This brings back alot too. Its amazing how I remember idolizing Shazam as a kid. Watching him on Saturday Mornings like about 10am. This was a great era time.
Born in 1965 and love my 70's memories. Drove by a salvage yard recently and saw an Open Road RV just like the one in Shazam......it was in BAAAAD shape!!!!
This came on REALLY late on Saturday morning I remember. I never understood what role the "old fart in the RV" played in the storylines--gosh, I was only 5 at the time, going out to play on my Big Wheel when it was over
Just to echo the theme here: Born in 1964, so most of the childhood I can remember was in the '70s. I think the Saturday morning stuff today is absolutely awful. This I/E or whatever it is just says to me, "No fun." After a week of school, the great thing about Saturday morning was getting up and just enjoying and vegging out. These days, someone would say it's irresponsiblre to show Wile E. Coyote falling off a cliff because kids will mimic it. Good grief, I can't stand this current era.
agreed markojameow! I was born in 66 and appreciate being a kid in the 70s- it was a unique window of time in the 70s: kids would convert stingray style bikes to bmx/motocross- before BMX were sold as BMX bikes- remove the fenders, chain guards, banana seats, etc. about 73-76. Evel Knieval was the rage-, also, remember the Don Kirshner rock hour?
The 70's really was a bad time politically..with Viet Nam..Watergate..inflation...gas rationing...etc etc..but if you were a kid... like I was..you didnt know or care enough to pay attention to those things..and as kids.. we were free to be kids... The 70's really was a great time to be a kid.
I hope I'm not alone in not liking those kids shows that included the tag at the end "The moral of today's show is..." Most kids were smart enough to get the message without it.
Jackson's end comments about following the rules and such... he ALWAYS seemed so reassuring how could you not believe what he was saying. I always hated his replacement John Davies.
@Attila709 I totally Agree with you. I love transformation TV Shows Like Shazam,The Ssecrets of Isis,The Incredible Hulk,Manimal,Werewolf,She-Wolf of London,Being Human. I own them all on DVD. And it's FANTASTIC.
omg shazam was one of my favorite shows on Saturday afternoon i always wanted to travel with them in that RV lol when i was a kid memories thans 70ths kid the 70ths did rule but we didn't have computers in the 70ths lol
@MrAsilva125 There were personal computers in the 70s, they just weren't common. A few schools around the country had them, even computer animation software was around along with a mouse and pointer. The 1984 Macintosh design was taken from an expensive never commercialized palo alto computer from the early 70s. Most of the technologies around today had their origin the 70s.
@Shaldezar They neglected to turn a fan on to make Captain Marvel's cape flutter, and just used stock helicopter footage for the background, so you don't get any real sense of movement... Never mind it being worse than the 50s, the effects are worse than the Republic Captain Marvel serial from the 40s!
loved this show, it was spiritual and psychedelic all in one! And you got to love praying in t he RV! So funny, it totally inspired me to meet the immortals!
Was the best time to be a kid. We were brought up in a wholsesome society where the food and toys weren't toxic and extreme violence was banned from primetime tv, pharma drug commercials were nonexistant, and we grew up in the beginning of consumer home electronics (mattel and coleco handheld games, atari, cd's, etc.). We all played ball outside and neighbors were friendly. We had the best TV shows (airwolf, superheroes, star trek, battlestar galactica, knight rider, etc.), I miss my youth!
@classicgamer1968 - I was born in 1966, I have to agree with you that it was like an almost magical time to be a kid and grow up. I sometimes wish I was 20 years younger but if it meant giving up the experiences and memories I had growing up in the 1970's and 1980's, forget it, I'll stick with middle age.
@NowhereMan1966 Same here, born in 1969 and grew up during the '70s and '80s. I sure like to go back 25+ years and see everything I grew up with. I remember this show along with Isis when aired in the mid-late '70s on Saturday mornings.
@Abdullah1475 I'm another 1966 kid. We were born at the best time; old enough to remember when life was almost perfect and young enough to still enjoy our memories!
@NowhereMan1966 I was born in 1969, so missed out on the Shazam/Isis Hour. Is there a standout episode or an episode that had more character development? Or an Asian American themed episode.
Indeed I missed the Shazam and Isis shows. Great to have YouTube for us to attach these shows to see again now that they won't be aired on television today. Only if kids today know what real shows are.
RTV, the Retro Television Network, will start running Saturday cartoons in October, most of them made by Filmation. They will show, Fat Albert, Ghostbusters, Bravestarr and so on. Although Shazam is not on the list, with them being made by Filmation too, there is hope. Time to load up on VHS tapes.
god, i used to love all these horrible, cheezy shows from the late 70s like shazam and ark II, and all the kroft shows. the budgets on these shows must have been so measly but I just love how new age and spacey they all were.
@setpunk12 I am an Actor by the name of Christopher Man, and I was the Guest Star on the Shazam episode "The Brain".I had a good time but I was also on a series called "Korg:70,000BC"both shows aired at the same time on opposite networks and competed against Land of the Lost.These were some of the first Live-Action Shows on Sat. Morn.TV and they were much more expensive to make compared to what Hanna-Barbera and Filmation used to spend on cartoons.Thank You Geico because "Korg:70,000BC"is on DVD
@themanacting KORG was great, at least as I recall it, but I only got to see it a few times because they stuck it on SUNDAYS at like 5 am. One I remember had the tribe finding an ocean, and they dropped some of their meat in the salt water, and discovered seasoning.
