This made one hell of an impact on me when I was 6½ years old in January 1966! What I get a kick out of is that music from Ramsay Lewis, as well as from Henry Mancini's "Peter Gunn" soundtrack, is used here! The Peter Gunn music would have given this series a darker edge to it that it could have benefited from!
I don't know why but the person that's making me laugh the hardest is robin. Oh and the cleshay acting, but it's still an awsome show nonetheless. LOL and I'm a huge batman fan.
I don't know why but the person that's making me laugh the hardest is robin. Oh and the cleshay acting, but it's still an awsome show nonetheless. LOL
FYI, quite a bit of the music was taken from Henry Mancini's score for Peter Gunn!! I think that music rocks big time, and should have been used in the series for added edginess!
Oh, and had Dean Jeffries' version of the Batmobile been used, it would have been derived from a 1959 Cadillac!
At that time, there was only ONE tv channel here in Denmark - and the Danish Batman comic told us that the series wouldnot be shown in Danish television - becourse those in charge thought it was too violent - sigh...
( the same reason they only shown a few Thunderbirds ) - they should have BANG SPLASH KE-POW in their faces.. så ku de bare lære det !
@gasplut For the same reason they dropped this show in Finland after the first season. It is quite sad, that I had no possibility to see Batgirl, but on the other hand, season 3 was a little bit downgrading in quality after the first two seasons.
I don't remember this presentation, buy I do remember seeing commercials with the tagline "Batman Is Coming!" in the month prior to the show going on air.
@Tre404 Probably, but kids took the comic seriously, and I think a lot of them were really insulted by this show. I know I was, and I'm not even a Batman fan.
It was thrilling to see Batman and Robin slide down that poll to the bat cave. When they jumped in that "Bat Car"," Criminals " Watch Out", you knew that meant business.!!!
It was thrilling to see Batman and Robin slide down that poll to the bat cave. When they jumped in that "Bat Car"," Criminals " Watch Out", you knew that meant " business.".
I recall the promo to Batman and the day all the kids in the neighborhood all watch the first Batman show. I recall that it was on a Sunday,nice move ABC
I was 5 when it came on. I had a Batman sweatshirt. It was white with the emblem on it. Saw it in reruns for years. As I got older I appreciated the villains. Many of Hollywoods greats were on the show. Julie Newmar was my favorite Catwoman. George Sanders was great as Mr. Freeze. Otto Preminger used to say "Wild" as Mr. Freeze. Caeser Romero was a better Joker than in the movies. The show was camp. That was what made it so great. Always a favorite.
I always love when he drinks the orange juice in this scene, he recoils a bit, as if he was drinking a really hard drink like whiskey or something. :-P
That was what I thought initialy when I saw the ads at age 11.I was an avid watcher at first-and I took the whole show seriously...until I realized the producers/writers weren't taking it seriously.
@MacGrurry That's what I say. What's a hidden Bat-Lazar- beam? I'm sure he meant to say Laser. lol Nevertheless, a hidden Bat-Lazar-beam is used just like a hidden Bat-shield is used, and it comes out of nowhere! lol That some Bat-belt Batman!
IT was kinda like a let down, we wanted a serious cool super hero Batman and they gave us this. IT was a big hit for a short time , in a funny way,making fun of it. i watched it when it first aired on tv, we still had our old b/w tv from 1958. Nice memories.
Its wasn't a "spoof", it was camp. Camp takes original elements and exaggerates them, almost like a caricature. Given executive producer Dozier's hatred for comic books and the desire of both Fox and ABC to make it a "light" show (by the mid 60's, half hour shows in those days were usually comedies, hours were dramas or variety shows), camp was the right approach.
I'd love to see a cpy of the original teaser which aired on ABC stations the week before Batman premiered. I recall it showed shots of the Bat signal, Riddler in the elephant mask and Dozier's reapting several tmes "Batman is coming!"
Small wonder. Unlike most "stars," Adam has a sense of humor about his career's ups and downs and never takes himself too seriously. He and Shatner figured it out: if people are going to make fun of you, make fun of yourself and do it better than they do. And if you end up making a lot of money doing so, all the better!
OMG...I actually remember this. This did air on ABC, before it showed for the Fall. I watched it with my parents and brothers and friends. Back in the day, the networks did this as a special to gain interest..and we were alll interested!! Gee whiz! Thanks for posting!!!
