# Hercules is dead **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 4, 2000, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hercules-is-dead/18570 "2000-05-04T16:32:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2000, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hercules-is-dead/18570/1 "2000-05-04T16:32:19Z")
No, no that pantywaist Kevin Sorbo, the _real_ Hercules [http://www.msnbc.com/news/402879.asp](http://www.msnbc.com/news/402879.asp) ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2000, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hercules-is-dead/18570/2 "2000-05-04T16:36:38Z")
Yeah, and thanks to Cardinal O’Connor, Steve Reeves didn’t even get an obit in the Times today! Steve looked much better in a thong . . . ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2000, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hercules-is-dead/18570/3 "2000-05-04T16:39:29Z")
Maybe, but find us a pic of Cardinal O’Connor in one so we can judge for ourselves. ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2000, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hercules-is-dead/18570/4 "2000-05-04T16:39:59Z")
I’ve seen the Hercules movies, but the only reason the name Steve Reeves strikes a chord is because I believe he is mentioned in the Rocky Horror Picture Show. I find that sort of sad, in and of itself. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2000, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hercules-is-dead/18570/5 "2000-05-04T17:59:50Z")
I was going to say the same thing Swimming Riddles! Dr. Frank’n’Furter tells the shivering Brad and Janet “we might watch an old Steve Reeves movie.” Otherwise, I have no recollection of him. ---
**Author:** ![EnochF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/779978/32.png) [@EnochF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnochF)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2000, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hercules-is-dead/18570/6 "2000-05-04T18:04:18Z")
Aw. Mike Nelson portrayed Steve Reeves in the MST3K episode featuring _Hercules Unchained_. He was sort of helping to move things around Deep 13… sorry to see him go. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2000, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hercules-is-dead/18570/7 "2000-05-04T18:14:41Z")
I think my grandfather was the foreman on Steeve Reeves’ ranch back when I was a wee’an. I was only about 5 years old, but I remember being there once. IIRC, he had a pretty Polish wife with blonde hair. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2000, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hercules-is-dead/18570/8 "2000-05-05T01:54:57Z")
Dr. Furter tells Brad and Janet “we can **take in** an old Steve Reeves movie.” In tribute, I shall shed a solitary tear as I watch _Gladiator_\* this weekend. ---
**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2000, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hercules-is-dead/18570/9 "2000-05-05T02:31:52Z")
One of the trivia quizzes at [CosmosFactory.org](http://CosmosFactory.org) says Steve Reeves was the old Superman. I’ve been telling them they’re wrong for a year now, but they haven’t changed it. Maybe I’ll finally prove triumphant! ---
**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2000, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hercules-is-dead/18570/10 "2000-05-05T02:33:14Z")
One of the trivia quizzes at [CosmosFactory.org](http://CosmosFactory.org) says Steve Reeves was the old Superman. I’ve been telling them they’re wrong for a year now, but they haven’t changed it. Maybe I’ll finally prove triumphant! ---
**Author:** ![Lux\_Fiat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lux\_Fiat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lux_Fiat)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2000, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hercules-is-dead/18570/11 "2000-05-05T03:51:28Z")
Wait a minnit. Steve Reeves _was_ the old Superman, wasn’t he? In the black-and-white TV series? ---
**Author:** ![Lux\_Fiat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lux\_Fiat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lux_Fiat)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2000, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hercules-is-dead/18570/12 "2000-05-05T04:01:01Z")
Never mind. I’m an ass. _George_ Reeves was the old Superman. My memory ain’t what she used to be. Ah well, at least I upped my post count. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2000, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hercules-is-dead/18570/13 "2000-05-05T04:01:09Z")
> [@](#): > > Wait a minnit. Steve Reeves was the old Superman, wasn’t he? In the black-and-white TV series? No, that was the late George Reeves. ---
**Author:** ![KP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a9adbd/32.png) [@KP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KP)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2000, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hercules-is-dead/18570/14 "2000-05-05T05:06:22Z")
Anyone who rememebers the late George Reeves (or the two Darins… or Alfalfa…) might enjoy this site: [http://www.tvparty.com/mystery.html](http://www.tvparty.com/mystery.html) ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2000, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hercules-is-dead/18570/15 "2000-05-05T06:24:08Z")
> [@](#): > > **…pantywaist Kevin Sorbo,…** If he’s a pantywaist, I want to be the panties. 😃 uh,…did that make **any** sense at all? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Cessandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cessandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cessandra)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2000, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hercules-is-dead/18570/16 "2000-05-05T07:01:21Z")
sad to say, i really only knew of him through rhps, although I did see a mst3k with him as herc. but that was _because_ he’s mentioned in rocky. 😉 i did send an email about this to our cast director, so he’ll be in this weeks newsletter… if that means anything.