"When a persons talents are wasted.. it's a loss to all of us!" - Wow! Where are these messages now?! Today's media does us all a major disservice! Will any of us look back 30 years from now and recall today as 'the good ole' days? I have serious doubts. If the trend continues, it weep for the future and our posterity!
"Be the change that you want to see in the world" - Gandhi
I watched this series back in the day on CBS. What I think is REALLY cool is you were able to post the SHAZAM bumpers leading in and out of commercials. I remember them as plain as day and haven't seen them since they aired on CBS. Bumpers started in that era to let children know the difference between commercials and program content (after the "line blurring" Sugar Bear/Linus the Lion Hearted show in which they also did commercials in their own shows). In any case, thanks so much for this!
I watched this show as a kid back in the 1970s, but it wasn't until recently that I really started getting into the original 1940s CC Beck Captain Marvel comics,
completely different from this show but a beautiful comic series regardless.
Mike (Billy Batson) is my uncle - he told me Jackson Bostwick was hilarious and always pulling pranks on everyone - in real life he was emergency room physician at UCLA - he got "discovered" while working out in the same gym as the producer of Shazam - I have some cool autograph memorabilia from that show along with some others - Mike used to date Melissa Gilbert at the time
@dewaynecullen That's cool about Mike being your uncle. I loved this show as a kid in the 70's. Even back then it stood out as being something completely different than the usual Saturday morning fare. Does your uncle still act? I bet there are some hilarious stories from back in the day.
@nauort23 haha.. It is. As someone who just turned 41, I miss our generation. I find most 20 somethings irritating, stupid and uneducated. I blame texting and Facebook. ugh.
i watched this show every sat...it was great and isis too..what happend to good shows for kids with fun and excitement and good lessons..guess they kind of went out the window........
Even as a kid I remember the feeling that this show was recorded on ancient film stock because the color was so washed out, even for 70's Satruday morning cartoons. This piece looks just a washed out as I recall.
Because of the nature of what happened with Filmation and just who owns the rights. I imagine one day this will be restored ...It would look so much better. ...If I am not mistaken this was taken from a VHS recorded off of TV. The actual master footage needs to be restored and issued on a box set on DVD..you would totally see the difference
As a longtime follower of "SHAZAM!", I grew up with this character as a mentor. What an amazing feeling to get to know Jackson Bostwick, the person, as I became an adult. Is there anything better than finding out that your heores are wonderful people as well? He should be far more elevated as a celebrity than he is. He will always be a super person and a super hero to me.
Well, Isis came out a year later in 1975 and they had the Shazam/Isis Hour as well as a few crossover episodes. TVLand did play Shazam, Isis and a few Krofft shows back in 2004 on their "Kitschen Show" but they haven't been on ever since. I'd like to see Boomerrang or Retro TV Network pick these up, there is a lot of unused fodder out there.
One time when i was a lad in grade school at.snack time and I didn't want to finish my milk.Anyway Mrs. Krabobski said finish your milk there are kids starving in Africa that would love to have it.hen I said well if they wan't it give it to them and I threw the carton at Mrs.Krabobski,them BAM Captain Marvel appear outa no where and smacked me right in the face.The moral of the story is don't mess with Captain Marvel.
Is it just me, or is Captain Marvel really.... intense... in that moral segment? It's like, if I put a girl down because she's a girl, the Big Red Cheese is going to come down and hand my ass to me.
I forgot about this. I just know as a little girl how handsome the young Guy was. Wow what a handsome guy. The older guy, never paid no NO attn. That should had been young Billy? saying all that stuff. About differences. We'd paid more attention than some older guy. lol
I never understood this show. Were they the same person? Did this teen have this superhero who possessed him and was released when he said, "Shazam"? Why didn't the teen just have powers?
BTW I love how the old man is called Mentor. That's what they called it then.
It depends on who you ask whether or not Billy Batson and Captain Marvel were the same person. The reason why Billy didn't just have powers of his own was because Captain Marvel was created in 1939 as a rival to Superman, and the wish-fulfillment aspect of having a kid become a Superman-like hero with one magic word sold millions of comic books.
It's so mistic to expain so much in one sentence. As we get older, they never give us enough word counts to explain. But put it bluntly, we had a great time then (THEN) cause we all comunicated without all this computer and handheld advises so we had much more and much better communication and fun than they do now. Relationship are all to bad too. One on one is not one on one any more or enjoyable. I get you.
When first created, Shazam's personality was supposed to be more mature then Billy's due to the wisdom of solomon, etc being within him. However in recent years, retcons have occurred so that Captain Marvel/Shazam retains Billy's youthful enthusiasm and attitude. However they are the same person.
@clevelandphil Billy Batson and Capt. Marvel are the same person. You have to check out wikipedia for more info. The boy Billy is ordinary, but when he becomes Capt. Marvel, he becomes an adult version of himself with powers granted by the wizard Shazam, whose name Billy utters to become Capt. Marvel.
