@@Tazzman225 The closest they came was when Eartha Kitt played Catwoman in Season 3. Kitt was solo against the Terrific Trio, & allied with the Joker (Caesar Romero) in a later episode.
What a great tribute! I had the massive fortune to have met Yvonne in 1995 at a big model convention in L.A. I had my own table with some meager models, and a buddy from L.A. said he had a surprise for me. He left the hotel for a short time, and came back with none other than Yvonne Craig in person! I was star struck the most by her of any of the celebrities I saw at the show! She actually sat at my table, and we talked about all sorts of things, Predators for one, and other topics. She was so funny, and friendly and I was so honored to meet her at all, much less hang out with her! After a short time, we hugged and she left and I was on cloud nine for the rest of the show. What a great lady! I will always miss her and remember that amazing day!
What a great story. I did meet James Earl Jones before he passed. He was a Mauser Gun collector and I worked at a Gun Parts store in Woodstock NY. He came in and I asked if he would give me his autograph. His secratary chimed in "Wait a minute I have photos in the car" So he signed and color 8x10 for me. I had been a big fan and evem more after how nice he was to me. It was a thrill to meet Darthh Vader.
Not only was she a beautiful woman but she was also a talented dancer and actress. Does anyone know why she didn't get a regular part in a TV series after Batman? She was truly a special lady and I miss her.
The offers didn't come her way. I really don't know why. That said, she found steady work as a guest star on many different show for quite a few years after Batman ended.
This may help to answer why. When one of the first or second Batman movies, the 1989 Tim Burton one or the next film, came out, Mary Hartman, on ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT, interview several cast members from the tv series and each day a cast member was spotlighted. Yvonne Craig was asked about roles being offered. She said it began to dry up as she had done several guest roles on 1970s tv shows. She eluded to getting to the age where acting didn't mean as much as it may have one time. "I never wanted to act," she said. "I was a dancer and if dancing made a stronger push to my choice of careers, I'd have danced. But acting provided steadier work and a better paycheck than dancing at that time." She stated that while doing roles until the point she got what she was transitioning to, she quite the business to become a full time real estate agent. ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT stated that she was one of the top agents in her grouping and the number agent in her area. She never insulted the Batman tv series, her fans or the fans of the entire cast and was said to have been a great actress to meet. Note: she said she got particularly excited about questions asked about her Elvis movies and dancing. She began the live action version of Barbara Gordon as Batgirl. It is still the favorite of all the other comic book Batgirls who wore the costume in issues over the years. Barbara is still #1, and it's truely due to Yvonne Craig. Thank you, Yvonne, for the hero and role model you created.
Thanks I appreciate the explanation but I can't help it I sure wish she would have had a chance at another TV series I think she would have done great.
Good afternoon, Dave. Aaahh...such memories, and such a well constructed and smile worthy video. [Great ending theme song!] Thank you for such a terrific ode to a terrific talent. Yvonne was indeed a stunner and the object of every young boy's desire. Between Batgirl and Julie Newmar's Catwoman...[ahem]. Anyway, some great photos of Yvonne, a few of which i've seen, but there were some surprises. But her presence was still not enough to rescue the show, and after the third season was still cancelled. I hope everything is going well for you and that we can look forward to more of the good stuff. Take care of yourself.
Dave, thank you for this. Yes, Batgirl, yes, the green girl from Star Trek, but I also enjoyed her as the Russian ballerina (!) in the spy spoof In Like Flint, plus she even managed to survive a silly little movie with the infamous title Mars Needs Women. (Sorry, Mars, no deal.) Hey, that is true nerd dedication, for the little girl to say "Barbara Gordon!"
@@jeanemlicar i am Bill Bixny fam loved My favorite Martian ( its on Cozi TV on Sat mornings). The Magian & The Incredablle Huk. He wasseven in an Elvis movie. i did not know he dated Yvonne though, I felt bad when he passed/
Me too. He gave us a great performance in the Incredible Hulk despite the personal drama he was going through with his Ex-Wife as well as the death of their only son at the time.@
@@jeanemlicar I didn't know he lost a son. That has to be a one of the worst feelings ever. The incredible Hulk series was surprisingly well done. I think it was better than the moviess.
This is the ONLY Batgirl! I even own the 1960's Batgirl costume and I LOVE it. I sure wish the Batgirl cycle had been preserved and taken care of. RIP dear sweet and beautiful Miss Craig. Cheers for the video, Mr. Sundstrom! Have a very Blessed and Magical week end X
@@jimbowlan5804 yup, they took better care of themselves, didn't go for all that cosmetic surgery crap, and while they did party they did it in moderation, unlike some today🤔🤔😁👍😞😞🇺🇲🦅🇺🇲
She was batgirl the one and only batgirl great at the part she captured men's heart a very attractive woman and a beauty I totally remember her and Elvis
Craig & Ward played their characters in the PSA, but I didn't know Richard Gautier played Batman. Knew it WASN'T West, however; Gautier was too stiff-voiced.
