Batman TV Show Is Coming to DVD

TVGuide ^ | January 16, 2014

[SMGFan]

The original Batman TV series from the 1960s, starring Adam West as the Caped Crusader, is finally going to be available to own. ... The series, which ran from 1966 to 1968 on ABC, featured guest stars including Milton Berle, Vincent Price, Liberace and Zsa Zsa Gabor, as well as Lee Meriwether and Eartha Kitt as Catwoman.

[SMGFan]

This show was great watching , I was watching repeats in the 70's on WPIX.

[Dr. Sivana]

Lee Meriwether and Eartha Kitt as Catwoman

Ummm, did someone forget Julie Newmar? COULD anyone forget Julie Newmar?

[Dr. Sivana]

I was watching repeats in the 70's on WPIX.

Same (Channel 11, NY). My favorite was a 2 parter when Liberace's evil twin had Dynamic Duo in a player piano roll machine, about to punch holes into the Caped Crusaders.

At the last moment, Batman instructs Robin to sing some variation of the notes that Batman sings. When they come out alive, it turns out that Batman was able to get the machine to punch a perfect outline of their bodies. I don't think even Chuck Norris could do that!

[LostInBayport]

COULD anyone forget Julie Newmar?

Whenever I read 'Batman tv show', she is the first person I think of! Her performance as Catwoman left an indelible impression on the character. Comics, movies, whatever...there's some Julie Newmar in there.

[bramps]

“Somedays you just can’t get rid of a bomb”!

[greene66]

I liked the series quite a lot as a kid. But when I’ve seen it in more recent years, I’ve found the reflexive, self-consciousness of it all to a bit grating and tiresome. That element was appealing and somewhat rare in its day, but as the whole culture has become so fully and horridly awash in that kind of thing, it’s made the old show a bit less palatable for me. I’d still probably be willing to pick up a 1st-season dvd-set, though, just for the heck of it.

Honestly, though, I’m probably more inclined to enjoy the two 1940s “Batman” movie series.

[V_TWIN]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ps7lHD2vtU

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

They poured Julie Newmar into that outfit.

Me...I liked Green Hornet with Bruce Lee kicking ass every week. Everyone started taking Kung Foo lessons after that.

[FatherofFive]

This show was great watching

Same Bat Time. Same Bat Channel

Hokey, but as a child I never missed an episode.

[SMGFan]

The Most Horrifying is Yet to Come! 5 Insane Cliffhangers from the 1960’s Batman

http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/07/the-most-horrifying-is-yet-to-come-5-insane-cliffhangers-from-the-1960s-batman

[bramps]

Great! Good laugh. Thanks.

[Snickering Hound]

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Hokey, but as a child I never missed an episode.

A great party game is to do a round table of guests and ask them to name a '60s Batman Arch Villain. There are more than you'd think.

Another game in the same vein...name the title of a TV Police Show. Again....FAR more than you'd think. My wife and I played that one years ago and never finished over the space of 4 days.

[V_TWIN]

In Color

http://themovieblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/batman-tv-show-logo.jpg

[Snickering Hound]

Catwoman was definitely Not Guilty.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Julie's Catwoman impressed me as the most...vulnerable of the three. She had a soft side that I think Bruce Wayne found very alluring. Sort of like Michelle Pfeiffer's protrayal a few years back.
Some of their scenes in this regard were very memorable.

[Misterioso]

Everyone started taking Kung Foo lessons after that.

You want egg roll with that?

[GeronL]

In Glorious Color!!

BAM!, WHAP! SOCK!

[GeronL]

Yahoo had a story about a 1994 Fantastic Four movie that was never released. It was made in a rush, in 21 days, and is apparently really campy.

That was 20 years ago and now someone is releasing a documentary video about it. lol