Like I said when I was KID I thought this show looked like crap. I remember I was very little when I saw this show , much younger than 9 (which by the way when your 9 your still a KID). I'm sure it was re-runs, but it was'nt that far off from when it aired. Regardless of the era and budget this show sucked. Even at this day and age the make shows and movies with big budgets that suck. Sorry your favorite show sucked then as it sucks now. George Reeves Superman was better than this shit.
I get that Captain Marvel "rights wrongs" and "seeks justice for all" - that's standard hero fare. But "develop understanding?" Are you sure that lightning wasn't turning Billy into Dr. Phil?!!? :) It's just another instance of what was Filmation's eagerness to promote tolerance & pluralism in all their shows, but the word choice is funny.
@sanction015 You're 36? So you were likely 3 when this show went off the air. Are you sure your 3 year-old mind would've called this crap? Maybe a 9 year-old mind watching the show in re-runs, but 3? It's easy to scoff at this show today, but - by the standards of 1973-74 (when the show was made) - this wasn't bad for a low-budget, kids' live action series. Remember, all most of us had to supply our caped hero fix were George Reeve's spanx-clad Superman and Adam West' homoerotic Batman.
@tazzedout82364 "Secrets of Isis," the complete series, has been out on DVD awhile. I don't know what the delay is on "Shazam!" Could be legal? Go to any DVD bootlegger's booth at a comic convention & you'll find this series. The bootlegger will usually let you watch some of it before you buy it. Bootlegs of this show were recorded from marathons broadcast on TVLand or Nickelodeon; sometimes it's a marathon recorded off a British station. Isis' show has held up better over the years.
John Davey' s Captain Marvel actually *looked* like he had the strength of Hercules as opposed to Jackson Bostwick who looked like he could only walk to the mailbox. John Davey was the better actor too, bringing warmth and dept to Captain Marvel; while Jackson Bostwick's Captain Marvel was *very* stiff.
@srb9 wow! You can't be serious? Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to be "smart" or get an attitude with you. I apologize if it appears(ed) as such. I think that Jackson Bostwich was more dynamic (and he did his own stunts which is why he got hurt and was later replaced with John Daveys). John Daveys looked like a chubby Eric Estrada to me.... But it's all opinion and preference I suppose. Either way, SHAZAM was my show when I was little.
Yeah, TrikkyMakk is right. Shazam was the pinnacle (at the time) of cool. This show and the character itself has been and always shall be one of my all-time favorites...campy or not.
It was a well-balanced breakfast on '70s Saturday mornings: A big ol' bowl of your favorite cereal, and a television screen's helping of "the big red cheese!"
Off topic, but what was that 70s show where they drove around in a white space-age RV truck. I think the show took place in the future, post-apocalyptic.
@brentging yeah, I'd put on my Zips sneakers and run around playing Shazam. I never knew the dude's name was captain marvel. I always thought he was shazam.
@brentging I remember in the 70's when honeycomb cereal had those license plates inside that had "your name" on them...How stupid was that? I must have gotten 30 boxes of that shit, and every plate had someone elses name on it....you may say "duhhhhh, how would they know"...but I was like 7 years old...i never got over the emotional scars from it...that's why i kick kittens to this day!
CBS wanted a live series of "SHAZAM" and thats why they had billy driving around the country in a RV. in 1981 FILMATION did a cartoon of "SHAZAM" and that was based on the comic book
Jeez, why did they choose that beer-gutted actor to replace the original Capt Marvel?! He looks more like Capt Marvel's hillbilly cousin or something :P
no, i wish he did. In the justice league, superman was out of control and captain marvel tried to get him to chill but superman quickly tricked him to have his own lightning switch him back. Look up superman vs captain marvel and you will see.
If they made "land of the lost" as a serious movie, it would have flopped worse than it did as a comedy. I watched the show as a kid and recently went and saw it at the theatre and I thought it was hilarious! And I am not a will farrell fan at all. I do wish they would have kept will, holly and marshal as a father , son, and daughter instead of just three strange people together. That would have been better. If they make a shazam movie they should use "arnold" as shazam since he is so old now.
