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I can personally testify that George Reeves was a very charming and warm gentleman in real life. I was one lucky boy to meet him while he filmed an episode at the studio on a closed set. My father was a friend of the producer of the show and the producer had arranged for my family to watch the filming of a scene. I was a bit disappointed because the scene we watched being made revolved around the Clark Kent role. The scene took many retakes and mostly it was a scene in which gangster-type characters were featured. The filming stopped for lunch. My family went to the studio cafeteria. That was was fun because of all the costumed actors eating lunch there. After lunch, we returned to the set and were ushered into Superman's personal dressing room. There stood Mr. Reeves in full Superman regalia. Superman then spent about 15 minutes with just my family. He was extremely charming and expressed lots of interest in me and my younger sister. A studio photographer took several photos of Superman holding me in one arm and my sister in the other. Superman was the biggest kid's hero in the USA at the time. I'm glad I still have those photos as otherwise, I think I might have dreamed the whole event. It was definitely a highlight of my boyhood. It was around 1955-1956....P.S. I forgot to mention the response I got from my classmates at school when the photos were shown. I was a celebrity for the rest of the school year.
Great story! Thank you so much for sharing!
@@johnny6171 Thanks Johnny for your nice comment. I do appreciate it.
@@donneary7104 I have met some super famous people . Seems pretty constant that the really big ones are very gracious . Very great Don story.
Your father knew Whitney Ellsworth?
Did you archive the pictures on the internet, of you and your sister with George Reeves as Superman? It would sort of immortalize the moment in history before anything happens to the pictures.
George Reeves is the ONLY superman that when he took off you thought now, that's flying!!! And nobody can stick a landing as good as George Reeves!!!!
yeah Christopher Reeves could have worked on his landings a little better. too soon?
Yeah buddy!!!!👍😎🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I personally prefer Christopher Reeve.
Many of us are still heartbroken by his loss. He was magnificent as our Superman, as an actor and as a special and beautiful person.
James, referring to George Reeves as "Our Superman" is so respectful. Yes to an entire generation, and yet generations after.
I am 60 year old and I remember watching his show as a kid. It was the highlight of my week. I remember crying when George died. I have loved every Superman movie ever made since then. Thank you so much for the memories.
There have been several actors who were good at portraying Superman - George Reeves, Christopher Reeve, Brandon Routh and Henry Cavill. But by far, George Reeves was my favorite Clark Kent. He didn't play him as a goof or a wimp. He was a good reporter who had a temper and could be intimidating at times. You didn't mess with Reeves' Clark.
Don't forget Dean Cain.
@@varanid9 Cain was an excellent Clark Kent and a much better Superman than Cavill. (Then again, everyone is better than Cavill, so....)
@@KamenRiderGumo Superman doesn't kill. Period. The simplest amongst us would know that he could have used the technology from the ship to send him to the Phantom Zone again! But killing is the lazy writers' solution, and I'm not sure that the people who did "Man of Steel" actually LIKED Superman. I also liked Dean Cain.
Agreed. The strength of Kent's character was supported by Inspector Henderson who held him in the highest esteem.
Christopher Reeve was a great Superman. And, Reeve's Clark Kent did a good job of disguising Clark / Superman (well, as good as possible when the difference is a pair of glasses). But, in every other way, George Reeves' Clark was superior. And, if you believe Superman is the disguise and Clark is the actual person (as I do, despite the narration at the beginning of the 50s show), then Reeves > Reeve without question when it comes to Clark Kent. Reeves clearly played the part as Superman being the disguise, while Reeve played it as Clark being the disguise.
I was a 70s-80s kid and watch the Adventures of Superman every day before school on KPLR-TV Channel 11 in St. Louis. I can remember telling my Grandma that the flag looked funny, and it bothered me. After a couple of days she finally understood what I meant. She then explained to me when the show was first filmed, Alaska and Hawaii were not yet states, hence the 48 STARS on the flag. Just one of the memories with Grandma I'll never forget. RIP Grandma!!
When I was a kid in the 60's we had a Superman Halloween costume. In small print it read,, " This costume will not make you fly. Only Superman and Super boy can fly". We always got a laugh out of that.😅 We never knew George Reeves was behind that warning.
I still remember 52 states growing up. My classroom had a 52 star flag, so....
@@jamesfowler5100 Are you a time traveler from the future?
@@jamesfowler5100 your flag must've come from the future!
It's been a while but I remain faithful. THIS is the show, (besides "Twilight Zone) that changed my life growing up. Thank you.
Fun Fact 11: The Clark Kent glasses were worn w/o lenses to prevent light reflections on camera. However by the last season, George Reeves actually needed a prescription, so lenses with his prescription were put into the Clark glasses so George could see. Lots of facts I didn't know, good job Minty.
took the time to beat the shit out of himself both before and after blowing his brains out -- definitely a suicide
@@Viking_Luchador It was a Murder
@@joebloggs8636 no way, definitely suicide. Just like journalist Gary Webb who, after exposing evidence that the CIA was running the majority of the world's drug trade and had deliberately introduced crack to America's inner cities, randomly decided to kill himself by shooting himself in the head. Twice. With the kind of vintage revolver that you have to pull the hammer back manually every time you shoot. Definitely a suicide.
@@Viking_Luchador pal, i have two books devoted just to this, many documentaries..The consensus is that it was murder, simple as that.. CIA.. Jeez.
It was a suicide, nothing more!
Being a weak kid that was often bullied, The Adventures of Superman were very special to me. It was a way of pretending all the wrongs in my life were made right. Funny how kids think! Today I know George Reeves hated doing the show and the part embarrassed him. But I still think he was the best Superman ever (on screen).
