I Love Weird Facts

I have been watching some of the episodes of the first season (1952) of "The Adventures of Superman", starring George Reeves. I've picked up some arcane tidbits about Jimmy Olson, as portrayed by Jack Larson on the show:

1) His middle name is Bartholomew.
2) He is a Chicago White Sox fan.

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MaryJanine · 61-69, F

I watch these, too, on Saturday mornings, followed by Batman (1966-68) and The Greatest American Hero. God, I love that theme song...

But to get back to Jimmy Olson - WHITE SOX FAN?!? As my mom used to say, "I don't watch guys who walk around the bases." Did anybody catch that Cubs/Sox game where that idiot Sox pitcher made the middle innings a merry-go-round by WALKING the bases full and then WALKING in a run...then another...and another...I think it was five before getting anybody out. (As you could probably surmise, I love the Cubs and so did my mom. Still do.)

The thing I like best about the Superman series, though, is the episode where Chuck Connors plays a hayseed farmer with his mule Lilybelle. I love Chuck Connors. My mother met him in person one day when she was working in a municipal election as a election judge in Chicago. He was in town to visit a friend who still lived there, and one of the officials brought him in as a surprise. My mom was the only one out of three ladies who recognized him; she blurted, "You're the Rifleman!"

He grinned at Mom and replied, "That's me, Chuck Connors, in the flesh."

He stayed for a couple of hours, and gave Mom his autograph before he left.She was in heaven. When she came home and told us who she had met, we were like, Yeah, Mom...right..Then she showed us the autograph, and we were convinced. Mom is gone, but we saved that autograph and, many years later, I wrote a piece for a magazine which they published, based on that story. To get back to the baseball reference - Mr. Connors used to play pro ball for the Chicago Cubs! (Mom remembered that, too.)

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xixgun · M

@MaryJanine Someone who shares my name played for the Dodgers

MaryJanine · 61-69, F

@DrWatsonIsn't it, though? My mother loved John Wayne and all Westerns, and taught us to love them all,too. That's how she recognized Chuck Connors by sight.

MaryJanine · 61-69, F

How long ago was that? Some of those kids they have playing on the team right now look like somebody's fifteen-year-old son. And they're probably older than I think. A couple, three years ago, there was a player on the Pittsburgh Pirates who wore his hair in a long ponytail - and I do mean lonnng - halfway down his back. I thought it was disgusting, not to mention getting in his way. They traded him on the off-season, and I haven't seen him since. Wonder if he retired?

fundriver · 46-50, T

Love that show! Always watch- when I can find it.

DrWatson · 70-79, M

@fundriver They are all online at dailymotion.com

fundriver · 46-50, T

Thanks for the info. But, it’s better to just stumble upon it while flipping 😜@DrWatson

xixgun · M

And he had a beeper before anyone else (his signal watch to call Superman)

DrWatson · 70-79, M

@xixgun Yes,but I am pretty sure that was in the comic books and not on the 50's TV show.

xixgun · M

@DrWatson True. The actress who played Lois Lane in the 50’s series was the woman on the train in the first Superman movie

DrWatson · 70-79, M

@xixgun Yep....and her daughter on the train was supposed to be Lois Lane as a girl. The actress is Noel Neil.

But I am currently watching Season 1, in which Lois Lane is played by a different actress, Phyllis Coates. Noel Neil had played the part for the Superman movie serials back in the 1940's, so when Phyllis Coates left the show after one season, the producers had a natural choice to turn to as a replacement.

MarkPaul · 26-30, M

Will this be on the exam, Dr. Watson? Oh, excuse me... 🙋‍♂️

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MarkPaul · 26-30, M

@DrWatson Well, I'm hoping to get an internship at the Daily Planet.

DrWatson · 70-79, M

@MarkPaul I hope that works out for you.

MarkPaul · 26-30, M

@DrWatson Thanks. I hope I can count on you as a reference. They seem like sticklers for that.

Lilnonames · F

Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.

Lilnonames · F

A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h.

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