Here’s another “Comic Con Classic” video from SDCC2008. I don’t feel that bad this it’s just now posted to the site, as the new Greatest American Hero comic’s first issue just hit comic stores in December.
So the short version is: when I was a kid “The Greatest American Hero” was hands-down my favorite show.   Getting to meet William Katt and Robert Culp was a huge honor and trying to control the excitment of my 10 year-old self not quite believing (or not) that 20 years later I was standing there talking to them was a bit overwhelming. I’m really looking forward to the upcoming flash animation they mention, and I can’t wait to see the direction they take the book.
You can see the video of the interview at the link below:
William Katt Talks About The Greatest American Hero and Catastrophic Comics
A few months after Comic Con I was invited to a very special “GAH” 20th Anniversary reunion live panel discussion with the whole cast and a lot of the crew including the creator Steven J. Cannel and I cannot wait to see the final product of the new movie they are talking about.
To read more about Sparks and The Greatest American Hero comic book check out Catastrophic Comics.
And yes… as a little kid my aunt really did make me a version of the suit. I still have the cape to this day.
January 7th, 2009 at 9:25 am
So have you rewatched the series and does it still hold up? I’ve been tempted to buy it a few times but haven’t pulled the trigger. Mainly because the Wonder Woman stuff is so hard to get through, although I’ve enjoyed the Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew stuff.
Believe it or Not is one of my all time favorite theme songs. Love it.
January 7th, 2009 at 9:37 am
Jedifish
I still love the show but it does suffer from the fact that they didn’t get the rights to the songs. There’s an episode called “My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys” that no longer has the song “My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys” in it anymore.
January 7th, 2009 at 9:45 am
But the comic book sucks and blows at the same time. The artist decided to do mostly four tier (and sometimes five tier) layouts and turned it into a huge talking head book. When you see a leg or a foot it’s almost jarring. There’s probably a boat load of established 40 something artist that would have loved to work on this project. They could have had people like George Perez or Kerry Gammill or Ron Frenz doing that project.
And yes, I have a complete costume hanging in my closet. Except I was The FATTEST American Hero.
January 7th, 2009 at 11:20 am
I’m pleasantly surprised that anyone landed the rights to adapt the series!
January 7th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
Thanks for the info Ike. I passed on the comic, although I was tempted.
January 7th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
I think the show still holds up pretty well. The ones that were good are still good, and the ones that were not so good are still not so good.
I do agree with Ike that it is jarring not to have all of the original music in the show. I loved the old Joey Scabury tunes and miss not hearing them when I watch the episodes.
I’m gonna give the comic a try.
January 14th, 2009 at 5:15 pm
I bought the whole series on DVD- it’s really fun to have someone to watch it with. I did hate that the real songs weren’t always used. But, it’s a sacred era of tv and film to me. And it was really fun.
Eventually my girlfriend and I re-named the stuntman when he was on screen, because it can be pretty obvious when he was on, at times. We shout “Jim!” whenever he is on screen. That added to the fun.
So we became addicted last Spring. It was fun to rate them at the end, and to just make time for getting through all three seasons. Totally worth it.
I will definitely get the comic.