A dream is a wish your heart makes

I want one. Seriously. DC Comics has given permission for a company called Fiberglass Freaks to create replicas of the Batmobile used in the 1960s, Adam West-era Batman TV series. After I get one of these and that replica of Captain Kirk's bridge chair, my life will be complete; at least the life of this guy:

Onomatopoeia in Batman

Transbuddha has a link to an "Argentinian catalog of all the goofy sound-effect blurbs" from the 1966 Batman TV show. The rest of the site is pretty cool, too.

1976 Mego toy commercial

via the Phat Phree:

1976 Mego toy commercial for the World's Greatest Super hero 8" action figures

Mego Museum

Caped Crusader

Today is the 40th anniversary of the ultra-camp Batman TV series from the 1960s, starring, of course, Adam West. I had a serious obsession with that show. Watching those reruns was an early TV ritual for me.


Exquisitely Bored in Nacogdoches, circa 1974

I went through at least three of these, and lost the Robin with every one of them. I learned about loss that way:



NPR did a nice feature on Batman, complete with sound and video.

Here's a truly cool tribute website.