Episode 29: Special Superhero Episode - Superman - December 15, 1978

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s...three giant nerds talking about superhero movies! The boys head back to December 15th, 1978 to celebrate the granddaddy of them all, SUPERMAN! And Can You Read Their Minds and guess their Top Ten favorite superhero movies? Throw on your cape and take flight with Episode 29 of Opening Weekend! Which after-school animated  superhero had the coolest theme song? (Hint: it wasn’t The Sub-Mariner).  Who gives the most heartbreaking performance of 1978: Glenn Ford as “Pa Kent” or the millions of kids crying as they try to make sense of the “Star Wars Holiday Special?” BAM POW THWAP! Dan is bitten by a radioactive spider and gains the transformative powers of venerable character actress, Linda Hunt....or Brad Bird....he’s not sure. Fred is belted by gamma rays and turns into a rage monster any time he hears Margot Kidder ask “Can you read my....” GRRRAAAAH!!!! FRED SMASH!!!! And Jason treks to the Fortress of Solitude where the ghost of Jor El guides him in unleashing his true super potential as.....Nick Nolte?WHAMO! KAPOW! HANDFART!!!! With great podcast, comes great responsibility.