I always thought it kinda strange that the "Elders" were Roman gods....and 1 single Judaic king. It would be like the Elders being Kanye West, Michael Jackson, Eddie Murphy, Barak Obama...and Farrah Fawcett. To quote another 70's kid show, one of these things was not like the other.
I am sooo having Saturday morning flashbacks. I remember when the station wouldn't start broadcasting until 7 or 8am. Shazam, Isis, Shoolhouse Rocks!!
I saw Shazam on Saturday mornings many years ago, and in my humble opinion, Jackson Bostwick was by far, THE BEST Captain Marvel, bar none. Sorry, but hiring John Davey as Captain Marvel was like asking the local janitor to try on the suit and if it fits, he's hired. Not convincing. As cheesy and corny as it appears today and to the younger generation, I actually appreciate the efforts put forth with the morals and lessons of each episode and for Captain Marvel to talk right to you in the end.
was looking for some old shows to watch and came upon this clip.Wow it has been many many many years since I use to watch this.A drastic change to the cartoons now to me are so violent now
Awesome! I haven't seen this since I was a kid. This used to air on Saturday Morning Cartoons during the 70's on CBS! Thanks for posting this classic!
I used to love this show! But for those that were true watchers, remember their were 2 different Captain Marvel's. I can't remember which one was first, "Jackson Bostwick" or "John Davy." But I do remember initially being upset with the change. But for some reason, I remember liking Jackson better as Captain Marvel.
I did like that there were morals to the stories. Too bad we don't have that now.
What I liked about this show was the positive talk by Captain Marvel at the end of the shows on different subjects. They were all positive about friendship and kindness and doing good. We should have more positive shows.
Warner Home Video included a Shazam DVD disc in their Wonder Woman Season 3 DVD set. This means that Warner Bros. currently holds the rights to this program. Please continuously bug them to release this on DVD because it is so awesome to those who have seen it back in the day. Thank you.
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Now I want to meet you and all the good in a universal and permanent prayer all good for your heart and all that is good for the world every Monday of your life, from 20 to 21 I will be with you in spirit, with my love until the end of the world!
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I remember those ole stuff. Really love that show, I think they are suppose to make a movie about shazam as far as I know i wonder about wonder woman, aquaman and other comic heros.
Ah the 70's as a kid. Evel Knievel, Bay City Rollers, Little League, a Green Machine, Bruce Lee, Kiss, Marathon bars, returnable RC pop bottles, BMX Huffy bikes, V8 cars, Full service stations, Skitching behind cars, Stuckey's, I wanna go back.
Growing up in the 70's sucked. That's why I was in front of the tv so much.
Stincil 2 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
back in the 70's a young boy traveling around in an RV with an old man, seemed reasonable... now it's like hes Billy's "mentor"?
emmers57 1 month ago
Will this ever come out on DVD?
jayberwanger 2 months ago
Captain Marvel was HOT!
lcowles 3 months ago
The first homeless superhero.
JonasPolsky 3 months ago
I REMEMBER NOT LIKING THIS AS A KID BECAUSE THE LESSONS----------I WANNA LAUGH ON SATURDAY---------LEARNING WAS FOR THE WEEKDAYS
timpriddy73 3 months ago
This brings back alot too. Its amazing how I remember idolizing Shazam as a kid. Watching him on Saturday Mornings like about 10am. This was a great era time.
bluemb1069 5 months ago
i did watch this cheez when i was young.lol!
DONNHATE 5 months ago
I used to watch this show on saturday morning then run outside with a bathtowel pinned on my neck and yell shazaamm LOL
Talljim01 5 months ago
His Uncle. Dudley Batson. --'Show Bible'--
Ccrazyfella 5 months ago in playlist Ark II
What is Mentor to Billy? His Grandfather?
LBF522 6 months ago
why are there no more shows like this? when kids today are exposed to them, they're mesmerized!
hcvang 6 months ago
Born in 1965 and love my 70's memories. Drove by a salvage yard recently and saw an Open Road RV just like the one in Shazam......it was in BAAAAD shape!!!!
casestudyification 6 months ago
Ted Turner Technicolor. Growing up as kid in the 70s was awesome.
salishaw 7 months ago
is this an ad for Colgate?!!
Omnitrix8 7 months ago
I could have sworn this an ad for Colgate!!
Omnitrix8 7 months ago
This show looked like it shot with A Kodak Super-8 film camera that you could buy at K-mart.
bikebeerrun1960 7 months ago
This came on REALLY late on Saturday morning I remember. I never understood what role the "old fart in the RV" played in the storylines--gosh, I was only 5 at the time, going out to play on my Big Wheel when it was over
notfragile33 7 months ago
Love it. Another 70s child reporting. Saturday noontime: it's Sooooooooooouuuuuulllllll Train!
JennyOndioline 7 months ago
After 35 years, the Shazam transformation rocks. I doubt it can be approved upon today even with all the computer effects.
turbotime1964 7 months ago
captain marvel was one hell of a handsome man.
daveheel 8 months ago
Socrates!
Herodotus!
