After becoming radioactive, Superman seeks refuge in a remote mountain cabin until he can find a way to "decontaminate" himself. With crime increasing and Lois Lane in danger, time is running out.
Todays audience may smirk and laugh at the simplicity of George Reeves as Superman and his show,im instantly transported back to my childhood ,a time of innocence and wonder at seeing our hero do his good deeds .....i am 70 years old who listens to The Who,The Beatles Cat Stevens Simon and Garfunkel Yes . jazz, progressive Rock . I still get a " Thrill" out of anything Pertaining to George Reeves Superman....he was ours ..and always will be.
George Reeves was a really underrated actor. His comedic banter with Lois (Noel Neill), Jimmy (Jack Larson) and Perry (Neil Hamilton) was always entertaining. And he could play deadly serious when he had to. Another near-great taken from us far too early.
I too agree with you about George Reeves, and I so wish I could have met him. In 1957, when he made an appearance at the Reading (PA) Fair we were about 15 miles apart, but I regret not knowing about it at the time. I've watched George in other roles, but in my mind, he was absolutely perfect as Superman and Clark Kent.
Good thing that Superman turned the radio back on so that he can hear the rest of the weather report and heard that a storm is coming and that the shock of getting hit by lightning will get himself decontaminated from the radiation he got saving Metropolis earlier.
Wow ! apparently Lightening can decontaminate radioactivity : really stretching the science: I can’t buy it: maybe some kind of reverse radiation but not lightening
Superman sitting in a cabin-reading and contemplating what to do about his radioactivity . Yes luckily he did turn the radio back on & heard weather report of storm approaching, awesome!
Don't you remember how great this was. Watching every episode and then I purchased the complete DVD set. Wow, watching this live was a long time ago. And then it helped launch color tv. Great memories.
Once again, Jim, thank you for reminding us how magnificent George Reeves was as Superman. These flying scenes are brilliant, and in close-up, Reeves makes for a handsome, dashing hero (as usual). My favourite year is the first (1951), but these second year black-and-whites are nicely done, too. I realize that Kellogg’s was the sponsor and set the tone, but the colour, kiddie-friendly episodes don’t really do much for me.
It is a shame the culture is so diseased today. It can't even get a thrill out of this wonderful show. I don't care what anyone says. American culture from the 50's was A-OK!
I go way back when this Superman series first aired. I always like the sequences when Superman stood right in front of a gunman, without flinching, allowed the gunman to empty his weapon on him. Then when the gun was empty, the villain would throw his revolver at Superman. The curious part was, despite being shot with six bullets with absolutely no concern, Superman felt the need to duck the thrown gun.
Randall, I address that in one of my other vidoes. Superman did, indeed, duck when a gun was thrown. That happened only one time, however, and it wasn't George who so quickly got out of the way. It was stuntman Dale Van Sickel in "The Mind Machine." I can't be sure of the reason for his action, but I can guess. If you watch the scene you can see that it was a real gun, not a prop that would bounce off harmlessly. Still, the director should have planned for that and made adjustments.
On a publicity tour, a little boy pointed his father's handgun at George Reeves because he wanted to see the bullets bounce off his chest. Reeves maintained his cool and explained that other people might get hurt by the ricochets. The boy accepted his explanation and lowered the gun.
This was about 1952, I started wathing in about 1955, it took them nearly 60 years to get it right, "Man of Steel", but when this was made the tech. was a long way from the peak, then about 5 years it went to crap.
If a simple pair of glasses could baffle and perplex the average person of the 1950s, then Clark/Superman could easily bullshit his way out of any predicament.
I watch this when I was a kid during the 1960's and on candidation throughout the 70's and than some --- I wouldn't trade those days in for anything. Oh, The Wonder Of It All. 🛬
