This web site is dedicated to the 1970s Filmation live-action TV show Shazam! Since going online with my Isis website last year, I have become inspired to begin this site for the show which spawned Isis. Hopefully, this website will bring back some good memories for you!

Feel free to browse around. Content will be added as I get time, so check back for periodic updates!

While you're here, why not visit the message board where you can leave comments about this site or make contact with other Shazam fans? You may also find out some upcoming info about this web site that is posted exclusively to the message board.

Please check back often for updates. I make changes fairly infrequently (as this is a hobby, I have to fit it in as I get spare time), but the date at the bottom of this page lets you know the last time something was changed. Important changes (added content, for example) are usually documented on this page.

NEW! Synopses for three episodes added!

Thanks to Bobby G. Reid, Jr. and Phil Williamson for submitting synopses for "Lure of the Lost", "The Road Back" and "Finders Keepers." You can read them by going to the episodes section.

Attention, book publishers!

Jackson Bostwick, TV's original Captain Marvel, has written his autobiography, Myth, Magic and a Mortal, which recounts his time on Shazam! P.C. Hamerlinck, who is editing the book, tells me it's basically ready to go, they just need to find a publisher.

If you are a book publisher, or know someone who might be interested in publishing the book, please contact Mr. Hamerlinck at fca2001@yahoo.com.

Jackson also has his own official website up and running. This is the place to get authentic autographed Captain Marvel photos! Visit Jackson here.

We need you! I'm currently looking for volunteers to help complete the episode summaries. If you have episodes on video and think you've got the right stuff to write an episode synopsis, or if you have anything else you'd like to share with the online community (publicity photos, licenced merchandise, etc.), contact the webmaster at mythmaker18@yahoo.com.

Want Shazam! on DVD?

I have created a poll for you to rate which of the various live-action Filmation series (including this one) that you would like to see released officially on DVD.

I don't want you to think this is just some other random internet poll that will go nowhere, however. I intend to pass along the results to the right people to help make our case that there is an audience for this material! If you are a fan of the Filmation shows, it is important that you take a minute out of your day to take this simple poll.

Each person can only vote once, and you can vote for as many of the six choices as you wish. The poll is located here.

Michael Gray's official website opens!

MIchael (Billy Batson) Gray is now online with his own official webiste. So far, there is only one page up, but what a page it is! You can order autographed photos of Michael. Several different ones to choose from. To go to Michael's website, go here.

Tell TV Land you want more Shazam!

Give TV Land your feedback! To voice your appreciation for the fact that Shazam has recently been on the air, please make a polite posting on the Shazam! message board at TV Land. If you really want to let your voice be heard, you can write to TV Land by sending an e-mail to postmaster@tvland.com or by mailing a real letter (which is probably more effective) to:

Viewer Services

TV Land

1515 Broadway

New York, NY 10036

 

Don't forget to praise the channel for running Shazam and also don't forget to suggest they not only purchase additional episodes, bu that they also pick up Isis as a companion piece!

Les Tremayne: 1913-2003

Unfortunately, this is the second death in the Filmation family that I've had to report in less than a month. Les Tremayne, who Shazam! fans knew as Mentor, died Friday, 19th December at the ripe old age of 90.

Tremayne, though born in England, made his name in America and was a key fixture of the golden age of radio, appearing on many shows from the 1930s to the 1950s, including The First Nighter and The Adventures of the Thin Man. He was elected to the Radio Hall of Fame in 1995.

He also became a familar face in 1950s sci fi films, including "The Monolith Monsters", "The Slime People", "Angry Red Planet" and, one of his most famous roles, as General Mann in "War of the Worlds." Tremayne once told an interviewer that he made his movie debut as a baby in the 1910s.

After the birth of television, Tremayne easily made the transition and appeared on a wide variety of shows, including Perry Mason, Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, The Rifleman, Mister Ed, The Beverly Hillbillies, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea andThe Dukes of Hazzard.

Mr. Tremayne was also an accomplished voice artist and lended his vocal talents to a wide variety of productions, including Mister Magoo, Curiosity Shop, "The Phantom Tollbooth", Smufs, Challenge of the GoBots, "Starchaser" and Pirates of Dark Water.

Tremayne declined to do interviews in his later years, as he was in the process of putting his memoirs (including Shazam) into a planned autobiography, which, unfortunately, he wasn't able to get finished. From what I've heard, his widow is planning to finish the work and hoping to get it published.