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21 February 1975 (USA) moreTagline:
The funniest Superhero story ever!Plot:
TV adaptation of the campy 1960s Broadway musical about the Man of Steel, his friends, his enemies, and his self-image problems. | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Good show, clever lyrics moreCast
(Credited cast)| Elvia Allman | ... | Martha Kent | |
| George Chandler | ... | Jonathan Kent | |
| Stuart Goetz | ... | Jerry (as Stuart Getz) | |
| Danny Goldman | ... | Newsroom Copy Boy | |
| Geoffrey Horne | ... | Ray Clive | |
| Phil Leeds | ... | MIT Technician | |
| Harvey Lembeck | ... | Gangster | |
| Michael Lembeck | ... | Joe | |
| Allen Ludden | ... | Perry White | |
| Kenneth Mars | ... | Max Mencken | |
| Al Molinaro | ... | Gangster | |
| Gary Owens | ... | Narrator (voice) | |
| Loretta Swit | ... | Sydney | |
| Irene Tedrow | ... | Martha Kent | |
| Malachi Throne | ... | Boss | |
| Lesley Ann Warren | ... | Lois Lane (as Lesley Warren) | |
| David Wayne | ... | Dr. Abner Sedgwick | |
| Lou Wills Jr. | ... | Gangster | |
| David Wilson | ... | Superman / Clark Kent |
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This show was based on a failed Broadway musical of the same name which closed after only 123 performances. This special was an attempt to make some the money back that was lost due to the show's lackluster performance. But few people saw it as it aired at 11:30pm (EDT) and was never rerun. moreMovie Connections:
Referenced in Look, Up in the Sky: The Amazing Story of Superman (2006) (TV) moreSoundtrack:
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The Broadway show was not the greatest contribution to the Superman myth, but it was enjoyable. Peggy Lee recorded "You've Got Possibilities" but I don't remember if that was the one I heard several times on the radio. The show had many clever lyrics. My favorite was "It's a satisfying feeling when you hang up your cape/to know that you've averted murder, larceny, and rape!" And the rhyme of "quite a dish" with "solid as a knish." And in "Revenge," where Prof. Sedgwick bemoans being passed over for the Nobel Prize, laments: ....They gave the prize to Harold Urey./The shocking thing about the matter is/My heavy hydrogen was heavier than his! And plenty more. I remember many of the songs pretty well, almost 40 years later.