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But it did have one thing going for it: A smooth, '70s funk theme song.
It may be more appropriate for putting the moves on Mary Jane than throwing down with Doc Ock (or in the case of the super-villain-free TV series, evil chemical engineers), but we can't get enough of that smooth funk sound, and we're hoping it makes a long-deserved comeback in the upcoming reboot of the Spider-Man movie franchise. After all, the "does whatever a spider can" theme of the '60s cartoon is so played out, but this little gem's been untouched for over 30 years.
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Friday 19 March
By Matthew Craig
No no no. NO.
Nicholas Hammond was AWESOME as Peter Parker. Chip Fields, Robert F. Simon, MICHAEL PATAKI HOW IS HE NOT YOUR GOD AND KING CHRIS SIMS, all did sterling work with cheap-as-chips effects and some...stories.
I mean, sure, Aunt May was married to at least eight different men during the course of the run. All dead. And some of the stories did a really bad job of capitalising on the kung-fu craze of...five years previously. But for god's sake, gang:
Mind Control Movies!
A "King" "Pin!"
Domestic Terrorism
Nuclear Bombs!
Acupuncture!
ROSALIND CHAO.
PCP!
J. Jonah Jameson in a Spider-Man costume!
Hong Flamin' Kong.
Webpolines!
Dune Buggies!
DUNE BUGGIES.
And Joanna Cameron doing smart and spunky twenty-five years before Erica Durance ever slipped on a stacked heel.
(okay, okay, stretched the point there, perhaps)
Spider-Man/The Amazing Spider-Man/etc. was a product of its time, sure. And maybe its reach exceeded its grasp (or maybe it didn't, and that was the problem). And, yes, maybe some of it - SOME - was a bit rubs.
But it was better than Spider-Man 3.
Oh, yes.
//\Oo/\\
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Friday 19 March
By RAB
Seconding Matthew here. Given the limited budget and resources they had to work with, the show was still made with considerable energy and enthusiasm, and a younger me enjoyed the heck out of it.
Sunday 21 March
By Andre Bennett
Seriously, this was a bad show. I've watched it, and I can tell you, it's bad. But that theme song (the show's second, actually) was pretty damn sweet. Thanks for reminding me of that, at least. (And that Tootie's mother played JJJ's secretary!)
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Sunday 21 March
By Alton
I don't remember the show although Nick Hammond's name and face does ring a bell.Isn't it interesting though how no one knows or cares who the sax player was.This is like Steely Dan doing AJA with no musician credits when the saxophonist was Sonny Rollins.What the hell? Fagan and Becker despite their love of a number of different styles of music were on the high end of an EGO trip and just couldn't be bothered.Hopefully Sonny got paid for the gig.One guess is Grover Washington who is better known for his soprano and alto work but was also a triple threat on tenor.
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