http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl The 1966 Batman Message Board en-us The 1966 Batman Message Board Thu, 17 May 2012 16:32:53 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss YaBB 2.5 AE Revision: 1.29 30 http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1336695551/57#57 The 1966 Batman Message Board/Bat Board http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1336695551/57#57 <a href="http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1336695551/53#53">clavierankh wrote</a> on <b>Yesterday</b> at 10:21pm:<br /><div>With writing like that in the comic books the TV version wasn't going to be another Emma Peel. </div><br /><br />I'm very familiar with the comic book you refer to, but that characterization was not running through all of her appearances in the late 60s. For example, I recall a guest spot in <i>Justice League of America</i>, and she was not "girly girl" as in the story you mention, and certainly not like the TV version. <br /><br />I believe the differences expose the problem: comic book writers were still trying to find a solid personality for their Batgirl, but the TV crew had a single, hardline view: Batgirl must act like a teenage girl with a crush, and know nothing of detective or fighting skills. That was the TV Batgirl's identity from her debut in the promotional film  <i>"Enter Batgirl, Exit Penguin"</i> until <i>"Minerva, Mayhem and Millionaires."</i> <br /><br />Even the early 70s Equal Pay commercial's version is more of the same, while the comic book Batgirl of the same period had taken another path: superheroics--even mystery stories in the pages of <i>Detective Comics</i>. http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1337266456/2#2 The 1966 Batman Message Board/Bat Merchandise http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1337266456/2#2 Good for you Scott! <br /><br />Heck, I live in the UK and I didn't even manage to nab one of these! haha. http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1318378407/88#88 The 1966 Batman Message Board/Bat Board http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1318378407/88#88 <a href="http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1318378407/86#86">Robin in trouble wrote</a> on 05/11/12 at 4:49pm:<br /><div>She made Catwoman the perfect mix of beauty, danger and sly wit. I think her feelings for Batman were a bit overdone but that didn't detract from the performance.<br /> </div><br /><br />"Sipping sodas with Batman" wasn't her idea, but who knew such matters would be discussed over 40 years later? These shows were knocked out pretty fast. Julie loved Stan Ross's sense of humor (I know, some don't!), so if some episodes played it a little sappy in creating a tension between Batman and Catwoman, she wasn't about to tamper with the writer's ideas. She respects the creative visions of her co-workers too much for that. <br /><br />In retrospect, exploring a Batman-Catwoman romance helped lift those episodes from just being camp, or having to rely on action and plot. We saw more of their personalities in those episodes. With Batman vs Joker or Riddler or Penguin -- the crusader's got the same attitude toward all of them, really; a stoic impatience with their antics. <br /><br />"The way Julie's character turned into a "puppy love gone bad" kind of martyr in the second season gives Lee the nod over Julie..." Interesting, as this makes the question "who is your favorite Catwoman" in the writing, rather than the woman in the suit. If Lee had played in those episodes, she'd have had to deliver the same lines Julie did. <br /><br />No question all the Catwomen (including movie versions) have brought different qualities to the part. One might even argue that playing Catwoman is right up there with playing Juliet in Shakespeare or Stella in "Streetcar..." as something any actress would love to sink her teeth into.  <br /> http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1287852802/1137#1137 The 1966 Batman Message Board/Off Topic Lounge http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1287852802/1137#1137 <a href="http://hollywoodhatesme.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/invisible_man.jpg" rel="gb_image[nice_pics]" title="..."><img src="http://hollywoodhatesme.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/invisible_man.jpg" name="post_img_resize" alt="..." title="..." border="0" /></a> http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1337265562/2#2 The 1966 Batman Message Board/Bat Board http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1337265562/2#2 Two days later, he made one of his last appearances in a cameo on CSI. http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1337020311/3#3 The 1966 Batman Message Board/The Green Hornet http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1337020311/3#3 I can understand how you feel about going back and watching how the character of Batman was portrayed back in the 40's. I too prefer the GH tv series, because that's what i was exposed to as a young kid. But once i looked back to the older versions of the GH character back in 1940, and the serial chapters back then, it just gives you more options to reflect back on. http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1337172164/3#3 The 1966 Batman Message Board/The Green Hornet http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1337172164/3#3 I have all the issues of the GH comics from back then. http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1337219190/6#6 The 1966 Batman Message Board/Bat Board http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1337219190/6#6 <div><div>I went with Clock King myself, but Egghead and Black Widow also hold my attention!</div></div> http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1337260307/0#0 The 1966 Batman Message Board/Bat Merchandise http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1337260307/0#0 Was this a Comicon release somewhere?  Looks like they just used the same packaging as they did for the 1966 batmobile, batcycle, and batgirl cycle release from the San Diego Comicon a few years back.  There is also a Dark Knight 3 pack and a Batman Returns 3 pack.  Could be a custom job by someone?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mattel-2012-Hot-Wheels-Batman-3-Pack-Super-Friends-Batmobile-1966-Comic-Book-/110881562528?pt=Diecast_Vehicles&hash=item19d10e5fa0" target="_blank">http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mattel-2012-Hot-Wheels-Batman-3-Pack-Super-Friends-Batmobile-1966-Comic-Book-/110881562528?pt=Diecast_Vehicles&hash=item19d10e5fa0</a> http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1337257997/1#1 The 1966 Batman Message Board/Bat Merchandise http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1337257997/1#1 I was told by Fred about a year ago that they had no intention to offer that pic on Adam's site but to make it only available at shows. http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1337116829/13#13 The 1966 Batman Message Board/Bat Board http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1337116829/13#13 Another reason I hated Olga is that she ruined Egghead, turning him from a mastermind, super-intelligent arch-criminal to a simpering Dr. Smith from Lost in Space clone. Awful.