They met Ron Jeremy in Batman XXX. 
I so hope someone else remembers this as I can’t find a reference anywhere but I swear I saw it. For some reason the Batmobile was out of commission, or otherwise unavailable and Alfred gave Batman a ride on the back of his “Three speed English Racer” bicycle. I distinctly remember batman standing perfectly straight up on a platform at the back of the bike while Alfred rides him out of the Bat Cave, over the road barricade, and ends up dropping him off in front of City Hall (or whatever) just like they do with the Batmobile.
I was the perfect age for this show… 5 or 6 when it originally aired as an amazing action show, and a late teen when in re-runs they they somehow re-tooled it into an amazing comedy.
Yeah, well as I said, I couldn’t recall…
They called it the “Alf Cycle”. I thought it was going to to some sort of motorcycle – Vespa, hell maybe Alfred rides a Harley on his days off. Nope. A tricycle. And as they pass a crowd, Batman says, “Thank you, citizen.” Yes, thank you for a ride on your tricycle, individual I have never met before.
What’s with this “citizen” crap? How’s that a proper address? Are they all citizens of Batmanopolis? I had to laugh when i found out years later the French addressed each other as “Citizen” just after the Revolution.
Heehee. My parents had a similar attitude toward the show, although I’d characterize theirs as eye-rolling quasi-tolerance.
One of the presents under the Christmas tree in 1966 was addressed to the Family, and turned out to be a large and fancy dictionary (the only non-telephone book that we had ever had to rival the family Bible in physical size). Dad remarked that if he ever found the words “POW!” “BLAMMO!!!” “OoooFFF!!” or “KAZOWIEEE!!!” in that dictionary, it was going straight into the fireplace.
Thank you… that was enough for me to find this.
The bike is what I remember, but I swear they did the whole exit of the Bat Cave and arriving at City Hall bit. Maybe (hopefully) there were more than one times they used this.
Missed the edit window: The alf-cycle!
Considering the city was run by Mayor Lindseed and the state by Governor Stonefellow, I’d say that was the intention.
I always remember seeing the Liberace episodes as a kid without knowing anything about who he was or his lifestyle and wondering “who is this man and why does he act so strange”?
Was there any criminal that Chief O’Hara and his police force didn’t need to call the Dynamic Duo for? An 86 year old woman jaywalking?
Special kudos to the bat climb where they discuss the Mona Lisa with Edward G Robinson.
Isn’t there a Catwoman episode (Julie Newmar was the only real Catwoman) where at the end where she is captured, she starts playing up to Batman. She tells him that if they were together, he could straighten her out and keep her away from a life of crime. Flustered, Batman says “What about Robin?” Catwoman responds “I know, we could kill him”.
For those less familiar: Mayor John Lindsay and Governor Nelson Rockefeller.
Nitpick: Not the pilot. That was the 1966 theatrical movie. It was shot between the first and second season of the TV series. Although I understand the movie did serve to introduce the series overseas.
PBS is showing a new episode of The Pioneers of Television about ‘Superhero shows’ including interviews with West & Ward…
That said, the pilot episode has Batman in full costume at a nightclub, acting like a plainclothes cop: “I’ll stand at the bar; I shouldn’t wish to attract attention.”
Actually that wasn’t the show. That was Cesar Romero’s decision. He refused to shave it off.
Really obscure trivia: Barbara Gordon (a.k.a. that Domino Daredoll…Batgirl!) lived in apartment number 2B…as in the second Bat.
In the episode with the Siren (Joan Collins), she mesmerizes Bruce Wayne and orders him to give him complete control of his estate, including ownership of Wayne Manor. Bruce retrieves the legal deed from a wall safe hidden behind a portrait…of a wall safe.
My favorite scene and clearly one of the greatest.
There was another scene in the movie where Batman and Robin get to the UN building and Batman reads the label for the up button in several languages.
“Up… auf… jusqu’à…”
That episode starred special guest villainess Shelley Winters as Ma Parker. FYI—Tisha Sterling as “Legs” was absolutely HOT in that episode.
And that elderly woman was played by none other than Ellen Corby aka “Grandma Walton.” I guess she got rehabilitated by the time she made it to Walton’s Mountain.
THE FUNNIEST LINE in the entire movie!
I was only 6 or 7 when I watched this show in syndication in the early 70s so the camp humor and ridiculousness was completely lost on me. I just watched it as a cool, action superhero show. I can specifically remember watching the above scene and hearing my older brothers & sisters laughing their asses off and not understanding why!
The same thing actually happened to me. However as I began watching it again in syndication as a teenager in the 70s, my best friend and I started laughing at each episode. I looked at him and said, “I don’t remember the show being that funny.” We soon realized that it was a comedy, and in my opinion, one of television’s most brilliant comedies ever!