From the cartoon character created by Bob
Kane in 1939
Batman
1/12/66 - 3/14/1968 ABC 30 minutes
Color - 120 episodes
Burt Ward and Adam
West
Batman Cast
Dynamic Duo Adam West as
Batman/Bruce Wayne Burt Ward as Robin/Richard 'Dick' Grayson
William Dozier as Announcer (uncredited)
Alan Napier as Alfred
Pennyworth Neil Hamilton as Commissioner James Gordon Stafford Repp as
Chief O'Hara Madge Blake .as Aunt Harriet Cooper (1966-1967) Yvonne
Craig as Batgirl/Barbara Gordon (1967-1968)
Burgess Meredith as the
Penguin Frank Gorshin as the Riddler Julie Newmar as Catwoman Cesar
Romero as The Joker Liberace as Chandell Vincent Price as
Egghead Milton Berle as Louie the Lilac Ethel Merman as Lola
Lasagne Pierre Salinger as Lucky Pierre
Batman Theme Song
"Batman" by Neal Hefti
Batman Tidbits
"Same bat time. Same bat channel!" was the
standard closing.
Holy Storytelling! You should already know the tale
of the masked, caped Crusader Batman (Adam West). Unlike the other caped
crimefighter Superman, Batman had no super powers. This is because he was
really a mere mortal named Bruce Wayne. His ward Dick Grayson (Burt Ward)
assisted in him, POW, in making the bad guys go SPLAT!
As Wayne was very
rich he could buy really neat crimefighting toys. Like the Batmobile and other
goodies kept in his hidden batcave. You could access this from inside "Stately"
Wayne Manor (as Alfred called it) in Gotham City by pressing a button in the
bust of Shakespeare in the den.
Now when Police Commisioner Gordon (Neil
Hamilton) needs to reach Batman, he can use the red Bat Phone on his desk or
more dramtically, he can flash the bat signal which is a bat logo flashed from
the top of City Hall.
Holy Camp! But none of this was played seriously.
Batman was pure fun, filmed in cartoon colors.
Passings
Madge Blake died in 1969 of a heart attack, Stafford
Repp in 1974 of a heart attack, Neil Hamilton in 1984 of complications from
asthma, and Alan Napier died in 1988 of a stroke.
Of the guests:Burgess
Meredith, Cesar Romero, Liberace, Vincent Price, Milton Berle and Ethel Merman
are dead.
1960s TV
The Batman Trilogy Includes: Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever
