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rollerskate
Jan 3, 2013, 01:17 PM
I seem to remember someone saying that when Superman (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044231/)was first aired on television in the 1950s, that a lot of kids, perhaps hundreds, believed that putting on a cape gave them the ability to fly and many of them fell to their deaths. Does anyone remember this, and most importantly, does anyone have proof of this?

ebaines
Jan 3, 2013, 01:22 PM
No, I don't believe it's true - it sounds apocryphal to me.