I just wish the lawsuit would be done with and the DVDs put to market; why not go for shared profits? Everyone knows the Batman TV show would be an instant best seller!
Batman was another variation of the Comic Strip Batman and The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Both shows were very successful, but the 2nd Season of Batman and the 3rd Season of U.N.C.L.E. was considered too silly b/c it was too comical and not serious.
But here's something else: the late Cesar Romero, the late Vincent Price and the late European Actor Michael Rennie have all played villains on both shows and Yvonne Craig played Batgirl, but she also played a Female Agent on Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Batman threw the batarang, and then "climbed" up the rope to the atomic pile to save "Molly". I remember seeing that for the first time as a 12 year old, and even with my kids imagination, I though that was pretty hokily done. But we all loved the series then. I still have all the black bat, red bat, and blue bat Topps trading cards from 1966 I collected back then.
Fox and WB really need to resolve their dispute and get this show on DVD. Think of all the wonderful extras the DVDs could have, including this rare pilot presentation!!!
Plus, with the passing of Eartha Kitt last December, the number of surviving cast members continues to diminish. I'd love to see it on DVD complete with commentary while there are still cast members around.
@studmuffin0681 I used 2 watch this TV version of Batman as a boy and I really loved it. However, I found out recently that Batman was also a 1940's movie series before it went 2 television. It was made by Columbia Pictures and u may find it here on YouTube.
It's also interesting to note that except for the "Batman" theme, most of the music heard in this presentation was "stock" (mostly from "Peter Gunn"), although a cover version of "The In Crowd" (by Ramsey Lewis) is also heard during a discotheque scene.
"Batman" premiered on January 12th, 1966, so I suspect this presentation was put together very late in 1965, featuring scenes from the pilot.
It was probably put together both for potential sponsors and affiliates. Indeed, an ABC affiliate that had a nine-minute "hole" at the end of a movie could have run this short with a local voice-over added to the end indicating "'Batman', Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 P.M., premiering January 12th here on Channel (number)".
I lived for this show when I was 8, I had to play Catwoman to my brother's Batman (he had a blue towel clothespinned around his neck). Once I had to miss the show because I had too much homework & I spent the whole 1/2 hour up in my bedroom crying (I had to write the numbers 1-1000). This was such a big hit even though the careers of Adam & Burt didn't last beyond the show. Once they were supposed to be at a local mall but didn't come--mobs of people were there, I was so disappointed!
@wlhardy I never had anyone willing to play villain for me and unfortunately the only Robin I could come up with was my cats. Cats just love to wear capes and race down the street in the Batmobile (a.k.a. little red wagon.)
@RichYan33 I love it! If you don't have a Robin, then improvise and get some cats. That's great. It would have been so cool to play Batman with other kids and to take turns being "Guest Villains". I don't know how they could keep straight faces while doing this show. I wish I had a bunch of friends that wanted to watch Batman reruns. That would be cool. We could all yell "Pow!", "Biff", "Splatt" and "Holy Reruns Batman"! I was very young when the show was on. I miss my youth.
@wlhardy In my case, I had to go to the neighbor's to watch this show around the same time. My grandparents, with whom I lived, never allowed us to watch this show, or any cartoons, for that matter. My grandparents bought their first color set in January 1966, but the neighbors still had the standard black-and-white.
I always wanted to play Robin, which is ironic, because I am almost as tall as my namesake Alfred in this series. Of course, back then, I didn't recognize the celebrity villains.
I haven't seen this since it ran on ABC. Wow! I loved it when I was a kid, and took the first season very seriously (me, not the director). Frank Gorshin was a Great Ridddler. God, that laugh! Thanks for posting this. It was fun.
William Dozier, producer (and the narrator of Batman and the Green Hornet TV show) tried to have other series done based on comics but never took off, He tried Batgirl, Wonder Woman and Dick Tracy but they never took off due to the quick fizzle of Batman.
I was sure it was 66. I was 6 years old..and I remember it like it was yesterday...Our babysitter came over and said, "aren't you watching Batman tonight"...and I remember telling her I didn't know what that was :) My little story :) Thanks
lol, she climbs into the nuclear power source that he just happens to have in his 1970 cave basement. Because of course its the kind of thing you just leave open so people can accidentally fall in. lmao
Excellent. I remember these kind of highlights used to really get me pumped for upcoming shows. Used to scare me too. The Batman dance shown here was emulated by many. And am I mistaken, or is that Jill St. (yummy) John in that segment dressed up like Robin? She was her smokingest at this point. See what we had to watch when all we had was 3 networks and some local Chicago programming? The times, they are a changing!
