@@Russell-hd1pm He is the definitive Riddler and no one has come close. Even Jim Carrey took a lot of inspiration from him but didn't do the role justice. And the new Bill Gates looking one...forget about it.
@KadeBronson that's really cool and kind of funny. It was a corny show even back then, but today, it is very silly. That's why it's entertaining, though. The 60s was an interesting decade. I might have enjoyed it if I had been alive. Take care, buddy!
Adam West was brilliant! There are many reasons why this show was so great, but he is #1 on the list! I had the pleasure of meeting him a few times. One of those times I was with my children (nearly 25 years ago). He left such an positive impression that they still talk about it today. God bless you Adam. Rest in Eternal Peace 🩶💙🖤🤲🏻
I'm 55 years old, and I loved watching Batman on Saturday afternoon syndication when I was a kid, and playing with my Mego Batman and Robin action figures. Such a great time! Years later I got to meet Adam West, and he was such a nice gentleman. Made me very happy!
Adam West's unique voice and deadpan delivery made this show. I enjoyed the syndicated reruns on TV in the 1990s when I was a kid. I always figured the villain hideouts were filmed with Dutch angles because villains are CROOKED.
I grew up watching the 66 series as a kid so Adam West will always be my Batman. Also no disrespect to Eartha Kitt or Lee Meriweather but Julie Newmar is Catwoman. 🥰
@@Adam-kx9gi As a child, I did not like to see Julie Newmar replaced. As an adult, I find Eartha Kitt's performance well worth watching. I now like both and cannot choose a favorite.
Correct Julie Newmar was the only Catwoman who could make Batman turn into a quivvering jelly with any slightly sexual references and he went weak, stammered and didn't know what to do, Eartha Kitt had no chemistry with Batman and was just another villan. Watch how Newmar can go from sexualness to woman scorned in a matter of seconds. Also Catwoman was the only villan who could actual die in the show and come back due to her nine lives. These things are what made 60s Catwoman unique to the show and Julie Newmar was the only one who could play her properly.
@@steveh31 I view the Julie Newmar vs. Eartha Kitt Catwoman versions in perspective of the era. Would audiences of that era have approved of Eartha Kitt interacting in the same manner with Batman. However, I am in agreement about Julie Newmar's acting abilities as she also did superb work interacting with male actors in the Route 66 series as well as Twilight Zone. If you have not yet viewed her performances in those shows, do so!
I do like Eartha, but I also agree about Julie Newmar, I was just a little kid but even then I could see what a stone cold fox she was. I didn't like Lee Merriweather as Catwoman, she was too mild for the part. Julie Newmar was slinky and flirty and awfully dangerous as Catwoman....my favorite.
I'm going to watch the movie right now. I looked at it, sitting in my movie rack, about four hours ago and told myself to watch it someday. I guess today's the day!
I'm a 54 year old Brit, we were watching it every Saturday morning throughout the 70's into the 80's over here. They only made 3 series so we were constantly watching the repeats and didn't complain abit, lol
I was in grade school and I remember the merch being so necessary as part of my belongings. Batman bubble gum cards were hot! We already had bubble gum cards, but Batman cards were traded, collected, and my 6 year old mind was enthralled!
I've been a Batman fan for as long as I can remember. I remember watching this show in reruns on TV Land when I was a kid. I loved it then, and I still love, understand, and appreciate it now.
Here in Mexico, when Batman '89 was about to coming out, they broadcasted Batman '66 again. I didn't know that show existed, and thanks to the Batmania, I did.
I'm a twin (I'm the girl, he's the boy..born 1962) When Batman came out, it was the ONLY show we could agree on..Quick, grab the batphone! (Our dad was a telephone man..lol)✌️ (edit) As I watch this further, I remember how scary it was in kindergarden thru 3rd grade *SoCal) having "earthquake" drills (which were actually leftover nuclear drills..which I always wondered how a desk could save anything). It was scary in the 60's. Once we had to 'line up' 1967-68 (no parental permission) to get Small Pox shots, me and bro's didn't 'catch' and they took us in a separate room and started stabbing our thighs with the shots (i count 8 scars). You will see everyone between , like 55 y.o to 65 have a big round, multi dotted scar on their arm...look! My dad was pissed!! ✌️
@derekseven1647 good point. How many of the attendance (myself as an example) to comic book movies (since Reeeve's Superman to Deadpool vs. Wolverine) were amazed and engaged by this great TV series?
