characters in other shows as well .

there was alot of tv shows way back then that used to get away with things of that nature and that cant be done today but i love the innocence of that area of television of the 50s and 60s .

g6120

Same thing, with the many different characters on the "Honeymooners"

Jack Lord · #13 08-28-2008, 09:14 AM

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Same thing, with the many different characters on the "Honeymooners"

And the Odd Couple.

Those were Gleason's boys, an ensemble auxilliary of sorts.

With regards to Superman, there always seemed to be some gangster named Lefty played by the same guy who looked more liken an insurance salesmen.