Hi Diddle Riddle

[barky87]

anybody else think of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the start?

[Tokyoshadows]

DICK BRUCE

It's a riddle...

[27jengirl]

Bruce Wayne(Adam west) is so HOT

[Johnlindsey289]

Great show, i loved it since i was 7 23 years ago when they had reruns of it on my local Fox station and it's this plus Burton's movie and the comics that made me the Bat fan i am today. This show was such fun, Gorshwin was terrific as riddler as was John Glover on TAS.

[InweTaralom]

Aunt Harriet had a case of 'Sunnydale Syndrome'. She basically ignored all of the signs about her nephew being Robin. Any dumb dingaling could have figured it out.

Well....any dumb dingaling except her.

Why couldn't they give Robin a cool aunt that encouraged him to skip school on occasion, slip him a couple of bucks on the sly, and give Bruce grey hair?

[Arithmancer1]

3:46 HOW THE HELL DID ROBIN HEAR THAT?

[EyeSea4VseMoHajaEsAi]

This is awesome!!!! Where on earth did you find the episodes? Did you tape them when they were on? I can't seem to find them

[mordecairocks2]

who agrees that caesar romero was the best joker burgress meredith was the best penguin frank gorshin was the best riddler and george sanders/otto peringer was the best mr. freeze ?

[Arithmancer1]

@mordecairocks2 I agree with everything BUT the joker, that spot remains Jack Nicholson for me. HE STOLE MY BALLOONS!!

[CheapJabroni]

I think the aunt had to be on drugs not to suspect something.

[mordecairocks2]

@CheapJabroni hmmmm could be since she died shortly after the show ended in 1969

[mordecairocks2]

hey could you please put up the 1966 batman movie

[mordecairocks2]

hey fanofbats could you please put the return to the batcave episode

[captainamerica1967us]

you dont peel a bell, when a bell rings it peals.

[virtualboy1021]

hey fanofbats not the only fan of batman in fact i'm a batman fan too. In fact if you must known the part of your youtube name is the same nickname that the jocker uses when he sometimes is taking to batman.

[ronniemonnie]

You peel... a bell?

Am I missing something? :S

[BigDaddyAudio]

Jill St. John. Yummy. She's one of my top 3 "Bond Girls."



[DBZSSJgirl]

I wanna slide down their poles!!!! D:

gosh, that sounded so wrong....but seriously, it looks so fun!!!!! I totally wish superheroes were real!!!! It would be so freaking awesome!!!!!! X3

[jhibbitt1]

wow this series is actually very enjoyable. you can scoff at how silly it is and at the same time enjoy batman and robin's adventures

[tnawcwvictoria]

Hey guys, here's a fact:

5 years after her 1st appearance on Batman, Jill St. John went on to play Bond Girl Tiffany Case in Diamonds Are Forever which was Sean Connery's 6th Appearance as 007 and she is also the current Mrs. Robert Wagner

[liljayyboi2]

To the Batpoles!

[sustelsuk]

if only the scarecrow did the pilot! now thing will different

[VGMATE071202]

On Monday 7:00 this Batman Will show on the hub Channel 125

[Sylocat]

Nicolas Cage's performance in "Kick-Ass" was a note-perfect Adam West tribute.

[RJVD100]

It's kinda funny that I found this here, cuz I watched it with my dad, and he remembers watching most of these from when he was a kid! (im 13 btw.) Ah, they don't make shows like this anymore... XD

[MrKriss753]

This is the best Tv show of all time

[altfactor]

The pilot was an hour, and was intended to air in a single hour-long slot.

It was because ABC only had two early-evening (7:30 P.M. EST) slots open that "Batman" was split into two parts, on consecutive nights.

Otherwise, the cliffhanger would have been resolved over a station break.

BTW, note the stock shots of the 1964 New York World's Fair at the start of the show.

[ScottishgirlAnnlorie]

Holy Baracuda!