Aristotle!
Boethius!
Oedipus!
Orpheus!
Maimonides!
Shaboom, Shaboom, ladadadadada, dadadadadada...
TheSnowballEarth 8 months ago
I'm sorry but Bostwick has a really demented look when he smiles lol.
Artisan1979 8 months ago
well, I do miss being a kid in the 70's and coming of age in the 80's.
larrystarstruck 8 months ago
Just to echo the theme here: Born in 1964, so most of the childhood I can remember was in the '70s. I think the Saturday morning stuff today is absolutely awful. This I/E or whatever it is just says to me, "No fun." After a week of school, the great thing about Saturday morning was getting up and just enjoying and vegging out. These days, someone would say it's irresponsiblre to show Wile E. Coyote falling off a cliff because kids will mimic it. Good grief, I can't stand this current era.
kevinv1964 8 months ago
I loved this show, only thing that perplexed me as a kid was how ethnic looking Billy turned into a Caucasian super hero without a tan :)
ramosxp 8 months ago
Jackson Bostwick was the best Captain Marvel, period.
14DaveHunter 9 months ago
agreed markojameow! I was born in 66 and appreciate being a kid in the 70s- it was a unique window of time in the 70s: kids would convert stingray style bikes to bmx/motocross- before BMX were sold as BMX bikes- remove the fenders, chain guards, banana seats, etc. about 73-76. Evel Knieval was the rage-, also, remember the Don Kirshner rock hour?
Vintagedude 9 months ago
@Vintagedude I do..it 's was caled don kirshner's rock concert..which I''ve always thought of as a midnight special rip off
Freyja1133 8 months ago
I was born early in the year 1974. This series aired from '74 thru '77. I remember watching this when I was a toddler.
211bill 9 months ago
Even as a kid, it amazed me that just by saying the magic word "Shazam!", you'd turn from a good-looking teen into a fat guy in his forties...
Conniptions886 9 months ago
Shazam baby!...lol... Back then, I liked it! Now that I saw this again.. SO, SO..
CHEEEEZY!!...ROTFL!!!!
sweetlorraine66 10 months ago
The 70's really was a bad time politically..with Viet Nam..Watergate..inflation...gas rationing...etc etc..but if you were a kid... like I was..you didnt know or care enough to pay attention to those things..and as kids.. we were free to be kids... The 70's really was a great time to be a kid.
lennomenno 10 months ago 5
at 1:47, I noticed the name of Butch Patrick (eddie munster) was in there. Wonder why they didn't show him ?
sr71ablackbird 10 months ago
I just love how Billy's mentor is just named "Mentor" in the opening credits.
theotherguy0824 11 months ago
ShAAAAAAZZZAAAAAAAAAAAAmmmmmma!
thecoolmex 11 months ago
Best saturday show ever , close your eyes and listen makes you feel like a kid again
mack550 11 months ago
If only every superhero drove a winnebago...
charkato 11 months ago
Jackson Bostwick............what a hunk! Wonder if he's related to Barry Bostwick?
Simon5005 11 months ago
I hope I'm not alone in not liking those kids shows that included the tag at the end "The moral of today's show is..." Most kids were smart enough to get the message without it.
JBofBrisbane 11 months ago
What the hell is holding up a dvd on this? If there is a market for an Isis boxset, then there is definitely one for Shazam.
Attila709 1 year ago
Cool
pelicaned1 1 year ago
Jackson Bostwick talks though his teeth!
Aeolis7 1 year ago
Jackson's end comments about following the rules and such... he ALWAYS seemed so reassuring how could you not believe what he was saying. I always hated his replacement John Davies.
Johnnysynth 1 year ago
cool
billpage 1 year ago
@ 2:01 "the world's mightiest mortal goes up against a bear in a battle that never happened" ??!?!?!?! WTF
teldeebmel 1 year ago
Not looking for a thumbs up, just saying, Brandon Molale for Captain Marvel
dinner2dr 1 year ago
so, I've just found out where the Ben's Grandfather car came from.
gguybr 1 year ago
SHAZAM! lol thanks for the laugh, my mom brought me here lol
furtheststar 1 year ago
It really stinks to get older, but I wouldn't trade anything for being a kid in the 70s
Attila709 1 year ago 36
@Attila709 we really did have it all who would of thought society would become the piece of crap that it has become
dadadruma 1 year ago 2
@Attila709 I totally Agree with you. I love transformation TV Shows Like Shazam,The Ssecrets of Isis,The Incredible Hulk,Manimal,Werewolf,She-Wolf of London,Being Human. I own them all on DVD. And it's FANTASTIC.
