Here is a nice set of pictures sent in by Jim, a major Batman Fan. It's a Fine Art Print he received as a gift from a friend. It's a pencil drawing of CATWOMAN as she appeared in BATMAN THE MOVIE. Yes, the artwork is extremely beautiful, the face is a great likeness, but the neat thing is that it is signed by both Ms. Lee Merriwether and the artist, Greg Land. It's also #32 out of 100. I wanna thank Jim for allowing me to post these pics of this wonderful piece of art. I really love it, it's very very cool!
On November 17th & 18th there will be a major event going on in New England. It's time again for BOSTON SUPER-MEGAFEST!! The good news for Batman Fans is that a few of the special guests will be Adam West, Burt Ward, Lee Merriwether, & Julie Newmar. Here's your chance to meet the 1960's TV Show Batman, Robin, & 2 Catwoman actresses! They will also have many other pop-culture guests from the world of TV, movies, comic book art, etc...But, who cares, ha ha! Here's there URL for more information.http://www.supermegafest.com/
A new friend to the Bat-Blog, named Fred Grandinetti, just wrote an article for the "Movie Collector’s World" Magazine website. He did a piece in issue #734, August 2009 ) on the "The Three faces of The 60's Catwoman" from the 1966 Batman TV Series. Of course we all know them as Julie Newmar, Lee Meriwether, & Eartha Kitt. It's a very interesting read & at the end of this post we have a link to it. Also, if you're really into Vintage Movie Posters you might check out a few other features at the site. Basically, the entire web page is totally devoted to movie collectibles, pretty interesting stuff. I wanna thank Fred for sending me the link, plus let him know he did a really great job on the article ( Thanks Fred ). You can visit the site by clicking HERE!
OK, I gotta admit that I'm pretty proud of this post. Mainly because it's a great example of the positive synergy created by the Bat-Blog, plus it made a Batman Fan's dream come true! Now, how cool is that? Please let me try to explain, ha! We did a post the other day about the original 1960's Batcopter being at the Meadowlands Fairgrounds in NJ. Our friend BatDave had sent some really great photos & we thought it would be news worthy. Especially since the 60's Bat-Copter is so cool! Well, one Bat-Blog reader, named John, saw the post & totally freaked out! I mean, he had no idea about this thing going on & he lived close by so he could actually go! He almost jumped off the computer & ran to the car, ha ha! Long story short, he did go & he said it was an incredible day in his life. He got to fulfill a lifelong dream of riding in the actual Batcopter! Now, when he watches the Adam West / Burt Ward BATMAN movie, he can say that he has actually been inside that famous bat-vehicle. He took a lot of photos that he posted at his Flickr account. Here's a link to see them, just click HERE!Now, I hope he doesn't mind, but I stole a couple to use as an example here at the site, ha ha! The 1st one shows John sitting in the famous bat-vehicle. That smile on his face is priceless! The 2nd pic shows the inside of the cockpit where the real-life actors from the TV Show & Movie have signed it. The autographs include: Adam West ( Batman ), Burt Ward ( Robin, The Boy Wonder ) , Yvonne Craig ( Batgirl ), Julie Newmar ( TV Catwoman ), and Lee Merriwether ( Movie Catwoman ). The last photo shows John coming in for a landing. Oh yeah, here's a video he took of the Batcopter taking off, it's pretty cool to see! Thanks to everybody involved for making this happen.
Here's a pretty cool video I came across & I can't help but think this is our old friend Martin from the UK. He was really into collecting Custom Dolls & Action Figures, especially ones that were related to the 1966 Batman TV Series. Hmmm, I need to contact him & see. Either way this video is very interesting. In it this toy collector showcases his collection of Custom Toys that were made to resemble 4 Bat-Villians who were known as THE UNITED UNDERWORLD in the BATMAN feature film of 1966. The evil group included The Riddler ( Frank Gorshin ), Catwoman ( Lee Merriwether ), The Penguin ( Burgess Meredith ), & The Joker ( Cesar Romero )! Now, before you freak-out & start asking, "where do I buy these?", ha ha. These Mego Dolls are all custom made, even the display boxes. But you have to admit they're all extremely well-done. The head sculpts of each character look almost exactly like the real-life actors. The costumes are very accurate too & the display boxes are just a total bonus! Martin, if these are yours please contact me.
According to the TV Guide website Adam West, Lee Meriweather, and Burt Ward will appear as special guests on the TODAY SHOW Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 to hype the release of the 1966 BATMAN MOVIE on Blu-Ray Video. The official release date for the DVD is the same day, July 1st. So, be sure to set your TIVO recorder or VCR! I think the show comes on at 7:00am but you might check your local listings to be sure.
ABC News recently ran this story showing Adam West, Burt Ward, Yvonne Craig, Julie Newmar, & Lee Merriwether as they reunite at a Comic Con event in Anaheim, CA. It's an interesting news story about the 1966 BATMAN TV Show but the best thing is seeing them all together again. That, and I know some of the bat-fans wearing the bat-costumes & that's really fun to see!
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