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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BAT BITS #29 NOW LIVE: Rewriting Recaps
To The Batpoles! Batman 1966
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 are often completely rewritten for the final. But why did this rewriting take place? What were the goals of the recaps that Lorenzo Semple and co. thought weren’t being served as written by the contributing writers? In the latest Bat Bits, we compare the recap in the draft of “A Riddle A Day Keeps the Riddler Away” to what was broadcast and try to glean the reasons for the changes. Listen to Bat Bits by subscribing to our Patreon for...
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BAT BITS #28 NOW LIVE on Patreon: "A Riddle a Day" script pt 4
To The Batpoles! Batman 1966
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 VERY different, and surprisingly lethal, climactic scene at the Queen of Freedom Monument! We also see an instance of writer Fred DeGorter not quite getting Batman. The Caped Crusader isn’t so much warm and friendly to Commissioner Gordon as a take-charge expert on dealing with criminals! Apparently Batman outranks the police commissioner! Listen to Bat Bits and see the script we’re discussing by subscribing to our Patreon for at least...
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BAT BITS #27 NOW LIVE: "A Riddle a Day" script pt 3
To The Batpoles! Batman 1966
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 with the Dynamic Duo’s escape from Riddler’s spinning deathtrap! Who impersonates Batman, and why does the script try to hide that info? Why did Gordon think that Batman was dead? What country is King Boris from? We’ll dig into all of it! Listen to Bat Bits and see the script we’re discussing 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...
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BAT BITS #26 NOW LIVE: "A Riddle a Day" script pt 2
To The Batpoles! Batman 1966
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 Fred DeGorter wrote the Riddler vs how the lines were re-written, Robin inadvertently insulting Batman, and more, including a certain establishing shot that we didn’t get in the finished episode…. Listen to Bat Bits and see the script we’re discussing 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...
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BAT BITS #25 NOW LIVE on Patreon: "A Riddle a Day" script pt 1
To The Batpoles! Batman 1966
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 from rearranged scenes to a missing answer to a riddle, as well as some obvious cost cutting! Listen to Bat Bits and see the scropt we’re discussing by subscribing to our Patreon for at least $2 a month! For $4 a month, you ALSO get 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! Slide down your Batpole to today!
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#222 Semple’s Batnotes: Seven Surprising Points
To The Batpoles! Batman 1966
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 prospective Batman writers, outlines Semple’s concept of the show. It was thought by many to be lost, but now it has resurfaced! This time we share the seven most surprising things we found in this 14-page memo. It also inspires Paul to take a long-awaited Camping Trip! Second, our book is coming along. The plan is for it to cover Batman season one, with future books to cover the other two seasons. It’s not finished, and now that...
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BAT BITS #24 NOW LIVE on Patreon: Advice to Bat-writers in 1965, pt 5
To The Batpoles! Batman 1966
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 the show’s running characters, including a surprising early take on Aunt Harriet, as well as the now-familiar format of the show and the question of showing supered titles on the screen rather than narration! Listen to Bat Bits and see the memo we’re discussing by subscribing to our Patreon for at least $2 a month! For $4 a month, you ALSO get our monthly discussion of silver age Batman comics as Paul or another in our stable of...
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BAT BITS #23 NOW LIVE on Patreon: Advice to Bat-writers in 1965, pt 3
To The Batpoles! Batman 1966
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. We discuss reasons to label everything in the Batcave and Batman’s general resourcefulness. Whatever he needs is always there when he needs it! Listen to Bat Bits and see the memo we’re discussing by subscribing to our Patreon for at least $2 a month! For $4 a month, you ALSO get 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...
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In 1992, Batman returned to movie theater screens, more Tim Burton-y than ever! His faceoff with Penguin and Catwoman contains numerous hallmarks of a Burton film, from the themes to the camerawork.
Childhood friend Kyle joins Tim and Paul to (once we've wallowed in reminiscences quite enough) give Batman Returns the To the Batpoles treatment, including the lack of Robin, various cats and penguins, the relevance to Batman '66, and the Returns video game tie-ins. Also, what is the Wilhelm Scream?
Plus, the Teddy Harpo harmonica version of the '66 theme, and your mail!
Paul, Kyle, and Tim, joined by Tim and Paul's dog Tippy in front of their house, Centerville, Iowa, 1976