One of mine is watching old cliffhanger serials
Try & get The Green Archer. It has 15 chapters & is great to watch the whole thing in 1 sitting or chapter by chapter as originally intended. It has a great performance by James Craven who literally chews the scenery with relish. He was described as The Human Wily Cayote on Speed. Every plot he hatches goes awry & his exaperations in each chapter are priceless.
I do not remember how I got hooked on them but they are really enjoyable. The Superman ones are good & seeing Batman & Robin change costumes in the back of a limo (no Batmobile) is priceless
I'm actually old enough to remember them being shown in movie theaters. Of course, they weren't new, but we saw one, every Saturday.
Ah, Flash Gordon, Dale, Dr. Zarkov, Ming the Merciless...
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There are a ton of them out on DVD & most are dirt cheap. The Green Hornet is played by one guy & the voice is someone elses. Either the voice or the actor was Mike the Cop from Abbott & Costello & Kato was Keye Luke
When I was little, I do remember movie theaters having special children's matinees on the weekends for re-releases of live action Disney films or old Sinbad action movies, etc. They used to show episodes of Zorro before the feature film. And before the show started, I remember that GOD AWFUL "Sing...Sing a Song" being piped in while we were waiting. Even as a child, I hated that song!
I got into the serials as an offshoot of being a comic book geek. Pulps and serials were the next step! I used to have a million serials on VHS but thinned the collection down to the core stuff I really liked a few years back.
My favorite is one called 'Manhunt of Mystery Island.' Lots of action, a cool villain and the lovely Linda Stirling in perpetual distress. Ah, the old days ...
I have Manhunt but never watched it
The Green Archer is worth it as it Perils of Nyoka with Clayton (Lone Ranger) Moore & Manhunt In African Desert which plays like Raiders of The Lost Ark. I have about 45 on DVD'S
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