Mr. Terrific: Stanley the Safecracker

This is an excerpt from the Mr. Terrific episode "Stanley the Safecracker", which aired on February 20, 1967 and starred Stephen Strimpell as Stanley Beamish (aka Mr. Terrific)!

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[Neuroslicer]

The 2 dvd set is available from amazon.de

[Neuroslicer]

No, it is Dick Gautier, who also played Hymie the Robot on Get Smart (a Buck Henry show), and Robin Hood, on When Things Were Rotten (a Mel Brooks show). All excellent shows! I'm curious to learn how Buck Henry came to recruit Gautier for Get Smart, when in 1967 Buck Henry had another superhero show, Captain Nice, which aired right after Mr. Terrific!

[Neuroslicer]

If you're interested in the entire episode, search for "Mr. Terrific" at Veoh(dot)com

[Neuroslicer]

Notice the portrait of LBJ on the wall?

[Neuroslicer]

When I was in my 20's and 30's, I couldn't find anyone my age who had remembered this show! Captain Nice was a similar sitcom that showed a half hour later than Mr. Terrific. Cartoons had their share of superheroes at the time as well, and my favorites were Astroboy and 8th Man (a few years earlier), Gigantor, The Mighty Heroes, and Frankenstein, Jr. I was also into GI Joes (the 12 inch figure) and a more obscure action figure from Ideal, Captain Action!

[Caribwoy]

I used to watch that show in Jamaica with my brother and cousins... whenever he popped the pill and that crazy music started we would go nuts... we wore towel capes around our necks and would flap our "wings" and jump up and down on my parents bed!!!

What great memories!! Thank you

[Minnexyz]

One of my first memories is watching this crap. Years later I would ask people "remember that old show with the pill-popping superhero" and they would just look at you like you were crazy. Thanks to youtube I know I didn't just imagine it.

PS The laugh track sounds exactly like the one they used for "Hogan's Heros".

[paul mcgillicuddy]

Cool! remember it well, is Mr Terrific on video at all? I do have entire Captain Nice on DVD

[jimstardust]

Thanks for clarifying a fuzzy memory for me. Also, you can see Stephen Strimpell and John McGiver together in the *terrific* Dick VanDyke, Barbara Feldon movie, "Fitzwilly."

[MorganMarvinson]

This was one of my favorite shows! Today was the first I've heard that tune since 1967!

[Caasi02]

From Wikipedia,

"The entire 17-episode series of Mr. Terrific was released commercially on DVD by Ufa/DVD in Germany under the title "Immer, wenn er Pillen nahm" (Whenever He Took Pills) on July 17, 2009. The episodes can be heard in the original English, or in German."

I recall watching this one as a child. My best friend at the time was named Stanley.

All of a sudden the show was off the air.

[mannyman007]

WOW! The only people that I know, that remember this show is my brother & 2 sisters. I asked everyone I know in my age group & they all look at me like I'm making this up. I never, ever forgot the theme song. We used to watch Rowin & Martins "Laugh In", & right after Mr. Terrific would come on then after Get Smart would come on. Oh man! The memories!!!

[WEATHER44]

wow! NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE THIS AGAIN, GREAT SITE THANKS.

[38ddkelly]

Do I spy the TV Land logo in the bottom right corner? When did they air this show? All they show now is crap.

[mrspock vulcan]

du he was president then

[caribja]

I loved this show. Sorry that it didn't last longer.