"therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth." 1 Corinthians 5:8
It is a misspelling of what they want it to mean, which is "awakened". It's a demonstration of its adherents' own illiteracy. Which is why it should stick around and be used as an insult.
The very basic notions of canon and continuity are too restrictive to them, and they've been pretty loud about it. With such creative philosophies, it's no wonder why nothing in modern entertainment feel special or impactful anymore.
@@inendlesspain4724 I agree, but I'm reminded of back when games were less than 3 MB, and all the crazy solutions developers came up with to make their scenarios work around those limitations. [Sigh]
@@TheSchultinator We have the most powerful technology in mankind's history and yet most things run with worse performance than ever, even outside gaming (e.g.: smartphones).
@@inendlesspain4724 I think the power of modern systems is stifling the need to develop slim and efficient coding, especially in gaming, since ao much can be brute forced. 50+GB games are insane. If I somehow came to own a game developer, I'd set hard limits to the size of games they produced.
Those photos of you as a boy in a lovingly handmade Batman costume filled ME with joy. Thank you for your thoughtful, humorous, and ultimately touching commentary, Paul. Your RUclips channel has more of a legacy than anything K.K. can point to in all of her decades as an associate producer/producer.
I am 40 and seeing that old car has given me something to work towards. Its so beautiful and the Adam west sieres although as camp as British carry on film was great to see. Thank you for the video 💯🇬🇧❤️
As a lifelong car nerd, I can say that George Barris was probably the best pure custom car builder the industry has seen aside from Chip Foose and Carol Shelby. He took a $2500 1966 Pontiac Tempest and turned it into something so beautiful and iconic that it's been displayed in the smithsonian alongside other famous movie and tv cars like KITT ftom Knight Rider, Herbie The Love Bug and the custom 1978 GMC Vandura 1500 "A-Team Van" from The A-Team.
They want us miserable while promising the crumbs of their table will make us happy, and dare not to doubt their words or the ministry of love will have your body.
Remembered sitting watching Batman Tue & Wed nights on the *"SAME BAT TIME"* *"SAME BAT CHANNEL"*. My first TV crush 😍😍😍 was Julie Newmar's Catwoman. Followed by Diana Rigg (Mrs. Peel) on *"The Avengers"* around the same time. Just lived three years (1962-65) in West Germany where we had no TV. So B/W or Color TV set made no difference to me. I did see one episode of Star Trek on NBC Friday night during it's original run. Which I could remember which episode it was but I can't. Being a boy under 10. Friday Nights was a time to go outside & play street hockey under the city light. No malice. Just memories.
For a kid in the 60s, the Batmobile was the coolest thing on 4 wheels. 11 years later, the X wing was the coolest thing with 4 wings. The show and the movie are long gone but the hardware porn will never fade.
I saw Batman The Movie in 1966 at a drive-in when I was nine. My parents weren’t much into doing fun stuff for me and my brother and Batman would be the only movie I’d see in a drive-in. About the same time, I got a Matchbox Car of the Batmobile. The Batmobile resided in my tackle box with the rest of my Matchboxes (which included a James Bond Austin Martin) in my mother’s basement until her death in 2014. Somehow in that last year my tackle box disappeared. How I wish I still had my Batmobile. Although it came out four years previous, I swear the other movie in the double feature was The Music Man.
"Precisely old chum!" I too watched Batman as a first-run series in the mid sixties, and my inspiration from that and other shows of the time put me on my journey many years later in Film work as a Spfx tech. Thanks Chato for reminiscing about something that was and is still very close to my heart.
I thought that I wanted nothing more than a 7 minute video of Chato driving a Batmobile, but what truly wanted in the end was a 9 minute video of a working Batmobile replica. Sometimes things just work out for the best.
I grew up in the 80s and 90s, and STILL watched all the Adam West Batman stuff - it was still on TV in re-runs (same with Beverly Hillbillies, StarTrek, Green Acres, Petticoat Junction, Mission Impossible, etc). To my child mind, THAT was batman until 1989 when I saw the Tim Burton film in theaters (probably was too young to have seen it) and couldn't get that tank of a car out of my mind. But as I have gotten older and entered my 40's I look back on that Car and appreciate it far more that those later Batmobiles.
Watched it in it's original run on tv, as well as Gilligan's Island and Green Acres. Now, everything has to be cerebral or it's not funny. Then again, I remember 30 years ago that friends told me they did not get Monty Python.
I'd agree with the premise whole heartedly. The last genuinely enjoyable films out of Disney were the original Pirates of the Caribbean and the Tangled animated film. Both were unabashed homages. Pirates to the old swashbuckler movies of the 30-50's and Tangled to the classic Disney Princess films. We can hope that there's still someone out there who could give us an ode to joy the way Star Wars and Indiana Jones did after Hollywood had gone for gritty realistic in the early 70's. I just can't see it coming from Hollywood this time though.
But that's not only the case for woke, as most cult-like movements, including some religious ones, hate much of those same things. I'd say hating on all kinds of things is one of the characteristics of a cult.
My mom made a Batman Cowl (66’) for me for Halloween when I was 7. In the moment I was not happy with it, in hindsight for many years one of my favorite childhood memories.
