Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - Chief Editor [Perry White | Lane Smith] #1: The greatest PW of all time. - Page 2

**eternalfate** · 10-01-2020, 05:35 PM

That whole episode was awesome for him. lol

**PhoenixRising** · 10-12-2020, 04:11 PM

I liked the fact that they gave him an Elvis fetish.

**ice choco** · 10-15-2020, 07:45 PM

I don't remember if they ever mentioned if Lane really loved Elvis irl or not?

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That whole episode was awesome for him. lol

Indeed

I like seeing him that way. It's funny and nice.

**PhoenixRising** · 10-16-2020, 04:29 PM

I don't know.

It would be nice to know if that was his idea or the writers'.

**eternalfate** · 10-17-2020, 06:21 PM

I did hear that he was a Elvis fan so that's probably why they added that to Perry White's character. Not 100% sure but yeah... lol

**PhoenixRising** · 10-18-2020, 05:33 PM

That's awesome, then.

I've seen him in so many movies and TV shows before Lois & Clark when I was growing up.

He was in My Cousin Vinny right before doing Lois & Clark.

**ice choco** · 10-26-2020, 05:13 PM

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I did hear that he was a Elvis fan so that's probably why they added that to Perry White's character. Not 100% sure but yeah... lol

Oh that’s great

Glad they incorporated that into the show.
Makes his character that much more interesting and different.

**PhoenixRising** · 10-28-2020, 08:01 PM

That and the fact that Perry White had a southern accent.

**ice choco** · 10-31-2020, 06:50 PM

Oh right Perry didn’t have an accent did he? Except in this show.

**PhoenixRising** · 11-03-2020, 07:02 PM

Yeah, I have no idea where Perry White was from in the comics but it was assumed he was a northerner, yet the show made him a southerner because of Lane.

And again, he had just appeared in My Cousin Vinny the previous year.

**ice choco** · 11-07-2020, 07:57 PM

I love how they changed things like that for Lane

**eternalfate** · 11-08-2020, 03:57 PM

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Yeah, I have no idea where Perry White was from in the comics but it was assumed he was a northerner, yet the show made him a southerner because of Lane.

And again, he had just appeared in My Cousin Vinny the previous year.

Shocking you didn't know that.

**ice choco** · 11-10-2020, 06:36 AM

Well... I didn’t know that either...

**PhoenixRising** · 11-12-2020, 10:29 PM

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Shocking you didn't know that.

Shocking I didn't know what?

Perry's origin in the comics? You know DC Comics better than I do, Tia. I'm more of a Marvel guy.

**eternalfate** · 11-15-2020, 07:39 PM

^ You are a Marvel guy but I just assumed you knew that. Lol
I found that out very early but it can be because how I loved all things Superman. So I knew Perry and Jimmy were in the comics pretty early on and in the Superman radio series.
I think based on what I’ve watched compared to the comics I’ve read, Perry White from Adventures of Superman is more like the comic book version of Perry...
Lane Smith version is sort of a little distance but a little bit of the same. Lol
Jimmy and Perry also sort of have the same relationship. Perry hates when Jimmy calls him, “Chief” her Jimmy continues to do it anyway.
And of course on this show we see how Jimmy gets to Perry as well.

However although “Adventures of Superman” Perry follows more of the comic book version, I just love Lane Smith’s portrayal so much more than any other version.


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