@kennedyrose6766 I was born in 1962 also. Unfortunately, I didn’t have any siblings, but always loved the Batman TV series but I remember watching it in the late afternoon, not at night. And I remember it being on a UHF channel, not ABC, CBS, or NBC. I don’t remember who gave me the Polio vaccine. I wish my parents were still alive today as I have so many unanswered questions and miss them so much. I also don’t remember doing any duck and cover in school. I started first grade in 1968, I believe; maybe 1969? I know I completed 8th grade in June of 76 (I went through Catholic school in Philadelphia for 12 years and we “graduated from grade school after 8th grade). I never had a great memory! I hope my mind is still okay now at age 62! Just realized that I’m 62 and was born in 62! I don’t see a scar from the polio shot, but I do know that I had that circular dotted scar when I was younger. Can you still see yours? Sorry for rambling! Be well! Mike
Awesome show Julie Newmar was beautiful. And I loved Cesar Romero/ Burgess Meredith as the Joker and Penguin. It didn’t need loads of crazy effects and violence to be good. A lot of famous actors from back in the day.
Vincent Price as Egghead was a riot. And how about Victor Buono as KIng Tut? Normally, a mild mannered Professor of Egyptian History at Gotham State University, but every once in a while he would get conked on his skull and his brain would make him revert to his alter ego, the diabolical King Tut.
Rest in peace Adam 🙏🏻and all the cast who has passed. I love Batman 👍🏻😄 great show. I'm a gen x but i grew up watching the show. It's my first time getting into comics as well. Frank Miller got me hooked, then, Tim Burton and Micheal Keaton's 89 Batman...👍🏻 That's my Batman. Always will be. As far as the creation..Bill finger the real creator.
The 1966 Batman was such a fever here in Brasil. I remember going crazy everytime I saw the Bat logo on magazines and on the streets. My mom used to bring me comics magazines and I felt cheated because it had a picture of the TV show on the cover, but inside it was black and white and very old. Even the batmobile was disappointing. But I read them and kept them anyway. I even watched the serials made in the 1943 and 1949 serials on TV and liked them. Some people don't understand that this campy and funny TV series made Batman be as known and so popular worldwide, even for those who have never seen it or don't like it.
I remember seeing the original 1955 Ford Futura Batmobile in the late 1970s. The host said the car was covered with black felt so it wouldn't reflect light to better resemble a bat. What an incredible futuristic automobile!
It wasn’t though. You saw a fake. Lots of touring fakes out there passed off as “the” 60s Batmobile. I saw one at a circus in the 80s and even as a kid I knew the details were off.
Winston Plaza in Maywood Park, Illinois published an advertisement after the show ended which announced the Batmobile would be on display. What I found on display was a fiberglass shell on top of an unfinished chassis with a stamped, c cell powered, bicycle turn indicator similar to this: < > glued to what was supposed to be a "dashboard" as instrumentation. What a gyp!!
@@robertcuny934 I realize there are a lot of duplicate cars out there, but the one I saw was the original with a Hollywood spokesman giving a speech and all.
Brilliant documentary video. For me Adam West was Batman and Burton Ward was Robin. Fun series. I have all 3 seasons on Blu Ray and I have a lot Batman 66 figures that I'm collecting. I wish these figures had been available when I was a kid watching the show.
I was 11 when Batman premiered, shortly after our family bought out first color tv. OMG! The commentators were correct, the weekly cliffhanger on Tuesday and then the subsequent escape and capture of the weekly guest villain by the Dynamic Duo on Thursday were the prime discussion topic the next day at school. I wish the documentary had made more mention of the absolute drop dead women on the show, all in very revealing outfits. If you were a young man approaching puberty it was stimulating. Julie Newmar as Catwoman was purrr-fect!
I have heard stories about celebrities telling their managers to get them on the Batman program. The stories all sounded legit at the time, and this little video further adds to the credibility of the stories, I was a little kid at the time and all I really knew was that Catwoman (Julie Newmar) was pretty and I wanted to be like Batman .....well,a cross between Batman, Mister Spock,and Dean Martin.
I can still remember all of the actors/actresses who played each villain! Even the obscure ones! One of my favorites was The Minstrel (Van Johnson). They should have used that villain again!
I always feel that this documentary was a redemption of the classic show. Everyone finally admitting that it was a cool show that was nearly everybody's 1st intro to the character. And 1 line that always gets me now is Commissioner Gordon's line about being violently opposed to police brutally 🤣
Thanks for posting this. Today, people cannot grasp that not everyone had a TV back then. We were among the few, and my "Batfriends" would come from all over, to watch this show. One day, I took some of our finest towels and other clothing items, to make capes and masks for me (Batman) and my cousin (Robin). Bad idea.... And on the first episode that Catwoman (Julie Newmar) appeared, I instantly said to the TV screen, "I finally found the woman I am going to marry". Great memories.
I made a cape with a safety pin and jumped out of an apple tree. Well actually it caught and I hung for a few seconds before the branch broke. Had quite the mark on my neck.