Elvis1972MovieTour 11 months ago
@Attila709 That, it does, it also stinks about the junk on tv these days. Neither would I, just wish I could have them back again though !!!!
sr71ablackbird 10 months ago
@Attila709 hell yes im there .nice decade and im black 45 years old.whatever happened to the cast of shazam.
thunder4555 8 months ago
@Attila709 Same here!
super8punk 8 months ago
The Shazam transformation is pretty cool.
turbotime1964 1 year ago
omg shazam was one of my favorite shows on Saturday afternoon i always wanted to travel with them in that RV lol when i was a kid memories thans 70ths kid the 70ths did rule but we didn't have computers in the 70ths lol
MrAsilva125 1 year ago
@MrAsilva125 There were personal computers in the 70s, they just weren't common. A few schools around the country had them, even computer animation software was around along with a mouse and pointer. The 1984 Macintosh design was taken from an expensive never commercialized palo alto computer from the early 70s. Most of the technologies around today had their origin the 70s.
chroniclerofthe70s 1 year ago
@MrAsilva125 There were PC's in the 70s but were not common. Most of today's technologies originated in the 70s.
chroniclerofthe70s 1 year ago
i named my dog shazam once..
WonderWomanFan4life 1 year ago
I used to watch this as a kid...I am still morally bankrupt at 44.
neilzep 1 year ago 2
hes cute
bearywhaley 1 year ago
Im just curious...how are the flying sequences in this 1970s show worse than the ones from The Adventures of Superman from the 1950s???
Shaldezar 1 year ago
@Shaldezar Did you ever see "Wonderbug"???
TheMikester307 1 year ago
@Shaldezar They neglected to turn a fan on to make Captain Marvel's cape flutter, and just used stock helicopter footage for the background, so you don't get any real sense of movement... Never mind it being worse than the 50s, the effects are worse than the Republic Captain Marvel serial from the 40s!
GoblinXXX 1 year ago
Dam, I loved this show as a kid, I loved the part when he talks to the cartoon gods.
Allanlegacy43 1 year ago
loved this show, it was spiritual and psychedelic all in one! And you got to love praying in t he RV! So funny, it totally inspired me to meet the immortals!
HeidiIvy 1 year ago
Was the best time to be a kid. We were brought up in a wholsesome society where the food and toys weren't toxic and extreme violence was banned from primetime tv, pharma drug commercials were nonexistant, and we grew up in the beginning of consumer home electronics (mattel and coleco handheld games, atari, cd's, etc.). We all played ball outside and neighbors were friendly. We had the best TV shows (airwolf, superheroes, star trek, battlestar galactica, knight rider, etc.), I miss my youth!
classicgamer1968 1 year ago
@classicgamer1968 - I was born in 1966, I have to agree with you that it was like an almost magical time to be a kid and grow up. I sometimes wish I was 20 years younger but if it meant giving up the experiences and memories I had growing up in the 1970's and 1980's, forget it, I'll stick with middle age.
NowhereMan1966 10 months ago 14
@NowhereMan1966 I wouldn't give them up either. I'll stick with middle age also.
sr71ablackbird 10 months ago
@NowhereMan1966 Same here, born in 1969 and grew up during the '70s and '80s. I sure like to go back 25+ years and see everything I grew up with. I remember this show along with Isis when aired in the mid-late '70s on Saturday mornings.
ScorpioBornIn69 10 months ago
@NowhereMan1966 i was born the same year and feel the same way. the 70's really was a great time to be a kid.
Abdullah1475 6 months ago
@Abdullah1475 I'm another 1966 kid. We were born at the best time; old enough to remember when life was almost perfect and young enough to still enjoy our memories!
glasscitadel12 3 months ago
@NowhereMan1966 I was born in 1969, so missed out on the Shazam/Isis Hour. Is there a standout episode or an episode that had more character development? Or an Asian American themed episode.
tlyoung88 2 weeks ago
Indeed I missed the Shazam and Isis shows. Great to have YouTube for us to attach these shows to see again now that they won't be aired on television today. Only if kids today know what real shows are.
ScorpioBornIn69 1 year ago
Why can't we have REAL hereos like these in thias day and age. God knows we need them with all the terrorists, psychos and cartels running around.
vxy357 1 year ago
RTV, the Retro Television Network, will start running Saturday cartoons in October, most of them made by Filmation. They will show, Fat Albert, Ghostbusters, Bravestarr and so on. Although Shazam is not on the list, with them being made by Filmation too, there is hope. Time to load up on VHS tapes.
NowhereMan1966 1 year ago
god, i used to love all these horrible, cheezy shows from the late 70s like shazam and ark II, and all the kroft shows. the budgets on these shows must have been so measly but I just love how new age and spacey they all were.
setpunk12 1 year ago
@setpunk12 I am an Actor by the name of Christopher Man, and I was the Guest Star on the Shazam episode "The Brain".I had a good time but I was also on a series called "Korg:70,000BC"both shows aired at the same time on opposite networks and competed against Land of the Lost.These were some of the first Live-Action Shows on Sat. Morn.TV and they were much more expensive to make compared to what Hanna-Barbera and Filmation used to spend on cartoons.Thank You Geico because "Korg:70,000BC"is on DVD
themanacting 1 year ago 3
@themanacting KORG was great, at least as I recall it, but I only got to see it a few times because they stuck it on SUNDAYS at like 5 am. One I remember had the tribe finding an ocean, and they dropped some of their meat in the salt water, and discovered seasoning.
GoblinXXX 1 year ago
Wow i remember this! Takes me back!
