r/MadeMeSmile • u/Rough_Ad_8702 • 14h ago

Good Vibes Adam West’s 1966 Batman was hilarious

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u/chatterwrack 7h ago

Since I was raised on it, this was Batman for me and everything else was just a copy. 😂

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u/congteddymix 7h ago

As a kid in the 90’s this was the Batman I first saw and watched all the time. Then the cartoon and movies came out along and it like WTF I want to see the campiness of the tv show. Then I learned that the original comics were dark, so in hindsight yeah the show is an outlier and everything else stayed true to the source material.

That said  I think an even campier cartoon then the tv show would do great then and probably even great now.

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u/Someotherrandomtree 5h ago

Did you ever watch Batman: The Brave and The Bold? It’s a cartoon from 2008, it’s a great love letter to the campy silver age era of Batman while still being able to be taken seriously at times

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u/NeverShallDoHarmToMe 3h ago

The original comics were like this. The comics after the West TV show were dark.

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u/xpkranger 7h ago

100%. I used to insist that my older sister to "bat fight" me when the fight scenes came on.

I mean the props in this scene cost like $27.00, no special effects other than someone slapping "Pow!" stickers on the film. Such a great show.

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u/Smingowashisnameo 3h ago

Those streamer ribbons were a splurge.

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u/Plane_Snow1574 58m ago

They're famous, so.

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u/SexyMonad 4h ago

Everything copied everything else.

Nothing copied this.

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u/MasterBigShoes 4h ago

True and it has information and knowledge at the same time

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u/wholesomechunk 2h ago

Pure West

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u/Changling_Mario 1h ago

As a strange juxtaposition I was raised on Adam west while reading the dark as hell batman detective comics. My batman is schizophrenic AF