... Hands up if you actually noticed I'd gone.
So between Christmas and the new year, I moved house. This was inconvenient and complicated, and had the side-effect of leaving me with no internet access until today (they activated the phone line on Wednesday, when I was in London watching the Spaghetti Western Orchestra and contemplating Ethiopia, I found the line was buggered when I got home on Thursday, and they managed to botch a partial fix this afternoon).
Anyway, the new place is great, and nearly tidy, and all that is boring so how about I talk about why Adam West is the most awesome Batman ever, based on a single two-parter?
Catwoman Goes to College
... The premise is that Catwoman is released from prison on the condition that parole board member Bruce Wayne serve as her parole officer.
On the insistence of parole board member Bruce Wayne.
It's official: Of all the Batmen there have ever been, the Adam West version is the greatest strategist of all.
Okay, it's entirely possible that Batman is actually motivated by a genuine belief in Catwoman's rehabilitation, coupled with a sensible desire to keep an eye on her. But, on the other hand, this.
(Same episode as we learn that Batman has a Bat-Plan to Tap That, the revelation that Gotham University has a statue of Batman. Made from an exact mould of his body. Oh yeah, Batman let the coeds take a mould of his body, alright. Make sure you measure the Bat-Pole while you‘re down there, ladies)
Of course, Catwoman was released from prison in full costume, minus the mask. And attended lectures in costume, with mask and henchmen. Lectures given by Batman.
Man, I love this show.
And then, of course, there's Catwoman's team-up proposal.
"What about Robin?" Batman asks.
"Oh, I’d kill him. Painlessly, of course."
Anyway, the new place is great, and nearly tidy, and all that is boring so how about I talk about why Adam West is the most awesome Batman ever, based on a single two-parter?
Catwoman Goes to College
... The premise is that Catwoman is released from prison on the condition that parole board member Bruce Wayne serve as her parole officer.
On the insistence of parole board member Bruce Wayne.
It's official: Of all the Batmen there have ever been, the Adam West version is the greatest strategist of all.
Okay, it's entirely possible that Batman is actually motivated by a genuine belief in Catwoman's rehabilitation, coupled with a sensible desire to keep an eye on her. But, on the other hand, this.
(Same episode as we learn that Batman has a Bat-Plan to Tap That, the revelation that Gotham University has a statue of Batman. Made from an exact mould of his body. Oh yeah, Batman let the coeds take a mould of his body, alright. Make sure you measure the Bat-Pole while you‘re down there, ladies)
Of course, Catwoman was released from prison in full costume, minus the mask. And attended lectures in costume, with mask and henchmen. Lectures given by Batman.
Man, I love this show.
And then, of course, there's Catwoman's team-up proposal.
"What about Robin?" Batman asks.
"Oh, I’d kill him. Painlessly, of course."