The classic '50s George Reeves' Superman Intro that I used as a base for my 'redone' version: • '50s Adventures of Sup... Tom D'Alimonte Missing Pieces Nashua, NH Missing-Pieces.com
RIP George Reeves (January 5, 1914 - June 16, 1959), aged 45 And RIP Phyllis Coates (January 15, 1927 - October 11, 2023), aged 96 You both will be remembered as legends.
I'm not going to say I've seen ALL TV shows, but I've seen a lot. Only TWO intros STILL give me goosebumps: The Lone Ranger, and Adventures of Superman.
One of the best openings with music and image...nothing to stir you adrenaline and spirit like a march...The Superman March. The scripting is great too..."...bend steel in his bare hands!" Definitely "a time for heroes" candidate.
@@RyansColoradoRailProductions Thank you for the clarification, I just love steam locomotives especially from the 1920s to the 1940s. Don't forget the late steam classics like the Norfolk and Western J class built in 1950.
I’m 22 now. My daddy raised me on this show every Saturday. This was my life blood. I’m literally crying watching this. This show means so much to him and I know with his health problems he doesn’t have as much time left as I want and need. I will raise my kids on this show. I will teach them what my daddy taught me. I won’t let this die.
@The Smirking Cheshire - Good for you proud of you and the legacy from your Grapdfather thru this honorable American classic "SUPERMAN." George Reeves. Yes I was a boy in the late 1950s and listened to these faitfully with my brother. Thought we could fly with bed sheets. But remember TRUTH JUSTICE AND THE AMERICAN WAY! Fight on Patriots !!! - Anti Marxism ... Anti Communism Anti BLM ) We need -----> Real men! .... REAL leaders! #House2022 #Senate2022 #Trump2024 Semper Fi #USMC 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 Etrenal life thru Jesus the Son of GOD. John 3:16,17 ✝✝✝ America First!
The voice on the opening theme song "Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound...." was done by Bill Kennedy. He also did any narration if any was needed. In the movie, 'Superman And The Mole Men' and the very first episode 'Superman On Earth' it was Jack Narz who did the narration.
You ain't kidding. When they say "fighting a never ending battle for truth , justice and the American way" with that 48 star flag waving in the background , even as a child it made me feel so proud to be and American. Sad to see how things have changed.
This was my baby brother's favorite show when we were kids (this and Romper Room). He passed away from cancer last November. I was looking through Superman videos when this popped up. That harp music in the beginning had me in tears thinking about how excited he got when the Man of Steel was on the screen.
@William Haynes - Sorry 4 the loss of your brother I remeber this as a kid too -- TRUTH JUSTICE AND THE AMERICAN WAY! Fight on Patriots !!! - Anti Marxism ... Anti Communism Anti BLM ) We need -----> Real men! .... REAL leaders! #House2022 #Senate2022 #Trump2024 Semper Fi #USMC 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
My Uncle use to say this intro word for word and have me cracking up laughing because it would drive my mom nuts. He'd be talking over her while she was trying to be serious. She'd scream. "alright, knock it off!" 😂😂😂😂
I remember watching the "Superman Marathon" when I was about eleven (in 1987) on TV 36 during the long Labor Day Weekend. This Series was GREAT for its time.
I love old shows. The Waltons, The Odd Couple, Batman, and this are the greatest. This is my favorite show. And I'm a teen! Today's show just don't compare.
He basically is. No child sat happily through the Clark Kent parts of the episode. " Yeah, you'll get your superman, alright...but there's also that OTHER guy..."
Leon Klatzkin composed this. The opening 00:00-00:04 sec. is quite brilliant.The Harps creating a sound of awareness and soaring flight, with violins doubling over. Then high above the brass , a single horn calls. Then another, and another. It's 1951-52 and this splendid movement for TV.
+Dakers11 - Most likely, European Russian-born composer Lan Adomian composed the Main Title and End Title music for "The Adventures of Superman". Leon Klatzkin was a lowly music editor in 1950-51 when this series was being prepared, and since the music was never copyrighted with the true identity of the composer, Klatzkin took credit for it himself when all he was hired to do was place the music tracks on the soundtracks of the film episodes. Klatzkin did not get his certificate in music composition until 1955, four years later. I doubt if he could have composed such complex and beautiful music in 1951. There has been a controversy over this subject for many years.
Superman, like many other comic book heroes, was used to boost patriotic fervor. "the American way" promotes a set of ideals. Watch and read Superman - his battles are villains that are representations of commies@@freedomfantom8213
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And here I am 60 years later. Still wearing a Cape. Makes me CAPE ABLE of way more then my conditions would imply. I was so inspired by this version of an alien from space, Saving all mankind dressed as a mild mannered reporter. Reminds me of another guy who did the same,,, In a robe and sandels. 💕💓💕
Your dad did a great job in the Superman opening....he punched the words just right so that the narration came out terrific. Still a hit after all these years.
Opening Narration: "Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall building than a single bound." Man #1: "Look! Up in the sky, it's a bird..." Woman: "It's a plane..." Man #2: "It's Superman!" "Yes, It's Superman! Strange visitor from another planet, who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal man. Superman, who came to the course of mighty rivers, bend steel with his bare hands, and who disguise as 'Clark Kent,' a mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitian newspaper. Fights a never-ending battle for truth, justice and the American Way."