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The mentor was a child molester. He kept Billy high on X and mushrooms .That's how they saw the Elders. He kept him away from large cities where they would have Billy's picture on the milk cartons. Planted the seeds of the man-boy love pedophilia
I watched it too here in Australia when it aired in the very early 80's. While I agree it looks hokey and cheap, it's certainly now worse than the crap that passes for modern TV.
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I can't believe I used to waste my free Saturdays watching such garbage. No wonder my father got so mad at me. The people who made such shows stupified a generation of American's. Not to mention turning them into couch potatoes. Atleast the heart surgeons of today are getting rich b/c of it.
I found the "Isis" series on dvd, but I wonder why they didn't make this one available. I buy my kids all these cool shows because I can't exactly see them one day reminiscing about Spong Bob!
I'm aging myself..I'm...gasp...44 and loved Saturday morning cartoons. May explain why I love anime so much. Who am I kidding I still watch cartoons. The 80's ROCK!!!!
This show was awsome I remember this every saturday watching the show I would never miss it ..what memories they should bring these shows back to t.v. a station with all the old classics that would be cool...
oh my gosh, it was so cheesy, but i loved it as a kid...i'm an old fart now and if anyone else on here knows about this show...you are an old fart too, lol
I agree! I'm 40 now and used to watch Shazam every Saturday morning! It was my favorite show and superhero until The Incredible Hulk came on the air a year later. I bought a couple episodes on ebay and watched them. It was a pretty cornball show with pretty bad acting. I don't remember it being like that when I was 7 and 8 years old (1975-1976).
Yes, all of us 40 somethings watched that show along with Isis. Now, I loved SuperFriends too, lol. I know...it is kinda sentimental in a sense though, right? I was so innocent then...
The acting was horrible wasn't it? lololol but when you're a kid...what do you know or care about bad acting...it's the special effects that you fall in love with, ;-)
I know about the show and I'm onlky 20. Never seen an episode, though. I watched Superfriends (reruns) when I was younger. Now THOSE were cheesy. Still brings fond memories (and lots of laughter) though. Batman: The Animated Series rocks to this day!
I used to love this show and watched it every Saturday. That was when I was 7 and 8 years old. I am 40 now, so you can figure out how long ago this was on!
wow i was going to make the same comment. the saturday morning lineup of th70s was great. my day started at 5am watching Emergency Plus4 and Super Friends and ended wit The Bugs Bunny Road Runner show.
Yeah, I remember getting up early with my older brother and watching Hong Kong Phooey, Far Out Space Nuts, Land of the Lost, Sid & Marty Kroft Superhour, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, Tarzan, Fat Albert, The Bugs Bunny Hour and remember Isis (Shazam's counterpart!)
I remember, too! Usually, the cartoon blowout started around six in the morning, back before we had cartoon channels. Me and my sister ate Cap'n Crunch, and watched for 5 or 6 hours, and it was wonderful. I miss it. mstatz, you were there!
It's funny, although it was so long ago, I remember it well! Saturdays in the 70's had that special feel to them. It's hard to believe I'm 40 now. It came SO fast! BTW, remember Davey & Goliath every Sunday morning?
I agree with you and ramtha, there was a special feeling about Saturdays. But Sundays not so much, In Milwaukee we only had religious shows and wrestling.
Billy Batson was a young man with a decidedly ethnic appearance but when he morphed into Capt. Marvel he was an average anglo, any ideas why?
Your right ,Watching Saturday morning cartoons was an event that you never wanted to miss back then. I remember eating Frankenberry cereal and watching all the shows that uncut68 and mstatz mentioned, Ahh ! those were the good old days !
TV Land could put this and other classic cartoons on saturdays, instead of bombing us with 4 straight hours of Andy Griffith, 3 hours of Gunsmoke, and I love lucy all the fucking time!! LOL!!!!
actually a few years ago TV Land did just that, its was called Super RetroVision Saturday- Had Pufnstuf, Bugaloos, Sigmund, animated Star Trek, Jackson5ive cartoon among others and lasted all of 6 months
1. The ROCK is supposed to play Black Adam, an ancient Egyptian superhero turned villain. 2.Les Tremayne acted in many 1950s movies. Very well respected, and down to earth. Died about 3 years ago in his 90s.
3. The tv story here is that Billy is on leave from his radio station job touring the country to get material for his broadcasts.
