#adam west the bat

[the-bat-bros]

I love the head canon that the entire bat family dresses up as Batman for Halloween each year but wouldn’t it be hysterical if they all went as Red Hood instead once because all I can imagine is:

Jason: You know what? No. No. Screw you guys. I don’t know why I even decided to come back to this godforsaken town when all you imbeciles do is make me MISERABLE EVERY DAMN DAY *is secretly flattered*

And the next year they all go as Nightwing. But not just as Nightwing, as Disco Wing

Dick: *tearing up* Aw guys I’m so flattered you all look SO good 🥹

Jason: (This was his idea) This was the scariest thing that we could think of

Tim: Your fashion choices were the worst

Dick: *cuts him off* SAYS THE GUY WHO WORE THE HALF FACE COWL WHAT EVEN WAS THAT

And the next year they all go as half face cowl Red Robin

It just gets progressively more passive aggressive each year, occasionally ending in fist fights, until Bruce is BEGGING them to all go as Batman again

And that was their plan from the start it only took them a few years to get there

[evilhorse]

But…Batman knows everything…

(Green Lantern Volume 7 #15)

[remixingreality]

[thefugitivesaint]

Michael Allred, ''Solo: The Deluxe Edition'', 2013 Source

[wanderingmind867]

Over the last few days, i've played a lot of episodes of Batman 1966 with my dad. But now for a few hours tonight (and maybe tomorrow too, if my dad can get the day off work tomorrow), I want to revisit the other tv show I got at Christmas: Batman: The Brave and The Bold. I was a young kid when that show aired on TV, and I think I have deep nostalgia for it (despite only being 19).

I remember a lot of the actors in the show, and I remember a good handful of episodes. That show introduced me to Bat Mite! Plastic Man! So many silly and fun characters! That show was the best, and I do hope to revisit some of it before school returns on Monday or Tuesday. So i think i'm gonna try and watch some of it soon. So if it seems like i don't post much in the next few hours, that may be why. I might just get distracted watching an old show, and maybe also reading on my tablet.

[chernobog13]

Yep, you guessed: there was another transporter mishap.

Meanwhile, Kirk's in Gotham City making out with Catwoman.

[brokehorrorfan]

The New Adventures of Batman will be released on Blu-ray on June 25 via Warner Bros. Produced by Filmation and DC Comics, the animated series ran for sixteen episodes on CBS in 1977.

It stars Adam West as Batman, Burt Ward as Robin, Melendy Britt as Batgirl and Catwoman, Lou Scheimer as Bat-Mite and Clayface, and Lennie Weinrib as Commissioner Gordon, Joker, and Penguin.

Special features are listed below.

Special features:

The Dark Knight Revisited

Featuring the voices of Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward as Robin, these animated adventures of the Caped Crusader and Boy Wonder originally produced by animation powerhouse Filmation in 1977, are revered by generations of cartoon fans. With heroine Batgirl and zany sidekick Batmite, these brave Bat-heroes match wits with clever criminals like the Joker, the Penguin, Catwoman, Mr. Freeze and the cosmic uber-villain Zarbor!

Pre-order The New Adventures of Batman.

[projectbatman193]

[supersunsetnova]

The classic one and only Batman Theme Tune from the TV series in 1966-1968

Wayne Manor appears in Batman (1966). The exteriors of the manor were shot at 380 South San Rafael Avenue in Pasadena, California. The Batcave's exterior was filmed in Bronson Canyon, while the interiors were shot at various soundstages

When it comes to Batman — particularly Batman ’66 — especially Gotham City, which is of course based on NYC, is filled with alternate versions of real life places and names:

Mayor Linseed was John Lindsay. New Guernsey was New Jersey. The United World Building on Gotham East River? The United Nations on the East River.

And then there’s all that awesome stock footage of, say, the corner of 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue, or the avenues of Manhattan that play behind the Dynamic Duo as they cruise along in the Batmobile.

Nevertheless, when Batman and Robin — i.e., Adam West and Burt Ward — or any of their fellow Gothamites actually ventured off the soundstage and into the actual outdoors, they stepped into … Los Angeles, yes Los Angeles.

Because that’s where the show was actually filmed. And what’s great is that a number of Gotham’s most recognizable LA-area hot spots are still around — and you can visit them if you have the chance.

THE BATCAVE

It’s nice to imagine that the Batcave really existed, that the set designers built Batman’s magnificent headquarters in a cavern beneath a mansion. Nah, it was just a big soundstage and the set came down shortly after the show wrapped.

But the secret entrance to the Batcave, the one you see the Batmobile roaring out of — or speeding back to? That’s in Bronson Canyon, a section of Griffith Park, not terribly far from the Hollywood sign. And it’s free to visit!

The entrance is actually the mouth of a man-made tunnel that opens in the rear to a more secluded cliffside spot. So in essence when you go through, you’re going through the Batcave. Kind of.

The Batcave entrance played a small but vital role on the show. For the characters, it was a portal to and from the rest of the world. For us viewers, it was a signifier of the adventures to come — or to continue within the episode.

