The Weekly Planet - The Worst Thing Marvel Ever Created - Caravan Of Garbage

Episode Date: June 26, 2018

Post Avengers Infinity War and pre Ant-man & The Wasp we take a look at the 1966 animated series, The Marvel Superhero Show. Imagine if you will, the worst looking, cheapest and the dumbest series imaginable. I hate this and you should too.Video Version ► https://goo.gl/pwxRXTTwitter ► http://twitter.com/mrsundaymoviesFacebook ► http://facebook.com/mrsundaymoviesAmazon affiliate link: https://amzn.to/2Iuiq91Patreon ► https://patreon.com/mrsundaymoviesT-Shirts/Merch ► https://www.teepublic.com/stores/mr-sunday-moviesThe Weekly Planet YouTube ► https://goo.gl/1ZQFGH Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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animation in production so it's a series of still frames and they stripped out like the backgrounds yeah stripped out everything exciting you know absolutely i mean they kept some of the color i feel that any project any artistic project that begins with they photocopied a bunch of stuff it's probably a bad sign i think absolutely yeah unless you're testing your new photocopy machine in which case that's a necessity obviously yeah for sure but that's not as arty as no like so. So the season was broken up into different Avengers. And this episode ties into Ant-Man and the Wasp because it has both Ant-Man and the Wasp. So hey, there you bloody go.

It's from episode eight from the Incredible Hulk series and it consists of three miniature episodes put together called the Space Phantom, Sting of the Wasp, and Exit the Hulk. Ooh. So that sounds quite compelling in itself. Oh, for sure. But let me assure you... Is the sting of the wasp why the Hulk exited? There's not really even a sting of the wasp

now that I think about it. Yeah. But we'll get to that. Unless it's a stinging wit. No. Oh. That's a shame. So it starts with the Hulk just standing by himself in an open plane. Just grousing about the other Avengers. I didn't watch the whole thing, but I watched a couple of minutes. And it's just him being like, these other Avengers,

what a bunch of pricks, I hate them. Yeah, he goes, Thor's no good without his hammer. He's just another god, which is also still very good. But hey, whatever. Iron Man is just a guy in a tin suit. True. He does know a little bit of jujitsu, I think. That's true.

But not 60s Iron Man. He just knows how to drink gin. He'll hit you with a broken bottle. Yeah, for sure. That's what he knows. Jen, the wasp, doesn't count because she's a woman. There's a lot of that in this. Yeah, right.

And Giant Man has to use pills to grow big. But at the same time, where did you get your powers from? Yeah, exactly. You weren't born like that. You got caught in a bunch of radiation. And even if you were, that's not impressive either. No. If you were a weakling and you lifted weights all day and then you became the Hulk,

that would be very impressive. Like us. Like us, exactly. Yeah, that's right. So then it flashes back to... Just lifted weights and smeared ourselves in green jello until we turned to the hulk that's impressive that's commitment so then flashes back to fonda times when uh the avengers meeting and he's explaining the story that befell him and how

he ended up in this vacant lot yeah and what i enjoyed about the the meeting of the avengers was like even though we don't have to meet, we probably should meet every week just to get to know each other a little better. It's weird. While you're wearing your costumes, it's weird. You think it's going to turn into a sex party, don't you, Tony? Well, that's the thing, though. Also, Tony's called Anthony Stark for a lot of this, which is quite off-putting. But Hulk mentions that, yeah, we always meet at Anthony Stark's mansion, even though he's rarely there.

And I'm like, oh, okay, this is the time when nobody knew that Tony Stark was Iron Man. So that's what's going on. Yeah, right, right. And Iron Man's in his red and gold suit and it's got a big aerial sticking out of one shoulder. And then they just get in an argument and Thor and Hulk just nearly start hitting each other for no reason. Because one's like, cease your prattling or whatever. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's just nonsense.

Oh, God, I love that era of just roughhousing. And there's a lot of that in this. So Ant-Man and the Wasp show up because people are like, where are they? They're late. And then Ant-Man throws the Wasp under the bus and goes, well, you know how long it takes for a woman to get ready. And he's not bloody wrong, mate.

