Absolutely a blessing!!! I remember this being on the now defunkt Chicago channel 44 in the afternoons. I never forgot this theme song. Those were the days.
I'm happy to see so many Spectreman supporters from Chicago who remember channel 44 before it became Telemundo. Spectreman, Ultraman, Johnny Sokko and his flying robot, and Speed Racer. Was only 4 at the time so I was not a wrestling fan until 4 years later. What you are incorrect about(well most of you) is that it resurfaced on WFLD 32. It did not resurface until 83-84 and the channel was WPWR 60 which then became WPWR 50. If you look at some of the episodes on youtube some of them will even broadcast channel 50 as well as 60, which means it was shown on that network for at least 3-4 years. As far as channel 26 the U maybe you are right, but by that time I was a teenager and was onto other things so I cannot confirm or deny it being on 26. The 3 UHF stations that competed through most of the 80s in Chicago at least were channel 32, 50(used to be 60) and channel 66. 66 was Indiana based channel and I think that was the station that showed Samurai Sunday on Sundays(even though most of the movies were Chinese made.) The theme song for Samurai Sunday was Everyone was Kung-Fu fighting(yet another error between Japanese and Chinese culture.) Anywho thank you for reading and thank you for liking Spectreman
Joseph Casanova I'm from Chicago and I remember most of all those shows! Those was the good ole days! I loved Spectreman! Thanks for the history lesson my Brother!
@@DuMauria123 I am so sorry it took me this long to respond. I swear to you that I did not get a notification from TH-cam that you had responded. I was going through all my comments today and saw that you responded. Much props to you, and much-shared love for old school Chicago UHF stations to you!!!
Spectreman, The Space Giants, back in the early 80's OMFG!! I wanna go to my parent's house and post up with a big glass of TANG and my Donkey Kong table top game! "Will we ever know the source, of his power and his force..." CLASSIC!!
yes brother, first in 78-79 on channel 44, along with speedracer, johnny sokko and his flying robot, and ultra man, then in 80 they made channel 44 a Spanish speaking station and I did not see spectreman till 83-84 resurface on wpwr channel 60. Remember a few years later 60 made the move to channel 50 and remained wpwr until upn bought it out.
Part of my childhood, love this great opening theme, equal parts of The Who's 'Pinball Wizard' , 'Hair', 'Jesus Christ Super Star' and 70's Acid Folk Prog Rock
@Dckalel Yep, it was channel 44 (WSNS) back in the 70's in Chicago. Space Giants, Johnny Soko and his Giant Robot, and Ultra Man also came on the same channel. Talk about some crazy memories! Man I couldn't wait to get home from school to watch this shit!
Spectreman,Ultraman,Space Giants,Giant Robot-the late 70's & early 80's were the bomb-kids of the last 25 years or so missed out on some great stuff.Me & my brother would run home fom school probaly 6-7 blocks to catch Spectreman & we would still miss the first few minutes of it!! : (
Man, I used to get off the bus and literally run inside to watch Spectreman. Came on right when I usually got home and I’d be all pissed if the bus was late bc I’d miss the beginning. I still watch it on dvd occasionally. 👍
I remeber this a child in the early 80's, Loved it! Funny when i mention it to people my age, they look at me crazy like i just made up show! I am a real child of the 80's!
This was the greatest robot show from my childhood. I used to sing along with the intro song when the show came on. Violent as hell to for a "kids" show, but Awesome nonetheless.
I loved this show far more than Ultraman. My young ears were so untainted that they mistook this theme for an actual rock 'n roll song! :) The producers certainly made sure you were going to watch those end credits! Imagine trying to get away with a font that big and a crawl that slow today.
I thought i was fucking crazy cause noone else remembered this shit. They all kept saying "Ultraman" and i was like NO! I was searching always searching for "SPECTRAman" on the web and YT. Thank you for posting so i know im not a nut job!
Been 30 plus years since I saw this. Back when we had 13 channels on TV, good times. Didn't realize until now this sounds like "Question" from the Moody Blues. Spectreman could soooo kick Godzillas ass!