Look ! Up in the sky ! It's A bird ! It's A plane ! It's Superman ! Superman: Strange Visitor from A another world ! Who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel in his bare hands... And who. As the champion of the common worker, He fights A never ending battle for Stalin, Socialism, And the international expansion of the Warsaw pact. Superman: Pride of our Soviet State, Symbol of our military might...Let our enemies beware: There is only one, Superpower now !
Mike one of the greatest voice over intros I have ever heard to this day. I have all the Superman episodes on DVDs and hear your dad over and over again. Never gets tired and always adds to the set up for the adventure. Immortal. A great show with a great intro/promo. Best.
The old B&W episode were much grittier than the later color versions-Superman routinely beat the snot out of thugs, gangsters and alike and many of the episodes were full of nasty stuff-LOVED IT!
Here’s my version: “Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall building at a single bound.” Man 1: “Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird…” Woman: “It’s a plane…” Man 2: “It’s Superman!” “Yes, it’s SUPERMAN! Strange visitor from the planet Krypton who came to Earth with amazing mental/physical powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. Superman, who can leap tall buildings at a single bound, race a speeding bullet to its live target, who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel with his bare hands. Superman, defender of law and order, champion of equal rights and a valiant, courageous fighter against the forces of hate and prejudice. And who disguised as ‘Clark Kent,’ mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights a never-ending battle for truth, justice and the American Way!”
TRUTH JUSTICE AND THE AMERICAN WAY! Fight on Patriots !!! - Anti Marxism ... Anti Communism Anti BLM ) We need -----> Real men! .... REAL leaders! #House2022 #Senate2022 #Trump2024 Semper Fi #USMC 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
TRUTH JUSTICE AND THE AMERICAN WAY! Fight on Patriots !!! - Anti Marxism ... Anti Communism Anti BLM ) We need -----> Real men! .... REAL leaders! #House2022 #Senate2022 #Trump2024 Semper Fi #USMC 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I'm glad that real America is still alive in these clips. Thankfully this platform hasn't decided to remove them. TRUTH JUSTICE AND THE AMERICAN WAY! Not Woke and Raunchy with their PC garbage. I miss these kinds of shows which really did their own thing compared to today where anything you do or say can be used against you. They want you to conform and I'm sorry but i will not comply.
Don't hold ypur breathe the lunatic DEMONRATS will remove this too - download a copy b4 it happens. Read on .... TRUTH JUSTICE AND THE AMERICAN WAY! Fight on Patriots !!! - Anti Marxism ... Anti Communism Anti BLM ) We need -----> Real men! .... REAL leaders! #House2022 #Senate2022 #Trump2024 Semper Fi #USMC 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
''anything you do or say can be used against you. They want you to conform and I'm sorry but i will not comply." Evidently you were not around during the 1950s like I was. That was the era of McCarthyism when anything and everything could be used against you to have you declared a "communist, subversive, pinko, fellow traveler". Right wing imposed conformity was FAR worse back then than anything you see today. But then, there was the right wing PC that compelled people to believe the mythic WMD hysteria under traitor Bush - just ask the Dixie Chicks and you'll know what I mean.
The locomotive here is one of the Southern Pacific's premier "Daylight" locomotives (Northern class, 4-8-4), done in orange & red. GS-4 #4449 survives to this day, in operable condition.
Still a fan of these fun and great to watch TV shows. They gave a marathon on this a couple of days ago on my day off from work and since I did my errands and household chores I sat order out food and enjoy the Adventures of SUPERMANNNNN! One of those Great cool days off!
I LOVED this show when I was a kid growing up in Windsor Ontario, right across from Detroit. We got all the Detroit TV stations so it was great television, especially on Saturday mornings!
I was born in the late 70's. And in my mind there only two people who did justice to the character of Superman and that George Reeves and Christopher Reeve. Even if there interpretations were different.
I'm 50 years old and I remember watching this cause they still showed this on TV when I was a little kid I still remember the intro it made it more exciting love that show
My Dad was born in the 1950s grew up watching the show millions of times when he was a kid. Superman became his Hero he loved so much and then when my Dad got a little bit older he was into the Batman tv show, Star Trek and Mission Impossible that came out in 1966. My generation became Spider-Man, X-Men, Marvel movies, The Dark Knight trilogy and Wonder Woman.
That's exactly what I realized a few years ago. You can't analyze the intro too much without realize that people wouldn't excitedly point at what they thought was a bird. Planes were quite a bit less common though. Although I suppose that an object that looked like a 6-foot long bird would generate amazement at first. ("Oh, never, mind, it's just a flying man")
Superman was without a doubt 1 of my fave shows when I was a kid! This coming Sunday, January 5th would've been George Reeves 100th birthday. TCM will be showing four movies Sunday featuring George Reeves... God bless him
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I have not seen this in ~46-47 years (when i was 4-5 years old) i used to watch the reruns at my grandma's (on a tv station originating out of fort wayne, indiana) thanks!
No, because Bensen was a bigot. If you will notice when Bensen thanked Superman for saving his life, Superman told him that it was more than he deserved.