Truly an all time beauty. She was stunningly beautiful. May you Rest In Peace Yvonne in the presence of almighty God in Jesus name ✝️🙏🏻🇺🇸 Thank You Dave for posting this video 👍
Vyonne Craig 1937-2015 😢😢 I miss her very much and she was so beautiful with curves when she was young and loved everything she did on Batman and I know she would've been in her 80's this year
I remember watching Batman. When I see Barbara Gordon in the pre opening scene, I knew that she, as Batgirl, was joining the fray. I remember the music building in tempo. The Batgirl theme song, written by Billy May is more uptempo than Neal Hefti’s Batman theme. But, Batgirl didn’t have a solo series. Batgirl only appeared in episodes where the guest villain had more henchmen than the usual three or four. So the number was increased to about seven henchmen. While during those fight scenes where Batman and Robin settled things with their fists, throwing wicked punches and an occasional kick, Batgirl used her movements and beautifully executed kicks in her battles. Yvonne Craig was in an episode of the show Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea. The episode was titled Turn Back The Clock(which reused clips from the film The Lost World, which actor David Hedison costarred in before he was cast in Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea). She was also in the film In Like Flint as a ballet dancer. She wore a bikini in an episode of The Man From U.N.C.L.E.. She was in the film Mars Needs Women. Another classic film by Larry Buchanan. The last time I saw Yvonne was an episode of the sitcom Holmes And Yo-yo. She was a beautiful and talented woman. Thank you for the tribute.😎👍
Nice tribute !! Love her !! She was also in an early episode of “Perry Mason” , I think she was just 21 at the time. Also she was in an episode of “Mod Squad” .
I used to love to see Batgirl ride across the screen during the animated intro for the series. That's when I knew she would be on that particular episode.
When I was a kid and Batman was a fairly new series on TV, I would jump up in the air during the intros when the Batgirl motorcycle would come across the screen! We loved to see her, she was super pretty and super cool. She really was something else back then, RIP to Ms. Craig.
Absolutely typical of feminism. Yvonne Craig, in her first season, was paid more than Burt Ward was paid in his third season but the PSA Claimed that Yvonne Craig was underpaid because of her sex.
Dave, I think i mentioned the unaired Batgirl pilot with Yvonne Craig with an alternate Batgirl costum, most notably her mask which hurt her cheeks due to the pointed edgws which were changed!🦇🌆🏍📺
Thanks for the video on Yvonne. I understand when she played the green slave girl on Star Trek, Shatner complained that she was getting green make up on his uniform and asked that someone take her out of his lap. I don't know if it was you, or someone else who reported that her batgirl costume was first used as the costume for the Moth in an earlier Batman episode. Also, I read that she and Burt Ward would do performances at shopping malls where he would rescue her from being tied up. I did enjoy her roles, but understand that she was not allowed to punch the villains, but could kick them, and she displayed her skills as a ballerina when doing fight scenes. I was saddened when I read she had passed.
She was on one of the opening seasons of the FX Channel in its early years when they were running Batman and said that she wasn't as focused on her short time in the series as her fans were and didn't even know Batgirl had her own theme song! Haha! After years of curiosity and better internet availability I finally went and looked up whether the three cutouts of she, Batman and Robin (who got turned into by the Aveeno Ray Doctor Cassandra - Ida Lupino -) were ever sold as merchandise! eBay shows that you used to be able to buy different life sized Batman and Robin figures, but not from that episode!
Always love the episodes with Batgirl. When I watched these in syndication as a kid, I had no idea they were all from one season. Just assumed, Yvonne was a frequent, recurring guest-star.
Of course if you read Shirley Jones autobiography, you don't get such a clean image of her, especially in regards to one Jack Cassidy. Of course we ARE talking about Hollywood.
Remember "Ginger, Mary Ann, or Jeannie"? Everybody pick Mary Ann over Ginger but Jeannie over Mary Ann. I wrote to Yvonne Craig telling her I'd pick Batgirl over Jeannie. She wrote back thanking me for my vote of confidence. I lost all my emails when I couldn't get online for over a month after Katrina. Yahoo changed the policy to a year when I wrote them how that damaged people already suffering. But the mails are still gone.
She might have been there for the young girls, but she did moree for the young men. She also was great in How to frame a Figg & In like Flint and Star Trek. I was heart broken when I heard she passed away.
Yvonne Craig was not the original choice for Batgirl. It was Mary ann mobley but she committed to another tv series. Adam West did enjoy playing Batman but he hated the 3rd season
She was a very good actress.I don't know if she was ever under consideration,but there were two roles in in classic '70's sitcoms she would have been well suited for.I could have seen her as Emily Hartley in The Bob Newhart Show or Ann Romano in One Day at a Time.
I would have loved to have seen her in "One Day at a Time"...but I can't imagine anyone else but Suzanne Pleshette playing Emily in "The Bob Newhart Show".