I was 5 years old in 1955: guess what my favorite TV show was? Honestly, he made a wonderful Clark Kent. He wasn't a nerd, he wasn't a fumbling geek ( can you say Christopher ?), he was a serious guy. Up up and away!
BOBXFILES2374a....Golly Gee...there is someone older than me...!! I was three in 1955. A few years later, I have very clear memories of getting up early on Saturday morning and watching Superman; it was a ritual for me, got me ready for the day....lol..!! I have a 1st cousin who is just a month younger than me and his Mom made both of us Superman capes and we would jump off the bed and 'fly'...for about 1 foot...fun times as a kid. Yes, I knew that Superman was not real but that didn't matter to me; it was a time of a boy's imagination and make-believing that was important.
I AGREE!
I grew up watching George Reeves, but I had no problem with Christopher Reeves interpretation of the character.
I am 67 years old and Remember watching my First Color TV Program in 1966 . It was Batman ,then Star Trek.
A respectful tribute to the tv series and George Reeves.
Is it true that George Reeves was a homosexual?
@@patrickbear5383 No, not at all, but Jimmy was gay....
@@patrickbear5383 George Reeves was NOT gay. Jack Larson was gay. That's why he never showed up at celebrity conventions.
The Cisco Kid was in color
@@mikee2 and he still is...
I watched the George Reeves Re-Runs as a small child in the late 1960's and into the 1970's , and was such a huge fan of the show , that I begged for a Superman suit for Christmas . I was a teen in the late 70's and still immensely thrilled when Christopher Reeve , "No Relation" reprised the role in the Epic , and legendary Superman Movie.
This was my favourite TV series when I was a child. George Reeves did a great job. From what I could tell, some of the Metropolis city scenes appeared to be of Los Angeles. One of the first episodes that I saw on TV was "Stolen Costume". I remember Clark talking to the detective saying that he had a burglary, but he couldn't reveal what was stolen. I lived in Sydney Australia at the time and the series screened there on ATN 7. The scariest episode in the series that I remember seeing was the one where Jimmy Olsen visited his aunt and kept hearing a haunting voice saying "Help I'm drowning", which eventually turned out to be a parrot.
George Reeves: a fine actor and a magnificent Superman. And, by all accounts I have read, a fabulous human being. Such a shame he isn’t around to hear the praise of his many fans! The best episodes were the dramatic black-and-whites of the first two years, including “Superman and the Mole Men.” And Phyllis Coates’s Lois Lane was the superior one, tough and independent. If George hadn’t been murdered - yes, I said MURDERED - he would have gone on to a solid career as an actor and director.
Thomas Chacko, I always thought that George Reeves committed suicide.
@@davidjones2110 Some people do believe that, David. Jim Beaver, who has been working on a Reeves biography for years, believes it. But his death remains one of Hollywood’s “unsolved mysteries.” The film “Hollywoodland” (with Ben Affleck) offers three scenarios: that his current girlfriend killed him in a drunken rage; his wealthy ex-lover put out a hit on him; and he killed himself in a deep depression over his career. (So the audience makes a choice.) I opt for the first one, because the other two leave too many unanswered questions for me. The private investigator Milo Speriglio believed the first one, too. Plain fact: the LAPD did a shoddy job in investigating the case!
@Tim Kozlowski Yes, actually the last three. Plain fact: he had just signed a contract for 26 new episodes of “Superman,” which included more chances to direct (and more money). Two days before his death, he was back on the set, cheerfully discussing the new season. In addition, he had scripts prepared for other projects, including one sci-fi production. No doubt the typecasting was rough (as it would be later for Adam West) but, from what I can see, Reeves was on his way out of it - and not by suicide.
@Thomas Chacko - If George Reeves (real name George Brewer) were still "around to hear the praise of his many fans" he'd be 107 years old by now. 😁 All good things come to an end, one way or another. I have DVD packs of Series 1 to 4, and thought about comparing the Lois Lane characters, but decided that either one was appropriate to the context, and each actor played the written part perfectly. At the end, George was out of money and had no prospects for a "solid career as an actor and director" - hence his reluctant agreement to discuss a continuation as Superman (which was a physical strain & risk of injury at his age).
@@brianvogt8125 Dear Brian, first off, thank you for the mathematical calculation. (Not my strongest suit in school.) I just meant, in a general sense, that George Reeves didn’t hear such a level of praise from adults in his lifetime - the sort that he would have read here, for example. As for his career, no one would deny that he had a tough time because of the Superman image. But close friends and colleagues, including Phyllis Coates, Robert Shayne, Natividad Vacio, and Gene Labelle, said that George was upbeat and had good prospects on the horizon (and dismissed the suicide theory as rubbish). Coates, in fact, stated that he had offered her a part in one of his directorial projects - and had sent her a script! George had put together a small musical group (including Vacio and Noel Neill) that was already touring. It was an opportunity for him to display his guitar-playing, singing, and fluency in Spanish. He had signed for a $20,000 Superman-related tour of Australia. Some, such as Jim Beaver, subscribe to the suicide scenario. Fair enough. You’re right, it would have been difficult for George, at age 45, to do the takeoffs, landings, and wall crashings of the old days. But in the later episodes, he was already running in and out of frame. Hopefully, they would have come up with some fresh flying footage! (And there were always stunt doubles.) Since June 1959, all we can do is speculate. But, George Reeves and I have something in common: fondness for a fine martini. Let’s hoist one to the memory of a good man. Cheers!
In my opinion, George Reeves was the best Superman.
The best Clark Kent as well.
@@rick3514 You are absolutely correct. And it’s not even close.
Old padded suit. Ok
@@shackdaddy7106 He was the only true Superman.
