#Bud Collyer

[lostsoulincssea]

The Fleischer's Superman (1941-1943) / Smallville (2001-2011) / My Adventures with Superman (2023-) / Superman and Lois (2021-2024)

I came to this world alone. And when I left it, I had so much. And it was all because of love. It's the thing that makes life worth living. Do everything you can to find love, to give it, to hold on to it... Because life, it goes by so fast.

[smallcloisville]

It's so amazing, having Clois parallels from different media.

Kiss in salvation tho😭

[thebarroomortheboy]

SUPERMAN (1941) | dir. Dave Fleischer

[citizenscreen]

Birthday remembrance - Bud Collyer, game show host and old-time radio’s Superman #botd

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[oldshowbiz]

what is a square

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[travsd]

Clayton "Bud" Collyer: Faster Than Bullets; Beating Clocks

We’ve had many an occasion to mention Clayton “Bud” Collyer (Clayton Heermance, Jr, 1908-1969) and so we thought it fitting to point out his multiple significances on his natal day. I don’t usually do this in list form, but this is a case that lends itself to that cold methodology. He was the younger brother of movie star June Collyer, the grandson of actor Dan Collyer, and the husband of…

[silveragelovechild]

Excellent!

Superman: The Showdown Director: Isidore Sparber | Studio: Famous Studios | USA, 1942

[geekcavepodcast]

Max Fleischer’s “Superman” Shorts Are Remastered

DC Comics has announced a digital and Blu-ray release of new remastered versions of Max Fleischer’s 17 Superman shorts from 1941 to 1943. The Superman shorts were remastered from the original 35mm source elements. Max Fleischer’s Superman 1941-1943 will also include three featurettes exploring the Fleischer series and Superman-esque characters.

Max Fleischer’s Superman 1941-1943 stars the voice talents of Clayton “Bud” Collyer (Superman / Clark Kent), Joan Alexander (Lois Lane), and Jackson Beck (Perry White).

Max Fleischer’s Superman 1941-1943 goes on sale digitally and on Blu-ray on May 16, 2023.

(Image via DC Comics - Blu-ray Cover of Max Fleischer’s Superman 1941-1943)

[pulpsandcomics2]

1952–1953 Bowman Gum : Television and Radio Stars of NBC

Bud Collyer was the voice of Clark Kent and Superman on The Adventures of Superman radio show from 1940-1950. He also voiced the characters for the  the Fleischer and Famous Studios Superman animated shorts.

[racefortheironthrone]

I was watching an old interview with Christopher Reeves and he talked about "doing my best Superman voice" and I knew what he meant, but made me wonder where the "Superman voice" come from and curious if knew since guessing a voice wouldn't be from the comic books?

Christopher Reeves had several sources to draw on.

Bud Collyer played Superman on the radio show that ran from 1940-1951, and the Fleischer cartoons:

George Reeves played Superman on TV during the 1950s:

And so forth. I imagine Christopher Reeves used their voices to help guide his process.

[chernobog13]

S IS FOR SUPERMAN!

Even though I was older than the target audience for Sesame Street when it premiered in 1969, my siblings were not, and I sometimes watched it along with them.

I was especially fond of the episodes sponsored by the letter S, because it probably meant I would get to see this little gem:

Please note that Superman is NOT voiced here by Bud Collyer, the man who had voiced the character on radio, in the Fleischer short films, and in previous Filmation cartoons. This Sesame Street segment was produced in 1970, a year after Collyer passed away.

Superman is voiced here instead by actor Lennie Weinrib. Weinrib would reprise the role in 1972 in an episode of Filmation's animated series The Brady Kids, when the six siblings meet Superman.

[citizenscreen]

“The Adventures of Superman” radio serial began as a syndicated show on New York City's WOR on February 12, 1940. #OnThisDay Bud Collyer fought the never-ending battle for truth and justice and Joan Alexander played Lois Lane. #Superman

[thealmightyemprex]

Superman REview:The Adventures of Superman:Clan of the Firey Cross

Superman has been adapted in multiple mediums but argubly the most important to the history of Superman is the radio series The Adventures of Superman .I'll go into why later but I hadnt listened to a full arc from this series ….So I decided to listent to what might be the most iconic and important arc,The Clan of the Firey Cross

