Batman is a 1960s American television series, based on the DC comic book character of the same name. It stars Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward as Robin — two crime-fighting heroes who defend Gotham City. It aired on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) network for two and a half seasons from January 12, 1966 to March 14, 1968. The show was aired twice weekly for its first two seasons, resulting in the production of a total of 120 episodes.
In the early 1960s, Ed Graham Productions optioned the television rights to the comic strip Batman and planned a straightforward juvenile adventure show, much like Adventures of Superman and The Lone Ranger, to air on CBS on Saturday mornings. Former American football linebacker and actor Mike Henry was set to star as Batman.
Reportedly,[citation needed] DC Comics commissioned publicity photos of Henry in a Batman costume. Around this same time, the Playboy Club in Chicago was screening the Batman serials (1943's Batman and 1949's Batman and Robin) on Saturday nights. It became very popular. East coast ABC executive Yale Udoff, a Batman fan in his childhood, attended one of these parties at the Playboy Club and was impressed with the reaction the serials were eliciting. He contacted ABC executives Harve Bennett and Edgar J. Scherick, who were already considering developing a television series based on a comic strip action hero, to suggest a prime time Batman series in the hip and fun style of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. When negotiations between CBS and Graham stalled, DC Comics quickly reobtained rights and made the deal with ABC, who farmed the rights out to 20th Century Fox to produce the series.
The following is an episode list for the 1960s Batman television series. It also provides production notes and a list of notable guest stars.
Up until September, 1967, two-part episodes appeared on consecutive days. The date given here is the date the first episode in a multi-part episode appeared; the second episode appeared the following day. Exceptions are the three part episodes. Afterward, the series appeared only once a week and the additional parts of multi-part episodes appeared the following week(s).
In Season 3, the format of episodes was somewhat at variance with previous seasons. At the conclusion of many stories, the guest villains of the next story would make an uncredited appearance in the final scene. For example, Egghead is seen riding into town, literally, at the end of "Louie, the Lilac". A notable "spin" on this idea were the "linked" episodes "Ring Around the Riddler" and "The Wail of the Siren". In "Ring Around the Riddler", the Siren has an "introductory" scene assisting the Riddler in his criminal caper and briefly mentioning having her own plans for Commissioner Gordon. Batman subsequently defeats the Riddler, and the Siren returns in the tag to start her own caper, which is the basis of "The Wail of the Siren", really a separate story altogether.
Assembling in 2014
The story of a nobody who saved everybody
Lucy: [to Emmet] Come with me if you want to not die.
[from trailer]::Batman: Relax, everybody. I'm here.::Emmet: Batman? Awesome! Could you make one of these in orange?::Batman: I only work in black. And sometimes, very, very dark gray.
[from trailer]::Lucy: [to Emmett] Come with me if you want to not die.
President Business: [On TV] Hi, I'm President Business, president of the Octan Corporation and the World. Let's all take care to follow the Instructions [whispers into microphone] , or you'll be put to sleep. [shouting with a mariachi's band] AND DON'T FORGET TACO TUESDAY'S COMING NEXT WEEK!
Emmet: [to the Master Builders] I have no experience fighting, leading or making plans. It's going to be really hard, but I...::Metalbeard: [Gets up from his seat, yelling] Really hard? [Looming over Emmet] WIPING YER BUM WITH A HOOK FOR A HAND IS REALLY HARD!::Emmet: Woah... OK.
Robot: [At the Octan loading bay] Who are you here to see?::Batman: I'm here to see... your butt! [Throws a Batarang at the Robot, decapitating him, then tries to hit the go button and fails. Repeatedly throws Batarangs until it lights up green] FIRST TRY!
Batman: [while under attack] To the Batmobile! [the Bad Guys shoot at the Batmobile, blowing it up] Dang it...::Wonder Woman: To the Invisible Jet! [the Bad Guys shoot at an empty space next to the Batmobile, causing an explosion] Dang it...
Stan's Place: The Hero's Bar. Serving alcohol to your role models!
Stan's Place: The Hero's Bar: Serving alcohol to your role models!