They were sitting in front of screens, getting dopamine hits on social media for being told to hate everything in their society... That is wealthy enough for them to have an iPad in the first place. Logic. 🙄
They were the cry-bully and tattletale kids. They only found joy in mocking and intimidating other children. They had to act up to get attention because they had no talent and the personality of rotten fruit. In high school, many of them started using identity politics to mask their narcissism. They had no real interest in pop culture or storytelling, but would glom onto those things to promote themselves and ruin the hobby for those of us who enjoyed it. I knew way too many kids like this growing up. Sometimes I still hear their mocking voices in my head when I write a story.
They grew up not having any imagination at all, so they never played make-believe games, they didn't like cartoons because they were "childish", nor fantasy or scifi books because they were "unbelievable" and so they grew up as boring, grey adults who are never happy and can't stand people (especially children) being happy either.
@@nalublackwater9729 "They grew up not having any imagination at all" I think THIS is a very important notion; sort of, hit the nail on the head. When I was a kid; I didn't have many toys; so we had to use our imagination to play with what we had. These generations however had literally everything on the ready; constructed done and bought for them; so they didn't have to ignite their own creativity to fill in the gaps. It's the difference of having 7 Catwoman action figures laying around your room vs stealing your sister's Barbie doll, painting her with a black crayon and gluing plastic ears into her hair; and all the fighting with your sister that ensued.
It's such a pleasure discovering something that was made with passion, I don't think checking boxes can replicate that feeling no matter how hard it tries.
I saw an interview with the superb comic artist Bill Sienkiewicz, who said he could count on all his fingers and toes the number of shows that had been rebooted harder and grittier, but the unique selling point of the early Marvel comics was that they were a lot of fun. Take heed, Hollywood!
You are not alone. We had no TV for a few years when I was growing up. I used to go next door to on a Thu evening to watch, Top of the Pops followed by The 6 Million Dollar Man. They moved house, not because of me. Later I used to cycle to another kind hearted soul's flat, a few miles away, to watch Blakes 7 on his black and white 14'' TV.
POW! BAM! KABOOM!!! I was only 4 years old when it first aired in the UK 21 May 1966.. I got the diecast toy car the following christmas, then CAPTAIN SCARLET came along, that was a bit dark for the kiddies... ...but still POP culture gold.
(Sigh) you are so right. IJ and the Dial of Destiny, Star Wars 7, 8 and 9, She-Hulk, Velma, Willow, ect. ect. They all feel so resentful, miserable and hopeless. I wonder if it has something to do with the pressure to feel edgy. I seem to remember authors having their work criticised for being too easy going, too soft. Did you see Adam West's final work? An animated film based on the original Batman Series with William Shatner playing Two-Face?
My entire family watched Battlestar Galactica each week at our neighbor’s house in glorious color. I was only eight, but I don’t remember any bullying going on, only a gracious invitation. 😂
I've bought "Wild wild West" and "Man from U.N.C.L.E. recently. I'm looking for fun, joyful shows that aren't bleak and Nihilistic, life is difficult enough without anger, profanity weird sexual attitudes, darkness and depression. I have bought "Lois and Clark", Brisco County Jr., the Original Star Trek and Deep Space 9. I've honestly thought about watching the original childhood Superman (the George Reeves' version) but I learned some childhood favorites can't be revisited. I bought Smallville, but it's just too soap opera, teen age angst filled (in short, Woke) , for me. I may never truly watch it all the way through, again. I never thought anyone could make a Superman show without Superman. I have recently bought some of the cartoon movies of the DC universe... they are still in the mail. I've been known to watch cartoons, even in my 70s. Some people never grown up and I'm one of those. The break off date for entertainment that appeals to me seems to be early 2010? I've bought some recently movies and shows, but the joy is definitely lacking. I don't know how modern Hollywood does it, but I've watched more cheerful Shakespearean dramas than some of the stuff they are producing now!
'Woke' is the contemporary expression of the 'righteous Puritan spirit' that haunts every 3rd generation of humans when it rises and makes a misery of life wherever it takes hold.
One of the greatest moments of my childhood was watching the emergence of the Batmobile from the bat cave… Apparently Batman had a special license that allowed him to go through all the red lights… And I remember as a nine and 10 year old looking forward to becoming 16 and going to get that license… Unfortunately…
I was 8 in 1989. I grew up watching the Adam West Batman and OG Startrek. So when Startrek TNG and the Michael Keaton Batman came out it was amazing. I liked Star Wars, but I didn't get to experience those in real time. I was so Batman crazy that I made my own cowl out of cardboard and used black electric tape to finish it off. I spent so much time making that cowl that when I finished it, it only fit my head for a few months.
Talking about lasting legacies, I recently introduced my Nephews aged 8-12 The Frantics and Boot To The Head! My joy at hearing them laugh when hearing it and then for hours later, them almost screaming "Boot To The Head, Nahhhh-nahhhh" was something I will always remember. Thanks to you Paul as well!
I was lucky enough almost 10 yrs ago to be in the right spot at the right time to see a replica up close one day when coming out of Home Depot. A Batmobile was being transported to a car show when something happened to the trailer and they needed to stop at the Home Depot I was at. The guy was very accommodating with anyone who wanted to take a look. This car will hopefully remain as iconic as it is today.
