Episode 12 - Batman

Dearly Departed Podcast

Mike Dorsey

True Crime, Film History, Tv & Film

4.9 • 689 Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2019

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

SOCK! POW! ZOK! We take on the Dynamic Duo and the original Batman television series from the 1960s, and the fates of its many cast members, including Adam West, Frank Gorshin, Burgess Meredith, Cesar Romero, Julie Newmar, and Vincent Price! We also discuss the passing of Cars frontman Ric Ocasek and singer Eddie Money, host Scott Michaels' days of prank-calling celebrities, and more.

Co-host Mike Dorsey with Burt Ward (Robin) at a martial arts event at Hollywood Park in 2012

Envelope from Cesar Romero to host Scott Micheals with Oprah invitation included to keep an enclosed photo from bending

Thank you note from Vincent Price to Scott

Transcript

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0:00.0	It's the dearly departed podcast,
0:08.7	featuring your host, historian Scott Michaels and filmmaker Mike Dorsey.
0:18.5	Da-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-ha. It's another episode of Dearly Departed podcast.
0:27.4	It's episode 12.
0:28.9	Sploge.
0:29.8	How?
0:30.8	Smack.
0:31.6	Zock.
0:32.6	I'm Mike Dorsey.
0:34.1	I'm Scott Michaels.
0:34.9	And this is Dearly Departed podcast.
0:37.2	Amazing. So we are um if you can't tell
0:39.3	we're going to do the original Batman series from the 60s love and there are so many people
0:45.0	in stories to talk about with this one yeah I mean I was a real fan back when it was first
0:49.9	done and I had the dolls and everything really yeah yeah I am that old well it was I mean was on repeat when I was a kid, just like Gilligan's Island and all those other ones were, you know.
0:59.0	I mean, it was crazy the amount of, it was only three seasons, but they made 120 of them.
1:04.4	It's just like Gilligan's Island and those other ones, they just crank them out, man.
1:07.6	It's crazy.
1:08.5	And they look good.
1:10.0	Yeah. him out, man. It's crazy. And they look good. I know it's a campy show, but it was very well made.
1:13.1	Oh, the colors and the special effects and the wild set pieces.
1:16.4	The camera angles were really cool. Like everything about it was really, really well done for being in.
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