Overseas with Jackie Chan, 09 like Batman
Maserati, Lamborghini, Hummer trucks on ceiling fans
Take you out of town, take you places you ain't never been
Spend a couple hundred thousand, come kick it with Juiceman
Overseas with Jackie Chan, 09 like Batman
Maserati, Lamborghini, Hummer trucks on ceiling fans
Take you out of town, take you places you ain't never been
Spend a couple hundred thousand, come kick it with Juiceman
Overseas like Mr. T, with Jackie Chan we throwin' bands
Blowin' on that loud pack, back to back in dumps man
Baby girl you with a G, take you ova to Amsterdam
Flyin' G4 when we land we ridin ceiling fans
Hundred thousand hundred thousand
Yeah, we blow the hundred thousand
Summer vacation and we kickin in Resortion Island
Pinky ring acre and my house as tall as desert mountains
I'm like a plus sign cause my money always stay countin'
Coma, coma, coma can it get any dumber?
Young Juiceman ridin' 30's on a Hummer
Then I take a trip to Cali, first sound of thunder
Girl I'm in pain, can you be my super woman?
Overseas with Jackie Chan, 09 like Batman
Maserati, Lamborghini, Hummer trucks on ceiling fans
Take you out of town, take you places you ain't never been
Spend a couple hundred thousand, come kick it with Juiceman
Overseas with Jackie Chan, 09 like Batman
Maserati, Lamborghini, Hummer trucks on ceiling fans
Take you out of town, take you places you ain't never been
Spend a couple hundred thousand, come kick it with Juiceman
09 Batman, lights like Catman
Yellow black diamond's just like Packman
Still in the trap so my plug Afghanistan
Why you work with Italy, damn we got some chemistry
Hundred thousand Nike shoes 'cause you look so good to me
Thirty thousand swisher blunts 'cause that lap taste good to me
Pasta and linguini, already know it's Sicily
Back to back in Bentleys, head to toe is pedicure
First round draft, you ain't fuckin' with no amateur
Hollywood and photo shoot, hundred thousand cameras
(Cameras)
Prada shoe and Gucci bag, girl check out our literature
Weekend night shopping over there in Delaware
Overseas with Jackie Chan, 09 like Batman
Maserati, Lamborghini, Hummer trucks on ceiling fans
Take you out of town, take you places you ain't never been
Spend a couple hundred thousand, come kick it with Juiceman
Overseas with Jackie Chan, 09 like Batman
Maserati, Lamborghini, Hummer trucks on ceiling fans
Take you out of town, take you places you ain't never been
Spend a couple hundred thousand, come kick it with Juiceman
Lamborghini, Maserati, Hummer truck in asguwince
Spend a whole month in a mountain up in Aspen
You get what you need baby girl, just ask me 20 thousand
South of gap
Baby goin' tax free, just left South Beach
Just did Kush tree, shoulda bought a boat but instead I bought a G-3
Take you to the bankers, baby we gon' make some big cheese
Layin' back in Atlanta, went one point two three
Can raise salt like we playin', where the fuck is jetchi
Bitch stay big like when we hit Palm Springs
Money so long bustin' through my pocket thread string
Get you to my trap, have you jumpin' on my bed springs
Overseas with Jackie Chan, 09 like Batman
Maserati, Lamborghini, Hummer trucks on ceiling fans
Take you out of town, take you places you ain't never been
Spend a couple hundred thousand, come kick it with Juiceman
Overseas with Jackie Chan, 09 like Batman
Maserati, Lamborghini, Hummer trucks on ceiling fans
Take you out of town, take you places you ain't never been
Batman
Batman
Batman
Batman
[etc.]
He's like a villain only it for himself he steady killing like a monster out of hell murdered your heart But I bring it back to life you don't have to cry look me in my eyes Baby.
[Chorus:]
If I put on my cape I'm going to save the day He can't take that away everything is going be ok. look to the sky above I'm going to bring down our love let's go up up and away some day I'll be your batman we could be so in love I'll be your bat man take you to the sky above I'll be you batman we could fall so in love I'll be your... Let's go up up and away some day everybody say yeah yeah yeah yeah everybody say yeah yeah yeah yeah everybody say yeah yeah yeah yeah everybody say yeah yeah yeah yeah
He's like a villain only in it for himself he steady killing like a monster out of hell murdered your heart But I bring it back to life you don't have to cry look me in my eyes Baby.
[Chorus:]
If I put on my cape I'm going to save the day He can't take that away everything is going be ok. look to the sky above I'm going to bring down our love let's go up up and away some day I'll be your batman we could be so in love I'll be your bat man take you to the sky above I'll be you batman we could fall so in love I'll be your... Let's go up up and away some day
If you up in da club throw em up in da club say yea yea yea yea yea yea yea yeahhh if she got a ringtone picture in your phone say yea yea yea yea yea yea yeahh. if you up in da club throw em up in da club say yea yea yea yea yea yea yea yeahhh if she got a ringtone picture in your phone say yea yea yea yea yea yea yea yeahh
Aye!