Can anyone picture this? Jackson Bostwick and Christopher Reeve in their respected roles battling each other? Now that's a live-action Superman vs. Captain Marvel image we can all cherish!!!
What are the odds that you'd find a mentor who happened to be named "Mentor"? Old man driving around the country with a teenage boy (no relation) in a Winnibago. Sounds legit.
Well Mentor actually was a Mentor as he was one of the founding members of the union: AFTRA. He did alot of work on radio when he wasn't driving around in a Winnebago with teenaged boys. What he did with them back in the recording studio afterhours WE DON'T WANT TO KNOW!!!
Next stop: Big Foot and Wildboy. Oh yeah, that's a real show. I LOVE this cheesy crap! Question: If they cast two "actors" for Billy & Cap here -- crazy thought -- why not cast an actual kid as Billy instead of Fez from that 70's Show?
Is it humanly or superhumanly possible to "shazam" and make it sound cool/serious?
batmenace15 1 month ago
I have to admit that I used to watch this show back in the day. Man, these are some great memories.
faceman68 4 months ago
oi sou a leila carvalho esse é um classico queria que fosse dublado
leila12223 5 months ago
How come when I yell Shazam nothing happends people just stare at me.
ghosttrain2066 6 months ago
groovy
silverexplosion 6 months ago
Strangely enough, all superheros in the 70's owned mobile homes. Heck even Ark II was just a big RV. Vaguely creepy. Just saying.
starstarstar42 6 months ago
The real captain marvel is...Jackson Bostwick.Oh and pass those honeycombs.
Reggie5468 7 months ago 4
Is there ANY version of this thats not all pixelated and junky?
zzzombie888 7 months ago
I perfered the other actor that played Captain Marvel over this one.
turbotime1964 7 months ago 2
I never understood WTF Solomon was doing hanging out with a bunch of Greek deities.
JCIce007 9 months ago
@JCIce007 They needed him for the S in Shazam. I guess Socrates wasn't available.
nozcr 7 months ago
Shazam is the shit!!
Gbundles 9 months ago
Like I said when I was KID I thought this show looked like crap. I remember I was very little when I saw this show , much younger than 9 (which by the way when your 9 your still a KID). I'm sure it was re-runs, but it was'nt that far off from when it aired. Regardless of the era and budget this show sucked. Even at this day and age the make shows and movies with big budgets that suck. Sorry your favorite show sucked then as it sucks now. George Reeves Superman was better than this shit.
sanction015 11 months ago
I get that Captain Marvel "rights wrongs" and "seeks justice for all" - that's standard hero fare. But "develop understanding?" Are you sure that lightning wasn't turning Billy into Dr. Phil?!!? :) It's just another instance of what was Filmation's eagerness to promote tolerance & pluralism in all their shows, but the word choice is funny.
TheLeroyMoon 11 months ago
This is crap. Even when I was kid I knew if it looked like crap, smelled like crap, then it was probably crap and this was crap.
sanction015 1 year ago
@sanction015 You're 36? So you were likely 3 when this show went off the air. Are you sure your 3 year-old mind would've called this crap? Maybe a 9 year-old mind watching the show in re-runs, but 3? It's easy to scoff at this show today, but - by the standards of 1973-74 (when the show was made) - this wasn't bad for a low-budget, kids' live action series. Remember, all most of us had to supply our caped hero fix were George Reeve's spanx-clad Superman and Adam West' homoerotic Batman.
TheLeroyMoon 11 months ago
aww... that's the 'fat' Captain Marvel. I like the first Jackson Bostwick. At least he got some more work on the first Tron (1982) movie. :)
Johnnysynth 1 year ago
Where can I find the dvd series for this show?
tazzedout82364 1 year ago
@tazzedout82364 "Secrets of Isis," the complete series, has been out on DVD awhile. I don't know what the delay is on "Shazam!" Could be legal? Go to any DVD bootlegger's booth at a comic convention & you'll find this series. The bootlegger will usually let you watch some of it before you buy it. Bootlegs of this show were recorded from marathons broadcast on TVLand or Nickelodeon; sometimes it's a marathon recorded off a British station. Isis' show has held up better over the years.
