BAT BITS #34 (FREE EPISODE): Walla Walla Celebrates Adam West!
Release Date: 06/04/2026
BAT BITS #39 NOW LIVE on Patreon: "Blankman" and Batman '66
To The Batpoles! Batman 1966
Blankman is a 1994 movie about two brothers who grow up loving BATMAN ’66. We know the feeling. When they grow up, circumstances lead the nerdier brother to style himself as a superhero. It’s a comedy — sometimes. The tone of the movie veers too dark in spots to keep it feeling comedic. Is it a terrible movie? Is it a classic? Tim and Paul have watched it and, in the latest Bat Bits, they give their Bat-take on it. Listen to the MP3 for a short clip of the show! Subscribe to our Patreon for $2 a month to hear our discussion of the movie in our bi-weekly examination of Batman 66 on BAT...
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BAT BITS #38 NOW LIVE on Patreon: "The Ring of Wax" script, pt 3
To The Batpoles! Batman 1966
On the latest Bat Bits, we finish our look at the draft of “The Ring of Wax” by Jack Paritz and Bob Rodgers, featuring a nonexistent fountain, a gun that doesn’t make it to the final, the return of a familiar building, and more! for $2 a month to see the script and hear our discussion of it in our bi-weekly examination of Batman 66 on BAT BITS, or, for $4 a month, get that AND our monthly discussion of Silver Age Batman comics, as Paul or another in our stable of co-hosts joins Tim to examine individual Batman stories from the 1950s and ‘60s. In the latest episode, Tim and Paul...
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BAT BITS #37 NOW LIVE on Patreon: "The Ring of Wax" script, pt 2
To The Batpoles! Batman 1966
On the latest Bat Bits, we continue walking through the draft of “The Ring of Wax”/"Give 'Em the Axe" by Jack Paritz and Bob Rodgers, featuring the final mention of the Batmobile’s security system, a significant change following the deathtrap, a swap of one antifeminist comment for another, and more! Subscribe to our Patreon for $2 a month to see the script and hear our discussion of it in our bi-weekly examination of Batman 66 on BAT BITS, or, for $4 a month, get that AND our monthly discussion of silver age Batman comics, as Paul or another in our stable of co-hosts joins Tim to...
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BAT BITS #36 NOW LIVE on Patreon: "The Ring of Wax" script pt 1
To The Batpoles! Batman 1966
It’s been quite a while since we’ve taken a look at “The Ring of Wax”/“Give ‘em the Axe”, but it’s finally this arc’s turn for an examination of its first completed draft script. How well did Jack Paritz and Bob Rodgers do at sticking to Semplian ideas of Batman? Where did they not go into enough detail to get their story across? And what do we notice about a certain Gotham City politician? We begin our multi-part look at this script, which you can see for yourself on our Patreon page! Subscribe to our Patreon for $2 a month for bi-weekly examinations of Batman 66 on BAT...
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BAT BITS #35 NOW LIVE: Women in Season Three: Olga, Batgirl, and Male Chauvinists
To The Batpoles! Batman 1966
Here is an audio promo of our latest episode! Nancy Northcott joins us once again to discuss women on Batman. This time, we’re focusing on the Egghead/Olga team-up episodes. Are they as full of sexism as we’d expected from a 1967 TV show? What do we make of the leggy babe technician at the Radium Center? Is crime fighting “better left to the men”? What’s implied by Batgirl’s “Sixth sense”? And other general observations about “The Ogg and I”, “How to Hatch a Dinosaur,” and “The Ogg Couple.” Subscribe to our Patreon for $2 a month for bi-weekly examinations of...
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BAT BITS #34 (FREE EPISODE): Walla Walla Celebrates Adam West!
To The Batpoles! Batman 1966
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 of Walla Walla, Washington, celebrates Adam’s legacy on and around his birthday of September 19, dubbed “Adam West Day”. In this e pisode, Brian Marsmaker from the Adam West Day planning committee and Adam West Day founder Jonathan Grant join us to talk about this year’s festivities, the origins of the annual event, Adam’s early life in Walla Walla, and their own favorite Batman episodes and villains. Plus, match your...
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BAT BITS #33: Why such a long recap for "Joker Goes to School"? NOW LIVE ON PATREON!
To The Batpoles! Batman 1966
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 the recap of “The Joker Goes to School” is considerably longer than any other Season One recap. This time, we look for clues as to why this recap lasts 2 and a half minutes, when all of the others are less than 2:00! Subscribe to our Patreon for $2 a month for bi-weekly examinations of Batman 66 on BAT BITS, or, for $4 a month, get that AND our monthly discussion of silver age Batman comics, as Paul or another in our stable of co-hosts joins...
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BAT BITS #32 NOW LIVE on Patreon: "Battyman" parody in CRACKED
To The Batpoles! Batman 1966
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. But a listener has informed them of another one, b from the March 1988 issue of Cracked magazine. Even more than a year out from the 1st Michael Keaton Batman movie, interest was running high with still very little known about the film, so cast reunions and flashbacks to the ’66 show were numerous. How does this parody stack up with the others we’ve discussed? Find out by listening to Bat Bits! Subscribe to our Patreon for at least $2 a month,...
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BAT BITS #31 NOW LIVE on Patreon: REVIEW: "Batman Meets Godzilla" #3
To The Batpoles! Batman 1966
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! Eric scripts and a squad of 10 artists handle the artwork. So how does it look? On the latest Bat Bits, we review issue 3. Listen to Bat Bits by subscribing to our Patreon for at least $2 a month! At $4 a month you’ll get that AND our monthly discussion of silver age Batman comics, as Paul or another in our stable of co-hosts joins me to examine individual Batman stories from the 1950s and ‘60s — most recently, Paul and I discussed the...
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BAT BITS #30 NOW LIVE:: Women in S3, pt 2: Cringe
To The Batpoles! Batman 1966
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, with the episodes “The Unkindest Tut of All” and “Louie, the Lilac.” Can Tim, Paul, and Nancy survive S3? Have any three people used the word “cringe” more frequently in the space of 45 minutes? How is it that the Bat-season with more female villains and a female hero also seems to be the most sexist? Listen and find out, my dear. (cringe) Listen to Bat Bits by subscribing to our Patreon for at least $2 a month! At $4 a month...
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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 of Walla Walla, Washington, celebrates Adam’s legacy on and around his birthday of September 19, dubbed “Adam West Day”. In this e
pisode, Brian Marsmaker from the Adam West Day planning committee and Adam West Day founder Jonathan Grant join us to talk about this year’s festivities, the origins of the annual event, Adam’s early life in Walla Walla, and their own favorite Batman episodes and villains. Plus, match your Bat-knowledge against our guests’ in Tim’s Bat-Quiz!
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