@@AP-nl4gs ... That is hillarious! I realized my batCape, that me and my twin bro created (with a safety pin) , at 5 yrs old, could actually be moved up on my head to be long hair..hence: The Beatles song: HAIR, long beautiful hair, (sing it!) ✌️
When Batman came to the UK we had to watch it in black and white as colour television was still new and very few people could afford a set. I was six and my friends and I were avid fans. It was almost compulsory viewing alongside Thunderbirds! We all drove our parents mad screaming out the na na na na Batman theme.
When my children were little in the early 90's, this was on regularly in syndication and my kids loved it. It was how I taught them the concept of time. If we were in a car driving somewhere, when they asked, "How much longer?" I would answer by telling them how many Batman episodes. If we had an hour to go, I'd say, "Two Batman episodes." LOL. It's been thirty years since then, I wonder if they still remember that?
So brilliant. As a kid you just saw action, fun and colour. Then as you got older you saw spoof, cynicism, comedy. That shark fight in the movie is priceless. Cesar Romero the unquestionably best Joker (sorry, Jack). In fact all the best versions of the baddies. Oh, and you saw Julie Newmar And Yvonne Craig
Amazing documentary! Thank you for releasing this video in honor of Batman’s 85th birthday! This show is still very unique and amazing! There will never be another superhero show quite like Batman 66! I’m so glad I found this show on Cable when I was a teenager. As strange as it is, it’s still a fascinating show and I can see why my big brother loves it even more than I do because he grew up with it. Happy anniversary Batman! Keep on being the hero we all know you are meant to be!
I was 9 years old when Batman debuted in 1966 and Mr. Timm is correct. It is impossible to overstate how immense this series was as a pop culture phenomenon, and how influential it was to my generation. It was unlike anything we'd seen on television -- or any other medium -- before. And while some later observers have dismissed it as not true Batman, as an avid reader I can attest it was entirely consistent with the 1960s comic book. (It also had the coolest Batmobile ever, bar none.)
I always had to settle for the kids at school talking about last night's episode since we had only one b&w tv, three channels (ABC and CBS snowy reception), and the TV played what dad wanted to see. So we got Daniel Boone and Mission Impossible instead of Batman or The Monkees.
I was fortunate with my family a few years ago to meet burt Ward and Adam west. At a convention in boston, it was the last Really good convention that I attended, and my son is a huge Batman fan of the original show. And when he met adam west, they had the best conversation , Mr. Ward, on the other hand was so busy trying to sell his stupid dog food that he forgot to sign my poster and I really had to jump through hoops to get him to sign it after I had paid. Just one of the experiences I remember at that show
Just the theme song was the best. Granted not the best lyrics, hmmm let's see what comes after batman? How bout ... Batman! Genius! But the whole thing the way they filmed it the costumes the henchmen it was all collectively, really really cool.
I grew up in the 80s and 90s, and it was an interesting time to be a batman fan - which I was, diehard. According to my parents, Batman was one of my first words. However, I did not have an established, preferred version of him. I remember seeing the 89 movie when I was only four or five years old and loving it despite how dark it was for a child that age. I remember watching the 66 series in syndication religiously and loving it too. And I remember when BTAS became my favorite Saturday morning cartoon. Despite how tonally different they all were, they were all still Batman to me, and I was obsessed with all of them.
At 65 years old and retired, I watch an episode of Batman every Saturday night. It's my start to what I call "SiFi Night" where I alternate with a choice of SiFi TV shows I liked when I was a kid like Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Johnny Quest, Cartoon Superman/Aquaman, and the Super Heroes like Hawkman, the Atom, etc. The Outer Limits and the Six Million Dollar Man to name a few. I start off with Batman and alternate every week between the other shows. After the third season of Batman, I watch the Batman movies (Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, etc) then start all over again. Chronologically.
That's what I've been saying for a long time; the Batman series was representative of the comic's silver age. It was colorful and wasn't afraid to be goofy. That's why the Tim Burton movies were so gothic and serious; they were influenced by the Alan Moore and Frank Miller takes in the 80's.
😎👍Very totally wonderfully cool and very nicely greatly fabulously well done indeed Sir's, I was 8yrs old when Batman came out in 66 and watched every week it was on and to this day and I have the entire 3 seasons of the series on DVD and have many collectibles die cast Batmobiles and vehicles and various figures and so forth from the series indeed!👌.
I was fortunate to see the very first episodes of the Batman series when they first aired at about 8 yrs old. Adam and Burt were my Batman and Robin. The show was an absolute must watch for us kids.
You have to admit, Daniel Craig practically reinvented the whole franchise. Casino Royale was one of the best Bond films that I've ever seen. But I still love From Russia with Love, especially seeing Sean Connery and Robert Shaw in the same film.
@immortaltyger1569 meh Daniel Craig was a horrible choice imo. And the reinvention of Bond sucked. Became so dull and took itself way too seriously. Nobody will ever top Connery and Brosnan.
Stuff like that wasn’t visible on 60s televisions. Bet you never noticed the fish line holding their capes in place either. It’s quite noticeable on the Bluray.