<br /><br />And I'll be honest, full disclosure here, my mother's family all hailed from Russia and the Ukraine, so I actually find Olga somewhat offensive in her cartoonishness, much like those here with Native American ancestry dislike some of those stereotyped characters. <br />   <br />As I've said before on this board, if they had to have a Russian/Soviet villainess, I would have preferred it be somebody like Lee Meriwether's Miss Kitka character in the movie. [Granted, I realize the character was a faux Soviet.] But a more glamorous, realistic female Soviet Cold War spy type actually could have harked back to the halcyon days of S1, but we all know the show was past the point of no return by then.<br /> http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1336067234/44#44 The 1966 Batman Message Board/Bat Merchandise http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1336067234/44#44 ...now we need a Van Williams bust!<br /> <img src="http://www.66batman.com/yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/yabb21/cool.gif" border="0" alt="Cool" title="Cool" /> http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1333898495/29#29 The 1966 Batman Message Board/Bat Board http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1333898495/29#29 <a href="http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1333898495/22#22">k wrote</a> on 04/26/12 at 11:02pm:<br /><div>[quote author=24161A340A0F0F0A020E10630 link=1333898495/21#21 date=1335473232] Evans is so old , his moll in the story , Barbara Stuart, seemed too young for him.  </div><br /><br />Ironically in 1975, Evans appeared on a "Columbo" as the butler to guest killer Janet Leigh and playing his wife, the maid, was none other than ex-Batmoll Linda Gaye Scott!  ("Moth")<br /> http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1337232016/0#0 The 1966 Batman Message Board/Off Topic Lounge http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1337232016/0#0 Doug Dillard, another Andy Griffith Show guest star passed away today at the age of 75.  Doug played Doug Darling with "The Darlings" on Andy Griffith and made several guest appearances.  In real life, he played with the Dillards, a successful country western band.<br /><br />Ironicly, this was the second Griffith show guest star to pass away in less than two weeks. George "Goober" Lindsey passed on May 6. http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1324742867/6#6 The 1966 Batman Message Board/Bat Events http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1324742867/6#6 Is anybody going to this event this week? http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1337172972/4#4 The 1966 Batman Message Board/Bat Board http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1337172972/4#4 The Green Hornet is far and away the more believable of the two characters.  <br /><br />dell http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1336855689/3#3 The 1966 Batman Message Board/Bat Events http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1336855689/3#3 THose are awesome pics but I can't go unfortunatly due to a commitment. http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1337179163/10#10 The 1966 Batman Message Board/Bat Board http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1337179163/10#10 Happy Birthday and God  Bless you always Yvonne! http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1337099781/5#5 The 1966 Batman Message Board/Off Topic Lounge http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1337099781/5#5 Yes!  It just went to fast for me until the last second of the comercial.  Now I notice his voice thanks to the Youtube link!  Thanks Space Ghost! http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1337178088/8#8 The 1966 Batman Message Board/Bat Board http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1337178088/8#8 Universal did the same thing in that era too with reuse of costumes/props etc. and also had its own studio system of performers much like Fox.     http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1337222600/1#1 The 1966 Batman Message Board/Bat Merchandise http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1337222600/1#1 here's the poster http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1337135922/1#1 The 1966 Batman Message Board/Bat Board http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1337135922/1#1 I liked the Chandell story. Liberace was fine as Chandell but lousy as twin brother hARRY. It would have been better to have him be a non twin brother and get A different actor , maybe someone like Roger C Carmel as Harry.<br /><br />I liked because it went away from the established format by having Bruce and Dick on vacation. Seeing every thing covered with sheets in the Batcave was a little eerie.<br /><br />Second it brought in another kind of villain. The duo had to figure out who the villain was and what his motive was. More stories that strayed from the Arch Villain of the week might have helped the show.<br /><br />It was stories like this that made miss the established format in the third season, because you weren't jarred by a change in the established routine as you were in this episode.<br /><br /><br /><br /> http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1336978768/16#16 The 1966 Batman Message Board/Off Topic Lounge http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1336978768/16#16 Oh, don't get me wrong.  I HAD cash.  Then I had kids.  Now, I have memories.  <br /><br />This is another reason why I MAKE a lot of my action figures now! <img src="http://www.66batman.com/yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/yabb21/smiley.gif" border="0" alt="Smiley" title="Smiley" /> http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1335742818/8#8 The 1966 Batman Message Board/The Green Hornet http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1335742818/8#8 The Outer Space two-parter did leave a bit to be desired. It just did not fit in a crime series.<br /><br />However, a can watch all episodes of Hornet and be entertained. If the episode sucks I just roll my eyes and say "atleast it is better than the stuff made today". http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1336548128/10#10 The 1966 Batman Message Board/Bat Crafts http://www.66batman.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1336548128/10#10 Great job representing the 66 Batman in Spain!  <img src="http://www.66batman.com/yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/yabb21/wink.gif" border="0" alt="Wink" title="Wink" />