WTF Happened to The Amazing Spider-Man TV series? (1977)
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- čas přidán 23. 03. 2021
- As far as live-action superheroes go, fans today don't know how good they've got it. With both Zack Snyder's Justice League and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier coming out recently, it's time to look back to a time when many had to make do with much less sophisticated superheroes. In the seventies, big-screen superheroes were MIA. Things were a bit better on the small screen, with shows like Wonder Woman and The Incredible Hulk doing well in the ratings. This led to the creation of this week's Gone But Not Forgotten subject, The Amazing Spider-Man. A decidedly low-tech take on the Marvel superhero, this short-lived series starred the likable Nicholas Hammond (The Sound of Music and recently Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon A Time in Hollywood) as Peter Parker, aka The Amazing Spider-Man. Join us as we examine this campy but often endearing show.
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I would to see you do a video based on the short lived Flash live action series that aired on CBS back in the early 90's. The show would've survived had it not go against the Simpson's and the Cosby show back in the day's.
Greatest American Hero
Today's Marvel fans as well as Marvel Studios would'nt go for that cause Spider-Man is literally the Mickey Mouse of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Plus,he's also a big money making franchise who is way too big for the small screen unless it's another Spider-Man cartoon for cartoons help sells merchandise and toys. @Squiggy Zee
True indeed. I would definitely watch it yet again Marvel Studio caters towards today's fan and not the die hard fans like ourselves who grew up reading the source materials and watched the cartoons narrated by Stan Lee R.I.P. back in the day's. @Squiggy Zee
Sounds great.@Squiggy Zee
I can't ever forget that he swung from the same building in every episode time and time...and time again.
As a kid watching reruns of this in the late 80s...it was AMAZING. I friggin loved it
I remember being mesmerized by how real it was. Now of course it’s super corny in comparison to the current movies. But man, I was definitely captivated.
I think they deserve a lot of credit for what they were able to do at the time. And those stunts... impressive.
Hell yes, I was mesmerized. This and the ending of Muppet Babies where Spider-Man jumps on the logo always left me breathless as a little fanboy.
I especially loved that saxophone theme music!
I thought it was pretty crap. Oh well.
Those scenes of the stuntman actually climbing up the side of a skyscraper, shown in a long shot, stayed with me since childhood. Yes, upon recent rewatch the green screen bits do stand out more than they did in the 80s but the rest of the practical moves are unbelievably good.
I'm old enough to remember both the Electric Company Spiderman and the 1977 TV series. Loved them both! Dang it I am old.
The Electric Company intro is here on CZcams. Enjoy your trip!
You must be a 100 years old!
I wish they release a skin with that costume on the Spiderman game. Really.
Maybe for Insomniac's Spider-Man 2...
@@Batman88878 Also Japanese Spider-Man outfit
If he and the Japanese Spider-Man meet up in a live action Spider-Verse movie, IT WOULD BE AMAZING!!!!
Hammond having a (relatively?) substantial part playing a much older and experienced Spidey would be very interesting, who knows how awesome a Peter Parker with 40+ years of experience would be?!
Shinji Todo's Supaidāman is always badass! Not much to say about that! He'll also be just about as experienced in crimefighting as Hammond!
Nicolas Hammond face was inspiration for the 90s Animated Spider man Series Peter Parker.
Didn’t know that! Good on ya!!!
The cartoon series creators said he wasn't :-(
@@spiderman77TVfans But they do look similar
I believe that. He was even portrayed as a college student there.
wrong... but, it’s fun to make shit up
So, we live in a world where the 1970's Japanese Spider-Man is easier to find than the 1970's US Spider-Man show? Who'd a thunk it?!
The Japanese Spider-Man is hilariously weird. The 1970s TV/live action Spidey was boring and cheesy.
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I mean the Japanese Supaidaman even had a great catchphrase and position as apparently the Emissary of Hell.
@@jamealjordon1376
Japanese Spider-Man even indirectly created the Power Rangers.
@@modmaker7617
Sorta.
Himitsu Sentai Gorenger and Jakkā Dengekitai, were already out and in the can from 1975 to 1977.
But the word on it, stated that, Jakkā Dengekitai, was such a failure, that it was nearly ended Sentai.
What Supaidaman (1978) did was alter the format, forever going forward:
Introducing the 11th commandment of: Thou shall fight giant robots, with giant robots.
And from there Super Sentai, was created.
Super alluding to the Giant Robots and monster format.
