A tragic story with a happy ending as, upon his release from the booby hatch, he went on to a long career with the fire department.
The poor kid had to use candles because he couldn't afford a flashlight. That grappling hook had to cost a few bucks though. Oh wait, maybe he swiped that too. And I'm sorry, I read comic books as a kid but I never heard of Commander Jupiter, Captain Lightning or Superflame.
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And after that he was a pizza delivery man, some old lady called the cops on him when he was trying to deliver it to the wrong address. Good thing Malloy and Reed didn't run his ID and see all of his previous shenanigans.
Some people count sheep. Doesn't work with Bryan, just gets him excited ~ John-Redcorn
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Exactly!
But when Johnny was hurt, Chet was the one staying at the hospital and worried about him. The old specter of the Crimson Crusader still lived within!
Some people count sheep. Doesn't work with Bryan, just gets him excited ~ John-Redcorn
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Yes that was Paul Shipley too. The smug yuppie that got stoned with his wife every Friday night. And left their baby to drown while they were smoking dope. It's funny the way Webb used the same actors for completely different characters. Sometimes good guys, sometimes not.
shareI just thought of something. In superhero comic books people often have both names begin withthe same letter. Peter Parker, Lois Lane, Matt Murdock. Reed Richards. Susan Storm. Bruce Banner. Lana Lang. Etc. And in this episode we have Stanley Stover. And his alter ego The Crimson Crusader. Intentional on the writers part?
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Phonetically should count just as much. Go Robin Wright!
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The final scene where his mother comes home and Stanley turns to the wall and sobs, then when he's led away, his tears are transposed to the face of the superhero on the poster? That was epic! I remember seeing the first-run episode as a kid and laughing hysterically when I saw that.
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No, it wasn't. Unfortunately, I was probably 10 or 11 at the time and even today it just seems cornball. I guess the superhero on the wall is supposed to be weeping for Stanley? Dunno.
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What got me about this one was his using candles, supposedly because he couldn't afford a flashlight....I was a young kid when this show was being filmed, and I remember my mother buying me a small (but functional) flashlight that I took notice of in a store, and it was TEN CENTS. Honestly, he lives in L.A.; wander down the street while looking at the sidewalk and you'll find more than ten cents!
share"Crimson Crusader" - I wonder if that was the impetus for the "Clean copper clapper" sketch with Johnny Carson?
The theater owner in that episode, great quote "Talk about nuts, this guy was a real pistachio!"
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when cosplay wasn't cool.
shareThat kid was a total dweeb. I have paper bags smarter than him. And what a goof of a name; Stanley Stover!
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Crimson, Crusader, a.k.a.
Stanley Stover I pissed myself laughing every time I see this episode a classic
ITS A BIRD - ITS A PLANE - NOPE
ITS # Can’t afford a fucking flashlight crimson crusader ..
I heard his mom kept his room, the same way when he left for the state run mental facility The follow up episode should’ve had him as a cross dresser after his release working Hollywood Boulevard shit he was halfway there