"Jump the Shark" is from the Happy Days episode where Fonzie ski-jumps over a shark tank - initialing a turning point of stupidity on the show that it never recovered.
I don't feel that the show changed radically after the shark episode. It changed quite radically after the first season or two, but even then, it still had some amount of the original feel. What really ruined it most was Arnold's burning down. I like to say something's "burned down Arnold's" instead of "it's jumped the shark".
@@roxannestorm2616 The feminist movement has a branch arguing for “top freedom”, like showing them off everywhere. So, I guess they’ll want the worst of both worlds: show em’ but condemn us for looking. 🤷🏼♂️ Liberal logic doesn’t have to make sense.
@@johnwilburn WRONG! Liberal logic does have to make sense if people would quit thinking what's under their pants 👖 and start thinking what's up in their brains.
I actually did a search on dance belts to see if I could discover why one wasn't used. Turns out dance belts were invented around 1900, so that's not the reason.
Yup would've been simple course then we'd need some groin kicks to justify the cups I'm not sure either would enjoy that if the cups malfunctioned ( bet it wouldn't be batman"s cup that malfunctioned,)
If those people thought Burt Ward had a large package, then how in the world did they miss the roll of bologna running down Guy Williams left leg on every episode of “Lost In Space?” My sister pointed it out to me when we were teenagers and I’ve never been able to unsee it.
😂😂😂 omg yeah... You couldn't miss it... Guy Williams on Lost In Space was like 10" soft.... In season 2 it almost becomes embarrassing to watch the poor dude try to lug that anaconda around HAHAHA
Yes, I can speak firsthand that not only is it tough keeping a large one out of sight, is is uncomfortable. also, no one ever talks about that when you wear loose underwear and pants/shorts, it slaps around and makes noise. only thing it does not do to draw attention to itself is “light up” - although, certain lighting conditions is a room can create a kind of shadow from “it” on oneself - so the “light up” part is partially true i guess!
Why on earth were so called devout Catholics looking below the waist anyway? When I was a kid I loved watching the Batman T.V series I was more interested in the storylines than the content of Batman and Robins tights!
Yes those so called devout catholics are the ones who are closeted perverts and up tight forcing there fake morals cause they can't be how they really want to be for whatever reason
Wait a minute, so chic's can flaunt everything in skin tight clothing that looks painted on but if you're a man with a decent package hell no. So much for equality
To be honest a lot of women probably didn't like the costumes they were forced to wear but it went with the job and back then if you get a reputation for kicking up a fuss you wouldn't work again. That's why so many men got away with sexual harassment back then.
...tweaking the costume was out of the question, huh. Like... couldn't they just put, like, a shield or something in those tights? God I hate Hollywood. They seem to go out of their way to make the worst possible decisions some times.
You hate Hollywood because of a story that is probably all fiction? You hate an entire city of people because of a personal anecdote you have zero first hand knowledge of or way to discount or verify? That's really weird.
@@darkfeather6857 There are some pretty abusive practices & disregard for the health of actors in Hollywood though that ARE well documented. Vic Morrow's death & the death of the 2 children with him on the Twilight Zone movie could have been utterly avoided if decent safety measures were taken. Star Trek TNG had Brent Spiner wearing contact lenses hand-painted (with acrylic paint!) that could have blinded him. Michael Dorn's makeup made him at risk of keloid scarring. Patrick Stewart got back problems from the Season 1 TNG costumes & Jeri Ryan passed out cos the silver outfit she wore in Voyager pressed on her Carotid artery. Add the countless tales of rape, sexual abuse & child actors being treated like garbage & preyed upon by pedophiles, it's clear that a lot of the folks in charge don't have the best interests of their workers in mind. I don't hate Hollywood, but the movie industry, much like the video game industry, doesn't really consider the cost of hurting or exploiting their workers. Any industry can be prone to toxic work practises unless people stand up to them & demand real change & alas Hollywood is no exception. I wouldn't be surprised if similar tales exist in the Bollywood industry. Alas a lot of folks in charge of other people don't care if they hurt people if they make money.
I was in Catholic school from 1st grade until I was 17 and I can tell you that PRIESTS always seemed very personally interested in how our junk looked ... After I reached about 13 I can remember it being totally common for me and other boys in our P.E. gym shorts to have our priest coach just walk up to us and stick his hand down the front of our shorts and adjust our junk himself while saying "You nasty young man, you must adjust your parts properly like this when your wearing shorts so you don't look indecent".... (I don't have to tell you that whichever boy you were, at 13 when someone has their hand on your junk adjusting it, it's almost impossible to stop yourself from "growing", in which case the priest would seem to "adjust you" for a longer time and then lead you popping out like a tent pole, and that didn't seem to be indecent to be playing sports in their eyes)
Oh my God !!!!!!! Was this a classic comment. I was a fan of this show and I never paid any attention to Batman's or Robin's 'bulge'. Who would have thought !
The men who have to wear jumpsuits or other tight clothing on the various Star Trek series are issued a piece of underwear called a "Roddenberry" that hides their junk and streamlines their body.
In a Happy Days episode, Fonzie was in a scene where he water skied. When doing a ‘ramp jump,’ a shark swam underneath. The term ‘Jumping the Shark’ was born.