TheLeroyMoon 11 months ago
captain marvel that was the shit saturday mornings back in the day,so was isis.
stangfever04 1 year ago
thank u for posting ...shazzam !!!
dedserious93 1 year ago
John Davey' s Captain Marvel actually *looked* like he had the strength of Hercules as opposed to Jackson Bostwick who looked like he could only walk to the mailbox. John Davey was the better actor too, bringing warmth and dept to Captain Marvel; while Jackson Bostwick's Captain Marvel was *very* stiff.
srb9 1 year ago
@srb9 wow! You can't be serious? Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to be "smart" or get an attitude with you. I apologize if it appears(ed) as such. I think that Jackson Bostwich was more dynamic (and he did his own stunts which is why he got hurt and was later replaced with John Daveys). John Daveys looked like a chubby Eric Estrada to me.... But it's all opinion and preference I suppose. Either way, SHAZAM was my show when I was little.
dariusdynamite 1 year ago
@dariusdynamite Yes I am serious and no problem.
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tun875 1 year ago
After watching this I realize just how old I really am.. LOL!
hill212mg 1 year ago 2
Yeah, TrikkyMakk is right. Shazam was the pinnacle (at the time) of cool. This show and the character itself has been and always shall be one of my all-time favorites...campy or not.
thelionwaits 1 year ago
gay
stormsinksucks 1 year ago
As cheesy as this show is, for a 6 year old in the 70s on a Saturday morning this was the shiznit! I loved this show. Ahhh, good times!
TrikkyMakk 1 year ago 2
As cheesy as this show is, for a 6 year old in the 70s on a Saturday morning this was the shiznit!
TrikkyMakk 1 year ago
I always thought the lightning transformation scene was the ultimate coolest TV moment!!!
999manman 1 year ago
It was a well-balanced breakfast on '70s Saturday mornings: A big ol' bowl of your favorite cereal, and a television screen's helping of "the big red cheese!"
IJustWatchEm71 1 year ago
I really wish they'd release all the episodes on DVD like they did for Isis and Wonder Woman
gr187 1 year ago
Isn't he Captain Marvel? O.o?
YamiTetsuya 1 year ago
Everyone who watched this back in the day also turned there BIG WHEEL upside down and while turning the peddles yelled "ICE CREAM- ICE CREAM"
clintbronson5 1 year ago
I never understood if they wanted to keep a low profile, why they would put the Captain Marvel logo on the front of the Winnebago.
taurnguard 1 year ago 3
Billy Batsen!!!!! I have not thought of this in 30 years
CoolerByAMile 1 year ago
I wish they would make this a movie, the rock or billy zane could play captain marvel.
veeseee128 1 year ago
SHAZAM!!!!!!
lisamaria1972 1 year ago
I have a plastic globe like that.
Thetruthishere11 1 year ago
So after he says "Shazam!!", he turns into some white goofy white dude?
cjs33139 1 year ago
Off topic, but what was that 70s show where they drove around in a white space-age RV truck. I think the show took place in the future, post-apocalyptic.
EdBlackmail 1 year ago
@EdBlackmail Found it - Ark II !
EdBlackmail 1 year ago
@EdBlackmail I remember Ark II - remember their talking chip - Adam?
randywong 1 year ago
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@EdBlackmail - I remember Ark II - remember their talking chimp - Adam?
randywong 1 year ago
@EdBlackmail
ARK II
toonzguy 1 year ago
..that's sooo bad !!..we don't even had this in europe....
matilda3663 1 year ago
Is there anyway I can choose the superhero who rescues me? I really want a request for Isis or Wonder Woman.
Attila709 1 year ago
Doesnt this kid look similar to the "zombie" version of that kid from Laserblast?
TheIrredeemable 1 year ago
Bust out the Honey Comb!
brentging 1 year ago 31
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MrJamie1932 1 year ago
@brentging.... you're soooo right!!! LMAO!!!!!
MrJamie1932 1 year ago
@brentging frosted flakes for me plz! lol
metrolady72 1 year ago
@brentging yeah, I'd put on my Zips sneakers and run around playing Shazam. I never knew the dude's name was captain marvel. I always thought he was shazam.
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7judas77 1 year ago
@brentging the Pop Tarts and Tang....