@UCyVQ3Md5-zI0DoIEUhcr-3Q I think Christopher Reeve did a pretty good job of Superman. It’s really spooky is that the name Reeves and Reeve are so similar and that both men had very tragic endings.
I'm going to have to state that this is the most expensive channel on KZhead that I watch. On the plus side, my DVD/BluRay collection is growing, but I do have to go through the inevitable "Were you watching Minty again?" when my wife sees the Amazon package. Fortunately I have this series already.
For several years when I lived in the San Francisco Bay area, a local station did a Superman marathon (I think over Memorial Day weekend) hosted by Noelle Neill and Jack Larson. Watched it every year they aired it and I was well into my adult years.
My favorite episodes were the one when Suuperman split in two and only had half his powers so the other one helped him lift tes cell bars and he jumped down. The other was when he flew a ND burst the asteroid Tha was threatening the earth and he got amnesia and had his shirt unbuttoned and Jimmy Olson almost seen the big S I don't know but it was great fun for me to watch being born in1056!!
@@paulharvey6216 1056 you are old and I thought 1950 was old!
Children weren't the only ones who watched. Many adults were also fans. I would like to thank you once again for a GREAT show.
I think I was very fortunate to have been a kid in the 50's-early 60's. I had some great role models: Superman, The Lone Ranger, Roy Rogers, many T.V. Western shows, Leave it to Beaver, and other family oriented shows that talked about being a good and honest person. Our Society has fallen so far away from those ideals and it is real sad to see.
I agree with everything that you (marbleman 52) are saying about the television shows of the 1950's. The only show that you did not mention (for its positive effect) (on young people) was the Howdy Doody Show, hosted by the one and only, " Buffalo Bob Smith". I was a young Black kid, growing up in the housing projects of the 1950's. It didn't matter because we hero worshipped such positive role models, as Superman and others. Television of the 1950's was a magical world, in our living rooms. I am a retired high school social studies teacher. And I can't imagine life (growing up) without Superman. Thank you, Mr. George Reeves.
@@hudsonhoward1231 ...Well written, Mr. Howard, and I agree about Howdy Doody. I watched his show too and I remember the melody of the opening song but can't remember all of the words...nearly 70 years later...lol..!! We young kids most certainly had some great role models and family models to help mold our behavior and thinking, didn't we..!! I am retired too, but I have been a substitute teacher for a few years now for Jr High and High School and I love it. I have found and experience on a daily basis that so many students are starving for a man's and a father's perspective and attitude in the classroom, particularly and most importantly at the Jr High level. I very seldom just sit behind the teacher's desk, acting like a grumpy old lady sub, yelling at the students to be quiet, but stay on my feet and roam around the room engaging with the students and helping with their studies whenever they need it. They really enjoy my different style and being able to talk with me, when appropriate, about all kinds of topics. Sometimes they try and shock me with something, but I give it right back at them and they are the ones that get shocked...lol..!! And role models. They have very few good role models that I see on their computers and on their phones and it is evident with a lot of less than quality behavior in many...not all...students. Didn't mean to write a novel here, it's just something that I'm rather passionate about.
Me too. I am 74 and used to watch the program in black & white. Simpler, but better times!
@@billace90 Yes Sir...simpler & better. Oh, I know that there were kids that lived in the ghettos and in violent homes and that was rough and sad to know. But I also know that there were plenty of those unfortunate kids that grew up and became model citizens and parents. So, one's upbringing doesn't automatically set their future; the choices that are made is the deciding factor. And when you and I were kids, we were able to be just kids and grow up slowly and enjoy Life and have fun...until chores and mowing the yard...LOL...!! I had to be outside on week-ends and in the Summer if the weather was good enough and only came in to eat and in time to take a bath and get ready for bed. To this day I love being outside.
@@marbleman52 Buffalo Bob: Say kids, what time is it? Kids: It's Howdy Doody Time! It's Howdy Doody Time. It's Howdy Doody Time. Bob Smith and Howdy too Say Howdy Do to you. Let's give a rousing cheer, Cause Howdy Doody's here, It's time to start the show, So kids let's go!
Back in the early 70s, my holy TV trinity was The Three Stooges, The Adventures of Superman, and Popeye. SO dedicated a viewer that when a storm the night before knocked out our TV antenna I got into a lot of trouble for getting on the roof in the rain to fix it. Well, I did fix it, and my opinion of the punishment afterwards was definitely worth it. Thank you, Mark, for such wonderful memories! It means more than you know.
jaspr1999 - Thank you for sharing that story, including your TV trinity. You were brave! I hope you changed into your costume before going up on the roof! Summoning your inner George Reeves, were you?
@@thomaschacko6320 - Thank you! I can't really remember but I think it was more a case of my fear of missing my shows exceeded my fear of heights... And common sense. :-D Funny how we were so indestructible in our young minds.
i agree, i would have done the same and my trinity was The Three Stooges, superman , Batman from time to time there was also heckle and Jeckle and Tom and Jerry were a big deal but Stoogest, Superman, Batman was pretty much it for me
You certainly sound like you were watching WTTV4 in Indianapolis about the same time I was a young man watching tv!
Did you like the Little Rascals too?
He may not have been the Man of Steel, but when he faced down that kid with the gun, Reeves had balls of steel.
That's why people shouldn't be allowed to own assault rifles until they're at least 18 (or older). (lol).
@@president-electfreddy-krue3866 f$$
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Very impressive indeed!
It is interesting that Ben Affleck played Superman in Hollywoodland and later played another superhero, Batman.
