Product Details

• Actors: Michael Gray, Les Tremayne, Jackson Bostwick, John Davey, JoAnna Cameron
• Directors: Arnold Laven, Arthur H. Nadel, Chuck Menville, Henry J. Lange Jr., Robert Chenault
• Writers: Arthur H. Nadel, C.C. Beck
• Format: NTSC
• Studio: CBS Television
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005JODZ
• For more information about "Shazam!" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars HI! TODAY YOU FOUND OUT THAT MAKING ONE MISTAKE IS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD YOU OFTEN GET A SEC.CHANCE SEE YA NEXT WEEK, August 13, 2007

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CLINT BRONSON (las vegas,NV.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shazam! (DVD)

SHAZAM! Was a show I watched every Saturday Morning
on CBS from 11:00am to 11:30am it came on right after
the Bug's Bunny/Road Runner show and I was so excited
I would grab my Shazam doll(action figure to us guys)
and have a towel safty pinned to my neck.The show is
very much outdated now and had the most god awful effects
and Shazam/Captain Marvel THE LAMEST costume you have ever
seen,I mean he had ankle high yellow boots and his cape
did not cover his(forrest gump)BUTTOCKS! Still I was there
waiting for the car to explode! Watching the boy's Go Cart
go off a 2ft hill(yes Shazam to the rescue???)he saved every
one and everything...Ice cream cone is melting? Not to worry!
Shazam is here.....And speaking of here where is my t.v.
show of CHEESE! I want it released on DVD NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!
shazam.Shazam.SHazam.SHAzam.SHAZam.SHAZAm.SHAZAM!!!!!!!!!

CHOSEN FROM AMONG ALL OTHERS BY THE IMMORTAL ELDERS SOLOMAN
HERCULES ATLAS ZEUS ACHILLES MERCURY BILLY BATSON AND HIS
MENTOR TRAVEL THE HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS OF THE LAND ON A NEVER
ENDING MISSION TO RIGHT WRONGS TO DEVELOP UNDERSTANDING AND TO
SEEK OUT JUSTICE FOR ALL IN TIME OF DIRE NEED YOUNG BILLY HAS
BEEN GRANTED THE POWER BY THE IMMORTALS TO SUMMON AWESOME FORCES
AT THE UTTERANCE OF A SINGLE WORD......SHAZAM!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great 70s flashback, April 14, 2008

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Mark Daniels (Anywhere, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shazam! (DVD)

I've been waiting now for Filmation to release the "Shazam!" DVD for a seeming eternity. It's on my Amazon "Wish list" and I've chosen to be e-mailed when it's released. Please hurry! A quality DVD copy of the episodes will be a welcome replacement for my poorly-recorded bootleg videotapes.

"Shazam!" was my favorite Saturday morning program when I was young, and - as a result - Captain Marvel was my favorite superhero. I drew pictures of him at school and in my spare time, and owned the Mego action figure. (Remember those?) I preferred Jackson Bostwick (first season) as Marvel over the later John Davey, and recall being shocked at the sudden appearance, mid-season, of an entirely different-looking Marvel. Jackson Bostwick, in full costume, once came to my city for a Cerebral Palsy Telethon, and I was too shy to go see him or even call the station to speak with him.

Viewed now from a more cynical perspective, the show itself is the epitome of 70s cheese... but it's good viewing for nostalgia's sake. Teenager Billy Batson and Mentor perpetually travel the "highways and by-ways" of America in a Winnebago, like Jack Kerouac with wanderlust, yet never seem to cross the California border. "The Elders" (six animated Greek gods whose initials provide Shazam with his name) deliver fortune cookie riddles to Billy, which then become clear later in the episode - after Billy has encountered a troubled youth of some kind. "In times of dire need," Billy turns into comic book hero Captain Marvel by uttering the word "Shazam" and being struck by a bolt of lightning... but the Captain Marvel of the show isn't your typical superhero: he never fist fights, he stops wrong-doers by lifting the rear wheels of their car off the ground or jamming their car between two trees, he brings in the cops when things get too intense, and he provides a brief moral lecture directly to us at each episode's closing. Cap doesn't throw punches, he "develops understanding." Parents will love the lack of violence and the lessons in humanitarianism. Kids will love the cape. And if you were a fan of the show then, you'll love the 70s flashback now.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hurry up Shazam!, November 13, 2007

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R. Day (Aurora, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shazam! (DVD)

This show as a fun part of my Saturday mornings as a kid. As an adult, my 4 yr old son saw a rerun on TVland a few years back and was hooked! He still loves the character (more than Superman, Sponge Bob et al) and I would buy this series on DVD immediately if it were to be released! The Animated episodes need to be released as well (there were only 9).