Hey guys, I just wanted to make a go to thread for rare vids on YouTube either about Batmania, or hype. I'll update it if I find anymore rare vids. Please feel free to add more vids if you got them. Sorry if vids aren't displaying on the thread properly.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=npH1qkMmsYU&list=PLoWe7U721SFOTswjf1atK3g9uU1tnTG77&index=3&t=0s
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gqv9RUPlAk0&list=PLoWe7U721SFOTswjf1atK3g9uU1tnTG77&index=4&t=3s
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nxOIxaP3i78&list=PLoWe7U721SFOTswjf1atK3g9uU1tnTG77&index=5&t=4s
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ipVh1wGijXU&list=PLoWe7U721SFOTswjf1atK3g9uU1tnTG77&index=6&t=0s
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OAK8zxQ-B80&list=PLoWe7U721SFOTswjf1atK3g9uU1tnTG77&index=9&t=0s
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dWRkeVbC6vc&list=PLoWe7U721SFOTswjf1atK3g9uU1tnTG77&index=11&t=0s
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xWzwOs7T7cg&t=370s
Someone posted a high quality version of Prince's Electric Chair performance on SNL.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x0pqgvEAw40
Here is a news report covering the world premiere.
https://youtu.be/LcNwfIIVGKY
Randy Quaid warned before seeing the film that he anticipated B89 would be darker than some people expected. And to think some people would argue and say it's campy.
Quote from: The Laughing Fish on Sun, 16 Aug 2020, 11:13
Randy Quaid warned before seeing the film that he anticipated B89 would be darker than some people expected. And to think some people would argue and say it's campy.
I do have a problem with people referring to it as "campy" as well. It's certainly more fantastical, and does have a lot of humor but a lot of that is by design. In regards to the Batman character though, I don't find anything funny/campy about him. When people bring up the word "campy" it almost feels like they're exclusively referring to The Joker. However, what's brilliant about The Joker in this film I that he seems fun and goofy on the surface but everything he does in this film is so sadistic.
This whole thing of it being "campy" came about after Nolan's films. The intention of the 89 film was never to be what Nolan has done with his films. Also, there are moments in Batman Begins & especially The Dark Knight Rises that are silly. With Batman I think that just comes with the territory.
I found this awesome mini-doc on the Batmania in a store from Ireland. Unfortunately, I can't find a way to embed the video.
https://www.rte.ie/archives/2014/1006/650329-batmania-comes-to-dublin/
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1PpeSKW3TrI
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r9vRfBel_Fk
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W7Uw3kRA_wI
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FW-XdWtTOng&t=2s
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qxfKY6IqAbc
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok6vlfhMKKg
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix1JAt7qIgw
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AUVv_DRDDmE
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CeOUmUWgrkM
Quote from: BatmanFurst on Wed, 6 Jan 2021, 17:40
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qxfKY6IqAbc
Bob Hope as the Joker. Now there's something I never thought I'd see.
Quote from: BatmanFurst on Wed, 6 Jan 2021, 17:40
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CeOUmUWgrkM
Walter Koenig appears in this one, and it would have been around the same time that Star Trek V was released. It's interesting to see him appearing here as a fan, since his son Andrew would go on to play the Joker in Sandy Collora's Batman: Dead End (2003).
Quote from: Silver Nemesis on Wed, 6 Jan 2021, 18:48
Quote from: BatmanFurst on Wed, 6 Jan 2021, 17:40
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qxfKY6IqAbc
Bob Hope as the Joker. Now there's something I never thought I'd see.
Quote from: BatmanFurst on Wed, 6 Jan 2021, 17:40
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CeOUmUWgrkM
Walter Koenig appears in this one, and it would have been around the same time that Star Trek V was released. It's interesting to see him appearing here as a fan, since his son Andrew would go on to play the Joker in Sandy Collora's Batman: Dead End (2003).
