# Batman 1960's TV show: Why campy? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 9, 2006, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-1960s-tv-show-why-campy/363686 "2006-07-09T00:41:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-1960s-tv-show-why-campy/363686/41 "2006-07-10T23:51:15Z")
> [@kingpengvin](#): > > The 1950s and early 60s Batman may have been played seriously but they read silly (Bat Woman hitting on Batman with his goofy gulps, and Ace the Bat hound anyone?) especially to non comic book fans. The creators of the series had to sell to the largest audience they could so they created a series Kids (the primary comic book fans) would like uncritically and Adults could get a chuckle out of. _Mad_ magazine parody of the show: BATMAN: Make the show **bad** enough, and they’ll call it “camp” and stay glued to their seats! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-1960s-tv-show-why-campy/363686/42 "2006-07-10T23:53:45Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Dozier and Semple saw instantly what too many fanboys still can’t see: costumed superheros can be a lot of fun, but they can’t be taken seriously. You seem to be asserting, or assuming, that a story concept has to be **realistic** in order to be **mature.** I think every Doper on this board could think of innumerable counterexamples, going back to Homer and still further. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-1960s-tv-show-why-campy/363686.md?page=2)