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SilverWook said:

There was a time when it wasn’t exactly cool to admit liking the 60’s show, (especially around the time of the 1989 film) so it was gratifying to see people acknowledge it’s place in Batman history, and Adam West embark on a whole second career after too many years of being typecast.
Family Guy was never my cup of tea, but I always thought West’s mayor character was hilarious.

He also appeared a few times on a dumb cartoon from the time of my childhood as Catman, or rather an aging actor who used to play Catman, before eventually becoming the character. The rest of the show doesn’t hold up well, but his appearances do.

I watched it all the time as a kid growing up in the 60s. Hadn’t seen it in decades… now that I’m older I can see and appreciate the funny campy stuff that flew over my head as a kid. It looks like a completely different show, and cool in a different way.

Unlike most kids my age, West really was my Batman. Sure, I watched the JL cartoons, but I mostly watched those for Superman. For Batman, I popped in the 66 movie or watched reruns of the show when I found them. My mom even made a Robin shirt for me when I was 4 years old, and man, what I wouldn’t give to be wearing it now.

EDIT: Pretty much like this, but with green sleeves sewn on.

I am also saddened by Adam West’s passing. I wouldn’t say he was “my” Batman (I’ve never even considered the series a “real” Batman adaptation), but I’ve thoroughly enjoyed '66 Batman for what it was since I was little; a comedy based on the Batman series characters and settings. West was perfectly cast in the title role of such a series, not to mention that he was perfectly capable of playing the character straight.

RIP Mr. West, you will be missed.

Anchorhead said:

The show was very much a real adaptation of Batman. Several episodes were based on specific issues. The show was a live version of the Silver Age Batman comic books. It may not seem correct to fans of Nolan or 21st century graphic novels, but it was exactly who the character was in print at the time.

This article in Forbes explains it in detail.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2014/11/11/the-batman-tv-series-is-the-most-important-batman-story-ever-told/#1cc53b483517

I’m fully aware that the Batman comics were like that at the time of the 1960s (though IIRC it wasn’t a satirical comedy like the show). I was just saying that I never considered it “real” Batman, in the sense that it adapted the character as he was originally invented and came to be known as again in the 1980s; a dark hero.

I grew up preferring the Burton films and TAS as the definitive Bat-aptations (and I still do), so taking the '66 series seriously would’ve been difficult, and all things considered, nobody was meant to take it seriously in the first place. It was a fun, camp-filled comedy romp that, in its own way (as mentioned), was a comic book on the screen. (Don’t even mention Chris Nolan, those films aren’t Batman or even comic book at all.)

I actually watched the movie more than the series as a kid, though after MeTV started airing the show I would watch it on there frequently. I haven’t seen the new animated film though.

Anyway, I wasn’t saying that as a negative to the show, it’s just how I thought of it growing up.

Speaking of Adam West%2C I was rewatching the animated series and there was an episode in Season 1 where Adam West played a character called the Gray Ghost%2C who was a character that Bruce Wayne watched as a kid on tv. It was a neat little nod to the past%2C and a real treat to have 2 iconic Batman actors in one show.

Bingowings said:

Brian Cant has gone too… http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40335213

https://youtu.be/N-hQ6-biWoo

The voice of a fair few childhoods there mate - hadn’t realised he’d done quite so many programs (and featured in Dr Who too).

RIP Brian Cant.