1. Batman and Tiny Toons2. Batman and Colonel Wilhelm Klink3. Batman and Scooby Doo4. Batman and the National Road Safety Commission5. Batman and Sesame StreetOne of the more entertaining collections of clips, actually. Although the introduction to the video oddly labels the 1943 Batman serial as a “small screen” production…Also, they fail to mention that Casey Kasem was pulling double duty in the Scooby Doo clip, playing both Shaggy and Robin. I know, I know, hard to believe…
It appears to be London traffic because it is in fact London traffic. It was a PSA for the UK’s “Green Cross Code”, which was used to teach kids to look both ways before crossing the street.
I realize it may not be so outright strange, but that time the Green Hornet and Kato brought their unblinking cool to hallucinatory Gotham66 and Burt Ward was terrified that Bruce Lee might literally kick his ass all over the studio, on camera, is certainly *interesting.*
From the reports at the time that Lee was pretty unhappy about such a comic approach to something he took *very* seriously, yeah, it might have been a real problem.
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1. Batman and Tiny Toons2. Batman and Colonel Wilhelm Klink3. Batman and Scooby Doo4. Batman and the National Road Safety Commission5. Batman and Sesame StreetOne of the more entertaining collections of clips, actually. Although the introduction to the video oddly labels the 1943 Batman serial as a “small screen” production…Also, they fail to mention that Casey Kasem was pulling double duty in the Scooby Doo clip, playing both Shaggy and Robin. I know, I know, hard to believe…
Solid point regarding mislabeling the 1943 Batman serial as “small screen”. It wasn’t a tv show it was a cockadoodie chapter play.
Do you guys do these off a template? Man, talk about low effort.
Why does the presumably American National Road Safety Commission show what appears to be London traffic?
It appears to be London traffic because it is in fact London traffic. It was a PSA for the UK’s “Green Cross Code”, which was used to teach kids to look both ways before crossing the street.
The Green Cross Man, who appeared on TV teaching kids road safety, was played by David Prowse, aka Darth Vader.
Green Cross Code Man is not to be confused with Greenzo, aka David Schwimmer
There was no small screen in 1943 (TVs in homes was still years away).
The Batman serials from the 1940s played as weekly matinees in movie theaters.
Seems like the kind of thing a member of an audiovisual club would know.
I realize it may not be so outright strange, but that time the Green Hornet and Kato brought their unblinking cool to hallucinatory Gotham66 and Burt Ward was terrified that Bruce Lee might literally kick his ass all over the studio, on camera, is certainly *interesting.*
To be fair, Bruce Lee actually kicking your ass is a valid concern.
From the reports at the time that Lee was pretty unhappy about such a comic approach to something he took *very* seriously, yeah, it might have been a real problem.
Bruce Lee did not seem to have much of a sense of humor.
It also remains to be seen how much of that story is true.