From an interview with Noel Neill in Starlog Magazine (1992)
"I did one Superboy episode ("Paranoia", 1991) with Gerard Christopher. Now there's someone they should do the new Superman movie with. He's certainly not a boy anymore; he's a grown man and a very good actor. And handsome! We did the last episode of his series, and he was very impressive."
From the Spring Issue of the Magazine Scarlet Street (1992)
SS: Tell us about appearing on THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERBOY
NN: Oh, it was interesting working on the show in Florida! Gerard Christopher is so good-looking and so nice to work with and just a wonderful person. He makes a great-looking Clark Kent and a great-looking Superman! It's kind of a shame they have to, legally, call the show SUPERBOY, because, people say, "Oh, Superboy, just a little rotten kid running around in a Superman suit." But, you know, it's an adult show! Years ago, right after George died, they made one pilot of a SUPERBOY with a young boy, and they made one pilot of SUPERPUP. (Laughs) Which didn't go very far! So i guess I had that in mind and didn't watch it. But it's an excellent show!
SS: Whom do you play?
NN: Well! Jack and I were rather surprised when we received our scripts. He said, "Have you read it?" and I said, "Yes." He said, "Have you figured out what we're doing?" and I said, "Well, no. We're sort of playing agents." We thought we would come back as old Lois Lane and old Jimmy Olsen, which would be understandable. There were Superboys at three ages in a couple of SUPERBOY shows. Ron Ely played an older one, looking great, and then Gerry, of course, and then the little boy. And I thought, “Hey! Maybe they’re going to do something like that!” We read the scripts and I was playing Alexis and he was playing Jake Lamont, and I said, “Funny, you don’t look Italian.” (Laughs)
SS: What did you wear?
NN: A suit. What else? And Jack wore his bow tie.
SS: Excellent. Did you wear the famous Lois Lane Hat?
NN: No. I don’t know why. I actually brought a couple of little pillboxes that I used for the college shows. I thought, “Well, maybe we can work this out somehow.” But the show was all inside the office, although I could have walked in with it and taken it off. Jack said, “I don’t even know why I’m wearing this silly bow tie.”
SS: Because!
NN: Because! That’s right! Well, as Gerry said, it was kind of a publicity thing and, naturally, Jack and I said that we’d be happy to anything to help. Jack said, “We must carry the flag.” (Laughs)
Within less than one year, the world lost two Superman legends. Jack Larson died on September 20th, 2015 at the age of 87. On July 3rd, 2016, beautiful Noel Neill passed away at the age of 95.
Gerard had nothing but complimentary words for Noel.
"Noel Neill was the Lois Lane that I grew up watching on The Adventures of Superman with George Reeves. When I got the chance to work with her and Jack (Larson) it was like a dream come true. She was a very classy and elegant person and a wonderful actress to work with. I will cherish the time that I spent with her and miss her always."
"She told me on the set of my show that I was her favorite Superman of all. I'll never forget that!"
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