@jdsundstrom I was in no way demeaning Suzanne Pleshette,she was an excellent actress.I just meant I thought Yvonne Craig might have been very good in that role I don't know if the producers had her on a list of potential casting.Like every other production,they had a list of several actors to play each role.I never heard who might have been on that list,but I can think of several actresses that may have considered.They may have initially offered it to one who turned it down A great deal of Hollywood folklore is about who turned down roles in feature films and television shows
Burt Ward his first starring role ever was on the Batman TV show Yvonne Craig was a movie actress doing movies with Elvis Presley amongst other so she was a seasoned actress when they hired her so it shouldn’t be shocking that she was getting paid more than Burt Ward Lindsey Wagner was getting paid more than Lee majors when they hired her for the bionic woman because she was doing movies and in a movie that won an Academy award Check on my TV show Dynasty a lot of the famous guest were getting paid more than the regular actors on there. Who’s been on the show for a couple seasons
4:43 Still wondering why Batgirl is wearing a watch in this photo. I have to track down a copy of Yvonne's book as well as Burt Ward's book! I am just waiting until cloning technology gets to the point that we can clone Yvonne Craig. We need MORE Yvonne Craig!
When I was in the late 80’s and early 90’s when family channel had the series I always found her inclusion to be unnecessary cause we already had Bruce Wayne and dick Greyson but over the years of watching the series anyway I could I have softened on her to where I’m ok with her inclusion in the series
Agree with Yvonne being beautiful, agree with Batgirl being a ratings boost for the Bat-Man 66 Tv show, agree that not making her a relative of Jim Gordon and instead of Alfred the butler in Bat-Man and Robin was a 'er, ya what'? moment but can we put a stop on this non phonetically pronouncing of this much missed actress' surname. Here in the UK, we say Craig, which is both a first name and a last name, but it often gets said like it should be Creg, to ryme with beg, meg or peg etc. I noticed the same thing with Kara, Lara and Lee, the USA seems to have trouble when they say any of these, plus also Yvonne, phonetically would be eve-on, I noticed that is was a problem with people at Sci-fi conventions with the similar spelling name Avon. So please, don't lets copy the Wiki, calling everyone by their surname, especially when the emphasis is on the wrong letters.
Most of your tribute video was cheesecake, IMHO. Shots of Yvonne, not only as Barbara/Batgirl, but as the Orion in "Star Trek" & her appearances in movies & other shows. Lots of bikini shots & cheesecake ads. Don't blame you, however; Yvonne Craig was a beautiful woman & Batgirl was my prepubescent crush. I thought she had guested on an episode of "Peter Gunn" with Craig Stevens, but no reference on Wikipedia, either in her bibliography or the "Peter Gunn" cast or episode list.
I can safely say since I saw the original series when it aired. That Batgirl was the worst & most annoying character on Batman. Season three was rough. First: it aired once a week instead of twice. Second: Eartha Kitt replaced *the lovely* Julie Newmar as Catwoman. Earth Kitt was a good Catwomen. Third: Us little boys knew Batman was over when Batgirl was introduced. It was a ratings gimmick that didn't work.
30 seconds/ and she made less money than a male did. as more and more women take over roles/jobs of men, the gross domestic product goes down. Profits do not go into the GDP, nor do dividends or capital gains, which means they do not go into the economy because the GDP is the economy. many american producers and companies use women, at a lower pay rate, so as to increase profits. but such moves are recessionary and cause recessions. every single (GOP) president since Hoover has had a recession. their tax cut ideals never prove out. reagan was wrong when he said, 'i took economics and if people have (a little more) $ they will spend it and buy stuff, causing more Jobs to be created to sustain the service to those customers. but rich people, like the producers of Batman, never spend their excess cash flow on products made by the american workers. I Like Y C she was smoking and (i was not around when the show was on) IF i was into playing Batman outside with friends, i would have used the batgirl to hook up with girls. it is a lot easier to Play with girls when there is a role for a girl to play and even Y C was tied up the odd time. so tying up the girl(that plays bat girl) would have been fun. i did not go to the Boy scouts. too many pedophiles for my taste. so i never learned all the many knots a boy can use. the recent bat woman show was not as good as the first batgirl. i do own all the seasons of the recent bat woman series. i like ruby rose, even though she plays for the other team.