The most interesting fact I've read about Burt Ward was how fast that guy can read. He was considered the fastest reader in the world at 30,000 words per minute and 90% comprehension at least at one point in his life. Supposedly that was tested and confirmed. I find it hard to fathom anyone reading that fast with that high of comprehension. That truly would be like a real super power. At least he could read faster than Batman and all of the villains put together most likely.
@@certainly2509 Honestly I find it hard to believe too. He would literally have to be almost photographing an entire page and comprehending it. I read this about him a number of years back both about his speed and most importantly, his ability to remember what he read. I just decided to check out how fast the current world's fastest reader can read and it's 25,000 words per minute and is in the Guinness Book of World Records. This is current information. Now I'm sure Burt Ward could read really fast and he was tested both for reading speed and comprehension. I suspect his speed was overstated. The world's current fastest speed reader is said to read 80 PAGES PER MINUTE. I know, I find it hard to believe too. I'd be happy if I could read 1 page per minute and actually comprehend it. So, if Ward actually was the world's fastest reader he was never officially recognized for that achievement. Here is the current fastest reader in the world If you want to know more about it. You won't find an actual footage of Ward speed reading I don't think. Here is Howard "Speedy" Berg on TH-cam mentioned above. th-cam.com/users/results?search_query=Howard+%22Speedy%22+Berg+ Quote from Burt Ward in Dec 2017 ""I was considered the fastest reader in the world. The average reader reads 240 words a minute with 40% comprehension. I had one of the most prominent speed-reading teachers in the country. He had me test in front of the American Medical Society in Beverly Hills, and I was tested at 30,000 words a minute with 90% comprehension."
I watched all the time as a child and never noticed. His costume was so rediculous they could have just redesigned his shorts or lined them with something or made them loser. Tunic is a good idea to more like Robin Hood.
@@caragarcia2307 Actually, Robin is named after Robin Hood (not the bird) and his costume (red tunic laced up in front, green sleeves) was based on a painting of Robin Hood by N. C. Wyeth.
In the dance and stage world, they wear spandex "dance belts" under their costumes, which straps everything in tightly. It's surprising that they did not consider these resources in a supposedly professional TV situation.
So, my friends and I in about the 5th grade are playing Barbie dolls, changed the Barbie and the Ken doll’s pants and we were shocked ! Some of us had brothers! What happened to him, mommy? Giggles and no answer.
I didn't have a brother. At about 5 years old I was told I couldn't go into the bathroom when my friend's brother was in there brushing his teeth, getting ready for bed. They were sleeping for awhile while our parents played cards at our house. It was a thing people did back in the 60s. 🤷🤷. Anyway, I was just told, "boys and girls are different". Hmmm...yeah, boys have short hair, big deal, was all I could think. Still couldn't figure out why we couldn't be in the bathroom at the same time.
It reminds me of the episode of Family Guy when Chris had to take medication that would chemically castrate him. He took them because he sent a picture of penis to one of his classmates, her father saw it, and Chris had the option of either going to sexaholics anonymous meetings or get chemically castrated. After the classes weren’t working out for him, he decided to take the medication. Not enough money in the world would ever make me do that. There’s nothing that could ever be offered to me that would make me do something that abhorrent. Unreal. Great story.
Same thing happened to the actor who played Beast in the late Beauty and the Beast movie. The dude almost fainted in some scenes from the pain he was in from "tucking".
I was born in 68. To think this was a problem way back then just blows my mind. Incredible. Thank you for this info. It’s cool to know. Greetings from San Diego, CA.
The critical Robin-crotch footage is from the episode where he gets captured by Poison ivy. Robin is restrained against an ivy covered lattice wall while Batman fights for his freedom. Four of the vines are obviously the arms of two people standing behind the wall. Whoever was the lower arms was SHAMELESSLY caressing Burt's crotch.
Hi. I was recommended your channel by TH-cam a few months ago and have been enjoying it ever since! It’s definitely named correctly because, and I know many people have mentioned this before, your voice is truly a “Cool Classic.” It’s incredible! And when you chuckle to yourself; very endearing! You should work for Audible. Your family is very lucky because they get to listen to you all the time! 😂😂😂😂 Anyway, while this video is a few months old, it was recommended by TH-cam this morning. I clicked on it right away because I recently found this book at a flee market a few weeks ago and put it in my must read stack. Now I can’t wait. Thanks for this review. By the way, as others have commented, Jump the Shark is referencing Happy Days. I rekey enjoy when you add these trivia bits. Great channel!! Thank you!! 👍👍
Back in the late 60's and early 70's we were all (teen age boys) wearing Speedos!!! It was considered normal!!!! So when we saw Robin's costume it was no big deal. We could care less!!!!!
"BingCherry11" I don't think they were called "Speedos" back then, were they? Certain other super heroes wore briefs such as Superman, and "The Thing" (from the Fantastic Four." Somehow it has to do with how muscular body builders always wore briefs to show off as much of their muscles as possible.
@@obscurelyvague Yes, sort of. Super-hero costumes were based on the way circus performers and acrobats used to dress. Wearing tights was a practical necessity as well as a to show off their muscles, but also in keeping with that era's standards of modesty. (They still kept most of their body covered as opposed to how a body builder would dress today.) The "briefs" they wore over their tights are more appropriately called "trunks" and they were actually a concession to modesty. If a man wore tights without an additional layer on top of them, he would be showing too much. The trunks were typically a different color NOT to draw attention to the man's pelvis (as some people believe), but because a man looks more naked if he's covered head to toe in single-color tights. Putting different colored trunks on top of the tights makes him look more dressed.
