Unlike today, network night-time TV was the only major entertainment outlet most of us had at home at night. You know, what we wanted to be doing instead of our homework!The most hyped new show our freshman year was BATMAN, based on the DC Comics character we all grew up with at the drugstore news stands.
But this show was a little different from the comic strip. BATMAN on ABC Television, WSIX-TV, Channel 8 here in Nashville at the time, was styled as a pop art, camp comedy.
And this is now-famous theme song that debuted on January 12, 1966...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOUPjEHYFew
The show and its theme became so popular for a while that I can remember the bands at TEEN TOWN playing the song at our weekly dances. BATMAN actually ran twice a week on ABC with the episodes connected by cliff-hanger endings. The series made stars out of Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward as Robin. It also typecast them and hurt their future careers.
It's also true that life and TV move on quickly. After only about two and half seasons, BATMAN was cancelled with its last show airing on March 14, 1968. NBC made a last minute bid to save the show but this was one cliff-hanger that didn't have a happy ending, Robin.
Holy cancellation, Batman!
What TV shows did you enjoy watching (instead of doing your homework)while we were at FRHS? Send me an e-mail or leave your thoughts below and I will try and profile the shows in a later posting.
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