moriarty@fluke.UUCP (Jeff Meyer) (02/20/85)
In article <553@pyuxd.UUCP> marc@pyuxd.UUCP (M Schare) writes: >And speaking of cartoon super heroes, remember > > >1) Super President -> The Chief Executive who could turn himself into > any object, granite, diamond or whatever. > You're kidding! There was actually a series like this? What year? I just start giggling everytime I think of LBJ turning into granite... >4) Or EIGHT MAN. This was a robot who could run fAST and look like anyone > he wanted to. In disguise, he was TOBOR (aint that clever). The theme > went something like: > > There's a pre-historic monstor, it came fom outer space > Created by the martians to destroy the human race. > The FBI is help-less - it's twenty stories tall > What can we do, who can we call ?????? > This I remember -- one of my favorites at age 9 or 10. I particularly liked his ability to cover his metal surface with "plasta-skin" or whatever, in a matter of seconds. Beats phone booths all out... If anybody could remember the complete lyrics... then all I can say is, they're got one heck of a memory. However, please post them. Also, does anybody remember if Eighth (not Eight) Man's creator was a criminal (who was always trying to capture him again) or one of those saintly old scientists who always appear in Japanese animated series. I remember SOME recurring villain throughout the show's history... "I want to buy a husband who, every week when I sit down to watch "St. Elsewhere", won't scream, "FORGET IT, BLANCHE... IT'S TIME FOR 'HEE HAW'!!" " Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc. UUCP: {cornell,decvax,ihnp4,sdcsvax,tektronix,utcsrgv}!uw-beaver \ {allegra,gatech!sb1,hplabs!lbl-csam,decwrl!sun,ssc-vax} -- !fluke!moriarty ARPA: fluke!moriarty@uw-beaver.ARPA