Mysterious Cube

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"Sometimes brains are better than brawn." Superman proves that in "The Mysterious Cube when he must use his brain to fully solve a two-part problem that his brawn alone could only partly solve. (The Mysterious Cube, ep #95, 1957.)

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@miltonhollis703 Жыл бұрын

I'm 78 now! In 1955, I was ten years old watching all of Super Man's escapades, and nowadays in 2Q23, I never Get tired of watching the one and only real Super Man.....

@FirstnameLastname-my7bz Ай бұрын

What do you think about Christopher Reeve movies?

@rand49er Жыл бұрын

When I was a little kid, I loved this show.

@jeddiajones4570 Жыл бұрын

I still love it as a big kid. George was the best Superman of all time.

@arr0gant1 Жыл бұрын

Same

@mmabagain Жыл бұрын

When you were a little kid the world was a far better place.

@JerryN7970 Жыл бұрын

I loved it too. I grew up in the 70’s so these shows were already 20+ years old when I was watching them but I probably saw every episode!

@RichardTClark396 Жыл бұрын

Never missed episode evert weeknight at 5pm :)

@kryptofly Жыл бұрын

….This was by far my most favorite episode, mainly because the plot was out of the ordinary….

@joshs4594 Жыл бұрын

When I was a kid, I watched this show very weekday afternoon (followed by The Munsters) on WPIX-TV channel 11 in New York. George Reeves was my hero - after my father, of course.

@clarky23 Жыл бұрын

for me, it was KPLR-11 in St. Louis, and it was in the mornings before I went to school. LOL

@freeagent8225 Жыл бұрын

Both shows also aired in Australia.

@denisryan8757 Жыл бұрын

Yes! same here, Great memories.

@mickistevens4886 Ай бұрын

@@clarky23 Watched after school every day same channel, Better than Little Rascals and Three Stooges.

@jeffstone2136 Жыл бұрын

Shooting the latter seasons of this in colour so that they could be rerun when colour TV became a thing was a stroke of foresighted genius. They laughed at Gerry Anderson making _Stingray_ in colour, too, and that was in the early 60s. _Superman_ had already done it five or six years earlier!

@ApartmentKing66 Жыл бұрын

It's also what saved "Bonanza" from cancellation. NBC was heavily invested in expensive color film to shoot Bonanza (not to mention RCA, its parent company, manufacturing color sets), and when low ratings threatened it, the decision was made, as the industry moved closer and closer to color, to keep it on.

@vegasguitars 2 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite color episodes!

@w7100 Жыл бұрын

legally clear of one crime, but the new kidnapping charge might stick

@jimnolt-TAC Жыл бұрын

Yeah, they surely didn't think that one through.

@calvinwalker553 Жыл бұрын

THIS Episode along with "DIVIDE and CONQUER" Were By Far the TWO Best Color Episodes. Season 1 is THE WHOLE SERIES.

@danielomalley4394 Жыл бұрын

Born in 1953, I grew up watching Superman! I’ve seen every episode many times and to this day they still fascinate me. However many of the regular bad guys and the cars seen over several episodes betray budget limitations!

@knerduno5942 Жыл бұрын

What's fur supper, grandpa?

@danielomalley4394 Жыл бұрын

@@knerduno5942 HEY BOZO! You had better hope you make it to my age, but that’s not guaranteed, not looking good for you, because having a functional brain kind of helps the survival of the fittest…

@SPCLPONY 7 ай бұрын

Grandpa Jones: "Roast beef simmering in the crock pot with brown gravy and fresh cut carrots. Hand picked string beans and a big scoop of mashed potatoes covered with a dab of butter! Hot corn bread right out of the oven, and piled high on the platter. For dessert, we'll have the homemade cinnamon apple pie that's cooling on the window sill!" Hee-Haw audience: "Yuuum yum!!" 😂🤣

@paulmicelli5819 2 ай бұрын

Remember seeing this on B&W TV, in 1957 I was 10 and this was always the best episode as I remember, Thanks.