And for a long time, Toei did not consider Gorenger and Dengekitai, apart of Super Sentai until one of the later anniversaries, where they were finally retroactively added in towards the number count of Super Sentai series, as they were just considered Sentai.
So without Marveller / Leopardon, there would be no Super Sentai, which immediately started with Battle Fever J (1979).
BFJ, which ironically took away the fantastical element of henshin and just made it a mere costume to put on, though I recall they were protective of sorts, until they killed off one of the Battle Fever J members and replaced him.
Contrast all that to HSG which didnt really get into the morph aspect, but man-o-man, JAKQD... went overboard with henshin, even though Big One, was more like HSG, could morph on command. .
Oh, that's not remotely correct, they've been right here on CZcams for years : czcams.com/play/PL790D2B5404DBE6B2.html
Nicholas Hammond deserves, deserves, deserves to get a cameo in the upcoming Spidey flick.
The theme for this show was amazing. It sounded like a double dragon level.
Season one or season two????
Man i loved this as a kid. I was "lucky" to be born in the 70s and shows like this, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Incredible Hulk, Battlestar, Buck Rogers, Space 1999 etc where mana from heaven for a kid.
Very true. Don't forget Bigfoot and Wildboy and the original Shazam.
I love this show in all its campy glory. I have it in on VHS, laserdisc, and still have the copy I taped off of TBS from the 80s.
I really want an official copy of this on Dvd or Blu-ray.
Wow. They don't have it? Insane, I remember when you could get bootlegs on Amazon. I got the Melrose Place series. At least some of it. It was out of order in some areas. VCR to DVD. I grew up w no cable and a TV I had to turn the dial to use. No VCR, till DVD. "I'm not paying to see no booties"! I constantly heard. I had no shame in a fuzzed out tv or movie for years. I watched alot of
Fr, I want this in my collection.
It might be rights issues. Not sure if Sony has the rights or Disney.
Shout factory get on it
I used to own the movie versions when I was a child(I’m from the uk) they were called “Spider-Man strikes back” and “Spider-Man and the dragons challenge” and i used to be totally besotted by them
Nicholas Hammond was the perfect '70s/Bronze-Age of Comics, Spider-Man. He was great as Peter. Smart but not nerdy, shy but not a pathetic loser. That's the way Peter Parker was in the 1970's. Also the infamous cocky, sarcastic, humor of Peter Parker/Spider-Man is there if you listen for it. Parker's struggle with money and trying to do the right thing despite who he might hurt is in the late '70s tv show.
Bill Bixby's death was absolutely the reason why there was no cross over. You have to remember the last TV movie of the Hulk premiered in 1990 (Death of the Incredible Hulk). Bixby had every intention of bringing Banner and the Hulk back, but his illness soon after shut him down to concentrate on his own personal life, so those projects, including the crossover with Spiderman, were never put into production. Bixby's TV movies were what kept the Hulk alive long after that series was over, so this crossover would bring back Spiderman as well. It would have been tremendous.
Even with its many flaws I absolutely loved this show growing up. Being a child of the 80s I rented the pilot episode at my local video store and I must’ve watched it a thousand times. Even though our local video store didn’t have every episode available, the episodes I wasn’t able to rent were shown on tv sporadically allowing me to video tap the episodes I hadn’t seen. Like you I actually really enjoyed Nicholas Hammond’s portrayal of Peter Parker and I thought the Spidey stunts preformed by Fred Waugh were great considering he did them in real life. I didn’t mind that the shows producers didn’t have the budget to bring Spider-Man’s rogues gallery to life. With that being said my one complaint is that Spidey didn’t do any wise cracking when interacting with the thugs he fought throughout the series. I also thought Micheal Pataki was great as Captain Barbera and he should’ve been cast to play J. Jonah Jameson. If he had a mustache he would look just like him. Overall I think they made the best with what they had and I’ll always have very fond memories watching this show. This was a great video and I’m glade you gave the 1970s Live Action Spiderman tv series some love and attention.
Same
There does need to be a live action Spider-Man show! A big problem with Spidey is that he feels rushed in his own films and a tv show format could better for mysterious, build up, character development, and drama.
theirs no batman animated tv shows anymore that adults can watch only shite like batman brave & bold, imagine a 12 part 1 hour episodes using the 3D graphics to make the arkham game trailers starting from the origins to the dark knight returns, how amazing was the trailer for arkham city & that was ps3, imagine ps5 arkham esque long continues stories, it would be cheaper to produce than batwoman & would be actually good, it could even be an HBO max exclusive but those ass hats don't know what their doing so it will never happen😟😔
Hey, if the comics could run for so many years, I think a TV show could work. It would need a big budget though so that might be a major sticking point.