@@jdsundstrom burt was still under age, so he could not be paid as much as an adult. mcdonald's uses under 18 aged and seniors, so as to pay less per hour although it does help create jobs for the two subgroups Reagan wanted to move the jobs out of the higher paid (middle was mostly white back then) unionists. but the jobs moved to mexico, than later after china joined the WTO, to china. china had millions of bored to farm death labor units just waiting for a factory and equipment to show up. china's one child policy is no more thanks to Xi. so there r likely more females surviving the Purge process. for decades, many chinese couples had to choose. many chose to kill their female offspring/fetuses. ON purpose to have a male, under 1 child policy. but the facts remain. Until someone changes the formula for Gross Domestic Product, the gross wages will be the main key factor. exports never out value the imports, due to too many imported goods being of manufactured qualify. raw materials, like corn, cost less than the corn in a can. then a certain set of people blame the lack of wages on certain people that had nothing to do with the loss of their jobs and wages. // the Southern Plantations spent too much money on imported dresses. they should have trained their slaves to make dresses of the same quality. then there be exports worthy of the french to buy. there were many women put aside, even post the 1960s, over their want to make more. Mary Tyler Moore figured it out, like james garner, to produce the show (they) worked on/in. and of course U know all about what George P of the A Team did and said toward his female co star(s). i talk about the macro of the economics, so workers of all job sites can better understand why they will never get paid out of the profits. as per GAAP's Matching Principle, no after taxed profit from a prior tax yr can account for more in tax deductible expenses. otherwise the company will pay Double in taxes. hiring women, but paying them less than what is normally paid to another (male) Body to perform the same tasks, causing a recessionary trend. and then more women, from minorities, get hired at a lower hourly rate. sometimes not even paid due to their status as non citizens. that makes for less GDP. lolol u have a good week Remember the Fallen, even from outside of ww1's results.
@@johnbeechy Dude...Burt Ward was 21, married & had a kid of his own before the last episode of the first season of Batman was broadcast. He wasn't a teenager, he just played one on TV. The studio paid him the min...because they were cheap b*$7@|2?$.
She was stunner and a role model for young girls everywhere Dave! Rip Evonne Craig! 😔🙏🏼🦇👧
I used to love her. When I was a young boy. She was the greatest Batgirl ever!
I wish I had an episode where Batgirl and Catwoman were going at it! 😍
@@Tazzman225 The closest they came was when Eartha Kitt played Catwoman in Season 3. Kitt was solo against the Terrific Trio, & allied with the Joker (Caesar Romero) in a later episode.
What a great tribute! I had the massive fortune to have met Yvonne in 1995 at a big model convention in L.A. I had my own table with some meager models, and a buddy from L.A. said he had a surprise for me. He left the hotel for a short time, and came back with none other than Yvonne Craig in person! I was star struck the most by her of any of the celebrities I saw at the show! She actually sat at my table, and we talked about all sorts of things, Predators for one, and other topics. She was so funny, and friendly and I was so honored to meet her at all, much less hang out with her! After a short time, we hugged and she left and I was on cloud nine for the rest of the show. What a great lady! I will always miss her and remember that amazing day!
What a great story. I did meet James Earl Jones before he passed. He was a Mauser Gun collector and I worked at a Gun Parts store in Woodstock NY. He came in and I asked if he would give me his autograph. His secratary chimed in "Wait a minute I have photos in the car" So he signed and color 8x10 for me. I had been a big fan and evem more after how nice he was to me. It was a thrill to meet Darthh Vader.
remember her on batman! she was quite modeling experience too! thanks for sharing!
Batgirl and Catwoman were definitely boyhood crushes.
Those outfit where so skin tight. No that I am complaining just remebering WOW!
Not only was she a beautiful woman but she was also a talented dancer and actress. Does anyone know why she didn't get a regular part in a TV series after Batman? She was truly a special lady and I miss her.
The offers didn't come her way. I really don't know why. That said, she found steady work as a guest star on many different show for quite a few years after Batman ended.
This may help to answer why. When one of the first or second Batman movies, the 1989 Tim Burton one or the next film, came out, Mary Hartman, on ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT, interview several cast members from the tv series and each day a cast member was spotlighted. Yvonne Craig was asked about roles being offered. She said it began to dry up as she had done several guest roles on 1970s tv shows. She eluded to getting to the age where acting didn't mean as much as it may have one time. "I never wanted to act," she said. "I was a dancer and if dancing made a stronger push to my choice of careers, I'd have danced. But acting provided steadier work and a better paycheck than dancing at that time." She stated that while doing roles until the point she got what she was transitioning to, she quite the business to become a full time real estate agent. ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT stated that she was one of the top agents in her grouping and the number agent in her area. She never insulted the Batman tv series, her fans or the fans of the entire cast and was said to have been a great actress to meet. Note: she said she got particularly excited about questions asked about her Elvis movies and dancing. She began the live action version of Barbara Gordon as Batgirl. It is still the favorite of all the other comic book Batgirls who wore the costume in issues over the years. Barbara is still #1, and it's truely due to Yvonne Craig. Thank you, Yvonne, for the hero and role model you created.
Thanks I appreciate the explanation but I can't help it I sure wish she would have had a chance at another TV series I think she would have done great.
I loved Batgirl when I was little!! Yvonne Craig was the best batgirl, she was my heroine growing up.