My pride and joy is picture of my brother and father in front of the 66 Batmobile in the 70s that I had years later signed by Adam West and Burt Ward at a Comic-Con
I honestly don’t know how they can live so bitterly, it seems like a truly miserable existence. I’m supposed to feel pity for them or some such thing, luckily I’m not terribly religious that way. I suppose I do feel bad, sort of, but there’s nothing anyone can do to get them out of it, misery loves company, or so they say. Oh well, off to more X Files reruns.
I don't understand it either.... I can't imagine not knowing which sex I was and, then, deciding to cut off body parts like was I was doll I was playing with instead bones, flesh and sinews - and nerves!. I do pity them but it's not like they will listen to me. They will suffer and it's their own choice to suffer.
That is a seriously sweet Batman costume. It's crazy that no one can sew anymore. I have a friend who has taught herself to sew--like, she makes most of the clothes for herself and her kids now--and she has more requests for sewing-related projects from friends and family than she can keep up with.
My mom made me a very similar Batman outfit so I could sit down (Saturday night here) to watch the very first airing. I still have a couple of black & white photographs taken minutes before the show started. You were lucky - we had black & white TV all the way into the early 70s.
Love it! This Era Batman is one of my childhood favourites of the 70s. This Car is also one of my favourite designs. There is a lot to be said of Creativity in Joy and Joy in Creativity as they are reciprocal. I hope that I will outlive this Apocalypse that Malice in Wokeland has unleashed upon us all! My failsafe now is really delving into the past watching old Black and White Movies. They are so comforting-my childhood chrysalis! More and definitely longer! Love the Humour and the Undiluted Sobriety! Star!
That car brings back so many memories. I only know the show because of reruns but in the early 90s I actually got to sit in the original Batmobile at a local car show.
Damn! This was great! Batman '66 was my young childhood (I was 5 when the show aired). I was obsessed with all things Batman and had all the TV and comic swag from that era and wore all manner of costume and any gadget. Since I didn't really have an understanding of money at that time, I would asked "How many Batman belts does that cost?" and my parents would tell me, "That's about 3 Batman belts". I had an IDEAL Batman belt that I cherished dearly. So much joy from that era of my childhood: Jonny Quest, Batman, Star Trek, Scooby Doo, Wild Wild West-- and Dark Shadows. You nailed it with this. Thank you!
As an 80s kid who caught that goofy Adam West show on reruns, I STILL found that car to be very cool. Black and red, rocket booster in the back, looking like a monstrous machine from the future tearing up the road... I loved it. Still do.
Your costume gave me joy, Paul, because I had the same feelings about Batman when I was a kid (although I wouldn't catch the show until reruns, but I was still pretty young when I saw them). That your grandmother made it for you makes the memory that much more joyful because just today I came across a blanket mine had crocheted for me almost 40 years ago, in my school colors, to put on the bleachers at football games so I wouldn't freeze my tail off. I couldn't but smile, and your clip just added to it. I can't imagine how miserable it must be for these allegedly creative malcontents to lack those little things that bring us joy or something big like that guy's Batmobile (which is awesome!). One of your best videos yet, so thank you for that.
“Nothing made from malice lasts.” What a wonderful sentiment and apropos. Wow that Batmobile is amazing. It makes think of lore accurate KITT from Knight Rider Chris Blasius made some years ago. Which the fourth season version of KITT had a slightly tweaked nose design, along with the Super Pursuit mode was built by George Barris. The same George mentioned here. The slightly tweaked nose on KITT is subtle. But once you notice it, you can see how it differs from seasons 1&2.
Terrific Batman costume! Top marks to your grandmother! I would have loved to have had a costume like that as a boy. You must have been the envy of all your friends!
The Delorian does that for me. Bck To The Future still us one of my favorites. I watched an hour of 80s toy commercials the other day. I got goosebumps from the warm memories of seeing them in my childhood and the shows connected to some of them.
To this day my heart starts racing and I become my 7 year old self when I hear the Batman theme or see clips of the car. Takes me right back to the 60's.
Great video, Paul! . . Those two Bat-Paul photos at the end, though catapult this video even further into the stratosphere. You deserve your own 1966 TV Guide cover with those classic shots!
I was 14yrs old when I 1st watched an entire program on a color tv. Of course I’d seen display models in department stores, but this was a 1st in a home setting.
Of course, seeing Yvonne Craig aka Batgirl in living color probably did wonders for any 12 year old young man. You left out “The Avengers”, and to this day, Emma Peel remains my ideal woman.
Dear Chato, seeing you as kid wearing a batman costume is very endearing. Especially if this was sewn by your grandmother. Thank you for this beautiful speech, again. It even made me a little emotional.
This is still better than the last time one of the replica batmobiles popped up to watch...the insanity of that legal battle was kind of crazy with the rich guy from California who was behind in payments for the replica being made for him using his connections to have a police raid on the home of the guy making them
Thank you for sharing that photo of you as Batman, Paul, it is touching, and I understand. I watched the reruns as a kid, but it was my late stepfather who really helped me to appreciate the original series and that it was very tongue-in-cheek.
I used to have Star Trek Pajamas. I loved them. I don't think any Trek reboots even came close to TOS. Even TNG, which was OK storywise had this grey, corporate middle-management vibe to it, instead of the Swashbuckling Naval vibe of TOS, IMHO.