[friendrat]

Not the Shark Repellent Bat Spray! 😂😂😂 As if I needed a reason to love WFA more!

In case anyone is unfamiliar:

[krumpkin]

Featured on ( ArtStation ) DC Nation Aardman figures by Tommy Hodges and Phil Ramirez. Created based on the stop motion shorts.

I think these look pretty cool myself 😎

[ente-lab]

[flock-of-cassowaries]

So how many rabies shots do we think Bruce Wayne has had, at this point.

[remixingreality]

[doodleduude]

[twistedtummies2]

Year of the Bat - Number 9

Welcome to Year of the Bat! In honor of Kevin Conroy, Arleen Sorkin, and Richard Moll, I’ve been counting down my Top 31 Favorite Episodes of “Batman: The Animated Series” throughout this January.

  TODAY’S EPISODE QUOTE: “So, it wasn’t all for nothing.” Number 9 is…Beware the Gray Ghost!

This is one of the greatest and most renowned episodes of the Animated Series…but as of these recent years, it’s also become one of the most difficult to talk about. In some ways, this episode is even more profoundly impacting now than it ever was before. It’s funny, because the reason(s) for this, I’m sure, will be lost on many future Batman fans; they will never know just how big a deal this episode was when it came out, and how big a deal it is now in this given year. Thankfully, however, those points will not detract from the greatness of this story on its own terms, and a great story is exactly what it is. In this episode, Batman finds out about a series of bombings, committed by a mysterious villain simply referred to as “The Mad Bomber.” He recognizes the crimes as being almost identical, in every way, to the attacks of a fictional villain in a TV series that Bruce Wayne loved dearly as a child, “The Gray Ghost.” To try and solve the case, Batman gets help from the Gray Ghost’s original actor, an aging performer by the name of Simon Trent. Simon has seen better days, as the combo of his typecasting and other personal issues have led to him falling on hard times, and he’s grown bitter about the role that once made him a household name. Batman must find a way to not only stop the Mad Bomber, but reinvigorate Trent’s spirits, as he teams with the Gray Ghost himself to end the crime spree.

Much like the later “Legends of the Dark Knight,” this is an episode that essentially pays homage to Batman’s roots, but in a much more subtle way. I guess I can’t go any further without bringing up the big point: the voice of Simon Trent. It’s none other than Adam West: the original 1960s Batman. The creators of B:TAS were huge fans of the original Adam West series, and odes and homages to the show are sprinkled throughout, some more obvious than others. Trent’s character is one of the biggest examples, as his fictional foibles are a sort of exaggerated mirror of how West’s own career and life went after the 60s series ended. It goes even deeper than that, however: the Gray Ghost himself is a thinly-veiled parody of The Shadow, a character I’ve mentioned many times in the past, who was one of the main inspirations for Batman as a character. (The first Batman comic ever made was an outright ripoff of a Shadow story. No joke, look it up.) Even the villain of the piece feels more like something out of the Shadow than your typical Batman tale, let alone the silly sixties. It’s a double-homage, in a sense, to two great influences on the creators of B:TAS.

This is also what makes the episode hard to watch now: Adam West has been dead for only a few years now, yet, and Kevin Conroy’s passing is still even more painfully recent. You can’t watch this episode as a Batman fan without feeling a sort of pang, realizing not only the significance of two of the greatest Batmen in history onscreen together, but the fact that both are no longer with us. In a weird way, though, that makes the episode even more powerful, because of what the whole story is really about: nostalgia. The way nostalgia effects all three of the main characters in the story – Batman, the Gray Ghost, and the Mad Bomber alike – is a BIG part of this story. Trent is someone who tries to shun the past, who feels pained when he looks back, and has to come to terms with the fact the world has changed, and he has to change, too. He’s haunted by the role that made him once iconic, while also dealing with the issue of being seemingly obsolete, no longer sure of who he is or what his life has truly become. The Bomber, meanwhile, is the opposite extreme: without giving away who it is, it’s someone who clings TOO CLOSE to the past, and to the things they loved in youth, and that obsession drives them to toxic self-destruction, not to mention acts of cruelty and spite. It’s probably not a coincidence that Bruce Timm, one of the show’s creators – a fan of the 60s series – plays this character; a sort of self-parody in the form of the world’s most unsettling fanboy.

It's Batman himself who shows the value of nostalgia and the balance of where it needs to fall: he clings close to his past, as we know, and the Gray Ghost character and series is revealed to be no exception. But he doesn’t allow these things to rule him or destroy him. For people who grew up with Kevin Conroy and Adam West alike, this episode shows just what made both of them such special actors, and reminds us of why both of their respective takes on Batman were so interesting, while also providing a fascinating story that combines all kinds of tonal elements to create an intriguing and entertaining tale. But above all, it serves as a lesson in the dangers and the values of what we keep close in our memories. I think it’s fair to say that everything about this episode – it’s actors, it’s inspirations, and the series it hails from – will be a treasured, nostalgic memory for many years to come.

Tomorrow we move on with Number 8! Hint: “But they share my unique face! Colonel Whathisname has chickens, and they don't even have moustaches!"