Channel 41in Kansas City, MO. This came on around 530am -right before Robotech. I was in grade school. Fast forward thirty years, and I'm a registered voter who still doesn't know the words to our national anthem, but I know the Spectreman theme.
Man , I remember this around 1979 or 1980. I used to come home after school and watched this. I think I was in 5th grade. This was also around the time the Shogun Warrior toys was out. Wow , I mis being a kid.
half right and half wrong brother. It was on 44 in 79-81with Ultraman, Speed Racer, and Johnny Sokko and his flying robot, before it was the Spanish station but then it resurfaced on channel 60 WPWR Chicago in about 83 or 84, which a few years later was channel 50 WPWR, which many years later became UPN until the station went under. It was never on WFLD 32 when it was just a UHF station
i watched this on 60 in the early 80s . what was that one show where there were like 2 robots , male and female, and the females tits could shoot out like missiles
@Infamous256 Takes me way back too. I think I remember it being on Channel 44 in the Chicago area back then, though. I actually remember sitting down to watch the first episode.
This shit brings such a tear to my eye. This show used to be such a mindfuck to me. Those gorilla's just gave me such a creepy feeling back in those days.
Yup greatest moment of my believe or not after watching this and Bruce Lee I was a very bad kid always doing kicks in school and visiting the principal office for kicking ass
Thanks for uploding this. I just got a boxset,but the quality really sucks after episode 32. Going to have to buy the rest of the series from a good retailer.
@yeahyeahyeah04 yea it was on channel 44 back in the day, i used to run home from school to catch it, this is a true classic. wonder if i can find it all on dvd?
None of these new age super heroes can mess with Spectreman. Just check out 2:59 for proof. My man is grabbing god knows What?! by his horn AND his tooth while getting his weebles flamed off. Losing his spectreballs ain't anything to Spectreman. He in it to win it no matter the cost!
@TheLeroyMoon i know what song you are talking about, but i dont know the name of it or who its performed by, do you? if you can tell me, thatd be awesome! thanks!
The beginning is TOTALLY from PINBALL WIZARD from THE WHO...This show was great and it was on at 3:30pm in 1978 The bass player on this SMOKES!!!!!!!!!! What was better than the 70's???????????????????????????????????????
The music sounds like they were trying very hard to imitate The Who and sounding like an imitation. Mel Welles played Gravis Mushnick in _The Little Shop of Horrrors_ (1960).
If you pay attention, this show COMBINES elements of Godzilla, Planet of the Apes with themes of fighting pollution. It appeals to us even now because a savior comes to rescue us from ourselves and shows the dilemma of doing so by posing as a human. Hmmm, sounds familiar. Go Captain Spectre (Spectreman).
Absolutely a blessing!!!
I remember this being on the now defunkt Chicago channel 44 in the afternoons.
I never forgot this theme song.
Those were the days.
Wpwr channel 50 aurora in the 80's. This, sonny & cher, battle of the planets, a spy show with monkeys... back when tv was about entertainment!😊😊😊
I'm happy to see so many Spectreman supporters from Chicago who remember channel 44 before it became Telemundo. Spectreman, Ultraman, Johnny Sokko and his flying robot, and Speed Racer. Was only 4 at the time so I was not a wrestling fan until 4 years later. What you are incorrect about(well most of you) is that it resurfaced on WFLD 32. It did not resurface until 83-84 and the channel was WPWR 60 which then became WPWR 50. If you look at some of the episodes on youtube some of them will even broadcast channel 50 as well as 60, which means it was shown on that network for at least 3-4 years. As far as channel 26 the U maybe you are right, but by that time I was a teenager and was onto other things so I cannot confirm or deny it being on 26. The 3 UHF stations that competed through most of the 80s in Chicago at least were channel 32, 50(used to be 60) and channel 66. 66 was Indiana based channel and I think that was the station that showed Samurai Sunday on Sundays(even though most of the movies were Chinese made.) The theme song for Samurai Sunday was Everyone was Kung-Fu fighting(yet another error between Japanese and Chinese culture.) Anywho thank you for reading and thank you for liking Spectreman
Joseph Casanova I'm from Chicago and I remember most of all those shows! Those was the good ole days! I loved Spectreman! Thanks for the history lesson my Brother!