As the story goes, the way he made the entrance through the windows was by jumping, grabbing a bar, and swinging himself on it through the window opening. So color me bizarre, but I can''t help but wonder-how many times did he miss?
Actually he tells the story of one time he didn't miss, but the bar broke loose and he came 'flying in' head first! WHACK right across the window sill, like a sack of potatoes! "...medic?" ;-)
The narrator for this opening is a much-loved local celebrity in the Detroit area, Bill Kennedy. He showed movies weekdays in the afternoon for more years than I can remember. He would mention this, and he even appeared in small parts in an episode or two.
@robm0732000 What's with the "You Americans" comment, you live in Canada not England or somewhere of great distance where it makes sense to say, you're literally next door. Not to mention Superman was created by Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel... in Cleveland, OHIO. -_-
Thanks for all the great comments! This video is my 2nd most popular! But I've always been a fan and for Chris Reeve too! I've even got stuff for sale on eBay (-: www.ebay.com/itm/The-Death-and-Life-of-Superman-A-Novel-by-Roger-Stern-1994-Paperback-New-/171521307922
Thanks to Michael K. Yes an honorable mention to "that intro my father did so many years ago".I learned something today, "Bill Kennedy"--from Wiki: Willard "Bill" Kennedy (June 27, 1908 - January 27, 1997) was an American actor, voice artist, and host of the long-running Detroit-based television show, Bill Kennedy at the Movies. He began his career as a staff announcer in radio; Kennedy's voice narrates the opening of the television series Adventures of Superman. 5 STARS! --Van
One of the best comments I've read this morning. The new world order, the swamp, Soros and his kind are truly evil on par with the Nazi regime. The swamp couldn't care less about the old America, truth,justice and the American way. Back then communism was despised and now it's "fashionable".I never thought communism could be popular to so many losers less than 30 years after the fall of the Soviet Union. Nice education system.
George Reeves was the Best Superman I grew up with. "Truth, Justice and the American Way" was the motto. The best ever......too bad all the latest technology and special affects couldn't be used as they are today. Even now the special affects are "lacking" in giving total credit to Superman's superhuman strength on how he flies, or crashes through walls of steel and concrete or deflects bullets without blinking an eye.(Superman Returns_Not bad) Man of Steel is even better when he flies. I am still dismayed over the untimely death of George Reeves and his future. It appears that his fiance, Lenore Lemon, admitted before she died that she was responsible for killing George. I have done some investigations into this case as I am former law enforcement/Private Investigator. See also: Jim Nolt who is a George Reeves fan and expert.
I very heartily agree! George Reeves was the very best of all the actors who played Superman including all the "modern" (newer) actors and and the old shows even though they didn't have all the super special effects and tricks that the later Superman movies that followed the ones George Reeves starred in.
Adventures of Superman (a.k.a. Superman and The Adventures of Superman) first aired on different syndicated TV stations from 1952 to 1958. Following cancellation, it was later seen in syndicated reruns on various local stations, starting in 1965 during the 60’s and 70’s, when all the episodes were reshown in color. It was then later ran on WWOR-TV (channel 9) from 1987 to 1991, during the late 80’s and early 90’s, and they also ran a Thanksgiving marathon called “Superman Festival” featured selected episodes of Superman, and it was hosted by Jack Larsen, who played Jimmy Olson in the TV program. And what they did, they showed unrestored prints of the original show, before it went into restoration. These episodes that WWOR-TV aired came from 16mm film chain copies. Then it was aired on both Nickelodeon and Nick@Nite from September 20, 1991 to September 3, 1995. It was reran on Saturday evenings on Me-TV from September 6, 2014 to September 10, 2016. The series also aired weekdays on Heroes & Icons digital subchannels.
This is the Superman that I like, not this modern can lift planets bs they make him do now. I will always prefer the classic Superman model to the modern one.
Originally, Superman did not fly in the comic books...he LEAPED from place to place....he didnt start to "fly" until 3 or 4th year of the comic books..
star trek Yes, I know...of course, the ORIGINAL Superman in the comic books was nothing like our Man of Steel....he was an evil bald headed mastermind...which later became the design for Lex Luthor....In the FLIMATION cartoons from the mid 60s, they show Superman "leaping" over buildings and not flying in a flat manner....which was a great nod to the original notion behind the original "good "Superman!
Bubba Hubba +star trek meant Jerry Seigel and Joe Shuster original comics Superman, in Action Comics #1 1938. Same costume (little different 'S') same black hair, good guy. Just not overwhelming power. He's not referring to the '33 short story they did as kids, "Reign of the Superman", where they used the name for a villain. Besides, its now how much power Superman has, its how he uses it. (oh, I _am_ MissingPieces4U as well, my other ID :-)
Those were the days. Sure am glad I got to grow up when I did in the 60s and watched Superman and all the other great shows. Personally, I want to set back through Professor Peabody's Way Back Machine and go back to the 60s. the world today just sucks.
Well, you're putting words in my mouth there, Agent Scully. I know it's not the same person saying both lines. Point is, as was, if you call out an object in the sky which is immediately declared to be a bird, it hardly looked extraordinary enough to mention in the first place. You were just trying to be snarky though, weren't you, Scully? And it backfired when you called me dump.
