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That is absolutely true. I’d settle for Gerard Christopher as SuperBoy than John Newton as SuperBoy. In my honest opinion, John Newton‘s SuperBoy is more resemblant to the one in the comic box.
I LOVED this show as a kid! It came on Saturday afternoons (if I was lucky to find it). I was pretty young when this show came on, but I loved anything and everything Superman/DC comics. The Superboy version of Bizarro is who I think of when people mention that character. Stacy Haiduk was one of my first crushes, too! This show was so great! I didn't even notice the actor changes back then, either!
Superboy for it's time was awesome, and was one the few super hero shows that we had at that point. Plus it had the first DC multiverse in live action.
I remember this show well. My first ever intro to Gottfried as Nick Knack. In fact that’s how my dad refers to him still. My first time seeing Bizarro as well. Classic under the radar show.
I remember this show well. I was 10 when it first aired. Being syndicated and not picked up by a network, it was on every week at 4 PM with other gems like Captain Power and My Secret Identity (starring Jerry O'Connell).
Hi, great video on this awesome little series! The late 80s-early 90s had such wonderful syndicated shows, this was definitely one of them. Season 1 had its moments, but the show reached a peak by 3 and 4, and would've had a season 5 if not for Lois and Clark and the WB. :(
Very timely to have this video. Ruby Rose leaving Batwoman reminded me of this another superhero show with the main actor recast after it's first season
Except, Ruby left willingly. John was fired for wanting fair pay, and the Producers and network used a DUI arrest, that amounted to nothing, as an excuse. Also the ratings for Season 1 were good. If not there would not have been a season 2.
@@andrewblanchard2398 Kari and The Mossy One didn't go for a roll in the bog, eh? Pity. Guess such a sight would've been too hot for even cable TV, during the more innocent 90s
Remember loving this show in 88/89 and then it just disappeared. I knew it was still on but I could never find it locally. It sounds like I missed the best seasons too.
I remember watching this show when I was a kid. I even had the tie-in comics. Fun fact: for the second half of the two-parter, Superman was played by Ron Ely. However, they actually removed the part of the credit that identified the character as Superman for legal reasons.
3:50, Run for your lives! That was absolutely hilarious when that phrase was said in this video. I never knew that run for your lives could be a laugh riot for me. I just can’t help but laugh my head off when someone says that line.
Yes sir, I had new about that when I had discovered the Superboy TV series retrospective and review from another TH-cam channel. All these years, I thought that it was Gerald Christopher but discovered that it was actually Gerard Christopher. I was a little kid when the show was on television and I just didn’t see the spelling of his name correctly at the time.
Surprised you didn't mention writer Mike Carlin. Who wrote for the show since season one. He was also the guy in charge throughout 90s Superman comics, included the Death and Return of Superman. He's also why the name "Carlin" is all over the first season of Lois and Clark.
I think you called him Gerald ( I could be wrong). It's actually Gerard. Also, the Salkinds considered having Gerard Christopher taking over as the new Superman in a film.
I was in first grade, and loved this show! Always tried to catch it in the morning before school -- problems though sometimes, at that age I didn't have a real concept of tv channels...
I feel like it's a little unfair to use Dean Cain's future career against him, especially considering Gerard Christopher's career hasn't exactly been anything to write home about either and hasn't had a new credit on his IMDB page in seven years.
Christopher Reeve was also an unknown and his career hardly took off outside of Superman. It's a pretty low blow, considering Cain did an excellent job within the parameters of the series.
Hey, it was a family show. Budget or not, My son loved it and loved watching it with him. It was good! Superman/Boy was still based on the comic book in those days. Now the fans want it to be reality.
Didn't mention the comic Red Son that has similarities to the episode of Superboy in Seaon 3? And people hated Lex in BVS because they wanted businessman Lex Luthor.
Thanks for reminding me this was a thing. He really was the perfect Lex back then, and a lot of those eps stuck with me. And the actor who played Mr. Mxyzptlk became my baseline Mr. Mxyzptlk when I thought of the character (same actor who was in Scrooged too).
wow .. I forgot SO many things in this show, and you just summed them up nicely. All the good actors I actually do remember. All the bad. Never heard of them :p
A 12 second unskippable ad? This had better be worth it... Edit: Totally worth it. Just the fact that the narrator sounds just like the iocaine dude from Princess Bride made it a worthy watch.
To bbn lame Lois and Clark for the cancellation of Superboy might be a bit unfair as I remember reading in Starlog before the series launched that there plan was always to do 4 seasons with 26 episodes per season for a total of 104 episodes. It was only the fourth season that came up short with 22 episodes for a total of 100 episodes.
