# Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lois-clark-the-new-adventures-of-superman/719453
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [May 7, 2015, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lois-clark-the-new-adventures-of-superman/719453 "2015-05-07T06:09:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@CaptainAmerica\_1987](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptainAmerica_1987)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2015, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lois-clark-the-new-adventures-of-superman/719453/1 "2015-05-07T06:09:57Z")
I thought it was a well done show however my only issue with it is throughout all 4 seasons we never saw any other superheros guest star on the show.
Personally I think the best thing that should have happened is John Wesley Shipp should have been a guest star on the show as The Flash from Central City because he played The Flash on The Flash and it would have been a good idea to connect both shows in the same universe.
Him and Superman could have had a race to see who the fastest man alive is đ
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### Author:  [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2015, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lois-clark-the-new-adventures-of-superman/719453/2 "2015-05-07T06:20:12Z")
I watched Lois & Clark regularly when it first ran. I agree. The first three seasons were quite good. It slipped a little after Clark married Lois. But I wish there had been a fifth season to see them raising the child that was left with them.
I really appreciated them approaching it as a story about Clark. He was the main personality. Superman was his crime fighting persona. It didnât define and overwhelm him.
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### Author:  [@CaptainAmerica\_1987](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptainAmerica_1987)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2015, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lois-clark-the-new-adventures-of-superman/719453/3 "2015-05-07T06:31:31Z")
I had forgotten about that kid they got at the end. It would have been interesting to have had the kids origins explored but I still the only thing the show lacked was other superheros.
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### Author:  [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2015, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lois-clark-the-new-adventures-of-superman/719453/4 "2015-05-07T11:23:27Z")
Yeah, well, the kid only showed up the last minute of the final episode, right?
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### Author:  [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2015, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lois-clark-the-new-adventures-of-superman/719453/5 "2015-05-07T13:10:34Z")
> [@CaptainAmerica\_1987](#):
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> Him and Superman could have had a race to see who the fastest man alive is đ
Itâs been [done](https://www.flickr.com/photos/paxtonholley/2358152799/in/set-72157604225388122/) . . . and [done](https://www.flickr.com/photos/paxtonholley/2357191011/in/set-72157604225388122/) . . . and [done](https://www.flickr.com/photos/paxtonholley/4542758523/in/set-72157604225388122/) . . . and [done](https://www.flickr.com/photos/paxtonholley/4543114889/) . . . and [done.](https://www.flickr.com/photos/paxtonholley/4555011967/) . . . and [done](https://www.flickr.com/photos/paxtonholley/2358152795/in/set-72157604225388122/).
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### Author:  [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2015, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lois-clark-the-new-adventures-of-superman/719453/6 "2015-05-07T13:14:16Z")
The best thing I remember from the old Flash TV show was that one cop who was convinced his partner was secretly The Flash. Havenât watched it since it originally aired.
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### Author:  [@CaptainAmerica\_1987](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptainAmerica_1987)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2015, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lois-clark-the-new-adventures-of-superman/719453/7 "2015-05-07T14:28:07Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#):
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> Itâs been [done](https://www.flickr.com/photos/paxtonholley/2358152799/in/set-72157604225388122/) . . . and [done](https://www.flickr.com/photos/paxtonholley/2357191011/in/set-72157604225388122/) . . . and [done](https://www.flickr.com/photos/paxtonholley/4542758523/in/set-72157604225388122/) . . . and [done](https://www.flickr.com/photos/paxtonholley/4543114889/) . . . and [done.](https://www.flickr.com/photos/paxtonholley/4555011967/) . . . and [done](https://www.flickr.com/photos/paxtonholley/2358152795/in/set-72157604225388122/).
I know that but Iâm saying on the show they could have done an episode or two to the story.
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### Author:  [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2015, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lois-clark-the-new-adventures-of-superman/719453/8 "2015-05-07T14:32:25Z")
I think itâs far better that they did not. Itâs on the level of âWho would win in a fight?â a question that is just lazy story writing.
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### Author:  [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2015, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lois-clark-the-new-adventures-of-superman/719453/9 "2015-05-07T14:37:15Z")
The only episode I ever watched was when they had Phyllis Coates appear as Loisâs mother
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### Author:  [@Unpronounceable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unpronounceable)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2015, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lois-clark-the-new-adventures-of-superman/719453/10 "2015-05-07T15:52:32Z")
> [@Jim\_s\_Son](#):
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> The only episode I ever watched was when they had Phyllis Coates appear as Loisâs mother
Thatâs a shame, because the episode where HG Wells showed up with a guy from the future was brilliant.