BIGACE310 1 year ago
haven't seen it since the 70's. and this feels like yesterday!
glasscitadel12 1 year ago
Born in 1964 - these shows meant the world to me - amazingly innocent times as a child - Thanks for the post!!!
er6789er 1 year ago 2
@er6789er born in '66 here. Do you realize that our childhood may have been the last of the good old days?
glasscitadel12 1 year ago 2
"When a persons talents are wasted.. it's a loss to all of us!" - Wow! Where are these messages now?! Today's media does us all a major disservice! Will any of us look back 30 years from now and recall today as 'the good ole' days? I have serious doubts. If the trend continues, it weep for the future and our posterity!
"Be the change that you want to see in the world" - Gandhi
Peace Brothers and Sisters!
bythedog 1 year ago 5
I watched this series back in the day on CBS. What I think is REALLY cool is you were able to post the SHAZAM bumpers leading in and out of commercials. I remember them as plain as day and haven't seen them since they aired on CBS. Bumpers started in that era to let children know the difference between commercials and program content (after the "line blurring" Sugar Bear/Linus the Lion Hearted show in which they also did commercials in their own shows). In any case, thanks so much for this!
PuffyCheetos 1 year ago 2
I watched this show as a kid back in the 1970s, but it wasn't until recently that I really started getting into the original 1940s CC Beck Captain Marvel comics,
completely different from this show but a beautiful comic series regardless.
cha5 1 year ago
Mike (Billy Batson) is my uncle - he told me Jackson Bostwick was hilarious and always pulling pranks on everyone - in real life he was emergency room physician at UCLA - he got "discovered" while working out in the same gym as the producer of Shazam - I have some cool autograph memorabilia from that show along with some others - Mike used to date Melissa Gilbert at the time
dewaynecullen 1 year ago
@dewaynecullen That's cool about Mike being your uncle. I loved this show as a kid in the 70's. Even back then it stood out as being something completely different than the usual Saturday morning fare. Does your uncle still act? I bet there are some hilarious stories from back in the day.
moxxi 1 year ago
never put a girl down ? shazam is gay !!
bladerj 1 year ago
@bladerj No, your generation is just retarded.
nauort23 1 year ago 2
@nauort23 haha.. It is. As someone who just turned 41, I miss our generation. I find most 20 somethings irritating, stupid and uneducated. I blame texting and Facebook. ugh.
cjs33139 1 year ago 4
people need to take a few pointers from Captin Marble
WhoStew 1 year ago
I remember this as a kid.... I always wanted to get all up in Captain Marvels stuff- still do. Day-yum!
broadbent48 1 year ago
funny how he became a different person. this was a great show as a kid as well as Isis.
vistaprime 1 year ago
i watched this show every sat...it was great and isis too..what happend to good shows for kids with fun and excitement and good lessons..guess they kind of went out the window........
zuck21 1 year ago
one of my favs as a little kid along with Isis!
selloutasaurus 1 year ago
Isn't this show heathenistic?
DeafFret 1 year ago
Even as a kid I remember the feeling that this show was recorded on ancient film stock because the color was so washed out, even for 70's Satruday morning cartoons. This piece looks just a washed out as I recall.
notredamehesamighty 1 year ago
Because of the nature of what happened with Filmation and just who owns the rights. I imagine one day this will be restored ...It would look so much better. ...If I am not mistaken this was taken from a VHS recorded off of TV. The actual master footage needs to be restored and issued on a box set on DVD..you would totally see the difference
newstart2009 1 year ago
Damn, I loved this show.
Starkiller2187 2 years ago 2
I watched this every weekend when I was a kid.
grissoly 2 years ago
I use to watch this back in the 70s when I was just a little kid.
veeseee128 2 years ago 3
Don´t put the girls down because she is a girl.Of course I don´t..hehehehehehhehehehehe
CarlloLombardo 2 years ago
HahA This sure brings me back some. Got any Bigfoot and Wildboy? By-YAHHH-Baaaaahhhh!!!
Rometiklan 2 years ago
this sure brings back memories...thanks vid kid...
skipinthe 2 years ago 2
As a longtime follower of "SHAZAM!", I grew up with this character as a mentor. What an amazing feeling to get to know Jackson Bostwick, the person, as I became an adult. Is there anything better than finding out that your heores are wonderful people as well? He should be far more elevated as a celebrity than he is. He will always be a super person and a super hero to me.
onceIhadalove 2 years ago
Another Lou Shirmer - Norm Prescott classic {along with ARK II}!
Michael Gray -- I do believe he was also in "The Little People,"
later known as "The Brian Keith Show" . . .
Ah, Sat. morning memories-- thanks, 70sKidVid
m64h 2 years ago
got any old "Gary Ganu" footage or know of anyone who does ??? i can't find any so far !!!!!!
JeSuisMonAmiPourTu 2 years ago
omg i DO remember that dude...
JeSuisMonAmiPourTu 2 years ago
DAMN good post! I ain't laid this one eye on this since it was in production!
PatrioticPirate 2 years ago
Great memories from my childhood came back while watching this clip. Can't believe this is not on TV Land.
