These ones are fondly remembered...

May 23, 2006 20:09



"The Stuff I Find Online On You Tube" Dept.:

Dedicated to fighting evil, while weaving her web of justice - it's Spider-Woman!"




the interesting thing was that Spider-Woman was the first of the Marvel characters, PERIOD, to get a show on TV in the 80's when Stan had moved out to California and started pitching characters to studios like a Bat Outta Hell, and was on TV a full year before some of the other characters were. Because the live-action Spider-Man series had fared so poorly ratings-wise on CBS, most networks didn't want to pick up the pilot for this perennial classic:

Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends!




I always loved the transformations for Angelica and Bobby in this cartoon. Also, the music/soundtrack geek in me would be remiss if he didn't point out that the moment after Spidey swings through the iced-over fire monster and shatters it and Angelica is flying circles around the Green Goblin has this wicked little synthesiser riff that really soars amongst the background orchestral sound for the rest of the theme song.

It gets even better, though. For the benefit of lostjane and nomorescience, who don't have the time to find these sorts of things:



Spider-Man visits the Uncanny X-Men from S-M&HAF!


This was one of those corner-turning moments for comics fans back in the early 80's because we *knew* the X-Men kicked ass, but never in our wildest dreams EVER expected to see them in an animated cartoon (because they weren't Spider-Man, The Hulk or the Fantastic Four - all of whom had been previously on TV before and had a bit of a market-name going for them). This episode was something of a watershed for Marvel productions, for that reason. Kitty is there, has her Dave Cockrum forehead-X costume (and a VERY appropriate voice), Colossus and Nightcrawler and, probably for the same reason that SUPER FRIENDS had Apache Chief, Thunderbird didn't die this time around and can turn into a grizzley bear! The whole thing is narrated by Stan Lee, too. Canadian fans like yours truly would have to wait til a later episode to see Wolverine in animated action and when he does show up, HE'S GIVEN AN AUSTRALIAN ACCENT!! Oh God, were my friends and I PISSED! That has nothing to do with this, however.

Even though it gets as much wrong as it gets right - the stuff it gets right is a lot of fun. Check it out folks (all 23 minutes of it, if you've got the time!)

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