Has anyone seen the meme floating around that says "Have all the confidence of a 4 year old wearing a Batman shirt"? I have a picture of 4 year old me in a Batman shirt, Christmas 1966! I've been a fan all my life!
Four when 1 saw 1st episode & thought it was the greatest thing until i saw The Green Hornet w/ Bruce Lee as Kato! Burt & Bruce were friends!. The fights were epic! RIP
I wish Batman had gone more than 3 seasons. But by the time 1969 came along, the world was full of violence and unrest and people's tastes changed and wanted more realistic TV shows.
I am 62 now and an actor. I had a Batman Lamp and a Batman Lunch box, and Batman And Robin toys. That was our show and to hear it only ran for 3 years was amazing
As a kid in the UK I remember going to see the the movie at alum rock Birmingham in the capital picture house on a Saturday morning matinee in the early 70s
Adam west rest in peace our bright knight
He made a decent mayor of Quahog too! My first Batman and one of the best ever
Just got the entire series on Blu-ray.
Money well spent.
LOVED FRANK GORSHIN AS THE RIDDLER!
Same here!
@@Russell-hd1pm Amazing display of energy.
Especially considering that he was a heavy smoker.
Same here!
@@Russell-hd1pm He is the definitive Riddler and no one has come close.
Even Jim Carrey took a lot of inspiration from him but didn't do the role justice. And the new Bill Gates looking one...forget about it.
Even being born in 85, this show used to rerun on television, and I watched it regularly. I loved it. Probably one of my earliest TV memories.
My dad was born in 79 and loves it. I was born in 19 and I love it.
@KadeBronson that's really cool and kind of funny. It was a corny show even back then, but today, it is very silly. That's why it's entertaining, though. The 60s was an interesting decade. I might have enjoyed it if I had been alive. Take care, buddy!
I always loved and appreciated the show since watching it in the 60s. It is a comic book come to life, and still has the coolest Batmobile.
Beatles, bond, Batman, the biggest things in music, movies and TV of the 1960s
....and Star Trek...
Adam West was brilliant! There are many reasons why this show was so great, but he is #1 on the list! I had the pleasure of meeting him a few times. One of those times I was with my children (nearly 25 years ago). He left such an positive impression that they still talk about it today. God bless you Adam. Rest in Eternal Peace 🩶💙🖤🤲🏻
I'm 55 years old, and I loved watching Batman on Saturday afternoon syndication when I was a kid, and playing with my Mego Batman and Robin action figures. Such a great time!
Years later I got to meet Adam West, and he was such a nice gentleman. Made me very happy!
Me too! Corgi Batmobile, ideal Batcave, Mego Batman. Ben Cooper Batman Halloween costume... I have them all now.
Wow, Julie Newmar is still freaking gorgeous
ya i did a second take holy bat-wow 🤩😍😍😍
She still is.
Still with us at age 90
Yes, yes she is.
She's a GILF
Adam West's unique voice and deadpan delivery made this show. I enjoyed the syndicated reruns on TV in the 1990s when I was a kid.
I always figured the villain hideouts were filmed with Dutch angles because villains are CROOKED.
He was the best
Absolutely. I am a big fan of a good voice. He has one of the most soothing and yet intense voices I’ve ever heard.
I grew up watching the 66 series as a kid so Adam West will always be my Batman. Also no disrespect to Eartha Kitt or Lee Meriweather but Julie Newmar is Catwoman. 🥰
agree to disagree but the OG Eartha Kitt is.
@@Adam-kx9gi As a child, I did not like to see Julie Newmar replaced.
As an adult, I find Eartha Kitt's performance well worth watching.
I now like both and cannot choose a favorite.
Correct Julie Newmar was the only Catwoman who could make Batman turn into a quivvering jelly with any slightly sexual references and he went weak, stammered and didn't know what to do, Eartha Kitt had no chemistry with Batman and was just another villan. Watch how Newmar can go from sexualness to woman scorned in a matter of seconds. Also Catwoman was the only villan who could actual die in the show and come back due to her nine lives. These things are what made 60s Catwoman unique to the show and Julie Newmar was the only one who could play her properly.
@@steveh31 I view the Julie Newmar vs. Eartha Kitt Catwoman versions in perspective of the era. Would audiences of that era have approved of Eartha Kitt interacting in the same manner with Batman.
However, I am in agreement about Julie Newmar's acting abilities as she also did superb work interacting with male actors in the Route 66 series as well as Twilight Zone. If you have not yet viewed her performances in those shows, do so!
I do like Eartha, but I also agree about Julie Newmar, I was just a little kid but even then I could see what a stone cold fox she was. I didn't like Lee Merriweather as Catwoman, she was too mild for the part. Julie Newmar was slinky and flirty and awfully dangerous as Catwoman....my favorite.