Wow I had forgotten all about this series, I was age 8-12 when this series was running. I remember it was sort of cheesy and campy but still entertaining. I remember it being syndicated, it played on the weekends here in the Philly area. I remember this being just part of the great weekend programming of the 80's & early 90's. I would watch my Saturday cartoons, then either WWF, American Gladiators, or a Karate flick that would air. Then it was shows like this Superboy show, The Great American Hero, The A-Team, Knight Rider, Tales From The Darkside, Soul Train, or Showtime At The Apollo that I'd watch. Lol, IDK the television programmers seemed to know how to really schedule the right shows at the right time back then. I've got allot of found memories of these shows from back then.
Great review on Superboy. I always followed the show from day 1 as a child and i watch all 4 seasons at least once a year during my Superman marathons. You forgot to mention how great and up to this day the flying is, the take offs and landings are unmatched even in today's cgi age. Lois and Clark had less than 10 of those shots their entire 4 seasons and opted to do cape out effect( no effect at all). Only thing i disagree with you is that although i love Gerard Christopher's interpretation i actually prefer John Haymes Newton. He looked like a younger Chris Reeve and I liked his Clark as a normal cool guy as compared to Christopher's OVER THE TOP bumbling fool more so than Chris Reeve although this was toned down for seasons 3 and 4. You can understand why Lana ( the incredibly gorgeous Stacy Haiduk) would be in love with both Clark and Superboy. Clark was an interesting cool guy and not a complete unrelatable goof. Newton's Superboy was more imposing while Gerard was more humble to the point that he was almost a pushover in some episodes. Newtons Superboy was not hesitant to let his temper really flow which eventually with experience would grow to be the Chris Reeve's version of both Superboy and Clark down the road Newton said in an interview. Gerard Christopher was a Chris Reeve exagerated version and i only wished he would have had some development rather than just be a good guy altogether from the start.But for a half hour show who really cares right. As for the acting they both grew into their roles respectively. In Season 2 episode2 Gerards acting was so bad when he is on the wheelchair and is watching Lana and Lex on the television that it is hard to watch. Ofcourse he eventually became his own Superboy and seasons 3 and 4 showed how well he made the role his own. Also i actually very much liked season 1 because it had a more gritty surreal ambiance albeit in most episodes the limited budget really showes. "Bringing down the House" with the psycho rockstar who almost murders Lana in the torture chamber still gives me chills and felt like real world with real everyday villians although it was not very comic book like which i understand, just preference i beleive. Later Episodes like Hollywood and Succubus really got more interesting and Newtons acting really had improved by that time.
I grew up at the start of the Silver Age of comics and would watch anything comic based. To be honest, the only reason I watched Superboy was Stacy Haiduk.
I remember this show. It used to be on Sunday mornings with a show staring Jerry O'Connell about a kid with superpowers and would fly around with cans of hair spray. LOL!!
Definitely looks interesting lol But for me my Superman tv show growing up was *_Smallville_* & like most fans I too was upset with the ending The whole "No tights, no flights" rule was like a punch in the gut for us fans
Great review on Superboy. I always followed the show from day 1 as a child and i watch all 4 seasons at least once a year during my Superman marathons. You forgot to mention how great and up to this day the flying is, the take offs and landings are unmatched even in today's cgi age. Lois and Clark had less than 10 of those shots their entire 4 seasons and opted to do cape out effect( no effect at all). Only thing i disagree with you is that although i love Gerard Christopher's interpretation i actually prefer John Haymes Newton. He looked like a younger Chris Reeve and I liked his Clark as a normal cool guy as compared to Christopher's OVER THE TOP bumbling fool more so than Chris Reeve although this was toned down for seasons 3 and 4. You can understand why Lana ( the incredibly gorgeous Stacy Haiduk) would be in love with both Clark and Superboy. Clark was an interesting cool guy and not a complete unrelatable goof. Newton's Superboy was more imposing while Gerard was more humble to the point that he was almost a pushover in some episodes. Newtons Superboy was not hesitant to let his temper really flow which eventually with experience would grow to be the Chris Reeve's version of both Superboy and Clark down the road Newton said in an interview. Gerard Christopher was a Chris Reeve exagerated version and i only wished he would have had some development rather than just be a good guy altogether from the start.But for a half hour show who really cares right. As for the acting they both grew into their roles respectively. In Season 2 episode2 Gerards acting was so bad when he is on the wheelchair and is watching Lana and Lex on the television that it is hard to watch. Ofcourse he eventually became his own Superboy and seasons 3 and 4 showed how well he made the role his own. Also i actually very much liked season 1 because it had a more gritty surreal ambiance albeit in most episodes the limited budget really showes. "Bringing down the House" with the psycho rockstar who almost murders Lana in the torture chamber still gives me chills and felt like real world with real everyday villians although it was not very comic book like which i understand, just preference i beleive. Later Episodes like Hollywood and Succubus really got more interesting and Newtons acting really had improved by that time.
