It goes without saying that Batman ’66 wouldn’t be Batman ’66 without Adam West. Never mind Keaton and the others; Adam’s our Batman Adam’s hometown...

   Recently on BAT BITS we talked about what went into writing the recap we see at the start of part two of many Batman episodes. Then we noticed that...

   In their years of podcasting about Batman 66, Tim and Paul have covered a number of parodies and ripoffs of the show, from MAD magazine to Batfink....

   Eric Elliot’s labor-of-love project to convert the 1960s treatment for the unmade film Batman Meets Godzilla into a comic has finally been completed...

   At last, we’re again joined by novelist Nancy Northcott to discuss the portrayal of women in Batman 66 We pick up near the start of Season Three,...

   As Tim and Paul have examined first draft Batman scripts, it’s become clear that the draft recaps of part one that you hear at the start of part two...

   This time, we conclude our discussion of the draft script for the show’s second Riddler story, A Riddle A Day Keeps the Riddler Away , featuring a...

   This time, we continue our discussion of the draft script for the show’s second Riddler story, A Riddle A Day Keeps the Riddler Away , picking up...

   This time, we continue our discussion of the draft script for the show’s second Riddler story, A Riddle A Day Keeps the Riddler Away We touch on how...

   This time we begin a new series on the draft script for the show’s second Riddler story, A Riddle A Day Keeps the Riddler Away We cover everything...

   We’re back with a one-off episode to share several exciting pieces of news First, Lorenzo Semple’s Batnotes memo (also known as Bat Poop ), sent to...

   This time we wrap up our discussion of Lorenzo Semple Jr’s BATNOTES memo for prospective BATMAN 66 writers. These last few pages of the memo cover...

   On the latest Bat Bits, we discuss Lorenzo Semple Jr’s guidelines regarding Batman’s arsenel: The Batmobile, the Batcave, and all his various devices...

   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...

   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...

   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 simple...

   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...

   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...

   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...

   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...

   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...

   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?...

   A lingering question from the Bookworm arc of Batman, as broadcast, is: Why was a Commissioner Gordon impersonator seemingly shot at the opening of...

   On the latest episode of Bat Bits, Paul and I move into the second half of the early draft of Rik Vollaerts’ script The Bookworm Turns We can see the...

   Now live on Patreon - part two of our look at the draft Bookworm script, featuring an overlong, over-complicated deathtrap scene Join us on Patreon...

   On the latest Bat Bits, we begin a multi-part look at an early draft of The Bookworm Turns It contains some concepts seen in the broadcast version...

   At last, we’re back This time we talk about a couple fantastic YouTube comments we received from people with close connections to two Bat-regulars,...

   We’re back for a look at the first two draft scripts for The Joker Trumps an Ace Batman Sets the Pace. As usual, scripts bring to light connections...

   For our final BAT BITS of the year, we return, after a two-year hiatus, to the BATMAN ’66 comics series, digging into issue 12. It’s certainly not...

   The New Adventures of Batman, Filmation’s second Batman cartoon series, premiered February 12, 1977 on CBS. Tim and Paul, then 11 and 8 respectively,...

   Holy continuation In the latest edition of Bat Bits, we attempt to come up with some guidelines for what makes a good holy . Also: Just because a...

   Holy exclamation On Batman 66, Robin used a lot of Holys. We have a sense of what formulations of holys work best, but can we put those formulations...

   JOIN US ON PATREON to hear BAT BITS, morsels we find as we research the show for our book Why was the world premiere of Batman, the Movie held in...

   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...

   A 1966 article by journalist Paul Molloy takes down NY Congressman Frank Horton for praising Batman for its heroes heroic power for good , saying it...

   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...

   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 chronic...

   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 Stafford...

   Sorry We’re going to have to delay the next episode by a week or two.

   Six months after Batman’s final broadcast on ABC, CBS premiered The Adventures of Batman, the character’s first animated show, produced by Filmation....

   There have been many Batman cast reunions on talk shows over the years, particularly as the 1989 Batman movie’s release approached. Previously we...

   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...

   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, this is...

   Mr. Terrific was cancelled after half a season, but... was it really a terrible show? Is star Stephen Strimpell partly to blame? This time, we push...

   This time we look at the other sitcom that tried to cash in on Batman, CBS’s Mr. Terrific. It’s goofier than Captain Nice and not as funny (although...

   When Batman hit in early 1966, it set a trend of superheroes in pop culture that many rushed to emulate. By the time many of these bat-mimics were...

   On April 28, 1988, the then-fledgling Fox Network’s The Late Show with Ross Shafer hosted a Batman reunion. However, due to poor time management and...

   We conclude our look at Ellis St. Joseph’s original Sandman script with the sleepwalker-filled second part of the arc, originally titled A Stitch in...

   Midway through Season Two, Julie Newmar appeared along with Michael Rennie as guest villains Catwoman and Sandman in The Sandman Cometh. But...

   Even after Batman made ABC’s second season schedule, to start in January 1966, there was still concern about how audiences would react. Will they get...