It's obviously that the first person saw something strange in the sky(definitely beyond his comprehension)and cried out,but the second person JUST thought it's a bird.I don't know why such a concise intro is too hard to understand for some people.
I always enjoy seeing that intro that my father did so many years ago. His name, Bill Kennedy.
MichaelKennedy Kennedy Hey! Your dad was a legend. I grew up in Detroit in the 70s and 80s!!
Your dad a beloved figure in Detroit television history!
It is iconic.
YOUR DAD MADE THE INTRO!!!????
That is awesome!! Nice to meet ya, Michael...I was in PAW'S YPT with Abby...
RIP George Reeves (January 5, 1914 - June 16, 1959), aged 45
And
RIP Phyllis Coates (January 15, 1927 - October 11, 2023), aged 96
You both will be remembered as legends.
Wait, reeves like Christopher reeves? Any relation?
No relation at all. George Reeves' real name was Brewer, he adopted the Reeves name from a stepfather, I believe.@@erikbihari3625
@@erikbihari3625No just similar names
@@night6724. It would've been cool though.
Know this by heart. Can't get through it w🎉ithout getting emotional though.
I watch this every day as a kid, intro burned into my brain forever.
Me too! I could recite the intro since I was 8 !
me too!!!
Me too!
It was exciting and inspiring for us kids snd I also learned to recite it!
Absolutely. Those were the days.
0:23 hearing this in The Flash movie gave me goosebumps brought me back to being a 10 year old again
When that music starts i still get goose bumps
I'm not going to say I've seen ALL TV shows, but I've seen a lot. Only TWO intros STILL give me goosebumps: The Lone Ranger, and Adventures of Superman.
In my mind one of the all time best openings for a TV show for a young American Boy...Loved it growing up.....
One of the best openings with music and image...nothing to stir you adrenaline and spirit like a march...The Superman March. The scripting is great too..."...bend steel in his bare hands!" Definitely "a time for heroes" candidate.
The intro (even in black & white) was quite good with the special effects!
The music was written by Leon Klatzkin. 🙂
Being a railroad buff I must say that the Southern Pacific train being pulled by a classic GS2 steam locomotive in this intro is just awesome to me!!
Were the diesels shown in the color intro Alco FA units? The A cab on them looks like the FA's used on the LIRR push-pull sets.
That was GS-3 4418.
*4417
Me and you both!! A railroad fan!! I'm a NYC subway aficionado!
@@RyansColoradoRailProductions Thank you for the clarification, I just love steam locomotives especially from the 1920s to the 1940s. Don't forget the late steam classics like the Norfolk and Western J class built in 1950.
This video transports me back to the '50s, early saturday mornings....fun time to grow up.
Me, too. Though, for me, it was early evenings at 5:30 pm, after homework done, and before dinner. Happy parts of my childhood.
@@allengumm1157 Absolutely the same here! Grew up in Hempstead L.I., N.Y. Better times, Cold War or not! !
@@allengumm1157 Absolutely, the same here!! In Hempstead, L.I., N.Y.Better times, simpler, Cold War or not!
It's so good to see people talk about the past @@samburkes7552
I’m 22 now. My daddy raised me on this show every Saturday. This was my life blood. I’m literally crying watching this. This show means so much to him and I know with his health problems he doesn’t have as much time left as I want and need. I will raise my kids on this show. I will teach them what my daddy taught me. I won’t let this die.
@The Smirking Cheshire - Good for you proud of you and the legacy from your Grapdfather thru this honorable American classic "SUPERMAN." George Reeves. Yes I was a boy in the late 1950s and listened to these faitfully with my brother. Thought we could fly with bed sheets. But remember TRUTH JUSTICE AND THE AMERICAN WAY! Fight on Patriots !!! - Anti Marxism ... Anti Communism Anti BLM ) We need -----> Real men! .... REAL leaders! #House2022 #Senate2022 #Trump2024 Semper Fi #USMC 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 Etrenal life thru Jesus the Son of GOD. John 3:16,17 ✝✝✝
America First!
I commend this
Good for you. You got me getting emotional too.
Reeves rose out of his grave for one last appearance. God bless and watch him… for he is… the last son of Krypton!
The voice on the opening theme song "Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound...."
was done by Bill Kennedy. He also did any narration if any was needed. In the movie, 'Superman And The Mole Men' and the very first episode 'Superman On Earth' it was Jack Narz who did the narration.
When I was a child I would get so excited when the theme music came on. I loved watching the show.
Me too. Even today it's thrilling to hear.
I'm going to be 64 in Nov 2017..still get thrills and chills when I see this intro!
Major Chutzpah. I was born 1951 he will always be my hero too...I still get thrilled when I hear this...
1950 me .... Still powerful!
You ain't kidding. When they say "fighting a never ending battle for truth , justice and the American way" with that 48 star flag waving in the background , even as a child it made me feel so proud to be and American. Sad to see how things have changed.
I was born in 1951, and I had two heroes growing up … Zorro and Superman. Both theme songs really still raise goosebumps when I hear them!
Not sure who sang it. Could have been them.