Over the last week I've been teaching myself how to use AutoCAD software to recreate Construx (basically Tinkertoys from the early-to-mid 1980s) on my 3D printer. The existing patterns I've found online are simply inadequate, and I feel compelled to do better, because I want to see my own grandchildren find joy in something that I loved so much. You're absolutely right. Only love creates.
My daughter and I got through watching the entire original Batman series last year. She's 12 and she loved it! We laughed at all the different Bat-gadgets (and the "Alf-cycle", of course), she marveled at all the beautiful women (we even made a video called "The Women of Batman" for my channel), and we still repeat lines from the show to this day. She also nearly had an aneurysm when John Astin replaced Frank Gorshin as the Riddler (😲). It really made me happy for the amount of enjoyment she got from the show, and how everything was really fun and positive. Certainly a big change from the overly snide, agenda pushing shows of today. Thanks so much for showing that Batmobile video! I'll make sure I show it to her, as I know she absolutely adores that car 🦇
Wonderfully clear and truthful observations. Re 6 year old Paul's Batman costume, he didn't need moulded plastic to improve his physique... pure Chato.
The original batmobile came to Melbourne on show when I was 6. It was roped off with "do not touch" signs everywhere, so I ducked in and put my hands all over it. I still remember that episode better than the total of all the recent DEI "entertainment" produced in the last 5 years and more.
As always, your commentaries are WONDERFUL. I haven't been able to watch many of your appearances on MEiM but it's so good to hear you speak with such, sanity.
I love you, man. I loved me some Batman in reruns, but loved it just as much as you and so many others. Thank you for pointing out the obvious to the oblivious ones out there without any hearts or souls who claim to be "woke."
I'm so chuffed that the clip brought you joy, and hopefully, now you can spread more joy for your audience. Well done, Sir Paul! 🥰 My family was fortunate enough to have a color tv at the time, and the vividness of the color popped, the casting was perfect, the costumes were fun and eye-catching, and the production overall captured my imagination in ways that as you say, just isn't done anymore. Love the pics!
"Nothing lasting is made from malice." What a concept. Thanks Paul.
That's why good will always triumph over evil.
What about Circus Peanuts? They say those ere conjured up by Rasputin himself!
"therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth." 1 Corinthians 5:8
I would say that there is an exception... more malice...
Gonna have borrow that one ❤
I don't hate the word woke, it's the perfect insult. Sums them up perfectly.
Sanctimonious works well too.
Sanctimonious "showing that you believe you are morally better, or more religious"
@@alanhorkan It probably wouldn't work as an insult, most of them never heard it before, let alone know what it means.
It is a misspelling of what they want it to mean, which is "awakened". It's a demonstration of its adherents' own illiteracy. Which is why it should stick around and be used as an insult.
It's no use to try and insult a NPC. They only respond in their programed pre-apporved response.
Kamala Harris outright said that we should be even more woke, using that exact word. It was so tone deaf!
That car is awesome.
Love will always create. Hate just destroys.
Nah, hate can serve beneficial purposes; such as when managed constructively, hate can be a productive motivator.
"Holy Reminiscing Batman!"
Sometimes Reminiscing is all we have. The greater days are all in the past, all we have know are lesser days and stories written by immature amateurs.
In addition to lack of joy, they also have no sense of humor.
Thank you for making our day brighter! 🙏😁✅
The only “humour” of wokeians is glee and offending & pissing people off. Malice, envy, & wrath on stilts.
Source material is nothing but restrictions to modern writers.
The very basic notions of canon and continuity are too restrictive to them, and they've been pretty loud about it. With such creative philosophies, it's no wonder why nothing in modern entertainment feel special or impactful anymore.
@@inendlesspain4724 I agree, but I'm reminded of back when games were less than 3 MB, and all the crazy solutions developers came up with to make their scenarios work around those limitations. [Sigh]
@@TheSchultinator We have the most powerful technology in mankind's history and yet most things run with worse performance than ever, even outside gaming (e.g.: smartphones).
@@inendlesspain4724 I think the power of modern systems is stifling the need to develop slim and efficient coding, especially in gaming, since ao much can be brute forced. 50+GB games are insane. If I somehow came to own a game developer, I'd set hard limits to the size of games they produced.
Those photos of you as a boy in a lovingly handmade Batman costume filled ME with joy. Thank you for your thoughtful, humorous, and ultimately touching commentary, Paul. Your RUclips channel has more of a legacy than anything K.K. can point to in all of her decades as an associate producer/producer.
I am 40 and seeing that old car has given me something to work towards. Its so beautiful and the Adam west sieres although as camp as British carry on film was great to see.
Thank you for the video 💯🇬🇧❤️
You said it better than I could. Thank you!
As a famous and popular President once said, "Everything Woke touches turns to sh@t."
Thank you for sharing your kid pics as Batman. Very special.
As a lifelong car nerd, I can say that George Barris was probably the best pure custom car builder the industry has seen aside from Chip Foose and Carol Shelby.