I watched this series in 2002, 9 years old. Adam West was phenomenal as Batman.
Born in 72. This was my childhood, watching the repeats. Been a massive Batman fan ever since......
Born in 19. This is my childhood.
@KadeBronson do you mean 69?
I'm going to watch the movie right now. I looked at it, sitting in my movie rack, about four hours ago and told myself to watch it someday. I guess today's the day!
@@guppybill ... always...always follow your vibe!
I'm a 54 year old Brit, we were watching it every Saturday morning throughout the 70's into the 80's over here. They only made 3 series so we were constantly watching the repeats and didn't complain abit, lol
Do you like Morrissey?
Batman visited London in 1967.
@KadeBronson not really, like most musicians, some of his stuff is ok, but I find much of it a monotonous drone.
I was in grade school and I remember the merch being so necessary as part of my belongings. Batman bubble gum cards were hot! We already had bubble gum cards, but Batman cards were traded, collected, and my 6 year old mind was enthralled!
Adam West was my childhood Batman.
I got to meet him years later and he did not disappoint.
He is still MY Batman.
Comedy? No way! I see this fine show as one serious, sicko, heroic and rich piece of entertainment that STILL holds up today!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Happy 85th anniversary Batman
I've been a Batman fan for as long as I can remember. I remember watching this show in reruns on TV Land when I was a kid. I loved it then, and I still love, understand, and appreciate it now.
If you didn't live through it, you can't imagine what you missed. Batman, 1966. Landing on the Moon just 3 years later! Holy decade, Batman!
Holy Apollo
@@DuncanEvans-t7q Starbuck will be Jealous😉😁
Born too late for the decade but they ran them during my childhood a decade later. They hadn't lost any of their charm
The moon landing was a fake the biggest con of all time 🤦♂️🤦♂️
Here in Mexico, when Batman '89 was about to coming out, they broadcasted Batman '66 again.
I didn't know that show existed, and thanks to the Batmania, I did.
I'm a twin (I'm the girl, he's the boy..born 1962) When Batman came out, it was the ONLY show we could agree on..Quick, grab the batphone! (Our dad was a telephone man..lol)✌️ (edit) As I watch this further, I remember how scary it was in kindergarden thru 3rd grade *SoCal) having "earthquake" drills (which were actually leftover nuclear drills..which I always wondered how a desk could save anything). It was scary in the 60's. Once we had to 'line up' 1967-68 (no parental permission) to get Small Pox shots, me and bro's didn't 'catch' and they took us in a separate room and started stabbing our thighs with the shots (i count 8 scars). You will see everyone between , like 55 y.o to 65 have a big round, multi dotted scar on their arm...look! My dad was pissed!! ✌️
This is truly the TV show that started it all but comic book Mania into live action
Born the same year and will always love this show.
This is awesome :)
@derekseven1647 good point. How many of the attendance (myself as an example) to comic book movies (since Reeeve's Superman to Deadpool vs. Wolverine) were amazed and engaged by this great TV series?
@kennedyrose6766
I was born in 1962 also. Unfortunately, I didn’t have any siblings, but always loved the Batman TV series but I remember watching it in the late afternoon, not at night. And I remember it being on a UHF channel, not ABC, CBS, or NBC. I don’t remember who gave me the Polio vaccine. I wish my parents were still alive today as I have so many unanswered questions and miss them so much. I also don’t remember doing any duck and cover in school. I started first grade in 1968, I believe; maybe 1969? I know I completed 8th grade in June of 76 (I went through Catholic school in Philadelphia for 12 years and we “graduated from grade school after 8th grade). I never had a great memory! I hope my mind is still okay now at age 62! Just realized that I’m 62 and was born in 62! I don’t see a scar from the polio shot, but I do know that I had that circular dotted scar when I was younger. Can you still see yours?
Sorry for rambling! Be well!
Mike
Awesome show Julie Newmar was beautiful. And I loved Cesar Romero/ Burgess Meredith as the Joker and Penguin. It didn’t need loads of crazy effects and violence to be good. A lot of famous actors from back in the day.
Vincent Price as Egghead was a riot. And how about Victor Buono as KIng Tut? Normally, a mild mannered Professor of Egyptian History at Gotham State University, but every once in a while he would get conked on his skull and his brain would make him revert to his alter ego, the diabolical King Tut.
@@observer3232 Yeah Vincent Price had a great voice, what did you think of the Clock King? with Walter Slezek I really liked him as a villain.
To me ,
They will always be the best
Batman and Robin !
Rest in peace Adam 🙏🏻and all the cast who has passed. I love Batman 👍🏻😄 great show. I'm a gen x but i grew up watching the show. It's my first time getting into comics as well. Frank Miller got me hooked, then, Tim Burton and Micheal Keaton's 89 Batman...👍🏻 That's my Batman. Always will be. As far as the creation..Bill finger the real creator.
