Superhero Watersports
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Now that is some fine family entertainment: the Riddler and the Joker about to kill a trussed-up Robin in a giant cheese press, all in front of a live audience.
At Sea World.
Author Marc Tyler Nobleman has been sharing a series of interviews he did with the creators and performers of a DC-superhero-waterskiing show produced at Sea World in the 1970s and early '80s.
The show included stage magic designed by Harry Blackstone, including the Teen Wonder in a cheese press. One of Nobleman's interviewees recalled how that device was potentially dangerous: "It did spike Robin’s cape one time and when it came time for him to pop up and say his lines, he was struggling to free himself."
Click on the links for many more backstage memories and larger images.
And for legality.
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Date: 2011-09-07 10:22 pm (UTC)As for the scan. I wonder how Robin able to control that seal. By the power of his cute butt?
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