This was my baby brother's favorite show when we were kids (this and Romper Room). He passed away from cancer last November. I was looking through Superman videos when this popped up. That harp music in the beginning had me in tears thinking about how excited he got when the Man of Steel was on the screen.
@William Haynes - Sorry 4 the loss of your brother I remeber this as a kid too -- TRUTH JUSTICE AND THE AMERICAN WAY! Fight on Patriots !!! - Anti Marxism ... Anti Communism Anti BLM ) We need -----> Real men! .... REAL leaders! #House2022 #Senate2022 #Trump2024 Semper Fi #USMC 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
@@JohnPiperBoots
Thanks JP
My Uncle use to say this intro word for word and have me cracking up laughing because it would drive my mom nuts. He'd be talking over her while she was trying to be serious. She'd scream. "alright, knock it off!" 😂😂😂😂
That is really funny!
Giga Chad Dad
I remember watching the "Superman Marathon" when I was about eleven (in 1987) on TV 36 during the long Labor Day Weekend. This Series was GREAT for its time.
Daniel Marquis. Glad for ur memories but.....I have undies older than you😊😊😊😊
Still is to some ..... :)
When did we become ashamed of Truth, Justice, and The American Way?
We need all three right now.
We need Superman.
Even as a young kid I remember how corny the last part was.
What's corny about the American way?
Truth, justice, and the American way.
Me & my brothers watched this everyday while my Mom was cooking dinner ~ I miss simpler times of Truth, Justice & The American way!
I love old shows. The Waltons, The Odd Couple, Batman, and this are the greatest. This is my favorite show. And I'm a teen! Today's show just don't compare.
This is better than Batman.
@@ghenulo The should have done BATMAN as serious stuff. Too bad that it was more like high camp comedy.
It sounded like he was reading a disclaimer when talking about Superman's mild mannered' alter ego lol.
He basically is. No child sat happily through the Clark Kent parts of the episode.
" Yeah, you'll get your superman, alright...but there's also that OTHER guy..."
Jai Guru there was that third guy But we don’t care about him
hahaha true story
I always found that part pretty funny how he changes his voice. That's exactly how I do it when quoting this intro. Haha
Superman is definelty the main attraction
Leon Klatzkin composed this. The opening 00:00-00:04 sec. is quite brilliant.The Harps creating a sound of awareness and soaring flight, with violins doubling over. Then high above the brass , a single horn calls. Then another, and another. It's 1951-52 and this splendid movement for TV.
+Dakers11 - Most likely, European Russian-born composer Lan Adomian composed the Main Title and End Title music for "The Adventures of Superman". Leon Klatzkin was a lowly music editor in 1950-51 when this series was being prepared, and since the music was never copyrighted with the true identity of the composer, Klatzkin took credit for it himself when all he was hired to do was place the music tracks on the soundtracks of the film episodes. Klatzkin did not get his certificate in music composition until 1955, four years later. I doubt if he could have composed such complex and beautiful music in 1951. There has been a controversy over this subject for many years.
It is a beautiful piece !
Although George Reeves didn’t fully appreciate the opportunity he was one incredible Superman.
Neither did William Shatner or other Classic Star Trek actors, but you know how that turned out 8-)
RYAN George Reeves felt typecast as SUPERMAN. Perhaps that is the curse of putting on the suit?
to me he was and still is superman.
Best TV Superman EVER!!!!!
Truth, justice, and THE AMERICAN WAY!!!
Today it's lies, cheating, and throwing America away!!!
Coming from school,,I always saw this program.
Adventures of Superman is my favorite show, greetings from Russia.
I'm glad our propoganda entertained you
@@paulashley3732 what do you mean?
Superman, like many other comic book heroes, was used to boost patriotic fervor. "the American way" promotes a set of ideals. Watch and read Superman - his battles are villains that are representations of commies@@freedomfantom8213
"Look! Up in the sky, it's a bird!"
Man, people were easily impressed in the '50s.
@KatayokoNoTenshi
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Yeah, me too. But I was born in 1970. You talk like "easily impressed", as you say, is some bad thing hehehehehe
I watched this in the ‘50’s .
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It was great, basic, I know, but life was simple in those days, but better!
@@codeoptimizationware2803 1946 for me...and in my book, "easily impressed" beats "jaded" any day!-)
To be honest, if I saw a "bird" that looked like a flying human with no strings attatched, I'd be pretty impressed, and this is 2020 :P
I know it's a joke, but the person that says "It's a bird!" is not the same one that says "Look, up in the sky!". xD
I remember watching this with my grandpa, and he quoted the entire intro.
If I get to be a 100 year-old nursing home resident -- with dementia -- I'll still be able to recite this opening word-for-word.
Hahahaha ---- TRUTH JUSTICE AND THE AMERICAN WAY! Fight on Patriots !!! - Anti Marxism ... Anti Communism Anti BLM ) We need -----> Real men! .... REAL leaders! #House2022 #Senate2022 #Trump2024 Semper Fi #USMC 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Embarrassing, I know, but I never knew there was a Superman before Christopher Reeve. "THE FLASH" brought me here.
And here I am 60 years later.
Still wearing a Cape.
Makes me CAPE ABLE
of way more then my conditions would imply.
I was so inspired by this version of an alien from space,
Saving all mankind dressed as a mild mannered reporter.