Yeah that second video is interesting for a couple of reasons. First off I didn't know that Walter Koenig was into comics at all so that was a pleasant surprise. Second, I saw a picture of Golden Apple during the Batmania craze and was always curious as to what the rest of the store looked like. So it's pretty cool to see a video the explores what else was in there.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ty1YSYtvDh8
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi3eZRkvW0I
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3dwQCK9sdk
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8B37w1dzj04
This one's really interesting. I never knew that ET aired the story about the winner. Based on the commercial I always thought Robert Wuhl was going to some dudes house to deliver it.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DMNG7rx9-1U&t=4s
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kosk6bErWRE
Starting at 9:40 are interviews with Kim Basinger and Michael Keaton.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oj0Hq75kQww&t=582s
Basinger is unbelievably gorgeous in that video. Basically the perfect lead female in terms of looks and having a caring, warm personality. As Joker said before his untimely descent, "they don't make them like they used to."
I'm not expecting it, but it'd be nice to have some update about Vicki's status in the B89 comic. She could've left Gotham to be a foreign correspondent. Or, finally succumbed to the relentless advances of Knox?
You have to admit, that would be funny.
Here's a promo for Dance Party USA (80's Teen Dance Show) showcasing the multiple times that the dancers wore Bat paraphernalia. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j6aYoyWOoxM
Starting at 04:16 is another rare tv spot. It has what sounds like the on set audio from the "Whatever you do, don't let go" scene. It's interesting how some of the tv spots seemingly tried to capture the feel of that initial teaser trailer. Beyond that though, there are also some other fun tv spots for other films coming out that summer. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rMl5Yn1vemc&t=287s
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NKiEXpfc8PU
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rpiuiJCm9IU
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JMfGq1Hz1hU
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BDLbfXBXUlg&list=WL&index=34
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sMXCL9UYOG4&list=WL&index=35
Did anyone archive the Jon Peters interview that was the Eyes on Cinema channel?
Here are some vintage reactions to Keaton being cast as Batman. I'd always heard that the trailer shut up all the naysayers of Keaton's casting, but apparently that wasn't the case.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4alh4q1gw0Q
Quote from: Kamdan on Fri, 23 Jul 2021, 02:21
Did anyone archive the Jon Peters interview that was the Eyes on Cinema channel?
I don't think I ever came across it. What did he talk about?
Quote from: BatmanFurst on Sat, 11 Sep 2021, 14:21
Here are some vintage reactions to Keaton being cast as Batman. I'd always heard that the trailer shut up all the naysayers of Keaton's casting, but apparently that wasn't the case.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4alh4q1gw0Q
West.had an axe to grind. I don't hold it against him because he was a man who was chewed up by the Hollywood system. He went from the the top of the world to being barely able to get work.
West could've absolutely played a darker Batman if that was the mandate. His voice already had authority and confidence, which is intimidating on its own. I wouldn't be playing chicken with the man who snapped to say "but that's enough of this". You feel his annoyance in still talking about Batman but also being passed over. Up until that point he was pigeonholed as Batman, and suddenly he didn't even have complete ownership of it anymore. Keaton and Affleck are my top two of the darker Batman actors, but West is still my number one, and existing to the side in his own category. I'll always appreciate him.
Quote from: BatmanFurst on Sat, 11 Sep 2021, 14:21
Here are some vintage reactions to Keaton being cast as Batman. I'd always heard that the trailer shut up all the naysayers of Keaton's casting, but apparently that wasn't the case.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4alh4q1gw0Q
I guess Adam West's first cameo on The Simpsons wasn't all in jest when mentioning Burton's Batman.
https://youtu.be/9PCL15eKnPE
But what a great video. It really captures the sentiment of the skepticism surrounding Keaton's casting at the time, and the consensus surrounding Batman's psychological issues. Nowadays, discourse surrounding Batman's state of mind is infantilised with denials and gatekeeping that borders on revisionist history. Too much emphasis on this no-kill subject and less on what mental health implications does one might have by becoming a dedicated crimefighter. Most discussions surrounding the character today are a lot less mature compared to what this old news report talks about.
