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John Semper played an extremely important role in bringing the Spider-Mancartoon to life.
He was the producer, story editor, and head writer. Read on as he discusseswhat happened to Mary Jane, gives behind the scenes info, and lots more.
Okay, you want the real dirt. The juicy stuff, eh? Fine. Soap star Eric Braeden {from the Young and the Restless} was our first choice for Herbert Landon. He showed up for the session seeming totally uncomfortable, and gave a very wooden performance. We replaced him with David Warner, who was a complete dream to work with. Some actors just don't take to doing cartoon voiceovers. It doesn't make them bad actors. It just happens. Some actors started a Some actors started a role on our show, but were no longer available to continue. Rue McClanahan was Felicia's first mother. Martin Landau was the first Scorpion. Landau won an Oscar just weeks after we recorded him, and after that he was no longer available to us. We used Richard Moll after that.
DRG4: Didn't Linda Gary (Aunt May) die, so you had to replace her with Julie Bennet?
John Semper:Yep. And that was NO fun because Linda developed brain cancer and really struggled to the very end. It got so that I would write fewer and fewer lines for her, mostly just to keep her working (actors get paid for the whole session even if they say only one line). When I had written four lines for her and she sent word that she was unable to come in to do them, I knew she didn't have much longer to live. We lost a lot of good people in our cast. Edward Mulhare {Spencer Smythe} died a year after we used him. Brian Keith {Uncle Ben} committed suicide months after we last recorded him. Nicky Blair {Hammerhead{ just died last year.
DRG4: Phil Abbott recently died as well.
John Semper:Yes, right. Phil Hartman did Disney's "Kiki's Delivery Service" for me and was murdered a month later. That might have been his last gig.
DRG4: Ed Gilbert died less than two months ago.
John Semper:Didn't know that. What part was he in Spidey? I've forgotten.
DRG4: He was Dormammu and Mr. Watson.
John Semper:Very sad. I didn't know about his death. He was a very nice man, too. They were all great...
DRG4: Yeah. Let's move on a to a lighter subject.
John Semper:Okay.
DRG4: Were there any episodes, scenes, or characters that you wanted to include but were cut? I heard that the Beetle was going to be on the show, for example.
John Semper:Gosh, these are good questions but there's so much to tell...
DRG4: Anything major come to mind?
John Semper:We ALWAYS ran long. Lots of good stuff was always cut out. Every episode. Never did Beetle. Meant to, but never got around to it.
DRG4: Were there any whole episodes you guys wrote but decided to can?
John Semper:One outline comes to mind involving Mysterio and Dormammu. Wanted to introduce Ghost Rider, but Fox was afraid Marvel was going to use him in a UPN show and didn't want to give him the exposure. So that was cut. Pissed me off, too. Also, we lost one completely written chapter of "Secret Wars." It involved the X-Men, but they didn't want to pay again for the whole cast, so I dropped the episode and used only "Storm."
DRG4: That was a great idea, whoever's it was, to use the old Storm that lived in LA.
John Semper:I could get Iona Morris, the original Storm voice, who was here in the States without dealing with the whole Canadian thing. Also, she's a friend of mine.
DRG4: You couldn't use Hulk or She-Hulk because of the UPN show as well, right? I think the Lizard fit the "monster" role well.
John Semper:Right. Pissed me off too. Although, I 'm not a big Hulk fan. Lizard....yeah, he was an easy one, and worked better in our Spidey world.
DRG4: Also about the Secret Wars, how come you guys didn't get the rest of the FF voice cast? It was really disappointing to hear only Quinton Flynn's familiar voice and not the rest.
John Semper:I HATED that show and most of the cast that came with it. I think we recast it better.
DRG4: Yeah, although I despised the guy who you got to do the Thing. The other two were okay. Well, I guess I better ask the question on everyone's minds minds now regarding the end of the show. What exactly happened to Mary Jane? Is she still in limbo with the Green Goblin and the Spot? Or did Madame Web do something and save her?
John Semper:M.J. was left in limbo. I had intended to use that thread to launch a new season, if necessary. But it was already beginning to look like they weren't going beyond...
DRG4: I don't see why they didn't. FOX ordered additional X-Men episodes. Too bad the animation house went out of business.
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