I loved Reeves guest appearance on the I Love Lucy Show 📺
I love that episodes! I love the end where Ricky says he had been married to Lucy for 15 years after one of her hairbrain schemes filmed & George Reeves was like, "And they call me 'Superman'!" 😂😂😂😂
Being a noir buff, I often revisit the first 2 seasons of this vintage series on dvd. In terms of acting range, no one has even come close to George Reeves' Kent. Even the most serious media critics of the day were impressed by what he put into the role. Reeves was, after all, a first-rate, stage-trained actor. The other cast members were given lots to do with their roles as well, probably to complement Reeves, along with the need to offset the show's ultra-tight budget. One remarkable 1st-seaon episode titled 'Mystery of the Broken Statues' is a quirky adaptation of Conan Doyle's Holmes story 'The Six Napoleans', and the ensemble element is at its peak (esp. when Phyllis Coates as a no-nonsense Lois cracks the bad guy in the head with one of the busts - leaving a visible trickle of blood on his temple), as the cast gathers to puzzle out the crime.
One of my friends preferred Ms. Coates as Lois Lane; he thought she was a better screamer than Noel Neill. I thought they were both outstanding in the role. Ms. Coates also appeared in an early episode of the classic “Leave it to Beaver” with Jerry Mathers, Tony Dow and the late, great Ken Osmond as the inimitable Eddie Haskell. I believe Ms. Coates is age 94. I hope she makes it to 100, like the late, great Olivia DeHaviland.
@@kensellers4082 Ms. Coates was absolutely gorgeous Lois Lane, all the time.
The world has gone to hell in a handbasket over the last year and a half, people dying and disease ravaging countries but 10 Things You Didn't Know has been one of the only constant good things out there. Thank you, Minty/Mark.
Do you thing people were not dying of disease then? The Asian Flu and the scourge of Polio was far worse each than the Covid-1984 virus, the latter having a 99.7% recovery rate.
@@matthewronson5218 no to mention the Black Death during the middle ages that killed a third of Europe. Then there is the diseases brought from Europe to the "New World" that is arguably estimated to have killed even more percent of indigenous population. The "Spanish Flu" was far more deadly considering the lower number of human population then as to now. I am tired of people not familiar with history and believing whatever anyone who claims authority says.
@@n.d.m.515 There was no reason for these two comments, it just makes you and Mathew sound like arrogant asses. No one was claiming covid was the worse thing in history and it doesn't negate the fact that people have been struggling to deal with aot of loses. Loss with losing family members or friends and losing financial security. Whether it's past sicknesses or covid it's not something I wish on anyone. Each of these eras has had a negative impact on the world and people's lifestyle.
@@AmazingKevinWClark And there was no reason for your comment either, so, I guess you're a member of the arrogant ass brigade.
@@AmazingKevinWClark every era has had a negative impact on the world and people's lifestyles. That is called life! The difference is that some of us, and obviously not you and others like you, have absolutely no perspective other than right here and right now. You either deal with life the way it is and keep living or allow others to have control over you. If that is arrogance, than I would rather be arrogant than ignorant.
"Look, up in the sky!" "It's a bird?!" "It's a plane?!" "NO! IT'S MINTY MAN!"
It's Super Dude!
😅👍
The mole men are Klingon children.
@@playdave3476 thanks, no-one else knew that
@wistine79 That was SUPER BANKER (Milburn Drysdale's favorite comic book.) "Faster than a foreclosure. Morre powerful than the Federal Reserve. Able to leap Fort Knox in a single bound."
A BIG "THANK YOU" from the bottom off my heart. Long live SUPERMAN!!!!! ✌💖🙂🎭
Thank you for appreciating the 1950s version of Superman. I watch the reruns as a child every Saturday morning, and I still love it, to this very day. Loved your review!👏👏👏👏💜
I wonder whether anyone remembers that Superman in this particular series was incapable of telling a lie. There was an entire episode based around this character trait of the Man of Steel. I guess that was a 'Superpower' that no other superman actor was permitted to use! But, that was one of the very things that really made this 'visitor from another planet', Superman. Remember, He stood for 'TRUTH (the shunning of lies and falsehoods), Justice, and THE AMERICAN WAY'. It is a shame, too, that in subsequent Superman remakes, THE AMERICAN WAY was never mentioned again. Makes you wonder why, doesn't it? Bless you, George Reeves. You will always be loved as the VERY BEST Superman, and probably America's very best Representative.
Back in the '50s we were in a life-or-death struggle with the specter of *COMMUNISM!* and commies hiding under every bed; so the show had to declare its patriotic bona fides. (What the heck is "the American way," anyway?)
It was at one time an aspect of the comics that Superman would not tell a lie. Lois Lane (Margot Kidder) even mentioned this in the first Superman movie. An amusing story that I remember from the comics was the young Clark Kent being hooked up to a polygraph machine (lie detector) and asked if he was Superboy? He gave the truthful answer "No", because he realised that he now no longer thought of himself as SuperBOY because he was now old enough to be SuperMAN. (Presumably he thought that controlling his physiology to fool the machine would be cheating and thus technically lying.)
George Reeves trying to talk a boy out of shooting him is eerie, considering that, years later, he would be found dead from a gunshot wound, either from suicide or murder.
I was always led to believe it was murder, dressed up AS suicide! Aparently, he was banging some mob boss' wife/girl friend/moll & he was warned off, but kept seeing her, so he was 'bumped off'! (If yas know whadda mean?)
@@DMSProduktions The only thing is, I heard that he was shot in the chest. Now, that would rule out suicide, but if someone wanted to dress it up as suicide, wouldn't it make more sense to have shot Reeves in the head, as most suicides via gunshot are to the head.
@@dhenderson1810 Yeah true! Either way, I THINK 'The Mob' was involved!
@@dhenderson1810 I'm sad to say that a shot to the chest does not rule out suicide. However, from Wikipedia, "Reeves died of a gunshot wound to the head in the upstairs bedroom of his home at 1579 Benedict Canyon Drive [34] Benedict Canyon between 1:30 and 2:00 a.m. on June 16, 1959, according to the Los Angeles Police Department report."