@amerigo178 2 ай бұрын

I loved this episode. Also loved the episodes when he split in two, “Mrs Superman” Supes marries Joi Lansing who wouldn’t she was beautiful. And the Atomic Spies episode. I mean Superman implodes an A bomb how cool is that

@YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen Жыл бұрын

I remember this from when I was a kid. It was already all reruns. I remember this episode in particular, and how he out-smarted the guy in the cube.

@clarky23 Жыл бұрын

yeah, I was warching as reruns in the mid-70s so it was already 20 years old by then

@YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen Жыл бұрын

@@clarky23 Heh. Reruns for me in the early 60s! ... Alright, I just looked it up. The series with George Reeves first ran through most of the 50s.

@SkyKingofMaricopa 11 ай бұрын

Ok. Yeah.. Superman had the Navy adjust the clocks. But what did "Jimmy Olsen" mean when he said Superman "pulled that timetable trick" to free him & "Lois" from the house without "Jody Malone" knowing.

@John-rw2zf Ай бұрын

Great old TV series. Thanks.

@xunit62 Жыл бұрын

That cube is the size of an over priced Manhattan apartment today!

@greg1030 Жыл бұрын

Or most Long Island co-ops. At least my living room has a vaulted ceiling. My plan was to retire to NM or another western state, as I love the same kind of landscapes often used in Superman outdoor scenes, climate change and less than reliable health care quality killed that dream.

@rexjolles Ай бұрын

@@greg1030 new mexico's jsut fine these days

@kenttm42 Жыл бұрын

There were a handful of episodes that I really loved as a kid. "Terror In the Sky", "The Big Freeze", and this one were at the top

@michaelj.campagna404 Ай бұрын

I agree with you, those three episodes Plus, the one where he gets his costume stolen, and the memory erase spray, where he has to reveal his true identity to Lois, Jimmy and Perry, just to name a few.

@kyrenwhelan2593 Жыл бұрын

Great acting!Imaginative stories for the young an young at heart!Used to rush home after school an watch superman save the day!Sad he shot himself but sure he is flying somewhere in the multiverse!!R.I.P George

@davidbaise5137 Жыл бұрын

Mr Nolt, thanks so much for this. In addition to remembering the fallen armed forces on this day, we can all remember these fantastic stories.

@jimnolt-TAC Жыл бұрын

Thank you, David. Very kind of you to say that.

@82fdny97 Жыл бұрын

I always remembered this episode

@azurerainbow4637 Жыл бұрын

This is one of the episodes that shows that Superman has other powers than the ones he uses so much. Superb that he can manage to dematerialize and walk through walls.

@DarthEditous Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of that episode of Lois & Clark where he vibrated the atoms in his body so quickly he was able to float through a forcefield.

@cosmosgato Жыл бұрын

The Flash must have showed him that trick 😂

@TheStarTrekApologist Жыл бұрын

What about using the S on his chest as a trap, or holographic projection better yet time travel

@Bobster986 Жыл бұрын

Yes, this was a very interesting episode, especially from that time. If my memory serves me correctly, the way Superman was able to walk through the wall was by vibrating his body to a point that his molicules could pass through the walls, a scientic fact reasonly descovered.

@je-fq7ve Жыл бұрын

@@Bobster986 still aint walking thru walls

@rochelleknoller3851 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting!

@davidj.steiger3178 2 ай бұрын

My favorite episode!

@patbyrne3076 2 жыл бұрын

God bless George

@DorothyNylund 7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for these videos. I remember the plots from some of these shows from when I was a kid!

@steevrawjers Жыл бұрын

Classic episode

@lemontadams3029 Жыл бұрын

The one and only real Superman

@rks515skr Жыл бұрын

I remember this scene... Only saw it once when I was so young

@tafnamtaf8909 Жыл бұрын

The guy inside the cube was in there for seven years: he could of stayed another week just to make sure

@InCountry6970 Жыл бұрын

Yes, you're right, just proves how silly these stories were

@bebo5558 Жыл бұрын

tafnam taf. He ran out of mayo!

@Skedawg88 Жыл бұрын

@@InCountry6970 But entertaining for kids and sometimes their parents viewed with them.