...and after Superboy was cancelled, Stacy Haiduk showed up the next year as a cast member (for the first season at least) on Seaquest DSV (also a good candidate for a GBNF show). Seaquest struggled on NBC for 3 seasons, its ratings were decent at first but not considering the very high production costs of the show, also it was consistently beaten in the ratings by the show it was up against for the first two years...Lois and Clark
@@actionfigurescollectionssu7854 Same incarnation of the same character. Superman/Superboy....what do we call Smallville's Clark Kent? Superboy or Superman.
I never saw the first 2 seasons of the show. That channel that aired the show where I lived only aired the last 2 seasons in the earlier 90s on a Saturday morning and aired back to back with another 90s show called Superforce.
When this show was still showing and it got the 2nd Season change it was the best and we got villains from the actual comics. During the 1991 we had a good amount of Super Hero Action Shows. Super Force, Dracula, Superboy and The Flash. The Crisis should have had John Haymes-Newton and Gerard Christopher. It was a perfect homage to a time a series was keeping comics alive when we had little to no Super Hero series.
I would like a future episode (of "Gone but not Forgotten") to be about Lois & Clark, which I believe is the first film or tv property produced in-house by Warners after the studio secured the rights from Alexander Salkind and his production firm.
My favorite two-parter was the one where he encounters a version of himself in an alternate universe where his spaceship crashed in a jungle - so he was basically raised like Tarzan of the Apes only without any apes, or rather Mowgli since he was still a child at that point - and (after shenanigans involving Lex Luthor) finds an older version of himself (essentially George Reeves' version had Reeves survived into the 1990s to play him) to raise him in his world.
I've watched both this series and Lois and Clark as an adult. My adult mind prefer Lois and Clark more because I always love the story about Clark in Metropolis vs Smallvile. Daily Planet crew are more fun to watch and Dean and Teri chemistry was freaking hot( They make out with tongues!!) I don't mind Dean's politics because I don't look up at actors for my politic and moral compass.
Gerard Christopher is in my opinion, the second greatest Superman of all time. I like Tom Welling, Brandon Routh, Henry Cavill and Dean Cain. But the fact that Gerard continues to be under appreciated is a travesty.
I was quite young when the show was on. I remember one day when I went to watch it, it wasn’t on and they were instead showing the Coast Guard searching for someone in the ocean. Since it was airing during Superboy, I thought the actor who played Superboy was lost in the ocean and died and that’s why the show ended.
The first season was great and both Superboy actors are about evenly matched. Going into season 2, I thought I would be disappointed about Superboy being replaced, but the quality remained up. It dipped a little in Season 3, however. The reason the show was forgotten was mostly due to the era. There was no internet, so the fact that rights dispute gave it a single run with no home video release, and because it was quickly replaced by Lois and Clark, and inferior show, imo, it was forgotten. It is really surprising and unwarranted that you kept dissing the first season. It is absolutely worth watching, and a few aspects of the show are better in that season, while others were improved in the second.
Hey just watched your video on Superboy and I perhaps found the reason the lead actor wasn't in Crisis on infinite earths. Warner bros TV put out a call to every living DC actors (not involved in films of course) to see if they would appear in the crossover, but three things kept many from appearing : 1)they had no idea what they would do if they appeared. 2)they had no script. 3) the tight schedule and filming location for the crossover. This coupled with the fact Warner movie was being a dick to their TV counterpart , Guggenheim and Berlanti wanted many former DC actors to be in the crossover and went to Warner movie to ask for a raise to include as much actors as they can; Their response was something along the lines of "we will take away Superman and Batman from you if you try to do this" so they worked with the limitations imposed by them and did the best. What did you think of Crisis on infinite earths? I personally loved it and thought it was very good, don't get me wrong it has it's flaws particularly with pacing and trying go juggling too many charecters; but ultimately this was really good and incredibly ambitious for them yet they did it. Also I read the problems they faced and now have more respect as they problems they faced were numerous, yet they still managed to pull that of. Also great video.
Also I co-host a podcast called the Superboy Legacy Podcast we have a live stream every Wednesday and we even interview the cast, and other folks behind the scenes. You can find the show on your standard podcast hubs like itunes but the livestreams are on the Superboy Legacy youtube channel
As a Lois & Clark/ Smallville also Birds of Prey fan + so much more, never watched Superboy. Big fan of both L&C & S's Lex Luthor so a slightly Joker acting one is interesting. Arrow & other CW have done so many camo's some will still be missing (Batwoman's sister is a former Black Canary). Smallville's didn't realise they cast Lana as Clarks Mom so even they hadn't watched everything. I would defend Birds of Prey as it had a solid idea, but too late to catch all the fan's of Batman Returns. It had a great Harley & was sort of finding it's feet/cowl. I will give Superboy a try.
