After waiting for years, The Complete Batman TV Series is finally available. I loved this show as a kid. Sure, it was campy and silly. But it was different and entertaining. Here on 13 Blu-ray discs are all 120 episodes (3019 minutes!). There are three hours of extra content. And, for you collectors out there, highly Collectible Premiums like Hot Wheels® Replica Batmobile, The Adam West Scrapbook, and 44 Vintage Trading Cards are included! How can you pass this up? This is the perfect holiday gift for that person on your list who has Everything! Who was your favorite Batman villain? Mine was Julie Newmar as Catwoman.
My grandson loves these. He doesn’t quite get the notion they were done as camp though.
Patti, the campy elements engaged the adults and the wild colors and characters engaged the kids.
I was always partial to Victor Buono as King Tut. He sorta set the stage for Steve Martin’s King Tut about a decade later.
Deb, it’s amazing how many stars were part of BATMAN. Victor Buono was a favorite. And Joan Collins as “Siren” was a revelation!
And Otto Preminger (among others) as Mr. Freeze!
Deb, you’re right! I had forgotten Otto Preminger. This box set also includes the pilot of BAT-GIRL. None of this has been available on VHS or DVD before now because of legal problems.
I suspect I would enjoy these more now than I did as a kid – same as the 1980 version of FLASH GORDON – now I can get the jokes at least 🙂
Sergio, exactly! All the “adult” humor went over our heads. Now, we’d “get” those jokes.
If you could watch The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Munsters, The Addams Family, and My Favorite Robot (I think Julie Newmar starred in that), you could definitely enjoy Batman. I could and did.
Where did I draw the line? My Mother the Car.
Yup, Julie Newmar’s Catwoman was my favorite as well.
Beth, Julie Newmar really enjoyed her role as Catwoman. And, it was obvious Batman had a crush on her.
Who didn’t? She was hot!
Jeff, Catwman’s outfit inflamed a lot of imaginations!
Eccch, no thanks. What I think was supposed to be campy fun was, for me, just silly idiocy but then I had read, and was very familiar with, the ACTUAL Batman, in the DC comics, which wasn’t like this at all. I saw this show as an insult, still do. No, I realize most of you don’t feel that way, but a silly, over the top parody of something you like usually doesn’t sit well, and this didn’t with me. Interestingly, none of my friends liked it either.
Rick, this version of BATMAN captured the silliness of the times. The wacky villains, the over-the-top plots, the brassy music all scream “Sixties!” Today’s darker version of Batman might be more popular, but the antics of Adam West and Burt Ward are still fun to me. Different times, different attitudes.
I really liked the Sixties, they weren’t silly or even campy for me. I graduated from both high school and college in the Sixties, as well as doing Army time. Plus Beginning my first non-part time, non-summer or holiday season job. I guess silliness wasn’t part of my “thing” then (nor, I admit, is it now). So those of you who enjoy, have a blast. It’s just not something I’d watch. The animated Batman which was done later, however, I liked a lot.
Julie Newmar, of course. I have a feeling I wouldn’t enjoy these shows much today, though.
Bob, you might be pleasantly surprised by what’s on these Blu-ray discs.
And maybe not. I wearied of the show before it was canceled and I can’t imagine liking it enough now to buy it.