{"podcast":{"title":"To The Batpoles! Batman 1966","slug":"to-the-batpoles-batman-1966-742327","podcast_index_feed_id":742327,"rss_url":"https://tothebatpoles.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://tothebatpoles.libsyn.com/podcast","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/d/c/f/3/dcf3fc36e42847c1/Batpoles-ad-for-DCP-site-research.jpg","author":"Tim Young","episode_count":270,"summary":"Like many who grew up in the '60s and '70s (and perhaps even '80s and later), Tim and Paul had the course of their lives changed by the 1966 Batman TV show, from the types of play they did growing up to their present-day interests. In this series, they discuss the show's allure and its failures, the arc of the show from satire to sitcom, its influences (the '40s serials and the comic books themselves) and the things it, in turn, influenced. SUPPORT \"To the Batpoles!\" and DeconstructingComics.com via Patreon !","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T22:17:22.207476+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/to-the-batpoles-batman-1966-742327"},"episode":{"title":"BAT BITS #34 (FREE EPISODE): Walla Walla Celebrates Adam West!","slug":"bat-bits-34-free-episode-walla-walla-celebrates-adam-west","published_at":"2026-06-04T11:55:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/to-the-batpoles-batman-1966-742327/bat-bits-34-free-episode-walla-walla-celebrates-adam-west","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/to-the-batpoles-batman-1966-742327","url":"https://tothebatpoles.libsyn.com/bat-bits-34-free-episode-walla-walla-celebrates-adam-west","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tothebatpoles/260604_FREE.mp3?dest-id=259878","summary":"It goes without saying that Batman '66 wouldn't be Batman '66 without Adam West . Never mind Keaton and the others; Adam's our Batman! Adam's hometown of Walla Walla, Washington , celebrates Adam's legacy on and around his birthday of September 19 , dubbed \"Adam West Day\" . In this e pisode, Brian Marsmaker from the Adam West Day planning committee and Adam West Day founder Jonathan Grant join us to talk about this year's festivities, the origins of the annual event, Adam's early life in Walla Walla, and their own favorite Batman episodes and villains. Plus, match your Bat-knowledge against our guests' in Tim's Bat-Quiz ! Join our Patreon for $2/month to hear this episode with no ads, and to hear all our past and future episodes!","meta_description":"It goes without saying that Batman '66 wouldn't be Batman '66 without Adam West . Never mind Keaton and the others; Adam's our Batman! Adam's hometown of…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3057,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/to-the-batpoles-batman-1966-742327/episodes/bat-bits-34-free-episode-walla-walla-celebrates-adam-west/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/to-the-batpoles-batman-1966-742327/bat-bits-34-free-episode-walla-walla-celebrates-adam-west.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}