He took a $2500 1966 Pontiac Tempest and turned it into something so beautiful and iconic that it's been displayed in the smithsonian alongside other famous movie and tv cars like KITT ftom Knight Rider, Herbie The Love Bug and the custom 1978 GMC Vandura 1500 "A-Team Van" from The A-Team.
They want us miserable while promising the crumbs of their table will make us happy, and dare not to doubt their words or the ministry of love will have your body.
Remembered sitting watching Batman Tue & Wed nights on the
*"SAME BAT TIME"*
*"SAME BAT CHANNEL"*.
My first TV crush 😍😍😍 was Julie Newmar's Catwoman. Followed by Diana Rigg (Mrs. Peel) on *"The Avengers"* around the same time.
Just lived three years (1962-65) in West Germany where we had no TV. So B/W or Color TV set made no difference to me.
I did see one episode of Star Trek on NBC Friday night during it's original run. Which I could remember which episode it was but I can't. Being a boy under 10. Friday Nights was a time to go outside & play street hockey under the city light.
No malice. Just memories.
I actually went to work at the age of 15. Didn't have much choice but I saved money for color TV. - yes, it was for Star Trek.
@@kathleenhensley5951 God bless you. I can think of no better use of that money. 🖖
Thank you so much for sharing your story! You are exactly right… nothing good comes from malice and bitterness.
Damn, bro, your grandma must have been awesome! That costume is the bee's knees!
A fine costume indeed
For a kid in the 60s, the Batmobile was the coolest thing on 4 wheels. 11 years later, the X wing was the coolest thing with 4 wings. The show and the movie are long gone but the hardware porn will never fade.
This was very heartwarming at the same time a reminder of what made entertainment great once upon a time. Let's get back to this again.
I saw Batman The Movie in 1966 at a drive-in when I was nine. My parents weren’t much into doing fun stuff for me and my brother and Batman would be the only movie I’d see in a drive-in. About the same time, I got a Matchbox Car of the Batmobile. The Batmobile resided in my tackle box with the rest of my Matchboxes (which included a James Bond Austin Martin) in my mother’s basement until her death in 2014. Somehow in that last year my tackle box disappeared. How I wish I still had my Batmobile.
Although it came out four years previous, I swear the other movie in the double feature was The Music Man.
"Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb."
"Precisely old chum!" I too watched Batman as a first-run series in the mid sixties, and my inspiration from that and other shows of the time put me on my journey many years later in Film work as a Spfx tech. Thanks Chato for reminiscing about something that was and is still very close to my heart.
I thought that I wanted nothing more than a 7 minute video of Chato driving a Batmobile, but what truly wanted in the end was a 9 minute video of a working Batmobile replica. Sometimes things just work out for the best.
I grew up in the 80s and 90s, and STILL watched all the Adam West Batman stuff - it was still on TV in re-runs (same with Beverly Hillbillies, StarTrek, Green Acres, Petticoat Junction, Mission Impossible, etc). To my child mind, THAT was batman until 1989 when I saw the Tim Burton film in theaters (probably was too young to have seen it) and couldn't get that tank of a car out of my mind. But as I have gotten older and entered my 40's I look back on that Car and appreciate it far more that those later Batmobiles.
My older brother and I watched Batman back in the day on reruns. Good times!
Watched it in it's original run on tv, as well as Gilligan's Island and Green Acres. Now, everything has to be cerebral or it's not funny. Then again, I remember 30 years ago that friends told me they did not get Monty Python.
I'd agree with the premise whole heartedly. The last genuinely enjoyable films out of Disney were the original Pirates of the Caribbean and the Tangled animated film. Both were unabashed homages. Pirates to the old swashbuckler movies of the 30-50's and Tangled to the classic Disney Princess films. We can hope that there's still someone out there who could give us an ode to joy the way Star Wars and Indiana Jones did after Hollywood had gone for gritty realistic in the early 70's. I just can't see it coming from Hollywood this time though.
Woke hates joy, merit, tradition, faith, and every other good and wholesome thing in life.
But that's not only the case for woke, as most cult-like movements, including some religious ones, hate much of those same things. I'd say hating on all kinds of things is one of the characteristics of a cult.
@@tjroelsma well hollywood needed something to replace scientology.
@@LordOfNihil Good point.
"Nothing lasting is made from malice." yes, you're so right - thank you!
My mom made a Batman Cowl (66’) for me for Halloween when I was 7. In the moment I was not happy with it, in hindsight for many years one of my favorite childhood memories.
My mom only went as far as the cape. But I also had a Superman cape, which I preferred.
I didn't really like Adam West's Batman, but I do like how it brought so many young nerds happiness. Also the car does look really cool.
Agreed. Adam West’s Batman may not be my cup of tea, but I like how he never took the character so seriously.
@@LexingtonDeville984 still better than clooney's
@@LordOfNihilThe happy meals ruined Batman back then
We have an annual Adam West day here in his hometown. Lots of batmen and batmobiles and batcopters, etc. It's a good time!
I know. It makes me wonder what do they grew up on and what did they watch as kids.
They were sitting in front of screens, getting dopamine hits on social media for being told to hate everything in their society... That is wealthy enough for them to have an iPad in the first place. Logic. 🙄
They were the cry-bully and tattletale kids. They only found joy in mocking and intimidating other children. They had to act up to get attention because they had no talent and the personality of rotten fruit. In high school, many of them started using identity politics to mask their narcissism. They had no real interest in pop culture or storytelling, but would glom onto those things to promote themselves and ruin the hobby for those of us who enjoyed it. I knew way too many kids like this growing up. Sometimes I still hear their mocking voices in my head when I write a story.
