@@justafanofnerdculture7602 my family member told me they saw some episodes of this show in 1974 i saw every episode on a bootlegged website 2 years ago it's alot of fun to watch
In 1974 I was 5 yrs old & in kindergarten. I absolutely loved Shazam. It was my favorite show on Saturday mornings. I can remember my mom made me a Cape close to what Shazam wore in the show. I wore that cape everywhere we went & I would sit in the shopping cart as my mom pushed it, & I would make the air noise like I was flying & hold my arm out in front of me & act like I was flying. GREAT GREAT SHOW...EVEN BETTER MEMORIES!!! I also love: Land Of The Lost BigFoot & Wildboy Ark 2 Isis Elecrta Woman Six Million Dollar Man The Bionic Woman Just to name a few shows I loved & still remember. Much love from Mobile Alabama.
I'm 52 Now....and I felt just as GIDDY as I did as a child watching these clips....THANK YOU FOR POSTING👏👏👏😊😊 AND THE MUSIC AND THE SPECIAL EFFECTS ARE STILL BETTER THAN TODAY....FACTS👊
@Power106Fan yes I stand by that because that show was shot on a low budget for kids in the 70's using practical effects... Today they use CGI that everybody can see is not real... nor looks realistic like (the infinity war). Shows who keep it more realistic and practicalbare like The Mandalorian which uses practical effects but they have a better budget but it looks more real than the MCU.
I'm 51 years old and i remember it being cheesy then. There was way better stuff than that. It's not so much as much as technology as it is with hard work,research and creativity. And this show had none of those.
@@LePageChannel Bullshit. This was far more creative and better produced than prime time shows like 60s Batman or the Six Million Dollar Man with ITs cheesy "slow motion fx". Neither of them were even close to the quality of this show. Considering the budget they had, Filmation delivered some decent fx, like the transformation to Captain Marvel. Eps like "The Joyriders" had good action & real danger, with a moral at the end. Land of the Lost, also produced for Saturday mornings in '74 looked terrific for a Saturday morning show back then, but of course after almost 50 years, the shows are showing their age. Nothing with low budget pro social shows done right.
@@ddmck1972 As a kid, I LIVED for Saturday mornings. In my area (St Louis) we had a grand total of 6 channels we got via rabbit ears. Cable? Satellite?? What the hell was that? Didn't exist yet
Yes I agree I loved the filmation studio TV shows on Saturday Mornings. The positive morals and message after every show to teach children right from wrong and the potential dangers they could be faced with. Looking back it's certainly cheesy and low budget but any 70s kid who grew up with this show and others like it will certainly smile and wax nostalgic viewing it today.
Wikipedia says it best "a boy who, by speaking the magic word "SHAZAM!" can transform himself into a costumed adult with the powers of superhuman strength, speed, flight and other abilities."
HERE IS WHY JACKSON WAS FIRED.... Shame on the studio.... Jackson Bostwick was fired from "Shazam!" two episodes into Season 2 and replaced with John Davey. Bostwick had sustained an injury during filming, went for medical treatment, and was advised to stay home a few days to recuperate. However, producers mistakenly accused him of holding out for a higher salary.
This was my favorite Saturday morning show. The problem is that it came on at the same time as Sigmund the Sea Monster which was my sister's favorite show and we only had one TV. I can still remember the fights we would have over the fights this would cause.
It was tough getting used to a transition from a slim CM to a chubby one. The budget must have been so tight that they could not redo the transformation scene with the new actor.
Ironically at 3:21..I mean, getting a perilous looking shot is always good and actors get paid to make it happen..but did we really have to send poor Scruffy crashing thru a fake floor? I mean you certainly summoned him..He's running over expecting a friggin Scooby snack as use..next thing I'm bustin my shyt?! Nobody's in years of comments to my knowledge acknowledged the Scruffster. They played u dawg.👍✌👍
lmao that girl in the balloon was so unfazed by literally everything happening i'm trapped in a floating device and can't get down a man in spandex flies up to bring me back down to earth flatly: captain marvel! emmy for best supporting actress lol
The bear is about to attack a young Jackie Earle Haley. This event traumatized him so much that he grew up to be the tortured, psychopathic superhero Rorschach.
Young Billy, traveling cross country in an RV with an old dude and Billy has a fantasy world where he is a super hero...... wonder what was really going on there...
Filmation: “Lets use exactly the same music for every episode. There will never be a way for our audience to string clips together to share with others to compare the soundtrack!”
I just showed my wife who is at the tail end of generation X and I'm at the front of generation next, and I watch Shazam as a boy before she was born… and she can't believe how corny it is. Still, this was my favorite show when I was a kid.
This was the best a comic geek could get in these days. Lynda Carter was a little later, Christopher Reeves was even further away. Adam West and George Reeves were legends even at this point. We were grateful for any attempts, as long as they were sincere...but yeah...thank the Lord for progress. Lol!