As for B89 deciding to capitalise on the "No Robin" sentiment at the time, I'm convinced we would've gotten Robin if Dick Grayson never became Nightwing and Jason Todd never existed.
QuoteI don't think I ever came across it. What did he talk about?
It's been a while, but I recall Peters addressing the out of the box idea of casting someone like Bill Murray at first as Batman that eventually lead to the casting of Michael Keaton, along with convincing Jack Nicholson to come on board. It was a decent sized interview and was good to hear from his perspective that's missing from the DVD special features. He's really gotten dogged down by Kevin Smith's elaborated tales of the Superman screenplay.
QuoteI'd always heard that the trailer shut up all the naysayers of Keaton's casting, but apparently that wasn't the case.
I've always understood that the point of that trailer was to dispel everyone thinking the movie was going to be a comedy, especially when Keaton and Burton were associated with that genre at the time. Material like the Wall Street Journal criticism article weren't complaining about petty details like Keaton's height and "balding" hair. They were reacting to Warner Bros. shareholders being told a lot of money was going into this new version of the character and it appeared that they were backtracking into what was considered to be antiquated at the time that would make them lose money instead of gain it.
Quote from: Kamdan on Sun, 12 Sep 2021, 09:41
QuoteI don't think I ever came across it. What did he talk about?
It's been a while, but I recall Peters addressing the out of the box idea of casting someone like Bill Murray at first as Batman that eventually lead to the casting of Michael Keaton, along with convincing Jack Nicholson to come on board. It was a decent sized interview and was good to hear from his perspective that's missing from the DVD special features. He's really gotten dogged down by Kevin Smith's elaborated tales of the Superman screenplay.
I just left a comment on one of his vids asking him to repost it. Fingers crossed.
Just a couple videos that cover the release of the VHS at the time.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IjnKHB0k674
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=o8GpnaeRxwE
Here's an interview with Robert Wuhl promoting B89, as he talks about the time he spent with Jack Nicholson, and describing his character Alexander Knox.
https://youtu.be/MwMNjX9Q6ts
https://youtu.be/SFXNtYKbmr4
Interesting vid about the guy who won the MTV Batmobile contest, and all that transpired afterwards.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCGPP-h52ZI
This highlights the Batmania in France at the time. Unfortunately the whole thing is French with no English subtitles. Still a nice little gem though.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VfjcIkaSvSQ&t=1s
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tIj63Bgbj_I&t=67s
This user remastered the teaser in HD for the first time.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7Bc69q9hXk
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DmsZVR_5ELQ
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T5xc2CLkHkA
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z-R8pVcBNXI
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zgcn9l-LGcA
Quote from: BatmanFurst on Mon, 28 Feb 2022, 18:24
This user remastered the teaser in HD for the first time.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7Bc69q9hXk
I've been hoping for the last couple of years someone would do something like this and am overwhelmed that the day has finally arrived. This is what the 4K Blu-ray should have looked like.
Got another vintage vid today. According to the uploader this was from a local broadcast in Massachusetts. It's a Batman collector and store owner talking about collectible Batman merch and they discuss the 89 film a few times. It also comes complete with a prank call!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GjmPyJG_mkk
According to the title these were cookies made in Peru at the time.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pG1lRUIH30s
Quote from: Kamdan on Tue, 1 Mar 2022, 21:08
Quote from: BatmanFurst on Mon, 28 Feb 2022, 18:24
This user remastered the teaser in HD for the first time.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7Bc69q9hXk
I've been hoping for the last couple of years someone would do something like this and am overwhelmed that the day has finally arrived. This is what the 4K Blu-ray should have looked like.
In terms of the picture quality, I'm very happy with the 4K remaster. I've seen users on forums compare the 4K to a 35mm print of the film and it seemed faithful to me. Just a shame that it took 30 years to get a release that remained true to how the film looked in theatres.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7eLgzQMoSOc
From 8:00 to 9:54 is a news segment on the merchandise for the film.