(paraphrasing):
Villain-du-jour âSo, the one question everyone has in the future, is âjust how stupid WAS Lois Lane?ââ
(puts on a set of glasses)
âIâm Clark Kent!â
(takes off glasses)
âIâm SUPERMAN!!!â
(puts on glasses)
âMild mannered reporter!â
(takes off glasses)
âMan of Steel!â
(repeatedly wears & removes glasses)
âI meanâŚDUH!â
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### Author:  [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2015, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lois-clark-the-new-adventures-of-superman/719453/11 "2015-05-07T16:12:31Z")
> [@CaptainAmerica\_1987](#):
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> Personally I think the best thing that should have happened is John Wesley Shipp should have been a guest star on the show as The Flash from Central City because he played The Flash on The Flash and it would have been a good idea to connect both shows in the same universe.
That \*would \*have been cool, but the fact that _L&C_ was an ABC program and _The Flash_ was on CBS kind of put a damper on that.
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### Author:  [@CaptainAmerica\_1987](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptainAmerica_1987)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lois-clark-the-new-adventures-of-superman/719453/12 "2015-05-07T16:20:48Z")
> [@Cartoonacy](#):
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> That \*would \*have been cool, but the fact that _L&C_ was an ABC program and _The Flash_ was on CBS kind of put a damper on that.
Oh Iâm sure they could have come to some kind of arrangement đ
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### Author:  [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2015, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lois-clark-the-new-adventures-of-superman/719453/13 "2015-05-07T16:35:31Z")
> [@Cartoonacy](#):
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> That \*would \*have been cool, but the fact that _L&C_ was an ABC program and _The Flash_ was on CBS kind of put a damper on that.
I thought cross-network crossovers was not totally unheard of. Was it?
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### Author:  [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2015, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lois-clark-the-new-adventures-of-superman/719453/14 "2015-05-07T16:53:12Z")
_The Six Million Dollar Man_ and _The Bionic Woman_ were on separate networks for part of their runs, yet retained characters and actors in common. As an example.
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### Author:  [@Gerald\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gerald_II)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lois-clark-the-new-adventures-of-superman/719453/15 "2015-05-07T16:57:42Z")
I was in middle school when Lois & Clark aired, and big into comics, and I did not like the show at all. I had previously seen The Adventures of Superboy a few years prior and thought it was a pretty good show, serious in tone at times considering it aired Saturday mornings. Lois & Clark on the other hand seemed too light and silly. Louis seemed more like a caricature, like she came in from a sitcom. Even though Dean Cain had the build, he never did seem like Superman or Clark Kent to me.
In fact, thatâs what I disliked the most about it. It seemed like, because it was based on a comic book, they had to make the characters like cartoons. I think Perry White says something like âGreat Shades of Elvis!â
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### Author:  [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2015, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lois-clark-the-new-adventures-of-superman/719453/16 "2015-05-07T17:34:05Z")
Having Perry as an Elvis fan was an inside joke. Lane Smith, who played Perry, was from Memphis, Tennessee, where Elvis set up residence in Graceland.
As for the kid who showed up at the end of the series,
[spoiler]He was the child (and heir) of the New Kryptonian princess Zara, who was played by Justine Bateman, who Kal-El was expected to marry. Instead, she married the other Kryptonian male, Lt. Ching. He was placed with Lois and Clark because he was being threatened by the renegade Kryptonians who had earlier attempted to take over the Earth.
This is according to the showâs producers. The story would have kicked off season 5 had L&C been renewed.[/spoiler]
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### Author:  [@CaptainAmerica\_1987](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptainAmerica_1987)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lois-clark-the-new-adventures-of-superman/719453/17 "2015-05-07T18:44:26Z")
Which brings another question why was there no season 5?
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### Author:  [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lois-clark-the-new-adventures-of-superman/719453/18 "2015-05-07T21:16:38Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#):
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> I thought cross-network crossovers was not totally unheard of. Was it?
William Klemperer (CBSâs âHoganâs Heroesâ) made a âBat Climbâ appearance on ABCâs
Batman where is is called Colonel, described as an alien and mentions Hogan and escapes
But it was very rare
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### Author:  [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2015, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lois-clark-the-new-adventures-of-superman/719453/19 "2015-05-08T00:18:14Z")
> [@Broomstick](#):
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> _The Six Million Dollar Man_ and _The Bionic Woman_ were on separate networks for part of their runs, yet retained characters and actors in common. As an example.
Thatâs because both shows started out on ABC. Steve Austin and Jaime Sommers even crossed over between shows. When the show was picked up for the third season on NBC, Richard Anderson and Martin E. Brooks were carried over as Oscar Goldman and Rudy Wells.
> [@CaptainAmerica\_1987](#):
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> Which brings another question why was there no season 5?
Ratings. _Lois & Clark_ fell from 44th place in season 3 to 104th at the end of season 4
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### Author:  [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2015, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lois-clark-the-new-adventures-of-superman/719453/20 "2015-05-08T00:25:37Z")
> [@Jim\_s\_Son](#):
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> William Klemperer (CBSâs âHoganâs Heroesâ)
Werner Klemperer. William Klemperer is someone else entirely.
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