@@mjmellan CGI cartoons suck though....and that would be the most boring show ever, stale as hell like 5 episodes in, look at Wandavision.....people were already growing tired of the TV gimmick what 3 or 4 episodes in?? ouch
and the reason a space ship/station show can go so long with the same location is we see different sections all the time
bridge, engineering, ten forward/the bar, medical, hangar, entertainment venues like holodeck, sports arenas, theater etc oh and mess hall and with stations specifically we see parks, promenade's, markets, slums etc so it's never just the same spots
also think man it's a game series, it won't translate to a fun show very well cus of the lack of detecting crimes, gathering clues, interactions with Gordon etc and you have to think, they stretched 1 episode over 12 hours or so of game then roughly 3 episodes over double that for city and the rest.....a lot of the fat would need to be trimmed off and better writing for dialog and character action/interactions, better pacing for a show and proper explanations for what's going on, frankly i never understood what was up in those games and I'm a veteran of the animated series lolz
no, the 1990 animated show totally got batman right and will remain as the best batman ever, the arkham games are okay but not a template for a show, that Assault on Arkham movie was cool though
Hey it works for Superman
Another comic book connection : Ellen Bry was one of Margot Kidder’s stunt doubles in Superman and Superman 2. She’s the figure who bounces from the awning to the fruit stand in the Donner cut of Superman 2.
Two different scenes from this series always depicted a grounded version of Parker such as lamenting over his broken camera or how how he earnestly pleads to a chopper pilot to take him over the Empire State building while admitting that he has no money to pay for the ride which is a stark contrast to the recent cash grab over bloated mess of turd in which a neutered Spiderpunk tries to be an Ironman knockoff. I was also obsessed with those "elbow patches" on Parker's suit more the the Spidey costume itself.
This show was my first introduction to Spiderman as a kid and I LOVED IT.
You pay good homage to it here. It gave a realism to the character and put him 8n real life situations.The wall climbing stunts were amazing and you wo t see that today. I dont care what Stan Lee says you couldn't have someone swinging through NYC in the 70s and supervillans would have been camp. This was gritty. Loved Robert F Simons J Jonah. Disagree that his character changed, it just added more depth. He was cantankerous but had a heart of gold and he thought Spidey was a menace - not too dissimilar from the comics which I didn't read til later.
Also loved Captain (Hannah) Barberra your typical 70s cop. Hammond was a great mature personification of Parker. I used to look forward to it on Friday nights in the early 80s in the UK.
Plus the music by Stu Philips and also from the Pilot was so cool and funky.
I was amazed as a kid in the 70s seeing Spidey climbing buildings.
Fun fact: David White, who played J. Jonah Jameson in the pilot, was Darrin Stephens' boss, Larry Tate in Bewitched. Robert F. Simon, his replacement in the regular series, played Darrin's dad, Frank Stephens.
I'm a grown as man now, and I still love this show.
Everyone has a favourite Peter Parker. Some people like Andrew Garfield. A lot like Tobey Maguire, while others love Tom Holland. Me, I absolutely think that Nicholas Hammond was and still is the best Peter Parker and Spiderman.
Agreed!
I've like all of them to be truthful. Though Toby's emo dancing was hard to take but that's more the script than his acting.
Tom is a great teenage Peter/Spidey, Toby I found dry and lacking the right humor for the character, and Andrew has always been my favorite. He nails the humor and wears the suit better than anyone else, he looks like he jumped right off the page...just wish he had better material to work with, script-wise.
@@Axolotl_Mischief For me Tobey will always be the best while Andrew Garfield did a fine Spider-Man but his movies sucked and his Peter lacked who Peter Parker is. Tom Holland's a pretty good but felt more like Iron Boy than Spider-Man. Nicholas Hammond did well and was like a live action version 1990s animated series Spider-Man whose up there with Tobey's version for me.
I totally forgot about this show, that's when you know your getting old when you forget things that use to exist.
Wow. That brought back some memories. I remember watching this on VHS as a young lad in the early 80's. Pretty sure it was how I was introduced to Spider-Man.
This was my introduction to Spiderman and I loved it.
One of the shows biggest fans is Quentin Tarantino. Would love to see him adapt this somehow. That's why he got the role in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Marlee Matlin and Holly Hunter both won Oscars as Best Lead Actress. Both did not talk at all in their performances.
