Monday, September 21, 2015

Wondering About Jack Larson.

I bet if you watched TV back in the 1950's, you saw this fellow.  His name is Jack Larson and I am sorry to say that he passed away yesterday at the age of 87.  Have you figured out what character he played ?

He played Jimmy Olsen, the newspaper reporter that was friends with Clark Kent, another reporter who led a secret life as Superman.  Now do you remember him?

The show ran on TV from 1952 through 1958:



This last picture is of the original cast of the Superman show.  From left to right:

Perry White - - - played by John Hamilton
Superman - - - played by George Reeves
Unidentified mother and daughter
Lois Lane - - - played first by Noel Neill and then by Phillis Coates
Jimmy Olsen - - - played by Jack Larson.


This is one of those shows that showed that good always wins out over evil, unlike a lot of the stuff on TV these days.  Now tell me, how many of you remember that old show or am I the only one in blogger land old enough to remember it?  Now, don't go flying all around without the aid of an airplane nor bend steel with your bare hands, but have a great day, you hear?

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22 comments:

  1. Barney, The Old Fat ManSeptember 21, 2015 at 3:24 PM

    Way before my time, yeah right.

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    1. Dizzy-DickSeptember 21, 2015 at 4:18 PM

      Yes I know you think so but I am older than dirt and you are only older than trees. . .

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  2. TROUBLEnTXSeptember 21, 2015 at 3:43 PM

    Been off a couple of days but did go back and read yours. Put a comment on the dinosaur one.

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  3. GypsySeptember 21, 2015 at 5:35 PM

    My younger brothers and I watched that show. I wouldn't have recognized the old guy as Jimmy Olsen, not in a million years!

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    1. Dizzy-DickSeptember 21, 2015 at 6:14 PM

      Yes, our generation watched every episode of that show.

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  4. WilSeptember 21, 2015 at 5:42 PM

    I've always maintained I am as old as the hills and twice as moldy. "Look! Up in the sky! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's Superman!

    After every Thursday at 7:30 on the Philadelphia station found my brothers and I in capes (towels) and tights (pajamas) bouncing off chairs and beds as we 're-enacted the latest episode.

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    1. Dizzy-DickSeptember 21, 2015 at 6:17 PM

      I watched it at the other end of the state. I lived in Pennsylvania, eight miles south of Butler on route 8, which went to Pittsburgh. So the Pittsburgh station was the closest, and thus the strongest signal we could get.

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    2. JanetSeptember 21, 2015 at 7:19 PM

      I watched it in the third or fourth grade in Bossier City, Louisiana. It was daytime there. Interestingly the superman in the 50's was George Reeves and they claim he committed suicide. Funny that Christopher Reeves didn't do very well either and they both had the same last name. The first Lois Clark (Noel Neill) is still alive at 95 along with her husband of many years. I always liked Jimmy Olsen.

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    3. Dizzy-DickSeptember 21, 2015 at 9:23 PM

      Yes, the similarities of both Supermen's names is interesting to say the least.

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  5. JOSeptember 21, 2015 at 9:21 PM

    I remember this show even though I was just a little thing. LOL

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  6. linda mSeptember 22, 2015 at 7:11 AM

    I most certainly do remember Superman - never missed an episode. I read about Jack Larson's death yesterday. Seems like all the good old people are passing away. I still love watching all the shows from the 50's - they are the best. People had morals and scruples back then.

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    1. Dizzy-DickSeptember 22, 2015 at 9:08 AM

      Maybe that is why we didn't know that he was gay. They kept things like that secret.

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  7. JanetSeptember 22, 2015 at 10:04 AM

    Oh dear . . . I wish you had kept him in the closet. It's kind of hard to have a crush on "Jimmy Olsen" now.

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    1. Dizzy-DickSeptember 22, 2015 at 11:25 AM

      Oh so sorry, Janet, but you just ain't his type (grin).

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  8. HermitJimSeptember 22, 2015 at 10:17 AM

    I remember the show well. Nothing like it on today.

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    1. Dizzy-DickSeptember 22, 2015 at 11:27 AM

      I really enjoy the reruns of old '50's shows. They do that on some of the satellite stations that I watch.

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  9. UnknownSeptember 22, 2015 at 1:31 PM

    I remember that show well, It was one of the only shows I watched.
    Thanks Dizzy
    from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas

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    1. Dizzy-DickSeptember 23, 2015 at 1:39 PM

      Ray, I really enjoyed that show and worried at some of the situations but then Clark Kent stepped into that phone booth. Dang, today he would have a lot of trouble finding a phone booth.

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