This is the commercial for Taco Bell's promotion
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PjGuh2Fbic4
Got another Taco Bell ad, and some pics of what the promotion looked like at the time.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rUGSMrmQAYk
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(https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.Err7jc77z5IPXbAt8qAW3wHaFU&pid=Api&P=0&w=557&h=400)
Quote from: BatmanFurst on Mon, 28 Mar 2022, 00:55
Got another Taco Bell ad, and some pics of what the promotion looked like at the time.
(https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/OCR-L-TACOBELL-60THINGS-0320-01-1.jpeg?w=1280)
Ah, those damn countertop cardboard cup holders! Every time I try to win one on Ebay the price doubles. ::)
Quote from: GBglide on Mon, 28 Mar 2022, 05:03
Quote from: BatmanFurst on Mon, 28 Mar 2022, 00:55
Got another Taco Bell ad, and some pics of what the promotion looked like at the time.
(https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/OCR-L-TACOBELL-60THINGS-0320-01-1.jpeg?w=1280)
Ah, those damn countertop cardboard cup holders! Every time I try to win one on Ebay the price doubles. ::)
I saw one on eBay just now going for a starting bid of $38, but it's not the countertop one it's the kind that they'd hang from the ceiling.
I gotta say in retrospect, the McDonalds glasses for Batman Forever blow all the other cup promotions out of the water. Really wish Batman 89 had been given cups of that quality.
I still have my B89 cup. I still use it to the day.
Quote from: BatmanFurst on Mon, 28 Mar 2022, 20:29
Quote from: GBglide on Mon, 28 Mar 2022, 05:03
Quote from: BatmanFurst on Mon, 28 Mar 2022, 00:55
Got another Taco Bell ad, and some pics of what the promotion looked like at the time.
(https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/OCR-L-TACOBELL-60THINGS-0320-01-1.jpeg?w=1280)
Ah, those damn countertop cardboard cup holders! Every time I try to win one on Ebay the price doubles. ::)
I saw one on eBay just now going for a starting bid of $38, but it's not the countertop one it's the kind that they'd hang from the ceiling.
Yeah, that ceiling one went pretty cheap, but then the countertop one went for $158.
Pretty nice quaity!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux6EYDEt9Gw
Quote from: eledoremassis02 on Fri, 8 Apr 2022, 17:21
Pretty nice quaity!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux6EYDEt9Gw
Nice! I wonder where this aired originally. It's on the home video special features if I'm not mistaken.
In 1989 a Mexican candy bar named "Carlos V" made an exclusive sticker book to tie in with the film. Below is the original commercial along with a vid that shows what a completed version of the sticker book looked like.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RknkhwSIhV4
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=u93OuLfMdqA
Here are a couple of videos I found: one is a short news bulletin reporting the premiere in LA, and the other is a vox pop montage of fans who watched the trailer for the first time.
https://youtu.be/nYzeQ1xXITE
https://youtu.be/aRJPNpxUYLw
Got a vid from June 23, 1989 covering the Bat-Craze in Dallas at the time.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tvhOwJWm3Ao
This clip reminds me how the comics were humming in the background all that time during the post West years and the movie solidified the darker movement. I think Batman will always be big, but it's going to take something really special to reach the heights of B89, TDK and JOKER. The Batman had hype, but it wasn't like those others.
Quote from: The Dark Knight on Tue, 28 Jun 2022, 00:23
This clip reminds me how the comics were humming in the background all that time during the post West years and the movie solidified the darker movement. I think Batman will always be big, but it's going to take something really special to reach the heights of B89, TDK and JOKER. The Batman had hype, but it wasn't like those others.
The Dark Knight and Spider-Man (2002) are the only comic book films from my lifetime (born in 1992) that felt like big events upon release. I know Infinity War and Endgame were bigger box office wise, but the build up to them wasn't the same as those aforementioned films.