Point being, Danny Seagren, even though he only played the character in short segments and without dialogue, he is indeed the first actor to play Spider-Man in costume physically and live action for television. Nicholas Hammond was the second actor to perform the role of Spider-Man on television and since the episode was released theatrically overseas is actually the first actor to play the part in a theatrically released film.
Paul Soles is still first.
Nicholas Hammond is also who the 1994 animated series version of Peter Parker is based on.
Hammerhead, Tombstone, Wilson Fisk, some characters like Doc Ock I do believe could have been done on a budget in the 70’s and I say that because there are a lot of examples in film that made incredible leaps in film techniques & practical effects from that era. Studio film executives back then were more financially and creatively hesitant, when compared to how producers and showrunnerrs are ballsy enough today. I think the problem was that they lacked a person like Kevin Feige on their creative teams among the studios.
Think you got it backwards. Today studios and execs are far less ballsy and more penny pinching today when it comes to tv then back in the day. Also it's pretty good that they lacked a Kevin Feige because he turned out to be quite the fraud.
i loved this show and to those who bag on this "respect the past because it was all that was possible and it laid the ground work for what you have now"
I grew up watching this first run and consider it 'my' Spider-man. It and the 60's cartoon, which was syndicated at the time, started my love of the character.
I feel the same. 60s Spidey with the catchy theme, tv Spidey, plus Spidey and his amazing friends. Then the raimi movie .
I am old enough to remember this premiering on television and I was super excited. I truly loved this show and was sorry it didn't last longer.
I used to look forward to watching the show every week! Sure teen boys may have been the target, but this preteen girl loved it too! I hated that it was either preempted or moved around the schedule!!
I really appreciate how much was practical effects and stunt work!! It's true that unless the show was animated, getting Spidey's rogues gallery was going to be a challenge.
I think Hammond was not mistaken about a crossover; remember the Hulk TV movies which ran throughout the 80s. Bixby had Daredevil for a potential spinoff, so it's possible Hammond could have returned as Spidey during that time.
I loved this show.
Then again, when your pajamas looked nearly identical to the quality of the costume featured in the television-show, it was pretty easy to actually feel like the hero...
I was in the elementary school when this came out and everyone at school was trying to swing on invisible webs around the playground. When the Incredible Hulk was thrown into the mix, add Steve Austin, and then Empire? Are you kidding? My childhood had the coolest heroes in it.
You’ll find a huge number of TV movies and pilots were regularly repurposed as theatrical films overseas in the 70s and 80s. Take your pick of the 80s action hours, Knight Rider, Airwolf, Buck Rogers, and V just to name a few
I use to watch this in the morning when I had to stay home by myself. I was 7 and loved it! Get Smart, Wonder Woman, this show, then the dating shows would come on. I dialed so many 900 numbers, I was mentioned on the news! I wanted to be a bartender, and NKOTB to sing to me.
This is a great part of my childhood. Reading spider-man comics and watching the only thing available on TV. The Amazing Spider-man tv series. I loved it.
Dude your recaps are spot on. Keep it up.
I actually saw the TV film as part of a double bill at the cinema. I was young, and had a great time.
I loved this show when I was a kid
Chip Fields is the mother of Kim Fields (Tootie on Facts of Life and Regin on Living Singles, among other projects) and Alexis Fields (Ken and Kel, Sister, Sister, and Moesha). Chip also played the mother of Janet Jackson's Penny (Good Times TV Show) who beat the daughter, most notably the character burning her daughter with the iron.
I gotta say, i love the spider man suit. I really liked the suit from these japanese spiderman show but didnt like the mask, but i think the mask on this suit looks much better but keeps the overall look of the japanese suit, even may be the same.
I watched this version of Spider-man for the first time in the mid 90s, but remember seeing it in video stores before hand. I went into the Raimi movie with low expectations from this, so was blown away!!
NICHOLAS HAMMOND.
THE FORGOTTEN SPIDERMAN.
It was a crime and a sin for the movie makers behind Spiderman No Way Home to exclude him from their cinematic blockbuster. They could have easily cast him in a short funny cameo role as the elderly boyfriend of Neds grandmother.
I am shocked. A 1970's villain dressing the heroine in a white bikini? Oh the humanity!
More villains need to do that instead of putting their henchmen in faceless helmets.
i was so shocked i had to pause the video to take a breather.
