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  FOXNews.com - Woman Sues Over 1960s'Batman'Series
Deborah Dozier Potter, whose father William Dozier was one of the producers of the show, filed the lawsuit Wednesday in Superior Court that alleges fraud, concealment and breach of contract.
She is an heir to her father's estate and holds a portion of the assets of Greenway Productions Inc. which produced the series four decades ago that Fox distributed, according to the lawsuit.
In March 2005, Potter came across the agreement between Fox and ABC and discovered she was entitled to 26 percent of the net profits from that agreement as well.
www.foxnews.com /printer_friendly_wires/2006Aug18/0,4675,BatmanLawsuit,00.html   (196 words)

  
  Batman (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Batman was the title of an exceptionally popular 1960s American television series based on the comic book character Batman that aired on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) for 2 1/2 seasons from 12 January, 1966 to 14 March, 1968.
Batman's dual identity was that of the debonair millionaire Bruce Wayne, who lived outside the city in "stately Wayne Manor." He lived with his youthful ward Dick Grayson (also known as Robin), faithful butler Alfred (Alan Napier), and Aunt Harriet Cooper (Madge Blake).
The series is notable for its use of cliffhanger endings and the Batclimb cameo, which allowed top celebrities of the 1960s to appear in a small part.
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 Batman   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Batman is the mastermind behind the Justice League of America, offering brains and tactical skills to guide the raw power of the other members of the team.
The series debuted on January 12, 1966 and was marked for its high camp, and continues to be the version many associate with the Batman character despite it perhaps being least representative of the many versions.
Despite the abhorrence of the TV series by Batman's fans of the 1970s through the present day, the live-action TV show was extraordinarily popular; at the height of its popularity, it was the only prime-time TV show broadcast twice in one week as part of its regular schedule.
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 batman (1989 movie) - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
Batman was released in U.S. theaters on June 23, 1989 by Warner Bros. and soon became the highest grossing movie of the year.
This movie ushered a return to the "dark" roots of the Batman of the comics and away from the campy 1960s Batman television series and cartoon Super Friends.
This film spun off two animated series, and The Adventures of Batman and Robin, as well as four theatrical films, Batman Returns, (itself a spin-off of the animated television series), Batman Forever, and Batman and Robin.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Wonder Woman (television series)
Burt Ward as Robin and Adam West as Batman Batman was the title of an exceptionally popular TV series based on the comic-book character Batman that aired on ABC TV for 2 1/2 seasons from 12 January 1966 to 14 March 1968.
As with Batman, the reel took a comic slant on the character, although while the Batman character himself was played straight, in the proposed series Diana Prince (not Wonder Woman) would have been the focus of the comedy.
The first season of the TV series was released on DVD in North America during the summer of 2004, with release of the second season on March 1, 2005; the third and final set followed on June 7 2005.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Wonder-Woman-(television-series)   (7646 words)

  
 The Joker
In his first appearance in the 1940s, he was originally a criminal who called himself the "Red Hood." In his first encounter with Batman, he jumped into a pool of chemicals to escape pursuit, and this permanently dyed his skin white and his hair green, giving him the appearance of a ghastly clown.
As the Batman comics soon softened their tone, the character's emphasize was soon turned to jokes and comedy themed crimes and the Joker became a cackling maniac.
That changed with the success of the 1960s Batman television series which brought the character to the forefront along with the rest of the classic rogues gallery.
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Batman is sometimes portrayed as arrogant, treating allies with various degrees of disrespect, for example, upsetting the resurrected Green Lantern Hal Jordan to the point that Hal punched him.
A notable example is Batman's primary vehicle, the Batmobile, usually depicted as an imposing fl car with large tailfins that suggest a bat's wings; another is his chief throwing weapon, the batarang, a bat-shaped boomerang/throwing star.
In proper practice, the "bat" prefix (as in batmobile or batarang) is rarely used by Batman himself when referring to his equipment, particularly after some portrayals (primarily the 1960s Batman live-action television show and the Super Friends animated series) stretched the practice to camp proportions.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Kids' WB
The WB Television Network, casually referred to as The WB, or sometimes as The Frog (referring to the networks former mascot, the animated character Michigan J. Frog), is a television network in the United States, founded as a joint venture between the Warner Bros....
Xiaolin Showdown was an American animated television series about Omi, a young orphaned monk-in-training from the Xiaolin Temple (a name based on the real-life Shaolin Temple), street-smart Raimundo Pedrosa from Brazil, high-tech focused Kimiko Tohomiko from Japan, and cowboy Clay Bailey from Texas who have...
Batman Beyond (known as Batman of the Future in Europe, Latin America, Australia, and New Zealand) was an American animated television series created by WB Network in collaboration with DC Comics as a continuation of the Batman legacy.
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 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In the 1960s TV Batman series, the only available information on his early life is that he was once an actor.
Batman eventually learns that the Penguin's run for mayor is a cover for his true intentions: to kidnap and murder every first-born child in Gotham City as a twisted act of revenge for being abandoned as a child.
In the 1997's follow-up to the original animated series, The New Batman Adventures, The Penguin lost his deformed appearance [1], regaining his five-fingered hands and losing his hunched back (although, like the other changes characters underwent, this was not a story point, but merely a new artistic interpretation of the character).
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 Science Fair Projects - Catwoman
Originally, Catwoman was a catsuit-garbed burglar and adversary of Batman, but as Batman grew darker and Catwoman sexier, the two shared an attraction and Catwoman has been written, quite seriously, as a romantic interest of her one-time foe.
She is often considered a potential romantic interest for Batman; in the 1970s DC Comics even ran an ongoing series set in a parallel universe in which Catwoman and Batman had married and had a daughter who fought crime as the Huntress.
The character also appeared very briefly (and was actually killed off) in the first episode of the television series, Birds of Prey (in which she was portrayed by Maggie Baird), which featured Catwoman's daughter, Huntress.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Catwoman   (650 words)