The music playing in the background when Batman walks into the night club is titled "I'm in with the in crowd" but I can't remember the artist ... can anyone else?
It's actually not "The In Crowd". But I'm blanking on which song and artist it is right now. However, just FYI, the most famous version of "The In Crowd" was by Dobie Gray.
Whoops, I spoke too soon. "The In Crowd" Ramsay Lewis Trio. They used that in a show I was in and I had to find it because it's such great party music.
This made one hell of an impact on me when I was 6½ years old in January 1966! What I get a kick out of is that music from Ramsay Lewis, as well as from Henry Mancini's "Peter Gunn" soundtrack, is used here! The Peter Gunn music would have given this series a darker edge to it that it could have benefited from!
catfan 2 weeks ago
when l was 8 l thought this was the greatest thing in the world,,innocence is a wonderful thing isnt it?
robharding1957 1 month ago
Couldn't Batman just climb the ladder?
Clintbdee 1 month ago
everybody quick to the CATolac
bigfrolvr 2 months ago
they must have had some laugh making these!.
AyeOkNowFuckOff 3 months ago
Like
sarahnk100 3 months ago
Papa Batman always rules!
Death2Fanboys 3 months ago
She's bad enough to attempt to murder batman, but ask her to climb back down a ladder and she's too scared.
KawaiikuteMonster 4 months ago 4
I don't know why but the person that's making me laugh the hardest is robin. Oh and the cleshay acting, but it's still an awsome show nonetheless. LOL and I'm a huge batman fan.
TheDrip10 5 months ago
I don't know why but the person that's making me laugh the hardest is robin. Oh and the cleshay acting, but it's still an awsome show nonetheless. LOL
TheDrip10 5 months ago
This show is for true batman fans, not nolan nuthuggers
LogSNES 5 months ago
cool cool in Christ allways fat billpage illusionist magician in fun wilds.org
billpage 5 months ago
I Couldn't believe I was 4 years old watching this show. I am showing my age. LOL!!!
TheGeminiStudios 6 months ago
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TheGeminiStudios 6 months ago
Man and boy...
PocketwatchPictures 6 months ago
Absolutely Bloody Classic!!!!..They just dont make shows this good anymore :0 }
smasherhits 9 months ago
FYI, quite a bit of the music was taken from Henry Mancini's score for Peter Gunn!! I think that music rocks big time, and should have been used in the series for added edginess!
Oh, and had Dean Jeffries' version of the Batmobile been used, it would have been derived from a 1959 Cadillac!
catfan 9 months ago
Holy Nostalgia! No wonder I was soooo excited to see the series when I saw this broadcast. POW! BAM! WHAP!
Aquaman1054 10 months ago
At that time, there was only ONE tv channel here in Denmark - and the Danish Batman comic told us that the series wouldnot be shown in Danish television - becourse those in charge thought it was too violent - sigh...
( the same reason they only shown a few Thunderbirds ) - they should have BANG SPLASH KE-POW in their faces.. så ku de bare lære det !
gasplut 10 months ago
@gasplut For the same reason they dropped this show in Finland after the first season. It is quite sad, that I had no possibility to see Batgirl, but on the other hand, season 3 was a little bit downgrading in quality after the first two seasons.
ralex65 7 months ago
I don't remember this presentation, buy I do remember seeing commercials with the tagline "Batman Is Coming!" in the month prior to the show going on air.
Neat!
WpgLwr007 10 months ago
Hated this show. Corny in the extreme. Not just comic bookish, but extreme high camp. Beyond Tim Burton camp.
Capt777harris 10 months ago
@Capt777harris ... Well, that was the whole point! It was designed to be campy, corny and comic-bookish!
Tre404 9 months ago
@Tre404 Probably, but kids took the comic seriously, and I think a lot of them were really insulted by this show. I know I was, and I'm not even a Batman fan.
