The Man of Screen Podcast Episode 70: Unaired Pilots: The Adventures of Super Pup/The Adventures of Superboy

In episode 70 of The Man of Screen Podcast, Mike Zummo will return briefly from his summer hiatus to bring you the horrid and the better portions of the inbetween years in Supermans onscreen history.

Between the end of the George Reeves series and the beginning of the Filmation cartoons was an interesting time for Superman as Mike will cover two unaired pilots that were meant to fill the void left by The Adventures of Superman.

First, the property went to the dogs as Mike will cover the unaired pilot, “The Adventures of Super Pup” as Superman and his cast of characters were turned into you guessed it, “dogs”. And there was no supervillain at work here. This was planned to be an actual show. Thats all thats going to be said.

Then in 1961, the “Adventures of Superboy” received a pilot but no further episodes. This show was based on the Superboy comics of the time and was a much more faithful and serious adaptation than the aforementioned Super Pup. This time, youll want to know Mikes take.

Next time: The show will return to its weekly schedule on Tuesday, Sept. 5 as Mike embarks on the 17-week coverage of Filmations “The New Adventures of Superman”.