I grew up with Tim Burton's version, but both it and this are tied for me for most iconic. Everything else after just pales in comparison and some just downright suck.
This is great, the best part of the show that never gets old even after all these decades later. There are couple of film clips from the TV show where exiting the bat cave from the point of view of the drivers seat. Perhaps when I run across it sometime I will post it.
Thanks! Yes the first episode where the exit is shown from the drivers point of view is "The Purr-fect Crime" which was repeated a couple of times. I have that clip in my video 1966 Batmobile The Movie (posted way back in 2008 so video quality not great!)
I read once that the bat cave exit was barely wide enough for the car to fit through. As a result, the shots were filmed driving very slowly, and then played at a sped-up rate for the scenes.
Actually, it had plenty of power, but it had terrible handling and brakes, and if they'd gone any quicker, the tires would have slid on the dirt and the car would have kept spinning out.
@@cujoedaman There's no such thing as a "modern chassis". All cars since the... 70s have a "unibody", meaning that there is no frame/chassis, because the body itself is designed to carry all the load and components. Only large pickups and a few massive SUVs have a chassis ...and full-size trucks and buses too of course.
Always loved the folding road block and convenient Gotham City 14 miles sign....imagine total country side and dirt roads just 14 miles from a major metropolis these days....yet when this was filmed, where I lived was "the sticks" and 13 miles from DC.
The craziest thing is: Where on hell is Wayne Manor here? It should be above and to the back of the cave, in the middle of the desert, an impossible landscape!
I want this to be my first car... I plan on making a batgirl mustang (purple and yellow) and having a decal on the back window of her upper half holding her cape to the side that covers the bottom of the window... can’t wait to have my own batgirl mobile lol
I wonder how uncomfortable it was driving over that wooden barrier? It must have felt like driving over a speed bump! Fortunately the car has Bat-tires from Firestone!
Didn’t think about it at the time, (I was a kid) but the car always showed up clean and polished after driving on a dirty dusty road. Must have stopped off at the Bat Car Wash along the way. Still the coolest Batmobile ever. I saw one of the replicas driving through a resort town. Batman got kinda old looking.
I have always wondered what did they do when it rained? The Batmobile has no roof cover? At least I never saw that it had one. And yes, the squealing of the tires on the dirt road.
Bruce Wayne's house sits on a flat piece of land with access to the bat cave via fire poles which go down. How then does the batmobile exit the cave bear the top of a desert mountain?
I actually went the the cave they filmed this and it was just a cave with 3 exits the cave it’s close to the Hollywood sign and I’d recommend it for anyone who is a fan of DC comics or just Batman in general
If you ever visit LA, you can hike to the actual Batcave. It’s in Bronson Canyon. It’s connected to Griffith Park and is accessed from Hollywood. The Hollywood sign is visible from it. As the car comes out of the cave, the Hollywood sign is on the left and up high. It’s actually not a cave, but a abandoned rock mine. It goes thru the hill and has three exits on the other side. It’s very narrow, and there is no vegetation at all. That is all fake bushes and trees around the entrance. The tunnel is very narrow and about 9 feet high. You used to be able to walk through it. I once smoked a bowl in the batcave. Last time I went there, it was gated off , because of falling rocks and you couldn’t go inside. The far side of the cave is even more famous. It’s a rock canyon enclosed on three sides. It’s been used in 100s of movies and tv shows, including ALL Star Trek series, and TJ Hooker. . If you are a tv nut or film geek. It will be a thrill for you to see it. It’s free. You park for free in a lot a few hundred yards away and walk to it.
*I can clearly remember as a kid a debate one night out in the car port how there was a "track" or something that allowed the Batmobile to go so fast! LOL Many years later in a film class, I learned about "under-cranking", where you filmed at slower than normal speed - I guess back to the days of hand-cranking cameras, so when you ran film at normal speed, it looked faster than normal. That's how they filmed the Batmobile...*
It says Gotham city is 14 miles away, you would think Batman would live closer to where he works. You know that thing doesn’t get good gas mileage right
at :31, there's a few frames of the next shot, in which the Batmobile goes by a lonely tree at the bend in the road. Anybody know where this was filmed? I have a hunch it wasn't in Griffith Park (like the Batcave).
