{"id":31135,"date":"2012-03-07T12:00:40","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T20:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/?p=31135"},"modified":"2018-01-10T13:57:20","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T21:57:20","slug":"tv-madness-2012-clark-kent-playoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/tv-madness-2012-clark-kent-playoff\/","title":{"rendered":"TV Madness: Clark Kent Playoff"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clark Kent \u2013 a superhuman from outer space sent here to keep us safe, all the while being the world’s most awkward news reporter. Which TV version of the character will move on to the TV Madness tournament?
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After carefully scouring the annals of television history, I think that I’ve narrowed the choice for Clark Kent down to five main competitors. There may be more, but these are the ones I think most people will know. A couple of them are pretty obscure anyway, so I think I’ve got the character covered as much as I possibly can.<\/p>\n

<\/a>John Newton (‘Superboy’, 1988 \u2013 1989)<\/strong> \u2013 ‘Superboy’ opened to a cheesy green-screened flight that featured Newton grinning at the world below while a ‘Miami Vice’-like theme song blared on the soundtrack. The entire show is so utterly laughable that I’m not sure why you’d ever pick John Newton as your guy to go into the tournament.<\/p>\n

The best part of the show, by far, is the completely terrible acting from Sherman Howard as Lex Luthor. Skip ahead to about the 02:00 mark in the video below. There’s some comedic gold to be found there.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G4tySmgLesg<\/p>\n

Strengths:<\/span> Besides the fact that he can change behind a luggage cart without anyone noticing, I’d say he’s pretty amazing at folding down broken landing gear.<\/p>\n

Weaknesses:<\/span> Did you even watch a few minutes of that show? Yikes!<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/a>Gerard Christopher (‘Superboy’, 1989 \u2013 1992)<\/strong> \u2013 Picking up in the second season, the role of ‘Superboy’ was recast and given to the well-quaffed Gerard Christopher. Christopher gave Clark Kent more of a pretty boy vibe, which should be counted against him. Along with all his world-saving antics, this version of Superboy also had time to ref high school basketball games. Seriously, it’s a wonder this show lasted four seasons.<\/p>\n