Comments on: Holy Wall-Walking Cameo, Batman!

Holy Wall-Walking Cameo, Batman!

fearfulsymmetry — Sat, 24 May 2008 03:10:49 -0800

When you are ascending the side of a building with your Boy Wonder, you really don't know who is going to pop out of that window.

By: rmd1023

rmd1023 — Sat, 24 May 2008 05:39:19 -0800

clearly, some of the awesomeness was lost on me when i watched this as a kid.

By: subgear

subgear — Sat, 24 May 2008 05:46:42 -0800

Santa's had a little too much reindeer dust.

By: dobbs

dobbs — Sat, 24 May 2008 06:09:44 -0800

The Lurch paid led to this gem.

By: CitrusFreak12

CitrusFreak12 — Sat, 24 May 2008 06:13:49 -0800

So I watched them all. And then I turned my laptop on its side and watched them again. I'm not sure which why I like them best.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Sat, 24 May 2008 06:14:19 -0800

DAH-dah-dah-dah-dah-dah-dah-dah- DAH-dah-dah-dah-dah-dah-dah-dah- BAT-MAAAAAAN! also, what rmd1023 said.

By: Busithoth

Busithoth — Sat, 24 May 2008 06:23:04 -0800

I'd not seen any of these. about as good a way as any to stick a 'celebrity' onto a show. I, too, went right for the lurch-fest. thanks

By: DreamerFi

DreamerFi — Sat, 24 May 2008 06:44:22 -0800

I will derive! this is the thread for silly one-link youtube comments, right?

By: nola

nola — Sat, 24 May 2008 07:00:10 -0800

That was fun.

By: Fuzzy Skinner

Fuzzy Skinner — Sat, 24 May 2008 07:15:42 -0800

Great post. When I watched Batman as a kid, the influence of my older brother helped me appreciate the jokey campiness of it, but I was still young enough take it seriously as well. But at some point, I wondered why they couldn't just take the stairs.

By: The Card Cheat

The Card Cheat — Sat, 24 May 2008 07:23:39 -0800

When you are ascending the side of a building with your Boy Wonder, you really don't know who is going to pop out of that window. If you know what I mean.

By: PlusDistance

PlusDistance — Sat, 24 May 2008 07:49:32 -0800

So Col. Klink escaped after the war, and the authorities in Gotham City never did anything about the obvious Nazi war criminal living in their midst? Wow. That's really a strike against Batman, in my book.

By: doobiedoo

doobiedoo — Sat, 24 May 2008 08:01:48 -0800

in the second one in the dark it looks like batman is pulling the rope through robin's ass

By: squasha

squasha — Sat, 24 May 2008 08:02:57 -0800

Ah! Hahahahahaha! So good to know that I hadn't imagined these! Thank you, fearfulsymmetry. (Also, PlusDistance? The spouse had the exact same response when we reached the Klink link.)

By: me & my monkey

me & my monkey — Sat, 24 May 2008 08:09:25 -0800

Col. Klink escaped after the war, and the authorities in Gotham City never did anything about the obvious Nazi war criminal living in their midst? Col. Klink wasn't a war criminal, was he? I'm sure Hogan would have put in a good word for him after the war.

By: nowonmai

nowonmai — Sat, 24 May 2008 08:11:06 -0800

Ha! I really didn't know who any of those people who popped out of that window were. Serves me right for being foreign, I suppose. Tremendous fun, nonetheless. Who will it be in the forthcoming Batman movie, I wonder? Seems like a fellow could get himself elected President on the back of such a stunt.

By: PlusDistance

PlusDistance — Sat, 24 May 2008 09:05:07 -0800

I'm sure Hogan would have put in a good word for him after the war. Actually, Hogan would have been one of the few witnesses who could have testifed against him. Which was why Klink was the first suspect when the former POW was found bludgeoned to death. The former Sgt. Schultz was picked up and questioned, but he claimed to know nothing and was eventually released. The murder is still unsolved.