Stacey Haiduk was so hot, you forgot to mention how the first actor John Newton was let go from the show because he got into a couple of DUI's and was replaced by Gerard Christopher. Later in Gerard's career he was actually for awhile selling episodes of the show from Master copies on his website until WB issued him a cease and desist.
I liked Superboy..that's how it all started well sort of lol!..Just wish or someway Superboy should of had also in the dc universe a cameo in the crisis as well.Robin aka Dick Grayson aka Burt ward was in the crisis too!.😎🍻🍻
Actually! One of the actors who played Superboy ( I apologise I forgot who ) made a cameo as the dead Superman on the Crisis on Infinite Earth's Crossover! He's the one before we travel to Kingdom Come Superman's Earth. Only for a few seconds, but Marc confirmed it on his Twitter.
Sadly this is not correct. The actor as dead superman is Tylers stunt double. The earth is 75 not 88 or above and both Superboy actors confirmed they were not in the episode. I couldn't find the tweet but could it be Marc thought about it but didn't follow through?
@@ryannuneschannel I would never do that, if you love the show you have huge cool points in my book and if not then your probably cool in another way :)
I remember watching this as a kid. Even then I thought it was bad. Recently rewatched a few random episodes. I think it might be worse than I remember.
The first season is pretty bad. The second season is a move in the right direction, but still has a cheesy sheen on it. The third and fourth seasons, however, are genuinely good.
I remember watching it when it was in syndication. It was enjoyable. I actually enjoyed the first season and enjoyed the John Hayes Newton's portrayal as he felt more like Superboy than Gerald Christopher who was older when he started as the character.
The best part about this show is that it is in continuity with the Christopher Reeve films and Supergirl, so like... it's canon, where everything else Superman related is corporate fanfiction. Facfiction as is fanning themselves with dollar bills.
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To me Gerard Christopher had that Superman magic that Reeve had.
He’s massively overlooked.
Amen to this!
That is absolutely true. I’d settle for Gerard Christopher as SuperBoy than John Newton as SuperBoy. In my honest opinion, John Newton‘s SuperBoy is more resemblant to the one in the comic box.
IMO Gerard Christopher was also more handsome than John Newton or Reeve
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I LOVED this show as a kid! It came on Saturday afternoons (if I was lucky to find it). I was pretty young when this show came on, but I loved anything and everything Superman/DC comics. The Superboy version of Bizarro is who I think of when people mention that character. Stacy Haiduk was one of my first crushes, too! This show was so great! I didn't even notice the actor changes back then, either!
You are right, your words echo my thoughts on this show. Thank you
Yup, me too.
Holy crap, they did the Red Son storyline before it was in the comics.
Kinda sorta. He wasn't Russian in that universe.
@@r0bw00d Superboy later moved into an L.A apartment complex but the owner was a bitch , lmao ;)
@@r0bw00dand unlike Red Son Superman, The Sovereign was evil. Red Son was a comunist dictator but he still protected and saved people
Superboy for it's time was awesome, and was one the few super hero shows that we had at that point. Plus it had the first DC multiverse in live action.
I remember this show well. My first ever intro to Gottfried as Nick Knack. In fact that’s how my dad refers to him still. My first time seeing Bizarro as well. Classic under the radar show.
I remember this show well. I was 10 when it first aired. Being syndicated and not picked up by a network, it was on every week at 4 PM with other gems like Captain Power and My Secret Identity (starring Jerry O'Connell).
Loved this show as a kid and would watch it all the time. And sorry it's Gerard not Gerald.
Second best Superman EVER!
Yeah me too
stacy fuckin' haiduk
I watched this every Saturday. It was put back to back to My Secret Identity.
Hi, great video on this awesome little series! The late 80s-early 90s had such wonderful syndicated shows, this was definitely one of them. Season 1 had its moments, but the show reached a peak by 3 and 4, and would've had a season 5 if not for Lois and Clark and the WB. :(
Very timely to have this video. Ruby Rose leaving Batwoman reminded me of this another superhero show with the main actor recast after it's first season
Except, Ruby left willingly. John was fired for wanting fair pay, and the Producers and network used a DUI arrest, that amounted to nothing, as an excuse. Also the ratings for Season 1 were good. If not there would not have been a season 2.
also they are doing a whole new batwoman. It won't be the same character. it sounds pretty awful but we'll see.
I use to watch this as a kid on early Saturday mornings! I loved it.
Do a Gone, but not Forgotten on Sliders
I actually hated both shows.
Tv never does science fiction very well.
Sliders... On of the two role in which Kari Wuher kept her clothes on
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SWAMP THING the series
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@@andrewblanchard2398 Kari and The Mossy One didn't go for a roll in the bog, eh? Pity. Guess such a sight would've been too hot for even cable TV, during the more innocent 90s
Remember loving this show in 88/89 and then it just disappeared. I knew it was still on but I could never find it locally. It sounds like I missed the best seasons too.
