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BAT BITS #22 NOW LIVE on Patreon: Advice to Bat-writers in 1965, pt 3
Why Batman doesn't carry a gun, and focuses on reforming crooks. How to write Bruce Wayne (square, not stupid!) Keeping the camp incidental to the s…
10 months, 1 week ago
BAT BITS #21 NOW LIVE on Patreon: Advice to Bat-writers in 1965, pt 2
Lorenzo Semple's 14-page "Batnotes" memo to prospective Bat-writers lays out the basic things he wanted a writer to understand before attempting a B…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
BAT BITS #20 NOW LIVE on Patreon: Advice to Bat-writers in 1965, pt 1
We had heard before that it existed, and we've finally found it: Lorenzo Semple's 14-page "Batnotes" memo to prospective Bat-writers about "a few si…
11 months, 1 week ago
BAT BITS #19 NOW LIVE on Patreon: TV GUIDE's take on Yvonne
In 1967, Yvonne Craig was added to the Batman cast as Batgirl, in an effort to boost the ratings. It wouldn't fly today, but Batman's producers and …
11 months, 3 weeks ago
BAT BITS #18 NOW LIVE on Patreon: Semple sets the Bat-template
Lorenzo Semple, Jr., is the writer entrusted by producer William Dozier with getting the writing side of Batman off the ground. This time, we take a…
1 year ago
BAT BITS #17 NOW LIVE on Patreon: "Fine Finny Fiends" final script pt 2: In tune on the Neptune
On the latest BAT BITS, we conclude our examination of Sheldon Stark's final script for Fine Finny Fiends, including a scene setting relocated for la…
1 year ago
BAT BITS #16 NOW LIVE on Patreon: "Fine Finny Fiends" final script pt 1: Something Fishy
On the latest Bat Bits, we begin an examination of Sheldon Stark's final script for Fine Finny Fiends. Somewhat inexplicably, this arc's theme is fi…
1 year, 1 month ago
BAT BITS #15 now LIVE on Patreon: Letters from Bruce Lee
On the latest Bat Bits, we wander out into the wider Dozierverse to look at the correspondence between William Dozier, producer of Batman and The Gr…
1 year, 1 month ago
BAT BITS #14 NOW LIVE on Patreon: Bookworm final script: The Bullets Don't Fly
While Rik Vollaerts' early draft of The Bookworm Turns was very different from what was broadcast, surely the final script is exactly what we saw? B…
1 year, 2 months ago
BAT BITS #13 NOW LIVE on Patreon: Bookworm script pt 4: Why was fake Gordon fake-shot?
A lingering question from the Bookworm arc of Batman, as broadcast, is: Why was a Commissioner Gordon impersonator seemingly shot at the opening of …
1 year, 2 months ago