Reminds me of another guy who did the same,,,
In a robe and sandels.
💕💓💕
Truth, justice & the American way!
such a big lie. Occupy,kill innocent and steal their natural resources that's the American Way.
Beatz by Radion get over it bozo
Thee Kellbell
He ain't american tho 😐😐😐
uvuvuwevwevwe onyetenyevwe ugwemubwem ossas, Neither are you, sucka!!! You weren't born in this country.
YHEAH BEND OVER............
Your dad did a great job in the Superman opening....he punched the words just right so that the narration came out terrific. Still a hit after all these years.
Opening Narration:
"Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall building than a single bound."
Man #1: "Look! Up in the sky, it's a bird..."
Woman: "It's a plane..."
Man #2: "It's Superman!"
"Yes, It's Superman! Strange visitor from another planet, who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal man. Superman, who came to the course of mighty rivers, bend steel with his bare hands, and who disguise as 'Clark Kent,' a mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitian newspaper. Fights a never-ending battle for truth, justice and the American Way."
Alden Davis Look up in the sky?, it's a bird a plane!. It's Superman!. Smile!.
+Alden Davis
Out of curiosity, what was the point of your just transcribing the opening narration, which by the way, contains multiple errors?
Buildings .... ROFL!
Look ! Up in the sky ! It's A bird ! It's A plane ! It's Superman ! Superman: Strange Visitor from A another world ! Who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel in his bare hands... And who. As the champion of the common worker, He fights A never ending battle for Stalin, Socialism, And the international expansion of the Warsaw pact. Superman: Pride of our Soviet State, Symbol of our military might...Let our enemies beware: There is only one, Superpower now !
Opening narration was by Bill Kennedy. The Kellogg's introduction was done by Charlie Lyon.
Mike one of the greatest voice over intros I have ever heard to this day. I have all the Superman episodes on DVDs and hear your dad over and over again. Never gets tired and always adds to the set up for the adventure. Immortal. A great show with a great intro/promo. Best.
The old B&W episode were much grittier than the later color versions-Superman routinely beat the snot out of thugs, gangsters and alike and many of the episodes were full of nasty stuff-LOVED IT!
That was because of the Comic codes authority which caused the silver age of comics. It took until the 80s for the censorship to end
The Flash movie brought me here!
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THE LAST SON OF ALCATRAZ
I was waiting for that one
I'm here after the iconic Comeback of bp HYLT .
"Look up in the sky it's a bird,it's a plane !"
IT"S...........IT'S.............
Here’s my version:
“Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall building at a single bound.”
Man 1: “Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird…”
Woman: “It’s a plane…”
Man 2: “It’s Superman!”
“Yes, it’s SUPERMAN! Strange visitor from the planet Krypton who came to Earth with amazing mental/physical powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. Superman, who can leap tall buildings at a single bound, race a speeding bullet to its live target, who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel with his bare hands. Superman, defender of law and order, champion of equal rights and a valiant, courageous fighter against the forces of hate and prejudice. And who disguised as ‘Clark Kent,’ mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights a never-ending battle for truth, justice and the American Way!”
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0:23 = The Flash movie brought me here 🤩❤
"Fights a NEVERENDING BATTLE for TRUTH, JUSTICE and the AMERICAN WAY!!!!". This was the BEST!!!
My all time favorite Superman....George Reeves!
But the costume is pretty bad. It needed to be tighter and have a cape that didn't droop.
Imagination was enough to bypass any flaws 8-) I liked George Reeves too.
@@ghenulo You have to remember? Low budget & black & white.
the thing my come and go but there always one superman for me it George reeve. man who fought truth , justice, and the American way
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I'm glad that real America is still alive in these clips. Thankfully this platform hasn't decided to remove them. TRUTH JUSTICE AND THE AMERICAN WAY! Not Woke and Raunchy with their PC garbage. I miss these kinds of shows which really did their own thing compared to today where anything you do or say can be used against you. They want you to conform and I'm sorry but i will not comply.
Don't hold ypur breathe the lunatic DEMONRATS will remove this too - download a copy b4 it happens. Read on .... TRUTH JUSTICE AND THE AMERICAN WAY! Fight on Patriots !!! - Anti Marxism ... Anti Communism Anti BLM ) We need -----> Real men! .... REAL leaders! #House2022 #Senate2022 #Trump2024 Semper Fi #USMC 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
''anything you do or say can be used against you. They want you to conform and I'm sorry but i will not comply."
Evidently you were not around during the 1950s like I was. That was the era of McCarthyism when anything and everything could be used against you to have you declared a "communist, subversive, pinko, fellow traveler". Right wing imposed conformity was FAR worse back then than anything you see today. But then, there was the right wing PC that compelled people to believe the mythic WMD hysteria under traitor Bush - just ask the Dixie Chicks and you'll know what I mean.
I’m 67 and enjoy this show as much as when I was a little boy. The music and Superman’s takeoffs still give me thrills.
The locomotive here is one of the Southern Pacific's premier "Daylight" locomotives (Northern class, 4-8-4), done in orange & red. GS-4 #4449 survives to this day, in operable condition.
