HeyJaredTo The Batpoles! Batman 1966
Like many who grew up in the '60s and '70s (and perhaps even '80s and later), Tim and Paul had the course of their lives changed by the 1966 Batman TV show, from the types of play they did growing up to their present-day interests.
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BAT BITS #41 NOW LIVE on Patreon: "Doom-Trap": The Charles Hoffman Treatment (opens the original)
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While we had previously thought there was no existing early version of Lorenzo Semple 's script for "Zelda the Great"/"A Death Worse than Fate" , an alert listener has sent us a… well, related treatment. It's by Charles Hoffman and is based on "Batman's Inescapable Doom-Trap" from Detective Comics 346, retaining Carnado as the magician, rather than Zelda . The treatment varies from the comics story, but in different ways from "Zelda". This time, we examine the treatment and compare it to the com
BAT BITS #40 (FREE) Mark Racop talks Fiberglass Freaks Batman Museum! (opens the original)
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This time we present an interview with Mark Racop , founder of Fiberglass Freaks in Logansport, Indiana, the world's only licensed creators of accurate 1966 Batmobiles! He has also created the Fiberglass Freaks Batman Museum , a repository of Bat-pop culture, with lovingly recreated sets from the show and displays that are constantly changing, with still many plans for future upgrades. This is a free episode with ads. To listen ad-free AND get an additional 7 minutes of the interview, go to patr
BAT BITS #39 NOW LIVE on Patreon: "Blankman" and Batman '66 (opens the original)
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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
BAT BITS #38 NOW LIVE on Patreon: "The Ring of Wax" script, pt 3 (opens the original)
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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! 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-host
BAT BITS #37 NOW LIVE on Patreon: "The Ring of Wax" script, pt 2 (opens the original)
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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 discussi
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