Episode #766: Batman: The Movie (W❤️M)
Added 2024-11-05 05:00:03 +0000 UTC“His Joker has haunted me more than Heath Ledger or Jack Nicholson or Mark Hamill!” - Andrew on Cesar Romero
On this week’s episode, we’re kicking off We ❤️ Movies month with a fun-AF conversation about the super-silly, action-packed, superhero camp classic, Batman: The Movie! How incredible are all of these performances? Between this movie and filming the TV show, was the studio working these actors like dogs or what? Why is Batman stashing all his vehicles (land, sea and air) right out in broad daylight? Why are so many marine animals being obliterated throughout the film? And who were they kidding with that anti-alcohol line, everyone on this set was drinking before noon every day! PLUS: Does Bruce Wayne have the Memento memory disease and that’s why he has to label so many things in the Batcave?
Batman: The Movie stars Adam West, Burt Ward, Lee Meriwether, Cesar Romero, Burgess Meredith, Frank Gorshin, Alan Napier, Neil Hamilton, Stafford Repp, Madge Blake, and Reginald Denny as Commodore Schmidlapp; directed by Leslie H. Martinson.
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Original cover art by Felipe Sobreiro.
Comments
Had a lot of fun with this one! I didn't expect to enjoy this type of Batman movie nearly as much as I did. Big thank you for giving me a reason to check it out!
The Comfy Panda
2024-11-11 22:03:06 +0000 UTCAsk and ye shall receive. Here is the Adam West Nestle Quik commercial. Enjoy!! https://youtu.be/yRNcoJtsZhg?si=1mHdqexvzG8F1NkH
Michael Mora
2024-11-10 14:11:12 +0000 UTCI also completely missed that you're doing Voyage Home which almost made me cry for GOOD reasons!
Vicky I
2024-11-08 20:48:57 +0000 UTCEchoing what others have said - always thankful for you guys but feeling extra appreciative right now. This and LOTR being next week is exactly what I need to pull me out of a spiral!
Vicky I
2024-11-08 18:48:44 +0000 UTCHad to listen to this twice, great episode
Sergio Rozo
2024-11-08 14:32:28 +0000 UTCHoly podcasts! A fun episode to go along with a very fun movie.
Kemper
2024-11-08 11:01:56 +0000 UTCI always loved Riddler, because Gorshin makes him seem even more unhinged than Joker.
Jamie
2024-11-07 21:10:12 +0000 UTCOf all the wlm options gotta say idgi, was disappointed when this came up on the feed. Especially coming out of the 4 theme month
John Boynton
2024-11-07 11:24:41 +0000 UTCTerrific ep guys, I'm so glad you covered this because it was such a blast to watch. Super light, entertaining, and so many of the jokes totally killed me. Just what I needed yesterday
Adam Sorensen
2024-11-07 10:47:17 +0000 UTCI realized listening to you guys talk about it that I had seen this a long time ago as a kid. May revisit it. Looking forward to next week with the conclusion to LOTR. And not the first to say this and probably not the last but thanks for what you guys do. Between the main show and finally getting to Melr0210 after putting it off for so long, I needed to be able to laugh given...everything. All the best to you guys
Voror
2024-11-06 20:59:08 +0000 UTCGreetings from deep South Texas, I've always looked forward to this time of year from y'all. Especially during Trump 1 , now the W<3M means a lot more now going into this month and the years ahead. Thanks again for doing what you guys do. -
Daniel Garcia
2024-11-06 19:55:08 +0000 UTCLike Rose commented, this EP was perfect for today to escape to a better time and place mentally, all the jokes and comments the boys made were hilarious. Thank you Batman & WHM for bringing us together like nobody else could.
Watch_N_Rewatch
2024-11-06 19:22:06 +0000 UTCIt's been nearly 40 years since I last watched this film back in grade school. I didn't like it but this episode has convinced me to rewatch it. I'm sure it will bring back some good memories especially Caesar Romero and Meredith Burgess. They were the best part the 60's Batman.
John Locke
2024-11-06 18:50:27 +0000 UTCThey are happy this week because Biden is gone. Yeah! After four years complaining about Biden.. you got your wish! Phew. No more Biden to enact his mass deportations and appoint a psychopath whale murderer to the CDC and NIH. Enjoy your new soft teeth and homeopathic placebos courtesy of not-Biden!
AlsoNamedB0rt
2024-11-06 17:18:19 +0000 UTCChris… watch the fucking Batman TV show. Aren’t you a goddamn critic? It is a huge influence on modern comedy.
AlsoNamedB0rt
2024-11-06 17:15:08 +0000 UTClol Same. I was like "Batman knows how to get rid of a bomb, why's he fuckin around."
Lord Wesley
2024-11-06 16:58:54 +0000 UTCThanks for releasing this ep on this silliest movie in the world in this heinous fuckin' week. I actually stopped crying and chuckled at this ep this morning. Waugh, waugh!!