Good afternoon, Dave. Aaahh...such memories, and such a well constructed and smile worthy video. [Great ending theme song!] Thank you for such a terrific ode to a terrific talent. Yvonne was indeed a stunner and the object of every young boy's desire. Between Batgirl and Julie Newmar's Catwoman...[ahem]. Anyway, some great photos of Yvonne, a few of which i've seen, but there were some surprises. But her presence was still not enough to rescue the show, and after the third season was still cancelled. I hope everything is going well for you and that we can look forward to more of the good stuff. Take care of yourself.
Thanks for the comment! I hope all is well with you also.
Yvonne Craig jump started my puberty. Great tribute to a gorgeous woman
She was an early day Lynda Carter.
Dave, thank you for this. Yes, Batgirl, yes, the green girl from Star Trek, but I also enjoyed her as the Russian ballerina (!) in the spy spoof In Like Flint, plus she even managed to survive a silly little movie with the infamous title Mars Needs Women. (Sorry, Mars, no deal.) Hey, that is true nerd dedication, for the little girl to say "Barbara Gordon!"
You're most welcome, WBH! Thanks for commenting.
She was the perfect Batgirl!
As Julie Newmar was the perfect Catwoman!
Yvonne Craig, Lee Merriweather, this version of Batman had some stunners...
They sure did have some real beauties on that show..lol..str8 10's!
@nagone11 Oh, and Julie Newmar!! 🤤
@@johnnybanana8562 Oh hell yeah!!! lol
I was only 7 when she joined the show but even then I knew she was something special ❤❤❤
Thanks Dave for putting in some photos of Yvonne as Marta from Star Trek.
🖖Live long and Prosper Dave !
Glad you enjoyed seeing them.
"Holy Act of Congress!!"
🤦🏼♂️😜
🤣 I even get paid less than Robin
I didn't realize she appeared on Dobie Gillis. Did you see her in How to Frame a Figg with Don Knotts?
Love all those old Don Knotts movies...and with Yvonne in it, I love that one even more. 🙂
She was Beautiful and sexy.
Seem like she was aa good perso to.
She dated that late Bill Bixby too. He was a great man as well as a great actor too.@
@@jeanemlicar i am Bill Bixny fam loved My favorite Martian ( its on Cozi TV on Sat mornings). The Magian & The Incredablle Huk. He wasseven in an Elvis movie. i did not know he dated Yvonne though, I felt bad when he passed/
Me too. He gave us a great performance in the Incredible Hulk despite the personal drama he was going through with his Ex-Wife as well as the death of their only son at the time.@
@@jeanemlicar I didn't know he lost a son. That has to be a one of the worst feelings ever. The incredible Hulk series was surprisingly well done. I think it was better than the moviess.
My first woman crush as a young kid
This is the ONLY Batgirl! I even own the 1960's Batgirl costume and I LOVE it. I sure wish the Batgirl cycle had been preserved and taken care of. RIP dear sweet and beautiful Miss Craig. Cheers for the video, Mr. Sundstrom! Have a very Blessed and Magical week end X
Thanks for commenting!
I wish she was in more batman shows
Yvonne was gorgeous ❤
She sure was!
@@thrashpondopons8348huge fan of the 60s Batman tv show cat woman was great too😊😊
@@only257in gerneral or specific one? there WAS like 3 of them🤔🤔😁👍🤔🤔🇺🇲🦅🇺🇲
@warbunny13203 They were all pretty I find that a lot of the woman from the old school are fine as hell
@@jimbowlan5804 yup, they took better care of themselves, didn't go for all that cosmetic surgery crap, and while they did party they did it in moderation, unlike some today🤔🤔😁👍😞😞🇺🇲🦅🇺🇲
Such a beautiful talented woman so glad I got to meet her RIP 🙏🏼 😔😔
It's a shame she wasn't a regular cast member from the start of the series.
She was batgirl the one and only batgirl great at the part she captured men's heart a very attractive woman and a beauty I totally remember her and Elvis
Actually, I had heard that she was supposed to cut Burt Ward screen time 😮
Dick Gautier played Batman in the equal pay PSA. (Adam West was trying to distance himself from the role.)
Dick was great in Bye, Bye Birdie.
@@kallen868 I remember him as Hymie the Robot from reruns of Get Smart.
@@kallen868yes, on Broadway. He also played a lusty Joe Namath- type quarterback on the Doris Day Show...and was an excellent caricaturist.
Craig & Ward played their characters in the PSA, but I didn't know Richard Gautier played Batman. Knew it WASN'T West, however; Gautier was too stiff-voiced.
She was in one of the Flint movies as a ballerina. Well done, Dave, and thank you
Batgirl was great in the 60s Batman tv series ❤
Truly an all time beauty. She was stunningly beautiful. May you Rest In Peace Yvonne in the presence of almighty God in Jesus name ✝️🙏🏻🇺🇸 Thank You Dave for posting this video 👍
Vyonne Craig 1937-2015 😢😢 I miss her very much and she was so beautiful with curves when she was young and loved everything she did on Batman and I know she would've been in her 80's this year
Darn it! You made me cry ❤❤❤... Anyway big hug from Argentina 👍🏻
Thanks for the hug, Carlos! Sorry 'bout making you cry.