[johnnyfive22]

Thank you for posting all these episodes on youtube :) I just wish they would release them on dvd. I already have the Animated Series from 1992. I would like to have this one as well.

[oars44]

how do you peel a bell?

[NJCorleone]

The first episode should have been Joker!

[tHeLaUgHiNgHaWk]

Why the hell is alfred answering the bat-phone?

[shiznaw]

what is that bulging thing in his bat thong?

[jaelamadawala]

I like Bale too, hes my fav Batman. Fav series, Batman the Animated

[leandar]

I appreciate seeing this all up. I have always loved this show and I agree, Adam West for me, is the definitive Batman. This series needs a DVD release, dangit!!!

[GrinningSoul24]

haha Robin is one sharp cookie =P. I love his lines. But Bruce/Batman is my man<3

[donneric]

Burt is tyhe bes Robin Chris O'Donnell only uttered one holy

[whoshisface88]

You would think that they would put Joker in the first episode?

[Hateranuja]

Ive had a really really bad day. Your hard work to post this and make a playlist has made me feel so much better, I feel like a kid again. Thank you so much.

[ncelviegirl]

Holy Polaris, Batman!! This is one of my favorite episodes.

[MrStabby911]

Lol they got batman all that way just to solve a riddle

[midnightbelladonna]

@MrStabby911 they should have just googled it

[ap7]

i agree fanofbats adam west adam west is the best batman how batman the move woth adam west

[FanOfBats]

@ap7 Hey ap! Long time no talk. Now they have Batman porn!

[TheRokkiephantomlove]

@FanOfBats and waths funny the porn movie was better than batman and robin

[retsevlis]

@ap7 I wonder why they felt the need to label everything in the Batcave

[postersandstuff]

45th anniversary today !

[MERRILL718]

adam west was so cool on batman and so was burt ward

[Astraldragon1]

I allways did wonder any hero who had a secret identity....why their friends, loved ones or the police (in Batman's case)...didn't reconize their voice?

Batman doesn't talk any different then when he is just Bruce Wayne. Same with Superman or Spiderman....they tend to make them seem stupid.

[PsychoWolf14]

@Astraldragon1 the same reason louis never suspected Clark.

even though the difference was like, glasses.

[mrsubscriber02]

@Astraldragon1 thats why christian bale uses another voice when hes batman in TDK to make it more realistic

[Dynamodan10]

Theme song has such great lyrics!

"Batman batman batman batman batman batman batman batman batman batman

Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba

BATMAN!!

I think Bob Dylan was behind this.

[TMPRecords]

"Frank Gorshin will always be my favorite Riddler " I AGREE 100%!!!

[NORRIN68]

What about Jim Carey?

[TMPRecords]

@NORRIN68 please. He was OK but he's no frank that's for sure! Frank Gorshin is the man!!! :)

[chrisjg210]

@TMPRecords true the only good riddler is one who giggles like a little girl alot

[tnawcwvictoria]

@TMPRecords You got that right, as much as I like Jim Carrey, he wasn't a Frank Gorshin type

No one could do that High Pitched Laugh like him

and also, Frank Gorshin once played a bad guy on The Original Star Trek after Batman was cancelled and he also played a criminal on the very 1st season of Charlie's Angels

Remember that?

[robertwmartens]

Whatever happened to Inspector Bash?

[kv117]

didn't know you could send people away because you have to go fishing!

[cammy85]

Yeah, Bruce seemed pretty interested in the anti-crime centers too. It was teaching people a good way to get rid of money-grubbers (for lack of a better term).

[CashelFinn33]

This is Awesome! Thanks for uploading these Batman episodes.

[Girlygirl987011]

Burt ward is the best Robin ever !! lets face it chris o connell just didn't have the

humor and charisma like burt did.

[GeekySimlishGirl801]

@Girlygirl1987011

Not to mention he was adorable! I wish I'd lived in the 60's (sorry, Chris)

[mordecairocks2]

@Girlygirl987011 yah chris o donnell was to serious but burt ward was like adam west joking

[Girlygirl987011]

Gotham P.D. what a bunch of punks!!

