Superman answers a personal ad in the Daily Planet requesting his help in delivering a freshly baked Lemon Meringue Pie to her Fiancée. Steve, the lucky guy who is the Fiancée, is stationed in Alaska in a remote Weather Station. Superman arrives and pledges his help.
The only problem is that this is one Sylvester J. Superman, a rustic American Highlander(commonly called a "Hillbilly"). He shows up with his Mule,Lulubelle, and although he seemed quite puzzled about the request made by this damsel in distress, Margie(Marjore Owens)for help in delivering this to her True Love, Steve(Richard Garland),who is alone in the Arctic, manning the above mentioned Weather Station.
Well, to this Sylvester J. Superman, who lives his life in compliance with the Old Code of Chivalry which calls on a Man to always help a Lady wherever and whenever possible. He (apparently having 'deep pockets') charters an airplane to fly him and the Fresh Pie there to the Northern White Wilderness.
Meanwhile, Career Crook in the best Comic Book tradition, "Leftover" Louie Lyman(Ben Welden), newly released from the State Pen, meets up with fellow Gangster, "Buckets"(Ralph Sanford). When asked about being locked-up for those years and did he miss his old girlfriend, Margie, "Leftover" Louie tells "Buckets", no, but he would love to have one of her Lemon Meringue Pies. A wager between the two ensues and becomes the bone of contention in getting clear possession of the homemade Lemon Meringue Pie.
So, with that, the game was afoot! We were treated to a series of madcap chases and escapes with both the Hillbilly Sylvester and the real Superman's getting caught up with Louie's attempts to steal the Pie, which old Girlfriend, Margie, has refused him.
Eventually, all ends happily for the two separated, Young Lovers-the Pie's being delivered, with our Superman sharing in the cutting and sampling.
Louie is seen siting in a chair in his pad, shivering-blankets over him with his feet soaking in hot water.
A lot of viewers probably had a little problem with an episode, thinking them to be out of line with Superman Stories. In truth, tales which were whimsical and light like this 1955 FLIGHT TO THE NORTH were always used frequently in the Comics' Pages. If a 52 Page Comic Book of that era was published without having a "Full Length Novel", taking up the full number of pages allotted to the feature, there would usually be 3 stories, each being about 8 to 10 pages in length.
In order to vary the fare, the Editor would usually have one story with Outer Space Travel or Some other Science Fiction theme. The second Story would involve some more "ordinary", run of the mill Crooks; such as Bank Robbers, Burglars, Counterfitters or Con Men. The third story would usually feature putting the main character (Superman, Batman,etc) into an unusual role or having to perform their heroics in some unusual or even farcial situations. The last example was what this FLIGHT TO THE NORTH would have as a Classification.
The whole crew pitched in and made it in to a very pleasant change of pace and provided a little message of showing a little kindness and consideration toward others in offering helping hand. And even though there may not be anything in it for "Numero Uno", a Good Deed is its own reward.
It was also a great outing for Chuck Connors, no matter how absurd the character or the scenario. Chuck was relatively new to this Acting in Film and Television, having formerly been a Player in the early NBA as well as a Baseball Player, having been a 1st Baseman with the Brooklyn Dodgers(his home town) and the Chicago Cubs. A role like his "Sylvester J." gave an Actor a chance to 'ham it up' and let it all hang out!
And let us not forget one other segment of the program, and that is the Supportng Guest Players, and we've already mentioned the young betrothed couple. Well, the others George Cahndler as the Hotel Clerk was a repeat player, though in a much smaller role here. But, if you wanted those "Big Time" Gangster types, you could not do better than our own "Buckets" and "Leftover" Louie Lyman, Ralph Sanford and Ben Welden. The two probably had about 70 years experience between the two of them, and they never turned in any bum performances.