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Holy Crossover, Batman!

Categories: batman, superman, sesame street

Posted on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 by durnmoose

batsup sesame

Don’t know why this ad amused me so when I ran across it the other day. Maybe it’s the fact that Batman is grinning like a complete doofus? (Maybe it’s the fact that it makes me want to use the word doofus in the first place?) Nonetheless, apparently Superman and Batman (and Robin, voiced by none other than Shaggy himself, Casey Kasem) did make animated appearances during the first couple of seasons of Sesame Street.

Somehow I can’t see today’s Dark Knight worrying about observing proper crosswalks!

batter up!

Categories: saturday morning toon time, batman, movie serials

Posted on Saturday, January 3, 2009 by durnmoose

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toon

so there have been a lot of different incarnations of the batman on saturday morning tv over the years… i remember many a weekend started off with bruce wayne and his pals in the hall of justice in the superfriends, and after years of being a lone act it appears he’s back to teaming up with different heroes on the new batman: the brave and the bold series…

serial but this morning i want to take you back before all of those series… back even before the famed adam west series… back to when batman wasn’t a staple of saturday morning tv but instead, of saturday afternoon at the theater…

the year is 1943… the world is at war… and at the saturday matinee, a new hero is taking to the screen to defend the usa against those who would harm her…

here’s a quick over-view courtesy of wikipedia…

Batman was a 15-chapter serial released in 1943 by Columbia Pictures. The serial starred Lewis Wilson as Batman and Douglas Croft as Robin. J. Carrol Naish played the villain, an original character named Dr. Daka. Rounding out the cast were Shirley Patterson as Linda Page (Bruce Wayne’s love interest), and William Austin as Alfred. The film is notable for being the first filmed appearance of Batman. Also, the film introduced “The Bat’s Cave”. The name was altered to the Batcave for use in the comic books as well as the Grandfather’s clock entrance. Also, the comic Alfred was overweight and clean-shaven prior to the serial’s release. Austin was trim and sported a thin moustache. The comic Alfred’s appearance was altered to match that of Austin’s, and remains the same to this day.

ok, enough intro… what say we get to the action, shall we?

(chapter one is actually in four parts due to youtube limitations, but the second section below picks it right up and so on… ’til we get to the cliffhangin’ climax…)

so, whaddaya think, mooseheads? anxious to see how our hero is gonna get out of this one? or shall we go back to the more traditional ‘toon time next week? comment below and let me hear your thots…

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