@@a_lost_one Also the continuation at the indoc centres.. I mean schools, to hate the old and advanced classes in projecting.
They grew up not having any imagination at all, so they never played make-believe games, they didn't like cartoons because they were "childish", nor fantasy or scifi books because they were "unbelievable" and so they grew up as boring, grey adults who are never happy and can't stand people (especially children) being happy either.
@@nalublackwater9729 "They grew up not having any imagination at all"
I think THIS is a very important notion; sort of, hit the nail on the head. When I was a kid; I didn't have many toys; so we had to use our imagination to play with what we had. These generations however had literally everything on the ready; constructed done and bought for them; so they didn't have to ignite their own creativity to fill in the gaps.
It's the difference of having 7 Catwoman action figures laying around your room vs stealing your sister's Barbie doll, painting her with a black crayon and gluing plastic ears into her hair; and all the fighting with your sister that ensued.
I'M IN A BATCAR! (Ok, that's enough -ed)
It's such a pleasure discovering something that was made with passion, I don't think checking boxes can replicate that feeling no matter how hard it tries.
I saw an interview with the superb comic artist Bill Sienkiewicz, who said he could count on all his fingers and toes the number of shows that had been rebooted harder and grittier, but the unique selling point of the early Marvel comics was that they were a lot of fun. Take heed, Hollywood!
You are not alone. We had no TV for a few years when I was growing up. I used to go next door to on a Thu evening to watch, Top of the Pops followed by The 6 Million Dollar Man. They moved house, not because of me. Later I used to cycle to another kind hearted soul's flat, a few miles away, to watch Blakes 7 on his black and white 14'' TV.
Blakes 7 was weird.
It all comes down to passion. Passion for the characters, passion for the stories. Somehow, along the way, they forgot that. We haven't.
Thanks for the inspiration sir, especially the bit about continually creating until the right pieces come together.
You are very welcome
The Futura Batmobile rules.
I understand Lincolns were popular as a baseline for these conversions.
POW!
BAM!
KABOOM!!!
I was only 4 years old when it first aired in the UK 21 May 1966..
I got the diecast toy car the following christmas, then CAPTAIN SCARLET came along, that was a bit dark for the kiddies...
...but still POP culture gold.
"This is the voice of the Mysterons!"
A thoughtful and meaningful piece. Your ability to articulate where my words often fail me is much appreciated.
Yes...me too
"Atomic batteries to power. Turbines to speed."
"Roger. Ready to move out."
FYI, I'm on a "Batman The Animated Series" binge right now.
Same. Been binge watching the series too.
Every morning when I wake I think I hate anybody who gets on my lawn. Especially my neighbor Joy.
I had a Batman cowl my mom stitched together for me when I was a little boy. I remember thinking it was the best thing ever...and it was.
(Sigh) you are so right. IJ and the Dial of Destiny, Star Wars 7, 8 and 9, She-Hulk, Velma, Willow, ect. ect. They all feel so resentful, miserable and hopeless.
I wonder if it has something to do with the pressure to feel edgy. I seem to remember authors having their work criticised for being too easy going, too soft.
Did you see Adam West's final work? An animated film based on the original Batman Series with William Shatner playing Two-Face?
My entire family watched Battlestar Galactica each week at our neighbor’s house in glorious color. I was only eight, but I don’t remember any bullying going on, only a gracious invitation. 😂
Wow.....Great observations and great points made...."Nothing lasting is made from malice.".....A perfect summation.....Thank you sir
He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.
I've bought "Wild wild West" and "Man from U.N.C.L.E. recently. I'm looking for fun, joyful shows that aren't bleak and Nihilistic, life is difficult enough without anger, profanity weird sexual attitudes, darkness and depression. I have bought "Lois and Clark", Brisco County Jr., the Original Star Trek and Deep Space 9. I've honestly thought about watching the original childhood Superman (the George Reeves' version) but I learned some childhood favorites can't be revisited. I bought Smallville, but it's just too soap opera, teen age angst filled (in short, Woke) , for me. I may never truly watch it all the way through, again. I never thought anyone could make a Superman show without Superman. I have recently bought some of the cartoon movies of the DC universe... they are still in the mail. I've been known to watch cartoons, even in my 70s. Some people never grown up and I'm one of those.
The break off date for entertainment that appeals to me seems to be early 2010? I've bought some recently movies and shows, but the joy is definitely lacking. I don't know how modern Hollywood does it, but I've watched more cheerful Shakespearean dramas than some of the stuff they are producing now!
'Woke' is the contemporary expression of the 'righteous Puritan spirit' that haunts every 3rd generation of humans when it rises and makes a misery of life wherever it takes hold.
and every time those ghoules are despised and remembered as villains by future generations....
That Batman costume was badass. Much better than me draping a towel over my shoulders and Bat-jumping from couch to easy chair in the living room.
