Same here. I watched this show, and movie, so much as a kid. We didn't have the animated series or Keaton movie until later, this was Batman as I knew him until I was 10.
Burt Ward also had a brief cameo as Dick Grayson walking Ace the bat-hound during the crisis on infinite Earths event on the CW network. And I am surprised it wasn't brought up in the video that the Adam West version of Batman got an animated movie featuring Julie Newmar doing the voice of Catwoman and went up against Two Face who was never on the show.
I grew up watching the series in syndication on a local TV station, with occasional broadcasts of the movie. Even got to meet Adam West and Burt Ward at autograph events a couple of times over the years. The Bright Knight will forever be "my" Batman....
Adam and Burt are why I’m a huge Batman fan today finding the series in 1989 during the hype for the first Michael Keaton batmovie and instantly falling in love with it I didn’t see the movie until a little while after and loved it as well with the series becoming my all time favorite television series and movie to where Adam would become my hero and favorite actor to where i may know more about him then most people due to watching every interview I can find about him and I have seen his movie staring Adam west multiple times and the series was a mid season replacement premiering on January 12th 1966 during the 1965/1966 television season instead of the 1966/1967 season like originally planned and the one season syfy series the black scorpion would pay homage to the movie by having 4 of her best villains team up to try and defeat her with Adam playing the villain the breathtaker
"Gosh, Batman, the nobility of the almost-human porpoise." "True, Robin. It was noble of that animal to hurl itself into the path of that final torpedo. He gave his life for ours."
Not being American, this was my first introduction to the Adam West Batman. I recall watching it when Batman 89 finally appeared on TV and for me, as a BatFan, it was like Christmas (2 Batman movies at the same time???). I own 2 copies of this movie (DVD and BluRay) as well as the TV series on BluRay now and I watch them with my kids (until they're old enough to watch TDK)😂
When they announced in '89 that a Batman movie was coming out with Michael Keaton...most of us non comic book people expected THIS. "It's not a comedy?" was a fairly common response.
Ward’s concern for his face had nothing to do with an inflated ego. In filming the first season of the show he was sent to the hospital three days in a row. Once when the seatbeltless Batmobile in a tight turn had the door fly open and him fly out, once when the crew used explosives to blow up a wall for Batman to break through and save Robin but the wall was too sturdy so an unsafe amount of explosives were used and I forget the thirst time.
I was born in Europe over 2 decades after the original series aired and this version is still nostalgia central for many people my age. Even though we didn't really grow up with it, but rather the Cartoon Network gem Batman - The Animated series. That series is my childhood, but the original will always be special. Pure, unadulterated fun. The absurdist campiness of the original made it unique and loved. It is still referenced endlessly in modern media both with quotes and visual jokes. It is one of those shows that became part of the culture.
Until I finally saw the movie on the big screen, I had no idea how amazing all of the colors were! I was less than enthused about resuming to watch the show on our little B&W tv.😔
It took ages until this show was released in my country, just a few weeks before Burton's Batman. Since I was still a kid back then and too young for Burton's movie I loved the campy show, but not so much when I grew up.
Batman 1966! My Batman! I had and still have Corgi Batmobile Bat boat, Ben Cooper Halloween costume and play suit, ideal Batcave, ideal Bat helmet, Batman lunch box, Batman magic slate. All 1966 Batman!
The series had a different all black batcycle which has never been made available in merchandise only the white movie version has been released as merchandise
How much good will would Nolan have gotten if he'd only included the "bomb" line in Dark Knight Rises"? Bale saying it in his Tom Waites as Batman impression would have been priceless.
Yeah, given how brutal Hollywood was at the time I'm sure it was dangerous as hell so his dismissive comments and seeming agreement with the producer make him sound like a prick.
As a Brit I loved all the American TV programs like Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea and Lost In Space, but Batman was my favourite. I might only have been 6 going on 7 years old back in 1966, but I was besotted with Julie Newmar's Catwoman, to tell the truth I still am, she's... well, Purrrfect.
Robin gets a third of the pay Batman did. Wow. Still, $35,000 in 1960s, when a house cost around $8,000 in the mid-west and $20,000 in Van Nuys, CA, was not bad.
