Superman Fan & Collectors Convention of Hawaii




1975


IT'S A BIRD, IT'S A PLANE, IT'S SUPERMAN
1975 TV Musical (Color)
ABC Television


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(minus actor quotes)
"Superman! Starring as Max Menken, Kenneth Mars. Deceitful blabber boy columnist for the Daily Planet. As Lois Lane, Lesley Warren. Beautiful, luscious, spunky girl reporter. And as Sydney Carlton, Loretta Switt. Cute as a button, sweet as pie, perky gal Friday to Max Menken. As Doctor Abner Sedgwick, David Wayne. Kindly, fatherly, lovable, mad scientist. And introducing David Wilson as Clark Kent, meek and mild mannered reporter for the Daily Planet, who in reality is the Man of Steel... Superman!"



















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On February 21, 1975, ABC aired a 2 hour musical called 'It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman' based on the 1966 Broadway musical of the same name (see Bob Holiday). In this TV adaption, some of the lines were changed, but the musical's songs, plot and campy routines remained intact. Songs by Charles Strouse and Lee Adams included "Superman", "You've Got Possibilities", and "Revenge".



IT'S A BIRD, IT'S A PLANE, IT'S SUPERMAN


Superman must save himself and Metropolis from the Mad Scientist while coping with a super bout of depression. Aiding the villain is Daily Planet columnist Max Mencken, much to the horror of fellow writters Lois Lane and Sydney Carlton.




Superman: "Not so fast!"

Lois: "(gasp) It's Superman!"

Superman: "Hi, Lo'."

Thug: "How'd you find us?"

Superman: "My freaky X-ray vision."


Superman/Clark Kent..............David Wilson
Lois Lane.......................Lesley Ann Warren
The Mad Scientist....................David Wayne
Max Mencken......................Kenneth Mars*
Sydney Carlton.......................Loretta Swit

*Kenneth Mars later starred in an episode of Lois & Clark as Grant Gendell.



VHS - The only known public release of this production has been, unfortunately, bootleg tapes. No word on an official release yet.

LD - none

DVD - none


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