@kryptofly Жыл бұрын

….I know, right. Still, seven years alone in a cube? Don’t know why he didn’t just go to Mexico, way more safe and fun at that time. Could have lived like a king down there, think no extradition policy with the U.S. at that time. And Superman couldn’t kidnap him down there, would have been illegal. But then, logically there would have been no story either….

@richardkay8123 Жыл бұрын

@@InCountry6970😊

@mikemccormick8115 Жыл бұрын

I remember this one when I was 6. Scared me Superman was in real trouble! Oh good! He’s out!

@luthermcgee3767 8 ай бұрын

Even as an 8 year old boy, I was fascinated at this- I was saying to myself, " he's going through solid matter." That was way before I ever read that neutrinos were capable of passing through a solid, a liquid, or a gas at 65,000,000,000 once every 2 square centimeters. WHEW!

@bobtis Жыл бұрын

Just enjoy the story. It was 1956 after all.

@larryboydstonclassknowsnoage 5 ай бұрын

I paid big bucks for the entire DVD set. The ONLY Superman. I have known the intro by heart since I was 6. That was '63.

@craighicksartwork Жыл бұрын

Love that they ket the trampoline bounce sound in at the end

@moviesignsol Жыл бұрын

I remember watching this particular episode on a B&W television set back in the early 1970s. I remember the bad guy was watching the calendar for 7 years. At the 7 year mark the bad guy would pop open the door and be declared legally dead, his past crimes couldn't be used against him in a court of law. Keith Richards/Steve Barton (the bad guy) left the cube too early because Superman had the radio altered so 7 years hadn't quite elapsed.

@knerduno5942 Жыл бұрын

Keith Richards!? I guess he didn't get no satisfaction! The plot does not make a lot of sense. "Scram else he will pull the string then Jimmy & Lois will get it!" Heat ray eyes to the the rescue to burn the string.

@moviesignsol Жыл бұрын

@@knerduno5942 lol

@SPCLPONY 7 ай бұрын

I saw this episode many years ago... one of my favorites. I seem to recall that Superman went partially into the wall, and turned the clock ahead. The smug criminal inside stepped out (an hour?) too early... into the arms of the law.

@colinduff2922 Жыл бұрын

My favorite color episode. Season 2 & Season 6 (the final season from which this episode comes) are the best.

@sarahostrinsky4595 Жыл бұрын

Great

@MrBROTHERFELDER 9 ай бұрын

Underrated episode, but one of the coolest I think

@Mr.Lee52 9 ай бұрын

One of my favourite episodes

@bkkershner Жыл бұрын

I remember this episode well. A favorite, I guess.

@carlnelson3063 Жыл бұрын

When little didn't notice all the bloopers,but still fun to watch!😊

@michaelj.campagna404 Ай бұрын

Same here. When I was a little kid of 5 or 6 back in the early 60s, I didn't think about all the bloopers until I got older. But I do remember questioning my brother, " where does Clark Kent put his clothes when he changes into Superman "? LOL.

@ComdrStew 19 күн бұрын

Love how the Flash used this in the newer show. Superman vibrated himself so fast he was able to pass through the wall. I wonder why they never used it again for Superman.

@kencf0618 Жыл бұрын

This freaked me out when I was a kid because I thought Superman was caught in the wall.

@josephmaloney3140 Жыл бұрын

This was a great episode up to the point Lois and Jimmy are kidnapped and held hostage. Besides that the bad guys tell Superman exactly where they are, Superman could have wrapped this case up without getting involved without the clock business.

@dougsdumbjokes9978 Жыл бұрын

True, but the clock business was fun!

@erichanastacio9695 Жыл бұрын

The two, being tied up for who knows how long, has still to be tied up until noon the next day... needs to go to the bathroom as well. A pair of pissed off crappy pants they should have been. LOL 😂😂😂

@SkyKingofMaricopa 11 ай бұрын

How? What was "that timetable trick" to which Jimmy Olsen was referring? As a Superman devotee, I still don't get how Superman got them out of the house.

@steveconkey7362 2 ай бұрын

God I love those classic hats. Back when a man wasn't dressed without one.

