If there were a real Superman, could one imagine the constraints on him. The world would be lining up to ask for favors, never letting up. So we have the reclusive, lonely man. To try to show appreciation, he is forced to sit while the world adores him. Not really in his nature. While the plans are being made, Jimmy decides to go off half cocked, pretend he is a telephone repair man, and invade the lair of a very dangerous crime boss (no shortage of these around Metropolis). He is discovered and forced to drink a truth serum (really!) and he betrays the knowledge of Kryptonite and that some of it is in the bay in a lead pipe. When Kent walks into the office with the lead pipe with the stuff inside it, the bad guys are waiting for him. In what proves to be a pretty satisfactory conclusion, Superman acts. There is also the usual problem of Kent being around at the same time Superman is. He has been asked to interview the Man of Steel on television. How will this come off?
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'Naked City' & Other Surprises
ccthemovieman-117 July 2006
Another entertaining episode in season three as Jimmy Olsen (who else?) is caught pretending to be a telephone repairman (with fake mustache), is given a truth serum by the crooks, and spills the beans about kryptonite. So, the bad guys get a hold of the kryptonite, find out Superman's schedule (it was printed in the paper as part of "Superman Week"), and then greet him with it, supposedly killing him so that they can go on a crime spree not worrying bout the Man of Steel catching them. The rest, you'll have to see.
What was interesting was that one the crooks, the flunky of the two, was played by Paul Burke, who went on to star in TV series, "The Naked City." The other is played by Herb Vigin, not a name you know but a face you'll recognize as a regular "bad guy" in the show. In one scene, his clothes change color in a matter of seconds. I guess they came back and shot the footage the next day and forgot what color clothes he was wearing!
Once again, there are a million holes in this story like that one, but it's fun to watch.
What was interesting was that one the crooks, the flunky of the two, was played by Paul Burke, who went on to star in TV series, "The Naked City." The other is played by Herb Vigin, not a name you know but a face you'll recognize as a regular "bad guy" in the show. In one scene, his clothes change color in a matter of seconds. I guess they came back and shot the footage the next day and forgot what color clothes he was wearing!
Once again, there are a million holes in this story like that one, but it's fun to watch.
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