Let me tell you that much. That's correct correct but then she redeems herself this character because then she's like oh i like the i like thor he's he's hot yeah it's so hot anyway an object is approaching as the narrator says from space the narrator says that it's egg shaped but it's an egg but it's a sperm it's a big old looks like it big old space sperm. It looks like a sperm. That's where I stopped watching. So It's a coincidence. Too much for you? Yeah, for sure. So it turns out it's the... I don't watch

animation for just revolting images of spermatozoa. So it turns out it's the space phantom. A character I've never heard of but perhaps he's from the comics. Does he look like... He looks like a Dracula. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. I know the space phantom because's from the comics. Does he look like... Oh, no, I was thinking of... He looks like a Dracula. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I know the Space Phantom because he can possess people.

Yes. Does he possess anybody in this? Exactly right. Okay. I was thinking of the gorilla guy, but that's the red ghost. You're an idiot, Mason. But the Space Phantom can possess people. And he's all crooked.

Yeah. Is he all crooked? He's always on an angle. And the weirdest thing about the Space... First of all, I should say... That he lives in a sperm? Is that the weirdest thing? Because if you say anything else, you're wrong.

The answer is he lives in a sperm. Right. That is the weirdest thing. But of course, though, he's from the comics because all of this is photocopied from a comic. Yeah, right. So I'm an idiot to think not. So basically, he's got a plan, right?

This is his plan. Phase one, land in an alley. Phase two, take over Earth. and there's nothing kind of in between that right he's just winging it i respect that yeah i absolutely respect that he just finished his improv one course and he's just like just go down there and take over earth i guess i'll know how to do it when i see it i guess so he sees a man in the street and he uh so he copies the person's look and then he banishes that guy to like the negative zone or something yeah which is a place between shadow and substance i'm thinking oh my god so

he's just killed some random dude in the street for no reason just to look like him but it turns out like when he changes back to himself the person just returns from limbo yep so during this he's constantly shifting and sending people to limbo and then coming back and only one person can be in limbo at one time yeah so i don't know what this is or how it makes sense or why he does it yeah or really anything about that's the cruelest torture of all you go into limbo you can't have a have a nice natter to anybody but you can't check your social medias none of them could even even be... Which, by that, I mean the mailbox, because it's 1966.

So, he plans to use this disguise to sneak up on the Avengers. Yes. Right, that's his plan. But they're just watching him on television. That table that they were sitting at, it's also a television, and they're just watching him going,

what is this? Right. This guy. So, he doesn't have the element of surprise. No. Which is ultimately all he has. Yes, that's right. That was phase two of his plan, maybe.

Oh, man. And also Janet says, I tell you what, he's not bad looking either. Wow. Wow. So that's pretty good. The Hulk says, listen, I'm going to take care of this. Everybody stay at the table. Don't watch, but I'm going to go.

They don't watch this for whatever reason. So he goes to get the Phantom and the Phantom puts him in limbo and then turns into the Hulk. Right? So then it cuts back and all the Avengers are sitting at the table with the Hulk. He's just sitting there twiddling his thumbs and whistling. That's exactly it. And they go, hey, what happened to the guy that you were just going to fight in my home and he's like hey shut up why don't you shut up about it none of your business or whatever uh-huh because they're like

story checks out yeah and then uh then thor's like hey that kind of talk is not on and then there's a little bit of a bloody bit of a rough house between them does he gain all the powers of the hulk i wonder yeah he seems to because it's not really made clear. He says he duplicates them, but he also might go into their body and send their spirit to the shadow dimension or whatever. Also, back then, the Hulk wasn't as strong as he is now. No. Back then, he was just as strong as a pretty strong guy. No, Iron Man is just shoving him into a wall at one point. There's not a lot to him, to be honest.

Yeah, for sure. So, we then cut to the real Hulk because... Hanging out in limbo. Yeah, but what it is, there's just a landscape, and he's just kind of flying above it. Limbo! Yeah, it's limbo, right?

This fake Hulk runs into a mate of the Hulk. He's like, hey, we've got to go back to your lab. Is it Rick Jones? It could be. I think they name him, but who cares? Let's say yes. He goes, the Hulk, you don't look right. Why don't we go back to the lab and we'll get you sorted out? And the fake Hulk's like, okay, yeah, sure.