  
 Egghead (Batman) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Egghead never appeared in other Batman mediums outside of the 1960s series and has never been a part of the comic book continuity (although humorous allusions to him are made from time to time).
Along with fellow villain King Tut, he is considered a goofier element of Batman's past that would not fit well with the darker portrayal of the character that has been in effect since the 1980s.
Reasoning that the enormous expense involved would point to only one of three Gotham City millionaires who would be of the right age as Batman and deducing that two could not be the Caped Crusader {One has a French accent and the other is a southpaw}, the last, Bruce Wayne, must be Batman.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Egghead_(Batman)   (403 words)

  
 Science Fair Projects - The Riddler
In Canadian translation of various Batman comic books, his nom de plume is "Le Sphinx" (as in the riddle-posing monster of Greek mythology that Oedipus confronted), because the French language is spoken in some areas.
In the 1960s Batman television series and spin-off movie, the Riddler was played by Frank Gorshin and John Astin.
Before the television series, the character was a minor villain, but the exposure of the series, especially with the manic portrayal by Gorshin, elevated the character in the comics to a major enemy.
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 Batman (1989 movie) . Jack Nicholson . Michael Keaton . 1960s . Batman Forever   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Batman was released in United States U.S. theaters on June 23, 1989 by Warner Bros. and soon became the highest grossing film movie of the year.
This movie ushered a return to the "dark" roots of the Batman of the comic book comics and away from the campy 1960s Batman 1960s TV series Batman television series and cartoon Super Friends.
Alec is a demon, played by Michael Trucco, in the television series Charmed, about three witch sisters that fight evil, using the power of three.
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 YouTube - Batman 1960s Intro
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The introduction to the Batman live-action series starring Adam West and Burt Ward.
1960s Batman Television Series Intro - Season 1 & 2
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 Batman TV Show
The series was produced in the United States and debuted at 7:30, Wednesday evening, January 12, 1966 on ABC television, with the conclusion airing at 7:30 Thursday night, January 13 (replacing The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet on Wednesdays [which moved to Saturday] and the canceled primetime music variety series Shindig!
Batman's dual identity was that of the debonair "millionaire philanthropist" Bruce Wayne, who lived outside the city in "stately Wayne Manor." He lived with his youthful ward Dick Grayson, also known as Robin (Burt Ward), faithful butler Alfred (Alan Napier), and Aunt Harriet Cooper (Madge Blake).
The series is notable for its use of cliffhanger endings, and the "Batclimb cameo", whereby the Dynamic Duo would occasionally scale the outside of a tall building, encountering cameo appearances from top celebrities of the day.
www.retrojunk.com /details_tvshows/1345-batman   (593 words)

  
 Batman TV Show
The key to Batman was in the lead actors playing outlandishly fantastic situations with a straight face, and the stunt-casting of hot TV personalities like Julie Newmar (as the Catwoman) along with aging movie icons like Cesar Romero (as the Joker) and Frank Gorshin (as the Riddler).
Batman changed the course of television in a profound way by proving that a program could debut midseason and still be a hit.
In March 2005, Potter came across the agreement between Fox and ABC and discovered she was entitled to 26 percent of the net profits from that agreement as well.
www.tvparty.com /fallbatman.html   (1245 words)