[Chorus:]
If I put on my cape I'm going to save the day He can't take that away everything is going be ok. look to the sky above I'm going to bring down our love let's go up up and away some day I'll be your batman we could be so in love I'll be your bat man take you to the sky above I'll be you batman we could fall so in love I'll be your... Let's go up up and away some day
I'll be your bat man [x4]
You know you better watch out
When I've got my boomerang
'Cause I will not think twice
To bust your ass
You know i feel pretty good
When I've got my armor on
These mother fucking punks
Think they run my town
(chorus)
'Cause I run through the village
Because I am Batman
I fight all the villains
Because I am Batman
Fight crime every day
Fight crime every nite
Willpower stronger than steel
If you cross my path
You must face my wrath
Rocking in Gotham
Because I am Batman
Oh yes
With my utility belt
I'll use my grappling hook
And i will fly through the skies
In my Dark Knight disguise
Is everybody ok?
I'd really like to know
The Joker, the Penguin, the Riddler
I don't care at all
(Intro)
Mixtape monopoly, fuck, nigga!
Pull up, pull up
You all reading this, nigga?
Might pull up in the exclusive witch
Might pull up in the exclusive bitch
Might be your bitch
New Bruce Wayne, nigga
(Hook)
Black batmobile, I fly without steering
Gave my momma a hundred thousand for the keeping
Can't see me and the kids get to screaming
(Verse)
My car got an attitude don't pull up next to it
My bitch get an attitude ain't givin' her no dick
All my Jordans early I ain't campin' out for shit
I got all my niggas from the streets off in this bitch
I be so damn fly I might need a whistle
Throwin' 1's in Magic City tryna feed the strippers
And if your niggas ain't shit then leave them niggas
And if your bitch get on your nerves then take her to a circus
(Verse)
I'm the best, just best keep secrets
Just three stacks and Hendrix, nigga
No guitar, and God's my witness
Dick and James, bring back cathedral
Man, these shoes, it's just illegal
Boast these hoes, it's Tommy Lee
At two face all you niggas champs
(Hook)
Man, I don't ball, you know I do not talk
Might run the boat under the tank
You are everydance, you left Vietnam
Cook you from the feels, cook you in a pan
I'm go me gun them all of the time
I quickly clap crosbitter mind
Watch me on the side, I be polish and shine
Easy sinergy, you pank up a line
Ready 4 the crush {repeat throughout song}
Chorus:
Ah, ah, every time U kiss me - lemon crush
Nay, I can't resist thee - lemon crush
Every time U do me - such a rush
Ooh, it goes right through me - lemon crush
All it takes, a little bitty
Of your, ooh - pretty, pretty
I'm the wildest in the city
Ooh - pretty, pretty one!
Come on, come on
I'm ready 4 the crush
Chorus
(Ah yeah)
(Such a rush)
If I'm workin' at my jobba
I'm the victim, U're the robba
No matter how much I try 2 stoppa
I can't help thinkin' about cha
Lemon crush - I'm ready 4 the crush
Chorus
(Everytime)
(Such a rush)
(Oh)
Every time we, ooh baby, I get such a rush (Such a rush)
Lemon crush
(Lemon crush)
(Oh)
I'm running out of things 2 call your... (Lemon crush)
Don't wanna do without your...
Ain't no doubt about your... (Lemon crush)
Let's scream and shout your... {'Crush' repeated in BG}
I said, let's scream and shout your... (Lemon crush)
I'm ready
Ready 4 the crush (Lemon crush)
I'm ready
(Ready 4 the crush) (Lemon crush)
Girl, I like it, I like it
Baby I'm ready, ready, ready
Oh, every time U do me - do me baby!
(Lemon crush)
Ah, that's her
I'm in the crush
{'Crush' and 'Ready 4 the crush' repeated in BG}
Naw!
