Today I watched the first episode of The Adventures of Superman "Superman on Earth". It took me back to my childhood growing up in the 60s watching the reruns that were on every afternoon Monday through Friday. I was lucky to live in a San Fernando Valley neighborhood that was filled with kids my age, we were always together. There were many days where we would all gather at one of our houses to watch Superman together, then we would go outside and and create our own Superman adventure. We had fun, but one of the boys loved playing Superman to the point that he had his mom make him a red cape with a silver boarder. He wore that cape everyday, even when we weren't playing Superman, after a while it got to be more than a little weird, his Kriptonite rock was balled up aluminum foil, like I said it was more than a little weird. We did this for years until we out grew it, thinking about it I hope our cape boy did too. I also agree with the other poster, Superman taught us right from wrong, respect for others, and values that I use to this day. Like I said we were lucky. With shows like Superman, Leave it to Beaver and Father Knows Best, along with others, we had great roll models to teach us to be good, responsible people. Clearly there are a lot of people around today that can't say that and it shows. People my age are the Baby Boomers raised in the Bugs Bunny era that the world will never see again. Our parents saw everything from the depression, WW ll , great American cars, first time color TV, man on the moon, to microwave ovens, and so much more that changed the world in a great way. All these things and of course Superman made us Baby Boomers, like I said-- luckier than any other generation before us and after us that the world will never see again.
Review of Superman on Earth
