# Please help me identify DC heroes live action TV show **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 1, 2006, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-dc-heroes-live-action-tv-show/371102 "2006-09-01T18:27:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-dc-heroes-live-action-tv-show/371102/1 "2006-09-01T18:27:49Z")
IIRC, around 1980, there was a live action DC superheroes TV show or special. The only memory of it that I have is a short segment that showed Flash running quickly through a park. He ran right through a couple having a picnic and left a footprint in their cake. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-dc-heroes-live-action-tv-show/371102/2 "2006-09-01T18:54:14Z")
The Flash had his own show, but that was 1990 according to IMDB. Could it have been that? ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-dc-heroes-live-action-tv-show/371102/3 "2006-09-01T18:55:21Z")
Judging by the year, I’d say it was [Legends of the Superheroes.](http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Chateau/4427/) ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-dc-heroes-live-action-tv-show/371102/4 "2006-09-01T18:55:56Z")
[QUOTE=Trion] The Flash had his own show, but that was 1990 according to IMDB. Could it have been that? [/QUOTE] There was a live action DC heroes special in the late 70s earl 80s… someone will be along shortly with more info. The scene with the Flash does seem reminscent of his show though. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-dc-heroes-live-action-tv-show/371102/5 "2006-09-01T19:30:09Z")
There is no way what I am remebering happened in 1990. “Legends of the Superheroes” looks correct. Thanks! That’s been bugging me for years. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-dc-heroes-live-action-tv-show/371102/6 "2006-09-01T22:17:47Z")
I have copies of that and the “Roast” that aired with it. Cheesy doesn’t begin to describe them; but as a completist… Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-dc-heroes-live-action-tv-show/371102/7 "2006-09-01T22:26:30Z")
The Roast is horriffic. You just don’t get more WTFy than Ghetto Man… ---
**Author:** ![snorlax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@snorlax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snorlax)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-dc-heroes-live-action-tv-show/371102/8 "2006-09-01T22:41:49Z")
Could it have been [_Shazam!_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shazam!_(TV_series)) ? ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-dc-heroes-live-action-tv-show/371102/9 "2006-09-01T23:52:52Z")
[QUOTE=snorlax] Could it have been [_Shazam!_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shazam!_(TV_series)) ? [/QUOTE] No, it was definitely along the lines of Superfriends, not a solo hero. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-dc-heroes-live-action-tv-show/371102/10 "2006-09-02T01:06:25Z")
Goota love the tribute to “Retired Man” (William Schallert) in the roast. Sir Rhosis