Capt777harris 9 months ago
when this first started everyone thought it was so dammn bizzare! If only one teen thug had a pocket knife in the gang!
dynagravitomagnetic 11 months ago
batman with the music from peter gunn. i love it
gusvespa 11 months ago
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gusvespa 11 months ago
Batman and Star Trek are the greatest tv shows ever!
tedm1975 11 months ago
Jill St. John was so hot.
MarkFanboyX 1 year ago
and today is the 45th Anniversary, may i not add?
puterboy1 1 year ago
Now that HUB is showing reruns, the clamour demand for a DVD release will expect to increase. Put me on that list.
Why is it that Fox and WB can collaborate on movies like "The Towering Inferno" but can't come to an agreement on who owns Batman?
Mcnzlea 1 year ago
You shake a pretty mean cape, Batman...
Soxogram 1 year ago
Never saw this one before....thanks for posting it!
msk7046 1 year ago
I've known several men who were boys when Batman made its debut. Every last one of them was a Batman fanatic in those days :)
snoops71 1 year ago
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It was thrilling to see Batman and Robin slide down that poll to the bat cave. When they jumped in that "Bat Car"," Criminals " Watch Out", you knew that meant business.!!!
GiClm4 1 year ago
It was thrilling to see Batman and Robin slide down that poll to the bat cave. When they jumped in that "Bat Car"," Criminals " Watch Out", you knew that meant " business.".
GiClm4 1 year ago
7:30 TO 7:40 LMAO
darwish96 1 year ago
@darwish96 So glad the original Hornet and Kato weren't corny like this !!!!
slimdudeDJC 1 year ago
I recall the promo to Batman and the day all the kids in the neighborhood all watch the first Batman show. I recall that it was on a Sunday,nice move ABC
Eightfiftyfive855 1 year ago
Camp at it's best!
jln55 1 year ago
Used to watch this show every day at 4:30pm on our local CBS affiliate in the 1980's. Hopefully some day this will get a dvd release.
storrs19 1 year ago
What a great show !
TheMasterSergeant1 1 year ago
i used to love that car!!!!
Subwayguy98 1 year ago
A great campy show!!!
Subwayguy98 1 year ago
I was 5 when it came on. I had a Batman sweatshirt. It was white with the emblem on it. Saw it in reruns for years. As I got older I appreciated the villains. Many of Hollywoods greats were on the show. Julie Newmar was my favorite Catwoman. George Sanders was great as Mr. Freeze. Otto Preminger used to say "Wild" as Mr. Freeze. Caeser Romero was a better Joker than in the movies. The show was camp. That was what made it so great. Always a favorite.
49bobbyk 1 year ago
This was my fav show as a kid !! Thanks for posting
"Same Bat time, same Bat channel"
edko426 1 year ago
LOL did he say man and boy???????
mrtrek64 1 year ago 5
1st episode featured frank gorshin as the riddler.
truth2masses 1 year ago
Was that the same cave they used for Zorro
midnightcaller200 1 year ago
Note that Batman (Adam West) asks for Orange Juice!
altfactor 1 year ago
I always love when he drinks the orange juice in this scene, he recoils a bit, as if he was drinking a really hard drink like whiskey or something. :-P
gothamite27 1 year ago
wow! all this and the batwatusi too!! it does'nt get any better than this!! shazam1059
shazam1059 1 year ago
The music from Henry Mancini's "Peter Gunn" and "More Music From Peter Gunn" albums is tracked on this promo.
vividwatch47 1 year ago
the First Episode of "BATMAN" came in with a KRUNCH! WHAMM!! POW! ZAP!! BAM! OUCH!..&..BANG!!! xo]
tornmask 1 year ago
I loved the 60s. Batman, the AFL, Gilligan's Island, The Beatles, Stones, Star Trek, and The Summer of Love.
Dietpepsivanilla 1 year ago
How they were able to do any of these shows with a striaght face is beyond me...
broadjumper1 1 year ago
3:20 LOLOLOL
fanagot 1 year ago
Fascinating preview, not tracked with Nelson Riddles brilliant underscoring. There obviously must be the actual episode with the final tracking.
schwei56 1 year ago
Batman was coming on television?Wow!
That was what I thought initialy when I saw the ads at age 11.I was an avid watcher at first-and I took the whole show seriously...until I realized the producers/writers weren't taking it seriously.
RJRanke 1 year ago
Batman's gotta have that OJ
alteregodamian 1 year ago
whats a hidden Bat-Lazar- beam?
