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When I started building this web page, I had just finished watching the March 9, 2003 premiere of the CBS TV movie, "Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt," which was so much fun! So funny! It was a reunion of sorts of the actors from the 1960s "Batman" TV show and 1966 "Batman" movie, including Adam West and Burt Ward. I've read both Adam's and Burt's books, which is where most of the script was from, and it was such a treat seeing some of their more colorful recollections re-enacted for the film. So here's how you can catch up with the Caped Crusader and the Boy Wonder! (and Batgirl! Dang it, why does everyone always forget about her?!! I loved Yvonne Craig!!)
The Bat Music! and, most importantly, The Bat Toys!!
The Batman TV Show Superstore mourns the sudden passing of purrrrfectly sexy Catwoman Eartha Kitt on Christmas Day, 2008 :(
Kitt went into detail about portraying Catwoman in her third autobiography, called I'm Still Here in the UK and Confessions of a Sex Kitten here in the USA.
Holy Coolness!: A DVD of Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt was released on May 17, 2005!
You can still get Holy Batmania! on video OR you can get the Batman: Holy Batmania! DVD, which was released October 19, 2004, from Image Entertainment!
Happy Fortieth Anniversary, Batman!
See the A&E Biography
DVD on Catwoman, which premiered July 21, 2004, on the A&E cable channel, which features exclusive interviews with Newmar, Kitt, Meriwether, and
Michelle Pfeiffer, as a way to promote the Catwoman movie
The main source material for the TV movie were the autobiographies written by Adam West and Burt Ward:
Yvonne Craig also released an autobiography:
Composer Neal Hefti came up with the famous "Batman" TV show theme, which can be found on both of the following CDs...
Ah, the quickie movie, made to capitalize on the high ratings of the TV show--! Cheesier than the TV show -- and that's real cheesy -- the scene where Batman runs all over a pier trying to dispose of a bomb safely, away from the various groups of innocent citizens milling about, is truly one of the funniest sequences in the whole series--!
Rent ($2.99) or
buy ($9.98) Batman: The Movie
A&E made the following Biography episodes: Batman (DVD) Adam West: Behind the Cowl Julie Newmar
A big thanks (blame?) to Valsadie See the 1974 Public Service Announcement from the U.S. Department of Labor about equal pay for women that featured Craig reprising her role as Batgirl, Burt Ward reappearing as Robin, but has Dick Gautier as Batman. I actually remember seeing this. SO funny! Go, Batgirl!
OK, so the movie is out on video, and all these cool specials and all -- but what about the Batman TV series itself?? Is it out on video or DVD?? Would you believe that it isn't?! Holy Oversight, Batman! What kind of nefarious scheme is this?! Knowing that most of the visitors to this site are indeed looking for the series on home video or DVD, I contacted Fox Studios, which produced the original series in conjunction with Greenway Productions, to find out if such a release was in the immediate future. I received the following response:
OK, so it's not the answer we were looking for. But it is a little hopeful! And I guess you could always send you own e-mail encouraging the release of the series...! Plus, register with the web site TVShowsonDVD.com,
and you can vote for Batman
there, too (thanks again to
Request the Batman TV series on DVD Get the skinny on the rights issues (read: money,
money, money) that have thus far kept the series from home
video/DVD release; see this article from a July 2004 issue of Entertainment
Weekly (EW) magazine --
Have the Caped Crusaders keep guard over your humble abode!
Find more Bat-Collectibles and Bat-Toys!!
LEGO Batman: Gotham City Games at iTunes
Check for Bat-Items at:
Also search through:
Search for such items as the original Holy Batmania! video!
Tell all your friends that you were Bat-Visitor
Page last updated August 2, 2009; counter added 8/20/2003.
Visit these Bat-Web Sites! AdamWest.com, official web site for the Bat-Actor RobinTheBoyWonder.com, official web site for Bat-Actor Burt Ward YvonneCraig.com, official web site for TV's Batgirl TheRealFrankGoshin.com, official
web site for the late actor
JulieNewmar.com, official web site for the actress
The 1966 Batman TV Tribute Site by David Sutton including The Batmobile!! Batman
on National Public Radio's Present at the Creation radio series Wikipedia entry for Batman (TV Series)
Batman TV
show page at the web site of (Chicago's own!) Museum of Broadcast
Communications Sixties City Television - Batman The Original 1966 Batmobile website The Futura/Batmobile Home Page The Batman Tribute Pages at http://adamwest.tripod.com Batman TV Show at
DonnaLoren.net (Quicktime
film clips) and... 1979's
Legends of the Super-Heroes!
And... just do yourself a favor and check out Batfriend.com. The site itself is in progress, but the opening animation and then the click-through to the Batcave--you do remember how to get there, don't you??--to, shall we say, more animation, is just too cool!!!!!
See my other web sites...
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... despite the fact that the Halle Berry film
appears to have no connection whatsoever (?!) to Catwoman's various Batman comic
book, TV, and film origins and mythology. I really doubt this is what 
See Joel Eisner's revised Batbook for 2008!
as a digital file --
click the link and see the first two minutes at Amazon.com free!
