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Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na, BATMAAAAAAAAAAAAN!

DaikunDaikun
in Movies
The 1960s Batman TV series is finally coming to DVD.

It only took them 48 years to get over the license issues, so we didn't have to wait long.

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  • muppetmuppet
    I never understood why they goofed on Batman so hard in the 60s. I mean, they weren't serious, it was clearly corny even for the time.

    Maybe because comics were for nerds and so it could only be a parody, I dunno. I haven't read much (anything) from the original producers/actors, if they ever sounded off on it.

    I mean, the show is an absolute treasure to behold, but man, is it goofy as fuck.
  • ColdguyColdguy
    edited January 2014
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    Just one of those days...
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  • DaikunDaikun
    muppet said:

    I never understood why they goofed on Batman so hard in the 60s. I mean, they weren't serious, it was clearly corny even for the time.

    It was due to the comic industry's self-censorship at the time. They had implemented the Comics Code Authority following a backlash against comic books being too dark and dangerous to the developmental health of children, based on a psychiatrist's findings.

    When ABC picked up the rights to Batman in the 1960s, one of the producers took a look at the goofy source material (likely unaware of the original comics) and said, "Okay, we're going to make it like that."
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