SO I usually include the voice actors in the plot synopsis …..But I couldnt find who the guest voices were ,so no cast in the synopsis this time though I will discuss the performances of Bud Collyer(Clark Kent/Superman) and Jack Grimes(Jimmy Olsen) later

In this 1946 arc,Jimmy Olsen is leading a baseball team ,where the star player is Tommy Lee,much to the irritation of Chuick Riggs ,who complains to his uncle Matt Riggs,who turns out to be a bigot and the leader of a hate group called the Clan of the Firey Cross,and uses a fight Tommy and Chuck as an excuse to do escalating violent acts from harassment to kidnapping and attempted murder ,while Clark Kent,Jimmy Olsen and Perry White try to unmask the terroist group

SO before I go into the plot of the episode,I wanna talk about the legacy .SO much of what we associate with Superman comes from this show.Supermans pal Jimmy Olsen ,his catankerous boss PErry White,his weakness Kryptonite,and his place of employment the Daily planet come from the radio show .It is where Superman first flew and first met Batman .The film serials directly adapted arcs from this show .BOth the Flishcer Superman shorts and the Filmation New Adventures of Superman share the actors ,namely Bud Collyer as Superman,and the Geoorge Reeves TV series Adventures of Superman is seen as a bit of a spirtual sucessor .HEck the famous "Look up in the sky! Its a bird,its a plane,its Superman" comes from this.THis might be the most important Superman adaptation EVER…..And I am tempted to check out more cause this arc was reallly good

Now this arc is pretty famous,mainly due to the villains being expies of the real terrorist group the Klu Klux Klan ,which was gaining popularity in the 40's .Now the reason for choosing the KKK as villains are two fold

1.The creators wanted to fight back against critics who saw the show as mindless violence by dealing with social issues and teaching kids about the dangers of bigotry

2.They needed new villains,during the war the go to villains were Nazis ,but the war was over so they werent as topical,and monsters and mad scientists had become a bit stale ,so this real life hate group were perfect foes for Superman

See a thing about Superman that people forget is he ,as he was originally envsioned,is a figure about social justice .Hes an immigrant from the stars who battled the injustices of the world .People harp on the power stuff that I think people dont realize his appeal is he is this powerful being who helps those without power and standa against those who use power cruelly

I went into this arc not knowing what to expect but honestly it holds up for the most part .As just a dramatic story it is THRILLING and TENSE .I was gripping my chair for a lot of this ,this is a very good Superman story.I always feel the best Superman tales bring out tension by having not Superman in trouble but someone he cares about ,in this case Jimmy and Perry.ALll the characters do their part well.Tommy is a likeable kid ,Chuck brings a sense of conflict as he is torn over his fears and what he knows is the right thing to do ,Matt Riggs is a detestable villain being the representative of fantacal hatred,Perry White while being very much against the clan ,he is sort oof in denile about how dangerous they are.JAck Grimes brings a niavete to Jimmy Olsen,hes a very good Jimmy.The standout howevber is Bud Collyer who protrays Superman with a powerful baritone and Clark with a meek tenor .Now I have heard Collyers take o9n Superman in other versions,butspecifically in this radio show he is one of of my fave takes on Supes,due to how no nonesense he is

As fir the message ,77 years later the message is still strong and admirable,telling kids that both racial and religious prejudice is wrong ,comparing the Clan to the Nazi (COnsidering the overlap between the two in the modern era,eerily prophetic ).They even go into the manipulative aspect of bigotry,how those at the top profit on the blind hatred of followers which feels ...Relevent .I also loved hearing how PISSED offf Superman gets at the idea of bigotry,Superman will not take any racist nonsense

Is it perfect ...No .Sadly I feel like the Lees while likeable ar kind of there to be victims and not characters.I wouldve preferred Tommy be more of a character instead of focusing so much on Chuck.There is also ...Poko,who I had to look up to know what his deal is.Basically he is a squeaky voiced alien who is Perry's personal chef who speaks in rhyme ....I do not like Poko .Also if you listen ,theres a lot of flag waving talk,but this was post WWII ,makes sense,its just amusing how frequent it is .They also use a certain slur for a Chinese person in this ....They use it a lot ,mostly by the villains

However despite some faults this is an admirable storyabout dangers of bigotry ,while still being a thrilling tale .ITs a good listen and makes me wanna listen to more of the radio series

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