To The Batpoles! Batman 1966

BAT BITS #41 NOW LIVE on Patreon: "Doom-Trap": The Charles Hoffman Treatment

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

BAT BITS #40 (FREE) Mark Racop talks Fiberglass Freaks Batman Museum!

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

BAT BITS #39 NOW LIVE on Patreon: "Blankman" and Batman '66

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

BAT BITS #38 NOW LIVE on Patreon: "The Ring of Wax" script, pt 3

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

BAT BITS #37 NOW LIVE on Patreon: "The Ring of Wax" script, pt 2

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 B

BAT BITS #36 NOW LIVE on Patreon: "The Ring of Wax" script pt 1

It's been quite a while since we've taken a look at "The Ring of Wax"/"Give 'em the Axe", but it's finally this arc's turn for an examination of its first completed draft

BAT BITS #35 NOW LIVE: Women in Season Three: Olga, Batgirl, and Male Chauvinists

Here is an audio promo of our latest episode! Nancy Northcott joins us once again to discuss women on Batman. This time, we're focusing on the Egghead/Olga team-up epis

BAT BITS #34 (FREE EPISODE): Walla Walla Celebrates Adam West!

It goes without saying that Batman '66 wouldn't be Batman '66 without Adam West. Never mind Keaton and the others; Adam's our Batman! Adam's hometown of Walla Walla, Wash

BAT BITS #33: Why such a long recap for "Joker Goes to School"? NOW LIVE ON PATREON!

Recently on BAT BITS we talked about what went into writing the recap we see at the start of part two of many Batman episodes. Then we noticed that the recap of "The Joke

BAT BITS #32 NOW LIVE on Patreon: "Battyman" parody in CRACKED

In their years of podcasting about Batman 66, Tim and Paul have covered a number of parodies and ripoffs of the show, from MAD magazine to Batfink. But a listener has inf

BAT BITS #31 NOW LIVE on Patreon: REVIEW: "Batman Meets Godzilla" #3

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 s

BAT BITS #30 NOW LIVE:: Women in S3, pt 2: Cringe

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

BAT BITS #29 NOW LIVE: Rewriting Recaps

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

BAT BITS #28 NOW LIVE on Patreon: "A Riddle a Day" script pt 4

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 su

BAT BITS #27 NOW LIVE: "A Riddle a Day" script pt 3

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

BAT BITS #26 NOW LIVE: "A Riddle a Day" script pt 2

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 wrot

BAT BITS #25 NOW LIVE on Patreon: "A Riddle a Day" script pt 1

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 scen

#222 Semple's Batnotes: Seven Surprising Points

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

BAT BITS #24 NOW LIVE on Patreon: Advice to Bat-writers in 1965, pt 5

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 cha

BAT BITS #23 NOW LIVE on Patreon: Advice to Bat-writers in 1965, pt 3

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