One of the greatest moments of my childhood was watching the emergence of the Batmobile from the bat cave… Apparently Batman had a special license that allowed him to go through all the red lights… And I remember as a nine and 10 year old looking forward to becoming 16 and going to get that license… Unfortunately…
That is the coolest child’s Batman costume I’ve ever seen!
Hat tip to your grandmother.
I was 8 in 1989. I grew up watching the Adam West Batman and OG Startrek. So when Startrek TNG and the Michael Keaton Batman came out it was amazing. I liked Star Wars, but I didn't get to experience those in real time. I was so Batman crazy that I made my own cowl out of cardboard and used black electric tape to finish it off. I spent so much time making that cowl that when I finished it, it only fit my head for a few months.
Talking about lasting legacies, I recently introduced my Nephews aged 8-12 The Frantics and Boot To The Head!
My joy at hearing them laugh when hearing it and then for hours later, them almost screaming "Boot To The Head, Nahhhh-nahhhh" was something I will always remember.
Thanks to you Paul as well!
I was lucky enough almost 10 yrs ago to be in the right spot at the right time to see a replica up close one day when coming out of Home Depot. A Batmobile was being transported to a car show when something happened to the trailer and they needed to stop at the Home Depot I was at. The guy was very accommodating with anyone who wanted to take a look. This car will hopefully remain as iconic as it is today.
My pride and joy is picture of my brother and father in front of the 66 Batmobile in the 70s that I had years later signed by Adam West and Burt Ward at a Comic-Con
I honestly don’t know how they can live so bitterly, it seems like a truly miserable existence. I’m supposed to feel pity for them or some such thing, luckily I’m not terribly religious that way. I suppose I do feel bad, sort of, but there’s nothing anyone can do to get them out of it, misery loves company, or so they say.
Oh well, off to more X Files reruns.
I don't understand it either.... I can't imagine not knowing which sex I was and, then, deciding to cut off body parts like was I was doll I was playing with instead bones, flesh and sinews - and nerves!. I do pity them but it's not like they will listen to me. They will suffer and it's their own choice to suffer.
Paul, I certainly think we (in the 60’s) had access to the best to programmes - lovely memories indeed!
That is a seriously sweet Batman costume. It's crazy that no one can sew anymore. I have a friend who has taught herself to sew--like, she makes most of the clothes for herself and her kids now--and she has more requests for sewing-related projects from friends and family than she can keep up with.
Batman Tv Series: Entertaining for children, absolutely fascinating for adults. God tier of camp.
From batman to Mr canoehead... you were meant to be a hero!
My mom made me a very similar Batman outfit so I could sit down (Saturday night here) to watch the very first airing. I still have a couple of black & white photographs taken minutes before the show started. You were lucky - we had black & white TV all the way into the early 70s.
Love it! This Era Batman is one of my childhood favourites of the 70s. This Car is also one of my favourite designs.
There is a lot to be said of Creativity in Joy and Joy in Creativity as they are reciprocal. I hope that I will outlive this Apocalypse that Malice in Wokeland has unleashed upon us all!
My failsafe now is really delving into the past watching old Black and White Movies. They are so comforting-my childhood chrysalis!
More and definitely longer! Love the Humour and the Undiluted Sobriety! Star!
That car brings back so many memories. I only know the show because of reruns but in the early 90s I actually got to sit in the original Batmobile at a local car show.
Damn! This was great! Batman '66 was my young childhood (I was 5 when the show aired). I was obsessed with all things Batman and had all the TV and comic swag from that era and wore all manner of costume and any gadget. Since I didn't really have an understanding of money at that time, I would asked "How many Batman belts does that cost?" and my parents would tell me, "That's about 3 Batman belts". I had an IDEAL Batman belt that I cherished dearly. So much joy from that era of my childhood: Jonny Quest, Batman, Star Trek, Scooby Doo, Wild Wild West-- and Dark Shadows. You nailed it with this. Thank you!
As an 80s kid who caught that goofy Adam West show on reruns, I STILL found that car to be very cool. Black and red, rocket booster in the back, looking like a monstrous machine from the future tearing up the road... I loved it. Still do.
Loved the bat costume. Most of us just ran around with a towel clipped around our neck with a clothes pin.
"Holy deviled eggs, I'm in a _batmobile_"
Your costume gave me joy, Paul, because I had the same feelings about Batman when I was a kid (although I wouldn't catch the show until reruns, but I was still pretty young when I saw them). That your grandmother made it for you makes the memory that much more joyful because just today I came across a blanket mine had crocheted for me almost 40 years ago, in my school colors, to put on the bleachers at football games so I wouldn't freeze my tail off. I couldn't but smile, and your clip just added to it. I can't imagine how miserable it must be for these allegedly creative malcontents to lack those little things that bring us joy or something big like that guy's Batmobile (which is awesome!). One of your best videos yet, so thank you for that.
“Nothing made from malice lasts.” What a wonderful sentiment and apropos.
Wow that Batmobile is amazing. It makes think of lore accurate KITT from Knight Rider Chris Blasius made some years ago.
Which the fourth season version of KITT had a slightly tweaked nose design, along with the Super Pursuit mode was built by George Barris. The same George mentioned here. The slightly tweaked nose on KITT is subtle. But once you notice it, you can see how it differs from seasons 1&2.
