The TV show is the only version of Batman I can take seriously, because it alone knows the idea of some rich dude dressing up as a bat to fight crime is in itself ridiculous and so it revels in that silliness and is entertaining because of it. All of the film versions where people are playing the role straight, are just laughable, for all the wrong reasons.

The bomb disposal scene drives home that point, one of my favourites, the Salvation Army band, bringing in the sheaves, never gets old

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjemOfZjs33AhWuhIkEHXcTAm8QuAJ6BAgGEAc&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D9pSD26bGy3I&usg=AOvVaw16n3DJhKY83pbW5Ln8opUr

 

 

Edited May 7, 20224 yr by jhaley101

Batman was a great TV show, really enjoyed it then, still enjoy it now.  It's just fun TV.

Yep, forget all his Dark Knight stuff that they've been cranking out these past thirty years, Adam West will always be Batman to me.

 

 

Edited May 7, 20224 yr by Roger Ramjet

5 hours ago, Chock said:

The TV show is the only version of Batman I can take seriously, because it alone knows the idea of some rich dude dressing up as a bat to fight crime is in itself ridiculous and so it revels in that silliness and is entertaining because of it.

You nailed it right there! 
I was around 10 yrs old when it came out, loved it. Sometimes I would go to my friend Charlie’s house to watch it because his family had a color TV, loved the oversaturated colors of that show. During the fight scenes, we would sit within 2 feet of the screen to get the full effect of all the POWs & BAMs. 

At one time years ago, I was a civilian employee at the Military Police Desk at the Presidio of San Francisco. One of the direct lines we had was to the dispatch center of the San Francisco Police Dept. We had one of those Dymo label makers  

On a slow day I made a label that said ANSWER BY SAYING “YES, COMMISSIONER  GORDON?” and placed it on the handset of the phone, just to see how long it would take before anyone noticed. Eventually, people started to see it, we had a good laugh, etc., so we just left it there. Months later, a newly assigned private happened to be standing next to the SFPD phone when it rang. He picked up the phone, read the label and said “Yes, Commissioner Gordon?” The Desk Sergeant and I looked at each other as we thought “Oops!”. Then we looked at the private, who stood silently listening with a very confused look on his face. The Desk Sergeant asked him “What are they saying?” The private responded “They haven’t said anything, they’re just laughing for some reason”.

2 hours ago, Roger Ramjet said:

Yep, forget all his Dark Knight stuff that they've been cranking out these past thirty years, Adam West will always be Batman to me.

I was never a lover of the TV series but I love the Dark Knight films and the superb soundtrack by Hans Zimmer. For me, that is the ultimate.

I also enjoyed the 1989 film with Jack Nicholson as the Joker and the delectable Kim Basinger. The score by Danny Elfman was great too.

It was even better when Brice Lee appeared in Batman. 

Bruce starts kicking things at 1:05.

 

 

 

Let's not forget this classic:

 

 

I remember when the theme song was played on the radio with the top ten count down and kids danced to it at the school sock hop.

One of my favorite Bad girls on the show!  Kathy Kersh  She graduated from my High school in '60.  She also, briefly, married Burt Ward and then Vince Edwards.

Damn!  Smokin' hot in High School, too! 😀

 

 

11 hours ago, charliearon said:

word not allowed!  Smokin' hot in High School, too! 😀

 

Did you tell her you had a Batarang in your utility belt?

3 hours ago, martin-w said:

 

Did you tell her you had a Batarang in your utility belt?

Wish I could have!  She graduated 5 years before I started High School! 😭

22 minutes ago, charliearon said:

Wish I could have!  She graduated 5 years before I started High School! 😭

 

Shame, I would imagine your utility belt is very well equipped with impressive apparatus. 😁