Reign of the Supermen #514: SuperKlown

Source: J.P. Patches (circa 1970s?)
Type: TV spoof
Orphaned son of planet Kronkton, Superclown's secret identity was a secret even to Gertrude...

This one was brought to my attention by fellow blogger Jon K (of Jon's Random Acts of Geekery), one of the identities assumed by children's TV star J.P. Patches, a spoof of the George Reeves Superman show. Here are TWO CLIPS from the show, and TWO MORE, which ran from 1958 to 1981, mostly on a daily basis, TWICE daily the first 13 years, live and improvised! I don't know how many appearances SuperKlown put in, but he seemed to be a recurring character. Patches was apparently one of the inspirations for Krusty the Clown, and a reference to him was included in a Simpsons episode. May I refer you to his Wikipedia entry for more condensed information (as opposed to the site the videos are on)?

Comments

Doc Savage said…
Creepy. More Outsiders vivisections, please.
Anonymous said…
In a similar vein:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superhost