League of Extraordinary Bloggers: Hate Leads to Suffering

When I first read this weeks assignment I thought this would be a piece of cake, I've got this, but for the life of me I can't think of one piece of pop culture that I hate. I might have disliked some things, but hate? Like Brian said in the assignment post, hate is a strong word.

Legends of the Super-Heroes Officially Coming to DVD Oct. 19, 2010

If you are a Batman fan like me, you probably have a bootleg copy the 1979 super campy Super Hero specials "Legends of the Super Heroes: The Challenge" and "Legends of the Super Heroes: The Roast." I don't know about you, but my copies aren't the greatest. But help is coming...On October 19 the live "somewhat" version of the Super Friends is officially released on DVD.

Here's what Warner Bros. had to say at this years New York Comic Con:

Heroes and villains of DC Comics square off in the two-part, live action, made-for-TV (with a laugh track!) smackdowns of Legends of the Super Heroes. The Challenge: Batman and Robin (Adam West and Burt Ward of the live-action Batman TV series) lead The Flash, Green Lantern and more JLA members against The Riddler (Frank Gorshin reprising his TV role), Mordu, Weather Wizard and other Doom-dealers. The Legion's ultimate gambit: trick the heroes into downing a diabolical depowering drink! The Roast: Poking fun beats swapping punches when celebrity host Ed McMahon emcees a rowdy rave-up. Who knew DC Super Heroes and villains packed as much verbal wit as physical grit when not locked in combat? These Legends will leave you laughing.

The DVD is going to be sold exclusively at WBShop.com and $19.95 for the 100 minute disc. Pre-order legends of the Super Heroes today.

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Batman on Sesame Street

I never really was a fan of Sesame Street when I was a kid. Although, I do remember this animated Batman segment with Robin and the Joker, which if they had more of these shorts it would have made it worth watching. Similar to the Super Friends safety lessons Batman and Robin gave a lesson on safety.



It's cool to see Olan Soule and Casey Kasem lend their voices for this animated short. Of course they did the voices of Batman and Robin for the 60's cartoon and the Super Friends for almost every season of the show.

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Saturday Memories of the Superfriends

I couldn't wait to get up in the morning to watch the Superfriends on Saturday mornings. Now a days all I have to do is pop in a DVD.

Like many Saturday morning cartoons of its day there was always some kind of message about a moral lesson, health, or safety tip.

Here we see Batman and Robin taking a ride through the country in the Batmobile to stop and pick up a fresh snack.



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What was Your Favorite Part of the Weekend When You Were a Kid?

One of my favorite parts of the weekend was there was no school, of course, but the other part was Saturday cartoons. I couldn't wait to get up watch shows like the Superfriends, The New Adventures of Batman, Spiderman and His Amazing Friends, or The Incredible Hulk.

The theme songs from all of these shows are embedded in my head for all eternity. My other favorite part was the toy commercials that played in between. Especially, the Star Wars toys. Not only was it cool to see the toys in action, but I especially liked the fact that scenes from the movies would be shown at the start of the commercial.



Ever wonder what was up with the Riddler wearing that red outfit rather than the normal green? The Riddler had originally been intended to be a villain on the series, but the rights had been given to The Challenge of the Superfriends for the character. Rather than change the opening credits the suit was changed to red to prevent copyright infringement. Vice versa the Joker and Catwoman were planned to be a part of the Legion of Doom, but did not appear because the rights to those characters were given to the New Adventures of Batman.



What was your favorite part of the weekend? Cartoons, live action shows, toy commercials? What do you remember about your favorite Saturday morning shows? Let us hear from you.

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Watching the Super Friends Season One Volume One

I just finished watching the first half of the recent DVD release of the Super Friends that my loving wife picked up for me. This is the actual first season of the Hanna-Barbera TV series.

Other releases have claimed to be the first season, like The Challenge of the Super Friends. Technically, I guess it was the first and only season under that title, but I considered every incarnation a part of the regular run of the series.

The opening theme to this season of the Super Friends is one of my favorites. The Challenge of the Super Friends intro would be the other.


It had been awhile since I had seen these episodes, but I still remember the gist of the majority of the stories. I always liked Wendy and Marvin too. I wish they would have had an explanation of what had happened to them when Zan and Jayna took their place.



There were 16 episodes in the original run of the first season. The newest DVD set has only the first 8. I guess that means there will be a Volume 2.

The episodes include:

The Power Pirate
The Baffles Puzzle
Professor Goodfellow's G.E.E.C.
The Weather Maker
Dr, Pelogian's War
The Shamon "U"
Too Hot to Handle
The Androids

I never thought of the show as educational, but there many educational facts like the water mass of the earth sprinkled throughout the episodes.



If you loved this season as a kid, you'll at least like it for the nostalgia now. Funny thing is I was watching this with my 5 year old nephew and he asked me, Why is Batman wearing blue and gray? Damn I feel old.

Don't you wish they had actual villains from the comics in this season?

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