My error in leaving in a few frames. It's the continuation of the drive to Gotham, a road that exists going to the real cave. See this overhead shot I found on the web. swartzentrover.com/cotor/Photos/Hiking/Griffith/Batcave/SatMap.gif
An interesting fact was Adam was not even there when these were filmed his stunt double hubie kerns was driving the batmobile in everyone of those shots Burt is there cause with his mask it would be more easily noticeable if he wasn’t in the car Adam didn’t go to the Bronson canyon cave location until the reunion movie return to the batcave based on his book of the same name
Omg I loved this show when I was a kid in the 60s! I had to watch it alone because none of my sisters liked it. Actually they hated it lol. I'm a female, btw😂
I just read on one of those click-bait sites that this hole, Bransen Cavern in Hollywood, was so small they actually drove the vehicle through it very slowly and to give the appearance of it happening quickly the "cameras were under-cranked, which meant that the action was filmed very slowly and then sped up during playback." Of course, these sites have a reputation for just saying anything they want and, frankly, I don't care enough to research further so you decide.
Bronson Canyon/Cave, yes it's located underneath and below the HOLLYWOOD sign. You can't drive a vehicle thru the cave , what they did was back it in then drove the Batmobile out and yes they did undercrank the film to make it look like it was flying in and out of the Batcave opening.
I love how the tires squeal on a dirt road
sshhh
the General Lee squeals tires in the dirt Also! those cars are So Bad Ass!!
Was just thinking that....haha. Good Call
Thought it would add the fire from the rear before it left the batcave.
Like rubber crocodiles that growl like lions 😂
Can't we all agree that Adam West's Batman had the best Batmobile?
Totally!!!!!
Yes
It's not a topic that's up for
discussion
Of course the original is the
BEST !
@@m.pietro9087agreed 😊
I take it that everyone here is above 50? ❤
The most iconic car ever built. Loved the various versions of it exiting the cave.
I grew up with Tim Burton's version, but both it and this are tied for me for most iconic. Everything else after just pales in comparison and some just downright suck.
There are also a few versions of the car entering the cave as well
This is great, the best part of the show that never gets old even after all these decades later. There are couple of film clips from the TV show where exiting the bat cave from the point of view of the drivers seat. Perhaps when I run across it sometime I will post it.
Thanks! Yes the first episode where the exit is shown from the drivers point of view is "The Purr-fect Crime" which was repeated a couple of times. I have that clip in my video 1966 Batmobile The Movie (posted way back in 2008 so video quality not great!)
"Atomic batteries to power, turbines to speed."
"Roger, ready to move out."
I read once that the bat cave exit was barely wide enough for the car to fit through. As a result, the shots were filmed driving very slowly, and then played at a sped-up rate for the scenes.
It will be super awkward if there's some people just standing around the cave when the car come out. Batman had to use his "Amnesia spray" then.
Bat amnesia spray.
And if he'd hit and killed them, used the spray on himself and the Boy Wonder.
What if someone was struck by the Batmobile as it entered the street?
"Batman, you've got some explaining to do!"
What if there was a stalled truck right outside the exit of the Batcave ?
I like how they had to fast forward it because the Futura was just that slow and heavy
Actually, it had plenty of power, but it had terrible handling and brakes, and if they'd gone any quicker, the tires would have slid on the dirt and the car would have kept spinning out.
@@jwramc Imagine if they put that body on a modern chassis :D
Yeah they had to speed up the film.
@@cujoedaman There's no such thing as a "modern chassis". All cars since the... 70s have a "unibody", meaning that there is no frame/chassis, because the body itself is designed to carry all the load and components. Only large pickups and a few massive SUVs have a chassis ...and full-size trucks and buses too of course.
@@SmartassX1 Someone could build one...
Always loved the folding road block and convenient Gotham City 14 miles sign....imagine total country side and dirt roads just 14 miles from a major metropolis these days....yet when this was filmed, where I lived was "the sticks" and 13 miles from DC.
This never gets old.
1960s Batmobile, best looking car, ever.
My favorite batmobile! Thank you for sharing
I watched this when I was five. My buddy had a batmobile dinkie toy,coolest toy in the sandbox.
The coolest car of all time!!!!!
I think the Batmobile from tje first Batman movie is the coolest car of all time. But it is 23 years newer than this one, lol
1. The Batmobile
2. The Black Beauty
3. The Munster Hearse
4. The Car
5. The Bullet Proof Bomb (Wacky Races).
Love that 1966 Batmobile!!
It supersedes ALL OTHERS.
Wonder what engine it had ?
Imagine being the person who has to continuously repair the barrier batman keeps destroying
As campy as this show was, I'm very surprised they didn't have a sign in the Batcave saying "Batcave Exit Via Bat Garage Door --->"
Exit Via Super-Secret Bat Tunnel
How lucky! No one else ever driving by on that road, no hikers, campers, etc each time leaving that cave.
Well that's stock footage for you!
It is probably private property. Also, I’m sure Alfred scans the area with binoculars before the Batmobile leave or returns.
The craziest thing is: Where on hell is Wayne Manor here? It should be above and to the back of the cave, in the middle of the desert, an impossible landscape!
