tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post5671371108204442268..comments2024-03-09T05:53:59.542-05:00Comments on Oz and Ends: Weekly Robin Super Friends SpecialUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-12483635266372607762011-08-18T08:45:51.513-05:002011-08-18T08:45:51.513-05:00John,
Yes, it is a stretch to equate the impact of...John,<br />Yes, it is a stretch to equate the impact of SUPER FRIENDS (a nationally broadcast, long-running, mass merchandised cartoon) with the Sea World water skiing superheroes show (a regional, three-year, comparatively obscure show). <br /><br />However, as you will see, superhero fans DO fondly remember it whether or not they saw it - and in either case, they tend to mythologize it due to its oddity. <br /><br />You have astutely predicted what I feel will be a big part of the appeal of the SW oral history, though I myself did not predict this: the coming-of-age during a quintessential summer job aspect. It's the longest of my 10 subseries even though it is the one whose participants are the least famous. It stands alone as an engaging narrative, in which characters do come alive and there are alternating scenes of humor, actual danger (stunts gone wrong, elephants gone loose), and pathos.Marc Tyler Noblemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10732005290440645718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-51950587719781921702011-08-16T16:08:12.243-05:002011-08-16T16:08:12.243-05:00The Super Powers: Galactic Guardians season was th...The <i>Super Powers: Galactic Guardians</i> season was the last variation of Hanna-Barbera’s <i>Super Friends</i>, I believe. It ran in 1985-86, in Ronald Reagan’s second term. By that time a lot of the content guidelines that restricted the original show’s violence and demanded educational content in the 1970s had been wiped off the books. <br /><br />(In addition, by that time I was in college, and no longer getting up early on Saturday mornings to watch TV with my brother.)J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-78570881509400565262011-08-16T15:15:27.805-05:002011-08-16T15:15:27.805-05:00It's perhaps worth noting that the "Super...It's perhaps worth noting that the "Super Powers: Galactic Guardians" cartoon was the first non-comics media to actually depict the deaths of Bruce Wayne's parents, via some pretty nightmarish imagery,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-6337404838558529232011-08-15T12:37:44.050-05:002011-08-15T12:37:44.050-05:00What I've enjoyed most about the interviews so...What I've enjoyed most about the interviews so far is their behind-the-scenes details of how those cartoons were actually made. Fanboy-style questions about storylines are next to impossible since no one seems to remember much about the stories or characterizations, and they don't seem to have cared a whole lot then, but everyone remembers what it was like to work for Hanna-Barbera. <br /><br />Similarly, while I'm not convinced yet that a superhero-themed water show is "popular entertainment," I'm highly intrigued by the prospect of learning what it's like to put on a costumed water show. Sound like it could be a great setting for a coming-of-age novel: the hothouse atmosphere of summer camp, the pressure of putting on a show, plus the thematic overlay of iconic characters. Looking forward to more!J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-66841921469331334462011-08-15T07:34:14.418-05:002011-08-15T07:34:14.418-05:00Yes, e-interviewing 44 Sea Worlders was getting ca...Yes, e-interviewing 44 Sea Worlders was getting carried away...but once I started finding them, the stories were so fascinating I couldn't stop. Thanks for this sharply written (as usual) coverage, John!Marc Tyler Noblemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10732005290440645718noreply@blogger.com