@@PatrolmanDark Yes, it was a gunshot wound to the head, with the pistol (German Luger) found by his feet, with no fingerprints! No powder burns on his hand, or around the wound! There were other bullet holes in the room - did he attempt suicide a couple of times, and miss? There were at least four other people in the house, all drunk, who took 45 minutes to call the police. (Time to get their stories straight?) They weren’t pulled in for further questioning, and just allowed to disappear. His girlfriend, Leonore Lemmon (she said “fiancée”), with whom he had had a bitter argument in a restaurant that evening, fled to New York, where she spent the next thirty years drinking herself to death. No further questioning! Plain fact: the LAPD did a shoddy, careless job in investigating the death of George Reeves. And he had work coming his way, related and unrelated to “Superman.” I have no background in policing or psychology but, to me, this does not reek of suicide!
I was fortunate to watch the last few seasons of Superman in their initial airing. And I remember more than once jumping into the air trying to fly.
I was nine years old when George Reeves died and I was devastated. George Reeves was my hero.
17:15 I remember reading this in an old news story. The way George Reeves talked him out of it was amazing. He never once broke his Superman character while talking to the little boy. He wanted to teach the kid the dangers of using guns without breaking the kids delusion. Fantasy is very important to kids. But he told the kid was this if you shoot that it will bounce off me but the bullet could bounce off of me and hit one of your friends hurting them severely. He told him to think about how that would feel. You would feel bad if your friends got hurt because you had to see if I really was bulletproof. The reason I'm not using quotation marks because I'm paraphrasing. But the logical explanation talk the boy out of it without shaking his confidence in Superman.
That was truly Super.
Man, quick thinking
Wow,talk about quick and logical thinking! George Reeves in more than 1 way truly was a superman
Wow! That's amazing. I had neve heard this story before. Leave it to Superman.
What a brilliant way of handling the situation.
I didn’t know that Superman and Clark Kent were the same guy! Amazing!
oh, you big silly! 😛
I watched it every week. It’s great. RIP Superman.
I always enjoy watching the Adventures of Superman. I've got the whole series on DVD. George Reeves was a great Superman. I'd say he's right under Christopher Reeve as the best Superman of all time.
George Reeves is the embodiment of the Superman character. Anything else is just futility. Same as Clayton Moore in the role of the Lone Ranger. Accept no substitutes.
Thank you so much for your 10 Things You Didn’t Know about Superman. This was such an iconic show! I’m a woman and remember watching it. Lois Lane was an excellent role model. And George Reeves was just perfect for Superman.
The 1950's where everything on TV, Movies, and Music had morals, standards, and values.
Nicely said Andrea.❤
The 50's. When people were friendly, had morals and respect. My have times changed!!!
Can't argue with that
I wasn't born til the 80s but always felt like I was born in the wrong time. People back then were so much more awesome than the air bags we have now
@@woodworkingandepoxy643 I was born in 79 and I know how you feel, but at least we got to experience just a smigin of what it was like to actually be nice, have morals and RESPECT!!
One of my favorite TV shows of all times with George Reeves being my favorite Superman.....l was a fiftys child and remember watching these episodes.
Superman warned that couple not to try to escape and he'd bring them provisions but they didn't listen. He didn't kill them, they did it to themselves.
I was about to post the same thing. Too many people leave that out when talking about the episode.
Right!
Yupper, correcto.
I agree, wind. If the show had had a bigger budget, Superman could have kept them in his secret lair or projected them into the Phantom Zone.
He's a murderer.
Great Caesar's ghost! Everyone knows George Reeves is the only true Superman. Used to watch this and still have episodes on DVD to enjoy. I liked that he would just stand there when crooks were shooting at him but duck when they threw the empty pistol at him. Really? If a bullet can't hurt you, what can a thrown pistol do? LOL. Lois Lane drove a Nash Metropolitan car in the series and to this day my brother calls them "A Lois Lane car". The ones who stole his suit, well, it was their misfortune, but climbing down a mountain in high heels? Fun show and fans know George was really murdered and didn't commit suicide. Thanks George for the memories and you still live on and will be the one, the only true Superman to many.
To say this or that is the only true ______ is disrespectful to the work of the many men that have portrayed the character with all the professionalism and love for the character, we're free to have a favorite, but every actor that has portrayed him has given part of himself to make it authentic. Reeves was great and I would love to see more nods to his version in modern media.
As to Superman ducking, please see my reply above to Tin Man. Aside from that, this guy Sir Minty needs to get a better narrator or take his voice down a thousand, eliminate the tunnel sound, and check some of his facts.
Funny thing about "The Stolen Costume." I watched AoS religiously on WGN 9 in Chicago. I don't recall that episode ever being shown by Ch. 9. I didn't see it until the DVDs dropped.
This was really a well made show. It's amazing that they could squeeze an adventure story into thirty minutes. Some interesting television history. Superman filmed on the RKO studio lot. This was the same property that Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz purchased under their production company Desilu. If you're a fan of The Andy Griffith show or the Untouchables, both produced by Desilu, you will notice some of the same buildings show up in all three shows, as well as Star trek. Watched an episode of Superman the other day where he runs out in the street and leaps to take off in front of a building and realized it was the hotel from Andy Griffith.
I can still remember the front page of The New York Post reporting his death, as a six year old, with a picture of The Great George Reeves. I can still remember crying as my father held me. Very, very sad.
Reeves Superman character did not kill anyone, they killed themselves. He warned them not to try and escape and that he would be back after he figured out what to do about them knowing who he was.
