Wow, two episodes in a row featuring the great "Professor Pepperwinkle (Phil Tead)! This time, the eccentric old man has invented a lifelike, gentle robot named "Mr McTavish."
Lois and Jimmy get what they think is a crank call from "Miss Taylor" to investigate a "monster" in the area, so they wind up at the scientist's house and meet the robot, courtesy of the inventor. When Clark gets another call from the persistent Miss Taylor, he dons his duds for the Superman uniform and flies over to the professor's house to investigate. There, he meets Lois and Jimmy. However, upon entering the room, Superman feels weak almost faints. It turns out, Mr. McTavish has some kryptonite in him.
Witnessing all this, peeking through a window, was a thug: "Blade", played by the one-and- only Ben Weldon. Blade goes back to his boss "Duke" (John Vivyan) and reports what he saw. His boss, with the aid of another scientific-type guy, played by Orville Sherman, is planning to use some of kind of floating bomb to destroy the Daily Planet building. The gangster- scientist (no name is given) isn't anxious to assemble it himself, though, because it might go off accidentally. Blade suggests bringing it to the robot to assemble. Because of the kryptonite, they won't have to worry about Superman interfering, either.
That's what happens, too, but how does Superman solve this dilemma, save the newspaper building and a tied-up (as usual) Lois Lane? You'll have to watch. It's on "The Adventures of Superman: Seasons Five and Six" DVD.
Lois and Jimmy get what they think is a crank call from "Miss Taylor" to investigate a "monster" in the area, so they wind up at the scientist's house and meet the robot, courtesy of the inventor. When Clark gets another call from the persistent Miss Taylor, he dons his duds for the Superman uniform and flies over to the professor's house to investigate. There, he meets Lois and Jimmy. However, upon entering the room, Superman feels weak almost faints. It turns out, Mr. McTavish has some kryptonite in him.
Witnessing all this, peeking through a window, was a thug: "Blade", played by the one-and- only Ben Weldon. Blade goes back to his boss "Duke" (John Vivyan) and reports what he saw. His boss, with the aid of another scientific-type guy, played by Orville Sherman, is planning to use some of kind of floating bomb to destroy the Daily Planet building. The gangster- scientist (no name is given) isn't anxious to assemble it himself, though, because it might go off accidentally. Blade suggests bringing it to the robot to assemble. Because of the kryptonite, they won't have to worry about Superman interfering, either.
That's what happens, too, but how does Superman solve this dilemma, save the newspaper building and a tied-up (as usual) Lois Lane? You'll have to watch. It's on "The Adventures of Superman: Seasons Five and Six" DVD.