So he puts Rick Jones, let's say that's him, on his back. And now that I think about it, Rick Jones probably wouldn't go back to the lab. He'd probably go to like a malt shop. Sure. He'd probably go to New York and get an egg cream. You know, a famous New York egg cream. Oh, I'm aware. What do you think to New York and get an egg cream. You know a famous New York egg cream? Oh, I'm aware. What do you think the two major ingredients of an egg cream are?

If I had to guess, like a whisked egg and just like a full cream milk. An egg cream contains neither egg nor cream. What? Yeah. Now let's move on. No time. Yep. So the Hulk, the fake Hulk, jumps the wrong way yes and then like down no like the wrong direction i say right and then the guy rick james says yes uh hey you okay doing me you're going the

wrong way and he goes ah no i'm the space phantom just go immediately just reveals himself wow he doesn't go i'm kind of confused sometimes because I'm the Hulk and I'm real dumb. Yeah, that's right. He just goes, I'm the Space Phantom, I guess. Yeah. Also, if you're the Space Phantom and you live in space, wouldn't you just be called the Phantom? Good point. It is, isn't it?

Yeah. And in China, they call Chinese food, food. Is that true? No. They don't? I don't think so. So they don't call food, food? No, I don't know. Do they have egg cream? They don't have egg cream. Okay so. So they don't call food food? No, I don't know.

Do they have egg cream? They don't have egg cream. Okay. Yeah. That's a shame. So anyway, just to demonstrate his power, he brings the Hulk back and then sends him away again in front of Rick James. Whoa.

And then he leaves. He's like, see you later. I'm going to destroy the Avengers. As the Hulk or as himself? As the Hulk. Okay. So he sends the Hulk back to floating over a landscape or whatever. Meanwhile, there's some Stark weapons being tested, which the Phantom Hulk comes in and takes.

All sorts of transistor-powered weaponry, probably. Probably. It's just a big lot of missiles kind of stacked together. Transistor-powered missiles. Sure, yes. And then cuts to Tony Stark, who's charging his arc reactor in what is probably the funniest animation in this. And he's just got a, got a cord connected from his chest,

which he's holding into a power socket in the wall. Incredible. He's not even, it's not even hands free. He has to hold it. Wow. And you can just see the electricity kind of going to and from. It's ridiculous.

So like his, cause back in the day, like he didn't have an arc reactor. He had a chest plate. Yeah, that's exactly it. Like 60s Tony Stark had to wear this enormous oven door. Like an iron lung. Under his suit, like under his business suit every day.

And he had to sleep with it on. Absolutely. Imagine those bed sores. No good. Yuck. So anyway, he goes to confront this fake Hulk. And they just start... Falk.

Falk. They start fighting in the sky. Great. It's also kind of because the Phantom's like, oh, the Hulk jumps really far. That's how he flies. No. You've got that obviously wrong, you dummy. He just jumps.

But they just needed a battle in the sky. You know why? Because they couldn't put any backgrounds in. Yeah. So they're just like, we'll just say he can fly now. Yeah, that's it. So then the real... We're never doing this again, so who cares, they thought.

So the real Hulk is brought back and the Phantom turns into a little wasp, but the Hulk and Iron Man are still fighting, right? Uh-huh. Because Iron Man still thinks it's the... Because it happens so quickly. Ooh! There's a big explanation of how I changed so quickly

that nobody could notice that me, the Phantom, was not the Hulk. And then I turned into a wasp. Who's he talking to? Exactly. Anyway, Ant-Man and the wasp turn up. They tell him about the Phantom because they've figured it out or whatever. She also tells Hank Pym that he's got beautiful eyes, which is nice.

That is nice. Yeah. And then Giant-Man because he could be Giant-Man and this breaks up the fight. Right? And the reason they turn up is because Rick James called them or whatever. Yeah, for sure. I know it's not Rick James, but I'm just calling him that, all right? I get it.

So anyway, the Phantom then... Seems like he's not aware that it's Rick James. Not Rick James, but... Anyway, then the Phantom then attacks the Wasp in Wasp form. And she's like, how can this be? Because I'm the Wasp. Like, that's what I do and I can't control this Wasp. Wait, is it an actual Wasp?

