Supercar (TV series) series proposed to the BBC by Hugh Woodhouse that was never produced. Anderson would later claim that the whole point of having a series based on a vehicle was to minimize having to show the marionettes walking, an action which he felt never looked convincing. The plot of the show consisted of Supercar, a vertical takeoff and landing craft invented by Prof. Rudolph Popkiss and Dr. Horatio Beaker, and piloted by Mike Mercury. On land it rode on a cushion of air rather than wheels. Jets in the rear allowed it to fly like a jet and retractable wings were
Gerry Johnson Gerry Johnson Gerry Johnson (April 4, 1918 – January 24, 1990) was an American actress, best known as the second voice actress of Betty Rubble during seasons five and six of the animated television series "The Flintstones". Geraldine Adelaide Schreiber was born in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1918. Among her many stage, TV, and screen credits, Johnson created and hosted her own TV variety show in Dallas, Texas, "Gerry Johnson's Variety Fair" in the 1950s and played Lady Bracknell in "The Importance of Being Earnest" and several characters in "Under Milkwood" in the opening season of the Dallas Theater