"He'll brainwash the Flash into becoming Ezra Miller" was a KILLER line! 😂😂😂😂😂

I like that the CW Flash series brought back John Wesley Shipp, Amanda Pays, and Mark Hamill to reprise their roles from the 90s Flash series/movies. Shipp actually got three roles on that show by playing Barry's Dad, Jay Garrick, and his 90s Flash. Dude received major respect despite his version being mostly forgotten. Edit: And the CW Flash also brought back Prank, Bellows, and Julio's actors too. I never realized they were from the 90s show.

I do appreciate that the Arrowverse Flash brought back not only this Flash, but Mark Hamill's Trickster too.

Okay the line “it’s not guns that kill people, it’s these little hard things” * throws bullets at people* was actually fantastic

I love how they never acknowledge that a super sonic punch from the flash would absolutely explode a human skull 😂

So, Mark Hamill playing Trickster in the CW Flash wasn't just "hey fun guest actor" it was a callback to the OG show like how Barry's dad was played by John Wesley Shipp. Fantastic.

I loved the fact that the ‘90s Barry Allen played the Dad on The CW version of ‘The Flash’.

I met John Wesely Shipp at a comic con a few years ago. Really a good, stand up guy who seems to appreciate the fandom for this show.

"Guns don't kill people... it's these little haaaaard things!" might be my new favorite line.

1:57 To be fair, Barry Allen needed to refuel himself with lots of food to replace the calories he burnt out when running around a lot.

What's not mentioned is that Mark Hamill also reprised his Trickster role on the Justice League animated show too.

That Seven Of Nineties joke was a deep cut but I am 100% here for it.

I find it interesting that this series and John Wesley Shipp got a lot more respect from the CW Flash series when compared to the 70s Spider-man series and Nicholas Hammond being completely forgotten by every iteration of Spider-man since then

Next they can do a multiverse type thing where they bring back old Flashes, presumably to capture and arrest the current one.

"It's not guns that kill people, it's these little HARD THANGS!" Oh nah, I legit liked that one.😂

Glad they brought him into the CW version.

I watched this recently and it was totally enjoyable to watch. It might be different from today's standards, but they got it right. Good, interesting, imaginative, fun stories. That's what I want in my shows. I also love the production quality which was ahead of its time for a 90's show.

Dude, I'm Gen X. This is all we had and I'm still here for this awesomeness

I'm sorry, but "It's not guns that kill people, it's these little HARD things!" is a line that has lived rent free in my head for 30 years.

This show deserves a proper remaster on 4K since it was shot entirely on 35mm film stock.

It was so cool to see John Wesley Shipp reprise this role in Elseworlds and Crisis on Infinite Earths.

I love this show, it's still my favourite version of the Flash. I don't care how cheesy people think it is, it's a fun show with a great cast. Plus, it has the best Superhero costume even if it doesn't have the yellow boots.

Omg. The "brainwashed into Ezra Miller" line made me spit up and laugh while at work.

7:23 cameo from writer/artist Howard Chaykin (Star Wars, American Flagg, The Shadow, Dominic Fortune, Batman: Thrillkiller), who was a writer & script editor on the show.

one of the most random things I remember this for is . . . it run from mid-hour to mid-hour (I grew up with Central standard time, so 7:30-8:30pm) I honestly can't think of any other hour-long show (counting commercials) that did that.

Gotta respect the cw flash for lasting so long!!! Also I love how they gave this flash a proper ending even though he sacrificed for cw berry It was still epic!!!

I remember that show. Given the budget and effects technology at the time, they did what they could. The last scene was him running through the city and everyone standing in place until the direction said ACTION. I didn't know there were direct to video movies though.

To be fair, the nerds (of which I was one) *were* complaining about Iris not being a redhead (and other changes the show made). We just didn't have Facebook and Twitter back then, so we were just talking to a few other nerds on the few Bulletin Boards.

1:13 That's actually a pretty cool effect, considering the time. What it would look like if someone was moving really fast, got that Agents from Matrix vibes.

John And Grant are the definitive Versions Of The Scarlet Speedster.

It was obviously a cheesy show to say the least but teenager me enoyed it a lot and it actually made Flash my favorite superhero ever.

4:25 that Seinfeld impression is hilarious

Still my favorite version of the character, so wholesome and cool

10 years later, Sci-fi channel used the same template to make Invisible Man tv show. A good-looking powered hero, a British girl scientist helper and a quirky sidekick helping him. Still loved this show. :)

having been a teen in 1990... this show was a MUST watch... lol... i seriously loved this show and this is still "my Flash".. :)

I remember when the CW did the episode where Barry and jay ( who also played his dad)went back in time, Jay looks over at the tv, it’s Dawson’s creek playing and he smiled at Dawson❤ love inside jokes like that, especially having original cast members play a role in remakes.

That was an excellent show, and I will tolerate nothing bad said about it. It was every bit right up there with the 1989 Batman. ❤

The era when people knew how daft and camp the genre was and didn't pretend otherwise.

Thanks for finally mentioning the whole Harley Quinn Inspo thing - people keep seeing Hammill and Joker, but they just completely miss the fact Prank was Harley.

This show is awesome. If you think it's bad, you haven't watched it.

The 90s movies and shows were a blast in the past.

The 90's Flash TV show is one of my favorite shows. I loved that it was simple, it didn't try to be more than it already is, the effects were fantastic for the time, it was character-driven for the most part and it was just altogether fun. This has always been the *real* Flash for me.

5:59 Fun fact: Shirley Walker would go on to do the music for _Batman: The Animated Series_ and much of the DC Animated Universe.