@@DuMauria123 I am so sorry it took me this long to respond. I swear to you that I did not get a notification from TH-cam that you had responded. I was going through all my comments today and saw that you responded. Much props to you, and much-shared love for old school Chicago UHF stations to you!!!
@@DuMauria123 brother, I just found this high quality opening intro and thought I would share it with you th-cam.com/video/gJCQSl_DT9U/w-d-xo.html
@@josephcasanova1975 wow! 😮 Thank you so much. I really appreciate that! Yes this is definitely high quality 😂
me to i am I'm from Spectreman supporters from Chicago
One of the greatest basslines of all time!
Spectreman, The Space Giants, back in the early 80's OMFG!! I wanna go to my parent's house and post up with a big glass of TANG and my Donkey Kong table top game! "Will we ever know the source, of his power and his force..." CLASSIC!!
this was one of my favorite shows when I was a kid
THAT SONG STILL ROCKS!!!
Oh yes the good old days of Chicago television I remember it well!
yes brother, first in 78-79 on channel 44, along with speedracer, johnny sokko and his flying robot, and ultra man, then in 80 they made channel 44 a Spanish speaking station and I did not see spectreman till 83-84 resurface on wpwr channel 60. Remember a few years later 60 made the move to channel 50 and remained wpwr until upn bought it out.
Keith The Faith lol. Yea, I’m from Gary and remember watching on channel 44 too. The memories
That friggin rocked. That was the best damn show growing up! Thanks for the good memories.
i remember this on tbs 17 the superstation in Atlanta during the 80s
And you know it. ATL represent!
Then they moved it to TV 69 in the early 90s
I remember watching this on Superstation TBS.
I used to love this show as a kid! Cool art work at the end!
Oh man if I had a sweet van I would want that big ending credit picture on the side of it.
Or a tattoo.
Part of my childhood, love this great opening theme, equal parts of The Who's 'Pinball Wizard' , 'Hair', 'Jesus Christ Super Star' and 70's Acid Folk Prog Rock
@Dckalel Yep, it was channel 44 (WSNS) back in the 70's in Chicago. Space Giants, Johnny Soko and his Giant Robot, and Ultra Man also came on the same channel. Talk about some crazy memories! Man I couldn't wait to get home from school to watch this shit!
Spectreman,Ultraman,Space Giants,Giant Robot-the late 70's & early 80's were the bomb-kids of the last 25 years or so missed out on some great stuff.Me & my brother would run home fom school probaly 6-7 blocks to catch Spectreman & we would still miss the first few minutes of it!! : (
Man, I used to get off the bus and literally run inside to watch Spectreman. Came on right when I usually got home and I’d be all pissed if the bus was late bc I’d miss the beginning. I still watch it on dvd occasionally. 👍
@MrSuajay . This show was originally broadcasted sometime in the early '70's. You and I just grew up watching the reruns. I was born in '74.
Wonderful show to be sure. I loved it as a kid. It brings back many great memories!
wow a blast from the past i almost feel bad for having liked this as a kid ALMOST. thank you.
I loved this show when I was little and still love the song...
I remember. I'm from the Chicagoland area also. Channel 60 used to be WGBO.
I remember this on 44 in Chicago.That was when channels would shut down after 10 or 11.
Couldn’t wait to get home from school in Chicagoland to watch this. My son is now hooked on it now as well!
I agree the theme song is awesome! This aired in Houston on KHTV-39 (now KHCW).
I remember this on all 32,44, and channel 26.
I never remember it being on 32. You sure your not confusing 32 with WPWR 50 Chicago which became WPWR 50 during Spectremans run on the network
I'M GONNA BE 38 THIS YEAR! THIS BROUGHT BACK A LOT OF MEMORIES! THANK YOU!
I remeber this a child in the early 80's, Loved it! Funny when i mention it to people my age, they look at me crazy like i just made up show! I am a real child of the 80's!
