{"id":7055,"date":"2011-02-23T10:12:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-23T17:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=7055"},"modified":"2011-02-23T10:12:52","modified_gmt":"2011-02-23T17:12:52","slug":"blast-from-the-past-spectreman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=7055","title":{"rendered":"Blast from the Past: Spectreman Opening Theme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=7055\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7060\" title=\"Spectreman Opening Sequence\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Spectreman_montage_unnecessary-umlaut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Spectreman_montage_unnecessary-umlaut.jpg 480w, http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Spectreman_montage_unnecessary-umlaut-300x292.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Growing up in <strong>Chicago<\/strong> there were two exotic TV treats I remember fondly beyond <!--more--><strong>Son of Svengoolie<\/strong>\u2014<a title=\"Bombshell: Princess June from Battle Of The Planets\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=2752\">Battle Of The Planets<\/a> and <strong>Spectreman<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/JdxySTFJOE4?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/JdxySTFJOE4?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>The \u00fcber-cheap,\u00a0<strong>Ultraman<\/strong> knockoff had such horrible effects, I couldn&#8217;t <em>not<\/em> watch it and be mesmerized. And the soundtrack? 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