That's correct, I was going to point that out. He told them to stay put and he was going to bring them food and I believe he even said he was going to build some sort of shelter for them.
He murdered them.
Robert Perry The cabin for them was already there. Superman told them they would have food to eat and plenty of wood to heat it.
And at the end of the episode when Jimmy found out they fell off the mountain, Kent said that accidents will happen as he smiled and winked at the camera.
@@robertperry8392 Sorry, dude. Superman doesn’t have the right to abduct and hold anyone, let alone leave them stranded on top a freezing arctic mountaintop.
In 1952 my grandmother bought a 17 inch b&w TV. I was 10 at the time. Watched them all back then.
Even though I was born in 71 I still love the adventures of superman, and have the series on dvd
I was only a child when seeing his series in the 1953 and still lives in my heart.
How my childhood would have been less exciting without The Adventures of Superman reruns. RIP George.
I loved this show. My introduction to Superman. Thankfully it was still being rerun in the 70s when I was growing up. I'm pretty impressed that someone so young has found the charm and awe of this show. I don't know anyone under 40 who knows it.
I met Noel (Lois) Neill at a comic con years ago. She was very nice. She swore George Reeves was murdered.
I also met Noel at a celebrity convention years ago. She was very sweet and I bought her book and had it autographed. I asked her if George Reeves committed suicide and she said "No."
I was one of those kids who plopped down in front of the flickering screen to catch another adventure so that I could run off to school and talking about it excitedly with my friends. More than 60 years ago!
Technically, I don't think he's responsible for that couple's deaths. He told them to stay there so he could go get them some supplies. It was their decision to leave that led to their deaths. Besides, these people had kidnapped another guy and attempted to kill Clark when he came for his suit. They would have been imprisoned, anyway.
I totally agree with this philosophy.
Still would be considered kidnapping and negligent homicide or at least involuntary manslaughter. Imagine if a *cop* did that crap.
We lived in a world of consequences back then.
@@stephengoodman2424 I agree with you 100%! It's never been perfect and it never will be. But isn't it better for us on personal levels to act as adults? To have the freedom to make our choices and the ability and integrity to accept responsibility for our actions and then to either reap the rewards or suffer the consequences of those actions?
It was more the way at the end when he said “accidents will happen” then looked at the camera and winked.
Thank you so much Minty for doing a video about this series, George Reeves was one of my favourite’s to play Superman. It was surreal seeing his hand and foot prints at Graumann’s Chinese Theatre.
I watched the reruns in the 1960s. Many years later, I learned that those were reruns, but I loved the show. Someplace I read that George had trained as a gymnast, so his landings through a window were done with a high bar in front of the window (on the other side of the window being filmed. That way he would grab the bar and swing his legs into the room first. He was the first superhero I had seen, and to this day, The Adventures of Superman was the best superhero. He reminds me of my Dad and his brothers - barrel chested strong men.
I'm a geezer now, but as a kid I watched Superman all the time. RIP Mr. Reeves. Yup, a pair of glasses is the perfect total disguise...
George Reeves is my Favorite Clark Kent where Christopher Reeve is Superman. George is good as Superman but his Clark is what makes this show. This show is Clark is the man and Superman is the mask
Oh man, have you given Superman and Lois a try yet? Tyler Hoechlin plays both roles nigh flawlessly! For the longest time I would have agreed with you on Christopher being Supes and George being Clark but holy moly does Tyler do a fantastic job.
Hmmm, I never looked at it that way, but, you're right, now that I think about it; George's Clark had a lot more personality and did a lot more things than Clark as played by any of the other actors, while his Superman, while just as likeable, was pretty much a '50s-style 2 dimensional "He-man", and, if I recall correctly, took up less screen time than his Clark Kent. Christopher's and Cavill's portrayals were quite the opposite, but, I think it's the difference in emphasis between movies and TV shows; Dean Cain's Superman from the "Lois and Clark" TV show was a little more like George Reeve's for that reason.
In the 50's, well basically throughout the history of Hollywood up until the 70's, a muscular physique was barrel chested and broad shouldered. Not so much on the six pack abs and nothing like the ultra ripped look these days. In some of the clips you can see George muffin toppin it.
Thank you for a honored look into such a classic.
I grew up in the fifties watching Adventures of Superman. And yes George Reeves was the greatest. I'm an old fuck today and I still enjoy watching the series whenever I can find it. And absolutely love the opening and closing theme it's totally supercharged.
I would love to see you do a segment on the TV series "Dragnet" with Jack Webb and Harry Morgan
Also the movie with Tom Hanks and Dan Aykroyd would be a good episode
Yes! That would be awesome.
I'd watch it.
Was the Dragnet show even seen outside of the USA? I heard the old black and white shows were rebrand and shown as Badge 714 but failed.
@@juanfierro7365 I'm not sure. That might be 1 of the 10 things we may not know. LOL
"That's why they always wore the same clothes." The same method was used in Dragnet. Jack Webb wanted to make sure there were no continuity errors so they were almost always (With very rare occasions) wearing the same clothes.
I loved that show..I have the whole series. I remember the day he died..I was 6 years old.
The Mole People episode was the best by far. There was some sewer work being done in the neighborhood. This made it all seem so real for a kid.
Those mole men scared the crap out of me when I was six or seven.
I'm in my late 40s.................this is the first I've seen of them.................and they scared me too!
What was even more scary was a vacuum cleaner they try to use as a deadly weapon
@@howardweinstein1324 Talk about disturbing!
Me too! My job was to take out the garbage down the back stairs and I was scared they were going to crawl out of some hole in the basement and get me. The Unknown People!
@@howardweinstein1324 I think it started out as an "Electrolux".