[dontKILLmyCAT]

Gotham PD at their finest.

[dontKILLmyCAT]

And P.S: Does anyone know how you peel a belt?

[batman4545459]

you peal a bell. It means to ring a bell

[batfan903]

Frank Gorshin, Burgess Meredith, Vincent Price, Julie Newmar, and Eartha Kitt were the best live action television Batman villains in my opinon!!!!! While Mark Hamill, Arleen Sorkin, Richard Moll, Diane Pershing, Michael Asnera, Paul Williams, & David Warner were the best voice actors in the animated series!!!!

[camilotheHALOgod]

arch enemy the riddler???

[camilotheHALOgod]

i love the riddler is my favourite character

[johnnyfive22]

lol. So those detectives are suppose to be the top in the gotham pd. Yet none of them can handle the Riddler? lol.

[sonicedhoedown1]

their detectives, what u expect a superhero to solve their problems with a gun?

[Astraldragon1]

@sonicedhoedown1, No a superhero useing a gun would make it to easy and the show would end quicker.

[kdemonde]

there was always a parking space for Batman in front of the Police station.

[kdemonde]

The first and the best in my opinion, a great way to start the series with Frank Gorshin as the Riddler and Jill St. John wasn't bad either as Molly.

[1mrmoose]

Are these 2 episodes, Hi Diddle Riddle, and Smack in the Middle uncut or are they the hacked up episodes?

[supermadhawk100]

there not I went to wikki and its season 1 espodes

[cammy85]

He wants to know if they're cut to make more room for commercials. To answer the question, they're from Canada's TV Land, who, unlike its American brother, aired uncut episodes. Sadly it no longer does this, so I have the studio masters (after accidentally buying a set of American TV Land encodes).

[greenmatrix151023387]

THIS IS THE ONE THAT STARTED IT ALL

[NekoValtz]

..... how the heck does one peel a bell?

[idnandi]

orange peel and bell peal.

[GuitarGOR]

i was trying to figure that one out......... thanks,

[matrox]

He means peel a Bell Pepper like peel and orange...get it?

[RattyRandnums]

You've gotten a few replies (idnandi explains it pretty well if you already know the difference in definition) and probably don't really care anymore lol. But peal is basically another word for ringing. So ringing a bell is making it peal. A play on words. Gotta love the riddles in this show, among many other things it's got going. Though this one seems to make a lot more sense than later ones XD

[NekoValtz]

yeah funny thing is I called my friend like right after this and that's what he said. But things for saying this so at least other people know. I didn't know that peal was another word for that.

[Bladethepokefreak]

Adam West was, in my opinion, the BEST Bruce/Batman ever! Who agrees?

[FanOfBats]

He's my favorite, but Christian Bale plays it so different. I like them all, even George Clooney.

[RattyRandnums]

George Clooney is the only one I can't stand, that's even counting the guys from the old serials.

[GuitarGOR]

Goerge was a pretty decent Bruce Wayne, it him as Batman that no one could stand

[JHarmon10]

George Clooney wasn't a bad Batman, he was actually pretty good. It isn't like HE was the one that ruined Batman & Robin!

[Weezing336]

@FanOfBats I didn't like George Clooney as Batman, however now that I think of it he was cool in that he was like Adam West

[pnessgtr]

I'm with ya all the way!!!!!! A true iconic symbol of the 60's!!

[mrmjfan101]

I agree

[phoenixgirl09]

I'm totally with that. This is a really good episode...

[greenmatrix151023387]

I MOST CERTAINLY AGREE

[wwebatmanmaniac]

@Bladethepokefreak Well serious movie-wise, Michael Keaton was hands down the best. Bale's great, but Keaton is still better. Adam West is a different type of Batman, so it's hard to compare him with Bale or Keaton.

