1960s Batman TV Quotes

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http://www.geocities.com/great_tv_quote ... atman.html

Oh my god. I laughed so hard that I cried.

And now, everything else is really hilarious. I got some email from some company that apparently I ascribed to a while ago, and all I could think was, "what the hell is this?" while laughing hysterically.

Tell me I'm not the only one who thinks these are hilarious.

Very nice! You're not the only one. those were funny.

Somehow I can't see Christian Bale saying those things....

It's just what his movies need.

I have selected, purely for the purposes of mirth, these,

ROBIN: You were right, Batman, we might have been killed.
BATMAN: Or worse.

ROBIN: Where'd you get a live fish, Batman?
BATMAN: The true crimefighter always carries everything he needs in his utility belt, Robin.

and my personal favourite,

ROBIN: If we close our eyes, we can't see anything.
BATMAN: A sound observation, Robin.

I am trying to figure out which character in the show, of course, was the dumbest. There appears to be no clear winner...

Was the show supposed to be this funny when it aired? How can a show be so consistently unintentionally ridiculous?

My favorites not included on the site --

Batman: "I'm afraid we're not going to get much help from the Batcomputer, Robin. It can't go back to prehistoric times."

Batman to Robin: "When you get a little older, you'll see how easy it is to become lured by the female of the species."

Dick: "Gosh, Economics is sure a dull subject."
Bruce: "Oh, you must be jesting, Dick. Economics dull? The glamour, the romance of commerce... Hmm. It's the very lifeblood of our country's society."

Bruce: "Don't dip your oar in this sordid sea, Dick. You might be besmirched."

Batman: "That's one trouble with dual identities, Robin. Dual responsibilities."

Dick: "Bruce, let me ride Waynebow. I'm light enough."
Bruce: "No, Dick, I couldn't allow my own ward to ride my own thoroughbred. People might think it was funny."

BATMAN: A wife, no matter how beauteous or affectionate, would severely impair my crimefighting.

*snorts*

BATMAN: Go back outside and calm the flower children.
ROBIN: They'll mob me!
BATMAN: Groovy.

BATMAN: It's sometimes difficult to think clearly when you're strapped to a printing press.

SHAME: Your mother wore army shoes.
BATMAN: Yes, she did. As I recall, she found them quite comfortable.

I'm obsessed with 60s Batman , bought some great stuff on ebay

I have to confess -- yes, I was in school when the 60's Batman was on. I think I was maybe in 6th grade. I watched it!

It was very campy at the time. This was a period of 'anti-heroes' in movies, when the good guys were not always good, and the bad guys not always bad.

Here were two heroic crimefighters, acting (and often looking) like complete idiots, and spouting some of the most pompous drivel ever spoken. The only things dumber than the 'dynamic duo' were the villains. The large graphics like "Pow!' and 'Bam' were straight out of pop art of the day.

We loved it! It was hilarious.

I think to really appreciate what a breakthrough Batman was, you have to understand the 'competition'. There was a 'Superman' series on TV that I think dated back to the late 50s/early 60s. Superman was played straight. Superman was always the perfect hero, and the bad guys were bad, and were always caught (I think there were voluntary rules that the studios followed that called for all bad guys to get punished). Superman and all the other 'heroes' (officer Friday of 'Dragnet' comes to mind) on TV spoke very seriously all the time.

At the same time, Superman was slightly ridiculous. Nobody ever noticed that Clark was never around when Superman was. Nobody ever caught Clark Kent changing into his Superman uniform in a glass telephone booth. Nobody ever walked off with Clark's clothes, either.

People noticed those things, and wanted something that poke fun at these serious heroes.

So that's why with Batman, you have a pair of crimefighters that have a neverending supply of gadgets, always have the right thing in their utility belt (even if that was a fish!), and while every word was serious, said some of the funniest things I've heard on TV.

Given this quote:

BATMAN: I'll do everything I can to rehabilitate you.
CATWOMAN: Marry me.
BATMAN: Everything except that.

Was Batman an Aspie? Tune in next week -- same Bat-time, same Bat-channel -- to find out Batman's secret!

BATMAN: Go back outside and calm the flower children.
ROBIN: They'll mob me!
BATMAN: Groovy.

Reminds me of an issue of LOTDK where Batman slaps a hippie villain while saying "stop with that hippie crap !"......my how times have changed lol

Gee-willakers batman!