Batman: entire 1960s tv series on dvd!

16 November 2005

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BATMAN
Complete 1960's Adam West TV series

All 120 episodes

PLUS!! I am throwing in the 1966 Batman Movie for Free!!!

**With COLOR Cover Art and
DVD cases.***

Batman is a thrilling 30-minute action series based upon the
characters created by Bob Kane in 1939 appearing in Batman and Detective Comics
Magazine published by National Periodical Publications, Inc. During his long
career he was featured in the Superman radio series and in two movie serials
produced during World War II. In 1966 the ABC network decided to produce the
first Batman television series and it became an immediate hit. Starring
Adam West, Burt Ward, Alan Napier, Stafford Repp,
Neil Hamilton, Madge Blake, and (in the third and final season) Yvonne Craig as
"Batgirl," and narrated/executive-produced by William Dozier, it was
one of few TV series to be seen on 2 different nights a week: 7:30 Wednesday and
Thursday evenings. The episodes were generally two-parters:
Wednesday's episode left a cliffhanger, which was usually resolved in
Thursday's episode. The 1966-1967 season had 2 3-parter episodes ("The
Zodiac Crimes/The Joker's Hard Times/The Penguin Declines" [1/11-12 &
18/1967] and "Penguin is a Girl's Best Friend/Penguin Sets a
Trend/Penguin's Disastrous End" [1/26/, 2/1 & 2/1967]) which left
cliffhangers that would be solved the following week. These cliffhangers
closely followed the tradition created by Kane in the comic books.

The television series also followed the comic books' plot. Bruce Wayne
(played by Adam West) was orphaned in his teens when criminals killed his
parents. He inherited a huge fortune and, obsessed with fighting the evil-doers
who plagued Gotham
City, became Batman, the Caped Crusader. Under his mansion,
Batman constructed the Batcave, an elaborate
laboratory used to fight crime. His young ward, Dick Grayson (played by Burt
Ward), also orphaned due to evil-doers, became Robin, the Boy Wonder, under
Batman/Wayne's tutelage. Together they defended the city against the sick
minded criminals that populated the underworld. The only person who knew their
identity was Alfred Pennywirth (Alan Napier), Wayne's butler who raised
Bruce after his parents were killed. In the Batlab,
and at the Batcave, Batman and Robin were helped by
the most advanced technology to fight their enemies. The Police Commissioner
James W. Gordon (Neil Hamilton) could ask Batman for help either through the
use of a searchlight, the Batsignal, or the Batphone, a direct line between the Police Station and
Bruce Wayne's mansion. To defeat their enemies, Batman and Robin also used the Batmobile, their utility belts and other Batdevices.

The success of the series attracted several famous actors and actress
to play the villains. Among the most famous enemies were The Riddler (played first by Frank Gorshin
and then John Astin), The Penguin (Burgess Meredith),
The Joker (Cesar Romero), King Tut (Victor Buono), Egghead (Vincent Price) and Catwoman
(played at different moments by Julie Newmar, Lee Ann
Meriwether, and Eartha Kitt).

The series spawned a feature film version released by 20th Century-Fox
in July 1966. Batman incorporated the expressive art
and fashion of the period in its sets and costumes. It also relied excessively
on technological gadgetry transforming the show into a parody of contemporary
life. It was this self-reflexive parody-camp of the comic character that
boosted the ratings of the program to the top ten during its first season. The
show was not to be taken seriously. The acting was intentionally overdone and
the situations extremely contrived. In the fight scenes animated
"Bangs," "Pows,"
and "Bops" would fill the screen every time a blow was struck. These
characteristics, besides displeasing the "organized vocal Batman
fans," were not enough to save the show (Boichel,
1991).

Batman came to television under a massive advertising campaign followed
by heavy merchandising placement. Directed towards adults and children this
campaign reached the millions of dollars (McNeil, 1991). Oricheduled
to start at the fall of 1966, the show debuted earlier in the middle of the
Spring season, and it aired on ABC for 2 1/2 seasons and 120 shows between
January 12, 1966 and March 14, 1968. By fall 1966, ratings were already
falling. To offset this trend, in the fall season of 1967, the show was cut to
once a week and Batgirl was introduced. This time she came to save the show
from falling ratings and not to protect Batman and Robin against accusations of
a homoerotic relationship, as was the case for her creation by the comic book
writers in the mid-1950s. Batgirl (Yvonne Craig), the daughter of Commissioner
Gordon and a librarian, fought crime on her own and was many times paired with
The Dynamic Duo. Her debut, however, was not enough to save the series. The
producers tried to spice the plots with the new sexy heroine, but it did not
work and Batman went off the air in mid-season in the
spring of 1968, replaced by the sitcom The Second Hundred Years.
It nonetheless has maintained a huge cult status in the TV rerun circuit ever
since.

Batman creator Bob Kane noted that this series saved the Batman
comic series from cancellation when the show revived the character's
popularity. Despite this, most comic fans despised this series for stereotyping
superheroes and comics as campy nonsense. Furthermore, soon after the show was
canceled, the character's comic series took on a dark and deadly serious tone
that was reminiscent of the original comics in the late 1930's as a reaction to
the TV show's light touch.

The Batmobile is a modified 1955 Lincoln Futura.

Most of the actors who appeared in Batman also appeared in many of
Elvis Presley's movies such as Alan Napier (Alfred Pennyworth) portrayed
Professor Joe B. Larson in "Wild in the Country" (1961). Burgess
Meredith (The Penguin) portrayed Charlie Lightcloud
in "Stay Away, Joe" (1968). Yvonne Craig (Batgirl/Barbara Gordon)
acted with Elvis in 2 of his movies, "It Happened at the World's
Fair" (1963) as Dorothy Johnson and in "Kissin'
Cousins" (1964) as Azalea Tatum (His leading lady) and Carolyn Jones
(Marcia, Queen of Diamonds) portrayed Ronnie in "King Creole" (1958).
These are just a few of the actors and actresses that appeared in both Batman
episodes and Elvis Presley movies.

The props used in the show and the movie (such as the computers and
guns) also were used in Lost In Space
(CBS, 1965-68), The Time Tunnel (ABC, 1966-68), Land Of The Giants (ABC, 1968-70),
and Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea (ABC, 1964-68).

Some of the above info duped from the article in the Museum Of Broadcast
Communications: Batman
page, written by Antonio LaPastina. Episode info
gleaned from The Official Batman Batbook
by Joel Eisner, The Batman Episode Guide link in
Sci-Fi Channel's Batman page (which, surprisingly, still hasn't been taken
down!), and Dave W. Sutton's The 1966 Batman TV Tribute Site.

Broadcast History (all times Eastern)

January 12, 1966- August 31, 1967, ABC, Wednesday/Thursday 7:30-8:00pm

September 14, 1967- March 14, 1968, ABC, Thursday 7:30-8:00pm

Complete TV Series
on 7 DVD +R's PLUS the 1966 Movie for a total of
8 discs!!!!!! Each Disc has a main menu and each episode has its own menu,
making it very easy to find your favorite episode!!! Recorded
direct from broadcast TV to disc.

The complete batman
episode collection is NOT available commercially, so I am giving fans a chance
to watch their favorite show again and again. I am charging a nominal fee for
the cost of materials, printing the cover art, the cases and for the labor
involved in putting the set together and burning it onto disc. The programming
contained on these discs is FREE

Will ship USPS
Priority Mail with Tracking number emailed to you when
it ships

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1. Video Home Recording Act P.L 102 - 563, 106 Stat 4237 Codified at 17 U.S.C.
1001 - 1010 in October 1992. This states that no action may be brought under
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