THYCHANIE 1 year ago
@brentging Hell! Bust out the towel and safty pin :)
clintbronson5 1 year ago
@clintbronson5 LMMFAO! Hell ya fool! that was the shit!
kohstamojahn 1 year ago
@brentging I remember in the 70's when honeycomb cereal had those license plates inside that had "your name" on them...How stupid was that? I must have gotten 30 boxes of that shit, and every plate had someone elses name on it....you may say "duhhhhh, how would they know"...but I was like 7 years old...i never got over the emotional scars from it...that's why i kick kittens to this day!
KarmaCollin 9 months ago
These are a lot of fun now. But to watches these shows now you need to get drunk first.
ngvgnDOTcom 2 years ago 9
lol Cruzin the Bi Ways huh?
Yousignhere 2 years ago
captain marvel in mk vs dc looks completly different
xKiLLerFeaRx 2 years ago
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WHAT THE FUCK?
llpppee 2 years ago
billy is so hot
67kneil 2 years ago
@67kneil
You are so dumb.
ooOmegaSupremeoo 1 year ago
i would so watch this show if it comes back.
serpentkult 2 years ago 2
This was the highlight of my week when I was 7!! Couldnt wait for 10am Saturday!
richstan4d 2 years ago 2
HAHAHAHA wow I can't believe I found this.
MrCrazyJedi 2 years ago 2
I wish I could get a hair cut just by saying shazam! I used to really like this show
jasonsr3 2 years ago 2
I watched this every Saturday morning back in 1975..I used to zip around the neighborhood in my SHAZAM suite...LOL
normanpelley 2 years ago
This needs to be a great movie!
brianpadraic 2 years ago
yea no kidding with the towell held on with a pin for a cape right lol fun times
jasonsr3 2 years ago 3
Yes..LOL!!! SHAZAM!!!
normanpelley 2 years ago
The comics didn't have the old man and Billy driving around the country in a Winnebago...
alwrig 2 years ago
CBS wanted a live series of "SHAZAM" and thats why they had billy driving around the country in a RV. in 1981 FILMATION did a cartoon of "SHAZAM" and that was based on the comic book
FILMATION1981 2 years ago
Oh, he was with Isis! I totally adored Isis when I was very young.
pepsibookcat 2 years ago
oh man i so would have watched it if i knew it was on. i'm a 73 model even
jwiderstra 2 years ago
used to watch as a kid in the 70's great stuff !!!!
fluffydolly 2 years ago 2
i used to watch this show.
2006soccerguy 2 years ago
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this makes me feel so old
uba2 2 years ago
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lol... ugly skinny dork... why dont they get strong actors those idiots...
Trinitysx 2 years ago
Jeez, why did they choose that beer-gutted actor to replace the original Capt Marvel?! He looks more like Capt Marvel's hillbilly cousin or something :P
Xonx68 2 years ago
Thanks for posting. good memories.
mightymask 2 years ago
I heard in the comix, captain mavel beat superman one time. Is this true?
reckoning316 2 years ago
They always get interrumpted :/ although Captain Marvel always has the upper hand due to his magical powers
AliCarmona 2 years ago
Yes, he does it in the graphic novel Kingdom Come.
N4RF3R 2 years ago
no, i wish he did. In the justice league, superman was out of control and captain marvel tried to get him to chill but superman quickly tricked him to have his own lightning switch him back. Look up superman vs captain marvel and you will see.
IntenseObservation 2 years ago
If they made "land of the lost" as a serious movie, it would have flopped worse than it did as a comedy. I watched the show as a kid and recently went and saw it at the theatre and I thought it was hilarious! And I am not a will farrell fan at all. I do wish they would have kept will, holly and marshal as a father , son, and daughter instead of just three strange people together. That would have been better. If they make a shazam movie they should use "arnold" as shazam since he is so old now.
TomWeiss0 2 years ago
''Who is Shazam? It couldn't be that kid in the Winnebago with the same lightning bolt on it, could it? No, that's just SILLY!"
archona4 2 years ago
Maybe Wil Ferrel can star in the movie version of Shazam! and wreck it as much as he's wrecked Land of the Lost... Hollywood Idiot
rufusman2008 2 years ago 3
I agree rufusman2008, "Land of the Lost" was portrayed as a dark and serious show and Hollywood and Ferrel made it into a crap comedy.