Had this show on on a couple of vhs tapes as a kid thanks to my grandparents, and read spider-man comics faithfully. Loved it just for the sheer fact the character was in live action (back at a time when it was virtually the only thing we had haha.). Hammond apparently lives out here in Australia, and I recall he sometimes popped up on morning tv programs when spider-man films dropped at the cinema, or sound of music had an anniversary. I too hope one day the full show pops on streaming. Cheers for the nostalgia video!
I think you could've had some of the crime bosses from the comic book. Wilson Fisk would've been perfect as well as Big Man, The Crimemaster, Silvermane and maybe the Maggia.
You can change the villains name in “deadly dust” to Silvermane and you would be good
Recently purchased this series on DVD, copied from VHS but still fun to watch
I remember watching this series as a kid, and loved it.
Barely remember watching this on tv. They would air Wonder Woman and Hulk more.
I just said that. It was a block of them when I watched. I can't believe I'm so old.
In my are, they didn’t even air the Doctor Strange pilot! Luckily, I was able to get a fairly decent signal out of Chicago.
To Nicholas Hammond:
The first actor to play Spider-Man
Before Tobey Maguire
Before Andrew Garfield
And before tom Holland
Nicholas Hammond The amazing spider-man in 1977 needs to be in the english subtitles in the dvd and the bluray.
Loved Nicholas Hammond SpiderMan and the Japanese SpiderMan as a kid. I wish Nicholas Hammond returned in SpiderMan no way home as his SpiderMan
As a 70s kid, I remember all of those 70s superhero shows and loved them all as a kid. I remember trying to catch Spiderman but yeah they kept moving the air time and back then there was no way to record so you lived and died by TV-Guide. If you missed an episode, you missed an episode.
Hee heh heh, he said "butt phuck NO!" at @10:14 LOL
That was my absolute Fav when I was a kid!! And ferignos Hulk was up there too but I still love those seasons. And the suit looked great 👍👍👍
I have a bootleg bluray that looks decent enough, but imagine a fully remastered official HD release on bluray?
Let’s not forget it influenced the 90s Fox Kids cartoon. Peter had Nicholas Hammond’s face!
A little late but some villains could have been done such as: Kraven like you mentioned but also his brother Chameleon. Plus Mr. White from the Deadly Dust eps could have been retrofitted to be Silvermane and the Maggia. Maybe even an appearance from The Crime Master…also who wouldn’t have liked to see a 1970’s live action Morbius.
It was a honor for this series to be made and it felt like a comic book come to life.
Yeah there was no Green Goblin, Doc Ock, Venom etc. but it was a 70s limited budget series.
Uncle Ben being already dead before Peter gets bitten by the spider somewhat ruins the whole origin story since Uncle Ben's death is a big part of how Spider-Man came to understand that with great power comes great responsibility.
My guess is the lack of Dead Uncle Ben in 1977 is the reason why they killed him like 8 times in Spider-Man 3 during flashbacks, for the sake of balance.
Thanks for the video and keep up the good work!
Thank you
I did find the show on DVD. Five years ago at San Diego Comic Con, there was a guy that was selling hard to find DVDs of movies and TV shows. Some were on VHS and Some were on DVD. I was able to find a copy of the Amazing Spider-Man. It may have been a bootleg copy, i’m not sure but the quality while viewing it, seemed pretty good and the picture and content on the case, looked professionally done by a company.
oh man
as someone who has acrophobia watching those climbing scenes was terrifying lmfao
I never to to see this show sadly in the 90s, but I remember my dad telling me about it because he liked it
My brother and I loved this growing up. We wanted the metallic webshooters and the belt. This show was great to 7 year old me.
I use to watch this show all the time when I was a kid. I'm constantly looking for the tapes on Ebay, hopefully shout factory will give us a proper disc release. They've already released the 90's Captain America movie, plus the show.. Fingers crossed
I was thirteen years old when this was on TV, loved it, I never missed an episode!
Great Video ! Unfortunately, I only ever saw the pilot and The Deadly Dust on VHS in the 90s,since those two were the only ones available to rent in my neck of the woods. So ive never seen the other episodes.
I remember this show I was really young but I remember it. I also remember the animated TV show was Spider-Man, Fire Girl and Iceman.
Spiider-Man and his Amazing Friends which is on Disney+ at the moment.
Firestar
@@shanehickenbottom3708 Okay
This show was so hard to find on TV as a kid. Just be flipping the channels and BOOM 💥 THERE IT IS.
Loved this when I was a kid!
As a kid I loved this show. As an adult I want it on Blue-Ray and have been yearning for it for years. It needs to be released.