My aunt made me a pretty screen accurate costume (minus the vinyl cowl, it was cloth) when i was 4. Wish it still existed; it was 56 years ago.
Terrific Batman costume! Top marks to your grandmother! I would have loved to have had a costume like that as a boy. You must have been the envy of all your friends!
That's going up on my Studio Wall - "Nothing lasting is made from malice."
The Delorian does that for me. Bck To The Future still us one of my favorites. I watched an hour of 80s toy commercials the other day. I got goosebumps from the warm memories of seeing them in my childhood and the shows connected to some of them.
Atomic batteries to power. Turbines to speed! I wonder if it includes the Bat-Laser that took out the firing pin to Catwoman's revolver.
The Scooby Gang still lives on in various other shows referencing to this day.
Very cool Batman costume...!
To this day my heart starts racing and I become my 7 year old self when I hear the Batman theme or see clips of the car. Takes me right back to the 60's.
6:59 - Now, THAT is adorable...
Love The TV Batmobile, The Only Real Batmobile! Also love the real, live firing Calico 9mm pistols that fold out from the doors! Super Cool!
Great video, Paul! . . Those two Bat-Paul photos at the end, though catapult this video even further into the stratosphere. You deserve your own 1966 TV Guide cover with those classic shots!
I was 14yrs old when I 1st watched an entire program on a color tv. Of course I’d seen display models in department stores, but this was a 1st in a home setting.
Of course, seeing Yvonne Craig aka Batgirl in living color probably did wonders for any 12 year old young man. You left out “The Avengers”, and to this day, Emma Peel remains my ideal woman.
Meanwhile Back 🔙 in the 🦇 BAT-CAVE. 🦇 ....😊
Dear Chato, seeing you as kid wearing a batman costume is very endearing. Especially if this was sewn by your grandmother. Thank you for this beautiful speech, again. It even made me a little emotional.
This is still better than the last time one of the replica batmobiles popped up to watch...the insanity of that legal battle was kind of crazy with the rich guy from California who was behind in payments for the replica being made for him using his connections to have a police raid on the home of the guy making them
Thank you for sharing that photo of you as Batman, Paul, it is touching, and I understand. I watched the reruns as a kid, but it was my late stepfather who really helped me to appreciate the original series and that it was very tongue-in-cheek.
Glad you enjoyed it
I used to have Star Trek Pajamas. I loved them.
I don't think any Trek reboots even came close to TOS.
Even TNG, which was OK storywise had this grey, corporate middle-management vibe to it, instead of the Swashbuckling Naval vibe of TOS, IMHO.
I agree. Creating is in some ways bearing your soul. If you put spite and malice into your art it will show, look at Lady Ballers.
Thank you very much for sharing the photos of you and the cost of your grandma made. Grandma must’ve been pretty awesome.
You had a talented and loving Grandma! Very good Adam West Batman costume!
Thank you for a description I was missing. Yes the joy of watching Star Trek in reruns in 1970s as a kid.
Over the last week I've been teaching myself how to use AutoCAD software to recreate Construx (basically Tinkertoys from the early-to-mid 1980s) on my 3D printer. The existing patterns I've found online are simply inadequate, and I feel compelled to do better, because I want to see my own grandchildren find joy in something that I loved so much.
You're absolutely right. Only love creates.
My daughter and I got through watching the entire original Batman series last year. She's 12 and she loved it! We laughed at all the different Bat-gadgets (and the "Alf-cycle", of course), she marveled at all the beautiful women (we even made a video called "The Women of Batman" for my channel), and we still repeat lines from the show to this day. She also nearly had an aneurysm when John Astin replaced Frank Gorshin as the Riddler (😲). It really made me happy for the amount of enjoyment she got from the show, and how everything was really fun and positive. Certainly a big change from the overly snide, agenda pushing shows of today. Thanks so much for showing that Batmobile video! I'll make sure I show it to her, as I know she absolutely adores that car 🦇
It always so much fun to watch your videos. Some of then are walks down happy streets filled with great memories.
Glad you like them!
Wonderfully clear and truthful observations. Re 6 year old Paul's Batman costume, he didn't need moulded plastic to improve his physique... pure Chato.
The original batmobile came to Melbourne on show when I was 6. It was roped off with "do not touch" signs everywhere, so I ducked in and put my hands all over it. I still remember that episode better than the total of all the recent DEI "entertainment" produced in the last 5 years and more.
Loved your Batman Costume Photo.... awesome memory shared!
Thanks so much!
So cool Paul! Your grandma was a costumer in waiting! Such talent!!!
I can imagine how awesome it must have felt when your grandma gave you that costume.
As always, your commentaries are WONDERFUL. I haven't been able to watch many of your appearances on MEiM but it's so good to hear you speak with such, sanity.
I love you, man. I loved me some Batman in reruns, but loved it just as much as you and so many others. Thank you for pointing out the obvious to the oblivious ones out there without any hearts or souls who claim to be "woke."
I'm so chuffed that the clip brought you joy, and hopefully, now you can spread more joy for your audience. Well done, Sir Paul! 🥰 My family was fortunate enough to have a color tv at the time, and the vividness of the color popped, the casting was perfect, the costumes were fun and eye-catching, and the production overall captured my imagination in ways that as you say, just isn't done anymore. Love the pics!
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