By: roombythelake

roombythelake — Sat, 24 May 2008 09:23:14 -0800

"If you can't trust Santa, whom can you trust?" I had no memory of Batman being so, well, learned. The dipthongs, the line about warming up your muscles on a climb: he's practically the Jeeves to Robin's Wooster. That's a dimension of the show I have no memory of from when I was a kid. You know, except for the one clip where they're descending, it's almost Sisyphusean watching these all in a row. You get the impression they spent their whole lives on the sides of buildings, having these brief conversations with one another about nothing in particular which are inevitably interrupted by strangers, some foreign, some familiar, who, although providing a moment of levity, ultimately retreat back behind their windows to their own lives, leaving the two of them alone again, with no other choice but to keep on climbing higher, always higher. Since we don't see the end of their climb, we must speculate it never comes. Instead, they live out their lives sideways and in tights, wearing capes that miraculously dangle at a 60 degree angle to the ground, always in that order, Robin ahead, Batman behind, footstep after terrible footstep, arm over terrible arm. It's Climbing for Godot.

By: chococat

chococat — Sat, 24 May 2008 09:27:53 -0800

Yes, citizen, you may return to your harpsichord.

By: squasha

squasha — Sat, 24 May 2008 10:15:11 -0800

Klink and Schultz were invited to the orgies? Who knew?

By: Busithoth

Busithoth — Sat, 24 May 2008 10:19:19 -0800

Lurch (host with the most) was VERY confident in his manhood, they were all invited, squasha. SammyD? come on in, baby!

By: birdhaus

birdhaus — Sat, 24 May 2008 10:46:20 -0800

I believe Santa Claus is played by Chill Wills, character actor in numerous westerns and featured in the Francis the Talking Mule series. Not that you care, or anything . . . . Yes, citizen, you may return to your computer.

By: Grimp0teuthis

Grimp0teuthis — Sat, 24 May 2008 10:47:05 -0800

Well said, roombythelake. Was there a moment of unspoken jealousy and "what are you doing on my turf" between Batman and The Green Hornet before the professional courtesy kicked in?

By: Vindaloo

Vindaloo — Sat, 24 May 2008 10:50:16 -0800

LOL this was awesome.

By: humannaire

humannaire — Sat, 24 May 2008 11:13:19 -0800

Whoa. Batman knew Colonel Klink on good terms? There's an untold story here....

By: danb

danb — Sat, 24 May 2008 11:31:48 -0800

I was sort of smirking at all of these until I got to the "of" link, and then I completely lost it.

By: miss lynnster

miss lynnster — Sat, 24 May 2008 11:43:56 -0800

First off, ya gotta love the Klemperer. He rocked. And his biography amazes me: "Half-Jewish, Klemperer fled the Nazi regime with his family in 1933; they all made their way to Los Angeles, where his father obtained a conducting post. Klemperer began acting in high school and enrolled in acting courses in Pasadena before joining the United States Army to fight in World War II." So, he was half-jewish, fled Germany to escape the Nazi regime, then joined the U.S. Army to fight against his Nazi homeland, and will now be forever famous solely for pretending to be a bumbling Nazi. Crazy! Secondly, I really must start calling people "citizen" more often.

By: Kinbote

Kinbote — Sat, 24 May 2008 18:44:04 -0800

I believe Santa Claus is played by Chill Wills... Nah, it was noted horse opera character actor and children's show host Andy Devine. It's the voice what gave it away. Plunk your magic twanger, Citizen!

By: dhartung

dhartung — Sat, 24 May 2008 23:03:25 -0800

the obvious Nazi war criminal But Klink was neither (remember all his grudgingly dutiful Hitler salutes?). He was a Luftwaffe commander of a POW camp (not a death or even just concentration camp) which demonstrably never executed anyone for escape. (Counterpoint.) As such he would have been eligible for rehabilitation. He might even have continued as an officer in the Federal Republic. (If he were in the Democratic Republic, to the contrary, he probably would have fit in about as well, explaining why he emigrated to Gotham City.) Now, as to why Klink was still concerned about Hogan's escaping, all these years later, I think exegesis requires looking into the oeuvre of Bob Crane. And they said Batman was a family show.

By: Goofyy

Goofyy — Mon, 26 May 2008 06:15:34 -0800

LOL Dick Clark, almost looking young! Allow me a moment to indulge in confession, while admitting it is only to lighten my own burden. I took Batman very seriously as a kid, and never realized it was at all campy. Yes, even I was once a 9-year-old. (And I don't remember at all these scenes, and I can't imagine I missed very many Batman shows).

By: chillmost

chillmost — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:46:52 -0800

Behind the scenes!