[SeattleLA]

@Bladethepokefreak I agree.

[stylzalmo]

@Bladethepokefreak he was a good bruce wayne thats it

[mordecairocks2]

@Bladethepokefreak i agree

[mordecairocks2]

@Bladethepokefreak i agree

[tnawcwvictoria]

Well just so you know:

Jill St. John became famous as Bond Girl Tiffany Case in the James Bond Film Diamonds are Forever Starring the original James Bond Sean Connery and she is also married to her 4th Husband Robert Wagner of Switch and Hart to Hart.

[Talloweed]

I like how Gordon sort of hesitated to call Batman at the beginning of this. To my knowledge, it's the only episode where he does that.

[LadyWebhead]

I don't know who he is behind that mask of his, but I do know when we need him, and we need him NOW!

[LadyWebhead]

I live for this stuff'! Holy Hole in the Doughnut!

[GuitarGOR]

is this seriously the very first episode of the 60's batman series?

[GuitarGOR]

i have a riddle, tear one off and scratch my head, what once was red is black instead, what am i?

[chrisaustralia1985]

a match?

[GuitarGOR]

yes exactly heres another one, what can you catch but not throw

[kev5621]

A Cold!

[morgan5154]

a cold

[GuitarGOR]

i love the riddler!

[LaughLOLProduction]

seriously, they labled their poles?

i love the cheesy-ness

[clctah]

Do you notice when they "enter" the poles, they are on the opposite sides when they exit?

I wonder if they did that as a joke or they didn't realize.

[neano62]

This episode, Hi Diddle Riddle and Smack in the Middle; the only episodes that the material that Robin's gloves are madeout of,matches his Shoes! Every other episode for the 3 years, they are made out of Leather. Why is this? Fan of Bats

[FanOfBats]

I don't know. Maybe someone will come along and tell us.  Do you know?

[ForgottenMemoriesFM]

@FanOfBats Burt Ward had trouble with his costume during the first days of shooting, not sure if he got the gloves to change or not

[morgan5154]

Who knows Frank Gorshin is still alive ask him

[LadyWebhead]

Sorry, hon.

Frank Gorshin passed away shortly after the release of "Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam & Burt." I know, Frank was the best!

[morgan5154]

Then why is it on The Batman it has Frank Gorshin as Dr. Strange? Or is that his son or something.

[LadyWebhead]

Either he might have recorded it before he passed away, or maybe it is his son.

[Bfdidc]

@neano62 I think you've been watching too much Batman. No, wait, that's impossible.

[jenben1427]

My very sincerest thanks for uploading this. It brings back fond memories of my dad.

[lastofthedaves]

Like a circus tent? Being one 15th carny-folk, I'm offended by that.

[funshipM174]

"We're in luck, he's home"!

LMAO! you have to love that helpless commissioner!!!

[ThePyroWitch]

I love it when Robin does the "Tu tu tu!!!" as the train whistle. He's so cute!

[mooveeguy]

y isnt this on dvd?

[sonicOneTwo]

Probably some property disputes?

[ImBatfan]

You rock, FanofBats. You truly do.

[Timmyfunk1]

This show really put ABC television on the map. It was definitely the first true blockbuster for the network.

[Graysonson]

Thanks for uploading this - I used to love these old Batman episodes as a child but I can't believe how camp and silly they seem when I watch them back now! They still look terrific...

[Nancyishness]

OMG I love you so much.

[MisuzuK4M10]

Haha at the last line-- IT'S A TRAP!

[Riddles313]

awsome:)

[KodeLiMe]

I love the really intense opening LOL

[zackgb]

love the Riddler music.

Alfred's loud whisper "THE BATPHONE SIR"

[ZGDK]

If anyone wants this on DVD download Real Player, it will let you download the videos and turn them into DVD's.

