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Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman Page #5
- Year:
- 2006
- 115 min
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well, ail I can say is, if it weren't
for Superman, I wouldn't be here.
And it was like breaking
the fourth wall. We know.
Nobody else knows, just us.
And when I tell you to look, you Look.
You're going to see
your favorite television star.
Look, Superman.
But Lois Lane wasn't the only redhead
in Superman's life.
In 1957, George Reeves
guest-starred...
...on America's number one
prime-time show, I Love Lucy.
well, Superman, that was
Oh, Ricky, it was my pleasure.
I'm only sorry I didn't get to meet Lucy.
-I've heard so much about her.
-Yeah, well I don't know.
Where is Lucy, Ethel?
Oh, she? I be here in a minute.
She's out on the edge.
-Out on the edge!
-Out on the edge!
By the end of the 1950s,
Reeves was desperate to move on...
,,,from the role that had made him
a household name.
Of ail the crazy things that you've done
in the 15 years that we've been married.
Ricardo, you mean to say that
you've been married to her for 15 years.
Yeah, 15 years.
And they call me Superman.
George was typed-playing Superman
and he could get another job...
. . .except on I Love Lucy
playing Superman.
And it was awful for him.
Reeves was also frustrated
by Superman's...
...unorthodox production schedule...
... which had the actors waiting months
or even a year between episodes.
But in May of 1959,
... when told that cast and crew
would be reunited...
... to film a seventh season.
George was happy as a bug
and looking forward to working.
''No'' he said,
''I'm going to try directing. . .
... because I'm getting a little old
to be running around in my underwear. ''
well, three days later,
this girl called and said:
''Did you hear
what happened to George?''
On the morning
of June 16, 1959...
...a nation awoke
to read a shocking headline.
Superman had killed himself.
I was in Europe at the time. . .
. . .and there were headlines
from all over the world.
people sent me all this stuff
saying George had committed suicide.
I believed it.
I said, ''Oh, no, no, no. ''
And I called Mr. Ellsworth immediately.
And he said, ''well, he's dead. ''
The headline said,
''Superman kills self. ''
How? Why? You know,
we've seen him in so many episodes.
At that age, you're trying
to figure out, you know, death. . .
. . .what does it mean?
I didn't know anybody who died.
It was just wrenching beyond belief.
The story I'd heard
was that he was murdered.
Shot or something.
And then the story changed.
And I'd heard that he tried to fly one day
and flew out the window and then died.
On the day he died,
Reeves had been drinking heavily.
But according to reports,
no fingerprints...
...not even his own,
were found on the gun.
Throughout the decades
that followed...
... the circumstances
of the 45-year-old actor's death...
,,,have remained one of Hollywood's
most morbid mysteries.
Nevertheless, one detail was certain.
For millions of fans,
Superman was dead.
With the death of George Reeves,
the fate of the entire Superman empire...
...seemed at risk
for the first time in its history.
A new series focusing
on Superman's pal Jimmy Olsen...
... was considered, but abandoned.
producer Whitney Ellsworth
also tried to create a kid-friendly...
...and actor-safe spin-off in the form of
The Adventures of Super Pup.
Faster than the speediest jet.
More powerful
than the mightiest rocket.
Abide to fey around the world faster
than you can say ''Super Pup. ''
And only you and I know
that Super Pup is really Bark Bent. . .
. . .star reporter for the Daily Bugle.
Filmed on the sets
of the George Reeves series...
... this strange premise
featured the Superman characters...
,,,as dogs and other animals
played by little people wearing masks.
I just wanted to tell you what a fine
job I think you and Pamela did. . .
...in helping the police
put professor Sheep-dip in jail.
without the help of Super Pup.
Oh, it was nothing.
Why are you taking the bow. . .
-. . .if you think you're no Super Pup?
-Me?
well, anyway, it'll be a long time before
professor Sheep-dip gets out of jail.
Not surprisingly, the concept
never got beyond this rarely-seen pilot...
... which was never broadcast.
-Take one.
-Hello there.
A Superboy pilot starring John Rockwell
... was also attempted
B1 take two.
You know, it's a funny thing.
Whenever you're around,
Clark seems to, well, vanish.
I guess he's got problems of his own.
And I don't suppose
it's remotely possible. . .
. . .that there could be any close
connection between you and Mr. Kent.
Look, Lana, if you want to persist
in some ridiculous idea. . .
. . .that I'm Clark Kent,
well, that's your business.
Now, I don't have time to discuss it.
Now will you or won't you
do as I ask?
Of course I will, Superboy.
Fortunately for DC Comics,
...had little impact
on Superman's comic-book sales...
...partly because the comics were
different from the television show.
Thank God for the comic books.
I kept reading them.
I still had Superman.
I just didn't have this flesh-and-blood
guy I could look up to anymore.
Throughout the 1950s,
DC editor Mort Weisinger and his staff,,,
,,,began creating a vast mythology
for the Man of Steel.
By 1958, there were seven
different Superman titles,,,
...collectively selling
nearly four million copies a month.
the breadth of the mythology.
He was the one who wanted us to know
stories about Superman's robot. . .
. . .stories about the return to Krypton. . .
. . .so you would learn
Superman's ancestors.
Readers learned of Kryptonian villains
released from the Phantom Zone.
The Kryptonian city of Candor,
shrunken by the alien Brainiac.
And the cube-shaped planet
of the Bizarros.
There was Beppo, the Super-Monkey.
Comet, the Super-Horse,
Krypto, the Super-Dog.
It seemed like every month or so. . .
. . .there were just new concepts
being introduced.
Green Kryptonite.
Red Kryptonite.
Blue, White, Jewel Kryptonite.
There was Superman's mermaid
ex-girlfriend...
...and even a teenage cousin,
Supergirl.
''Great guns, it's a flying girl.
It must be an illusion. ''
''No, Superman, it's me,
and I have all your powers. ''
Action Comics #252.
In the comics, Superman
was now so all-powerful...
...so invincible that writers struggled
I mean, at one point, he blew out a star
like you blow out a candle.
well, if a guy can do that. . .
. . .how are you going to get conflict
into the story, exactly?
One solution was to make
Superman's conflicts...
...less physical
and more emotional.
can you get married?
can you have children?
can you have any kind of normal Life?
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