Obvious that little road block and no passing vehicles notice the tire marks on the dirt, strong skid marks, that the "blocked" road being used.
I loved how Batman always told Robin to "buckle up for safety" right before tearing out of the bat cave in a rocket powered car.
With atomic batteries 😂
All the landscaping and piles of dirt around the cave entrance was set dressing. The real cave is a just a flat cliffside with a hole in it.
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I want this to be my first car... I plan on making a batgirl mustang (purple and yellow) and having a decal on the back window of her upper half holding her cape to the side that covers the bottom of the window... can’t wait to have my own batgirl mobile lol
“Batmobile Destroyed In Collision Outside The Batcave. Batman And Robin Transported To Gotham General Hospital”
holy car crash Batman!
Top secret hidden batcave clearly marked by curved skid marks and tire tracks in the dirt.
Not to mention the barrier/blockade just outside the entrance lol
I heard that film this one time and use the same film on ever episode .
I wish I lived in this time!
Batman has to do that awkward 14 mile commute to work after getting all hyped up when the Batsiren sounds.
The shots of the Batmobile exiting in the dark and the marker lights are showing is plain bad ass!! Pause at 0:38...total bad ass!!
Love this show 😊
0:19 Looks like Burt Ward’s stunt double is in this shot, despite Ward saying it was himself after he pulled out his finger on the gear shift.
Amazing Batcave departure,thats how I take off from my home to head out to work in my Mustang! Lol 😂
Great tv series 😊😊
Unlike most 60's F/X...this still looks great. I think I like it better now than in 1965, when I was 7.
Look just as good 20 years later when I was 9, Timeless scene for sure
I wonder how uncomfortable it was driving over that wooden barrier? It must have felt like driving over a speed bump! Fortunately the car has Bat-tires from Firestone!
Really cool how the Gotham metro area looks nothing at all like Southern California. ;)
I was just gonna say that lol
Its Chicago in real life I've shown joker and batman found on map on my channel . They are on google earth.
Fun fact: Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
Gotham city is about 14 miles left of the bat cave.
Didn’t think about it at the time, (I was a kid) but the car always showed up clean and polished after driving on a dirty dusty road. Must have stopped off at the Bat Car Wash along the way.
Still the coolest Batmobile ever. I saw one of the replicas driving through a resort town. Batman got kinda old looking.
The best part of the show!!
No arguement about that, still love pretty females, fights
So this is pretty much the new batmobile, but more modernized.
The Batmobile was apparently unwieldly at high speeds, so a lot of the Batcave exits were in slow motion, then speeded up.
It handles like a tank, as you can see by the fishtails.... ;)
Like all American cars really
Alfred Pennyworth, I love that dude, keep on a rockin'!!!
There were three Season 1 episodes (## 19, 29, and 33), plus the movie, in which they showed the driver’s view of the Batmobile leaving the Batcave.
I have a beautiful Metal Model of The Batmobile from the TV show and it lights up 👍
Woww!! Loved to see it exiting the Batcave in the dark with it's lights on!! That's bad ass!!
This show was hilarious
I have always wondered what did they do when it rained? The Batmobile has no roof cover? At least I never saw that it had one. And yes, the squealing of the tires on the dirt road.
Probably doesn't rain in California..
Bruce Wayne's house sits on a flat piece of land with access to the bat cave via fire poles which go down. How then does the batmobile exit the cave bear the top of a desert mountain?
Cartoon Physics
I actually went the the cave they filmed this and it was just a cave with 3 exits the cave it’s close to the Hollywood sign and I’d recommend it for anyone who is a fan of DC comics or just Batman in general
Is it signposted in any way or otherwise designated? How can a person find it?
If you ever visit LA, you can hike to the actual Batcave.
It’s in Bronson Canyon. It’s connected to Griffith Park and is accessed from Hollywood. The Hollywood sign is visible from it. As the car comes out of the cave, the Hollywood sign is on the left and up high.
It’s actually not a cave, but a abandoned rock mine. It goes thru the hill and has three exits on the other side. It’s very narrow, and there is no vegetation at all. That is all fake bushes and trees around the entrance. The tunnel is very narrow and about 9 feet high. You used to be able to walk through it. I once smoked a bowl in the batcave.
Last time I went there, it was gated off , because of falling rocks and you couldn’t go inside.
The far side of the cave is even more famous. It’s a rock canyon enclosed on three sides. It’s been used in 100s of movies and tv shows, including ALL Star Trek series, and TJ Hooker.
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If you are a tv nut or film geek. It will be a thrill for you to see it. It’s free. You park for free in a lot a few hundred yards away and walk to it.
Definitely the best!
