The Adventures of Superpup

*The Adventures of Superpup*
The Adventures of Superpup
	Superpup!
Genre	Children's television series; Adventure
Directed by	Cal Howard
Starring	Billy Curtis; Frank Delfino; Ruth Delfino; Sadie Delfino; Harry Monty; Angelo Rossitto
No. of seasons	Pilot only
No. of episodes	1
Production
Producer	Whitney Ellsworth
Running time	22 min.

The Adventures of Superpup, a 1958 pilot which never aired on TV, was meant to capitalize on the success of Adventures of Superman. Superpup featured the first television portrayal of the Superman characters as non-humans.

Overview

Television producer Whitney Ellsworth created a pilot that placed the Superman mythos into a fictional universe populated by dogs instead of human beings. The live-action actors were placed in dog-suits to portray the canine versions of the characters of Superman. The pilot was filmed on the same set as The Adventures of Superman, and the characters were portrayed by little people. Whitney Ellsworth later produced The Adventures of Superboy television pilot.

The Clark Kent character was renamed "Bark Bent", who worked for the Daily Bugle (not to be confused with Peter Parker's workplace) under editor "Terry Bite" and the female lead was named "Pamela Poodle". Superpup/Bark Bent himself was played by actor Billy Curtis, who was also in Superman and the Mole Men with George Reeves.

A book titled Superboy and Superpup: The Lost Videos, written by Chuck Harter, was published in 1993 by Cult Movies Press. Employees had seen the obscure pilots for both of the proposed replacements for the Reeves series: The Adventures of Superpup and The Adventures of Superboy, as well as twelve un-produced Superboy scripts. Both were released unofficially to the public domain on the VHS format. It is also available as part of Warner Home Video's fourteen-disc DVD set, Superman Ultimate Collector's Edition. Half of the episode is presented in the collection in color from a surviving print, while the other half of the pilot is presented in black & white from a video master of lesser quality.

An animated series with a somewhat similar premise, Krypto the Superdog, aired on Cartoon Network decades later.

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