I thought having four of his biggest villains team up for movie would have made it worth going to the theaters for. And the longer format, of course. I certainly enjoyed it when I saw it as a kid in the mid-70s.
The show was NOT "campy;" it was a LAMPOON COMEDY! Calling it "camp" demeans the results of back-breaking labor by suggesting that it's so corny, easy, or bad that ANYONE can duplicate those results. William Dozier's Greenway-Greenlawn Productions and its Repertory Company just made it LOOK that way.
I have seen both serials and they aren’t really that campy they are done pretty straight with the 1943 serial being anti Japan due to being made during wwII
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: The 1960s *Batman TV series, starring Adam West and Burt Ward, was known for its campy, colorful portrayal of the Caped Crusader.* "Batman: The *Movie" served as a feature-length extension of the TV series, incorporating four famous villains and retaining the show's trademark campiness.* The film *was initially conceived to introduce Batman to international audiences in vibrant color, capitalizing on the success of the TV show.* Behind-the-scenes negotiations *almost led to the movie proceeding without Adam West and Burt Ward due to salary disputes, but deals were eventually reached.* Julie Newmar's *absence as Catwoman led to Lee Meriwether taking on the role, facing challenges with her uncomfortable costume.* The movie *featured iconic sequences like Batman's struggle with a bomb and a memorable encounter with a rubber shark, despite production challenges and safety concerns.* Despite modest *box office returns, the film laid the groundwork for potential sequels, which were ultimately scrapped due to declining TV ratings and Batman fatigue.* The legacy *of the 1960s Batman series and movie endures, with Adam West and Burt Ward embracing their iconic roles and Batman continuing to thrive in various media adaptations.* Made with HARPA AI
I love the first 2 seasons of the TV show, but the movie is really boring. It features the worst of the 3 Sixties versions of Catwoman and gets bogged down with a lame plot in it's last half hour.
Something about people turning into salt cubes seemed cheap. Although I was thrilled to be able to see the Batmobile and the Batboat on the big screen, I was generally disappointed by the film.
This is the Batman of my youth. When you have watched the television show every day in re-runs, it becomes its own type of canon.
Same here. I watched this show, and movie, so much as a kid.
We didn't have the animated series or Keaton movie until later, this was Batman as I knew him until I was 10.
"Somedays, you just can't get rid of a bomb."
😂
Shark repellent bat spray
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Perfect line. This is my life
That damn marching band!!!!! 🤣
Burt Ward also had a brief cameo as Dick Grayson walking Ace the bat-hound during the crisis on infinite Earths event on the CW network. And I am surprised it wasn't brought up in the video that the Adam West version of Batman got an animated movie featuring Julie Newmar doing the voice of Catwoman and went up against Two Face who was never on the show.
Batman 66/Batman: The Movie is why I'm a lifelong Batman fan having grown up on that, Batman/Batman Returns and Batman: The Animated Series as a kid.
Me, too.
As a kid in the 80’s this is one of the only VHS’s I owned. Still brings back fun memories
While Keaton will always be my Batman and Batman Returns is my favorite Batman flick I love the Adam West Batman for how campy it is.
The interactions between the villains were always my favorite of the movie. Lee Merriweather was as great of a Catwoman as Julie Newmar.
🦹Adam West and Burt Ward did reprise their roles in two Batman animated movies: Batman Return Of the caped Crusaders and Batman vs. Two-Face. 🦇🌆💥👊
"When I walk into a room, I don't need to tell people i'm Batman" - Adam West
That is, to me, the best version of the Batmobile.
Some days, you just can't get rid of a bomb!
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I grew up watching the series in syndication on a local TV station, with occasional broadcasts of the movie. Even got to meet Adam West and Burt Ward at autograph events a couple of times over the years.
The Bright Knight will forever be "my" Batman....