Didn't ISIS follow Shazam on CBS Saturday mornings?
myeyes110 2 years ago 2
Well, Isis came out a year later in 1975 and they had the Shazam/Isis Hour as well as a few crossover episodes. TVLand did play Shazam, Isis and a few Krofft shows back in 2004 on their "Kitschen Show" but they haven't been on ever since. I'd like to see Boomerrang or Retro TV Network pick these up, there is a lot of unused fodder out there.
NowhereMan1966 2 years ago 6
yeah I think it did. OMG the memories.....
NoahsKingdom 2 years ago
totally cool. I LOVED this show. thanks for posting!!
geejae4 2 years ago 3
how can you not love a show with a good PSA at the end? seeing these shows makes me miss being a kid in the day
mturnerr11 2 years ago 3
Uh... Captain Marvel needs braces on his teeth!
ForkliftJoe 2 years ago
cool
very old
patrixiomadrid 2 years ago
Years of very creative music themes! o/
GKOBE 2 years ago
One time when i was a lad in grade school at.snack time and I didn't want to finish my milk.Anyway Mrs. Krabobski said finish your milk there are kids starving in Africa that would love to have it.hen I said well if they wan't it give it to them and I threw the carton at Mrs.Krabobski,them BAM Captain Marvel appear outa no where and smacked me right in the face.The moral of the story is don't mess with Captain Marvel.
puppetboyshow 2 years ago
!!! SHAZAM !!! Good memories!
Thankx for the video.
GKOBE 2 years ago 2
@GKOBE I certainly agree, it's too bad that these episodes aren't on DVD to see today.
GameGirl35 1 year ago
Is it just me, or is Captain Marvel really.... intense... in that moral segment? It's like, if I put a girl down because she's a girl, the Big Red Cheese is going to come down and hand my ass to me.
wookie72 2 years ago 2
Is it just me, or does Captain Marvel look really *intense* in that closeup during the PSA? He really freaks me out.
wookie72 2 years ago
Nah, it's just the crooked teeth...
ForkliftJoe 2 years ago
cool
fiwaszewski 2 years ago
"SHAZAM!!!!!" Loved this show.Thanks for the memories.
Geenfuzzy73 2 years ago 4
did not like this capt marvel like the other one better that played on season 1
stonecoldjason 2 years ago
@stonecoldjason
THIS IS the 1st one !
Johnnysynth 1 year ago
This aired in 1980 when CBS brought Shazam back for reruns and I remember Tarzan and the Super 7 aired after that.
Davidt33 2 years ago
@Davidt33 1974 try.
Johnnysynth 1 year ago
I haven't seen Moral segment in 35 years!!!! And the Voice gave me a little eerie feeling.
wpardlow 2 years ago
I forgot about this. I just know as a little girl how handsome the young Guy was. Wow what a handsome guy. The older guy, never paid no NO attn. That should had been young Billy? saying all that stuff. About differences. We'd paid more attention than some older guy. lol
susiecollins1959 2 years ago
Sorry Susie, but your affections were likely waster.
Today, that actor is a florist in West Hollywood.....
-Nuff said.
lol
jesdome 2 years ago
I haven't thought about Michael Gray in 35 years!! He was big in the teen mags I used to read!
Novatogal 2 years ago
I never understood this show. Were they the same person? Did this teen have this superhero who possessed him and was released when he said, "Shazam"? Why didn't the teen just have powers?
BTW I love how the old man is called Mentor. That's what they called it then.
clevelandphil 2 years ago
funny.
waxmanite 2 years ago
It depends on who you ask whether or not Billy Batson and Captain Marvel were the same person. The reason why Billy didn't just have powers of his own was because Captain Marvel was created in 1939 as a rival to Superman, and the wish-fulfillment aspect of having a kid become a Superman-like hero with one magic word sold millions of comic books.
GarudaBoy 2 years ago
It's so mistic to expain so much in one sentence. As we get older, they never give us enough word counts to explain. But put it bluntly, we had a great time then (THEN) cause we all comunicated without all this computer and handheld advises so we had much more and much better communication and fun than they do now. Relationship are all to bad too. One on one is not one on one any more or enjoyable. I get you.
susiecollins1959 2 years ago
When first created, Shazam's personality was supposed to be more mature then Billy's due to the wisdom of solomon, etc being within him. However in recent years, retcons have occurred so that Captain Marvel/Shazam retains Billy's youthful enthusiasm and attitude. However they are the same person.
transformersforever 2 years ago
@clevelandphil Billy Batson and Capt. Marvel are the same person. You have to check out wikipedia for more info. The boy Billy is ordinary, but when he becomes Capt. Marvel, he becomes an adult version of himself with powers granted by the wizard Shazam, whose name Billy utters to become Capt. Marvel.
Bluesnaggs 1 year ago
I always thought it kinda strange that the "Elders" were Roman gods....and 1 single Judaic king. It would be like the Elders being Kanye West, Michael Jackson, Eddie Murphy, Barak Obama...and Farrah Fawcett. To quote another 70's kid show, one of these things was not like the other.
starstarstar42 2 years ago
I can scratch this off the list of things I never thought ever see again in a million years! XD!
