It might not surprise any of you, but when my friends and I played Superfriends on the Playground, I was always chosen to play “Atom,” who rivals Samurai Warrior in undesiredness. Everyone actually liked Aquaman, I don’t know where the rumor got started that nobody did. But nobody wanted to be The Atom. Now, I understand that the ability to shrink to a molecular level and radiate all of someone’s white bloodcells seems pretty handy, but at the time I didn’t have the perspective.
Formed in 1997, Schad began performing sketch comedy on Chicago’s north side. The troupe has since performed at countless venues around the world including The Goodman Theatre, The Second City, Steppenwolf, Lollapalooza, ImprovOlympic, the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (LA), HERE (NYC) and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
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“stop me if you’ve heard this one…”
“did I ever tell you about the time?”
WTF? Is he a teeny little super stand-up as well as a super hero?
I thought Apache Chief was undesirable, as well. Fortunately, I got to be Batman. The stupid part was the only way I could beat Rich (Superman) was “Kryptonite in Utility Belt”.
Dig that creepy unheroic voice!
Jeez, Adam, tell me they didn’t relegate you to Atom because it sounds like your name…
Good call on Aquaman… where DID that rumor start because his were the only underoos that made sense to me.
I was always Green Lantern. We would go to the “Itty Bitty”, a gas station/convenience store where I would buy a candy ring (not yellow) to complete my wardrobe and John Hillman (Batman) would buy Lik-A-Stik to hang off his utility belt (the utility of such an item being totally lost on me).