That last third to last one was a little too close to the camera operator thanks! 😳
Bronson canyon baby.
What a beautiful automobile
Nicely done!
*I can clearly remember as a kid a debate one night out in the car port how there was a "track" or something that allowed the Batmobile to go so fast! LOL Many years later in a film class, I learned about "under-cranking", where you filmed at slower than normal speed - I guess back to the days of hand-cranking cameras, so when you ran film at normal speed, it looked faster than normal. That's how they filmed the Batmobile...*
14 miles from downtown Los Angeles.
Robin is not riding shotgun in the 4th & 5th clip. Try watching at .25 playback speed
I just realized that Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson don't live in Gotham City. The sign said Gotham City 14 miles.
Fantastic!!! (As always!)
I have been to this cave! It’s crazy that it’s right next to a neighborhood
Greatest 🚗 garage ever, under Wayne manor
Great Al
ULTRA COOOOOOOL!
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
If youre ever in LA, you can hike up to the batcave in the Hollywood Hills. You just cant go in it anymore.
What is the actual speed of the t v. Batmobile I wonder? They look like they sped up the visuals on screen.
Ahhh my childhood
I love the turbine sound...watched as a kid...now i love turbines and know why
Too cool .
Alfred pennyworth? Is the butler
Did the original batmobile have working dadlights? Can anyone remember?
At dusk or night the Batmobile ran with those 2 rectangular orange/yellow "Bat-Ray" lens' lit up.
"Gotham City 14 Miles"
Imagine walking all the way over there
Felt like a shot of adrenaline every time I saw these as a kid
The only real Batman-Adam West!
It says Gotham city is 14 miles away, you would think Batman would live closer to where he works. You know that thing doesn’t get good gas mileage right
Back when gas price was about $0.25 per gallon not many people were concerned about fuel economy.
at :31, there's a few frames of the next shot, in which the Batmobile goes by a lonely tree at the bend in the road. Anybody know where this was filmed? I have a hunch it wasn't in Griffith Park (like the Batcave).
My error in leaving in a few frames. It's the continuation of the drive to Gotham, a road that exists going to the real cave. See this overhead shot I found on the web. swartzentrover.com/cotor/Photos/Hiking/Griffith/Batcave/SatMap.gif
Bronson canyon. It’s a park in Hollywood
Came here to see this because Sam and Colby investigated this cave :D
Love the turbine FX.
I'm here right now
Cave still there,see The Spa Guys vid
Cool
No one ever comments on how dusty the Batmobile is when it arrives in Gotham, or Batman and Robin are after sitting in their open cockpits.
Hot As a Nine One Seven Going Down The Mulsanne Straight:::::::::::
Batman y robin buena serie
0:08 Robin : " Holy moly! Watch out for that semi, Batman " !!
Amei!!! Que saudades!
As a kid I watched it in my native language, French !
Does anyone know the title fonts in yellow?
Ad Lib font
That looks like a wider cave than the reputed Bat Ave
An interesting fact was Adam was not even there when these were filmed his stunt double hubie kerns was driving the batmobile in everyone of those shots Burt is there cause with his mask it would be more easily noticeable if he wasn’t in the car Adam didn’t go to the Bronson canyon cave location until the reunion movie return to the batcave based on his book of the same name
The bat mobile was slow as a turtle but bad assed to drool over,the car was based off the lincoln futura
People love pointing out silly things... after all it was meant to be silly aiming at 6-10 yo kids !
Omg I loved this show when I was a kid in the 60s! I had to watch it alone because none of my sisters liked it. Actually they hated it lol. I'm a female, btw😂
Leuk om de Batmobile te zien rijden, maar constand hetzelfde filmpje is irritant, ook al is dat vanuit een andere stand genomen.
I wonder how far the city is from the batcave
14 miles
Plenty of u tube vids out there showing this location
by A. Pennyworth - Alfred's name! LOL
Never figured out why no one ever saw the bat mobile entering the main road and back-tracked the route to find the entrance to the bat cave
I just read on one of those click-bait sites that this hole, Bransen Cavern in Hollywood, was so small they actually drove the vehicle through it very slowly and to give the appearance of it happening quickly the "cameras were under-cranked, which meant that the action was filmed very slowly and then sped up during playback." Of course, these sites have a reputation for just saying anything they want and, frankly, I don't care enough to research further so you decide.
Bronson Canyon/Cave, yes it's located underneath and below the HOLLYWOOD sign. You can't drive a vehicle thru the cave , what they did was back it in then drove the Batmobile out and yes they did undercrank the film to make it look like it was flying in and out of the Batcave opening.
definitely undercranked. Looks fake by today's standards.
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so cool
I wonder if they ever turned right… maybe if they were heading out of town.