Last year, I met the voice actress of Firestar at a convention. I told her how Iceman had been gay in the comics since the mid-2010s, and I asked her what she thought of that, and needless to say she was very surprised.
Dah dah dah dah deh…..dedehdededededede……deh deh deh deh deh…deh deh deh deh deh…..Spider-Man, and his Amazing friends! You know to this day that song comes into my head every day….its insane….or maybe I am.
I think a recent comic also referenced Amazing Friends by having Spider-Man, Iceman, and Firestar teaming up, but unlike the show (I assume) the three didn’t work together well at all, it went so badly that Spidey said that they “should never team up again”. Also when he was swinging away, Peter even called the two “my amazing friends”
With the 81 show I actively searched for it online as a kid and thought it was cool that I found something obscure, it’s not something I go back to but I really dig it for being the first pretty good attempt at adapting spidey. Amazing friends is fun nostalgia, the spidey origin episode was fire, and it should be worth note that it might be stan lee’s first “cameo” being the narrator.
I didn’t even know 1981 existed. I grew up on Amazing Friends, 1994, and a bit of Unlimited. Also, I can’t hate on Green Goblin from Spidey and his Amazing Friends because it’s the first traditional Gobby in animation since Spectacular.
The '81 series is my second favorite Spiderman cartoon next to the '67 series. I especially like Ted Schwartz's voice as Spiderman. Dan Gilvezan did a fine job too but there's just something more youthful and world weary in Schwartz's performance to me😅
I would actually loved to see concept of Spider-Man pernamently working with some young heroes that are not at the same level like the Avengers for example in modern interpretations. Maybe MCU Spider-Man joing Kate Bishop and Kamala Khan, that would be pretty cool!
I think I found out about the 80s show 2 years ago, it's just that overlooked. I wonder if spiderman 2017 will be in the situation in a couple of decades
I use to watch Spider-Man and his amazing friends faithfully every Saturday morning at 8? I think….maybe 9? But I loved it!!!! Of course I was 6 at the time but I remember the Hulk came right on after it and then it would be around time to go outside and play out what I just watched with my friend Mike who lived just across the street from me and he would be the Hulk….his favorite and I would be Spidey…,my favorite and we would tie in the episodes to our play time and act it all out in an out door adventure! Great great great great times…..still the best!
I don’t think the impact of Amazing Friends can be understood today. If you were a kid back then and preferred Marvel Comics, there was not that much stuff available outside of the comics. DC had better movies, better toys, tie ins with everything, Batman appearing on Scooby Doo, candies that came with mini DC comics. Amazing Friends in my opinion, was the first really good Marvel product to come out. The animation was good. The music by Johnny Douglass all bangs. And the stations reran Amazing Friends for years, so even tho it only had two seasons the impact it had in reruns was influential. And, if you were a fan already back then Marvel was the underdog. DC was everywhere. Now Marvel has God Money thru Disney and has saturated the culture but back in the 70s and 80s they didn’t have much reach.
Spidey and his amazing friends, has a theme song written by the lead for Fallout Boy, and it slaps harder than it should... and John Stamos (Uncle Jessie) is Iron Man so you arent missing much.
I love Spider-Man and his Friends it's such a great work of art because it has great voice actors and sort of cheesy song choices and wacky slice of life moments. Spider-Man 1981, is sort of good for that parker luck scenarios but in my opinion I prefer amazing friends over 1981 at least for me.
Kinda like Mickey Mouse Works with House of Mouse. One is a forgotten series with generic plots. And the other is a superior successor with incredible crossovers.
Production code for the show and the DVDs weren’t the only instance of the show being referred as this. New World Entertainment was offering the show to networks as this in the early 90s
Now that Marvel has the rights to mutants and the X-Men who wants to see Tom Holland's Spider-Man befriend and team-up with Iceman and Firestar on the big screen? They could even meet in college like in the cartoon.
Spiderman was looking shamefully, viewed soooo low and striked brutely on the way he does what he does, WHY is f#ckin' hard to stay steady on your feelings, tasks and the FUN
A lot of producers miss the fact that the 81' solo series was meant for syndication while Amazing Friends was for network broadcast on NBC Saturday mornings. If no station you were capable of watching purchased the solo cartoon then you were almost guaranteed to never see it while NBC affiliates were all over the country and absolutely would be showing Amazing Friends on Saturday mornings. Being born in the late 70s, Amazing Friends was my first exposure to Spider-Man, and it would be my only exposure to animated Spider-Man until the 94' series. I only found out that the 81' solo series even existed because I stumbled onto it on Netflix in 2011 and I was shocked I hadn't heard of it before.
@@TolietWater IMDB lists first air date as September 12, 1981, the same day as Amazing Friends. If you have information suggesting the solo series aired on a specific date some time later then I'd like to see it.
Last year, I met the voice actress of Firestar at a convention. I told her how Iceman had been gay in the comics since the mid-2010s, and I asked her what she thought of that, and needless to say she was very surprised.
Spider-Man and his amazing friends was one of my first Spider-Man cartoons
The theme from Spider-man and his amazing friends is a banger
Dah dah dah dah deh…..dedehdededededede……deh deh deh deh deh…deh deh deh deh deh…..Spider-Man, and his Amazing friends!
You know to this day that song comes into my head every day….its insane….or maybe I am.
@@vektacular we both are insane
Amazing Friends was my introduction to the world of Spider-Man, as we had it on DVD. It may be corny, but it does hold a special place in my heart
I think a recent comic also referenced Amazing Friends by having Spider-Man, Iceman, and Firestar teaming up, but unlike the show (I assume) the three didn’t work together well at all, it went so badly that Spidey said that they “should never team up again”. Also when he was swinging away, Peter even called the two “my amazing friends”
With the 81 show I actively searched for it online as a kid and thought it was cool that I found something obscure, it’s not something I go back to but I really dig it for being the first pretty good attempt at adapting spidey.