Still a fan of these fun and great to watch TV shows. They gave a marathon on this a couple of days ago on my day off from work and since I did my errands and household chores I sat order out food and enjoy the Adventures of SUPERMANNNNN! One of those Great cool days off!
I loved seeing this universe make a cameo in The Flash.
I for one, can’t think of any other more recognizable opening theme music than that of this wonderful TV series!
Man, I used to get goose bumps as a kid listening to that intro
I LOVED this show when I was a kid growing up in Windsor Ontario, right across from Detroit. We got all the Detroit TV stations so it was great television, especially on Saturday mornings!
RIP Phyllis Coates.
This old man watch this show and loved it. Now it looks so goofy
I was born in the late 70's. And in my mind there only two people who did justice to the character of Superman and that George Reeves and Christopher Reeve. Even if there interpretations were different.
I'm 50 years old and I remember watching this cause they still showed this on TV when I was a little kid I still remember the intro it made it more exciting love that show
0:14 Love the Southern Pacific GS-3!!
I got the whole DVD Set. Outrageous!
Look, up in the sky!
It’s a bird!
It’s a plane!
No, it’s the sun... oh
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It Was A Joy For Me To. Watch Superman On Tv In The 1950's R.I.P. George Reeves !
Truth, Justice and the AMERICAN way!
Actually used to be something admirable, can you believe it looking at the joint today, December 2020!
My Dad was born in the 1950s grew up watching the show millions of times when he was a kid. Superman became his Hero he loved so much and then when my Dad got a little bit older he was into the Batman tv show, Star Trek and Mission Impossible that came out in 1966. My generation became Spider-Man, X-Men, Marvel movies, The Dark Knight trilogy and Wonder Woman.
Christopher Reeve is my Superman
Love Chris,but grew up with George.
Wow, I loved this opening. The miniature at the beginning, and the fantastic sound mix.
Still gives me goose bumps today. Thanks for posting!
The 50's were a much simpler time. People would get really excited to see a bird or a plane.
That's exactly what I realized a few years ago. You can't analyze the intro too much without realize that people wouldn't excitedly point at what they thought was a bird. Planes were quite a bit less common though. Although I suppose that an object that looked like a 6-foot long bird would generate amazement at first. ("Oh, never, mind, it's just a flying man")
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Superman was without a doubt 1 of my fave shows when I was a kid! This coming Sunday, January 5th would've been George Reeves 100th birthday. TCM will be showing four movies Sunday featuring George Reeves... God bless him
Can we go back to The American Way? I want america to be treated like an actual super power and have a strong symbol of hope
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I have not seen this in ~46-47 years (when i was 4-5 years old) i used to watch the reruns at my grandma's (on a tv station originating out of fort wayne, indiana) thanks!
oh my god it's so old style it's good... X3
Adam Kindeler yep my mom loves superman so much she has all the seasons from the 1950s
The music for this series was just as thrilling as the episodes. Great stuff for a kid in the 50's.
. . . and who, in the guize of Dark Stench, mild mannered trash collector for a great metropolitan sanitation department . . .
Perhaps the most famous opening of a show in television history. Bill Kennedy was the announcer.
When the Mole Men shot their gun at Luke Bensen and Superman saved Lukexby blocking the beam, shouldnt Superman have taken the gun and destroyed it?
No, because Bensen was a bigot. If you will notice when Bensen thanked Superman for saving his life, Superman told him that it was more than he deserved.
I am 37 and my mom got me into this stuff. She would tell me awesome stories of how great this show was.
LOOK! UP IN THE SKY!!! IT'S A BIRD!!!!
OH MY GOD ITS A PLANE!
Its Superman
Thanks for your time
As the story goes, the way he made the entrance through the windows was by jumping, grabbing a bar, and swinging himself on it through the window opening. So color me bizarre, but I can''t help but wonder-how many times did he miss?
Actually he tells the story of one time he didn't miss, but the bar broke loose and he came 'flying in' head first! WHACK right across the window sill, like a sack of potatoes! "...medic?" ;-)
The narrator for this opening is a much-loved local celebrity in the Detroit area, Bill Kennedy. He showed movies weekdays in the afternoon for more years than I can remember. He would mention this, and he even appeared in small parts in an episode or two.
@robm0732000 What's with the "You Americans" comment, you live in Canada not England or somewhere of great distance where it makes sense to say, you're literally next door. Not to mention Superman was created by Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel... in Cleveland, OHIO. -_-
Sometimes the revolver has a Colt style cylinder release, sometimes it's a Smith & Wesson style.
Thanks for all the great comments! This video is my 2nd most popular! But I've always been a fan and for Chris Reeve too! I've even got stuff for sale on eBay (-:
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Thanks to Michael K. Yes an honorable mention to "that intro my father did so many years ago".I learned something today, "Bill Kennedy"--from Wiki: Willard "Bill" Kennedy (June 27, 1908 - January 27, 1997) was an American actor, voice artist, and host of the long-running Detroit-based television show, Bill Kennedy at the Movies. He began his career as a staff announcer in radio; Kennedy's voice narrates the opening of the television series Adventures of Superman.
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--Van
I prefer "Truth, Justice, and the American Way" to the New World Order Way.
