To The Batpoles! Batman 1966
Like many who grew up in the '60s and '70s (and perhaps even '80s and later), Tim and Paul had the course of their lives changed by the 1966 Batman TV show, from the types of play they did growing up to their present-day interests. In this series, they discuss the show's allure and its failures, the arc of the show from satire to sitcom, its influences (the '40s serials and the comic books themselves) and the things it, in turn, influenced. SUPPORT "To the Batpoles!" and DeconstructingComics.com via Patreon!
- Website
- http://tothebatpoles.libsyn.com/podcast
- Description
- An ongoing group research project into Batman '66!
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2024-12-13 08:13
- last episode published
- 2024-12-05 13:00
- publication frequency
- 28.13 days
- Contributors
- Tim and Paul
- Author
- Tim Young
- Owner
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 239
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- Categories
- Society & Culture Visual Arts TV & Film History Arts
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Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
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| 2024-12-05 | The New Adventures of Batman, Filmation’s second Batman cartoon series, premiered February 12, 1977 on CBS. Tim and Paul, then 11 and 8 respectively, were thrilled at the idea of Adam West and Burt Ward voicing the Duo, but not so thrilled at the addi... | |
| 2024-11-17 | Holy continuation! In the latest edition of Bat Bits, we attempt to come up with some guidelines for what makes a good “holy”. Also: Just because a holy was used on Batman 66, does that make it a “good” one? Join us on Patron for at least $2 a month t... | |
| 2024-11-10 | Holy exclamation! On Batman 66, Robin used a lot of Holys. We have a sense of what formulations of holys work best, but can we put those formulations into words? Why do some holys from other sources, such as the 1966 album Jan and Dean meet Batman mak... |
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| 2024-10-17 |
BAT BITS #05 now LIVE on Patreon! "The 'Batman' Movie Premiere" JOIN US ON PATREON to hear BAT BITS, morsels we find as we research the show for our book! Why was the world premiere of Batman, the Movie held in Austin, Texas? And just what went on at (and around) this July 30, 1966, event? This time, a deep dive o... |
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| 2024-10-06 |
Bat Bits #04 now LIVE on Patreon: "Batman comics suck, but the TV show is WORSE!" On the latest BAT BITS podcast, we discuss another anti-Batman article from 1966! Is it possible to hate Batman comics, but think they're great compared to the TV show?? |
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| 2024-09-19 |
BAT BITS #03 now LIVE on Patreon! Batman: Inspirational for kids, or anti-police indoctrination?? A 1966 article by journalist Paul Molloy takes down NY Congressman Frank Horton for praising "Batman" for its heroes "heroic power for good", saying it was inspirational and a good message for kids. Molloy, on the other hand, sees the GCPD's reliance ... |
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| 2024-09-05 |
BAT BITS #02 now LIVE on Patreon: Wondering where the tigers are? Famously, Burt Ward has said that, in the episode BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME, he was placed above a pit of tigers, with meat hanging above him that encouraged the tigers to jump. Meanwhile, in THE OFFICIAL BATMAN BATBOOK, Joel Eisner says there were no liv... |
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| 2024-08-22 | The first episode of our book-writing-hiatus Patreon podcast is now live! We discuss memos among the Greenway and Fox teams about Adam West's chronic lateness on the set, and answer the question: How is Bill Clinton separated by three degrees from Bat... | |
| 2024-07-18 | All the supporting players on Batman had many years of acting experience — considerably more than the stars of the show did! That also goes for Stafford Repp, playing stereotypical Irish cop Chief O’Hara. But what was his background? When did he get i... | |
| 2024-06-20 | Sorry! We're going to have to delay the next episode by a week or two. |