I remember watching the reruns of this show as a kid in the 90's. Fast forward to today and an ex gf of mine who ran a caretaker business had Noel Neill as one of her clients here in Tucson. She said Noel was really kind and had lots of cool stories about her days as an actress although after Superman she wasn't too active in Hollywood.
EXCELLENT!... I quite enjoyed this, having grown up in the 60's watching the show.
Thanks for doing this. One of my favorite television shows that still airs on Saturday and Sundays. A classic series!
Back in the 90s, I worked with Reeves' stunt double in a car dealership. He talked about it a lot and told us that he would be used in all of the action shots, like when Superman took off. I noticed in your video there was a shot of this happening and Superman's back was to the camera, which is exactly how he described it happening. He also said that Reeves was developing a pot gut and had to wear a girdle, but eventually it became too obvious when he was wearing the tight Superman outfit and they started using his body and superimposed Reeves' head in post production. They also did this for the flying scenes. And he was at the party when Reeves died. He said that Reeves had taken up with a mob member's girlfriend and the mob killed him for it and made it look like suicide. He said he and the other witnesses stuck with the suicide story because the mob would come for anyone who said differently and since Reeves was already dead, it wasn't worth the risk. I can't remember his name, but he was on the actor's registry and showed us proof. I remember he had the scars around his face from a facelift from years before.
Actually, Reeves dated Toni Mannix, wife of Eddie Mannix, MGM manager (and who had alleged ties to organized crime) for _years_ . It was an openly acknowledged relationship, that Eddie was fully aware of and sanctioned. Reeves and Toni would even buy a house together and she was known to visit him on the set of Superman, bringing him his "lunch" (in a martini shaker). Then he abruptly broke things off with her and got engaged to 20-something socialite, Leonore Lemon. It's rumored that this enraged Toni; and it's been speculated that this might have incurred the wrath of her husband - at least so far as any speculation that his death was actually the result of foul play goes.
@@stargazer1682 My friend did give names but I can't remember them. It was 30 years ago.
@@stargazer1682 So......................Eddie Mannix was supposedly upset when Reeves dumped his wife?? He preferred that Reeves stick with her? Bizarre! Would think he'd be pissed when he found out they were dating! Considering that Mannix was aware of their relationship, guess he believed in an open marriage?
@@davidl570 Reeves made her happy, and her husband was inclined to indulge her. According to her bio on IMDB, she was first Eddie's mistress, before becoming his wife; and when she took up with George, Eddie had his own (new) mistress.
@@stargazer1682 Dang, what a mess! Anyway, thanks for the info!
"The Stolen Suit" has my favorite "Superman smashes through the wall" scene, although admittedly it's a door, and not having his suit, he's dressed as Clark Kent.
Great Video!! I got so excited when this came up in my feed! Took me right back to my childhood watching the Reruns on a saturday morning in the early 80's!
I was born in 47. I remember the show and how popular it was. "Don't call me chief!"
It's really too bad that George Reeves died when he did. Could you imagine if he were around for the 1960's Batman & Robin TV series with Adam West and Burt Ward? He might have even been able to have a guest role as Superman. That could have been the first live action Batman/Superman team up ever put on film. So sad that it would never happen.
But would we have been spared a 1960’ “MARTHA!” ?
@@P0V3RTY09 Probably. I don't recall the Adam West series ever actually mentioning Bruce Wayne's parents. And since both Adam West's Batman and George Reeves' Superman were depicted as the ultimate goody-two-shoes on their respective shows it's likely a 1960's Superman/Batman team up would have been more "World's Finest" and less "Batman vs Superman".
@@Thundarr100 Bruce Wayne mentions that his parents were killed in the very first episode. I don't think it was ever mentioned again.
@@robertperry8392 Well it HAS been an awful long time since I've watched the 1960's Batman & Robin TV series. I remember certain episodes and such, but not absolutely everything.
@@Thundarr100 That's cool dude. MeTV used to run Batman on Saturday nights. I re-watched the whole series. This was a few years ago.
George Reeves was played by Ben Affleck in the movie Hollywood land and in that movie he got with Diane Lane. So Batman slept with Superman's mom hahaha.
@@mismatchedsock1504 she's like a fine wine.
Omg yes!
There was a meme of that after BVS came out
That only makes his Martha issues so much more disturbing.
Superman George Reeves was my first Hero n made me feel Bless! THANK U GEORGE n REST WELL!!
Excellent presentation! Loved Superman!
I heard that George Reeves was a real kind person in real life a screen
The " Up, Up and Away" term was tossed out by Kirk Allyn who played Superman in the serials. He stated that it was ok on the radio series , but since you can see Superman take off now, he didn't have to say it. George Reeves never said it either.
He was so concerned about kids smoking that he quit using them himself he was also involved with a charity and did a PSA short
Well actually...Clark Kent is his alter ego and Superman/Kal-El is his true identity :p
I was born at the end of 1957, so I didn't get to see Superman when it was on. In fact, I was 60 years old before I owned and got to see the complete series of Superman. I can say that I liked it and it was worth the wait!
I love that you’ve chosen to review this classic. Great job!!
Before cartoons and then talk shows took over afternoons, this along with the 60s Batman use to be constantly played as weekday afternoon kids entertainment.
I vaguely remember watching reruns of The Adventures Of Superman on TV as a kid, probably on weekday afternoons in the late 1970's. I was born in 1974, so anything I experienced before 1977 is pretty much a blank. So the shows must have been on in my area between 1977 and 1979.
The Green Hornet as well.
50’s Superman: *kills people* 60’s Batman: *does groovy dance moves*
This is a direct result of Congressional hearings into juvenile delinquency, resulting in the "Comics Code Authority," a set of self-imposed rules for the comic book industry. This lasted through the '60s, which is why the Batman series was so campy. That all changed when the industry decided it wasn't scared of Congress anymore.