I watched this movie countless times as a kid, I think I could recall most of the movie from memory lol
Adam and Burt are why I’m a huge Batman fan today finding the series in 1989 during the hype for the first Michael Keaton batmovie and instantly falling in love with it I didn’t see the movie until a little while after and loved it as well with the series becoming my all time favorite television series and movie to where Adam would become my hero and favorite actor to where i may know more about him then most people due to watching every interview I can find about him and I have seen his movie staring Adam west multiple times and the series was a mid season replacement premiering on January 12th 1966 during the 1965/1966 television season instead of the 1966/1967 season like originally planned and the one season syfy series the black scorpion would pay homage to the movie by having 4 of her best villains team up to try and defeat her with Adam playing the villain the breathtaker
I still quote this movie when Penguin is pretending he is not Penguin with "Plastic coated fingertips." And "Commodore Pewterschmidt!"
"Gosh, Batman, the nobility of the almost-human porpoise."
"True, Robin. It was noble of that animal to hurl itself into the path of that final torpedo. He gave his life for ours."
Not being American, this was my first introduction to the Adam West Batman. I recall watching it when Batman 89 finally appeared on TV and for me, as a BatFan, it was like Christmas (2 Batman movies at the same time???).
I own 2 copies of this movie (DVD and BluRay) as well as the TV series on BluRay now and I watch them with my kids (until they're old enough to watch TDK)😂
"AH! Mr. Joker, you're leaning on the current control!"
When they announced in '89 that a Batman movie was coming out with Michael Keaton...most of us non comic book people expected THIS.
"It's not a comedy?" was a fairly common response.
Rest in Peace Adam West
Bat Shark repellent spray 🦈 🦇 😆🤣😎👍
Ward’s concern for his face had nothing to do with an inflated ego. In filming the first season of the show he was sent to the hospital three days in a row. Once when the seatbeltless Batmobile in a tight turn had the door fly open and him fly out, once when the crew used explosives to blow up a wall for Batman to break through and save Robin but the wall was too sturdy so an unsafe amount of explosives were used and I forget the thirst time.
“Hand me down the shark-repellent Bat Spray!” 😂
Adam West will forever be the REAL Batman..
Agreed
He is Batman hands down cause he is the best depiction of Batman’s detective skills
A video about the old Batman TV series!
To quote Robin that time he and Batman chased The Riddler in to the Vatican City sewer system: "Holy Crap!"
I was born in Europe over 2 decades after the original series aired and this version is still nostalgia central for many people my age. Even though we didn't really grow up with it, but rather the Cartoon Network gem Batman - The Animated series. That series is my childhood, but the original will always be special. Pure, unadulterated fun.
The absurdist campiness of the original made it unique and loved. It is still referenced endlessly in modern media both with quotes and visual jokes. It is one of those shows that became part of the culture.
I like how the end of Dark Knight Rises is essentially a remake of the bomb scene
No rubber sharks were harmed in the making of that one.
No it wasn’t cause Batman wasn’t running around with the bomb in hand and he didn’t fake his own death
Until I finally saw the movie on the big screen, I had no idea how amazing all of the colors were! I was less than enthused about resuming to watch the show on our little B&W tv.😔
Oh wow really? So you’re one of the folks we mention, who had to watch the show in B&W? Where are you from?
@@JoBloOriginals I grew up in CT but moved to U.K. 42 years ago. Born in 1957!
It took ages until this show was released in my country, just a few weeks before Burton's Batman. Since I was still a kid back then and too young for Burton's movie I loved the campy show, but not so much when I grew up.
Batman 1966! My Batman! I had and still have Corgi Batmobile Bat boat, Ben Cooper Halloween costume and play suit, ideal Batcave, ideal Bat helmet, Batman lunch box, Batman magic slate. All 1966 Batman!
Thanks to the movie, they were able to make the Batcycle and the Batcopter, which they would later use in the series.
The series had a different all black batcycle which has never been made available in merchandise only the white movie version has been released as merchandise
Can we turn down the guitars in the background?
Alot of people forget that batman was campy at time in 60's comics books, its started in 50's
Oh, I had no idea about the movie premiere being in Austin just two days before Charles Whitman took his sniping position on the UT tower.
One of my fav batman movies!🦇👍👍
My first "car crush" was the 1960's batmobile. I had a beat up Corgi version, never sure whatever happened to it.
