Like many who grew up in the '60s and '70s (and perhaps even '80s and later), Tim and Paul had the course of their lives changed by the 1966 Batman TV show, from the types of play they did growing up to their present-day interests. In this series, they discuss the show's allure and its failures, the arc of the show from satire to sitcom, its influences (the '40s serials and the comic books themselves) and the things it, in turn, influenced. SUPPORT "To the Batpoles!" and DeconstructingComics.com via Patreon !
BAT BITS #10 NOW LIVE on Patreon: The EARLY Bookworm script, part one!
The Bookworm Turns (1940) · May 16, 2025
#200 "Batman: The Movie": The Novel
Batman (1966) · Feb 2, 2023
#178 "Batman & Bill": The Creatorship Controversy
Batman & Bill (2017) · Feb 17, 2022
#168 "Dick Tracy" and "Wonder Woman": The Dozierverse Stumbles
Dick Tracy (1990) · Sep 16, 2021
#168 "Dick Tracy" and "Wonder Woman": The Dozierverse Stumbles
Wonder Woman (1974) · Sep 16, 2021
#167 Tom Peyer talks "Batman 66" and "The Wrong Earth"
Batman (1966) · Sep 2, 2021
#166 "Batman and Robin": Hot and "Kalt"
Batman & Robin (1997) · Aug 19, 2021
#156 Adam and Burt "Return to the Batcave"
#145 "Batman: The Movie": What is "the director's input"?
The Choir Director (2018) · Oct 29, 2020
#141 The Red Hood and a Couple of Top Hats
Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010) · Sep 3, 2020
#138 Batman Forever: "Holey Plot, Batman!"
Batman Forever (1995) · Jul 23, 2020
#118 "Flash Gordon": Lorenzo Goes to Space Camp
Flash Gordon (1980) · Sep 5, 2019
#104 Batman Returns... and Kyle appears
Batman Returns (1992) · Feb 21, 2019
#085 "Batman '89" Turns our Heads
Batman (1989) · May 24, 2018
#074 "Batman vs. Two-Face"
Batman vs. Two-Face (2017) · Nov 2, 2017
#050 Turning Time Backward: "The Impractical Joker" 1st Draft
The Impractical Joker (1937) · Dec 29, 2016
#046 "Return of the Caped Crusaders"!!
Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders (2016) · Nov 3, 2016
#025 Batman: THE Movie (There are others?!)
Batman (1966) · Feb 4, 2016