@shanesmith6941 2 ай бұрын

I remember this episode from when I was a kid in the 70s. It was an old show then. LOL

@sst6555 Жыл бұрын

of course superman could have used his superfast speed to go over and snap the string out of guys hand of knock him out etc. or he could have burned throught the sting in fraction of second too

@jimnolt-TAC Жыл бұрын

This story has all the signs of being put together in a hurry and wasn't well thought out. But the idea of Superman "oozing through" the wall is interesting enough to keep me watching even after all these years.

@darylcheshire1618 Жыл бұрын

I wonder if the writers realized that Superman was too powerful and they had trouble coming up with stories.

@erichanastacio9695 Жыл бұрын

The Flash: Going through walls? Hey! That's my superpower!

@AldousHuxleysCat Жыл бұрын

I remember this one!!!

@michaelj.campagna404 Ай бұрын

Paul could have stayed in that Cube a little longer just to be safe, but then again, I didn't notice a sink or a shower or a washer and dryer in that Cube. Must have gotten a little "ripe" in there after 7 years!. I think that's the real reason Superman backed out of there.

@coveyssteve Жыл бұрын

Superman does not have only superpowers; he is very smart!

@knerduno5942 Жыл бұрын

If he was smart, he would of used the heat vision to burn the string the guy was threatening to pull.

@wfqsfg Ай бұрын

The guy spent 7 years in solitary confinement in a small space with no human contact other than speaking through the wall occasionally. Keeps his appearance up. Shaves, nice haircut. Clothes ironed and clean.

@thomasrogers202 5 ай бұрын

No matter your age, you have to be impressed by this "super guy". George Reeves simply did not know how good he was.

@stevepaul6955 Ай бұрын

Ben Weldon was always giving Superman a hard time and He later gave Batman trouble as one of Egghead's men.

@bebo5558 Жыл бұрын

They leave and go back into the house, then Superman goes to the other side of the cube out of sight and enters the cube!

@DavidLS1 Жыл бұрын

Superman uses his heat vision to turn the cube into a kiln.

@bobbuethe1477 Жыл бұрын

Not a bad idea... but this episode is from 1958, and Superman's heat vision power was only added in 1961.

@DavidLS1 Жыл бұрын

@@bobbuethe1477 Fair enough. Superman flies the cube into a volcano and waits for the bad guy to come out.

@macy-gu6vl 2 ай бұрын

@@DavidLS1?? That's not what happened Superman was not able to break into the cubem

@DavidLS1 2 ай бұрын

@@macy-gu6vl First of all, Superman _was_ able to pass through the wall. He just stopped to save Lois and Jimmy. He ended up causing the clock inside the cube to speed up, thereby tricking the bad guy into coming out too soon. But he could have incinerated the guy inside if if weren't for that rule he had about not killing. I was making a joke.

@azurerainbow4637 Ай бұрын

That guy whose brother is in the cube until his 7 years hiding in it was dumb when he told Superman how the clock inside there is working and where its power is cnming from gave Superman an idea, which is to seek help from the U.S. Navy. Even the Man of Steel sometimes needs help from ordinary people.

@boblehmann1644 Жыл бұрын

A competent Bad Guy would have infused the wall with Kryptonite.

@georgcantor7172 8 ай бұрын

0:36 Superman was able to have 100% of his atoms Quantum Tunnel through that cube. :O

@azurerainbow4637 9 ай бұрын

Good that Superman was using his super-hearing when he heard that Los & Jimmy were being held captive. The brother of the man was stupid to tell him about the clock inside and how it's getting its power from, hence Superman found a solution to save his friends.

@richardthomas754 Жыл бұрын

Never did understand how they built the Cube. How was it formed? Who came up with a compound stronger than Superman?

@jimnolt-TAC Жыл бұрын

Barton explained that it was made of an alloy developed by a scientist... who is no longer with us. Can't imagine what he meant by that.

@richardthomas754 Жыл бұрын

Kind of vague. Yup!

@SkyKingofMaricopa 11 ай бұрын

@@jimnolt-TAC Oh, c'mon. They likely rubbed out the person who had the knowledge--"splendid mind"--of making the special cube. Did you set this up for a comment?

@Rickshaw881 2 ай бұрын

leaps tall buildings in a single bound,, and dissolves into walls, that's interesting. Thank you.

