Fifty years ago a movie was released that had children stamping their feet at the Saturday morning matinees at the ABC. We were ABC minors and I still know the words to.our song. Whilst we delighted in Flash Gordon ( today that would just be wrong since they have drained the innocence out of everything) and cartoons and specially made drama from the Children's Film Foundation, whilst spending as much pocket money on sweets as we could. But fifty years ago a film was made from the success of a long running tv series WALLOP CRASH BANG...the worst staged fights in the world, that needed on screen text, to convince you of the intensity of the fight. Starting Adam West and Burt Ward. Not many know...but Burt was such a well built chap..that he had to mainly be filmed waist up..because his tights did not leave much to.the imagination. A fact that escaped me in the innocence of youth...but impresses me today!. The film was that successful...that over Xmas they didn't have a Santa's grotto...but a bat cave where you got bat milk, bat cookies and Bat man gave you a bat related chrimbo present. Happy days...I had a bat mask and cape. I would run down our entry and burst into.the street singing the tv theme. A bit sad for a 19 year old...but oh well.
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