Yeah. Well, no, the Phantom... But it's an actual Wasp, not the Wasp. Yeah, he's what I do, and I can't control this wasp. Wait, is it an actual wasp? Yeah. Well, no, the phantom, yeah. But it's an actual wasp, not the wasp. Yeah, he's turned into a wasp. Okay. Yeah. Did he phantom zone a wasp? No, he just turned into a wasp.

Huh. He doesn't say phantom zone a wasp. So he's got two powers. Yeah. One is gain the possession of a body of an incredibly powerful being and then send their soul to limbo. Correct. And also transform into a wasp.

There is two powers. They're very specific, and that's what he's got. So then he steals Giant Man's body, but everybody's onto it. The secret's out. So this beat up Giant Man. Yeah, pretty much. But he's like, it's too late to stop me.

And nobody's like, from doing what? Yeah, right. What is this? What's your plan? Because his plan only seems to be make the avengers fight and they figured it out yeah so i don't you know what that's zemo's plan too and it worked pretty well so that's not a bad boy it's all in the execution if you ask me yeah then he takes on iron man iron man's form and then he's like and now people don't know i'm iron man and

the hulk's like yeah we do yeah we saw it this is your only trick unless you're going to turn into a wasp again anyway then the wasp goes to visit donald blake who's thor it doesn't exist anymore in the movies and some of the comics but you get the idea and she writes on a bit of paper wasp and he's like oh the wasp is here she must need my help and then she's like yeah uh we need thor can you go and get him i don't know why she wrote anything and then just tell him. Also, you can grow big. So I don't understand any of this. Anyway, so then Thor turns up to stop this fake Iron Man.

Yep. Fireman. Fireman, thank you. So he summons a storm and Iron Man's suit rusts. Sure. So then he tries to steal Thor's body because he's like, well, I'll get Thor's body. I'm a phantom. I'm a crooked like, well, I'll get Thor's body.

I'm a phantom. I'm a crooked man from space. I'll get into Thor. But when he tries to do that, he can't because Thor's a god and he himself goes to limbo. Oh, what a twist. Yeah. What an incredible finale. I love that.

Because there's no foreshadowing that that would ever happen. No, there's no reason why it wouldn't work on him and not somebody else. Because Thor's a god, but he's also, like, he's just a being. And space fandoms are weird space possessor man. Why wouldn't it work? I don't know. And then the Hulk's like, you know what I've learned from all of this? You all fucking hate me.

And I'm leaving forever. And so he does. And that's why he's standing by himself at the start of the episode. Just grousing about his mates. And then he says, but I'll tell you this, I'm still the strongest man on earth. But he's not. It's Thor. It's Thor. It's Iron Man when he's in his suit.

It's Giant Man a lot of the time. Anyway, this is horrible. This is the worst thing ever made. It's minimal effort even for the time It's a nonsense storyline The animation is absolute dog shit The voice acting is atrocious It's weirdly

It's just like they got a whole bunch of people in an accountant's office Yeah To just read some lines They only made a very short amount of episodes And they aired between September and December of 1966 and they stopped doing it but this is absolute fucking trash by any standards and i'm glad everyone who was involved in this is dead now wow yeah powerful stuff i know i was gonna say tell us how you really feel, lol. Lol. Anyway, that was the Marvel Superhero Show 1966, Episode 8, The Space Phantom.

Maybe there's one good one. You never know. No, there's definitely not. Because we did three, and none of these were close to being good. Wow. Anyways, we do Caravan of Garbage every Tuesday. If you've got something to recommend, please do below. We also have videos here every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday.

And we have a podcast called The Weekly Planet where we talk movies and comics and TV shows. But you can also find that all at planetbroadcasting.com. Oh, you've got this down to a fine art. You better believe it, Mason. I'm no dummy. Well, I am. But I've just done this so many times that I can do it. Yep.

Yeah. You're more a monkey. Yeah, sure. Yeah, for sure. And if you're listening to the audio version of this, you can watch all the visuals if you want. It's not better than listening because you have to look at it,

but you can. It's optional. You've got to see some of this animation style. Yeah. Animation style, air quotes. Yeah, absolutely. And you've got to watch at least a minute of it, I feel, to just get the vibe of like,

I'm the Hulk and I'm a real prick and Janet's a bitch. I hate it. I hate her. She's no good. Anyway, it's really good. See you next time. Bye. Grab that gem, you guys.

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