Can you imagine how much "fun" Burt had? Barely out of high school, in the 60s, before all the scary STDs, when everyone started "experimenting". He had a charmed life.
As a kid I NEVER understood why Batman and Robin didn't take more shots to the 'pills' considering how exposed they were. I'm not a master criminal but i'd have put "a boot in" the moment one of those caped crusaders came near enough to do it.
The term is from Happy Days. The idea of it is when a show starts to lose its ratings they try something to boost the show back up. It usually doesn't work and even worse causes the show to get cancelled.
False! Jumping the shark 🦈 started the demise of Batman when he was on the helicopter ladder fighting a shark in midair. The saying “Jumping the Shark” is when a television shows does something so lame it loses most of their viewers. This is exactly what happened with Batman FIRST then Happy Days years later.
@@bobholmes65 wrong it becane known as jumping the shark because of Happy Days because Fonzy litterally jumped an area full of sharks. Before that, it didnt have a name. Batman didnt invent the concept, because the wntire show was over the top, just as over the top as the Bat shark repellent scene... need I remind you of tge "Some days you just cant get rid of a bomb" scene from the movie
@@guidofeliz8384 no one said he did. We said the character of Fonzy did... yes Henry is known for playing Fonzy but so are the stuntmen. Its pretty obvious that now production would put their star at risk like that...
@@verneblestien315 does it actually work? Saying it works and it actually working are 2 different things to bad we had to put our dog down after a brave battle with cancer this year
I remember reading in a "Look" magazine interview (c. 1971) with Adam West that one method he tried was wearing 2 jock straps to flatten the curve, in order to please naysayers.
Imagine having a date and then she says your to small and your really big now you're made fun of the rest of your life. Even though you really are big.
He did. Back in the 70s, one of my managers at work said there was a photo spread in Playgirl. She said she was shocked to see that Robin was PACKING! 😂
@@jonathancraddock1810 That's a strange comparison. It seems to me that they have little in common. The League is very conservative whereas so-called SJWs tend to be progressive. Also, there is no "SJW movement." Although some people do fight for what they call "social justice" (including Catholics), they do it in many different ways through many different means (e.g., Catholics may fight against child poverty, but they don't support gay rights). There's no unified movement, and no one calls themselves a "Social Justice Warrior" or "SJW". That's a derogatory term used by people as a lazy way to dismiss people whose ideas they disagree with.
Yes! It never ceases to amaze me how everyone in America is supposed to pretend nobody fu&ks.. gosh when Bill Clinton got shamed for the strange he got on the side, Europeans were like… what’s the big deal.. who doesn’t have a mistress … Pfft
The proper response from the producing team should have been using mighty codpieces. Decades later Brits successfully used a codpiece in "Blackadder" - the infamous Black Russian which always terrified the clergy.
I believe the term "Jumped the Shark" comes from the Happy Days episode where Fozi jumped over a shark while water skiing for a stunt. It means the death of a series.
I know plenty of drag queens who are well-endowed, but manage through "tucking", to hide everything so they look totally flat - even in much more revealing costumes than Robin's. The producers should have gone to a drag queen, that would have sorted the problem out immediately.
Holy bat junk! Those dastardly directors of entertainment at ABC try to take away something from the Boy Wonder that was more important than his utility belt! Boy Wonder don't go down that that Pole!
Jump the shark is from an old happy days episode where Fonzie jumped a shark and the term jump the shark was coined by a man named john Heine who started a website called jump the shark where it talked about shows that "jumped the shark" and got bad. he now works on the howard stern show since 2006 also the year he sold the website to tv guide for millions of dollars.
Current prices on Burt's book? In the hundreds. The Mass Market Paperback is currently listed for $350. That's the cheapest listing. Yikes. I'd like to read it, but not THAT much! Granted, several buyers received books that Burt had autographed even though they were not advertised as such. But that's still a lot of money!
A coworker back in the '90s told me that Burt Ward went on Conan O'Brien, and all he wanted to talk about was women at the stage door wanting to have sex with him. Conan told him that nobody cares about that, but he just kept going on about it to the point that when they went to commercial, Conan turned the back of his chair to him and started drinking his coffee.
Ironic how the people who appoint themselves the protectors of decency and morality are always the first to notice these things.
What decency rating did they give their own massive child molestation cover-up? 🤔
It's called hypocrisy.
and the only ones that complain about it.
They were pissed they couldn't poke him
It is rather brow raising isn’t it? Lol
Poor Burt he nearly became no Dick Grayson.
Ha Ha Ha
ya mean, Dickless Grayson ;)
Castration means ball removal, not dick removal.
😂😂😂😂
Good one!
I grew up watching this and never even noticed the "junk in the front"
🤣🤣🤣
Right, that was never my focus, people are crazy
Wasn't Burt the voice in Robins head in that one Teen Titans Go episode?
mio madre you were blinded by the sex of hollywood da glitz and da gletter´n da glimmer
Lol I definitely noticed it as a kid, and I thought it was hilarious and weird. It was a pretty sexual show, but wasn't everything in the 70s?
"Jump the Shark" is from the Happy Days episode where Fonzie ski-jumps over a shark tank - initialing a turning point of stupidity on the show that it never recovered.