Tronman63 2 years ago
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TheSHEERHEARTATTACK 2 years ago
Awesome show back then! Life was just a little more simpler, which was kind of nice.
travelbully 2 years ago
the shazam guy looks like hes a mexican superman......lol:D
TheSHEERHEARTATTACK 2 years ago 3
Why couldn't the creators use REAL actors to play the immortals instead of using cartoons?
BTW---Les Tremane played General Mann in "War of the Worlds" (1953)
johnalang 2 years ago
i wonder if that old guy and billy would yell SHAZAM when they would be alone in the wenabago..lol
justmedick 2 years ago
that's funny but gay
TheSHEERHEARTATTACK 2 years ago
haha, they travel the HIGHWAYS and "Bi-ways" of the land.
justmedick 2 years ago
haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
TheSHEERHEARTATTACK 2 years ago
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The mentor was a child molester. He kept Billy high on X and mushrooms .That's how they saw the Elders. He kept him away from large cities where they would have Billy's picture on the milk cartons. Planted the seeds of the man-boy love pedophilia
roncee3 2 years ago
I laughed so hard I almost choked I'm crying as I'm typing this. that was funny stuff.
testbooster 2 years ago
Shazam in australia? never heard of that case lol
mjtunstall1976 2 years ago
I watched it too here in Australia when it aired in the very early 80's. While I agree it looks hokey and cheap, it's certainly now worse than the crap that passes for modern TV.
Varnsen2 2 years ago 3
I love Shazam when i was younger!!!
nmitcahm 2 years ago 14
I use to watch this on saturday morningsin the 70s
veeseee128 2 years ago 5
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I can't believe I used to waste my free Saturdays watching such garbage. No wonder my father got so mad at me. The people who made such shows stupified a generation of American's. Not to mention turning them into couch potatoes. Atleast the heart surgeons of today are getting rich b/c of it.
VictorLepanto 2 years ago
Boy you grew up to be an a**hole Victor you must be proud.
TimeBolt 2 years ago
Thank you for saying so. I have worked so hard at it, but you are my model. My goal in life is to reach half the level you have obtained.
VictorLepanto 2 years ago
I found the "Isis" series on dvd, but I wonder why they didn't make this one available. I buy my kids all these cool shows because I can't exactly see them one day reminiscing about Spong Bob!
chompychomps 2 years ago
What was up with that "Mentor" dude??
leeroynaggins 2 years ago
I think he was just a free loader hanging out.
EddySwass 2 years ago
what happend to super heroes ...used to love these shows!!!
melodyiskey 2 years ago
I'm aging myself..I'm...gasp...44 and loved Saturday morning cartoons. May explain why I love anime so much. Who am I kidding I still watch cartoons. The 80's ROCK!!!!
werkinwoman83 2 years ago
0:37 - 39 LOL
zonex2 2 years ago
oh dear, the live action / cartoon mix doesn't really work for this I don't think - still, only in the 80's :)
MJMadill 2 years ago
this is th 70's
sixxsabre 2 years ago
This show was awsome I remember this every saturday watching the show I would never miss it ..what memories they should bring these shows back to t.v. a station with all the old classics that would be cool...
Nechy36 2 years ago
Hearing him say SHAZAM till gives me chills to this day.
rosario508 3 years ago
i said..shazam 2day..and ive turned into letters on a screen..can you see me...help
eyewoodsay 3 years ago
the hispanic lookin kid turns into a whiteman
that's fucked up
heet126 3 years ago 2
heh heh heh
georgebushisawesome 3 years ago
ha ha ha ha ha haaaa haa!!! I forgot about this show, ha aha haaaa!!