Best fave Batman villains to me, Cesar Romero, Burgess Meredith, Frank Gorshin and Vincent Price.
The 1966 Batman was such a fever here in Brasil. I remember going crazy everytime I saw the Bat logo on magazines and on the streets. My mom used to bring me comics magazines and I felt cheated because it had a picture of the TV show on the cover, but inside it was black and white and very old. Even the batmobile was disappointing. But I read them and kept them anyway. I even watched the serials made in the 1943 and 1949 serials on TV and liked them. Some people don't understand that this campy and funny TV series made Batman be as known and so popular worldwide, even for those who have never seen it or don't like it.
I remember seeing the original 1955 Ford Futura Batmobile in the late 1970s. The host said the car was covered with black felt so it wouldn't reflect light to better resemble a bat. What an incredible futuristic automobile!
It wasn’t though. You saw a fake. Lots of touring fakes out there passed off as “the” 60s Batmobile. I saw one at a circus in the 80s and even as a kid I knew the details were off.
Winston Plaza in Maywood Park, Illinois published an advertisement after the show ended which announced the Batmobile would be on display.
What I found on display was a fiberglass shell on top of an unfinished chassis with a stamped, c cell powered, bicycle turn indicator similar to this: < > glued to what was supposed to be a "dashboard" as instrumentation.
What a gyp!!
The car is now in Gatlinburg, TN at the Star Cars museum.
@@thefonzkiss I saw it before your time. It was the original.
@@robertcuny934 I realize there are a lot of duplicate cars out there, but the one I saw was the original with a Hollywood spokesman giving a speech and all.
Brilliant documentary video. For me Adam West was Batman and Burton Ward was Robin. Fun series. I have all 3 seasons on Blu Ray and I have a lot Batman 66 figures that I'm collecting. I wish these figures had been available when I was a kid watching the show.
I was 11 when Batman premiered, shortly after our family bought out first color tv. OMG! The commentators were correct, the weekly cliffhanger on Tuesday and then the subsequent escape and capture of the weekly guest villain by the Dynamic Duo on Thursday were the prime discussion topic the next day at school. I wish the documentary had made more mention of the absolute drop dead women on the show, all in very revealing outfits. If you were a young man approaching puberty it was stimulating. Julie Newmar as Catwoman was purrr-fect!
I have heard stories about celebrities telling their managers to get them on the Batman program. The stories all sounded legit at the time, and this little video further adds to the credibility of the stories, I was a little kid at the time and all I really knew was that Catwoman (Julie Newmar) was pretty and I wanted to be like Batman .....well,a cross between Batman, Mister Spock,and Dean Martin.
Batman 1966 was very good for its time. The Green Hornet was also a awesome show as well.
The "Green Hornet" was a fantastic show. I think the 4 leading characters appeared together at least once.
The "Green Hornet" was a fantastic show. I think the 4 leading characters appeared together at least once.
I can still remember all of the actors/actresses who played each villain! Even the obscure ones! One of my favorites was The Minstrel (Van Johnson). They should have used that villain again!
I always feel that this documentary was a redemption of the classic show. Everyone finally admitting that it was a cool show that was nearly everybody's 1st intro to the character.
And 1 line that always gets me now is Commissioner Gordon's line about being violently opposed to police brutally 🤣
Thanks for posting this. Today, people cannot grasp that not everyone had a TV back then. We were among the few, and my "Batfriends" would come from all over, to watch this show. One day, I took some of our finest towels and other clothing items, to make capes and masks for me (Batman) and my cousin (Robin). Bad idea.... And on the first episode that Catwoman (Julie Newmar) appeared, I instantly said to the TV screen, "I finally found the woman I am going to marry". Great memories.
I made a cape with a safety pin and jumped out of an apple tree. Well actually it caught and I hung for a few seconds before the branch broke. Had quite the mark on my neck.
@@AP-nl4gs ... That is hillarious! I realized my batCape, that me and my twin bro created (with a safety pin) , at 5 yrs old, could actually be moved up on my head to be long hair..hence: The Beatles song: HAIR, long beautiful hair, (sing it!) ✌️
@@cre8gnr8nrg ... omgosh, that is funny af!! ✌️
Haha. I was so young--born in 66. Watching Batman is one of my strongest and earliest memories. Adam West was MY first crush!
When Batman came to the UK we had to watch it in black and white as colour television was still new and very few people could afford a set. I was six and my friends and I were avid fans. It was almost compulsory viewing alongside Thunderbirds! We all drove our parents mad screaming out the na na na na Batman theme.
I still watch this in 2024 absolutely timeless 🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🐧🐧🐧🐧👍🤠🦅⭐✌️✌️
I wouldn’t say it’s timeless…
You're right it is timeless
Frank Miller didn't start the"darker" Batman. Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams and Steve Englehart and Marshall Rogers did that in the '70s.
