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Batman Season 1 on DVD

When Fox Home Entertainment releases this (hopefully in 2006, for the show's 40th anniversary), I really hope they include the complete West, Ward, and Lyle Wagonner screentests, as can be found at http://www.batfriend.com as well as getting West, Ward, and Lorenzo Semple to do audio commentary for the pilot and other selected episodes.

The screentests have already been released on the Batmania 2-disc set that came out last year. A lot of people consider it to be the "bonus features" for a non-existent box set of the series. From what I hear the odds of this seeing DVD release in the near future are virtually nil due to the fact Fox (which owns the series) and Warner Brothers (which owns the character) can't come to an agreement. 23skidoo 01:59, 8 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for that tip ! I am going to look for that DVD ! I'm surprised there is a problem between Fox and WB. WB didn't hold up Sony's release of the Batman serials. Time-Warner is just greedy...they should give thier cut to West and Ward instead.

Theme song

Has anyone else noticed the similarities between the theme song for Batman and the song 'Taxman' released by The Beatles released in 1967 on their album Revolver? Is it just me or is there some actual link between the two? - Draven5

I know the song quite well. I see no similarities except the fact "Taxman" and "Batman" are both 2-syllable words. 23skidoo 17:13, 26 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bruce Lee on the show

I'm not sure if this is true or not, but I've heard that in one episode that had Kato and the Green Hornet fighting Batman and Robin, there was some off-the-set trash-talk by Robin that was directed at Lee. When the actors went onto the set to throw stage punches, Lee went out there and fought for real, injuring Robin. Is there any truth to this? Dariustriplet 02:04, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

No, Burt Ward and Bruce Lee were friends, and trained in Martial Arts together. When the fight in question was to be filmed, Lee decided to play a joke on Ward by acting very angry the entire day. Ward started to get nervous, and when they started filming the fight, Lee acted like he was going to beat Ward for real which caused Ward to go into a panic. Lee then started laughing at Ward revealing that it was just a joke.
The above incident is described in Burt Ward's autobiography. 23skidoo 21:41, 10 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The Batman Forever reference

The line is "Holey Rusted Metal, Batman", not "Holey Metal Ground, Batman". Correction made.

Jumping the shark and other questions

Can we say that the series is widely believed to have 'jumped the shark' with the introduction of Batgirl and the other changes, hence its cancellation?

There's no mention of the story that another network was willing to take over the series, but by that point the Batcave set had been destroyed and the cost of recreating it was a major factor in stopping a final agreement.

If Warner isn't involved in the failure to have a DVD release, what's the problem?

I am hugely amused that the main Batman page calls the TV series 'silly' but manages to give the comics' character's history with a straight face.

81.1.122.74 21:59, 16 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I'd personally say that the series jumped the shark two minutes after the first exec at the studio got the idea to make it. But that's just me. --70.121.26.115 05:45, 28 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Parody

I don't believe the show should be classified as "parody". This is very misleading. The IMDb entry lists a whole slew of genres and none of them are comedic - actually, the show seems to accurately reflect the outlandish nature of some of the Golden Age Batman stories. --Jtalledo (talk) 04:50, 28 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • The show is generally considered a parody, however. This is certainly how Adam West and Burt Ward approached the material. And the show also features liberal amounts of satire as well. 23skidoo 18:55, 12 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Aunt Harriet

No mention of the addition of Aunt Harriet to the TV show after having not been in the comic? It's my understanding that she was added to deflect questions that would arise in middle America about a man living alone with his "young" ward. She certainly wasn't added for the "camp" value. --Wrathchild (talk) 18:29, 12 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I thought she had been in the comic - wasn't she a replacement for Alfred when he was temporarily killed off at the start of the Schwarz era? Timrollpickering 20:38, 25 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I'm not the first one who's heard this. [1] [2] Can't find a real source for it, though. —Wrathchild (talk) 17:01, 26 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
This history of Batman seems to indicate that Aunt Harriet did originate in the comics. It also says that Bruce Wayne had been married and had a kid. (Boggle!) —Wrathchild (talk) 17:14, 26 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Batman, Batman, Batman!

For me this show will forever be the real Batman. All the recent 1990s and 2000s Batman movies are simply cheap impostors. The very name "Batman" brings to mind this show's catchy theme song, strange plots and hilarious special effects. JIP | Talk 14:37, 19 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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