Quote from: BatmanFurst on Tue, 28 Jun 2022, 01:06
Quote from: The Dark Knight on Tue, 28 Jun 2022, 00:23
This clip reminds me how the comics were humming in the background all that time during the post West years and the movie solidified the darker movement. I think Batman will always be big, but it's going to take something really special to reach the heights of B89, TDK and JOKER. The Batman had hype, but it wasn't like those others.
The Dark Knight and Spider-Man (2002) are the only comic book films from my lifetime (born in 1992) that felt like big events upon release. I know Infinity War and Endgame were bigger box office wise, but the build up to them wasn't the same as those aforementioned films.
I agree. The films we've mentioned felt like cultural moments, or breakthroughs of some kind. There has to be a hook for a movie to be really special. It's a rare thing and happens only so often. Batman (1989) had it in spades. It was reintroducing the general public to something they loved and also missed. We don't really get the chance to miss something these days.
Here's a vid covering the counterfeit Batman merch on the market.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=c0-HEzUwwHQ&t=1s
Thanks to YouTube Channel "Vampire Robot" for uploading the past 2 clips. They have a lot of vintage footage like this on their channel.
Quote from: The Dark Knight on Tue, 28 Jun 2022, 04:54
We don't really get the chance to miss something these days.
No, we don't. Especially not for 20 years as was the case here for the 89 film. For Batman to be gone that long in live action only to return in a form that the mainstream hadn't seen before was part of the excitement.
Keaton Batman next to a generic Superman in the Warner Brother's Studio Store located in Braintree, Massachusetts inside of the South Shore Plaza
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHNmLRA5kfs
Shout out to Youtuber "Ernie's Sports Classics" for this next one. This is the commercial for the 1989 Batman & Joker converse shoes. This commercial is very rare, I've been looking for it for a little while now. The commercial is at 1:04.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_neBV4c-ngM
Here's some Entertainment Tonight segments regarding Keaton and the merchandise surrounding the film.
https://youtu.be/CWvEfDecANg
https://youtu.be/MS9VLhtnWVk
https://youtu.be/kUzI3cJvbDQ
Some commercials for the Batman video games
https://youtu.be/yaBVy-0ANzA
https://youtu.be/scKDCAuhy9Y
https://youtu.be/xCIdlYu6I-A
At 0:50 is a small clip from Kirk Hammett (Metallica) complaining about how tired he is of the hype.
https://youtu.be/6OwRkOFPE0M
This next one is a little random, but stick with me. I listen to a podcast called Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers and they did an episode on Batman. To illustrate how big of a deal Batman had become in terms of fashion the host referred to this performance by Eric Clapton in 1989 on a show called Night Music. Notice how Clapton is dressed in this performance.
https://youtu.be/FtEWS310PaI
Quote from: BatmanFurst on Tue, 21 Feb 2023, 21:55
This next one is a little random, but stick with me. I listen to a podcast called Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers and they did an episode on Batman. To illustrate how big of a deal Batman had become in terms of fashion the host referred to this performance by Eric Clapton in 1989 on a show called Night Music. Notice how Clapton is dressed in this performance.
https://youtu.be/FtEWS310PaI
I see Eric Clapton borrowed a suit from the Joker's wardrobe. I like it. 8)
Here's yet another ET news report from about B89's opening night.
https://youtu.be/REdle370kFg
Quote from: The Laughing Fish on Wed, 22 Feb 2023, 07:19
Here's yet another ET news report from about B89's opening night.
https://youtu.be/REdle370kFg
Was there a bigger premiere in the 80's? Eddie Murphy, Sylvester Stallone, Don Johnson, Tom Selleck, Billy Crystal, Glenn Close, Melanie Griffith,Eddie Van Halen, River Phoenix, and Robert Townsend. These are huge stars at the time showing up for a film that they had no involvement in.
