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Late Night Movie House of Crap: Bat-Surfing

24 Oct

October 24, 2012

I have a confession to make. Not everything I post in the Late Night Movie House of Crap is crap. I have a lot of affection for much of this stuff. Sure, King of Kong Island is garbage no matter how you look at it, but I absolutely love the old Superhero Serials. I’ve seen them all and watch them from time to time. True, there is more than its fair share of crap here (Konga, Paul Lynde as Superman, and A*P*E come to mind- why are there so many bad giant ape films?) but there are also some things I really like- the cheesiness of Mr. B Natural always makes me laugh and I love Doctor Who.

And then there is this.

The Batman TV show is unabashedly goofy and silly. Is it crap? To be honest it straddles the line, especially in the third and final season when the budget was slashed to none. But the first two seasons? I love it. I call it- and you can argue- genius.

But here is the pr0blem. This episode is my all-time favorite. It is HYSTERICAL from start to finish, yet also amazingly silly and, yes, dumb. Just look what happens in the span of 30 minutes, minus commercials:

Batman and Robin get turned into surfboards.
Batman and the Joker don their specialized surfing trunks.
Batman whips out his handy Bat-shark repellant for only the second time (the first was in the movie.)
The Joker has some strange plan to take over Gotham by winning a surfing championship.
And I repeat- Batman and Robin get turned into surfboards.

There is more, much more. I love the soundtrack to this one, and Batgirl is in the mix too, but the highlight is the surfing championship. I could tell you who wins but why spoil the fun?

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Late Night Movie House of Crap: Burt Ward Edition

19 Nov

November 19, 2010

OK, I’ve come to the conclusion that I am just not going to get to Konga and Gorgo. Frankly, it’s all to the good. This month we spend some time dealing with one of television’s lesser lights, Burt Ward. Why is this in the “Late Night” series? Because most of his work doesn’t deserve to see the light of day.

From his imdb page:

Batman (1966-1968)
The New Adventures of Batman [cartoon] (1977-1978)
Tarzan and the Super 7 [as Robin] (1978)
Legends of the Superheroes [as Robin] (1979)
The Simpsons [as Robin] (2002)
Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt (2003)

“Jeez,” you are undoubtedly saying. “Didn’t this guy do anything else?”
Well yes, he did, but they are things like:

Robot Ninja (1989)
Hot Under the Collar [as The Pope- yes, The Pope] (1991)
Virgin High [Dick Murphy] (hee hee) (1991)
Karate Raider (1995)
Assault of the Party Nerds 2 (1995)

You get the point.

Anyway, Burt Ward was born on July 6, 1945 in Los Angeles, California. That information is of absolutely no significance whatsoever, but anyway, we present this collection of Burt Ward as Robin, and his “holy” exclamations. Enjoy.

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