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I am in a cheerier mood of late, thanks to Planet Man. I have been listening to an MP3 cd collection of 76 episodes of this early fifties science fiction radio series (thru episode 28 so far), and I am in awe at its cheesy grandeur.
The packaging describes as being a cross between Superman and Flash Gordon, but would be more accurate to describe it as something a lot like Rocky Jones, with a hero that sounds sort of like Clayton Moore (though he isn't) and would probably dress, if it were a movie serial instead of a radio serial, like Prince of Space. It has all the requisite characters of this kind of space opera (the elderly professor, not one but two perky golly-gee-willikers kids (who have so far demonstrated the bravery of lions and the intelligence of lawn chairs), a sinister space villian forever berating his underlings for their incompetence, a heroic sidekick with a hayseed accent, and of course the morally upright crusading hero (who is smarter than your average lawn chair, but not by much)).
I need more of this kind of thing in my life.
The packaging describes as being a cross between Superman and Flash Gordon, but would be more accurate to describe it as something a lot like Rocky Jones, with a hero that sounds sort of like Clayton Moore (though he isn't) and would probably dress, if it were a movie serial instead of a radio serial, like Prince of Space. It has all the requisite characters of this kind of space opera (the elderly professor, not one but two perky golly-gee-willikers kids (who have so far demonstrated the bravery of lions and the intelligence of lawn chairs), a sinister space villian forever berating his underlings for their incompetence, a heroic sidekick with a hayseed accent, and of course the morally upright crusading hero (who is smarter than your average lawn chair, but not by much)).
I need more of this kind of thing in my life.
