RIP Adam West

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  • Robert
    Commissioner
    • Feb 2008
    • 5163

    #1

    RIP Adam West

    RIP Adam West. The utility belt is finally empty.



    Actor Adam West who portrayed Batman in the classic 1960s television series, died Friday night in Los Angeles. He died peacefully, surrounded by his family and friends after a battle with leukemia.
  • Pcdunn
    Superintendent
    • Dec 2014
    • 2324

    #2
    Have just been reading the news of his passing. "Batman!" was one of my favorite TV shows when I was a little girl, and I had never even read any of the comic books at that time. (It was only decades later that I began to read Batman graphic novels and learn about the history of the character.)

    RIP, sir. You brought a lot of happiness to children and adults, and lived your life well.
    Pat D. https://forum.casebook.org/core/imag...rt/reading.gif
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    • Robert
      Commissioner
      • Feb 2008
      • 5163

      #3
      One of my favourite moments :

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      • Herlock Sholmes
        Commissioner
        • May 2017
        • 22020

        #4
        R.I.P Adam West. Where are all the heroes going? First James Bond now Batman.
        I hope that he takes his trusty can of shark repellant spray with him.

        Herlock
        Regards

        Herlock Sholmes

        ”I think that Herlock is a genius.” Trevor Marriott

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        • Mayerling
          Superintendent
          • Feb 2008
          • 2762

          #5
          Quite funny in the long run - he knew how to adjust to a comic turn in his post-Batman years. He also had a long standing role as the crooked mayor (named "Adam West") on "Family Guy". He will be missed.

          Jeff

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          • GUT
            Commissioner
            • Jan 2014
            • 7841

            #6
            To the BatPole.

            So many from my youth gone.

            R.I.P. Batman
            G U T

            There are two ways to be fooled, one is to believe what isn't true, the other is to refuse to believe that which is true.

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            • Harry D
              *
              • May 2014
              • 3360

              #7
              Originally posted by Mayerling View Post
              Quite funny in the long run - he knew how to adjust to a comic turn in his post-Batman years.
              Are you saying the 1960s Batman wasn't a comedy?

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              • John Wheat
                Assistant Commissioner
                • Jul 2008
                • 3357

                #8
                The True Batman

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                • Mayerling
                  Superintendent
                  • Feb 2008
                  • 2762

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Harry D View Post
                  Are you saying the 1960s Batman wasn't a comedy?
                  It was part-spoof (more so than the 1950s predecessor series, "Superman" with George Reeves), as the show was campy. But West was playing his role seriously for quite on the show, until he got into the spoofing. His later career showed he'd developed good timing.

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                  • Abby Normal
                    Commissioner
                    • Jun 2010
                    • 11923

                    #10
                    Just found out that they werent really climbing up the side of a building with that rope!!!! : (

                    they just turned the camera sideways!!
                    "Is all that we see or seem
                    but a dream within a dream?"

                    -Edgar Allan Poe


                    "...the man and the peaked cap he is said to have worn
                    quite tallies with the descriptions I got of him."

                    -Frederick G. Abberline

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                    • Robert
                      Commissioner
                      • Feb 2008
                      • 5163

                      #11
                      Just found out that they werent really climbing up the side of a building with that rope!!!! : (

                      they just turned the camera sideways!!


                      Poor deluded child.

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                      • GUT
                        Commissioner
                        • Jan 2014
                        • 7841

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Abby Normal View Post
                        Just found out that they werent really climbing up the side of a building with that rope!!!! : (

                        they just turned the camera sideways!!
                        Shattered.
                        G U T

                        There are two ways to be fooled, one is to believe what isn't true, the other is to refuse to believe that which is true.

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                        • Phil Carter
                          Commissioner
                          • Oct 2009
                          • 4270

                          #13
                          I think I am correct in saying that only 5 actors from the entire tv series are still alive.. including Burt Ward (Robin) and the 2nd series Riddler.
                          Most nearly all of the others..heroes or villains.. have passed away, sadly.

                          RIP Mr. West.

                          Legend indeed.



                          Phil
                          Chelsea FC. TRUE BLUE. 💙


                          Justice for the 96 = achieved
                          Accountability? ....

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                          • Steadmund Brand
                            Sergeant
                            • Jul 2010
                            • 534

                            #14
                            So sad that another hero is gone....Adam West brought so much joy into my life over the years he will be sadly missed!!!

                            Steadmund Brand
                            "The truth is what is, and what should be is a fantasy. A terrible, terrible lie that someone gave to the people long ago."- Lenny Bruce

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