Adventures Of Superman DVD Series Collection (1 Viewer)

[Flashgear]

I just stumbled upon this wonderful color photo of George Reeves making a personal appearance in costume at a department store promoting sales of the Superman play suit. This must have been pure magic for those children!

Another personal appearance, sans costume, at Christmas time...the comic book that George has autographed is Jimmy Olsen #9, December 1955 issue.

 

[Matt Hough]

Great photos!

 

[John*Wells]

I loved AOS As a kid and got the Flippers Im looking forward to a Single side DVD release

 

[Tony Bensley]

I loved AOS As a kid and got the Flippers Im looking forward to a Single side DVD release

There were flippers? My ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN discs from each of the DVD season sets (1, 2, 3 & 4, 5 & 6.) are all single sided!

CHEERS!

 

[Josh Steinberg]

Mine are also all single sided.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Great photos!

Yeah they are!!

 

[BobO'Link]

There were flippers? My ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN discs from each of the DVD season sets (1, 2, 3 & 4, 5 & 6.) are all single sided!

CHEERS!

Mine are also all single sided.

Ditto. SS discs here too.

 

[Matt Hough]

Oh, how I loved The Adventures of Superman as a kid! After its original run, it continued to be syndicated and seeing those color seasons were eye-opening experiences for me as a teenager once we got a color TV. I never lost my love for the show.

I admit now that I rewatch the series frequently to take me right back to the innocent childhood wonder connected to this show.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

I didn't see much of this show as a kid - it wasn't syndicating on any of the things that I readily had access to. But I grew up loving my VHS copy of "Superman: The Movie" and my parents also had this cassette collection of "TV's Greatest Hits" that was a compilation of famous TV theme songs from the 1950s and 1960s. The Superman theme was one of my favorites, and I already loved the character because of the Christoper Reeve movies.

I started watching the show in 2006 when the DVDs came out to coincide with the theatrical release of "Superman Returns" (man, that was a good summer to be a Superman fan with all of this stuff coming out on disc for the first time). I'm still working my way through the different seasons since I've watched them irregularly, but they always bring a smile to my face. I'll go through a period where I'll binge half a dozen over two or three days, and then I'll put it aside for a while.

I think at this point I've seen the first three seasons in their entirety. I should pick it up again.

 

[Mike Frezon]

The opening strains of the Superman theme (George Reeves)--also used when he was flying--is embedded in my brain and I probably think of it at least once every few days. It is probably engrained in me more than many popular movie themes.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

If I hear anyone saying anything that sounds even close to "Look, up in the sky!" the entire theme just starts looping in my head.

 

[Matt Hough]

I think at this point I've seen the first three seasons in their entirety. I should pick it up again.

Well, you've seen the best the series had to offer if you've seen the first three seasons. The final three color seasons get sillier and much less violent. They can still make you smile, and the core cast continues to be great, but the stories are more threadbare. None of that matters to us diehard fans, of course.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

That may honestly be better. I tend to watch them right before bed, so sillier and simpler may actually work to it’s favor under those conditions.

 

[Carabimero]

I don't remember what year it was, likely 2004 or 2005. I'd just gotten married and moved to a strange city. I didn't know a soul. My wife needed something only Wal-Mart had, so I went (even though I will do almost anything to avoid the experience). While I was waiting for her to get whatever she wanted, I found THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN on DVD. Just seeing the box filled me with a warm glow. I hadn't seen or even thought about the show since I was a kid. When we got home that night it was late but I stayed up and watched several episodes. Soon I ended up getting the other seasons. Those sets got me through some tough times.

I won't say it's one of my favorite shows because it's not. But it's still a show that has a lot of power to transport me back to an earlier time in my life that I enjoy remembering. What's cool now is that enough time has passed since I first got married that my warm memories of the show also include what it did for me in the early days of being a stranger in my new strange land. So now the show not only has childhood power, but comforting power from an earlier adult stage, as well.

 

[Sky King]

Flashgear,

Great pics of George Reeves...never seen them before.
Here is one of my most prized pics. It was taken at Noel's 85th Birthday party in LA in 2005.
They were both so interesting to talk to and so friendly too.

John

 

[BobO'Link]

The Adventures of Superman was an early purchase for me. So much goodness there. I'd seen it so many times as a kid that I had most of the episodes memorized and still recall most of what's going to happen as soon as the first 30 seconds or so plays. It's absolutely the video equivalent of comfort food for me.

 

[Mike Frezon]

The only problem with my little Superman TV theme story I told above...

The opening strains of the Superman theme (George Reeves)--also used when he was flying--is embedded in my brain and I probably think of it at least once every few days. It is probably engrained in me more than many popular movie themes.

...is that I'll end up "singing" it out loud (whenever I want to evoke Superman or am reminded of him in some way)...and no one else knows the song! I'm sure it's an age thing. But my wife has finally learned it from my constant reproduction of it!

 

[Joseph Bolus]

Amazon had these on sale about a year ago and I scooped-up the whole series.

The first season episode “The Birthday Letter” which ends with Supes flying over Metropolis with the crippled girl in his arms still brings tears to my eyes.

I wholeheartedly agree that the first three seasons were the best!

 

[Josh Steinberg]

The only problem with my little Superman TV theme story I told above...



...is that I'll end up "singing" it out loud (whenever I want to evoke Superman or am reminded of him in some way)...and no one else knows the song! I'm sure it's an age thing. But my wife has finally learned it from my constant reproduction of it!

How is it possible that no one knows it?!?!?!!! What’s wrong with people these days????

 

[BobO'Link]

How is it possible that no one knows it?!?!?!!!

Great Caesar's Ghost!! Bunch 'o dang whippersnappers!!!

What’s wrong with people these days????

You have to ask?!?!