Allstar villain cast has fun chomping the scenery, but its adam wests protonielsen refusal to wink that brings most of the jokes home. Adam west and burt ward in batman 1966 adam west and burt ward in batman. My personal favorite scenes and lines from 1966s batman. Eric mentioned the extraordinary leaps of logic they are able to make when it comes to the riddlers riddles, with the sparrow with a machine gun line being the most ridiculous. Twoface in addition to countless other appearances. Can also be interpreted as batshit crazy deduction, or, less often, lazy writer deduction. William west anderson september 19, 1928 june 9, 2017, known. Batman hi diddle riddle tv episode 1966 adam west as batman. Can you name the answers to the batman 1966 movie riddles and other wacky deductions. I personally love the camp factor of the 60s batman and feel privileged to have met adam west at a book signing. Adam west, burt ward, alan napier, neil hamilton, stafford repp, madge blake, william dozier. Adam west played batman in the 1966 show batman, in the film based upon it, and two animated features batman. In the movie batman forever what were all of the riddles.
Batman is a 1960s american live action television series, based on the dc comic book character of the same name. Batman 1966 riddler riddle robin bat mobile bat computer batman solves riddle funny batman riddle original batman episode batman tv show adam west batman burt ward robin neil hamilton commissioner. Batman and robin are summoned and are on the villains trail. Listen to these audio clips from the scenes shark fight, the trap door spring and batman with the biggest bomb in history. At the end of the movie, he is defeated by batman and robin and apprehended along with joker, penguin and the catwoman. It is known for its camp style, upbeat theme music, and its intentionally humorous, simplistic morality aimed at its. Riddle me this, riddle me that vintage riddler riddles. West said that he played batman for laughs, but in order to do that, one had to never think it was funny.
Adam west and burt wardsometimes i would wake up very, very early to watch old batman shows. This is an affiliate link and i receive a commission for the sales burt ward and adam west on the set of the batman movie, 1966. Official websites the cast adam west batman adam west on twitter batman burt ward gentle giant rescues robin yvonne craig batgirl frank gorshin riddler julie newmar catwoman julie newmar writes catwoman julies offical blog eartha kitt catwoman lee meriwether catwoman joan collins siren others dc comics official dc comics webpages for batman 20th century. Please excuse the sloppy editing in some parts, as this was hastily made in windows movie maker poor. When a visiting king is accosted by the riddler, the dynamic duo pursues his subsequent complex trail of riddles to try to stop him. Released by 20th century fox, the fil m starred ad am wes t as batman and burt ward as robin. There was a man who everybody called batman he knew nothing about bats and thought they were gross. Batmania uk wishes adam a very happy birthday and hopes he has a great day. Guys in trouble adam west and burt ward in batman a. The humor is over the top, but played straight by the leads. Adam west and burt ward in batman a riddle a day keeps the riddler away the riddler straps the duo to a huge generator, intending to spin the daylights out of them. With adam west, burt ward, alan napier, neil hamilton. Its weird that one riddle actually stumped me when i saw it probably the only riddle from the adam west batman show that i remember.
Adam west, who played batman from 196668, later turned down the role of james bond in the movie diamonds are forever. Funny batman solves another easy riddle 1966 duration. It stars adam west as bruce wayne batman and burt ward as dick grayson robin two crimefighting heroes who defend gotham city from a variety of archvillains. Frank gorshin and adam west parodied the 1994 film interview with the vampire as their uncostumed 1960s batman characters in a short film for the mtv movie awards, with west portraying brad pitts vampire or bat man and gorshin as christian slaters interviewer. Origins of the dance during the 1960s a dance craze called the watusi swept across the united states dancefloors. Riddler waxes long with his riddles while trying to get a book about lost treasures. Batman solves a simple riddle with the help of robin by using numerical positions in the alphabet as a common denominator to find the. In 2012, west received a star on the hollywood walk of fame. There was one about a clock and one about a match or something, i cant remember. In the movie, the riddler teams up with the penguin. Funny batman solves another easy riddle 1966 youtube. The puzzler, a villain with a fondness for both shakespeare and aviation, indicates he is after the fortunes of artemus knab. In the batman movie, he comes up with six riddles two of which were part of a. This movie is amazing and cheesier than a bowl of mac n cheese.
The movie is a 1966 american superhero film based o n the batman television series, and the first fulllength theatrical adaptation of the dc comics ch aracte r batman. Today 19th september, adam west celebrates his 81st birthday. The riddler schemes to have his henchwoman, disguised as robin, to have her kill batman in the batcave. Batman the puzzles are coming tv episode 1966 imdb. The initial ones before the batman title appears are correct, but the ones that usually follow the titles when batman and robin punch villains standing behind them, and then on the camera pan across the group of villains are silent instead the sound effects are sounded rather clumsily and abruptly over adam wests credit. Straight from the camp classic adam westburt ward 1960s batman.
The riddler is a major antagonist in the 1960s batman tv series and the 1966 film. Wikipedia in the classic watusi, the dancer is almost stationary with knees slightly bent, although. In the movie, the riddler teams up with the penguin, catwoman, and the joker. This is the batman movie made shortly after the television series started in 1966. Dawn of justice 2016 due out in theaters on march 25, lets take a fun look back now at the 1960s version of batman, starring adam west as the caped crusader. Batman adam west burt ward in batmobile mini poster click image for more details. The dark knights tortured persona has its appeal, but give me adam wests suave and charming 1960s hero any day. Welcome back to memorable movie quotes, that column where we look at memorable quotes in the movies. Adam west as batman and burt ward as robin say the silliest lines with deadly seriousness.
The trope namer is batman, specifically the 60s adam west batman, who, given his title as the worlds greatest detective, can easily fall into this when a writer gets into a rut or is playing it up for laughs. The riddler constantly makes riddles that revealed his next crime in an attempt to baffle batman, but they always lead to his multiple downfalls. I grew up on adam wests batman and still love him best. Batman a riddle a day keeps the riddler away tv episode. See more ideas about riddler, batman and riddler riddles. In reality, the gun is a cigarette lighter the answer to one of the riddlers riddles. The riddler is probably my favorite batman villain probably because of jim carrey in batman. Batman hi diddle riddle tv episode 1966 adam west as. Movies batman the movie 1966 actionadventure adam west burt ward this is one of the best batman movies ever made, adam west batman and burt ward robin are hilarious in this film. Interestingly enough, in the submarine showdown at the end, he is knocked over the edge and into the water twice. We have the six riddles from the riddler on the 1966 batman movie starring adam west. He convinces the billionaire to invest in his puzzle balloon business, but when the dynamic duo find that knab seems too intelligent to fall for a phony scheme, they look deeper for the.
Riddle me this, riddle me that vintage riddler riddles by notoriousbcb february 25, 2011 9 comments straight from the camp classic adam west burt ward 1960s batman. Granted adam west and burt ward were pretty hammy, the special effects were pretty cheap probably even for back then, and there was more. Long lost 1967 batman adam west uk road safety advert batman vs. In the batman movie, he comes up with six riddles two of which were part of a trap for batman. Paul dano has been cast as edward nashton, also known as the riddler in matt reeves the batman, an individual with knowledge of the project told thewrap. Now, the villain is suing batman, where he will be forced to reveal his true identity in court. He gets the book in part one and attempts to dip batman and robin in hot wax.
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