I remember watching this show when I was a kid. I even had the tie-in comics.
Fun fact: for the second half of the two-parter, Superman was played by Ron Ely. However, they actually removed the part of the credit that identified the character as Superman for legal reasons.
Loved this show as a kid. When I talk about it most people look at me like I'm drunk
Stacy didn't just survive the first season; she's also the only re-occuring actor in all four seasons.
I would love to have a streaming service for shows that got cancelled too early. Greg the Bunny, Firefly, and just so god damn many
This show is free on Tubi skip the first season please
3:50, Run for your lives! That was absolutely hilarious when that phrase was said in this video. I never knew that run for your lives could be a laugh riot for me. I just can’t help but laugh my head off when someone says that line.
His name was Gerard, not Gerald.
Yes sir, I had new about that when I had discovered the Superboy TV series retrospective and review from another TH-cam channel. All these years, I thought that it was Gerald Christopher but discovered that it was actually Gerard Christopher. I was a little kid when the show was on television and I just didn’t see the spelling of his name correctly at the time.
I also have to say for the record, I prefer Gerard Christopher as Superboy than John Newton as Superboy.
Surprised you didn't mention writer Mike Carlin. Who wrote for the show since season one. He was also the guy in charge throughout 90s Superman comics, included the Death and Return of Superman. He's also why the name "Carlin" is all over the first season of Lois and Clark.
I just entered to see superboy melt a human being. Feel like i clicked the link at the right time.
"SuperGeek" 😂
Couldn’t agree more with EVERYTHING! Love this series to this day!
Me too
I think you called him Gerald ( I could be wrong). It's actually Gerard. Also, the Salkinds considered having Gerard Christopher taking over as the new Superman in a film.
I was in first grade, and loved this show! Always tried to catch it in the morning before school -- problems though sometimes, at that age I didn't have a real concept of tv channels...
Seasons 2-4 were awesome.
1988 to 1992 were some of the greatest years this country has ever seen, pop culture wise
I was in high school when i first watch this tv series..
It was a good tv series.
I feel like it's a little unfair to use Dean Cain's future career against him, especially considering Gerard Christopher's career hasn't exactly been anything to write home about either and hasn't had a new credit on his IMDB page in seven years.
Christopher Reeve was also an unknown and his career hardly took off outside of Superman. It's a pretty low blow, considering Cain did an excellent job within the parameters of the series.
Dean Cain was a good Superman. He got a raw deal.
@@aaronleverton4221 This is also why people tend to think the Superman role in general is cursed.
@@bigbearkat2010 Thank God Henry Cavill broke that!
Gerard Christopher needs a comeback. I wished he came in Crisis on Infinite Earths as a Superman(after his years as Superboy) of Earth-88.
I was so excited to see this when I was little. Now the effects were so corny but still love it!
Maaan I just heard about this series in the comments section of another video! Im happy I found your video on it and now I'm watching it on Tubi!
A man, this brings back great memories.
Gerard Christopher was my first choice for an adult Superman in CW Superman, too sad he was not in CW's Crisis . He was perfect
Omg! Yes!!!
I started watching it back in February and it's not bad.
Joaquin used to be so cute. But for a second I thought that was a woman flying out of that dumpster.
Hey, it was a family show. Budget or not, My son loved it and loved watching it with him. It was good! Superman/Boy was still based on the comic book in those days. Now the fans want it to be reality.
Didn't mention the comic Red Son that has similarities to the episode of Superboy in Seaon 3? And people hated Lex in BVS because they wanted businessman Lex Luthor.
I remember this show I do have to say I love The New Adventures of Lois and Clark too. Dean Cain Rocks
Thanks for reminding me this was a thing. He really was the perfect Lex back then, and a lot of those eps stuck with me. And the actor who played Mr. Mxyzptlk became my baseline Mr. Mxyzptlk when I thought of the character (same actor who was in Scrooged too).
oh god thank god i saw this video i had watched this on tv as a kid
Me too
wow .. I forgot SO many things in this show, and you just summed them up nicely. All the good actors I actually do remember. All the bad. Never heard of them :p
I use to watch this as a kid.
This is a classic and Gerard Christopher deserved to stay in the DC live action spotlight
A 12 second unskippable ad? This had better be worth it...
Edit: Totally worth it. Just the fact that the narrator sounds just like the iocaine dude from Princess Bride made it a worthy watch.
Great video. I didn’t realise Lois and Clark killed this series. Keep up the great work.
To bbn lame Lois and Clark for the cancellation of Superboy might be a bit unfair as I remember reading in Starlog before the series launched that there plan was always to do 4 seasons with 26 episodes per season for a total of 104 episodes. It was only the fourth season that came up short with 22 episodes for a total of 100 episodes.
