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Title: Great Caesar's __________ Post by: brad.ricca on August 13, 2006, 06:06:16 PM Hi all-
I've searched my dogeared Great Superman Book and the mighty Supermanica but still can't find it: Where/When did Perry first exclaim "Great Caesar's Ghost?" Apologies if it's in there and I missed it, but any help would be appreciated. -Brad www.lastson.greendoorfilms.com Title: Re: Great Caesar's __________ Post by: TELLE on August 14, 2006, 02:23:13 AM Good question. No idea.
Title: Re: Great Caesar's __________ Post by: Permanus on August 14, 2006, 03:09:58 AM Or, for that matter, when did he first start telling Jimmy not to call him "chief"?
Title: Re: Great Caesar's __________ Post by: Super Monkey on August 14, 2006, 06:06:45 AM Not a clue, however if I had to take a wild guess, I would say perhaps the Radio Show?
Title: Re: Great Caesar's __________ Post by: joshua neff on August 14, 2006, 09:37:42 AM I thought it came from the TV series Adventures of Superman. In fact, wasn't there an episode where some crooks took advantage of Perry's catchphrase and had a guy dressed up as the ghost of Caesar to dupe Perry?
Title: Re: Great Caesar's __________ Post by: brad.ricca on August 14, 2006, 10:02:48 AM The TV show had an episode in 1955 based on (as far as I can tell) the comic of '54 (see Supermanica here
http://superman.nu/wiki/index.php/Great_Caesar's_Ghost! but the whole gag of these plots seem to be (have to be) based on Perry using it over and over again earlier (so much so they made a story out of it!). I'm thinking the radio show is a good suggestion since it was responsible for so many other things, but want to rule out the comics. But yeah "Stop calling me Chief" is another good question. -BR Title: Re: Great Caesar's __________ Post by: pajarator on September 12, 2006, 05:12:08 PM The first one I have actually seen is in Superman 86 in January 1954...
Perry says it when he hears shots at night... Title: Re: Great Caesar's __________ Post by: TELLE on September 13, 2006, 05:26:29 AM The only comic book ref I've seen so far...
Anyone else? Title: Re: Great Caesar's __________ Post by: Super Monkey on September 13, 2006, 05:30:29 PM But it was already famous by mid year:
http://superman.nu/wiki/index.php/Great_Caesar%27s_Ghost%21 Title: Re: Great Caesar's __________ Post by: pajarator on September 13, 2006, 07:38:23 PM In fact, in that same story, in Superman 86, the first panel has Jimmy Olsen mocking Perry, saying precisely that... I guess it originated and became famous by the radio AND tv series...
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