This one is awful, but I mention it here for two reasons – one, the number of “bee” puns that Morgan Freeman makes, and two, they just seemed to forget why they were even using Spider-Man to begin with. He said nobody ever knew who he was and still has no idea how that little girl figured it out. He said that one time, between shoots, he was walking around the mall in his regular clothes and some little girl recognized him as Spidey. He bought a suit for $300 and was able to be hired by shopping malls and such to make public appearances. He was able to make money off the deal besides just getting paid by Electric Company. Seagren was professionally trained as a dancer and he credits that with his success as the character. It worked! Ferguson said, “Oh my God! You’ve got the job!” Danny put the costume on and said he felt he needed to “knock his socks off” to get this job, so he climbed up on a filing cabinet and when Ferguson walked him, he jumped over him and landed on the desk and did a few poses. The big boss, Andrew Ferguson, told him to put on the costume and he would come back and see how he looked in it. To get this gig, he pulled in his Children Television Network connections to get an interview. He also played Big Bird a couple of times for Sesame Street. The actor playing Spider-Man was Danny Seagren, mostly known for his muppet skills. This shows marks Spider-Man’s first live action appearance. This one has it all, great villain origin, costuming, and terrific one liners.ĭoesn’t he know he shouldn’t talk to strangers! Ha! OK folks, if you’ve stayed with me this far, here is where it pays off. Now that’s a Spider-Jeopardy waiting to happen! Years later, having never recovered from the loss of his pet, he goes to grocery stores and smashes cans in hopes of finding his beloved frog. As a young boy, visited a soup factory and dropped his pet frog into a vat of tomato soup. Unfortunately, there are no video copies of “Spider-Man Meets the Can Crusher”, which has maybe the best super-villain origin ever. He even goes to baseball games in full costumes.īonus points to anyone who can correct spell out that onomatopoeia for Spidey’s first word balloon! This one shows how Peter Parker was never a character in these skits. I think all future Spider-Man writers should be made to study this one in order to understand the old Parker luck. Morgan Freeman as the near-sighted umpire won an Oscar! (OK, that may be a bit of fake news.) It is, however, unequivocally agreed by critics to be his most accomplished role in filmography.
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