I don't feel that the show
changed radically after
the shark episode.
It changed quite radically
after the first season or two,
but even then, it still had some amount of the original feel.
What really ruined it most
was Arnold's burning down.
I like to say something's
"burned down Arnold's"
instead of "it's jumped the shark".
Facts how Fonzie at the beach with a hot ass leather jacket and motorcycle boots
@@gregorypearsall3626 because Milwaukee is well-known for their beach
Yup it had a mere 8 more seasons after that ........
Christopher Todd Durnil Oh you bet me to it Lol
Holy Battle of the Bulge Batman!
😅😅
🤣🤣
WTF is next? Batgirl's Titts??
@@roxannestorm2616 The feminist movement has a branch arguing for “top freedom”, like showing them off everywhere. So, I guess they’ll want the worst of both worlds: show em’ but condemn us for looking. 🤷🏼♂️ Liberal logic doesn’t have to make sense.
@@johnwilburn WRONG! Liberal logic does have to make sense if people would quit thinking what's under their pants 👖 and start thinking what's up in their brains.
Were the costumers on the show stupid? All they needed to do was have him use a Dance Belt like ballet dancers use.
exactly... hell even a jock strap would work.
I actually did a search on dance belts to see if I could discover why one wasn't used. Turns out dance belts were invented around 1900, so that's not the reason.
They were malicious. They're called "puritans" and they exist in the "social justice" movement on the left today. They infest entertainment.
Yes, they clearly were.
ABC brass coulda gave Burt Ward either a athletic cup, jockstrap, or a diaper to wear underneath the tights.
How is it that Catwoman can wear a skintight leather suit that looks painted on her but the guys were censored for their bulging junk?!
It’s not like the women’s suits were so tight they showed camel toe... 🐫
FYI, any man that could stay "soft" around Julie Newmar or Eartha Kitt was was already "castrated".
Yea...where was her "Camel Toe"?
😂😂😂😂
Penises aren't photogenic?
I don't understand why they didn't just have both actors wear sport cups which can easily be explained as protection from enemies...and femme fatales.
Right 👍🏽
Then they have to explain it. LOL. A short "commercial" at the beginning done by one of them, promoting the cup of choice? 🤣🤣
Yup would've been simple course then we'd need some groin kicks to justify the cups I'm not sure either would enjoy that if the cups malfunctioned ( bet it wouldn't be batman"s cup that malfunctioned,)
Yeah the Bat cup
😂😂😂😂😂
Burt Ward was gorgeous back in those days
He was a momma's boy.
@Logan Hughes Bruce Lee was indeed very hot.
He was so adorable. I just love watching him
Damn I never realized Robin was so hung
If those people thought Burt Ward had a large package, then how in the world did they miss the roll of bologna running down Guy Williams left leg on every episode of “Lost In Space?” My sister pointed it out to me when we were teenagers and I’ve never been able to unsee it.
😲
Never noticed
Who would want to unsee it?
😂😂😂 omg yeah... You couldn't miss it... Guy Williams on Lost In Space was like 10" soft.... In season 2 it almost becomes embarrassing to watch the poor dude try to lug that anaconda around HAHAHA
Yes, I can speak firsthand that not only is it tough keeping a large one out of sight, is is uncomfortable. also, no one ever talks about that when you wear loose underwear and pants/shorts, it slaps around and makes noise. only thing it does not do to draw attention to itself is “light up” - although, certain lighting conditions is a room can create a kind of shadow from “it” on oneself - so the “light up” part is partially true i guess!
I was an innocent 13 year old back in 66 - never noticed their junk up front!!!
Since puberty hits around 9 years old now, it's definitely gonna be different 😂
Just goes to show you what happens to us when we grow up. As a kid watching the show, none of this ever occurred to me.
the dirt is on moral hunters' mind. They are the real dirty minded here. no one would give a sh*t if they hadn't see it
Why on earth were so called devout Catholics looking below the waist anyway? When I was a kid I loved watching the Batman T.V series I was more interested in the storylines than the content of Batman and Robins tights!
sexually repressed people i think
Yeah same im more interested in the crazy situations they find themselves in
Yes those so called devout catholics are the ones who are closeted perverts and up tight forcing there fake morals cause they can't be how they really want to be for whatever reason
Insert pedophilia joke here.
When I Dream Of Jeanie was on TV, the censors made Jeanie cover up her belly button because they thought it was too risque.
Those Prudes! 😂
They had Jeannie cover her bellybutton but they had her breasts popping out in every single scene. How ridiculous.
That was a sad, sad day...
At least the poor girl didn't have to take drugs to make it smaller.
Wait a minute, so chic's can flaunt everything in skin tight clothing that looks painted on but if you're a man with a decent package hell no. So much for equality
yup love a tight men's package
Trust me honey the Catholics were against women too
To be honest a lot of women probably didn't like the costumes they were forced to wear but it went with the job and back then if you get a reputation for kicking up a fuss you wouldn't work again. That's why so many men got away with sexual harassment back then.
@@nigelwalker6103 you completely missed the point
@@t.d.bowman9585 Not really it's not equality if one gender is forced to wear revealing clothes and the other is forced to cover up.
...tweaking the costume was out of the question, huh. Like... couldn't they just put, like, a shield or something in those tights? God I hate Hollywood. They seem to go out of their way to make the worst possible decisions some times.