I watched some of it a few years ago when I got into the CW Flash Show. What struck me the most was the excellent score ... Danny Elfman of course! I really l liked the episode where Barry met the retired superhero, a guy roughly based on Sandman, it had some Batman Beyond vibes to it.

amazing Joker voice in the "does anyone care how I got these scars" joke 6:59

5:13 No mention of the Trickster (again voiced by Mark Hamill) in Justice League Unlimited? Actually, I'd LOVE to see an Honest Trailer for JL/JLA!

I remember taping this show on VHS so dad could see it when he got back from business trips.

I loved this show so much. Its why i love the character to this day.

Callbacks to Jurassic Park 3 are always appreciated.

So with Mark Hamil with a laugh like that and Danny Elfman doing the theme music and such. Yep. Definitely a precursor to Batman: The Animated Series

This show actually seems like fun!

I loved this show back in the day. When John Wesley Shipp showed up in the CW Flash, I just about jumped out of my seat with delight.

Since it never played on any of the main channels here in Britain, and since I didn't get cable till 2003, all I ever saw of this was the three movies on vhs. Then managed to catch a repeat of one episode on our version of the sci fi channel when house sitting for someone in 2001. And then I got the Dvd in 2020. I waited nigh on 30 years to watch all of this. And I loved it! More so than the cw version, which lost its way for me from season two onwards. It does take about a third of run to find it's feet - initially the network wouldn't let them use costumed villains so he is just fighting ordinary crooks - but from the episode ghost in the machine on it really clicks. Even more so in the last third when they make Barry and Tina a crime fighting partnership. Comic book action with stories complete in one episode. I don't think it's bad at all. I think it's a great show and it still stands up well. And nobody says 'we'll get/stop him. I promise.' What's there not to love?

2:43 - so... apparently the Flash is a food thief because there's no way he was able to order that food AND have it bagged up in a couple of seconds.

I love this show. It was so awesome that he was brought back for the CW and bittersweet to see him go in Crisis.

😆 🤣 😂 To be fair, there aren't a lot of 90s shows that hold up today.

Love the special effects! This ought to be a gold one! 😊😊😊😊😊

This is one of the best costumes of all time.

3:33 : easy, social media wasn't a thing then.

This is a blast from the past. I have such a hankering to rewatch this show now.

That Heath Ledger impression was on point! Mans got talent.

It was a lot of fun in its day, maybe the best Flash costume yet, I would really like an action figure.

Let’s all remember that this Flash had his deserved ending in CW Flash

This actually looks pretty good and i always liked his costume

Kids today don't understand how cool this show was back then.

Oh my goddddd I just got to that Ezra choking a lady part. I haven't laughed this hard in so long. I gotta rewind again 😂

All I can say is this: when you're 11 years old and still high on the thrill of the Michael Keaton Batman film, this show is AMAZING. This was a really fun show 30 years ago and helped set the stage and pave the way for a lot of DC properties that came after, including Batman: The Animated Series. It was never perfect, but it was very entertaining!

The Flash's weakness has ALWAYS been physics just because without it he's quite literally the most powerful thing in the universe.

Respect for John Welsey Shipp My first Flash 👏🏼👏🏼

I'd take this version of Barry over the two Ezras they want us to suffer through during the new film

Please say "Shut your eyes, Marion. Don't look at it, no matter what happens!"

Weird that the Deadly Nightshade, the titular character from The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade, wasn't mentioned in the list of villains. Anyway, this show is a blast. And, not included in the movies so not eligible for the video, but one of my favorite moments is where Bryan Cranston just randomly threatens someone by pulling a ninja star out of his jacket.

I actually binged this series before the new one came put

I legitimately really want to watch this show

This show was pretty decent for the time, and the effects were expensive enough that its average for the time-slot viewership, wasn't enough to keep the show going.

It was cheesy, but you have to remember this was an era where there were NO Marvel properties in theaters other than Howard The Duck. And the only superhero cartoon was Captain Planet....at the time "The Flash" was amazing

Yeah, it was bad but it'll always have a special place in my 90's heart.

Pikes hideout IS the Foot Clan's hideout. They reused part of the same set.

Oh man, Mark Hamill AND Police Academy 4's Corinne Bohrer?!? HOW DID I MISS THIS

I didn't realize Mark Hamill was the trickster in The Flash (90's) version. That makes the fact that he voiced the Trickster in Justice League Unlimited so much cooler.

I loved this series! Just couldn't find it because days and times changed so much. Glad they had him return for a bit in the new series.

"He'll brainwash the Flash into becoming Ezra Miller." - welp, you got me again, guys 😂

Give these guys credit: I watched this unknowingly in 2x and thought the fast playback was a funny in-joke about the flash going fast, but apparently not. It was just me.

I loved this show. I watched it every week. We had to love what little bit of geek stuff we could back then. It was rough back then.

Now that Treat Williams has sadly died, you should really do « Dead Heat » (1988)!

Okay, you did 90s Flash. Now please do Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

I have never really seen it, but you have made me want to watch them. You made it look awesome.

“Nobody freaked out about it back then” uhhh it was the 90s, also it wasn’t a trend back then

One of the best comic shows ever made...

Please do an Honest Trailer for Mission: Impossible - Rouge Nation (it's the only one you haven't done an Honest Trailer for yet)

Say: “Run, Epic Voice Guy, Run!”

Please do the Superboy tv series from 88-92

This show was amazing to pre-teen me, how dare you!

I was 13 when this show was on, and I LOVED it!

Yo I finished watching the 90s series just yesterday! What a coincidence!

"His real weakness is where he sticks his "Lightening rod"", LOL!

This show was awesome. Of it's time but still brilliant.

This needs to be on Max!

3:45 okay, that's enough

Oh Man Richard Belzer (RIP) adding another link to the Law & Order universe.