This is a BIG part of my childhood and why I'm living in Japan now............
step into the way back machine and let the nostalgia wash over you... best for memories muscle too pump up to, what a theme song!
This was the greatest robot show from my childhood. I used to sing along with the intro song when the show came on.
Violent as hell to for a "kids" show, but Awesome nonetheless.
Stay Tuned For The Addams Family, Next On TBS!
I loved this show far more than Ultraman. My young ears were so untainted that they mistook this theme for an actual rock 'n roll song! :)
The producers certainly made sure you were going to watch those end credits! Imagine trying to get away with a font that big and a crawl that slow today.
It's the song Tomorrow is the First Day of Forever with different lyrics
Your ears were in fact right, it is an actual song they used th-cam.com/video/HRuYLZM7QiM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=xBs80sUoHfgf6iDd
This takes me back to my pre-teen years. Fox 32 in Chicago had all the good shows.
Ahhhhh!! Great memories!!
@infamous256 It was also on Channel 60 in Chicago, in the days before the switch to 50.
yes in 83-84 it was on 60 and stayed on the channel even when it became channel 50, 3 3 years later
I thought i was fucking crazy cause noone else remembered this shit.
They all kept saying "Ultraman" and i was like NO!
I was searching always searching for "SPECTRAman" on the web and YT.
Thank you for posting so i know im not a nut job!
man, it took me forever to find this too.... all i could think of was a golden ultraman. lol
I will always love this show.
It's like the session guys that worked for Sid and Marty Krofft decided to do a Toku theme!
Here's where the instrumental of the song was taken from th-cam.com/video/JzDVniuJrbM/w-d-xo.html
Remeber that episode where Spectreman was in a western along with the Lone Comet. CLASSIC
Been 30 plus years since I saw this. Back when we had 13 channels on TV, good times. Didn't realize until now this sounds like "Question" from the Moody Blues. Spectreman could soooo kick Godzillas ass!
Is it strange that this guy is still a real superhero to me?? I still watch it.
My Childhood Hero💪🏽👍🏼🦸🏽♂️
i watch it growing up in chi myself. i loved that show!
This was on Chicago's Channel 44 (WSNS) when it still spoke english.
Same here, watch this in Waukegan; hour north of Chicago.
Channel 41in Kansas City, MO. This came on around 530am -right before Robotech. I was in grade school. Fast forward thirty years, and I'm a registered voter who still doesn't know the words to our national anthem, but I know the Spectreman theme.
God i remember watching this growing up in the Chi. Good times need to show my brother this.
still a groovy ass theme song...used to watch this sometimes back in the early 80's...
SPECTER MAN RULES I loved this show as a young tot in the 70's and reruns in the early 80's
Man , I remember this around 1979 or 1980. I used to come home after school and watched this. I think I was in 5th grade. This was also around the time the Shogun Warrior toys was out. Wow , I mis being a kid.
The Lead actor died,sorry to hear that.I grew up watching Spectreman and I love the show.God Bless and thanks for the info.
SpectreMan had the best theme song. UltraMan comes a close second.
Oh, yeah! The guitar in the beginning is like to the beginning of Pinball Wizard. Whoever did the theme must be a fan of British Rock.
Man this used to be my show as a kid bro.
This show was the shit! This show represents our childhood at time when their was no hate and politics so let's try to keep it that way people.
this has been my ringtone for years....
Growing up in Chicago was a blessing. I want to go back!
@jaydavee I can see that. Ever notice how the theme song for "King of the Hill" is basically a speeded-up version of Bob Marley's "Redemption Song"?
@awalker773, right there with ya! I would get so pissed if missed an episode of this, Johnny Sokko, Ultraman and The Space Giants on channel 44!
Cool! Spectreman, Ultraman,Jonny Socko and Space Giants ruled the earth in early 70's.
Glimpsed this over 30 years ago. Rita's kind of cute. Good bass line, kind of reminiscent of the Moody Blues.
