Cemented in history. Im ellee pai hong. And im kerry sayers. And im your host, bill kurtis. Its superheroes, through the decades. As kids we all aspire be one of these. Not bird or a plane but a superhero. With abilities far beyond those of mere humans and as we grow up our fascination with superheroes doesnt go away. In fact, by judging by the box office reciepts of the past several decades, it only grows bigger. Today, were taking the hour to look at some of our favorite superheroes through the decades, from the caped crusader to wonder woman to your friendly neighborhood spiderman. But we begin with one of the most instantly recognizable superheros and the grand daddy of them all superman. Cloaked in blue and red and branded with a bold letter s, an icon that helped shape all the superheroes to come. Up in the sky, look its a bird, its a plane, its superman superman. The preeminent superhero was born from the minds of two teenage boys living in cleveland, ohio; jerry siegel and joe
The king of pop taking us to a place with no name. Twitter with a blockbuster new debut overnight,. A rare behind the scenes video of Michael Jackson now revealed. Dont stop until you get enough. It is a good morning on this friday eve and the hits, they just keep coming. Incredible thing about Michael Jackson, right. Makes us a little sad we dont have him anymore but we have his music. Yeah. This video created using rare footage from when he shot, remember, in the closet. So they took outtakes from that and put it all together and well talk about that more. Were going to get to so much this morning. Beginning with that flash flooding. Two months worth of rain fall overnight in some areas and i know youve been tracking this, ginger. If you add july and august their average is up. In portland, maine, thats what fell in hours overnight so this is the scene there. Look at this from rhode island. Water rescues going on so many places in new england, receiving anywhere from 3 to, yes, over
Covers into the air. Flames shooting out of the ground. What set off these shocking explosions . The king of pop taking us to a place with no name. Twitter with a blockbuster new song. Michael jackson now revealed. Dont top till you get enough. Take me it is a good morning on this friday eve and the hits, they just keep coming. Incredible thing about Michael Jackson, right. Makes us a little sad we dont have him anymore but we have his music. Yeah. This video created using rare footage from when he shot, remember, in the closet. So they took outtakes from that and put it all together and well talk about that more. We will weigh get to so much. Beginning with that flash flooding. Two months worth of rain fall overnight in some areas and i know youve been tracking this, ginger. If you add july and august their average is up. In portland, maine, thats what fell in hours overnight so this is the scene there. Look at this from rhode island. Water rescues going on so many places in new engla
Somebodys there because they didnt care enough. If only they had some moral quality, they would be somewhere else. I hate that. Yes. Rose and you seem to have captured that idea or own that idea. Well i know a part of it was in my 20s no, thank you thats wonderful. I wint through a period in my 20s where i got that lesson from the other side. I had an engineering degree worked in asia for a couple years and did a jack kerouac. Just in a small way you get the feeling of being on the receiving end of sharp blades of capitalism. And it wasment in my situation it wasnt the gulag but just the taste of that and just to see, its not actually that interested in your feelings you know. So i think just a little bit of that, yes. Rose david who as you know is a guest on this program tell me about the friendship. Well weve you know we melt probably five or six seven times and each time was just a really deep deep communication. I just lover the guy and was kind of off in his energy and his work. I