You hate Hollywood because of a story that is probably all fiction? You hate an entire city of people because of a personal anecdote you have zero first hand knowledge of or way to discount or verify? That's really weird.
This one ain't on Hollywood. This is more with the Catholic Church and it's moral crusade.
So the whole of hollywood agree on this? Every citizen, every worker?everybody? Lol okay
@@darkfeather6857 Hollywood is satanic pedophiles, you shouldn't be surprised at all.
@@darkfeather6857 There are some pretty abusive practices & disregard for the health of actors in Hollywood though that ARE well documented. Vic Morrow's death & the death of the 2 children with him on the Twilight Zone movie could have been utterly avoided if decent safety measures were taken. Star Trek TNG had Brent Spiner wearing contact lenses hand-painted (with acrylic paint!) that could have blinded him. Michael Dorn's makeup made him at risk of keloid scarring. Patrick Stewart got back problems from the Season 1 TNG costumes & Jeri Ryan passed out cos the silver outfit she wore in Voyager pressed on her Carotid artery. Add the countless tales of rape, sexual abuse & child actors being treated like garbage & preyed upon by pedophiles, it's clear that a lot of the folks in charge don't have the best interests of their workers in mind. I don't hate Hollywood, but the movie industry, much like the video game industry, doesn't really consider the cost of hurting or exploiting their workers. Any industry can be prone to toxic work practises unless people stand up to them & demand real change & alas Hollywood is no exception. I
wouldn't be surprised if similar tales exist in the Bollywood industry. Alas a lot of folks in charge of other people don't care if they hurt people if they make money.
I've watched the show many times over the years and the actor who played Robin's area was NEVER the focus, this is crazy.
Catholic priests noticed it. Hmm....
Never mine I'm more laughing at the ridiculous traps they walked into
Yep them 'catholic priests' would notice....
That's why they concentrated on the guy playing the teenager.
lol
Taking fashion advice from 'men in frocks' ... Roight!
I was in Catholic school from 1st grade until I was 17 and I can tell you that PRIESTS always seemed very personally interested in how our junk looked ... After I reached about 13 I can remember it being totally common for me and other boys in our P.E. gym shorts to have our priest coach just walk up to us and stick his hand down the front of our shorts and adjust our junk himself while saying "You nasty young man, you must adjust your parts properly like this when your wearing shorts so you don't look indecent".... (I don't have to tell you that whichever boy you were, at 13 when someone has their hand on your junk adjusting it, it's almost impossible to stop yourself from "growing", in which case the priest would seem to "adjust you" for a longer time and then lead you popping out like a tent pole, and that didn't seem to be indecent to be playing sports in their eyes)
Oh my God !!!!!!! Was this a classic comment. I was a fan of this show and I never paid any attention to Batman's or Robin's 'bulge'. Who would have thought !
The men who have to wear jumpsuits or other tight clothing on the various Star Trek series are issued a piece of underwear called a "Roddenberry" that hides their junk and streamlines their body.
That's because the people on Star Trek were smart and the people on Batman were stupid.
In a Happy Days episode, Fonzie was in a scene where he water skied. When doing a ‘ramp jump,’ a shark swam underneath. The term ‘Jumping the Shark’ was born.
*Robin:* _"Holy moose knuckle, Batman!"_
The most interesting fact I've read about Burt Ward was how fast that guy can read. He was considered the fastest reader in the world at 30,000 words per minute and 90% comprehension at least at one point in his life. Supposedly that was tested and confirmed. I find it hard to fathom anyone reading that fast with that high of comprehension. That truly would be like a real super power. At least he could read faster than Batman and all of the villains put together most likely.
That's 500 words a second! I call BS on that. No way no how.
@@certainly2509 Honestly I find it hard to believe too. He would literally have to be almost photographing an entire page and comprehending it. I read this about him a number of years back both about his speed and most importantly, his ability to remember what he read. I just decided to check out how fast the current world's fastest reader can read and it's 25,000 words per minute and is in the Guinness Book of World Records. This is current information. Now I'm sure Burt Ward could read really fast and he was tested both for reading speed and comprehension. I suspect his speed was overstated. The world's current fastest speed reader is said to read 80 PAGES PER MINUTE. I know, I find it hard to believe too. I'd be happy if I could read 1 page per minute and actually comprehend it. So, if Ward actually was the world's fastest reader he was never officially recognized for that achievement. Here is the current fastest reader in the world If you want to know more about it. You won't find an actual footage of Ward speed reading I don't think. Here is Howard "Speedy" Berg on TH-cam mentioned above. th-cam.com/users/results?search_query=Howard+%22Speedy%22+Berg+
Quote from Burt Ward in Dec 2017 ""I was considered the fastest reader in the world. The average reader reads 240 words a minute with 40% comprehension. I had one of the most prominent speed-reading teachers in the country. He had me test in front of the American Medical Society in Beverly Hills, and I was tested at 30,000 words a minute with 90% comprehension."
@@randyd9805 Thanks. You really did some research on this! Very interesting
I'm a fast reader to but not that fast had to make memorizing lines easier
For Pete’s sake, why didn’t they just change the costume?? The top could’ve been more of a tunic, problem solved!
Great minds think alike! I was just getting ready to comment and then saw yours. Why did they make it so difficult? Nonsense!