MacGrurry 1 year ago
@MacGrurry That's what I say. What's a hidden Bat-Lazar- beam? I'm sure he meant to say Laser. lol Nevertheless, a hidden Bat-Lazar-beam is used just like a hidden Bat-shield is used, and it comes out of nowhere! lol That some Bat-belt Batman!
Beautifulmusiclistnr 1 year ago
This is still better than The Dark Knight or Batman Begins.
flapdoodle64 1 year ago 2
IT was kinda like a let down, we wanted a serious cool super hero Batman and they gave us this. IT was a big hit for a short time , in a funny way,making fun of it. i watched it when it first aired on tv, we still had our old b/w tv from 1958. Nice memories.
1952kid 2 years ago
Glad to see Superheroes promoting non-alcoholic beverages for a drink!
ashkaradur718 2 years ago
Lol! at 2:00-2:06!
Batman and Riddler are both having a pretty gay moment, and Batman had the pants. xD
ashkaradur718 2 years ago
A ward is an orphan (usually). The ward needs a guardian, and that's what the "millionaire philanthropist" was....a guardian to the ward.
sommerTN 2 years ago
So cool, in so many ways! What is a ward?
BoyJewish 2 years ago
I still want that car!!!
AliasUndercover 2 years ago
i was 4...i didnt get that it was all a spoof...i was just totally excited to see batman on tv...and gorshin shoulda won an emmy for the riddler
brabon1 2 years ago 2
Its wasn't a "spoof", it was camp. Camp takes original elements and exaggerates them, almost like a caricature. Given executive producer Dozier's hatred for comic books and the desire of both Fox and ABC to make it a "light" show (by the mid 60's, half hour shows in those days were usually comedies, hours were dramas or variety shows), camp was the right approach.
tavery80 2 years ago
I lol'd
connor1571 2 years ago
I'd love to see a cpy of the original teaser which aired on ABC stations the week before Batman premiered. I recall it showed shots of the Bat signal, Riddler in the elephant mask and Dozier's reapting several tmes "Batman is coming!"
astroboy1960 2 years ago
Wow, I thought I was the only one who remembered that teaser. I kept wondering who the man in the elephant mask was supposed to be.
Setebos 2 years ago
Will someone put this show on DVD for cryin' out loud?!!!!? There's enough money to be made of this to satisfy everyone involved!
bobbyknightmare 2 years ago
Amazing video!!!!!!! Thanks for share it.
videocotillon 2 years ago
the song AFTER the titles is from the peter gunn soundtrack - song is 'fallout'
Cheif ohara is brilliant - he determined that the criminal who gave a riddle was the riddler
hpmc9 2 years ago 2
There's no pulling the wool over the eyes of Gotham's fine men in blue.
Bfdidc 2 years ago
LMAO @ some of ya'll comments. I couldn't come up wit some of the funny shit I'm readin', and I'm an all natural shit talker.
jpthug4lyf 2 years ago
Adam West has more fans now tan he did in the 60s.
pastorkevin52 2 years ago 3
Small wonder. Unlike most "stars," Adam has a sense of humor about his career's ups and downs and never takes himself too seriously. He and Shatner figured it out: if people are going to make fun of you, make fun of yourself and do it better than they do. And if you end up making a lot of money doing so, all the better!
bobbyknightmare 2 years ago 5
@bobbyknightmare Why would anyone make fun of the mayor of Rhode Island???
xcellken1 3 months ago
lmao, gotta love 60s tv haha
DancingEwok 2 years ago
Batman and Robin;
Intrepid Pursuers of Evil!!
Fearless Warriors Against Crime!!
Bruce Wayne..... Millionaire Philanderer.... errrr.... make that PHILANTHROPIST!!
Robin.... HOLY Figures out every riddle The Riddler can throw at them!!
So..... if they're all so clever, all so brilliant, then why do they need to have their names marked on The Bat Poles??
Outlaw1257 2 years ago 3
the lyrics of the "Batman" theme song song are absolutely moving.
Someone must have spent an entire six-pack composing them!!
Outlaw1257 2 years ago
OK. I've got "Batman! Batman! Batman..." I need another word here.
How about "Batman"!?
Brilliant!
RichYan33 2 years ago 2
SHAKESPEARE !!!
Outlaw1257 2 years ago
great post 10/10
AyeOkNowFuckOff 2 years ago 2
Different background music, wrent you allowed to use the original music by Nelson Riddle?