Channel 44 before it turned 2 the spanish channel. Then channel 32 before it became fox.
half right and half wrong brother. It was on 44 in 79-81with Ultraman, Speed Racer, and Johnny Sokko and his flying robot, before it was the Spanish station but then it resurfaced on channel 60 WPWR Chicago in about 83 or 84, which a few years later was channel 50 WPWR, which many years later became UPN until the station went under. It was never on WFLD 32 when it was just a UHF station
Yeah was Channel 60 then 50, after 44 changed course. I still remember when 60 moved to 50, was so excited.
i watched this on 60 in the early 80s . what was that one show where there were like 2 robots , male and female, and the females tits could shoot out like missiles
A bass guitarists moment in the sun.
does anyone remember the one when he goes blind? and the kid uses a blade of grass to help him? I cant believe i still remember that.
That bassline is kick-ass!
@Infamous256 Takes me way back too. I think I remember it being on Channel 44 in the Chicago area back then, though. I actually remember sitting down to watch the first episode.
The lead actor from the show died Jan 1st of this year.
The ending background is fucking awesome!
This shit brings such a tear to my eye. This show used to be such a mindfuck to me. Those gorilla's just gave me such a creepy feeling back in those days.
Yup greatest moment of my believe or not after watching this and Bruce Lee I was a very bad kid always doing kicks in school and visiting the principal office for kicking ass
Thanks for uploding this. I just got a boxset,but the quality really sucks after episode 32. Going to have to buy the rest of the series from a good retailer.
My hero
@alfrank2000 The Banana Splits bass part is another great one, similar to how the Spectreman one is done.
LOLOL, I feel you. I liked Spectre Man too, but what did it for me was THE SPACE GIANTS
@yeahyeahyeah04 yea it was on channel 44 back in the day, i used to run home from school to catch it, this is a true classic. wonder if i can find it all on dvd?
nice one thanks
I rushed home from grammar school to make sure i watched this and im talkin back in the 80s.Dr Gory is the best!!!!!
This is Spectretacular.
ok i will i just to get the old vhs out
@alfrank2000 Arlington Heights primarily. I LOVED channel 44! AWA at 11, then WWA from 12-12:30!!
Yes !!
I thought it was channel 44 but I forgot about channel 50.
Hell, yeah. Channel 44 in Chi-Town.
@chrisz31974 Are you from Chicago? 44 was a hell of a station!
@TheMackmessiah I thought it was on Channel 44 in Chicago?
channel 44 in chicago, where i used to watch awa wrestling
None of these new age super heroes can mess with Spectreman. Just check out 2:59 for proof. My man is grabbing god knows What?! by his horn AND his tooth while getting his weebles flamed off. Losing his spectreballs ain't anything to Spectreman. He in it to win it no matter the cost!
was this the 80's or the 70s when you saw this show? and what channel was it broadcast on?
I remember.
@carloscavalcanti Right as rain bro. Spectreman was first and Ultraman came later
Ready Overlord! 💪🏾😀
@msromo What, you didn't watch AWA Wrestling on Channel 44!?!?
@TheLeroyMoon i know what song you are talking about, but i dont know the name of it or who its performed by, do you? if you can tell me, thatd be awesome! thanks!
A jappaness superhero different from the BatMan DC icon uas.
The beginning is TOTALLY from PINBALL WIZARD
from THE WHO...This show was great and it was
on at 3:30pm in 1978 The bass player on this
SMOKES!!!!!!!!!! What was better than the 70's???????????????????????????????????????
The music sounds like they were trying very hard to imitate The Who and sounding like an imitation.
Mel Welles played Gravis Mushnick in _The Little Shop of Horrrors_ (1960).
@alfrank2000 I think it's Geezer Butler!!!!
can you upload some love to see then
@alfrank2000 OMG!! I NEVER REALIZED THAT!
If you pay attention, this show COMBINES elements of Godzilla, Planet of the Apes with themes of fighting pollution. It appeals to us even now because a savior comes to rescue us from ourselves and shows the dilemma of doing so by posing as a human. Hmmm, sounds familiar. Go Captain Spectre (Spectreman).