January 12, 2006

Caped Crusader


Today is the 40th anniversary of the ultra-camp Batman TV series from the 1960s, starring, of course, Adam West. I had a serious obsession with that show. Watching those reruns was an early TV ritual for me.


Exquisitely Bored in Nacogdoches, circa 1974

I went through at least three of these, and lost the Robin with every one of them. I learned about loss that way:



NPR did a nice feature on Batman, complete with sound and video.

Here's a truly cool tribute website.

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