After George Reeves' death put an abrupt end to his very lucrative ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN television program, producer Whitney Ellsworth commissioned a TV pilot to continue milking his cash cow, albeit in a very weird way.
The pilot SUPERPUP placed the Superman mythos into a fictional universe populated by dogs instead of human beings. The live-action actors were placed in dog-suits to portray the canine versions of the characters of Superman. The pilot was filmed on the same set as SUPERMAN, and the characters were portrayed by little people.
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The Clark Kent character was renamed "Bark Bent", who worked for the Daily Bugle (not to be confused with Peter Parker's workplace) under editor "Terry Bite" (instead of Perry White) and Lois Lane was renamed...get this..."Pamela Poodle". Ironicly, Superpup/Bark Bent himself was played by actor Billy Curtis, who had been in SUPERMAN AND THE MOLE MEN with George Reeves
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Unsurprisingly, SUPERPUP wasn't picked up as a series. Neither was Ellsworth's other possible Man of Steel tube replacement, SUPERBOY.