I watched all the time as a child and never noticed. His costume was so rediculous they could have just redesigned his shorts or lined them with something or made them loser. Tunic is a good idea to more like Robin Hood.
Well...uhm...change the costume... this was the version of the comic books. So no change.
@@caragarcia2307 Actually, Robin is named after Robin Hood (not the bird) and his costume (red tunic laced up in front, green sleeves) was based on a painting of Robin Hood by N. C. Wyeth.
@@Fantomas4616 Meh. I doubt anybody would spend more than five minutes caring, especially if the alternative is chemically castrating the actor.
This Was Apart Of Burt Ward's "Manhood." Also Adam West's "Manhood." No Man Should Be Ashamed Of His Manhood Or Have To Hide It. Like ABC Did..
That's probably because they were jealous
In the dance and stage world, they wear spandex "dance belts" under their costumes, which straps everything in tightly. It's surprising that they did not consider these resources in a supposedly professional TV situation.
So, my friends and I in about the 5th grade are playing Barbie dolls, changed the Barbie and the Ken doll’s pants and we were shocked ! Some of us had brothers! What happened to him, mommy? Giggles and no answer.
I didn't have a brother. At about 5 years old I was told I couldn't go into the bathroom when my friend's brother was in there brushing his teeth, getting ready for bed. They were sleeping for awhile while our parents played cards at our house. It was a thing people did back in the 60s. 🤷🤷. Anyway, I was just told, "boys and girls are different". Hmmm...yeah, boys have short hair, big deal, was all I could think. Still couldn't figure out why we couldn't be in the bathroom at the same time.
Well I wasn't looking at it but now I can't stop.
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I can’t believe he took them for 1. Day let alone 3. 🐾
It reminds me of the episode of Family Guy when Chris had to take medication that would chemically castrate him. He took them because he sent a picture of penis to one of his classmates, her father saw it, and Chris had the option of either going to sexaholics anonymous meetings or get chemically castrated. After the classes weren’t working out for him, he decided to take the medication. Not enough money in the world would ever make me do that. There’s nothing that could ever be offered to me that would make me do something that abhorrent. Unreal. Great story.
Man this is crazy. Thanks for sharing
Well, that drug obviously worked on Batgirl and Cat Woman. I don't see any bulge on either one of those two.
nothing to write home about here!
Cat Woman´s and Bat Girl´s bulges were upfront on their chests, and the fucking Cath League just said that the clothes should be a bit less tight.
Nobody heard of a "dance belt"? I never heard of make ballet dancers getting censored for their "package"....
Same thing happened to the actor who played Beast in the late Beauty and the Beast movie. The dude almost fainted in some scenes from the pain he was in from "tucking".
During a discussion on the Graham Norton Show Joan Collins said Adam West had told her about the pills of which Burt speaks.
Why would that have ever, not only have been on the table... But their _first_ choice?
_Holy, fucking shit, Batman!_
HOLY BALL BREAKERS BATMAN!!
I met both Bert Ward and Adam West. In 2014, they toured around to some comicoms.
Very Cool!
"Catholic League Of Decency:" that's a joke in itself.
I was born in 68. To think this was a problem way back then just blows my mind. Incredible. Thank you for this info. It’s cool to know. Greetings from San Diego, CA.
The critical Robin-crotch footage is from the episode where he gets captured by Poison ivy. Robin is restrained against an ivy covered lattice wall while Batman fights for his freedom. Four of the vines are obviously the arms of two people standing behind the wall. Whoever was the lower arms was SHAMELESSLY caressing Burt's crotch.
😲😲😲 holy hard-on Batman
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He might have gotten a pretty good 'rub' @2.02 in this video.
That was back in the time when George Costanza's natural shrinkage method wasn't yet widely known.
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I thought they'd make him stand in a walk in freezer between takes.
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Hi. I was recommended your channel by TH-cam a few months ago and have been enjoying it ever since! It’s definitely named correctly because, and I know many people have mentioned this before, your voice is truly a “Cool Classic.” It’s incredible! And when you chuckle to yourself; very endearing! You should work for Audible. Your family is very lucky because they get to listen to you all the time! 😂😂😂😂
Anyway, while this video is a few months old, it was recommended by TH-cam this morning. I clicked on it right away because I recently found this book at a flee market a few weeks ago and put it in my must read stack. Now I can’t wait. Thanks for this review.
By the way, as others have commented, Jump the Shark is referencing Happy Days. I rekey enjoy when you add these trivia bits. Great channel!! Thank you!! 👍👍
Back in the late 60's and early 70's we were all (teen age boys) wearing Speedos!!! It was considered normal!!!! So when we saw Robin's costume it was no big deal. We could care less!!!!!
"BingCherry11" I don't think they were called "Speedos" back then, were they?
Certain other super heroes wore briefs such as Superman, and "The Thing" (from the Fantastic Four." Somehow it has to do with how muscular body builders always wore briefs to show off as much of their muscles as possible.
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@@obscurelyvague Yes, sort of. Super-hero costumes were based on the way circus performers and acrobats used to dress. Wearing tights was a practical necessity as well as a to show off their muscles, but also in keeping with that era's standards of modesty. (They still kept most of their body covered as opposed to how a body builder would dress today.) The "briefs" they wore over their tights are more appropriately called "trunks" and they were actually a concession to modesty. If a man wore tights without an additional layer on top of them, he would be showing too much. The trunks were typically a different color NOT to draw attention to the man's pelvis (as some people believe), but because a man looks more naked if he's covered head to toe in single-color tights. Putting different colored trunks on top of the tights makes him look more dressed.
