nobody remembers plastic man!
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thor1981 — 19 years ago(June 28, 2006 01:31 AM)
He was a member of the Justice League of America along with Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman, ect. some people mistake him with the other DC comic hero of Elongated Man, True Plastic Man was a Quilty Comic hero, but DC bought out Quility Comics and thus got hold of Plastic man, and he has now been part of the DCU.
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cmetro4129 — 19 years ago(July 14, 2006 10:07 PM)
Plastic man was the starting line up of the saturday morning cartoons on ABC network, late 70's with Schoolhouse rock , you remember" Conjunction junction whats your function" followed by Richie Rich, then the Superfriends Hall of justice.
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KillerMontezuma — 19 years ago(July 28, 2006 07:56 AM)
Plastic Man was the cartoon that brightened up my summer hols when I was little. I have the whole set on bootleg from the States. Baby Plas was the funniest, altough I was only 7 at the time I watched it every morning on ITV.
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SteveM-1 — 19 years ago(March 17, 2007 01:06 PM)
Plastic Man was a great show. I remembered one time he was a guest hero on the first Super Friends TV series (back when they still had Wendy, Marvin and Wonder Dog, before Wonder Twins). On that one episode, Plastic Man was barely a flash in the pan. There was this super computer that was going crazy because a mouse had gotten loose inside the computer. Plastic Man showed up so he could stretch his arm inside, snake it around, and find the mouse. Superman guided him by using his X-ray vision. Anyway, Plas saved the day and went home. His screen time was probably less than 4 or 5 minutes.
When he was star of his own show, I thought it was the greatest. I loved all of the imaginative transformations he did and thought the villans were hilarious. I also liked his assistants Penny and Hula-Hula. Penny was the Southern Belle who obviously had a serious crush on Plas and Hula-Hula was the clumsy Hawaiian sidekick who had extraordinary, almost supernatural, Bad Luck. You could tell it heavily borrowed from "Get Smart". The way Plastic Man talked to the Chief and used phrases like "missed by that much", he was definitely imitating Don Adams' Maxwell Smart character.
I would love to see these cartoons on DVD. I don't care so much for the other sequences included in the show (like "Mighty Man and Yukk", "Rickety Rocket" and "Goldie Gold & Action Jack"), I just want the Plastic Man episodes. I'll even take the "Baby Plas" shorts if they have to include them. -
radracer72 — 18 years ago(August 07, 2007 10:59 AM)
Here,dude. I found this on iQuality,the quality on the DVDs is about VHS-level,but really if your a Plas fan like me,you probably won't mind. It's got Baby Plas and Plasticman Family on there too.
http://www.ioffer.com/i/Plastic-Man-Comedy-Adventure-Show-Animated-Series-13660041
Oh,and have you guys seen the episode with "The Weed",as far as I-Know-Shouldn't-Laugh-Because-It's-Just-A-Cartoon names go that one takes the cake. Can you guys think of a worse one? It's especially funny because this was a 70's show. -
randomlynx — 17 years ago(November 23, 2008 08:41 PM)
hehe, I can't believe I almost forgot this show. I remember seeing it on tv years back, partly wondering just who the heck Plasticman was and whether he really was part of the regular cast of heros. It wasn't until a few years back when I started collecting DC comic books that I indeed started seeing plasticman on a regular basis. And he now seems to be back making an appearance in the new Batman Brave and the Bold cartoon. Funny stuff
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kooljerk666 — 13 years ago(January 01, 2013 11:16 AM)
Plastic Man Complete DVD collection currently $7.42 reduced from $45.00 I will be ordering it myself.
I was born in 1961 so I remember Plastic Man well and don'r forget Baby Plas!
http://www.amazon.com/Plastic-Man-The-Complete-Collection/dp/B0029WGIDK
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
The limb-stretching, wisecracking Plastic Man, one of the most offbeat superheroes in the DC Comics stable, got his own Saturday morning cartoon series between 1979 and 1981, which is compiled here in all its lighthearted, slapstick-driven glory. The Ruby/Spears-produced series did away with the darker origins of the character from the comic (in short: smalltime hood Eel O'Brien is doused by a mysterious chemical that gives him his powers of elasticity, which he uses to fight crime after his former partners abandon him) and focuses on broad situations that allow Plas to riff wildly while saving gal pal Penny and sidekick Hula Hula from various villains (three of whichCarrot-Man, Doctor Dome, and Doctor Honctoffare carried over from the comics). The tone is very much in line with the cartoons of the periodlaughs and wackiness are emphasized over storybut Michael Bell gives an amusing vocal performance as Plastic Man, and some of the episodes ("Wham-Bam! Beware of the Clam!") have a manic surrealism that brings to mind the Tick's brief animated tenure. Fans should note that the 35 episodes compiled here are only the Plastic Man episodes featured as part of the multi-segment Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show; the second-season debut of Baby Plas, who earned his own segments, and the Plastic Family (Plas, long-suffering girlfriend-turned-wife Penny, and their son, Baby Plas, take on somewhat lesser challenges) are not included here. Extras include an unaired Plastic Man pilot from 2006 with Tom Kenny (SpongeBob SquarePants) lending the rocket fuel to this new version of the character developed by Batman: The Brave and the Bold's Andy Suriano. There's also a 14-minute featurette, "PLAS-tastic: A Brief History of Plastic Man," which brings together several of the original show's writers with Suriano and Kenny to discuss both animated takes on Plastic Man, as well as his appearances in the comics and more recent guest shots on Brave and the Bold. Paul Gaita