  
 ...research...
I also didn't know that Batman was a comic book hero and at the time no one knew what success this character would have in the movies several years later.
I didn't really start enjoying the Batman television series until this summer when it began to play on the TV Land station.
There is a history, list of Batman and his villains' appearances during the "Golden Age," a list of reprints, and a cover gallery.
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 "Batman" (1966)
From the moment that you hear "Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na Batman!", you always know that you're in for something good.
This "Batman" was in a way more interesting than the later movies, mainly because of the graphics that appear whenever someone gets hit.
Of course, the premise needs no explanation, but Batman (Adam West) and Robin (Burt Ward) are truly a cross between old-style superheroes and the 1960s.
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 COMICON.com: NEWS: OWN BATMAN'S 'CYCLE
Offered here is the Bat Cycle used by Batman (Adam West) & Robin (Burt Ward) in the original 1960's BATMAN television series.
After the series wrapped, it was returned to it's owner/creator Dan Dempski, then was sold to the Harrah's Automobile Collection where it remained on display.
When the original Batman series was in the planning stages, Dan was working on the Batmobile, and came up with a design for the BatCycle!
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 www.theCrimsonCollector.com - HOME PAGE
The series, produced by Reunion Pictures, is slated to debut on SCI FI in July of '07, with a broadcast syndication window to follow.
In 2002 and again in 2004, characters from the cartoon series "Scooby-Doo" were brought to the big screen in films that combined live actors and animation.
After its cancellation in 1949, the series was reborn in 1959 with a revised story line, and it has been revived several times.
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 Batman Movie Info, Cast, Plot & links
Many people who recognized Batman from the 1960s television series reprehended the film for being too solemn and humorless; however, it should be noted that the character's original tone was serious-minded and not comedic or mirthful.
Two animated series (Batman: The Animated Series and The Adventures of Batman and Robin) were created in the wake of the film's success, and three sequels --Batman Returns (1992), Batman Forever (1995), and Batman and Robin (1997)-- were produced.
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm a spin-off of the animated television series, was released in 1993.
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 Mr._Freeze
In darker incarnations of the Batman mythos, Mr.
Zero, the producers of the 1960's Batman televison series renamed him Mr.
In Batman: The Animated Series' 'Heart of Ice' episode, backstory and motivations were created that led to a more complex, tragic character.
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 Catwoman comics. Pictures, back issues and more about Catwoman
Later she wore a dress with a hood that came with ears, and still later a bodysuit with attached boots and either a domino or glasses-mask.
In the 1960s, the bodysuit was green in color, which was typical of villains.
The most recent such series, written by Ed Brubaker, was launched in 2001 and as of 2005 is still running to great acclaim.
www.comicshack.com /catwoman   (127 words)

  
 Reel Comics #4: Live Action Super-hero Showdown - The Hollywood News
Debuting on ABC, Batman was aired twice a week in half-hour installments with a cliffhanger connecting the two episodes, as a reference to the structure of the old Batman serials which were gaining a camp audience at the time.
When the television show ended several years later, West and Ward had become so iconic in their characters that they were typecast for much of their career, and found it hard to break out of their roles.
Featuring a terrible script that sought to recapture the campiness of the 1960s television series, but lacking the charm and low budget innocence of West's Batman to pull it off, the film was a staggering, bloated spectacle of everything terrible about shameless summer blockbuster movie-making.
www.thehollywoodnews.com /article/09040601.php   (2603 words)

  
 Batman & Robin TV series from the 1960s
Batman is a thrilling 30-minute action series based upon the characters created by Bob Kane in 1939 appearing in Batman and Detective Comics Magazine published by National Periodical Publications, Inc. During his long career he was featured in the Superman radio series and in two movie serials produced during World War II.
In 1966 the ABC network decided to produce the first Batman television series and it became an immediate hit.
In the Batlab, and at the Batcave, Batman and Robin were helped by the most advanced technology to fight their enemies.
www.40smovies.us /batman.htm   (433 words)

  
 NPR : Batman, Present at the Creation
Watch a clip from Batman, the TV series, in which Eartha Kitt stars as Catwoman.
Watch a clip from Batman, the TV series, in which Burgess Meredith stars as The Penguin.
Batman has also come to television screens in animated series, and of course, still appears regularly in comic books.
www.npr.org /programs/morning/features/patc/batman/index.html   (1103 words)

  
 Batman: Mask of the Phantasm - Widescreen Fullscreen Dubbed - DVD
This stylish animated adventure is based on the '90s animated television series, which in turn is based on the original comics and Tim Burton's live action "Batman" films.
Unlike the campy 1960s version of Batman, this version is half-mad from the superhero's obsession with justice.
Batman continues his investigation and discovers a disturbing link between Andrea, who suddenly shows up after many years absence, and the villain.
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 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Sprang's first work was seen in Batman #17, and he continued as one of the main Batman illustrators for the next 20 years.
The opening credits to the 1960s television series are drawn in his style.
Sprang's version of Batman is paid tribute to in the "Legends of the Dark Knight" episode of The New Adventures of Batman animated series.
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