BUICK "BATMOBILE"?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SGgAOy8uq0A#

you said it batman

For the two years BATMAN was on in 1966 and 67, it had an impact like no other short-lived show since.  That Batmobile taking off out of the Bat-Cave is a scene that was etched in my 14 year old brain, and it will never leave.  

I never missed an episode and I was glued to my TV set on Wednesday and Thursday nights at 6:30pm, as if my life depended on it.  

The rogues gallery of talent that portrayed the villains reads like a "who's who" of Hollywood at the time.  All elite characters!  And here is my fondest memory...when the show debuted we still had a "black & white" TV.  When I watched it once at my Grandma's house...she had a color TV...I begged my Dad to get us a color set too.  He did and the rest is "Bat History". 

It's a natural for a second generation Batmobile.

@georgeschire  Absolutely George, it was a great show....such realism.  I gotta say, I still have questions about The Boy Wonder though......hmmmm.

Posted by: @jack-dodds

@georgeschire  Absolutely George, it was a great show....such realism.  I gotta say, I still have questions about The Boy Wonder though......hmmmm.

But I had no questions about The Catwoman. 

@georgeschire   Lol....no questions at all.

I agree the '59 Buick could have made an excellent Batmobile.  It's a pity George Barris had not cut-up one of these mass produced vehicles, rather than the original Futura.  But then the Futura may have rusted away into oblivion had he not.  

You are quite right The Batman series is etched into popular culture internationally, and I am really surprised to hear it ran for only two years.

Posted by: @jack-dodds

@georgeschire  Absolutely George, it was a great show....such realism.  I gotta say, I still have questions about The Boy Wonder though......hmmmm.

One of the great things about American popular culture from the early to mid '50s, through, into the '60s from films like Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Baby Doll, The Apartment to even Batman; it was all there if you had a mind to see it.

@charles-rockett, when "Batman" hit the airwaves on January 12, 1966 it sky-rocketed to the top of the TV charts fast.  It was "Batmania" everywhere!  There were toys, puzzles, lunchboxes, bubblegum, games, cups, books, dishes, ....well you get the idea.  

But by season two, it had been saturated and exposed so much that the show died just as quickly as it had rose.  That aside though, it has become a cult favorite that has a place in everyone's nostalgia bank.  

 Just a couple of years back, a series of books were published with the characters drawn just as they appeared in the TV show.  Pretty cool!

My thing, besides cars and furniture (?) is records, among which certain unlikely pieces recur again and again - Never On A Sunday - and one of these of course is the Batman Theme. There's a great Brazilian garage punk version - I think from '66 so they were quick off the mark too.

Agree. The '59 Buick would have made an excellent Batmobile.  😎