Ihy744ppp 2 years ago
The TV series background score was composed by Neal Hefti. Nelson Riddle composed the score for the 1966 feature film.
hobokenplayboy 2 years ago
Wrong, Hefti wrote the theme song, Riddle the background score, and yes also for the feature film.
Ihy744ppp 2 years ago
My...my drink -
DOPED!
Cypherfall 2 years ago
So, do you suppose that they ever had a slide on each others pole?
MonteCarlotta 2 years ago
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mikey42 2 years ago
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Batman and his little homo sidekick did the gayest fighting in tv history.
ukkfayooyay 2 years ago
He burnt the firing pin with a "LAY-ZAR" beam? LOL
ukkfayooyay 2 years ago 2
A "BAT-LAY-ZAR" beam to be precise.
SuperLuigiSixty4 2 years ago
What is the Batusi?
GuitarGOR 2 years ago
It's Batman's groovy dance - starting at 3:20.
michelle66 2 years ago
OMG...I actually remember this. This did air on ABC, before it showed for the Fall. I watched it with my parents and brothers and friends. Back in the day, the networks did this as a special to gain interest..and we were alll interested!! Gee whiz! Thanks for posting!!!
Mandi7882 2 years ago
I just wish the lawsuit would be done with and the DVDs put to market; why not go for shared profits? Everyone knows the Batman TV show would be an instant best seller!
HypnoToad72 2 years ago
Batman was another variation of the Comic Strip Batman and The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Both shows were very successful, but the 2nd Season of Batman and the 3rd Season of U.N.C.L.E. was considered too silly b/c it was too comical and not serious.
But here's something else: the late Cesar Romero, the late Vincent Price and the late European Actor Michael Rennie have all played villains on both shows and Yvonne Craig played Batgirl, but she also played a Female Agent on Man From U.N.C.L.E.
tnawcwvictoria 2 years ago
They had the COOLEST car. I'm glad it's out in Hot Wheels now. :-)
Jeff98177 2 years ago
This makes the show look good, until you reach the Batusi scene ...
spider9137 2 years ago
it's SUPPOSED to be corny and campy, that's the whole point....
dougalmac54 2 years ago
I am used to seeing the short Bat Man theme and saying in color.
britfrenir 2 years ago
Thank you for posting. I never seen this before.
britfrenir 2 years ago
5:28 a bat LAZAR beam
skankenweenie 2 years ago
Batman threw the batarang, and then "climbed" up the rope to the atomic pile to save "Molly". I remember seeing that for the first time as a 12 year old, and even with my kids imagination, I though that was pretty hokily done. But we all loved the series then. I still have all the black bat, red bat, and blue bat Topps trading cards from 1966 I collected back then.
dahur 2 years ago
a large fresh orange juice, please
skankenweenie 2 years ago
2:50 isn't this actress Jill St John?
deepseadirt 2 years ago 2
Yes, she sure is!
catfan 2 years ago
you can get the serials from 1943 and 1949 and the 1966 Movie on DVD, but you can't get the TV Show. Doesn't seem right.
snakes3425 2 years ago
No, it isn't...
AceTheBathound 2 years ago
Fox and WB really need to resolve their dispute and get this show on DVD. Think of all the wonderful extras the DVDs could have, including this rare pilot presentation!!!
studmuffin0681 3 years ago 12
Plus, with the passing of Eartha Kitt last December, the number of surviving cast members continues to diminish. I'd love to see it on DVD complete with commentary while there are still cast members around.
Jeff98177 2 years ago
@studmuffin0681 I used 2 watch this TV version of Batman as a boy and I really loved it. However, I found out recently that Batman was also a 1940's movie series before it went 2 television. It was made by Columbia Pictures and u may find it here on YouTube.
man975dog 10 months ago
@man975dog ... Yes, it was a Saturday-matinee serial in the 1940s.
Tre404 9 months ago
it have the ABC Camera ID.
GOOSEYGOOSE9 3 years ago 5
Campy..Yes.Classic...Absolutely!!!!
