Of course the front of the costume has to have the name of the character written on. Always drove me crazy as a kid because these people don't wear nametags. But I assume they did that so that adults would know who you were dressed as.

There are several possible candidate instruments from that era, other than the venerable theremin. Look up other such early eerie-sounding devices as the novachord, the ondes martenot, and the trautonium. Gadgets like these, alongside the theremin, were popular in classic sci-fi and horror films, p...

Thanks, Simon. Good to know a soprano was actually used. Restores my faith and love fully now for the original series theme making it feel like an outer-space mermaid is really singing a siren song from somewhere deep out in the stars. If they would have used a theremin it would have been akin to t...

BiffPow wrote: ↑Wed Oct 22, 2025 5:33 am Is it a theremin?

Hadn't considered that. It could be. What does everyone else think?

A. Pennyworth wrote: ↑Tue Oct 21, 2025 5:37 pm This background music? (this link to video good 7 days)

https://limewire.com/d/zfxwb#O7VJcqJ0Sl

Yes, exactly. Obviously I get the brass accompaniment, but the main melody seems to be played on some kind of keyboard I can't identify.

OK, here's a question that's always been in the back of my mind when watching a Catwoman episode. That mysterious, somewhat-meow-like theme: What instrument is it being played on? Sounds like some kind of electronic keyboard instrument.

Just for the sake of being completist, here it is as Minerva Matthews' house....

It's funny how seeing it at a different angle makes it feel like a different location from its other appearances!

Mr. Glee wrote: ↑Sat Oct 11, 2025 1:00 pm The source for the info may have been a letter that William Dozier sent Adam West, dated Sep. 13 '65 (Monday), in which he discusses the screen tests, which he indicates were made on the just-passed "Friday."

Thanks. I'll have to see if I can find that in my unorganized mess of PDFs!

Aha! I found the answer. "Batman: A Celebration of the Classic TV Series" by Bob Garcia and Joe Desris pinpoints it as September 10, 1965. I regard this book as the best and most nearly error-free book on the series. I don't know how Garcia and Desris got this info, but it makes sense sinc...

The house is also seen in "The Cat and the Fiddle"!

I saw the subject line and this was the first thing that came to mind...

Does anyone know the dates of the West/Ward and Waggoner/Deyell screen tests? Someone asked me, and I realized I don't seem to have any info on that. I could only guess late summer of '65...

BiffPow wrote: ↑Sun Jun 01, 2025 1:29 pm

Always great to get acknowledgment for your hard work! It’s rewarding.

Absolutely!

Kamdan wrote: ↑Mon Jun 02, 2025 7:51 am Hopefully he’s not wanting you to confirm the Cesar Romero and orange wedges story Gottfried always liked to retell.

Not familiar with that one!

How nice!

Hey Batfans, Just wanted to give you an update. The book (which will cover Season One) is coming along, but not as quickly as we’d like. I don’t anticipate another Batpoles episode anytime soon, but, after an unplanned hiatus, we have resumed bi-weekly BAT BITS episodes on Patreon at https://www.pat...