Description
A 1975 made-for-TV reworking of the 1966 Broadway musical, "It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman!" It concerns a mad scientist and rival reporter who scheme to push Superman into a mental breakdown. This is my own rip of the bootleg -- I've tweaked the picture to improve the quality (as best as I could), included the original title and a missing credit from the ABC broadcast, tacked on an assortment of super-commercials, and created custom captions and chapters. Unfortunately, there's a strange faint audio ghosting throughout, but my every attempt to remove it just distorted the sound.
Adapted by *Romeo Muller* (Rudolph, Frosty, and every other Rankin/Bass holiday special!)
From the play by *Robert Benton* and *David Newman* (Bonnie & Clyde, What's Up Doc?, Superman: The Movie)
Songs by *Charles Strouse* and *Lee Adams* (Bye Bye Birdie)
Directed by *Jack Regas* (The Brady Bunch Variety Hour, Krofft Supershow)
Starring *David Wilson* (Eddie & The Cruisers)
*Lesley Ann Warren* (Cinderella, Clue, Victor/Victoria)
*Kenneth Mars* (Young Frankenstein, The Producers, What's Up Doc?, Fletch, The Little Mermaid)
*Loretta Swit* (M*A*S*H)
*David Wayne* (How to Marry a Millionaire, The Andromeda Strain, TV's Batman)
*Malachi Throne* (It Takes a Thief, Star Trek, Electra Woman & Dyna Girl)
*Al Molinaro* (Happy Days)
*Harvey Lembeck* (the Beach Party movies, Sgt. Bilko)
His son, *Michael Lembeck* (Mary Hartman, The Krofft Supershow, One Day at a Time)
*Stuart Goetz* (Record City)
*Alan Ludden* (Password host and Mr. Betty White)
*Danny Goldman* (Young Frankenstein, voice of Brainy Smurf)
*Geoffrey Horne* (The Bridge on the River Kwai)
With prolific character actors *Irene Tedrow, George Chandler, Nita Talbot* & *Phil Leeds*
And *Joanna Kerns* (Growing Pains) in her TV debut as an uncredited member of the ensemble.
MDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0339210
The final act of the original ABC broadcast can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnKhKUDs3x4
History of Comics on Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5Nvo0COLkI
Broadway By Ghostlight's documentary on the play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I2sSlHXWtU
The QuarryWorks Theater's complete 2018 performance of the stage play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLBR-xkB9bA
Original Broadway Cast album: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kvZGuKlfGxTXuQoFsJRpEvf-SOcPCA1ok
Linda Lavin's 2011 re-recording of "You've Got Possibilities": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUGO8t3mbEg
00:00:00 ABC Wide World
00:00:18 Superman
00:02:38 Who He Is And How He Came to Be
00:04:32 We Need Him (SONG)
00:06:55 Merchant of Doom
00:08:49 It's Superman (SONG)
00:11:07 Meanwhile...
00:13:12 It's a Swell Country (SONG)
00:16:27 Back at the Daily Planet
00:20:20 Superman Makes It!
00:23:34 Revenge (SONG)
00:26:31 Sedgwick's Revenge
00:28:36 The Woman for the Man (SONG)
00:34:04 The Net Tightens
00:37:09 You've Got Possibilities (SONG)
00:40:25 Clark Kent Finds Happiness
00:42:26 You've Got What I Need (SONG)
00:46:36 Oh Clark, Have You Been There All Along?
00:48:20 What I've Always Wanted (SONG)
00:52:47 Superman Trapped!
00:56:23 Get Lost, Superman!
00:57:18 Ooh, Do You Love You! (SONG)
01:03:39 Curtains for Superman
01:04:23 The Strongest Man in the World (SONG)
01:07:10 Now to Finish Off Superman
01:15:26 Superman Triumphant
01:16:50 I'm Not Finished Yet (SONG)
01:20:29 On the Warren G. Harding Memorial Bridge
01:22:40 Pow! Bam! Zonk! (SONG)
01:26:29 The Next Day
01:27:35 End Credits
01:29:13 Aqua Velva (Broadway's Bob Holiday)
01:29:42 Superman Commercials