In STEREO where available
thank you for this video! Great video!
New JoBlo show! YAY! Jesse Shade’s narrating! YAY!
Wow I had forgotten all about this series, I was age 8-12 when this series was running. I remember it was sort of cheesy and campy but still entertaining. I remember it being syndicated, it played on the weekends here in the Philly area. I remember this being just part of the great weekend programming of the 80's & early 90's. I would watch my Saturday cartoons, then either WWF, American Gladiators, or a Karate flick that would air. Then it was shows like this Superboy show, The Great American Hero, The A-Team, Knight Rider, Tales From The Darkside, Soul Train, or Showtime At The Apollo that I'd watch. Lol, IDK the television programmers seemed to know how to really schedule the right shows at the right time back then. I've got allot of found memories of these shows from back then.
Crazy how far we've come
The lovable Zombie Bub from Day of the Dead was also Lex Luthor!? :-o
Great show.kryptonite kid was my favorite villain
I liked it and bought all the seasons on DVD thanks.
Great review on Superboy. I always followed the show from day 1 as a child and i watch all 4 seasons at least once a year during my Superman marathons. You forgot to mention how great and up to this day the flying is, the take offs and landings are unmatched even in today's cgi age. Lois and Clark had less than 10 of those shots their entire 4 seasons and opted to do cape out effect( no effect at all). Only thing i disagree with you is that although i love Gerard Christopher's interpretation i actually prefer John Haymes Newton. He looked like a younger Chris Reeve and I liked his Clark as a normal cool guy as compared to Christopher's OVER THE TOP bumbling fool more so than Chris Reeve although this was toned down for seasons 3 and 4. You can understand why Lana ( the incredibly gorgeous Stacy Haiduk) would be in love with both Clark and Superboy. Clark was an interesting cool guy and not a complete unrelatable goof. Newton's Superboy was more imposing while Gerard was more humble to the point that he was almost a pushover in some episodes. Newtons Superboy was not hesitant to let his temper really flow which eventually with experience would grow to be the Chris Reeve's version of both Superboy and Clark down the road Newton said in an interview. Gerard Christopher was a Chris Reeve exagerated version and i only wished he would have had some development rather than just be a good guy altogether from the start.But for a half hour show who really cares right. As for the acting they both grew into their roles respectively. In Season 2 episode2 Gerards acting was so bad when he is on the wheelchair and is watching Lana and Lex on the television that it is hard to watch. Ofcourse he eventually became his own Superboy and seasons 3 and 4 showed how well he made the role his own. Also i actually very much liked season 1 because it had a more gritty surreal ambiance albeit in most episodes the limited budget really showes. "Bringing down the House" with the psycho rockstar who almost murders Lana in the torture chamber still gives me chills and felt like real world with real everyday villians although it was not very comic book like which i understand, just preference i beleive. Later Episodes like Hollywood and Succubus really got more interesting and Newtons acting really had improved by that time.
This show and My Secret Identity are all mixed up together in my mind. I think they used to air back-to-back in my neck of the woods.
“Gerald”?
I know this sounds fake, but I’m absolutely telling the truth here: my dad’s best friend’s older brother was on this show. 😂
For some odd reason I believe you😂
Cool!!
I believe you, i dont think any one would lie about being on that show hehe
Haha nice
My dad's brothers, cousin, sister's, daughters, boyfriends, uncle's, mom's, bothers best friends hamster had a cameo in Super Boy..
I think joblo creates some of the most interesting videos, but for some reason most of its creators could use some seriously upgraded audio equipment.
Love these videos
3:45
Thought you were gonna play the audio clip of Phoenix saying, "YOU GET WHAT YOU FUCKING DESERVE!"
I grew up at the start of the Silver Age of comics and would watch anything comic based. To be honest, the only reason I watched Superboy was Stacy Haiduk.
I remember this show. It used to be on Sunday mornings with a show staring Jerry O'Connell about a kid with superpowers and would fly around with cans of hair spray. LOL!!
The show was called “My Secret Identity”
loved this show as a kid.
Great episode- will this be an ongoing series
Xavier Red yep
Definitely looks interesting lol
But for me my Superman tv show growing up was *_Smallville_*
& like most fans I too was upset with the ending
The whole "No tights, no flights" rule was like a punch in the gut for us fans
That fucking ending! Don't remind me!
@@r0bw00d i second that
Millennial, I'm guessing.
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Est. 1995 chief
Might be an unpopular opinion, but I much preferred John Haymes Newton to Gerard Christopher. He just filled out the suit MUCH better.
