So...

...you are Batman. And maybe, if you are less fortunate, you are Robin.

No matter. Jus' Sayin'.

And you have a BATMOBILE!

I mean, who made this for you? Certainly NOT Morgan Freeman!

It's 1967 for god's sake!

So...

...you are Batman AND you have a Batmobile.

If you are a) Batman, that's pretty badass.

If you are a) Batman, and b) you have a Batmobile, that's pretty much DOUBLE BADASS.

So what's my beef?

If a) and b) are true, and Morgan Freeman is not around, do you REALLY need a sign in the car that says "Emergency Bat-Turn Lever" to remind you, if a) and b) are true, how to drive your Batmobile?

I think not.

UNLESS it's BEACUSE Morgan Freeman is NOT around.

c) it kicks ass.

(The Once) Stately Wayne Manor

Here is stately Wayne Manor as it appeared in the 1966 Batman theatrical film. That's Alfred (Alan Napier) on the lawn. Tons of exterior stock footage were shot around the house, for both the film and the series.

All the interiors — like the Batpole entrance with the Shakespeare bust in the study, all the Aunt Harriet stuff, and of course the stuff taking place beneath it in the Batcave — were shot on various soundstages. (Sorry, kids, the Batcave was not really under stately Wayne Manor.)

Its stately address: 380 S. San Rafael Drive in Pasadena. According to Google Maps, it is 2,537 miles from my driveway.

Nice digs. But don't bother trying to find it. It burned down in October of 2005.

Purrr-fect!

Two Words:

Julie Newmar.

To The Batmobile!

Here's the Lincoln Futura, a concept car built in 1954 for Ford to display at 1955 auto shows.

After its tour of duty, it was sold to car customizer George Barris — and it sat rotting behind his shop. When the producers of Batman came calling, the Futura was quickly pulled into service to become the basis of the Batmobile. The metal work was done by Bill Cushenberry, and it reported to the set in just three weeks. During production of the first season, the engine and transmission crapped out and were replaced by stuff from a 1966 Ford Galaxie. And the cool Mickey Thompson tires tended to blow out.

Three fiberglass knock-offs were made by Barris for promotional purposes — they still turn up at car shows and fundraisers from time to time. The original TV car can be seen at Barris' shop in North Hollywood (along with the Munster Koach).

Quick, Robin! Get The Bat-Seconic!

Even a proper light meter couldn't save this show from some really, really unbelievably stupid Network Executive decisions.

Even From Wikipedia:

"At the end of the third season, ABC planned to cut the budget by eliminating Chief O'Hara and Robin. Batgirl would become Batman's full time partner. Both Dozier and West opposed this idea, and ABC canceled the show a short time later.

Weeks later, NBC offered to pick the show up for a fourth season and even restore it to its twice a week format, if the sets were still available for use. However, NBC's offer came too late: Fox had already demolished the sets a week before. NBC didn't want to pay the $800,000 to rebuild, so the offer was withdrawn.

Batman was replaced on ABC by the sitcom "The Second Hundred Years."

Remember THAT one?

Tune In Tomorrow. Same Bat-Time, Same Bat-Channel!

Lacking anything better to do, we've decided to post a photo from the Batman TV show every day for a year. Not really sure why. Boredom does funny things to people.

To kick things off, here's Adam West (as Batman) and the lovely Jill St. John. She appeared as The Riddler's moll in the first pair of episodes, "Hey Diddle Diddle" and "Smack In The Middle."

She and Batman do the Batusi.