“tell the chief robin and i have something in our pockets besides our hands”
you have to love the thinly veiled innuendo of a classic batman episode. to the batpole, robin! it’s what makes it so much fun to watch with my son – the deadpan double entendres go right past his guileless five year old sensibilities, while i get a good hearty chuckle – more like a belly laugh.
and the colors. oh! the colors. the art direction is sublime. the costume design is brilliant. and the acting? scenery has never been so well masticated.
i love batman. this is one of those things from my childhood that has actually gotten better with age.
i’m not that much for tv – but this is just extrordinary.
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and for a follow up, there was a mermaid man and barnacle boy episode of spongebob. (mm & bb are batman and robin you know) — voices by ernest borgnine and tim conway, with charles nelson reilly doing the voice of the villain ‘the dirty bubble’.
just great tv.
one of the benefits of having the puter in the living room, i guess. still – ouchie.
When/what channel is Batman on? It’s my favorite show of all time!!
Oh, is that spongebob or spoogebob?
spongebob — it’s very hard to be accurate typing sitting on the couch peering at the monitor on the coffee table.
and batman is on TVLand at 7:30 PM every weeknight. it rocks harder than ever. the colors!
now i have to go fix my spelling.
I’ve sean BB and MM on Spongebob. Loved them!! Have you ever seen the SNL spoof with “Ace” and “Gary?” Hilarious.
I think Batman is actually on twice – on latenight!
And yeah, you gotta love the colors – it’s show the viewers how groovy their new color tv can be!
And now I have to watch Spongebob if only to hear the voice of Charles Nelson Riley….
When I was a kid, Batman was my favorite TV show (yes, I’m old). I didn’t get to see it in color until it was in syndication, because we didn’t have a color TV then. We got our first color TV in 1969 to watch the moon landing. Before that, my dad thought color was just a gimmick, and wasn’t worth the extra money. Boy I’m old.
ole Charles has a very small part at the end — but it’s wonderful that he’s still out there working you know?
and no i have never seen that SNL skit, but i’ll keep an eye out for it.
old batman is hell on earth…
yes!!!!! Pee Wee’s Playhouse was like that too. So-o-o deliciously queer. Boo hoo, I still miss him.