Great review on Superboy. I always followed the show from day 1 as a child and i watch all 4 seasons at least once a year during my Superman marathons. You forgot to mention how great and up to this day the flying is, the take offs and landings are unmatched even in today's cgi age. Lois and Clark had less than 10 of those shots their entire 4 seasons and opted to do cape out effect( no effect at all). Only thing i disagree with you is that although i love Gerard Christopher's interpretation i actually prefer John Haymes Newton. He looked like a younger Chris Reeve and I liked his Clark as a normal cool guy as compared to Christopher's OVER THE TOP bumbling fool more so than Chris Reeve although this was toned down for seasons 3 and 4. You can understand why Lana ( the incredibly gorgeous Stacy Haiduk) would be in love with both Clark and Superboy. Clark was an interesting cool guy and not a complete unrelatable goof. Newton's Superboy was more imposing while Gerard was more humble to the point that he was almost a pushover in some episodes. Newtons Superboy was not hesitant to let his temper really flow which eventually with experience would grow to be the Chris Reeve's version of both Superboy and Clark down the road Newton said in an interview. Gerard Christopher was a Chris Reeve exagerated version and i only wished he would have had some development rather than just be a good guy altogether from the start.But for a half hour show who really cares right. As for the acting they both grew into their roles respectively. In Season 2 episode2 Gerards acting was so bad when he is on the wheelchair and is watching Lana and Lex on the television that it is hard to watch. Ofcourse he eventually became his own Superboy and seasons 3 and 4 showed how well he made the role his own. Also i actually very much liked season 1 because it had a more gritty surreal ambiance albeit in most episodes the limited budget really showes. "Bringing down the House" with the psycho rockstar who almost murders Lana in the torture chamber still gives me chills and felt like real world with real everyday villians although it was not very comic book like which i understand, just preference i beleive. Later Episodes like Hollywood and Succubus really got more interesting and Newtons acting really had improved by that time.
...and after Superboy was cancelled, Stacy Haiduk showed up the next year as a cast member (for the first season at least) on Seaquest DSV (also a good candidate for a GBNF show).
Seaquest struggled on NBC for 3 seasons, its ratings were decent at first but not considering the very high production costs of the show, also it was consistently beaten in the ratings by the show it was up against for the first two years...Lois and Clark
Second best Superman EVER!
You mean Superboy
@@actionfigurescollectionssu7854 Same incarnation of the same character. Superman/Superboy....what do we call Smallville's Clark Kent? Superboy or Superman.
Mark M You know what I mean dude
I never saw the first 2 seasons of the show. That channel that aired the show where I lived only aired the last 2 seasons in the earlier 90s on a Saturday morning and aired back to back with another 90s show called Superforce.
When this show was still showing and it got the 2nd Season change it was the best and we got villains from the actual comics.
During the 1991 we had a good amount of Super Hero Action Shows. Super Force, Dracula, Superboy and The Flash.
The Crisis should have had John Haymes-Newton and Gerard Christopher.
It was a perfect homage to a time a series was keeping comics alive when we had little to no Super Hero series.
Drop dead gorgeous Stacy Haiduk. Underrated Lana Lang.
Ela é linda demais!
I would like a future episode (of "Gone but not Forgotten") to be about Lois & Clark, which I believe is the first film or tv property produced in-house by Warners after the studio secured the rights from Alexander Salkind and his production firm.
I used to watch this show (i think its entire run) on the old channel 9 in ny/nj saturday afternoons.
Sherman Howard was the best Luthor EVER!
An underrated Superman show.
Season 2 was the best. I stopped watching when 3 started. It got away from the feel that drew me in.
My favorite two-parter was the one where he encounters a version of himself in an alternate universe where his spaceship crashed in a jungle - so he was basically raised like Tarzan of the Apes only without any apes, or rather Mowgli since he was still a child at that point - and (after shenanigans involving Lex Luthor) finds an older version of himself (essentially George Reeves' version had Reeves survived into the 1990s to play him) to raise him in his world.
I've watched both this series and Lois and Clark as an adult. My adult mind prefer Lois and Clark more because I always love the story about Clark in Metropolis vs Smallvile. Daily Planet crew are more fun to watch and Dean and Teri chemistry was freaking hot( They make out with tongues!!) I don't mind Dean's politics because I don't look up at actors for my politic and moral compass.
what wilder for me is that the dcu streaming service was still around 3 yrs ago
I remember that they filmed a bunch of these in Orlando. A couple of girls in my 5th grade class were cast as extras
Gerard Christopher is in my opinion, the second greatest Superman of all time. I like Tom Welling, Brandon Routh, Henry Cavill and Dean Cain. But the fact that Gerard continues to be under appreciated is a travesty.
Has there been one done about The Greatest American Hero yet?
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How is it possible I never watched this?
I was not the biggest fan of the show, but I will tell you what kept me watching...Stacy Haiduk, I had the biggest crush on her.
O único sentido de assistir essa série era a Stacy Haiduk
I was quite young when the show was on. I remember one day when I went to watch it, it wasn’t on and they were instead showing the Coast Guard searching for someone in the ocean. Since it was airing during Superboy, I thought the actor who played Superboy was lost in the ocean and died and that’s why the show ended.