Superman didn't kill people.
@@hellskitchen10036 50’s Superman did. Did you watch the video?
@@triggeredcat120 I grew up in the 50's and watched every episode, I even have every episode on dvd, Supes only knocks out the bad guys.
@@hellskitchen10036 Okay. Well I will definitely acknowledge that I am wrong! Much appreciated!😁
This was great. Loved watching this series in the 80's on TBS. Classic and awesome
Superman was ALWAYS my favorite superhero because he could do things I wished I could do.😊
Holy Moly, can you imagine how bad that kid would have felt if he actually shot him?!! That must have been terrifying for George to stare down a loaded gun!!
That kid would be grounded for ten years straight.
this was about Superman, not Shazam. Holy Moley indeed. LOL
I want to know how the heck did the kid get a hold of a gun without anyone knowing about it?
@@kyohel3 I know it was the 1950's and gun laws were different back then, but I want to know as well.
@@neffyboy It was his dad's gun (a cop?). Gotten out of a dresser drawer, if I recall correctly. That happened a fair bit back then, but rarely made the national news.
Don't give up and never give in
Thank you for your tribute to George Reeves; he was my Superman because I was young enough to believe a man could fly. 😇
This is a very good follow-up on both Superman and Batman TV-Trivia.Along with Superman Movie Trivia with Noel Neil who played the part of Lois Lane both before and after Phyllis Coates.
Imagine if you will George playing Jor-El in Chris's Superman. That would have been magic
i ALWAYS think of GEORGE as the GOLDEN AGE SUPERMAN
It would have been very cool, but the studio wanted a big star for Jor-El, hence we got Marlon Brando in the roll. I could see George Reeves playing Jonathan Kent or even Perry White.
@James t Mentzer I keep hearing that about George, I also hear the he loved the Character as well, So who knows?
Nickelodeon used to play this when I was a kid, at night they played all kinds of great old shows like Get Smart, Car 54 Where Are You?, Mr. Ed...
To get the horse, Mr Ed, to 'talk' they would give it globs of peanut butter
You know, this might be your best video yet. I wasn't excited to watch this like I normally am for your stuff. I wasn't enjoying seeing Reeves not want to be there but by the end it was a 180 and I loved it. Great work as always, man!
Big part of my childhood along with Saturday morning cartoons, westerns & Mr. Wizard
As a child, watching the adventures of superman on TV, was a highlight for Saturday mornings... We knew it was only a TV show but that didn't stop us from jumping of furniture... Most times the 'landing' was ok... I am in my 60's now and still enjoy watching superman. Yes. Even replaying the originals from time to time... The 'modern' superman is great but lacks the appeal of George and the original cast... Knowing how superman series was made, the problems and pitfalls with cast and scripts, does not take away the slightest bit of enjoyment... I miss the old series...
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? NO, it's Minty's 10 things you didn't know 😎
Brings back the memories...I remember watching the old reruns in San Francisco on KBHK- TV44 in the 70s into the early 80s. Up, Up & Away...!
This was a great one! Thanks Minty! I grew up diving off the school bus to beat my sis home so I could watch Superman!!!!
Adventures of Superman is good for some old school laughs.
Most polls rate Christopher Reeve higher, and he did more closely resemble the comic version of Superman. I think George Reeves out-classed him as an actor. One reason is Chris Reeve was 25 when he first played Superman and it was pretty much his first movie role. George Reeves was 37 when he first put on the cape and had over a decade of acting under his belt, that included comedies, dramas, epics, etc. He gives such a relaxed performance you almost forget he's actor reading lines (He was so identified with the role that in 1959 most newspaper headlines read: "Superman Kills Himself," not acknowledging the actor who played him). Chris gave heftier performances in the third and fourth installment, less boyish, but, unfortunately, the films were weaker. In the end, I give them both high marks, but I am more likely to pop into my queue a 1950's TV adventure than the Donner or Lester films. I watch those once every couple of years, by contrast, on average I watch 10 episodes of the TV series every year.
Chris gave a great performance. Those of us who watched the Adventures first run tend to lean toward a middle aged Superman.
@@larryaldrich4351 Re-reading my post after a year, I was a little harsh about Chris Reeve. He has become, in most eyes, the definitive live action Superman. No excuses.
I did my best to watch that every time I could after getting home from school in St Louis Mo.
Thanks for the Video, Minty! I grew up watching reruns of this series. It was my first "superhero" obsession, which continues to this day. I love the cameos Lois & Jimmy made in subsequent movies/tv. Peace!
20:00 actually no. George Reeves never said "up up and away" before taking off.
Didn't that start with the radio series? I don't remember hearing Superman saying it in the Fleischer/Paramount cartoons, but the phrase was spoken in the 1960's Filmation TV show. Writer George Plympton reportedly came up with the idea of Superman saying 'Up, Up And Away!' in the Kirk Alyn Columbia movie serial, (similar to The Lone Ranger's 'Hi-Yo, Silver, Away!) but was never said in those films either. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
I believe that may have been in that cartoon from the late 60s, "The New Adventures of Superman". I was an animation purist and hated the Filmation cartoons.
@@SchuylerT.Colfax You’re right, he said it in the radio series, since no one could see him take off. The films never needed it.
@@stephengoodman2424 I agree, the 60s Superman cartoons were cheapjack productions. The 40s version was superior, produced by Max Fleischer, no less, for the big screen. Hey, you want crap? Look back at “The Marvel Super-Heroes,” which looked like cutouts from the comic page, with only the mouths moving. Plus, the dumbest theme music available!
@@thomaschacko6320 and Fantastic Voyage, ugh