An ordinary episode where a prospector, Mr. Pebbles, who has struck it rich decides to be benevolent and donate a huge property to a children's camp. This will be financed with the proceeds from a silver mine he calls the Superman Silver Mine). He visits the Daily Planet and enlists their help, along with Superman, in setting up the project. As luck would have it, there are two crooks, a smart one and a dumb one. And, as luck would have it, one of them is the spitting image of the prospector. The real Pebbles is kidnapped as are Lois and Jimmy (they get kidnapped in almost every episode) and the bad guy takes the old man's place. They are put in a cave-like structure with a big wooden door and left there. They say they will release their captives when the old man tells them where the silver mine is. Things go haywire when Inspector Henderson realizes the like appearance of the two men. This leads Clark to put two and two together.
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Mining Our Own Business
redryan6412 December 2015
Warning: Spoilers
DURING THE MULTI-SEASON run, the ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN forayed thrice into the realm of the oft used and universally popular plot which we have been familiarized as "the Evil Twin." It is common among so many various and far ranging genres of TV series; widely used and reused again. TV's SUPERMAN applied it as a central theme in three episodes during its run. In the second season, THE FACE AND THE VOICE concerned plastic surgery for an ex-pug and con named "Bolder" (Reeves), who was made into a double of our Superman. In JIMMY THE GENT, a young, brash punk of a gangster shows up who's a double for young Olsen.
THE FINAL ENTRY in our trilogy is this episode featuring Dabbs Greer as both veteran prospector, Mr. Pebbles; as well as the crooked double, Dan Dobey. The story revolved around the benevolent Mr. Pebbles donating both land and a Silver Mine to the Daily Planet for a summer camp for underprivileged youth. He insists on naming it The Superman Silver Mine and is taken hostage by the bad guys, who hold him in a far away mine shaft, thought to now be inert and inoperative.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE of any note is that Pebbles sports a mustache and Dobey does not; being an easily remedied defect. It is Dobey's partner in crime, Boris (Charles Maxwell) who first notices a resemblance to "somebody" they know, turning out to be the connection needed for entry into our "Evil Twin" Sweepstakes.
THIS IS PROBABLY an episode to be considered as "typical" of the series output. It should be noted that very likable actor, Dabbs Grier, played an important part in the history of the ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN Television Series. Although his appearances weren't as numerous as players such as Ben Welden, Billy Nelson or Herb Vigran, at three, his were pivotal. He was (unaccredited)as man rescued from out of control dirigible in season one's SUPERMAN ON EARTH, season two's ONE HOUR TO DOOM (as wrongly convicted man going to the chair) and finally as Pebbles/Dobey in this one.
THE FINAL ENTRY in our trilogy is this episode featuring Dabbs Greer as both veteran prospector, Mr. Pebbles; as well as the crooked double, Dan Dobey. The story revolved around the benevolent Mr. Pebbles donating both land and a Silver Mine to the Daily Planet for a summer camp for underprivileged youth. He insists on naming it The Superman Silver Mine and is taken hostage by the bad guys, who hold him in a far away mine shaft, thought to now be inert and inoperative.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE of any note is that Pebbles sports a mustache and Dobey does not; being an easily remedied defect. It is Dobey's partner in crime, Boris (Charles Maxwell) who first notices a resemblance to "somebody" they know, turning out to be the connection needed for entry into our "Evil Twin" Sweepstakes.
THIS IS PROBABLY an episode to be considered as "typical" of the series output. It should be noted that very likable actor, Dabbs Grier, played an important part in the history of the ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN Television Series. Although his appearances weren't as numerous as players such as Ben Welden, Billy Nelson or Herb Vigran, at three, his were pivotal. He was (unaccredited)as man rescued from out of control dirigible in season one's SUPERMAN ON EARTH, season two's ONE HOUR TO DOOM (as wrongly convicted man going to the chair) and finally as Pebbles/Dobey in this one.
A Double Dose of Dabbs
arthurblock8 February 2015
Warning: Spoilers
This episode features the ever-reliable Dabbs Greer in both his lovable mode, known to viewers of "Little House on the Prairie", and as a shady character, as he often played as a guest on series like "Perry Mason". In this case, good Dabbs is Mr. Pebbles, a mustachioed prospector who has struck it rich and wants to donate a silver mine to Superman's favorite charity, which as usual is sending kids to camp. Apparently, Metropolis in the summer is either very hot or very, very dull. Bad Dabbs is Dan Dobey, a slick character on whom the police have little information except that he has a henchman named Boris (Charles Maxwell) and a metal plate in his head.
Here are some highlights, such as they are: Boris seems a bit brighter than most goons on this show, except when he starts to blurt out his name "Bo...". Dan interrupts and makes it "Beaujolais", amusing Jimmy. Following her normal practice, Lois virtually volunteers to be kidnapped, this time by pulling off the fake mustache Dan is using to pose as Pebbles. Superman has no trouble rescuing the imprisoned Lois, Jimmy, and Pebbles. Instead of bothering to go after the fleeing criminal, he magnetizes a metal bar with x-ray vision and uses it to attract the metal plate in Dan's head. (We see footage of a stuntman dressed as Dan rolling downhill, run in reverse.) The secret location of the Superman Silver Mine, which Dan and Boris were so determined to learn, turns out to be the same place they were using as a prison.
It should be clear from the above that this is a very tame episode, with little of anything special to offer, except for Dabbs Greer fans.
Here are some highlights, such as they are: Boris seems a bit brighter than most goons on this show, except when he starts to blurt out his name "Bo...". Dan interrupts and makes it "Beaujolais", amusing Jimmy. Following her normal practice, Lois virtually volunteers to be kidnapped, this time by pulling off the fake mustache Dan is using to pose as Pebbles. Superman has no trouble rescuing the imprisoned Lois, Jimmy, and Pebbles. Instead of bothering to go after the fleeing criminal, he magnetizes a metal bar with x-ray vision and uses it to attract the metal plate in Dan's head. (We see footage of a stuntman dressed as Dan rolling downhill, run in reverse.) The secret location of the Superman Silver Mine, which Dan and Boris were so determined to learn, turns out to be the same place they were using as a prison.
It should be clear from the above that this is a very tame episode, with little of anything special to offer, except for Dabbs Greer fans.
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