If you like my video check the Superboy The Legacy TH-cam channel we talk all about superboy
We definitely WILL talk about Superman 3, 4 and Supergirl. Also, Superman 2 is better than 1.
The first season was great and both Superboy actors are about evenly matched. Going into season 2, I thought I would be disappointed about Superboy being replaced, but the quality remained up. It dipped a little in Season 3, however. The reason the show was forgotten was mostly due to the era. There was no internet, so the fact that rights dispute gave it a single run with no home video release, and because it was quickly replaced by Lois and Clark, and inferior show, imo, it was forgotten. It is really surprising and unwarranted that you kept dissing the first season. It is absolutely worth watching, and a few aspects of the show are better in that season, while others were improved in the second.
Hey just watched your video on Superboy and I perhaps found the reason the lead actor wasn't in Crisis on infinite earths. Warner bros TV put out a call to every living DC actors (not involved in films of course) to see if they would appear in the crossover, but three things kept many from appearing :
1)they had no idea what they would do if they appeared.
2)they had no script.
3) the tight schedule and filming location for the crossover.
This coupled with the fact Warner movie was being a dick to their TV counterpart , Guggenheim and Berlanti wanted many former DC actors to be in the crossover and went to Warner movie to ask for a raise to include as much actors as they can; Their response was something along the lines of "we will take away Superman and Batman from you if you try to do this" so they worked with the limitations imposed by them and did the best. What did you think of Crisis on infinite earths? I personally loved it and thought it was very good, don't get me wrong it has it's flaws particularly with pacing and trying go juggling too many charecters; but ultimately this was really good and incredibly ambitious for them yet they did it. Also I read the problems they faced and now have more respect as they problems they faced were numerous, yet they still managed to pull that of. Also great video.
That theory sounds nice but Superboylegacy.com spoke to Gerard Christopher and he was never contacted,
Also I co-host a podcast called the Superboy Legacy Podcast we have a live stream every Wednesday and we even interview the cast, and other folks behind the scenes. You can find the show on your standard podcast hubs like itunes but the livestreams are on the Superboy Legacy youtube channel
As a Lois & Clark/ Smallville also Birds of Prey fan + so much more, never watched Superboy. Big fan of both L&C & S's Lex Luthor so a slightly Joker acting one is interesting. Arrow & other CW have done so many camo's some will still be missing (Batwoman's sister is a former Black Canary). Smallville's didn't realise they cast Lana as Clarks Mom so even they hadn't watched everything. I would defend Birds of Prey as it had a solid idea, but too late to catch all the fan's of Batman Returns. It had a great Harley & was sort of finding it's feet/cowl. I will give Superboy a try.
Finally! Thought noone else knew
Stacey Haiduk was so hot, you forgot to mention how the first actor John Newton was let go from the show because he got into a couple of DUI's and was replaced by Gerard Christopher. Later in Gerard's career he was actually for awhile selling episodes of the show from Master copies on his website until WB issued him a cease and desist.
I liked Superboy..that's how it all started well sort of lol!..Just wish or someway Superboy should of had also in the dc universe a cameo in the crisis as well.Robin aka Dick Grayson aka Burt ward was in the crisis too!.😎🍻🍻
Actually! One of the actors who played Superboy ( I apologise I forgot who ) made a cameo as the dead Superman on the Crisis on Infinite Earth's Crossover! He's the one before we travel to Kingdom Come Superman's Earth. Only for a few seconds, but Marc confirmed it on his Twitter.
Sadly this is not correct. The actor as dead superman is Tylers stunt double. The earth is 75 not 88 or above and both Superboy actors confirmed they were not in the episode. I couldn't find the tweet but could it be Marc thought about it but didn't follow through?
@@Arroyo2099 Thank you for the insight, man. Maybe that's what I was thinking or read. Thank you for informing me, rather than belittling me!
@@ryannuneschannel I would never do that, if you love the show you have huge cool points in my book and if not then your probably cool in another way :)
I remember watching this as a kid. Even then I thought it was bad. Recently rewatched a few random episodes. I think it might be worse than I remember.
The first season is pretty bad. The second season is a move in the right direction, but still has a cheesy sheen on it. The third and fourth seasons, however, are genuinely good.
I remember watching it when it was in syndication. It was enjoyable. I actually enjoyed the first season and enjoyed the John Hayes Newton's portrayal as he felt more like Superboy than Gerald Christopher who was older when he started as the character.
The best part about this show is that it is in continuity with the Christopher Reeve films and Supergirl, so like... it's canon, where everything else Superman related is corporate fanfiction. Facfiction as is fanning themselves with dollar bills.
It was GREAT show!!!!
Not forgotten? How about never knew it existed!