Jun 20, 2020
"The Balloon People"
Aired: November 3, 1973
An alien family comes to Earth in the hopes of finding a home and starting over after watching their own world fall apart from pollution. But a ruthless scientist will stop at nothing to capture them and learn their secrets. The Super Friends take on the role of the guardians of the aliens, but they are more than able to take care of themselves.
John and Dan Greenfield of 13th Dimension are again at odds over the merits of this episode. They discuss the potential for the Balloonians to become a cartoon series of its own, the fashion choices of Robin, and how a dopey lackey can ruined a potentially great villain.
John references The Ultimate Super Friends Companion by Will Rodgers. Check it out for yourself by purchasing a copy via Amazon.
Dan Greenfield is the editor and co-creator of 13thDimension.com, a website devoted primarily to comics and pop culture, past and present. To him, the basic food groups are Batman, Planet of the Apes, Star Trek (the Original Series), James Bond, the Beatles and the Stones. But if he had to he'd be able to subsist on Batman alone. Channel 11 in New York was his favorite syndicated channel as a kid -- you can guess why -- followed closely by Channel 5. Channel 9 didn't really enter into it unless he was home sick and there wasn't much else on. He's married to his remarkably patient wife Wendy and his best sidekick is his son, Sam. They have two cats,Lex and Zod.
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