@@jdsundstromsame when I was watching Batman tv series from the 60s on tv land i though batgirl was hot I was 17 in 2001😊
I remember watching Batman. When I see Barbara Gordon in the pre opening scene, I knew that she, as Batgirl, was joining the fray. I remember the music building in tempo. The Batgirl theme song, written by Billy May is more uptempo than Neal Hefti’s Batman theme. But, Batgirl didn’t have a solo series. Batgirl only appeared in episodes where the guest villain had more henchmen than the usual three or four. So the number was increased to about seven henchmen.
While during those fight scenes where Batman and Robin settled things with their fists, throwing wicked punches and an occasional kick, Batgirl used her movements and beautifully executed kicks in her battles.
Yvonne Craig was in an episode of the show Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea. The episode was titled Turn Back The Clock(which reused clips from the film The Lost World, which actor David Hedison costarred in before he was cast in Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea).
She was also in the film In Like Flint as a ballet dancer.
She wore a bikini in an episode of The Man From U.N.C.L.E..
She was in the film Mars Needs Women. Another classic film by Larry Buchanan.
The last time I saw Yvonne was an episode of the sitcom Holmes And Yo-yo.
She was a beautiful and talented woman.
Thank you for the tribute.😎👍
Thanks for the comment. I'm glad you enjoyed the tribute.
Nice tribute !! Love her !! She was also in an early episode of “Perry Mason” , I think she was just 21 at the time. Also she was in an episode of “Mod Squad” .
I used to love to see Batgirl ride across the screen during the animated intro for the series. That's when I knew she would be on that particular episode.
Such an addition , and juxtaposition to the lovely villainess Catwoman.
Her body in that Batsuit... you lusted over every single curve.
Rest In Lust, Yvonne! 💜💛🦇💛💜
The one and only Batgirl! Beautiful
Rest in peace Yvonne aka Batgirl, the original and best Batgirl EVER!! 🦇
When I was a kid and Batman was a fairly new series on TV, I would jump up in the air during the intros when the Batgirl motorcycle would come across the screen! We loved to see her, she was super pretty and super cool. She really was something else back then, RIP to Ms. Craig.
YVONNE CRAIG ! ❤️
Absolutely typical of feminism. Yvonne Craig, in her first season, was paid more than Burt Ward was paid in his third season but the PSA
Claimed that Yvonne Craig was underpaid because of her sex.
Exactly. And the modern-day feminists still blowhard that 77¢ on the dollar myth. Logic evades them.😏
I had a crush on Yvonne craig who played batgirl in batman the tv show
Dave, I think i mentioned the unaired Batgirl pilot with Yvonne Craig with an alternate Batgirl costum, most notably her mask which hurt her cheeks due to the pointed edgws which were changed!🦇🌆🏍📺
I'm glad they changed the mask.
Evonne crAig was everything as Batgirl , and she rode a motor cycle who's baby are you❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thanks for the video on Yvonne. I understand when she played the green slave girl on Star Trek, Shatner complained that she was getting green make up on his uniform and asked that someone take her out of his lap. I don't know if it was you, or someone else who reported that her batgirl costume was first used as the costume for the Moth in an earlier Batman episode. Also, I read that she and Burt Ward would do performances at shopping malls where he would rescue her from being tied up. I did enjoy her roles, but understand that she was not allowed to punch the villains, but could kick them, and she displayed her skills as a ballerina when doing fight scenes. I was saddened when I read she had passed.
Thanks for sharing!
She was on one of the opening seasons of the FX Channel in its early years when they were running Batman and said that she wasn't as focused on her short time in the series as her fans were and didn't even know Batgirl had her own theme song! Haha! After years of curiosity and better internet availability I finally went and looked up whether the three cutouts of she, Batman and Robin (who got turned into by the Aveeno Ray Doctor Cassandra - Ida Lupino -) were ever sold as merchandise! eBay shows that you used to be able to buy different life sized Batman and Robin figures, but not from that episode!
Thanks for sharing!
Always love the episodes with Batgirl. When I watched these in syndication as a kid, I had no idea they were all from one season. Just assumed, Yvonne was a frequent, recurring guest-star.
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VERY well done. Maybe your best work yet!!!
Thank you! 😊
I have her autograph picture framed in my bedroom.
YOWSER!❤
Is it really possible she died nearly 10 years ago!?!
Hard to believe but true. 😢
Rest in power Yvonne Craig🥀🙏🏾🕊️🕊️
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Of course if you read Shirley Jones autobiography, you don't get such a clean image of her, especially in regards to one Jack Cassidy. Of course we ARE talking about Hollywood.
Good ol' Hollywood!