Rose Esposito
2024-11-06 16:06:35 +0000 UTCI’m old enough to have watched reruns of the TV show and this movie as a kid well before ‘89. I distinctly remember watching the bomb sequence and having the revelation “wait, is this supposed to be a comedy?!”
Craig
2024-11-06 12:01:33 +0000 UTCMy dvd has a great commentary with West and Ward. They’re riffing and having a good time.
James Gibson
2024-11-06 08:26:17 +0000 UTCIt's NERF or nothing. Apparently if you live in the Bronx, it's nothing.
Joey T
2024-11-06 06:42:33 +0000 UTCWhen I saw this movie as a kid and the "BAM! POW! ZOOM!" title cards started coming up, I was in total disbelief that a movie could be so much fun to watch. Great nostalgic favorite, great choice for WLM ❤️
Tim O'Connor
2024-11-06 03:32:04 +0000 UTCMay I simply say, thank goodness for the WHM boys. I really, REALLY needed some jokes today
Adam Schmidt
2024-11-05 22:14:59 +0000 UTCPOW! THWACK! What a nice surprise of an episode. Your guys' strange mixing of podcast minds may be the greatest single service ever performed for humanity!
TheToad
2024-11-05 18:53:46 +0000 UTCIf you like this I do legitimately recommend the Man from UNCLE movies? The first few are full movies but the rest are episodes cut together with new footage. They're hammy as hell, Rip Torn is the villain in one, Leslie Nielsen is in another playing a non-comic role? They're so good
G Goldhar
2024-11-05 16:31:56 +0000 UTC“If you’re a super criminal and the police are aware you’re a super criminal, you might be a villain in Arkham City.” - Jeff Foxworthy
Shawn
2024-11-05 16:03:35 +0000 UTCLike Steve, Batman'66 was my first introduction to the character, even before Batman '89. I'm glad the series has gone through a cultural re-appraisal for how weird and great it was.
CharlesGrodin'sToupee
2024-11-05 15:32:37 +0000 UTCI had a copy of this, taped off local TV from sometime in the very late 80s or maybe early 90s. I watched this *constantly*. Every bizarre coloured frame of it is burnt into my memory. I still have the VHS, somewhere. I need to find a VCR so I can not only rewatch it, but rewatch those delicious 35 year old commercials!
Matt
2024-11-05 14:37:45 +0000 UTC1960s: "Let's satirize how ridiculous and stupid comic books can be. Adults will get it, it'll be fun." 2020s: Grown-ass people wish literal death upon WB executives over a bad director's bad movies.
Mark Ibarra
2024-11-05 14:28:45 +0000 UTCAs a disgusting little shit boy living in the Tristate area in the early 90s, I watched reruns of Batman '66 after school almost every day. Still fun as hell today!
Michael Daniels
2024-11-05 14:17:49 +0000 UTCI found the commercial Steve mentioned, and it is something: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROg5noE6_Zw
Truck McGuffin
2024-11-05 14:16:05 +0000 UTC“Pisscumitis” made me spit take at work.
Gone
2024-11-05 13:40:46 +0000 UTCHaving the last name Batson, I couldn't escape the theme song growing up. I'm sure there's a complex in there somewhere from this 😂
TDB
2024-11-05 13:30:51 +0000 UTCNeeded something light to start my election day and this is perfect. Thanks guys!
Jeffrey Giorgi
2024-11-05 13:28:52 +0000 UTCNever saw this movie or any of the series until last night. DELIGHTFUL
jribs
2024-11-05 12:08:51 +0000 UTCWhen they slide down the tunnel with the instant costume change lever there must be a moment where they are just completely naked and staring at each other hornily and you know Batman loves to record it.
Eren Keskin
2024-11-05 09:35:15 +0000 UTCLee Meriwether was great, but the lack of Eartha Kitt was a real bummer for me.
Eren Keskin
2024-11-05 09:20:49 +0000 UTCDespite being a longtime listener, I did not anticipate the amount of "piss and cum" talk in this episode. 😂
Busiris
2024-11-05 08:27:31 +0000 UTCThis and Batman Returns are my Batsman.
Sarah Montgomery
2024-11-05 07:23:30 +0000 UTCWait-- Reginald Denny? Haven't heard but I sure hope you boys play this co-incidence for all the potential dark humor.
Sarah Montgomery
2024-11-05 07:22:40 +0000 UTCEasily in my top 5 Batman films. That line about the drunks always seemed weird to me.
Ed Harris
2024-11-05 06:55:21 +0000 UTCMy god thank you for doing this at this specific time. Perfect bit of relief from crippling anxiety.
imipolexGforce
2024-11-05 06:53:04 +0000 UTCRespect to the OGs.
Paul
2024-11-05 06:14:37 +0000 UTCFuck outta my face with your Nolan trilogy. THIS is the best Batman movie ever made.
Dylan Foley
2024-11-05 05:05:23 +0000 UTC