Chorus {x2}
Ready 4 the crush
Batman je zaspal na akcijo
ukradli so še eno svetovno atrakcijo
spet se je izgovarjal da mu ura ni zvonila
in da so mu ukradli ključe od batmobila
Batman Batman
Težki časi za superheroje vsi nekaj hočejo od tebe
tudi če si v gužvi in ti gre vse narobe te klicarijo brez potrebe
24 urni delavnik nobenega dopusta plača mizerna lih za iz rok v usta
dokler rešuješ svet te nobeden ne opazi ob najmanjši napaki pa si tako na prvi strani
Batman Batman
Ko je bil mlad so ga ljudje občudovali zlikovci in lopovi so se ga bali
mladenke so njegove slike lepile na stene ko bile so v težavah razočaral ni nobene
in sčasoma je postalo samoumevno da je Batman vedno tam kjer je potrebno
na 200 mestih hkrati če je bilo treba in to naj bi naredila ena sama oseba
Batman Batman
In se je odločil da ima vsega dovolj da ne bo več delal kot konj
normalen delavnik od osmih do treh je bilo vse kar je želel
pa so barabe ukradle Eifflov stolp ga zvarile v raketo in izstrelile v nebo
naslednji dan so mediji zapisali pompozno vsega je kriv Batman ker je prišel prepozno
I don't know who he is behind that mask
But we need him, & we need him now
He's known as Bruce Wayne by day, wealthy socialite
(Gotham City, here they come)
But incognito in dress, he fights crime by night
(Gotham City, here they come)
Yeah it's Batman & Robin, Boy Wonder at his side
Hey now, Riddler, Penguin, Joker, better go & hide
[Sounds of villainous laughter]
We need the Batman (Batman)
We need the Batman (Batman)
Criminals are a superstitious, cowardly lot
So my disguise must be able
To strike terror into their hearts
Now as the Bat Signal sweeps across the midnight sky
(Gotham City, here they come)
Somewhere in Gotham City it'll find the Batman's eye
(Gotham City, here they come)
There's a crime wave goin' on, but not for very long
'Cause the Batman's gonna teach 'em right from wrong
They call him Batman (Batman)
They call him Batman (Batman)
Did you see that strange car (no, why?)
It was shaped like a bat
[Sound of Batmobile passing by]
So when you see the Batmobile quickly pass you by
(Gotham City, here they come)
You know they've heard the Batphone & the Commissioner's cry
(Gotham City, here they come)
Yeah that Dynamic Duo's out to prove crime doesn't pay
And from the Batcave our heroes keep evil at bay
We need the Batman (Batman)
We need the Batman (Batman)
I must be a creature of the night
[Spoken]:
Black, terrible! Um... um... [sounds of bat's call & flapping wings]
As if in answer a huge bat flies in the open window!
A bat, that's it, it's an omen; I shall become a bat!
Thus is born this weird figure of the dark, this avenger of evil, the Batman!
Batman Batman
Batman Batman
Batman
I am batman but you can call me Bob
And when I see the boy wonder I say yo rob
I used to wear a cape and do the leotard bit
But now I wear all serious because I don't give a shit
I used to bust my butt all day fighting crime
But now I rock the house when I say my rhyme
I turn the whole damn house into a crazy mob
Because I'm batman but you can call me Bob
I'll tell you a little story that happened to me
You see me and robin were cruising down the street
In the batmobile with the lights turned low
A six pack on ice so we were ready to go
The batbox blastin out our old theme song and robin
kept on passin me a serious bong
I took a couple of hits the next thing I know
This cop pulls me over to the side of the road
He said, yo what's yer name boy. God damn you look like
a slob!
I said, I'm batman but you can call me Bob.
I turned to robin and I said its getting late
I got to find myself a woman before I hallucinate
We found this little place so we went inside
They carded robin at the door they asked his age and he
lied
I went up to the bar and ordered myself a jack
That's when I felt this tappin on the back of my back
I turned around and dropped my drink there was this
girl in a mink
She was the most beautiful girl I've ever see I think
I turned to robin and I said yo this is rob
My name is batman but you can call me Bob
I promised to behave so we went back to my cave
She took one look at my place and she started to rave
She gave me a kiss and said I'll be right back
I'm gonna take off some clothes so that we can relax
She left the room for a minute so I threw on some tunes
I opened up the skylight so we could look at the moon
But when she came back in she had a whip in her hand
It turns out she was the black leotarded catwoman
She started chasing me around sayin she wanted me dead
I grabbed my batarang and hit her right in the head
She went out like a light I said oh man what a night
I took her to the station and they locked her up tight
The sergeant said son you did a real fine jog
I said I'm batman but you can call me Bob
Thought you were smart, you bought a whore.
Then came Batman through the door.
Instead of f*ckin that stupid slut,
you got 8 inches up your butt.
Batman!
Thought you were smart, you bought a whore.
Then came Batman through the door.
Instead of f*ckin that stupid slut,
you got 8 stitches up your butt.
Batman! Batman the Buttripper, use your butt like a can-opener,
Batman the Buttripper, use your butt like a can-opener, man.