Today is Underdog Day!
Sadly, many members of the blogging generation are probably too young to remember the adventures of mild-mannered Shoeshine Boy, who ducked into available telephone booths to transform into the rhyming wonder that was Underdog.
Some of us not only remember the show (which ran from 1964 to 1973) but distinctly recall wanting to be Underdog when we grew up.(Wanted to be the dog, ended up the yak. Where, oh where did I go wrong?) This proved particularly difficult (not to mention expensive) for parents, given Underdog’s propensity to become distracted in flight and crash into just about anything and everything. Imitation being the highest form of flattery, there’s an entire generation that understood the concept of “collateral damage” long before reaching the age of military service. (Strangely, I never did figure out how Underdog managed to knock down a concrete wall without suffering so much as a single bruise, but I suspect that talent – or the lack thereof – is precisely why I didn’t actually manage to grow up to be a superhero.)
Wordon the street is thatDisney has started production on a live-action film based on Underdog. If Wikipedia’s description is correct (and the rumors I heard are wrong) it looks like the film sadly misses the mark. Disney execs might want to take a hint from any one of the kids who once loved the show – Underdog isn’t a real dog. He’s a hero. With a few minor flaws and peripheral concentration issues.
He stands up for the oppressed, helps the needy and rescues ladies from mustachioed men driving trains. His powers aren’t supernatural, they’re *cough* chemically enhanced (I still think those were caffeine pills). He does his best and does the right thing, even if he’s a little goofy at times. And every now and again, he hits a concrete wall head on. But he gets up, brushes himself off and keeps on going.
Just like the rest of us.
Trackposted to Blue Star Chronicles, The Amboy Times, third world county, and Adam’s Blog, thanks to Linkfest Haven Deluxe.
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Underdog wasn’t bad, but he was directed to a younger audience than I was in the 60s and 70s… In that era, I preferred Chicken Man (”He’s Everywhere! He’s Everywhere” *cue theme motif*), a regular 5(or so)-mimute morning drive-time radio showlet…
Ahhh… morning drivers everywhere (well, everywhere it aired and everyone who were tuned in for it) escaping to the “Chicken Man” world, if only for a few mins… Why, oh, why did Chicken Man ever go off the air???? And where is he today??? One of the greatest conundrums of our time.
Comment by David — December 15, 2006 @ 9:41 pm