HeadNtheClouds 3 years ago
oh my gosh, it was so cheesy, but i loved it as a kid...i'm an old fart now and if anyone else on here knows about this show...you are an old fart too, lol
grethomory 3 years ago
I agree! I'm 40 now and used to watch Shazam every Saturday morning! It was my favorite show and superhero until The Incredible Hulk came on the air a year later. I bought a couple episodes on ebay and watched them. It was a pretty cornball show with pretty bad acting. I don't remember it being like that when I was 7 and 8 years old (1975-1976).
mstatz 2 years ago 2
Yes, all of us 40 somethings watched that show along with Isis. Now, I loved SuperFriends too, lol. I know...it is kinda sentimental in a sense though, right? I was so innocent then...
grethomory 2 years ago 2
The acting was horrible wasn't it? lololol but when you're a kid...what do you know or care about bad acting...it's the special effects that you fall in love with, ;-)
grethomory 2 years ago
I know about the show and I'm onlky 20. Never seen an episode, though. I watched Superfriends (reruns) when I was younger. Now THOSE were cheesy. Still brings fond memories (and lots of laughter) though. Batman: The Animated Series rocks to this day!
batfan1939 1 year ago
john davey is a hottie! so is jackson bostwick!
captmarvelswoman 3 years ago
Heh?! isn't that FAT BASTARD from AUSTIN POWERS playin CAPTAIN MARVEL?
SIKE01 3 years ago
Love that show. I hope they make a movie.
eal1011 3 years ago
I used to love this show and watched it every Saturday. That was when I was 7 and 8 years old. I am 40 now, so you can figure out how long ago this was on!
mstatz 3 years ago
wow i was going to make the same comment. the saturday morning lineup of th70s was great. my day started at 5am watching Emergency Plus4 and Super Friends and ended wit The Bugs Bunny Road Runner show.
unc68 3 years ago 2
Yeah, I remember getting up early with my older brother and watching Hong Kong Phooey, Far Out Space Nuts, Land of the Lost, Sid & Marty Kroft Superhour, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, Tarzan, Fat Albert, The Bugs Bunny Hour and remember Isis (Shazam's counterpart!)
mstatz 3 years ago
yo Omg! dese kids don't know Saturdays back den was so real. it brings nostalgia
95Bomber 2 years ago
"yo" "back den" ........wow, how old are you?
TomWeiss0 2 years ago
I remember, too! Usually, the cartoon blowout started around six in the morning, back before we had cartoon channels. Me and my sister ate Cap'n Crunch, and watched for 5 or 6 hours, and it was wonderful. I miss it. mstatz, you were there!
ramtha9 2 years ago
It's funny, although it was so long ago, I remember it well! Saturdays in the 70's had that special feel to them. It's hard to believe I'm 40 now. It came SO fast! BTW, remember Davey & Goliath every Sunday morning?
mstatz 2 years ago
I hadn't seen that since then.....gasp. "Duh ......gee Davey, where'd the time go..."
ernstblofeld70 2 years ago
I agree with you and ramtha, there was a special feeling about Saturdays. But Sundays not so much, In Milwaukee we only had religious shows and wrestling.
Billy Batson was a young man with a decidedly ethnic appearance but when he morphed into Capt. Marvel he was an average anglo, any ideas why?
commonsense369 2 years ago 3
Your right ,Watching Saturday morning cartoons was an event that you never wanted to miss back then. I remember eating Frankenberry cereal and watching all the shows that uncut68 and mstatz mentioned, Ahh ! those were the good old days !
WestCoastCaws 2 years ago
Why is he the only superhero that transforms from a teen-ager to a middle-aged guy?
sdrob40 3 years ago 3
I like how he transforms from a small brown skin dude to a giant white superman...lol
Moogaar1 3 years ago
Holy Crap!!! So this is where my childhood went!?? I want my time back!
yerffoeg007 3 years ago
Agreed!!! LOL
estyle40 3 years ago
still 5'6" but gray of hair
glenfitch 3 years ago
JACKSON BOSTWICK RULES!
RATRACE2000 3 years ago
If you liked 'Shazam,' type 'Adventures of Captain Marvel' into the SEARCH box to see the cooler, 1941 version. Captain Marvel is my favorite hero.
flapdoodle64 3 years ago
They need to release these on dvd!
