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Bat Bits #04 now LIVE on Patreon: "Batman comics suck, but the TV show is WORSE!"
On the latest BAT BITS podcast, we discuss another anti-Batman article from 1966! Is it possible to hate Batman comics, but think they're great comp…
1 year, 11 months ago
BAT BITS #03 now LIVE on Patreon! Batman: Inspirational for kids, or anti-police indoctrination??
A 1966 article by journalist Paul Molloy takes down NY Congressman Frank Horton for praising "Batman" for its heroes' "heroic power for good", sayin…
1 year, 11 months ago
BAT BITS #02 now LIVE on Patreon: Wondering where the tigers are?
Famously, Burt Ward has said that, in the episode BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME, he was placed above a pit of tigers, with meat hanging above him that encou…
2 years ago
BAT BITS #01 now LIVE on Patreon!
The first episode of our book-writing-hiatus Patreon podcast is now live! We discuss memos among the Greenway and Fox teams about Adam West's chroni…
2 years ago
Who was Stafford Repp?
Episode 219
All the supporting players on Batman had many years of acting experience — considerably more than the stars of the show did! That also goes for Staf…
2 years, 1 month ago
Schedule Note
Sorry! We're going to have to delay the next episode by a week or two.
2 years, 2 months ago
"The Adventures of Batman" (1968): A (relatively) objective look
Episode 218
Six months after Batman's final broadcast on ABC, CBS premiered The Adventures of Batman, the character's first animated show, produced by Filmation…
2 years, 3 months ago
A well-planned bat-reunion: The Wil Shriner Show, 1988
Episode 217
There have been many Batman cast reunions on talk shows over the years, particularly as the 1989 Batman movie's release approached. Previously we ta…
2 years, 4 months ago
Putting a Finger on the "Clock King" script
Episode 216
The Clock King's Crazy Crimes/The Clock King Gets Crowned is the one Batman '66 arc written by Bill Finger, now credited as a co-creator of the char…
2 years, 5 months ago
Women in Season 3, pt. 1: Villains (and heroes!) approach gender parity
Episode 215
One of the most striking things — in a good way, for once! — about Batman's third season is the number of villains who are women. Also, of course, t…
2 years, 5 months ago