Well, for now CZcams'll hafta do, I guess : czcams.com/play/PL790D2B5404DBE6B2.html
I actually like the belt and how big the webshooter cartridges on his wrist are.
Me too! I tried to make my own out of mat h boxes.
Ironically, CBS faced being typecasted before this. They were considered the "Rural Sitcom" network in the 1960s with Green Arces, Beverly Hillbillies, Andy Griffith, and Pettycoat Junction.
It would be cool to get a remastered version of this show on blu Ray
Please do a Gone but not Forgotten on Tales of the Gold Monkey. That show needs more love attention
Oh Yeah! I almost forgot about that show until you mentioned it. The pilot movie was great. The show's quality slipped pretty fast though.
Was that the show with Stephen Collins on ABC set in the 1930s?
@@cityhawk Yep
I would also vote for "Bring 'Em Back Alive" with Bruce Boxleitner.
Nicholas Hammond should make an appearance in Spiderman : No Way Home. He is the OG !
And Japanese Spider-Man
"Is he strong?"
"LISTEN BUD!" (said through clenched teeth while angrily shaking finger)
The 70s spider-man theme is really funky 😌
That theme music really boogies though.
Me and my dad use to watch this ALL the TIME...LOVED THIS!
I watched this so much as a kid.
I remember watching reruns of this on the Sci fi channel when I was a kid, always waiting for Doc Ock to eventually show up 🤣🤣🤣
Absolutely loved this show. Great video thanks 😊
I think they actually could've done a supervillain or two. Like you said, Kraven and Mysterio were easy. And Electro too. You know how many TV shows had at least one scene with electricity being fired? It was doable since the 60's. And the suit (if they woukd've bit the bullet and done wouldve been easy). Doc Ock was doable, but wouldve taken more time and money so very unlikely. But man the 60's and 70's had lots more (now forgotten villains) that we liked back then: Hypno-Hustler, Mindworm, Gibbon, Grizzly, Kangaroo, Morbius, the Marauder and on and on. Heck Kingpin is just a fat bald guy and Crime Master and Boss Man (Big Boss? Big Man?) were just masked "guys" in dress suits and fedoras. But the ones we were expecting most of all were the Enforcers; a big goon in a turtleneck, a short guy in a classy dress suit and hat and a Texan with a lasso? Supervillains AND realistic; best of both worlds.
14:55 He also might have been talking about the death of Bixby's 6 year-old son in 1981... or the suicide of his ex-wife shortly thereafter, which Bixby may have contributed to by openly blaming her for being negligent. Yeah, he had a lot of dark shit going on during those last couple of seasons of The Incredible Hulk.
Yeah I talk about that in the Incredible Hulk episode of Gone But Not Forgotten. You can find it on the playlist of the CZcams page
It affected the show in interesting ways. There's one episode of The Incredible Hulk, "Proof Positive" that has no Bill Bixby, supposedly because of court proceedings with his divorce. The producers made the most of it by doing a story from the point of view of Banner's dogged pursuer, reporter Jack McGee. McGee doesn't know who the Hulk is and Banner, played by stuntmen and doubles, is never clearly seen.
some of the episodes aired in the UK, and i remember watching this and loving it. never seen Spiderman before, so this was my entry point into Marvel
Thanks for this! For some time now, I've been trying to find the intro/theme song to the series but can't. It's a very jazz-centric theme and pretty good. Does anyone know where I can find it?
You failed to mention the 2nd season's 70s super funkadelic theme song! I have tried for years to find a version without the sound effects over the top of it. Any help finding the
Dana Kaproff disco-esque tune now?
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. 👍
I didn't even know this existed till recently. After viewing this video I wouldn't mind checking it out sometime.
I remember vividly someone watching it. It was a scene in which Spiderman climb a skyscraper and shoot his web that looks like rope. I was not sure it's a Spiderman film until now.😂
Haha, I do remember missing a lot of episodes because of the time slot changes. Life was full of disappointments like that back then. And when you missed those shows you missed them. You could only pray they might be shown again during Spring re-runs, and that you might catch them then.
I do prefer and older Peter Parker. There's only so much adults should be able to relate to our care about "Spider-Man meets Saved By the Bell."
I agree. I liked that about Raimi's movies too starting with Spider-Man 2 where Peter is in college and had his own apartment like in the 70s series.
The plot of Spider-Man wasn't the plot of Die Hard; the plot of Die Hard was that of Spider-Man.
Love it. My first ever real life SpiderMan/Peter Parker
I remember watching this show on TV.
I am so old.