@macy-gu6vl 2 ай бұрын

Never liked this episode Superman tried to break down the wall and couldn't. As a kid I thought it wasn't believable.

@Rickshaw881 2 ай бұрын

@@macy-gu6vl Gracias, and Merci!

@mikemilillo3197 3 ай бұрын

What a beautiful example of quantum tunneling. 😂

@HailAnts Жыл бұрын

As I recall, he learned to pass thru solid matter after one session with some kind of mysticist..

@calvinhandley2373 Жыл бұрын

The character was a scientist who was a recurring character who would advise Superman on things that he might be able to do, typically because of his dense molecular structure. There was another episode where the same character advised Superman how to split in to two versions of himself, each with half of his normal powers.

@nsnopper 2 ай бұрын

Great Caesar's Ghost!

@johnwagner4776 Ай бұрын

Must've been a lot of air, food, water, electricity, and toilet paper in that cube to last seven years...plus a huge septic tank

@Rushmore222 Жыл бұрын

The actor wearing the radio headset who plays the antagonist is named Keith Richards.

@TheBatugan77 2 ай бұрын

Wrong. It's Nick Saban.

@enigmagenesis7341 Жыл бұрын

Superman sure had some weird powers in those days. That is, I assume today's Supes can't make himself immaterial enough to walk through walls or hypnotise and levitate someone with a wave of his hand? And those are just from the first two clips I have watched of thos series!

@tonyblake7569 Жыл бұрын

Pretty sure he can pass through walls. Flash does it all the time by vibrating so fast his molecules somehow pass through solid objects. And depending which comic you read sometimes he's faster than the flash. He's at least close enough there's multiple times they had a race to see who was faster.

@calvinmasters6159 5 ай бұрын

Look how well people dressed back then.

@guillermoisamit7784 Жыл бұрын

Época pasada

@markgiardina1303 8 ай бұрын

I never realized how much hair George Reeves lost over the years.

@jimnolt-TAC 8 ай бұрын

His appearance seen here is partially due to the overabundance of that "greasy kid stuff" used in the 50s. And I have no idea why so much of that was used, especially in the final season. But if you check out "The Last Knight," you'll see him without it... and he looks much better. Also, a series of pictures were taken just days before he died. There too, he looks much better than he did in some of these episodes.

@AmisAngelstreams 8 ай бұрын

Superman ponders the cube

@kevinmadden1645 Жыл бұрын

Why couldn't Superman bore underground and come up through the floor?

@petertaylor8503 Жыл бұрын

Cause' it was a solid square, 6-sided cube of totally indestructible, molecularly hyper-dense collapsed impregnable matter ya big silly. Don't ya know?

@bebo5558 Жыл бұрын

Kevin Madden. How did they get the food and water in and the poo out???

@kevinmadden1645 Жыл бұрын

@@petertaylor8503 Of course! How stupid of me not to realize that!

@kevinmadden1645 Жыл бұрын

@@bebo5558 You ask too intelligent a question.

@erichanastacio9695 Жыл бұрын

He's probably doing Matt Damon's The Martian movie survival mode. He must have nuclear power source for the lights, air purifier, water recycling (pee back to water), and everything else. Could have used his own crap as fertilizer.

@Voodoomaria 10 ай бұрын

I have this series complete on DVD, Love it. I always laughed though, he's stand there and let a crook empty a gun at him, then the crook would throw the empty gun, and Superman would duck. George Reeves hated the show, and at the end of every season, believing [hoping] the show would be cancelled, he'd burn the super suit. THEN it would get picked up again, and he was contractually stuck with it, and the studio would have to make a new suit.

@jimnolt-TAC 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for posting your thoughts. Some of what you say is inaccurate though or misleading. It's true that Superman ducked the gun, but that happened only one time (The Mind Machine), and (not that it really matters) it wasn't George who ducked, but rather stand in Dale Van Sickel. I'm not sure why they filmed it that way though as it would have been better to have the gun bounce off of him. Regardless, they never made the same mistake again. And George never burned the costume, because it wasn't his to burn. Besides the production company had several costumes for each season. George's "relationship" with the character was complex. He didn't hate it, but it was not in the direction he hoped his career would take.