DRbiohazard 3 years ago
It would be nice if The Sci-Fi Channel would air the 70s series. Sci-Fi Channel, please bring back the classics.
pernelldh 3 years ago
TV Land could put this and other classic cartoons on saturdays, instead of bombing us with 4 straight hours of Andy Griffith, 3 hours of Gunsmoke, and I love lucy all the fucking time!! LOL!!!!
callszeo 3 years ago 4
Ya know? That'a a damn good idea. They could even throw in some HR Puffnstuff too.
griffis180 3 years ago 2
actually a few years ago TV Land did just that, its was called Super RetroVision Saturday- Had Pufnstuf, Bugaloos, Sigmund, animated Star Trek, Jackson5ive cartoon among others and lasted all of 6 months
bobowayney 3 years ago
And now TV land is a mere shadow of itself.
Moogaar1 3 years ago 2
1. The ROCK is supposed to play Black Adam, an ancient Egyptian superhero turned villain. 2.Les Tremayne acted in many 1950s movies. Very well respected, and down to earth. Died about 3 years ago in his 90s.
3. The tv story here is that Billy is on leave from his radio station job touring the country to get material for his broadcasts.
ACLTony 3 years ago
Got that word from Gomer Pyle. Hope that TV Land would have aired more episodes of that 70's Saturday Morning Series.
pernelldh 4 years ago
well we still have THE ROCK ( Dwayne Johnson)for the next Shazam!!!
Do you smell what SHAZAM is cooking???????????
Emaldonadopr 4 years ago
Check out Les Tremayne,who played the mentor, as the art auctioneer in alfred hitchcock's film north by northwest
roon41 4 years ago
That show was sweet. I used to yell SHAZAM, but was never able to fly off the roof.
DukeandDoc 4 years ago
And to think I used to love this as a kid...lol
Docmananoff 4 years ago
Can anyone picture this? Jackson Bostwick and Christopher Reeve in their respected roles battling each other? Now that's a live-action Superman vs. Captain Marvel image we can all cherish!!!
BishopTJH 4 years ago
And so is John Davey.
pernelldh 3 years ago
shaboom
Ebarelar 4 years ago
This is from the second season, when Captain Marvel was fired and replaced by Pudgy Marvel.
torchkit 4 years ago
Haha. He is a wee bit chunky for a superhero. I guess he ate a lot of that sugary cereal they tried to get us addicted to.
froggyola 4 years ago
I hope they base the upcoming movie on the TV show instead of the comics!
eelliott01 4 years ago
What are the odds that you'd find a mentor who happened to be named "Mentor"? Old man driving around the country with a teenage boy (no relation) in a Winnibago. Sounds legit.
jroo2k6 4 years ago
Well Mentor actually was a Mentor as he was one of the founding members of the union: AFTRA. He did alot of work on radio when he wasn't driving around in a Winnebago with teenaged boys. What he did with them back in the recording studio afterhours WE DON'T WANT TO KNOW!!!
Dreaded88 4 years ago
Shazam! that was bitching.
CHENTE124 4 years ago
My God...what is this abomination.
TkingRenegade 4 years ago
that costume must have been designed in San Francisco
aaamee 4 years ago
CC Beck did it better in the original 1940s comics, Although I do remember this show from my childhood,
Billy and Mentor traveling the country in that trailer.
cha5 4 years ago
I love to just scream out "SHAZAM!!" at random, for no particular reason.
SHAZAM!!!
Try it...it's fun.
SERIALGOTHNYC 4 years ago
Next stop: Big Foot and Wildboy. Oh yeah, that's a real show. I LOVE this cheesy crap! Question: If they cast two "actors" for Billy & Cap here -- crazy thought -- why not cast an actual kid as Billy instead of Fez from that 70's Show?
grabbyhands 4 years ago
Holee crap, I haven't seen this in eons! Great find. I used to love this shit!!!
grabbyhands 4 years ago
BITCHIN!
sushimonster 4 years ago
Wait, no wizard? Just some old fart in a Winnebago? WTF?
archer1949 5 years ago
He got his powers from a bunch of guys in a crappy black felt painting?
pandaphil 5 years ago
Certain liberties were taken for the show. Sigh...
CaptMarvelJr 5 years ago
John Harvey sucked as Capt. Marvel...Jackson Bostwick was better!!
butterp7 5 years ago
Yes. Yes, he was.
stochasticjack 5 years ago
LMAO !! Where does Billy Batson's fro go when he becomes Captain Marvel. ? HAHHA.
sniktawt 5 years ago
LMFAO!! SHAZAM!!
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