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Something that the parent groups and BS&P would outlaw in cartoons in the 70's, which would make Batman and Robin into gadget heroes in that decade. At least we get to see Batman and Robin as well as Batgirl fight with their fists. And Simon the Pieman was nothing but a sick joke. Sadly, their attempts to do Scarecrow and the Mad Hatter really bombed. The one thing that made this Batman series better than the 1977 series were the inclusions of Alfred, Chief O Hara, and the Riddler. From what I once saw, they would always air a 2 part episode first and then a 6 minute complete story.

Jane Webb was good as Batgirl, but I hated that screechy witchy voice she used for Catwoman. Knight also voiced over Alfred, Commissioner Gordon, and the male villains. Ted Knight used a lighter pitched voice as the narrator as opposed to the Ted Baxter voice he used on Superboy and Aquaman. The Batman cartoons reminded me of the live action TV series only without the camp and the Dynamic Duo used their detective skills much more. I was mighty surprised to hear the voices of Olan Soule and Casey Kasem as Batman and Robin since I heard them on the SuperFriends, but I felt they were the second best voice overs for the roles compared to Adam West and Burt Ward. The only screw up they did was making Commissioner Gordon look younger with brown hair and a clean shaven face as opposed to his comic book appearance.

Catwoman was wearing her costume in the comics of the time period. So I knew I was going to enjoy these shows since the character designs for Batman, Robin, and Batgirl as well as their alter egos in addition to the Joker and Penguin were all the same in both series. I'd actually seen the 1977 Batman series first when I was about 5 or 6 years old. These cartoons were awesome despite the limited animation. My first exposure to these Batman cartoons was on the Bozo show along with Superman and Superboy when I was around 11 to 12 years old.

However, it was on a few years before my time. Like I said with the Superman/Aquaman Adventure Hour, I would have loved to have been around when this series originally aired on CBS Saturday mornings.

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