ChitownStever1 3 years ago
Damn this is silly. I know it was on purpose, but still
DeadJerker 3 years ago
pupsik nervs hurt....janka here help!!???
o help
mckaby 3 years ago
BATMAN RULZ!!!!!!
reymysterio43 3 years ago
It's also interesting to note that except for the "Batman" theme, most of the music heard in this presentation was "stock" (mostly from "Peter Gunn"), although a cover version of "The In Crowd" (by Ramsey Lewis) is also heard during a discotheque scene.
altfactor 3 years ago
"Batman" premiered on January 12th, 1966, so I suspect this presentation was put together very late in 1965, featuring scenes from the pilot.
It was probably put together both for potential sponsors and affiliates. Indeed, an ABC affiliate that had a nine-minute "hole" at the end of a movie could have run this short with a local voice-over added to the end indicating "'Batman', Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 P.M., premiering January 12th here on Channel (number)".
altfactor 3 years ago
WATCH 3:00 ON
"my drink.....DOPED!!"
ROLFLMAO!!
Wez666 3 years ago
Adam West hey, you remember me cut my face in fantabaires97
197459z 3 years ago
That's Jill St. John...
jsjunot 3 years ago
do you know who the girl he was danceing with? she did "diamonds are forever" james bond movie.forgot her name.
melbz1266 3 years ago
I lived for this show when I was 8, I had to play Catwoman to my brother's Batman (he had a blue towel clothespinned around his neck). Once I had to miss the show because I had too much homework & I spent the whole 1/2 hour up in my bedroom crying (I had to write the numbers 1-1000). This was such a big hit even though the careers of Adam & Burt didn't last beyond the show. Once they were supposed to be at a local mall but didn't come--mobs of people were there, I was so disappointed!
wlhardy 3 years ago 9
@wlhardy I never had anyone willing to play villain for me and unfortunately the only Robin I could come up with was my cats. Cats just love to wear capes and race down the street in the Batmobile (a.k.a. little red wagon.)
RichYan33 1 year ago
@RichYan33 I love it! If you don't have a Robin, then improvise and get some cats. That's great. It would have been so cool to play Batman with other kids and to take turns being "Guest Villains". I don't know how they could keep straight faces while doing this show. I wish I had a bunch of friends that wanted to watch Batman reruns. That would be cool. We could all yell "Pow!", "Biff", "Splatt" and "Holy Reruns Batman"! I was very young when the show was on. I miss my youth.
Beautifulmusiclistnr 1 year ago
@wlhardy In my case, I had to go to the neighbor's to watch this show around the same time. My grandparents, with whom I lived, never allowed us to watch this show, or any cartoons, for that matter. My grandparents bought their first color set in January 1966, but the neighbors still had the standard black-and-white.
I always wanted to play Robin, which is ironic, because I am almost as tall as my namesake Alfred in this series. Of course, back then, I didn't recognize the celebrity villains.
BuddyNovinski 1 year ago
hahah i just noticed at the end...batman is driving up and down the same road..lol..hes lost
dirytmagic 3 years ago
"If only they had caller ID back then. Commish would have found it was Bruce Wayne!"
If you think it's that easy to catch Batman think again ;)
He'd obviously have some phone device that would lead the Commish on a wild goose chase lol
menehunealoha 3 years ago
Thia ninja used a rope/grappling hook/ lasso to save a girl from a nuclear reactor... crazy.
ninja please
JackHatred 3 years ago
Robin was always a bit of a liability!
jpmac2234 3 years ago
I haven't seen this since it ran on ABC. Wow! I loved it when I was a kid, and took the first season very seriously (me, not the director). Frank Gorshin was a Great Ridddler. God, that laugh! Thanks for posting this. It was fun.
claudewhitacre 3 years ago 6
Technicolor! what an era!
sbmrunning 3 years ago
Why wasn't there any other geust starring super heroes in this? Beside the Green Hornet.
2199 3 years ago
William Dozier, producer (and the narrator of Batman and the Green Hornet TV show) tried to have other series done based on comics but never took off, He tried Batgirl, Wonder Woman and Dick Tracy but they never took off due to the quick fizzle of Batman.
thedrknghtno1 2 years ago
also love adam west on family guy and fairly odd parents, you rock adam.
mrevans60 3 years ago
when i was 6 this show was it. i still have my batman lunch box. inspired lunacy.
mrevans60 3 years ago
Oh LORD!
lionofthejungle 3 years ago
Dig that crazy background music.
waynetech10 3 years ago
You've got the year wrong, it was 1966...or is there something I didn't know.
