When I was a kid growing up in the 1950’s one of the many things that were great was Saturday morning TV! Or any TV in the 1950’s for that matter. My all time favorite program was “The Adventures of Superman!” I’ve been really disappointed that they took it off TV Land! However; I ordered the first 4 seasons of it on CD from Amazon! So there TV Land! They haven’t arrived yet because I “Pre Release” ordered. They’re supposed to be out June 20!  If you don’t see any new stories for a while, at least you’ll know why. I might just have a Superman “super” marathon. I’ve been known to do this with the Three Stooges too. Nyuk Nyuk.

 

As an “Adult”, when I watched Superman on TV Land (when it was still on), I noticed now that the sets are “cheesy”. As a kid you don’t notice those kinds of things. Even though the sets are “cheesy”, it’s still a great show! When we were kids, we all thought we could fly just like Superman. All we had to do was run and jump and presto, we’d be air bound flying at the speed of a fastest bullet! As many times as I tried to fly, I never could get off the ground except the 3 or so feet I jumped trying to get there. It’s a good thing I didn’t try to jump out of the upper barn window, which was about 50 feet in the air! To this day, I don’t know why I didn’t since things like that were SOP for me. Looking back, I now have a theory why I couldn’t fly like Superman. I didn’t have a cape! I should have contacted “Cape” Canaveral and ordered one!

 

Come to think of it, I never saw Superman ever eat anything. I suppose if he does eat lunch, he has either “Super” sandwiches. One of my favorite scenes is when Superman had to rescue Lois and Jimmy (didn’t he always!) They were trapped in a mine several hundred feet below the ground. Superman flew into the top of the ground and bore his way down to them. Since the ground wasn’t made of lead, he ended up right beside them! WOW! Some x-ray vision Huh! I noticed now and even when I was a kid that when Superman was boring his way down to the cave that it was a “cartoon” Superman! I figured the real Superman wouldn’t have to be a cartoon one, since he was more than capable of doing it himself. Alas, another thing to add to my ever growing “Mysteries of Life List”. Throughout the years, I’ve read every book and read every web site about Superman. The only other time I’ve thoroughly read every book and every website on anyone was the Three Stooges”. It’s an honor to Superman’s legacy that he is right up there with the Three Stooges”!

 

As kids, Tim and I were so into Superman, that we even had “Super Kitties”. This entailed throwing a cat, from a distance, onto the bed or sofa or other soft places. As the cat went through the air, it stretched out it’s front legs just like Superman flying! We’d always throw the cat through the air and say, “Super Kitty”! After we did that a few times to all the cats, each cat would see us coming and run away. I guess they just preferred being “mortal” cats! We never tried to make “Super” turtles, rabbits, dogs, or any other furry creature. I’m sure we tried, but none of them stuck out their paws like cats did.

 

I always thought it was strange that Superman wore tight blue leotards just “like a lady”. Although I’m sure NO ONE would have critized that in front of Superman!

 

They claim that Superman is dead. The supposed “facts” are that he committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. Nonsense! Since Superman is impervious to bullets, it would be impossible to fatally shoot himself. Now if he really wanted to commit suicide he would swallow Kryptonite! Therefore, I have never believed that he’s dead! I am convinced that story was started by some modern action hero who was jealous of Superman.

 

 

I tried watching the new “Superman” movies, but they just weren’t the same since the sets were not “cheesy” and the flying and landing sounds weren’t at all like the ones on TV that the REAL Superman did. I quickly surmised that this wasn’t the REAL Superman, but just an imposter.

 

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