"Holy rising hemlines"!!! I'm dying!
When my children were little in the early 90's, this was on regularly in syndication and my kids loved it. It was how I taught them the concept of time. If we were in a car driving somewhere, when they asked, "How much longer?" I would answer by telling them how many Batman episodes. If we had an hour to go, I'd say, "Two Batman episodes." LOL. It's been thirty years since then, I wonder if they still remember that?
Always cracks me up that everything in the bat cave is labeled. 😂
Pretty much all things in all places have lables over them on the show!
So brilliant. As a kid you just saw action, fun and colour. Then as you got older you saw spoof, cynicism, comedy. That shark fight in the movie is priceless. Cesar Romero the unquestionably best Joker (sorry, Jack). In fact all the best versions of the baddies.
Oh, and you saw Julie Newmar And Yvonne Craig
Amazing documentary! Thank you for releasing this video in honor of Batman’s 85th birthday! This show is still very unique and amazing! There will never be another superhero show quite like Batman 66! I’m so glad I found this show on Cable when I was a teenager. As strange as it is, it’s still a fascinating show and I can see why my big brother loves it even more than I do because he grew up with it. Happy anniversary Batman! Keep on being the hero we all know you are meant to be!
Batman at 8-10 was the best Batman age to watch.
Seeing the 66 car in the arcade games and Assetto Corsa, is always a treat. Such a sleek beauty.
Batman meets the Green Hornet were great!
I was 9 years old when Batman debuted in 1966 and Mr. Timm is correct. It is impossible to overstate how immense this series was as a pop culture phenomenon, and how influential it was to my generation. It was unlike anything we'd seen on television -- or any other medium -- before. And while some later observers have dismissed it as not true Batman, as an avid reader I can attest it was entirely consistent with the 1960s comic book. (It also had the coolest Batmobile ever, bar none.)
I always had to settle for the kids at school talking about last night's episode since we had only one b&w tv, three channels (ABC and CBS snowy reception), and the TV played what dad wanted to see. So we got Daniel Boone and Mission Impossible instead of Batman or The Monkees.
Batman was the bomb, period!!!!!
Well done. Even though I only saw this in repeats in the 1970s, this was my Batman!
Julie Newman is still 🔥🔥😍😍🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
I was fortunate with my family a few years ago to meet burt Ward and Adam west. At a convention in boston, it was the last Really good convention that I attended, and my son is a huge Batman fan of the original show. And when he met adam west, they had the best conversation , Mr. Ward, on the other hand was so busy trying to sell his stupid dog food that he forgot to sign my poster and I really had to jump through hoops to get him to sign it after I had paid. Just one of the experiences I remember at that show
My dad was born in 79 and loves it. I was born in 19 and I love it.
Just the theme song was the best. Granted not the best lyrics, hmmm let's see what comes after batman? How bout ... Batman! Genius! But the whole thing the way they filmed it the costumes the henchmen it was all collectively, really really cool.
I grew up in the 80s and 90s, and it was an interesting time to be a batman fan - which I was, diehard. According to my parents, Batman was one of my first words. However, I did not have an established, preferred version of him. I remember seeing the 89 movie when I was only four or five years old and loving it despite how dark it was for a child that age. I remember watching the 66 series in syndication religiously and loving it too. And I remember when BTAS became my favorite Saturday morning cartoon. Despite how tonally different they all were, they were all still Batman to me, and I was obsessed with all of them.
This is fabulous. I watch the series still now its on bluray.
Thx. Bat66 & JQ & H/J ( Cartoon ) are the best. Many thanks to all of you🍻
At 65 years old and retired, I watch an episode of Batman every Saturday night. It's my start to what I call "SiFi Night" where I alternate with a choice of SiFi TV shows I liked when I was a kid like Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Johnny Quest, Cartoon Superman/Aquaman, and the Super Heroes like Hawkman, the Atom, etc. The Outer Limits and the Six Million Dollar Man to name a few. I start off with Batman and alternate every week between the other shows. After the third season of Batman, I watch the Batman movies (Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, etc) then start all over again. Chronologically.
Thank you for taking me down memory lane.
I love the 1960s Batman series :)
I have so much to say about it - but I think I'll leave it at that.
One of Warner Bros absolute gems, and global at that. Thanks from here in the UK.
It may have been a 'spoof' and campy, but being how the Batman comics were at the time, the show was spot on to the readings.
That's what I've been saying for a long time; the Batman series was representative of the comic's silver age. It was colorful and wasn't afraid to be goofy. That's why the Tim Burton movies were so gothic and serious; they were influenced by the Alan Moore and Frank Miller takes in the 80's.
Precisely, old chum.
I think Burton's movies have some fine goofy moments
- Honey, I'm home! Oh I forgot I'm not married...