Here's a 10 minute profile on Michael Keaton that aired a couple of months before Batman came out.
https://youtu.be/oKNfi9nCbvo
Shout out to Epic Film Guys for preserving this Today Show segment for the Batmania in 89.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=f94lqSlcvD0
https://youtu.be/tk02ZpuZpwU
This next one is regarding the Batman Halloween costumes in 1989. Seems like this was made in the summer of 1989.
At the height of Batmania in 1989 two guitars were made in Tulsa, OK. They are extremely rare nowadays. Only 50 were made of each. Starting at 1:13 the video below covers the release of the Batman guitar.
https://youtu.be/Vgtk8dfVIn8
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The video below is all in Spanish but it had some Batmania b-roll that I'd never seen before.
https://youtu.be/0yspqMCvqtA
As someone who plays guitar, I would love that Joker one. I never even knew those existed, but I just looked them up, and they go for around $3k-$4k.
This is a vintage Spanish commercial for what looks to be Batman markers and coloring books.
For this next one starting at 11:23 is a commercial for The College of Comic Book Knowledge which is a comic book shop in Minneapolis showing off their Batman merch.
Seems like they Photoshopped West's costume to look a little more like Keaton's. Weird.
And Out Of This World! The worst show that I ever loved. And I loved some pretty awful ones.
Quote from: thecolorsblend on Wed, 9 Aug 2023, 00:52Seems like they Photoshopped West's costume to look a little more like Keaton's. Weird.
Now that you mention it the cape and cowl do come as as black rather than light blue. It's interesting that seemingly every major city in America started to show the West series again surrounding the release of the 89 film. I think that brought in new fans to the show.
Quote from: BatmanFurst on Wed, 9 Aug 2023, 01:46Now that you mention it the cape and cowl do come as as black rather than light blue. It's interesting that seemingly every major city in America started to show the West series again surrounding the release of the 89 film. I think that brought in new fans to the show.
Not just major cities. Even the small town I lived in back then got the reruns.
B89, Adam West, Filmation's Adventures Of Batman, The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told and (somewhat) The Complete Frank Miller Batman all formed my introduction to the character. I think
I read somewhere that TV show getting new life post-B89 finally made West and Ward millionaires from residuals. In particular, West went from decades of constant money struggles to being a man of means and leisure very quickly. By 1990, he was set.
And if anyone associated with Batman ever deserved a golden parachute, it was him. He earned it.
Got another comic book store commercial from the Summer of 89.
Quote from: thecolorsblend on Wed, 9 Aug 2023, 02:36I read somewhere that TV show getting new life post-B89 finally made West and Ward millionaires from residuals. In particular, West went from decades of constant money struggles to being a mean of means and leisure very quickly. By 1990, he was set.
And if anyone associated with Batman ever deserved a golden parachute, it was him. He earned it.
That's interesting if true. Glad to know that everyone associated with Batman came out of Batmania with some more change in their pockets.
Quote from: BatmanFurst on Sat, 12 Aug 2023, 18:01Quote from: thecolorsblend on Wed, 9 Aug 2023, 02:36I read somewhere that TV show getting new life post-B89 finally made West and Ward millionaires from residuals. In particular, West went from decades of constant money struggles to being a mean of means and leisure very quickly. By 1990, he was set.
And if anyone associated with Batman ever deserved a golden parachute, it was him. He earned it.
That's interesting if true. Glad to know that everyone associated with Batman came out of Batmania with some more change in their pockets.
Michael Uslan made a post about the fude with Adam West turning into a friendship (apperently Adam West was against a darker Batman). And I wonder if this is partly why, it gave Adam the pay he deserved.
Here's something fun. On the 1989 Halloween special the host of Family Feud dressed up in a homemade version of Keaton's suit.
Here is this cute little scene from an episode of Full House featuring DJ and Stephanie Tanner dressed up as the Joker and Batman.
https://youtu.be/6Shxvuajv_k?t=147
I found a video chronicling the history behind the studio marketing for the Batmania hype.
https://youtu.be/cPMXwmU3T74