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Like many who grew up in the '60s and '70s (and perhaps even '80s and later), Tim and Paul had the course of their lives changed by the 1966 Batman TV show, from the types of play they did growing up to their present-day interests.

In this series, they discuss the show's allure and its failures, the arc of the show from satire to sitcom, its influences (the '40s serials and the comic books themselves) and the things it, in turn, influenced.

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BAT BITS #42 NOW LIVE on Patreon: "Starring Adam West": How do we think of Adam?

Sep 24, 2026

Starring Adam West

Starring Adam West is a documentary film from 2013. It gives us the story of his life and career, including his career comeback and the fight (by his daughter and a DJ) to get him a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. We have thoughts on the film, and also thoughts brought about by the film: While some fans seen in the...

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

Sep 10, 2026

Bat Bits 41: "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 us a… well, related treatment. It’s by Charles Hoffman and is based on “Batman’s Inescapable Doom-Trap” from Detective Comics...

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