How much good will would Nolan have gotten if he'd only included the "bomb" line in Dark Knight Rises"? Bale saying it in his Tom Waites as Batman impression would have been priceless.
The best of Batman movies!
Alan Moore did the heavy lifting.
Has yet to be topped
Great video wish it was longer
Love this film, great video!
So if you question safety you have an ego? Lmao 🤣 😂😂
Yeah, given how brutal Hollywood was at the time I'm sure it was dangerous as hell so his dismissive comments and seeming agreement with the producer make him sound like a prick.
As a Brit I loved all the American TV programs like Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea and Lost In Space, but Batman was my favourite. I might only have been 6 going on 7 years old back in 1966, but I was besotted with Julie Newmar's Catwoman, to tell the truth I still am, she's... well, Purrrfect.
It premiered on January 12, 1966.
I had the Dinky model Batmobile.
Dude !…..original Batman was always dark vengeful and sported 2 guns that he used with extreme prejudice 😂
60s batman movie was fun 😊
Robin gets a third of the pay Batman did. Wow. Still, $35,000 in 1960s, when a house cost around $8,000 in the mid-west and $20,000 in Van Nuys, CA, was not bad.
Batman's darkness was more the product of Frank Miller, which Burton drew on.
my favourite Batman movie, my favourite Batman portrayal
I thought having four of his biggest villains team up for movie would have made it worth going to the theaters for. And the longer format, of course. I certainly enjoyed it when I saw it as a kid in the mid-70s.
It’s my all time favorite movie and I have seen it countless times on dvd and blue-ray even though I wasn’t born for it initial release
I see you forgotten the second of the serials from 1949
Still the coolest Batmobile!
Yeah probably my favourite movie Batman❤
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The show was NOT "campy;" it was a LAMPOON COMEDY!
Calling it "camp" demeans the results of back-breaking labor by suggesting that it's so corny, easy, or bad that ANYONE can duplicate those results. William Dozier's Greenway-Greenlawn Productions and its Repertory Company just made it LOOK that way.
The 1940s Batman serials weren’t really all that campy. At least the 1941 one was played pretty straight.
I have seen both serials and they aren’t really that campy they are done pretty straight with the 1943 serial being anti Japan due to being made during wwII
So bad its good. LOL
Rented this movie and watched it to death
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
The 1960s *Batman TV series, starring Adam West and Burt Ward, was known for its campy, colorful portrayal of the Caped Crusader.*
"Batman: The *Movie" served as a feature-length extension of the TV series, incorporating four famous villains and retaining the show's trademark campiness.*
The film *was initially conceived to introduce Batman to international audiences in vibrant color, capitalizing on the success of the TV show.*
Behind-the-scenes negotiations *almost led to the movie proceeding without Adam West and Burt Ward due to salary disputes, but deals were eventually reached.*
Julie Newmar's *absence as Catwoman led to Lee Meriwether taking on the role, facing challenges with her uncomfortable costume.*
The movie *featured iconic sequences like Batman's struggle with a bomb and a memorable encounter with a rubber shark, despite production challenges and safety concerns.*
Despite modest *box office returns, the film laid the groundwork for potential sequels, which were ultimately scrapped due to declining TV ratings and Batman fatigue.*
The legacy *of the 1960s Batman series and movie endures, with Adam West and Burt Ward embracing their iconic roles and Batman continuing to thrive in various media adaptations.*
Made with HARPA AI
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I love the first 2 seasons of the TV show, but the movie is really boring. It features the worst of the 3 Sixties versions of Catwoman and gets bogged down with a lame plot in it's last half hour.
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Something about people turning into salt cubes seemed cheap. Although I was thrilled to be able to see the Batmobile and the Batboat on the big screen, I was generally disappointed by the film.
Was it cheap when Megamind did the exact same thing?
Actually they didn’t turn into cubes it was piles of dust cubes wouldn’t have fit into the test tubes the dust was put in
The space-time Continuum took pity on us and decided to destroy every copy of this idiot movie in existence?
Boo
I wish.