Amazing friends is fun nostalgia, the spidey origin episode was fire, and it should be worth note that it might be stan lee’s first “cameo” being the narrator.
Oh go on do a video on Spidy and his Amaziing Friends. 😂
It does work for getting kids on board spider-man, my 3 year old loves it.
i grew up with this one.
it seems like one of the most obscure series related to Spider-Man out there
I didn’t even know 1981 existed. I grew up on Amazing Friends, 1994, and a bit of Unlimited.
Also, I can’t hate on Green Goblin from Spidey and his Amazing Friends because it’s the first traditional Gobby in animation since Spectacular.
The '81 series is my second favorite Spiderman cartoon next to the '67 series. I especially like Ted Schwartz's voice as Spiderman. Dan Gilvezan did a fine job too but there's just something more youthful and world weary in Schwartz's performance to me😅
I would actually loved to see concept of Spider-Man pernamently working with some young heroes that are not at the same level like the Avengers for example in modern interpretations. Maybe MCU Spider-Man joing Kate Bishop and Kamala Khan, that would be pretty cool!
I would love for the MCU to make a team up film or something where Spidey teams up with Iceman and Firestar.
@@SpideyFan2002 Well giving that X-Men are coming now into the MCU.....it's very possible 🤩
I think I found out about the 80s show 2 years ago, it's just that overlooked. I wonder if spiderman 2017 will be in the situation in a couple of decades
I use to watch Spider-Man and his amazing friends faithfully every Saturday morning at 8? I think….maybe 9? But I loved it!!!! Of course I was 6 at the time but I remember the Hulk came right on after it and then it would be around time to go outside and play out what I just watched with my friend Mike who lived just across the street from me and he would be the Hulk….his favorite and I would be Spidey…,my favorite and we would tie in the episodes to our play time and act it all out in an out door adventure! Great great great great times…..still the best!
YES, I WAS WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO!
spider-man 81 is very underrated
This is by far the best Spiderman cartoon of all time. The writing, creative direction, dialogue and satire is unmatched
Maaaaaan I'm so pumped for you to talk about the '94 series. It really is the best.
I love Spider-Man 🕸️
I don’t think the impact of Amazing Friends can be understood today. If you were a kid back then and preferred Marvel Comics, there was not that much stuff available outside of the comics. DC had better movies, better toys, tie ins with everything, Batman appearing on Scooby Doo, candies that came with mini DC comics. Amazing Friends in my opinion, was the first really good Marvel product to come out. The animation was good. The music by Johnny Douglass all bangs. And the stations reran Amazing Friends for years, so even tho it only had two seasons the impact it had in reruns was influential. And, if you were a fan already back then Marvel was the underdog. DC was everywhere. Now Marvel has God Money thru Disney and has saturated the culture but back in the 70s and 80s they didn’t have much reach.
Spidey and his amazing friends, has a theme song written by the lead for Fallout Boy, and it slaps harder than it should... and John Stamos (Uncle Jessie) is Iron Man so you arent missing much.
I love Spider-Man and his Friends it's such a great work of art because it has great voice actors and sort of cheesy song choices and wacky slice of life moments.
Spider-Man 1981, is sort of good for that parker luck scenarios but in my opinion I prefer amazing friends over 1981 at least for me.
Glad you do a spider-man video
Hey man, are u gonna cover any more episodes of the Nicholas Hammond series?
Kinda like Mickey Mouse Works with House of Mouse. One is a forgotten series with generic plots. And the other is a superior successor with incredible crossovers.
Hm, how very interesting, i appreciate History Lesson, i will look forward to your next Retrospective.
By the way, just curious, do you know of Bluey?
I know of this show because of solidJJ
I was today years old when I found out Spider-Man 1981 is also called Spider-Man 5000… for some reason?
The budget of the show probably
@@mafeukIt was to differentiate it from the other shows with the name Spider-Man.
Production code for the show and the DVDs weren’t the only instance of the show being referred as this. New World Entertainment was offering the show to networks as this in the early 90s
People do ❤Spider-man
I see this differently now that I know they were all killed by a spider-man hunting vampire
GRAAAAAAAAHH! ANOTHER VIDEO!
Now that Marvel has the rights to mutants and the X-Men who wants to see Tom Holland's Spider-Man befriend and team-up with Iceman and Firestar on the big screen? They could even meet in college like in the cartoon.
Spiderman was looking shamefully, viewed soooo low and striked brutely on the way he does what he does, WHY is f#ckin' hard to stay steady on your feelings, tasks and the FUN
It’s just me or are his views decreasing?
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A lot of producers miss the fact that the 81' solo series was meant for syndication while Amazing Friends was for network broadcast on NBC Saturday mornings. If no station you were capable of watching purchased the solo cartoon then you were almost guaranteed to never see it while NBC affiliates were all over the country and absolutely would be showing Amazing Friends on Saturday mornings. Being born in the late 70s, Amazing Friends was my first exposure to Spider-Man, and it would be my only exposure to animated Spider-Man until the 94' series. I only found out that the 81' solo series even existed because I stumbled onto it on Netflix in 2011 and I was shocked I hadn't heard of it before.
The show was actually the third Spider-Man cartoon to air because of how it was distributed, it aired like a year after Amazing Friends
@@TolietWater IMDB lists first air date as September 12, 1981, the same day as Amazing Friends.
If you have information suggesting the solo series aired on a specific date some time later then I'd like to see it.