Can you imagine how much "fun" Burt had? Barely out of high school, in the 60s, before all the scary STDs, when everyone started "experimenting". He had a charmed life.
"Catholic League of Decency" ? Now there's a contradiction if there ever was one.
Holy little smokies Batman! They're trying to turn me into robin eggs and a worm!
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Now just imagine what the Catholic league of decency would of said about the Schumacher Batman outfits with nipples?
Those costumes also had a decent bulge in front and a nice ass in back.
Good call, found that weird as a kid. But Schumacher doesn't beat Burton
Imagine if Burt Ward was packing like Shane Diesel....Holy shit those censors would have had a stroke.!!
They literally sound like a comic book villain organisation.
If it were me, the character wouldn’t have been called Robin, it would have been Woody.
ESPECIALLY, when dealing with Catwoman...
woody wood pecker would be jealous for sure ahaha hahah haha
Poor Burt he took those pills how awful. In today's modern world men would prefer pills to "enhance" themselves!!!
From the looks of it Burt didn't need any enhancing.
As a kid I NEVER understood why Batman and Robin didn't take more shots to the 'pills' considering how exposed they were. I'm not a master criminal but i'd have put "a boot in" the moment one of those caped crusaders came near enough to do it.
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The term is from Happy Days. The idea of it is when a show starts to lose its ratings they try something to boost the show back up. It usually doesn't work and even worse causes the show to get cancelled.
Yes! and this video of mine got more thumbs down than any of my other ones. 😂
Must have been quite a Bat-Challenge for both Burt and Adam to keep their Bat-Bumps in check when Julie Newmar was on set. POW! SCHWING! BANG!
...are you sure they both Bat swung that Bat way?
@@reactions5783 I'm bat-sure.
Jumping the shark is from Happy Days when Fonzy jumped over sharks on an episode
Yes!! You are Correct Sir :)
False! Jumping the shark 🦈 started the demise of Batman when he was on the helicopter ladder fighting a shark in midair. The saying “Jumping the Shark” is when a television shows does something so lame it loses most of their viewers. This is exactly what happened with Batman FIRST then Happy Days years later.
@@bobholmes65 wrong it becane known as jumping the shark because of Happy Days because Fonzy litterally jumped an area full of sharks. Before that, it didnt have a name. Batman didnt invent the concept, because the wntire show was over the top, just as over the top as the Bat shark repellent scene... need I remind you of tge "Some days you just cant get rid of a bomb" scene from the movie
Henry Wrinkler didn't really jump over a shark. A stunt double was used to make the scene. Henry said this many times through the years.
@@guidofeliz8384 no one said he did. We said the character of Fonzy did... yes Henry is known for playing Fonzy but so are the stuntmen. Its pretty obvious that now production would put their star at risk like that...
Thank you for reminding me why I abandoned the catholic faith.
That's crazy he should sue them! What kind of pills did he take anyway?
Are you meaning to tell me that they put a grown man in tights, then had the nerve to complain that his balls were showing? Buddy....
Burt Ward is a nice man. I met him and his family years ago. He was adopting a cat for his young daughter.
All I know is Burt Ward makes the best dogfood. Called Gentle Giants, but for all sized dogs.
So after being a sidekick he really DID go to the dogs where can u get this stuff ?
@@aliostrowski1935 , I buy mine from Chewy, but originally got it at a supermarket. The bag has a distinctive look, covered in testimonials.
@@verneblestien315 does it actually work? Saying it works and it actually working are 2 different things to bad we had to put our dog down after a brave battle with cancer this year
@@aliostrowski1935 I have 19, 15, 13, 10, 9, and 7 year old dogs and I've had no health problems.
@@verneblestien315 that's crazy
I'm not surprised, look what Hollywood did to Judy Garland. 🤷
I remember reading in a "Look" magazine interview (c. 1971) with Adam West that one method he tried was wearing 2 jock straps to flatten the curve, in order to please naysayers.
George Costanza: "I was in the pool!!! .....like a frightened turtle."
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"Jump the shark" Happy Days when the Fonz jumps a shark on water skis.
Imagine having a date and then she says your to small and your really big now you're made fun of the rest of your life. Even though you really are big.
I will seek out this book - thank you for (dare I say) "posting" this.
"Bat Junk"
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At the end of Happy Days, in an attempt garner audience, Fonzie jumped a shark....
What does it mean? He showed his Penis??
@@WoodysAR it means he jumped a shark
It means you’re desperate and threw the kitchen sink in and it flopped.....
@@WoodysAR it means that they were desperate and would try anything, usually means the death (end) of a show.
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Yes it indicates a desperate attempt to revive a dying show, after which it never recovers.
Now I'm wishing that he had had a centerfold in Playgirl magazine
Remember the good ole days when the stars would pose for playgirl?!
He did. Back in the 70s, one of my managers at work said there was a photo spread in Playgirl. She said she was shocked to see that Robin was PACKING! 😂
@@sifridbassoontoo bad I missed it 😢. It would have been better than Burt Reynolds I'm sure.