@gringott12 Жыл бұрын

The gangsters seem to be well dressed and groomed. Not a hair out of place.

@jrwbtw 11 ай бұрын

Of course, Superman should be able to lift the cube and fly away with it without any problem. "There's nobody hiding inside the cube? Well, I guess you wouldn't mind me dropping it off on the moon then?"

@alanstrong55 Жыл бұрын

The series was made in color. The stations did not always have color cameras.

@Mike1614b Жыл бұрын

and until about the early 70s most people didn't have color TVs

@scotpens Жыл бұрын

The Lone Ranger and The Cisco Kid, made in the 1950s when nearly all TV was broadcast in black-and-white, were also filmed in color with an eye to future syndication sales.

@bobbuethe1477 Жыл бұрын

The first two seasons were filmed in black and white. Seasons 3-6 were shot in color, but broadcast in black and white. Ten years later, when home color TV started catching on, the color version were released in syndication and a whole new generation of fans was created.

@ThomasPatterson-uq7ev 13 күн бұрын

Wow❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@harveytherobot 2 ай бұрын

I had no idea phasing through solid matter was once one of his powers!

@petermj1098 Ай бұрын

Superman was running so fast he phased through walls like the Flash.

@PassportReasons 11 ай бұрын

HAH thats where Luthor's sidekick was inspired from in the 79 movie!

@paulmatulavich7321 Жыл бұрын

I am 70 years old, watched Superman as a kid, but never saw The Mysterious Cube !!

@jimnolt-TAC Жыл бұрын

The plot has definite weaknesses, but the ideas of brains over brawn and Superman's ability to ooze through walls are intriguing.

@superboykevrolf3811 Жыл бұрын

This is so humiliating for the mighty Superman. Totally helpless

@lastrada52 6 ай бұрын

This show may have had its corny moments (it was aimed at a children's audience) but there were many clever, inventive & cool moments too. I still find George Reeves superior to all Superman actors. The "speed" & sound that was captured as he flew was quite convincing for the era -- instead of that ballet in the sky, they did for Christopher Reeve that signified little. This episode was ingenious. Some big TV stars made appearances in episodes: Chuck Connors, Russell Johnson (the Professor from Gilligan's Island), John Doucette (several John Wayne films including "True Grit" & "The Sons of Katie Elder"), Jeff Corey (also "True Grit"), Sterling Holloway (many Disney films), Claude Akins, Hugh Beaumont, Jimmy Dodd (Disney's head of the Mickey Mouse Club), Paul Fix (many John Wayne films) & Dabbs Greer (who later became the old man in The Green Mile). They kept it interesting. At the time (1950s) this show was on, George Reeves' Superman was second only to Elvis Presley in fandom & popularity. With lunch boxes, toys, pens, trading cards, posters & other memorabilia. Considering that it ran from 1951-1958 (actually 6 TV seasons from 1952 with one early film "Superman and the Mole Men" - 1951) it was highly successful. It was supposed to continue for two more years: 1959 & 1960. But John Hamilton (Perry White) & George Reeves had died. So the series never ended because of poor ratings.

@jimnolt-TAC 6 ай бұрын

Good words there, @lastrada52. For many of us George Reeves was and will always be the best Superman. He brought a certain sincerity to the role ... a sincerity that gave us comfort, perhaps. Thanks for your thoughts and have a Happy 2024.

@sharms888 24 күн бұрын

Geeze all Superman had to do was cut the string !!!

@user-xd2rj1tx4y 2 ай бұрын

How he’ll keep uniform clean show,I need cleaning secrets

@davannaleah Жыл бұрын

I never saw this in color!

@davidbaise5137 Жыл бұрын

These plots are really far out for an 8 year old TV watcher.

@AndrewGonzalesArtistry Жыл бұрын

I like how at 1:26, the role of Superman is temporarily played by Donald Trump

@jayglithero524 2 ай бұрын

I've often felt that 7 years in prison would be better than 7 years in the cube. He could have gotten into the exercise yard each day. And how did he eliminate bodily waste?