Now on to ISIS and Big Foot and Wild Boy. lol!
bendertl31 2 years ago
this was the bomb back than
nirob 2 years ago
I am sooo having Saturday morning flashbacks. I remember when the station wouldn't start broadcasting until 7 or 8am. Shazam, Isis, Shoolhouse Rocks!!
billnocc 2 years ago
I like a big red cheese!!!
grimbragreen1 2 years ago
A superhero in the 70's always traveled by RV!!! Isis used to hook up with Shazam in truck stop parking lots- she liked to ride on top....
spritz0 2 years ago
Thanks for posting. I watched this show as a kid.
raiders1967 2 years ago
"Elders", eh? Can't call 'em "gods" or it might offend somebody.
kyspentay 2 years ago
I saw Shazam on Saturday mornings many years ago, and in my humble opinion, Jackson Bostwick was by far, THE BEST Captain Marvel, bar none. Sorry, but hiring John Davey as Captain Marvel was like asking the local janitor to try on the suit and if it fits, he's hired. Not convincing. As cheesy and corny as it appears today and to the younger generation, I actually appreciate the efforts put forth with the morals and lessons of each episode and for Captain Marvel to talk right to you in the end.
voicemaster71 2 years ago 2
Yeah, Jackson Bostwick was the man.
senojelyk 2 years ago
What year did this show come out?
My guess is mid 70's
OBZRV82 2 years ago
september 7,1974 on CBS
78newsweek 2 years ago
Actually, I think the best Captain Marvel was the guy in the 1940s serial.
KCOliver1960 2 years ago
lame, lame LAMEASS!!!!!
richintalent 2 years ago
was looking for some old shows to watch and came upon this clip.Wow it has been many many many years since I use to watch this.A drastic change to the cartoons now to me are so violent now
dreameryoung38 2 years ago
moral segment.... lol that is so gay...
xjayb 2 years ago
The only thing I hated about this show is that it marked the end of the cartoons for the day.
dp100eboggan 2 years ago
Awesome! I haven't seen this since I was a kid. This used to air on Saturday Morning Cartoons during the 70's on CBS! Thanks for posting this classic!
mrmoore1970 2 years ago 2
I used to love this show! But for those that were true watchers, remember their were 2 different Captain Marvel's. I can't remember which one was first, "Jackson Bostwick" or "John Davy." But I do remember initially being upset with the change. But for some reason, I remember liking Jackson better as Captain Marvel.
I did like that there were morals to the stories. Too bad we don't have that now.
travelbully 2 years ago
Captain Marvel looks like he has lock jaw during the "Different" speech.
visor109 2 years ago
I sure remember this... was a fav show.
dscottkerr 2 years ago 2
What I liked about this show was the positive talk by Captain Marvel at the end of the shows on different subjects. They were all positive about friendship and kindness and doing good. We should have more positive shows.
JazzManWon 2 years ago 3
I don't remember too much about this show, except the motor home they drove around in.
Michael Gray played Marcia Brady's boyfriend in the last season of The Brady Bunch, but just for one episode.
phillydisco 2 years ago
...are you old enough to remember
fluffydolly 2 years ago
I noticed Butch "Eddie Munster" Patrick was listed in the end credits
Woo-hoo!
GovtIssueJoseph 2 years ago
Warner Home Video included a Shazam DVD disc in their Wonder Woman Season 3 DVD set. This means that Warner Bros. currently holds the rights to this program. Please continuously bug them to release this on DVD because it is so awesome to those who have seen it back in the day. Thank you.
DISnut 2 years ago 2
WOW!!! I loved this show. Had almost forgotten about it...
neorquino 2 years ago
HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEVE!
natya73 2 years ago
Who couldn't forget a name like Jackson Bostwick.
Mowac 2 years ago
Yeah...Jackson Bostwick is the man!!!
butterp7 2 years ago
Ben 10? its the same thing lol
blackyfoxyv99 2 years ago
OMG, I was like 7 or 8 yrs old we are the last generation of the 70's era!!!We knew what the 70's were as a kid. LUV TO GO BACK TO IT!!!
megamix1966 2 years ago 4
I never missed an episode of this show. I am SO glad I grew up in the 70s!
Rare440 2 years ago 3
This is the trial: men have loved darkness more that the light, because their deeds are evil-Gv 3,19
Now I want to meet you and all the good in a universal and permanent prayer all good for your heart and all that is good for the world every Monday of your life, from 20 to 21 I will be with you in spirit, with my love until the end of the world!
No matter your religion or your atheism I am still near you in your prayers! God bless all mankind, protect you and help you throughout AMEN ALLELUIA
lorenzojhwh 2 years ago
I remember those ole stuff. Really love that show, I think they are suppose to make a movie about shazam as far as I know i wonder about wonder woman, aquaman and other comic heros.
eal1011 2 years ago
Did anyone notice in the closing credits that the character of Jack was played by Butch Patrick also known as Eddie Munster.
BIGGREENLEAF1 2 years ago
Ah the 70's as a kid. Evel Knievel, Bay City Rollers, Little League, a Green Machine, Bruce Lee, Kiss, Marathon bars, returnable RC pop bottles, BMX Huffy bikes, V8 cars, Full service stations, Skitching behind cars, Stuckey's, I wanna go back.
mansonrkmc 2 years ago 12
Yes, seriously!