# 60's TV Batman Batgirl or 60's TV Batman Catwoman? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 21, 2005, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-tv-batman-batgirl-or-60s-tv-batman-catwoman/291158 "2005-02-21T12:51:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Genghis\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@Genghis\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genghis_Bob)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-tv-batman-batgirl-or-60s-tv-batman-catwoman/291158/1 "2005-02-21T12:51:55Z")
. . . or the other 60’s TV Batman Catwoman. Let’s leave 60’s Movie Batman Catwoman out of this one. For me, it’s Julie Newmar all the way. Raaahr! ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-tv-batman-batgirl-or-60s-tv-batman-catwoman/291158/2 "2005-02-21T13:02:12Z")
Why leave the 60’s movie Catwoman out? Lee Meriwether was the most alluring Catwoman ever! ---
**Author:** ![Genghis\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@Genghis\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genghis_Bob)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-tv-batman-batgirl-or-60s-tv-batman-catwoman/291158/3 "2005-02-21T13:24:52Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > Why leave the 60’s movie Catwoman out? Lee Meriwether was the most alluring Catwoman ever! I guess I let my I-hate-that-movie bias effect my judgement. You’re right - we should include her in the voting. But for my money, she comes in a distant fourth! ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-tv-batman-batgirl-or-60s-tv-batman-catwoman/291158/4 "2005-02-21T15:07:59Z")
Who is Catgirl? ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-tv-batman-batgirl-or-60s-tv-batman-catwoman/291158/5 "2005-02-21T15:26:01Z")
_Hsssssss! Eaaaaaaaarthaaa Kiitt!_ ---
**Author:** ![Genghis\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@Genghis\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genghis_Bob)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-tv-batman-batgirl-or-60s-tv-batman-catwoman/291158/6 "2005-02-21T16:01:01Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Who is Catgirl? Aaaargh! I meant to type Batgirl, of course, not Catgirl. How do I ask a mod to help fix this? ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-tv-batman-batgirl-or-60s-tv-batman-catwoman/291158/7 "2005-02-21T16:17:48Z")
My vote goes to Batgirl a.k.a [Yvonne Craig](http://www.retrocrush.com/babes/yvonne/default.htm). ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-tv-batman-batgirl-or-60s-tv-batman-catwoman/291158/8 "2005-02-21T16:30:23Z")
Typo in thread title corrected at request of the OP. Veb ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-tv-batman-batgirl-or-60s-tv-batman-catwoman/291158/9 "2005-02-21T18:20:13Z")
Mary Ann. ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-tv-batman-batgirl-or-60s-tv-batman-catwoman/291158/10 "2005-02-21T21:23:39Z")
I think we’ve finally reached the point where more different actors have played Catwoman than have played Batman. Ertha Kitt is the only one of the catwomen who seems like she would tear your ass up with those claws. MP and HB aren’t so bad but LM and JN are just hot house flowers pretending to be bad girls. Kind of like Sandra Dee, R.I.P., being cast as a heroin addicted hooker. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-tv-batman-batgirl-or-60s-tv-batman-catwoman/291158/11 "2005-02-21T21:30:24Z")
What about AB, from Batman:TAS? Does she count? ---
**Author:** ![ussentinel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ce7236/32.png) [@ussentinel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ussentinel)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-tv-batman-batgirl-or-60s-tv-batman-catwoman/291158/12 "2005-02-21T21:32:17Z")
Batfan geek and fan that I am, I was lucky enough to have met both Julie Newmar at conventions. I vote for Ms. Newmar; tall, and I loved her legs. She was a dancer, too. Though my nod goes for Julie Newmar, I confess I’ve had more dreams where I was a villain squaring off Yvonne Craig’s Batgirl. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-tv-batman-batgirl-or-60s-tv-batman-catwoman/291158/13 "2005-02-21T21:37:43Z")
I’d say Batgirl. and I want to know how anyone can hate a movie with a line like “Some days you just can’t get rid of a bomb” Classic stuff+ ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-tv-batman-batgirl-or-60s-tv-batman-catwoman/291158/14 "2005-02-21T21:48:31Z")
Batgirl. Definately Batgirl. The object of any number of young fantasies… ---
**Author:** ![Genghis\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@Genghis\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genghis_Bob)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-tv-batman-batgirl-or-60s-tv-batman-catwoman/291158/15 "2005-02-21T21:48:44Z")
> [@Odinoneeye](#): > > I’d say Batgirl. > > and I want to know how anyone can hate a movie with a line like “Some days you just can’t get rid of a bomb” > > Classic stuff+ Hey, I was a little kid, and even I could tell the bomb was “fakey”. It’s funny to me now, but back then I didn’t know about camp. I limited the discussion to the '60’s TV show Catwomen 'cause I wanted to focus on my first two costumed crushes. Catwoman was scary and aluring at the same time in ways I didn’t understand but liked. Julie Newmar in that outfit still is to this day, in a way that Michelle and Halle can never be. ---
**Author:** ![ussentinel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ce7236/32.png) [@ussentinel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ussentinel)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-tv-batman-batgirl-or-60s-tv-batman-catwoman/291158/16 "2005-02-21T21:59:08Z")
Ack … didn’t edit my last post. Clarifying: BOTH Craig and Newmar were dancers and I met BOTH at conventions. Both were very nice, but my previous vote stands: Julie Newmar. I gotta go with the one that struck the “stirrings in my utility belt” first. ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-tv-batman-batgirl-or-60s-tv-batman-catwoman/291158/17 "2005-02-21T22:11:20Z")
Without reading all the other posts first, I just have to say that I would still do Eartha Kitt today. Her voice is flatout sexy. Hearing her sing “Santa Baby” gives me a chubby. Eartha Kitt in the 60’s? HELL YES. ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-tv-batman-batgirl-or-60s-tv-batman-catwoman/291158/18 "2005-02-22T05:10:57Z")
Julie. Fucking. Newmar. Hands down (my pants). God was she sexy back then. That pic of her on the diving board? OHMIGOD. If anyone knows of a good picture page for her, I’d be grateful. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-tv-batman-batgirl-or-60s-tv-batman-catwoman/291158/19 "2005-02-22T10:54:26Z")
Eartha Kitt. God, the voice alone does it: that sexy, smoky, smouldering purr. Mee-ow! {Ever heard her sing in French? Dear God, there ought to be a law against it, but I’m glad there ain’t} ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-tv-batman-batgirl-or-60s-tv-batman-catwoman/291158/20 "2005-02-22T10:58:04Z")
Batgirl. I’ve never gotten the appeal of Julie Newmar or Eartha Kitt, myself. But no disputandum de gustibus est, and all that. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-tv-batman-batgirl-or-60s-tv-batman-catwoman/291158.md?page=2)