Hegstuffing 3 years ago
It premiered in January 1966.
noqa 3 years ago
I was sure it was 66. I was 6 years old..and I remember it like it was yesterday...Our babysitter came over and said, "aren't you watching Batman tonight"...and I remember telling her I didn't know what that was :) My little story :) Thanks
Hegstuffing 3 years ago 3
so cheesy
emmochav 3 years ago
best tv show ever
twangyourkipper 3 years ago
Batman's in with "The In Crowd"!
zaius316 3 years ago
My drink...!
DOPED!
batguano 3 years ago
I totally lost it when he started dancing
sterpahs 3 years ago
Yeah.. Batman is Cuming.. especially at 03:45 xDD
SnakeInLake 3 years ago
lol, she climbs into the nuclear power source that he just happens to have in his 1970 cave basement. Because of course its the kind of thing you just leave open so people can accidentally fall in. lmao
Arianive 3 years ago 3
3:15-3:17.........priceless. "You interest me you strange lady"......ROFL
vanparty 3 years ago
This is 'Fiddle Hi Riddle"-(1966),...not 65..1st appearance o' Fred Gershin as the Riddler...classic clowny corn
ApolloSpade 3 years ago
Apollo: It's Frank Gorshin as the Riddler. He was the best.
vanparty 3 years ago 2
Loved it as a kid, but man it's campy. Bstman begins is much better!
yerkeskid 3 years ago
This show just makes me smile : )....thanks for posting this...this is great
SHRINA17 3 years ago
I used to *love* this show. Sorry to read that it's not on DVD. Maybe, perhaps once Time Warner and Fox agree to terms, it'll be on DVD someday.
ilovetinomartinez 3 years ago
it's fox's fault why this is not on dvd. they can't come to terms with time warner on how to release it.
madog20 3 years ago
Batman and Lost In Space were my two childhood
favorites...wish they'd release Batman on DVD!
DRbiohazard 3 years ago
This show has it all. STYLE and beautiful Corny humour-but as a kid it was deadly serious
demonsbutterfly 3 years ago
Wham! Pow! Bam! Brilliant, I've tried to buy this series but cant find it. Thank you for posting.
anne5surf 4 years ago
60's TV doesn't get much better than this. Better than this: The Monkees; The Mod Squad
rvisual 4 years ago
It's a travesty the show is not on DVD. There are clearly some fools in the corporate towers.
xanjohn 4 years ago
Excellent. I remember these kind of highlights used to really get me pumped for upcoming shows. Used to scare me too. The Batman dance shown here was emulated by many. And am I mistaken, or is that Jill St. (yummy) John in that segment dressed up like Robin? She was her smokingest at this point. See what we had to watch when all we had was 3 networks and some local Chicago programming? The times, they are a changing!
BENJ1969 4 years ago
CHEESEY!!
Movieluver93 4 years ago
my drink... DOPED!
DankFartload 4 years ago
Holy Lost Archives.
Awesome Bat-Footage that never seen.
greyhound7815 4 years ago
look at molly's face when the riddler starts lafin when they've kidnapped robin
handsomedevil98 4 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
See...Molly should've thought twice before making the moves on that funnily-dressed guy on the dancefloor...bad news indeed.
Batman's heart is only for his Robin, the Butt Wonder (haha)
Nice threads on Gorshin's Riddler....
iwasanangryyoungman 4 years ago
"DOOOOOOOOOOOOPED... D'OH!"
SMesiti 4 years ago
What a way to go go. LOL
glimmer2158 4 years ago
I would pay top dollar to own every episode of this series...this and the Burton movies made me love batman
dasterdly1 4 years ago 2
The music playing in the background when Batman walks into the night club is titled "I'm in with the in crowd" but I can't remember the artist ... can anyone else?
dapeeg 4 years ago
It's actually not "The In Crowd". But I'm blanking on which song and artist it is right now. However, just FYI, the most famous version of "The In Crowd" was by Dobie Gray.
spidrawebster 4 years ago
The Ramsey Lewis Trio made "The In Crowd".
Timmyfunk1 3 years ago
Whoops, I spoke too soon. "The In Crowd" Ramsay Lewis Trio. They used that in a show I was in and I had to find it because it's such great party music.
spidrawebster 4 years ago
If only they had caller ID back then. Commish would have found it was Bruce Wayne!
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