"Batman" (1966)TV-Serie 1966-1968

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Premierendatum:

12. Januar 1966 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Abenteuer | Komödie | Krimi | Familienfilm | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi

Plot:

The ludicrously straightlaced Caped Crusader battles evil in this parody of the comics.

Plot Keywords:

Gadget Car | Camp | Gadgetry | Multiple Actors For One Character | Gadget

Filmpreise:

Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 3 wins & 1 nomination

Nutzerkommentare:

Holy Bat ratings! We're in IMDB!

Besetzung

Adam West	...	Batman / ... (120 Folgen, 1966-1968)
Burt Ward	...	Dick Grayson / ... (120 Folgen, 1966-1968)
Neil Hamilton	...	Police Commissioner James Gordon / ... (120 Folgen, 1966-1968)
Stafford Repp	...	Police Chief O'Hara (117 Folgen, 1966-1968)
Alan Napier	...	Alfred Pennyworth / ... (111 Folgen, 1966-1968)
William Dozier	...	Narrator / ... (109 Folgen, 1966-1968)
Madge Blake	...	Aunt Harriet Cooper (79 Folgen, 1966-1967)

Alternativ:

Batman (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

30 Min (120 episodes)

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.33 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Altersfreigabe:

USA:TV-G

Drehorte:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Firma:

20th Century Fox Television

Dies und das:

After ABC canceled the series, the producers waited to see if anyone else would pick it up, then bulldozed the Batcave set when it appeared nobody would. Two weeks later, NBC offered to pick it up, unaware that the set had already been dismantled; unwilling to invest in the high cost of rebuilding the entire set, NBC ultimately declined to acquire the series.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: In episode 7, Alfred refers to Robin as Mr. Ward, and not Mr. Grayson.

Dialogzitate:

Batman: Mr. Freeze, give yourself up. We can get help for you... medical help!
Freeze: In prison? This I do not believe. No, you must PAY for what you did to me, for forcing me to live like this: never again to know the warmth of a summer breeze, never to feel the heat of burning logs in vintertime! Revenge. That is what I need! Revenge! I will have revenge!

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Wird parodiert in "The Simpsons: Beyond Blunderdome (#11.1)" (1999)

Soundtrack:

Batgirl Theme

Holy Bat ratings! We're in IMDB!

I watched this tv show as a child, and every Halloween from the age of 5 to 8, I wanted to dress in a costume just like Batman's. Of course, my parents didn't have the resources to hire an entire corps of costumers and props masters, so I had to make do with a jumpsuit from Sears that had the Batman symbol printed on it. Such is Life. Still, I always thought Batman was the best of the legion of super-heroes to come around (except for perhaps Spiderman, whom I discovered later on).

Watching the tv show now as an adult, I realize just how campy and ridiculous it was, but where as a child I interpreted the action sequences as dynamic and exciting, now I see these same scenes as well-staged comedy, which is how the original producers intended it to be seen. Who can forget the big cartoon graphics such as "BAM!" and "POW!" and "Crrr-Rash!" which flashed up just before Batman slugged a villain or knocked over a prop? I beat up the sofa cushions with just as much enthusiasm. And don't even get me started on the car (Batmobile), the boat (Batboat), and helicopter (Batcopter) which I absolutely had to have in Corgi miniatures (still have mine in a box in the garage, along with James Bond's Aston Martin and the Monkeemobile). And all the kids knew the Batman song. NaNa NaNa NaNa NaNa Batman!

Looking back at it now, I see that even though Adam West and Burt Ward, two relative unknowns at the time, never really recovered from being typecast, just about all of the supporting actors were accomplished in either films, tv, or the stage, such as Cesar Romero and Victor Buono (check him out in "What Ever Happened To Baby Jane"), and they managed to continue their careers. A few, such as Eartha Kitt, used the "Batman" series as a springboard to other things (I saw Kitt's performance as the Wicked Witch in "Wizard of Oz" on stage and she was fantastic). But whatever their future careers became, they turned in quality performances on the show.

I always had a thing for both Cat Woman (all 3 of them) and Batgirl. The costume designers really knew how to show off a woman's curves in those tight-fitting catsuits with big metallic utility belts and high-heeled shoes, but I suppose that was the fashion back in the late-60's. They probably fit right in with the mini-dresses and go-go boots the other girls were wearing.

Your kids will love the show and will watch it again and again. You'll enjoy it the first two times you see it, but then it'll get stale and boring. But just remember, no matter how grim things get when the Riddler and Joker have Batman and the Boy Wonder hanging over a vat of acid or encased in a gas chamber, the Dynamic Duo always manage to pull out a can of Bat Rope Dissolver or Bat Gas Begone and show up to defeat the villains each week at the same Bat-time, same Bat-channel.

To the Batcave!