[annericelover]

I have RealPlayer, you can download the videos, but you'll have to buy the full version in order to burn them

[Riddles313]

or just rip them with youtube downloader man i am truly more intelegent

[ZGDK]

Damn, thanks for uploading this! I've been wanting to watch this show for so long, but all that legal bullshit keeps it from a DVD release.

[SquallsBlade]

I love when Gordon looks around like "Any of you think you can take him?" and everybody just looks down. Time for BATMAN!

[WubyTechXtreme]

you are awesome

[cantbeperfect16]

wow. I didn't know this show mentioned Bruce's parents being murdered. I always thought they just never talked about it on this show.

[shikishinobi]

Why cou;dn't the cops figure it out? Gee, I don't know!

[DanaAbel28]

That Asian building is an exact replica of the "Tian'anmen" ("Gate Of Heavenly Peace"), the imperial gate of the Forbidden City in Beijing, China.

[uncleboheeka]

I was very lucky to see Frank Gorshin live at a local theatre before he died.

[deadman00]

the classic begining.

the fist apperence of the riddler.

gorshin again delivering an excelent performance.

the near death acident for burt ward.

which he often talks about.

and the batman dancing.

[menehunealoha]

Batman (really is) Forever ;)

Best episode ever ?

Certainly an all time high !

[bucky468]

Its too bad that when Batman went in rerun syndication that all the networks that aired it didnt include the Batman in color cue that led 2 the episodes & next weeks villain preview that was shown just b4 the closing credits. I hope when & if this show ever is released on DVD that those 2 key parts of each episode will be on the DVD & all scenes are shown. Its hard 2 believe that this classic show has never made it 2 DVD. Whoever owns the right 2 this show better digitally remaster it 2 DVD.

[Timmyfunk1]

Don't even begin to hold your breath. All of the complications preventing this show from being released on DVD is outlined in the Wikipedia article on the series.

[Timmyfunk1]

When I used to watch this show on WPIX-TV Channel 11 in the seventies, they did show the "In Color" cue, but they didn't show the preview of the villain for the next week.

Don't even begin to hold your breath. All of the complications preventing this show from being released on DVD is outlined in the Wikipedia article on the series.

[TVAddict1980]

If I'm not mistaken, aren't those opening sequences of the "Gotham City Word's Fair" actually footage from the 1964-1965 NY World's Fair?

[Timmyfunk1]

You got it.

[TVAddict1980]

OMG! Thank you, thank you, thank you...for putting up this classic first episode! I've been waiting to see this for ages!! You rule, FanOfBats!!

[60sThru80s]

Bat-BOO-YAH! :) :)

What an historic moment this episode is. At the library of my old college, I downloaded the New York Times articles about the parties that were taking place in New York City the night this aired and the anticipation that went along with its showing. This is a piece of American Cultural History. :)

[60sThru80s]

...and BTW, if any of you are fans of Batman in either comics or animated series, keep in mind that if this "new" Batman debut had failed, the comic book would have died as it was on its last legs.

Were it not for the success of this series, Batman would be an ancient fictional and obscure character today of a failed comic book.

[cantbeperfect16]

yep. It really annoys me when "Batman fans" rag on this show. This show saved Batman from cancellation. And for people who say this isn't Batman. FYI this was Batman at the time. The only difference being the show didn't take itself seriously as opposed to the comics.

[reiayuy]

Very true. The comic was just as campy at the time, but later in the century the 'dark, angsty hero' trope became popular, and so the series itself darkened.

[annericelover]

As much as I love the darker version from the original days and Frank Miller's revamp. I have to give this show credit. There is no way a dark version of this character would have been made in the 60's, 70, or 80's. And for many this was the first time you were introduced to this character and his world. The campiness might be an eye-roller, but its an eye-roller that gives me childhood memories. Live on.....Batman

Now if only they'd make a live action Batman Beyond and have Adam West play Bruce

[daimen20]

its been ages since i seen this episode.

[lennonfan4ever40]

YES! Episode #1! Thank You!

[MorbiusPhD]

Holy AWESOME!