Holy Distribution!

The first Batman Pez dispenser came complete with cape. The cape was dropped, then he was redesigned altogether (a few times, actually), given the longer ears we see in the current films. There's even an all-chrome one.

As a kid, I never went for the candy refills. I'd just get a new Batman.

Photo by Bob MacMillan, from Flickr. Thanks, Bob.

Bat Kama Sutra?

You decide...

Once upon a time at 20th Century-Fox.

Billy Mumy (left) meets Burt Ward (right).

"My show's really neat. We got a robot! Your show's stupid."

"Screw you, kid. We got a car and a boat and a cave."

"Oh, yeah? Well, you look like a wiener in that outfit."

"Well, your rocks look really fake. And we're on twice a week."

No More Batpole, OK?

Why is Bruce's pole bigger than Dick's?

To The Batpoles! Again.

When I was a kid, there was something about the "ACCESS to BATCAVE via BATPOLES" that always bothered me.

Let's say Commissioner Gordon calls — The Riddler's out raising hell or something — and Bruce and Dick race to the Batpoles. In their haste, they get mixed up, sliding down the wrong poles.

What would happen by the time they reached the Batcave? Bruce crammed into Robin's outfit? Dick swimming in Batman's garb?

And why did I, at nine or ten, lose sleep over this?

Don't Tell...

And remember, protecting Batman and Robin's civilian identities is paramount! So, these graphic indicators probably just mean that Dick and Bruce are only visiting Batman and Robin. Yeah, that's it, visiting...

Seven-Thirty?

Batman was on at Seven-Thirty?

You might as well go to bed at eight. Because after the Dynamic Duo, the rest of the night was sure gonna be a letdown.