❤❤❤❤❤❤great huge fan of the 60s batman tv series
And on twice a week! Same Bat Time Same Bat channel.
😎👍Very totally wonderfully cool and very nicely greatly fabulously well done indeed Sir's, I was 8yrs old when Batman came out in 66 and watched every week it was on and to this day and I have the entire 3 seasons of the series on DVD and have many collectibles die cast Batmobiles and vehicles and various figures and so forth from the series indeed!👌.
I was fortunate to see the very first episodes of the Batman series when they first aired at about 8 yrs old. Adam and Burt were my Batman and Robin. The show was an absolute must watch for us kids.
Holy best ever, Batman!
Batman 4-ever r.i.p. adam west peace & love.😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
Beautifully done ! This would have held my attention for hours. Bravo ! "Holy Peanut Butter sandwich Batman, we're in a Jam "!!!
this show was absolutely brilliant, and ranks with the all time best of Television
Don't forget "The Wild West" that combined the western, detective genre and science fiction as a great iteration of 60s television.
Adam west was and still be my batman forever, God bless your soul🦇❤
And the word 'HOLY' was never the same again...
ADAM WEST will always be my Batman.
Yep...he's right. For me, the true Batman is Adam West. He's the first one to whom I was introduced, just like Sean Connery is the true James Bond.
You have to admit, Daniel Craig practically reinvented the whole franchise. Casino Royale was one of the best Bond films that I've ever seen. But I still love From Russia with Love, especially seeing Sean Connery and Robert Shaw in the same film.
@immortaltyger1569 meh Daniel Craig was a horrible choice imo. And the reinvention of Bond sucked. Became so dull and took itself way too seriously. Nobody will ever top Connery and Brosnan.
@@immortaltyger1569 Craig pursed his lips too much, sullen, leading lady in "Casino" was flat-figured and dull, Connery and Moore the best!
@@immortaltyger1569the fight on the train.
@@gregoryjgarcia3862 Exactly! And I seem to remember an interesting masseuse early in that movie.
Very well done!
That was Awesomw! It really me back .
I loved Batman when I was a child in the 70’s. I had a Batman suit I got for Christmas one year too. My younger brother got the Robin suit.
Jill St. John in the first episode dancing with Batman comes to mind.
I am shocked and appalled at the tear (or worse, a stain ?) that appears on Batman's uniform @7:30. What has he been up to? Holy innuendo Robin!
Stuff like that wasn’t visible on 60s televisions. Bet you never noticed the fish line holding their capes in place either. It’s quite noticeable on the Bluray.
VINCENT PRICE AS EGGHEAD IS EPIC!
Eggs-quisite acting!
@@robertcuny934 Bar none! 🤣
Eggsquiset example
@@tomheringer Eggsactly my opinion!
@@robertcuny934 That was an eggstraordinary response. lol.
Damn Julie Newmar.
Thank you for this video
My favourite Batman is Adam West because I was a kid and I likes to see the Batman TV Show 1966. Thank you for sharing the video. 😊❤😢😅
Julie Newmar, still looks like a leading lady, and just sheer class......
I watched the four guys doing the introduction. I felt exactly the same way!
I want to watch this show again. I used to watch it when he reruns with my dad all the time. I now have kids of my own, we are SO gonna watch this.
Has anyone seen the meme floating around that says "Have all the confidence of a 4 year old wearing a Batman shirt"? I have a picture of 4 year old me in a Batman shirt, Christmas 1966! I've been a fan all my life!
Four when 1 saw 1st episode & thought it was the greatest thing until i saw The Green Hornet w/ Bruce Lee as Kato! Burt & Bruce were friends!. The fights were epic! RIP
ESTUPENDO, SENSACIONAL.. LOS ORIGINAL BATMAN Y ROBIN..
¡GOOD GRACIAS DESDE ARGENTINA!! 🫴
I wish Batman had gone more than 3 seasons. But by the time 1969 came along, the world was full of violence and unrest and people's tastes changed and wanted more realistic TV shows.
I am 62 now and an actor. I had a Batman Lamp and a Batman Lunch box, and Batman And Robin toys. That was our show and to hear it only ran for 3 years was amazing
I may have subconsciously borrowed some aesthetic from Batman 😄
West is Best. Also Keaton can't be beaten.
Of course I wasn't born when Batman came out in the 60s but watching Batman on syndication was absolutely great. I loved it
Mike Uslan will never admit that Batman wasnt dark and scarey from the 1940s to 1970
Never ever heard someone sum up the joy and timing of Batman - "Batman showed up in primary colors!" yes he did. Thank You Batman!
As a kid in the UK
I remember going to see the the movie at alum rock Birmingham in the capital picture house on a Saturday morning matinee in the early 70s
Happy 85th Anniversary, Batman fans!
07:05 the live kitty really made her character that much more believable I loved this show as a kid still do.