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Hahaaaa.....I guess i missed it too😕 and yes I remember Burt Reynolds😅
I never noticed anything when watching this as a kid or as an adult.
WTF?!?!?
Me either.
Right, I've watched the shows many times over the years, Robin's area was never the focus, people are really cray cray.
Where the hell is this league today? Anything goes.
It's ironic you say that because this so called League sounds similar to the crazy, modern-day SJW movement.
@Bob Sebring naw, just reninveted as the Woke SJW crew - puritans
There all in Prison for sleeping with boys..
@@jonathancraddock1810 That's a strange comparison. It seems to me that they have little in common. The League is very conservative whereas so-called SJWs tend to be progressive. Also, there is no "SJW movement." Although some people do fight for what they call "social justice" (including Catholics), they do it in many different ways through many different means (e.g., Catholics may fight against child poverty, but they don't support gay rights). There's no unified movement, and no one calls themselves a "Social Justice Warrior" or "SJW". That's a derogatory term used by people as a lazy way to dismiss people whose ideas they disagree with.
If Fonzie was as Cool as Happy Days portrayed him, the shark would have jumped Fonzie instead.
Damn! We are so puritanical it's not even funny! Humans are beautiful creatures let's value ourselves and stop the shame!
Yes! It never ceases to amaze me how everyone in America is supposed to pretend nobody fu&ks.. gosh when Bill Clinton got shamed for the strange he got on the side, Europeans were like… what’s the big deal.. who doesn’t have a mistress … Pfft
Having Bat Girl and Cat Woman on set must not have helped with keeping things hidden.
Why wouldn’t they just give him different tights?! WTF
No kidding.. Your taking chances with those pills.
I remember Frank Gorshyn. AKA the riddler. Grabbing his junk while laughing hysterically several times throughout the series.
Why are men shamed for having a bulge (down front ) but women aren’t (in their chest ) ?!? (Yeah I’m a dude )
Because double standards as well as lonely pricks simping
the penis is a sex organ, boobs aren't.
@@KindCountsDeb3773 Yeah, but they are sexual. At least as a male, I think so.
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@@kencarpenter1363 women have been shamed for their sexuality or looks. This whole story is a bit silly.
Thanks for the 1960s memory! And laugh! 😃 You sure sound like you was laughing all the way through the video! 🎥📼.. Lol 😂
The proper response from the producing team should have been using mighty codpieces. Decades later Brits successfully used a codpiece in "Blackadder" - the infamous Black Russian which always terrified the clergy.
I believe the term "Jumped the Shark" comes from the Happy Days episode where Fozi jumped over a shark while water skiing for a stunt. It means the death of a series.
"Happy Days" went another 200 episodes after Fonzie jumped the shark.
@@bwtv147 but it was over after the shark...the show was never the same
Never noticed before.......now I can't unsee it......soooooooo, thanks for that. Lol
Why were the Catholic Church continuously looking at their packages?
the irony of them working to hide it and a whole video of zooming into the junk
I know plenty of drag queens who are well-endowed, but manage through "tucking", to hide everything so they look totally flat - even in much more revealing costumes than Robin's. The producers should have gone to a drag queen, that would have sorted the problem out immediately.
Exactly I was an mc for drag shows
Why not just have him wear a cup.
or a dance belt? either one of those would have worked.
I read Burt Ward's book a few years ago. It was a real eye opener!!!!
I can not find a copy for a decent price. I hear it is edgy 😲
I'm now calling it my Utility Belt...
Holy bat junk! Those dastardly directors of entertainment at ABC try to take away something from the Boy Wonder that was more important than his utility belt! Boy Wonder don't go down that that Pole!
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@@CoolClassics :-) glad I made you laugh
I would say Burt Ward had some nerved to reveal that
"Carla Hubbs" Did you hear it was fabricated?
Jump the shark is from an old happy days episode where Fonzie jumped a shark and the term jump the shark was coined by a man named john Heine who started a website called jump the shark where it talked about shows that "jumped the shark" and got bad. he now works on the howard stern show since 2006 also the year he sold the website to tv guide for millions of dollars.
The Catholic church falls directly into the notion "People in glass houses should throw stones"
Current prices on Burt's book? In the hundreds. The Mass Market Paperback is currently listed for $350. That's the cheapest listing. Yikes. I'd like to read it, but not THAT much!
Granted, several buyers received books that Burt had autographed even though they were not advertised as such. But that's still a lot of money!
Yeah you have to stalk ebay and you can sometimes find a deal :)
I know that Cat Woman sure made that purple suit look good . . . looking at dudes' packages not my thing.
Wtf does the Catholic Church have to do with deciding how an actor’s privates should be covered up.
If you don't like it, don't watch it!
I find it hard to believe too! They could have josy made him and Adam wear a cup if it was a problem.
I have heard Burt Ward talk about this in interviews.
A coworker back in the '90s told me that Burt Ward went on Conan O'Brien, and all he wanted to talk about was women at the stage door wanting to have sex with him. Conan told him that nobody cares about that, but he just kept going on about it to the point that when they went to commercial, Conan turned the back of his chair to him and started drinking his coffee.
That's nuts! That was my favorite show when I was little. Doesn't surprise me, I've read the stories about shirley temple. :/
That girl in the pink pussycat outfit is just too cute. They got in danger of some real steamy cosplay there....
Well Robin’s real name wasn’t Dick for nothing!