I loved Shirley's book. Yeah. She shatters that "good girl" image.
@@kallen868 Came from being the Partridge mommy.
"But he's my lover and I have to kill him!"
A little trivia, she played the step daughter of Neil Hamilton ( Commissioner Gordon ) in an episode of Perry Mason.
Great trivia!
You know she filmed a seven-minute pilot as Batgirl, which didn't sell.
I've seen the pilot. I always thought that it was "proof of concept" for the idea of including her in the 3rd season of the show.
Remember "Ginger, Mary Ann, or Jeannie"? Everybody pick Mary Ann over Ginger but Jeannie over Mary Ann. I wrote to Yvonne Craig telling her I'd pick Batgirl over Jeannie. She wrote back thanking me for my vote of confidence. I lost all my emails when I couldn't get online for over a month after Katrina. Yahoo changed the policy to a year when I wrote them how that damaged people already suffering. But the mails are still gone.
Sorry to hear that you lost those messages. 😥
She might have been there for the young girls, but she did moree for the young men. She also was great in How to frame a Figg & In like Flint and Star Trek. I was heart broken when I heard she passed away.
My very first crush.
Love Batgirl 🎉🎉
Me too 🙂
I remember Yvonne Craig on the Dating Game.
She was so beautiful. I always wondered did Elvis get some.
Yvonne Craig was not the original choice for Batgirl. It was Mary ann mobley but she committed to another tv series. Adam West did enjoy playing Batman but he hated the 3rd season
She''ll always have Alicia Silverstone beat. HANDS DOWN !!
Was she Batgirl or the Orion Green Slave girl first? Which one did she play 1st?
She played Batgirl first. Her Star Trek appearance was during season 3 of that show which was a year after Batman was cancelled.
& lets not forget 'Mars Needs Women'!
BATGIRL AND THE INCREDIBLE HULK!!!!
It was known that she and Bill Bixby were a Couple in their heyday!!!
She was a very good actress.I don't know if she was ever under consideration,but there were two roles in in classic '70's sitcoms she would have been well suited for.I could have seen her as Emily Hartley in The Bob Newhart Show or Ann Romano in One Day at a Time.
I would have loved to have seen her in "One Day at a Time"...but I can't imagine anyone else but Suzanne Pleshette playing Emily in "The Bob Newhart Show".
@jdsundstrom I was in no way demeaning Suzanne Pleshette,she was an excellent actress.I just meant I thought Yvonne Craig might have been very good in that role I don't know if the producers had her on a list of potential casting.Like every other production,they had a list of several actors to play each role.I never heard who might have been on that list,but I can think of several actresses that may have considered.They may have initially offered it to one who turned it down A great deal of Hollywood folklore is about who turned down roles in feature films and television shows
The ultimate goddess. On Trek and Voyage to The Bottom of The Sea too.
Yvonne Craig was so pretty!
Burt Ward his first starring role ever was on the Batman TV show Yvonne Craig was a movie actress doing movies with Elvis Presley amongst other so she was a seasoned actress when they hired her so it shouldn’t be shocking that she was getting paid more than Burt Ward
Lindsey Wagner was getting paid more than Lee majors when they hired her for the bionic woman because she was doing movies and in a movie that won an Academy award
Check on my TV show Dynasty a lot of the famous guest were getting paid more than the regular actors on there. Who’s been on the show for a couple seasons
All good points! Thanks for sharing.
I think she's the cutest bat girl I think she the first female comic book character have a crush on besides Wonder woman 😘
4:43 Still wondering why Batgirl is wearing a watch in this photo.
I have to track down a copy of Yvonne's book as well as Burt Ward's book!
I am just waiting until cloning technology gets to the point that we can clone Yvonne Craig. We need MORE Yvonne Craig!
Nice video Cool 😎
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Hey Dave did you like the tv show the Texan if so it's on roku channel
I don't think I've ever watched "The Texan". I'll check it out.
It's a great show starring Rory Calhoun awesome man check it out
Unless it is the episode with the Riddler, when Batgirl came on, I turned it off.
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Still prefer her as my Orion slave girl from "Whom Gods Destroy" episode from the original Star Trek t.v. series. 🤪😍😘🥰
When I was in the late 80’s and early 90’s when family channel had the series I always found her inclusion to be unnecessary cause we already had Bruce Wayne and dick Greyson but over the years of watching the series anyway I could I have softened on her to where I’m ok with her inclusion in the series
Yo quiero ver videos de Batgirl y su capa de seda
Greetings
Hey Danny!
Lucious...