One of the best comments I've read this morning. The new world order, the swamp, Soros and his kind are truly evil on par with the Nazi regime. The swamp couldn't care less about the old America, truth,justice and the American way. Back then communism was despised and now it's "fashionable".I never thought communism could be popular to so many losers less than 30 years after the fall of the Soviet Union. Nice education system.
USA all the way !!!
In Portuguese the "american way" was translated as "for the welfare of all"
Contre les armées de Satan It’s not the new world order way
Lucas Muzy Not true
I am still watching these on COZI- The best and I love to see the old cars!
Bro the cgi is better than she hulk and the flash
ah the classic superhero television. Didn't grow up watching superman but I was raised with old TV. a true patriot superman is
Well at least he had the good sense not to wear boxers on the outside.
Just hearing that music brings back the memories of being a kid in the 1960's. I also loved the bugs bunny show and I dream of Jeannie. Best times.
George Reeves was the Best Superman I grew up with. "Truth, Justice and the American Way" was the motto. The best ever......too bad all the latest technology and special affects couldn't be used as they are today. Even now the special affects are "lacking" in giving total credit to Superman's superhuman strength on how he flies, or crashes through walls of steel and concrete or deflects bullets without blinking an eye.(Superman Returns_Not bad) Man of Steel is even better when he flies. I am still dismayed over the untimely death of George Reeves and his future. It appears that his fiance, Lenore Lemon, admitted before she died that she was responsible for killing George. I have done some investigations into this case as I am former law enforcement/Private Investigator. See also: Jim Nolt who is a George Reeves fan and expert.
I very heartily agree! George Reeves was the very best of all the actors who played Superman including all the "modern" (newer) actors and and the old shows even though they didn't have all the super special effects and tricks that the later Superman movies that followed the ones George Reeves starred in.
@@FedUpTimeOut Although I like George Reeves, I don't need to tell you who is universally considered the best actor to have ever played Superman... 😁
Adventures of Superman (a.k.a. Superman and The Adventures of Superman) first aired on different syndicated TV stations from 1952 to 1958. Following cancellation, it was later seen in syndicated reruns on various local stations, starting in 1965 during the 60’s and 70’s, when all the episodes were reshown in color. It was then later ran on WWOR-TV (channel 9) from 1987 to 1991, during the late 80’s and early 90’s, and they also ran a Thanksgiving marathon called “Superman Festival” featured selected episodes of Superman, and it was hosted by Jack Larsen, who played Jimmy Olson in the TV program. And what they did, they showed unrestored prints of the original show, before it went into restoration. These episodes that WWOR-TV aired came from 16mm film chain copies. Then it was aired on both Nickelodeon and Nick@Nite from September 20, 1991 to September 3, 1995. It was reran on Saturday evenings on Me-TV from September 6, 2014 to September 10, 2016. The series also aired weekdays on Heroes & Icons digital subchannels.
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Thank you for uploading! Brings back a lot of memories!
This is the Superman that I like, not this modern can lift planets bs they make him do now. I will always prefer the classic Superman model to the modern one.
Originally, Superman did not fly in the comic books...he LEAPED from place to place....he didnt start to "fly" until 3 or 4th year of the comic books..
The classic superman actually started to get more powerful within 5 years of writing, much more powerful than modern superman.
Bubba Hubba which is why the introduction has the line "able to leap tall buildings in a single bound!"
star trek Yes, I know...of course, the ORIGINAL Superman in the comic books was nothing like our Man of Steel....he was an evil bald headed mastermind...which later became the design for Lex Luthor....In the FLIMATION cartoons from the mid 60s, they show Superman "leaping" over buildings and not flying in a flat manner....which was a great nod to the original notion behind the original "good "Superman!
Bubba Hubba +star trek meant Jerry Seigel and Joe Shuster original comics Superman, in Action Comics #1 1938. Same costume (little different 'S') same black hair, good guy. Just not overwhelming power. He's not referring to the '33 short story they did as kids, "Reign of the Superman", where they used the name for a villain. Besides, its now how much power Superman has, its how he uses it.
(oh, I _am_ MissingPieces4U as well, my other ID :-)
Those were the days. Sure am glad I got to grow up when I did in the 60s and watched Superman and all the other great shows. Personally, I want to set back through Professor Peabody's Way Back Machine and go back to the 60s. the world today just sucks.
Not really worth pointing out something up in the sky if it first appears to be a bird, is it? Incidentally, how low down are his knees?!
right? that always made me laugh
You must be too dump to realise that It's two different people who said the line"Look up in the sky" and "it's a bird".
And yet, YOU prove how 'dump' YOU are. lol PROOFread when you criticizing, fool! rofl
Well, you're putting words in my mouth there, Agent Scully. I know it's not the same person saying both lines. Point is, as was, if you call out an object in the sky which is immediately declared to be a bird, it hardly looked extraordinary enough to mention in the first place. You were just trying to be snarky though, weren't you, Scully? And it backfired when you called me dump.
It's obviously that the first person saw something strange in the sky(definitely beyond his comprehension)and cried out,but the second person JUST thought it's a bird.I don't know why such a concise intro is too hard to understand for some people.
I know this audio by heart. Had to brush up a little
@TheCloisFan You should get it.
this was my show when I was a kid, still remember the words