https://ssl-static.libsyn.com/p/assets/b/d/b/4/bdb491b0e3d9c2f8bafc7308ab683e82/auntharriet-tea.jpg When talking about Batman , discussion tends to focus on Adam West, Burt Ward, and those who played villains who the Dynamic Duo brought to justice. But here we’ve done nearly 200 episodes and mostly...

https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/WomenInSeason2pt2.jpg As season two rolls on, women are still filling familiar roles: OK with crime, but killing the Dynamic Duo is going "too far"; ditzy moll who dreams of diamonds and Hollywood; "team-up" baddie who's completely sup...

https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/BatbatMightyMouseWestSimpsons.jpg The cultural impact of Batman '66 was felt for decades after, and still reverberates. This time we discuss a couple more late-20th-century cartoons that showed evidence of that impact: Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures , w...

Thanks, Clavierankh!

So sorry to hear this. We frequently heard from JP via email as well as through the board. We had planned to have him on TO THE BATPOLES again, but the question we had planned to cover turned out to be more difficult to research than we'd realized. He will be missed. We did have him on to discuss --...

https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/FalseFaceScript.jpg Why does False Face impersonate Chief O’Hara? Where is FF’s hideout? Since when does Aunt Harriet drops censor-tempting puns? Why does Blaze tell the Duo “It’s faster on foot”? These questions and more are up for discussion as we look ...

Trying to jog my memory on the title of Aardman Animation's CGI movie Flushed Away, which has a fun extended salute to "our" Batman, I came across a pretty long list of potential references. Many are spoofs/homages to 1989 Batman, but there seem to be quite a few 1966 references as well. ...

Batman references on The Simpsons turn out to be quite voluminous!

https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Batman

On TO THE BATPOLES we've talked about things like BATFINK, the "Catman" episodes of WALDO KITTY, and Adam's cartoon appearances as a different Catman on THE FAIRLY ODDPARENTS. I've thought of another one that we need to cover, but are there more? What are some non-Batman cartoon shows that...

I believe we're going to record this Friday morning, although I sense it may still get delayed. But if you wanted to comment before we record, please do so soon.

https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/MrFreeze-comics10.jpg Mr. Freeze is back - WILD! He’s gone all Steve Jobs and put a device in everyone’s pocket — one that will plunge Gotham City into year-round winter! Can Batman turn the tables? Meanwhile, Batgirl is going up against a “villain” who, ...

A few years ago, my brother Paul and I thought we had never watched this. But I'm a long-time diary keeper, and I found that my '79 diary proved that we HAD watched it. I guess the trauma was too much for us, and we blocked it from our memories! Of course we then discussed it on TO THE BATPOLES, and...

https://deconstructingcomics.com/Batpoles/falseface.jpg The next script we'll be discussing on TO THE BATPOLES is Stephen Kandel's "False Face" script! We have an outline, a draft, and a revised draft, so they're all pretty early in the process. Recording has not been scheduled yet, but i...

https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/itsabird-holiday.jpg Just a couple of months after Batman hit the airwaves in 1966, another superhero emerged from the comics, as Superman arrived at the Alvin Theater on Broadway in It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman . How did the musical's creat...

https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/jokerjury.jpg As we know, many episodes of Batman — especially in the first season — were based on stories from the comics. And additional comics stories were floated as possible episodes but didn’t make the cut. This time, we focus on one such story: The...