Agree with Yvonne being beautiful, agree with Batgirl being a ratings boost for the Bat-Man 66 Tv show, agree that not making her a relative of Jim Gordon and instead of Alfred the butler in Bat-Man and Robin was a 'er, ya what'? moment but can we put a stop on this non phonetically pronouncing of this much missed actress' surname. Here in the UK, we say Craig, which is both a first name and a last name, but it often gets said like it should be Creg, to ryme with beg, meg or peg etc. I noticed the same thing with Kara, Lara and Lee, the USA seems to have trouble when they say any of these, plus also Yvonne, phonetically would be eve-on, I noticed that is was a problem with people at Sci-fi conventions with the similar spelling name Avon. So please, don't lets copy the Wiki, calling everyone by their surname, especially when the emphasis is on the wrong letters.
Thanks for the feedback. I'll definitely continue to work on improving my pronunciation...especially on names.
@jdsundstrom Thanks for the reply.
Most of your tribute video was cheesecake, IMHO. Shots of Yvonne, not only as Barbara/Batgirl, but as the Orion in "Star Trek" & her appearances in movies & other shows. Lots of bikini shots & cheesecake ads. Don't blame you, however; Yvonne Craig was a beautiful woman & Batgirl was my prepubescent crush. I thought she had guested on an episode of "Peter Gunn" with Craig Stevens, but no reference on Wikipedia, either in her bibliography or the "Peter Gunn" cast or episode list.
I can safely say since I saw the original series when it aired. That Batgirl was the worst & most annoying character on Batman.
Season three was rough.
First: it aired once a week instead of twice.
Second: Eartha Kitt replaced *the lovely* Julie Newmar as Catwoman. Earth Kitt was a good Catwomen.
Third: Us little boys knew Batman was over when Batgirl was introduced. It was a ratings gimmick that didn't work.
30 seconds/ and she made less money than a male did. as more and more women take over roles/jobs of men, the gross domestic product goes down.
Profits do not go into the GDP, nor do dividends or capital gains, which means they do not go into the economy because the GDP is the economy.
many american producers and companies use women, at a lower pay rate, so as to increase profits. but such moves are recessionary and cause recessions.
every single (GOP) president since Hoover has had a recession. their tax cut ideals never prove out.
reagan was wrong when he said, 'i took economics and if people have (a little more) $ they will spend it and buy stuff, causing more Jobs to be created to sustain the service to those customers. but rich people, like the producers of Batman, never spend their excess cash flow on products made by the american workers.
I Like Y C she was smoking and (i was not around when the show was on) IF i was into playing Batman outside with friends, i would have used the batgirl to hook up with girls.
it is a lot easier to Play with girls when there is a role for a girl to play and even Y C was tied up the odd time. so tying up the girl(that plays bat girl) would have been fun.
i did not go to the Boy scouts. too many pedophiles for my taste. so i never learned all the many knots a boy can use.
the recent bat woman show was not as good as the first batgirl. i do own all the seasons of the recent bat woman series. i like ruby rose, even though she plays for the other team.
The irony of that PSA is that Yvonne made more money than Burt. th-cam.com/video/DRVOcsXZz7M/w-d-xo.html
@@jdsundstrom burt was still under age, so he could not be paid as much as an adult.
mcdonald's uses under 18 aged and seniors, so as to pay less per hour although it does help create jobs for the two subgroups
Reagan wanted to move the jobs out of the higher paid (middle was mostly white back then) unionists.
but the jobs moved to mexico, than later after china joined the WTO, to china. china had millions of bored to farm death labor units just waiting for a factory and equipment to show up. china's one child policy is no more thanks to Xi. so there r likely more females surviving the Purge process.
for decades, many chinese couples had to choose. many chose to kill their female offspring/fetuses. ON purpose to have a male, under 1 child policy.
but the facts remain. Until someone changes the formula for Gross Domestic Product, the gross wages will be the main key factor. exports never out value the imports, due to too many imported goods being of manufactured qualify. raw materials, like corn, cost less than the corn in a can.
then a certain set of people blame the lack of wages on certain people that had nothing to do with the loss of their jobs and wages.
// the Southern Plantations spent too much money on imported dresses. they should have trained their slaves to make dresses of the same quality. then there be exports worthy of the french to buy.
there were many women put aside, even post the 1960s, over their want to make more. Mary Tyler Moore figured it out, like james garner, to produce the show (they) worked on/in.
and of course U know all about what George P of the A Team did and said toward his female co star(s).
i talk about the macro of the economics, so workers of all job sites can better understand why they will never get paid out of the profits. as per GAAP's Matching Principle, no after taxed profit from a prior tax yr can account for more in tax deductible expenses. otherwise the company will pay Double in taxes.
hiring women, but paying them less than what is normally paid to another (male) Body to perform the same tasks, causing a recessionary trend.
and then more women, from minorities, get hired at a lower hourly rate. sometimes not even paid due to their status as non citizens.
that makes for less GDP. lolol u have a good week Remember the Fallen, even from outside of ww1's results.
@@johnbeechy Dude...Burt Ward was 21, married & had a kid of his own before the last episode of the first season of Batman was broadcast. He wasn't a teenager, he just played one on TV. The studio paid him the min...because they were cheap b*$7@|2?$.