Batman TV Show Cast Reunion 1988 The Late Show 

Frank Gorshin and Cesar Romero were the best Riddler and Joker !

Rest Eternal Peace to all 1960 era Batman and characters of the show.

Hits hard to realize is has been 35 years since this reunion which in turn is remembering the show from 20 years prior

Burgess Meredith was still part of the cast in the show. He should have been invited. Mr. Meredith is awwsome

Adam West's voice...just brings back so many memories

People from my past life..Love them all. They made my childhood happy beeing a kid.

RIP the cast of Batman (TV Series) Madge Blake (May 31, 1899 - February 19, 1969), aged 69 Neil Hamilton (September 9, 1899 - September 24, 1984), aged 85 Maurice Evans (June 3, 1901 - March 12, 1989), aged 87 Rudy Vallée (July 28, 1901 - July 3, 1986), aged 84 Tallulah Bankhead (January 31, 1902 - December 12, 1968), aged 66 Walter Slezak (May 3, 1902 - April 21, 1983), aged 80 Alan Napier (January 7, 1903 - August 8, 1988), aged 85 Otto Preminger (December 5, 1905 - April 23, 1986), aged 80 George Sanders (July 3, 1906 - April 25, 1972), aged 65 Cesar Romero (February 15, 1907 - January 1, 1994), aged 86 Burgess Meredith (November 16, 1907 - September 9, 1997), aged 89 Ethel Merman (January 16, 1908 - February 15, 1984), aged 76 Milton Berle (July 12, 1908 - March 27, 2002), aged 93 Michael Rennie (August 25, 1909 - June 10, 1971), aged 61 Vincent Price (May 27, 1911 - October 25, 1993), aged 82 David Wayne (January 30, 1914 - February 9, 1995), aged 81 Eli Wallach (December 7, 1915 - June 24, 2014), aged 98 Van Johnson (August 25, 1916 - December 12, 2008), aged 92 David Lewis (October 19, 1916 - December 11, 2000), aged 84 Zsa Zsa Gabor (February 6, 1917 - December 18, 2016), aged 99 Byron Keith (November 17, 1917 - January 19, 1996), aged 78 Ida Lupino (February 4, 1918 - August 3, 1995), aged 77 Stafford Repp (April 26, 1918 - November 5, 1974), aged 56 Art Carney (November 4, 1918 - November 9, 2003), aged 85 Liberace (May 16, 1919 - February 4, 1987), aged 67 Shelley Winters (August 18, 1920 - January 14, 2006), aged 85 Anne Baxter (May 7, 1923 - December 12, 1985), aged 62 Cliff Robertson (September 9, 1923 - September 10, 2011), aged 88 Eartha Kitt (January 17, 1927 - December 25, 2008), aged 81 Roddy McDowall (September 17, 1928 - October 3, 1998) aged 70 Adam West (September 19, 1928 - June 9, 2017), aged 88 Malachi Throne (December 1, 1928 - March 13, 2013), aged 84 Carolyn Jones (April 28, 1930 - August 3, 1983) aged 53 Roger C. Carmel (September 27, 1932 - November 11, 1986), aged 54 Frank Gorshin (April 5, 1933 - May 17, 2005), aged 72 Yvonne Craig (May 16, 1937 - August 17, 2015), aged 78 Victor Buono (February 3, 1938 - January 1, 1982), aged 43 Lesley Gore (May 2, 1946 - February 16, 2015), aged 68 You will be remembered as legends.

Apparently Alan Napier was annoyed that Ross Shafer only asked him few stupid question and cut him off. They should've let Alfred to tell his stories!

Trivia: Frank Gorshin plays the director of the mental instiution were Bruce Willis is comitted in Terry Gilliams 12 Monkeys. And he did it really well.

Cesar Romero- The Great One!

Am I the only one getting a kick out of the commercials? And having flashbacks 🤣🤣

OMG....the original Batman TV show is one of my favorite programs of ALL time. never knew this existed. thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So indicative of the 60s counterculture, fashion, etc. This show was really hip, many of the shows went right over my head, watching it as a kid.

Frank Gorshin died of lung cancer 15 years after this show in 2005 at age 72, he was 5 years younger then Adam West who died in 2017 age 88. Alfred the Butler Alan Napier born in 1903 died Aug 8, 1988, 3 months after this show was taped.

It was really good to see most of the original cast of the 1960’s “Batman” series.A real nice trip down memory lane!…Holy Thowbacks!!!…Karl Schumaker 🎉

I loved this. Seeing most of my favourite cast members. This is TV Gold imo.

The Riddler is one of my favorite Batman villains.

It’s amazing to hear their voices. They’re exactly the same from when the show aired back in the days! Uncanny. I could recognize each person with the character they played just by listening to them talk during that Late Night talk show.

Well well, thats like walking down Memory Lane, and there are sadly not many Cast-Members left today 35 Years later in 2023, but thank you very much for putting this Late-Show on. Greetings from Munich, Germany.

One thing I hated back then when i had a VCR was recording commercials..now I wished I recorded them😄

I just wish they'd had a little more time with Mr. Napier! He had recovered from a stroke, but was still so suave and funny.

Bob Rivers’s Christmas parodies are the greatest! It’s my family tradition to play them every Christmas!

Only one year later and Michael Keaton would go on to say: "I'm Batman"

I just bought the complete season and I’m glad I did. In really dark and gritty times in real life and entertainment, watching this is refreshing.

22 years since the show first aired when this reunion aired and now 35 years since this reunion aired😭

Sorry Jim Carrey. You were good in ''BATMAN PART 3'' but even in death, Frank Gorshin will ALWAYS have you beat.

I had to look this up, but Alan Napier passed away only 4 months after this appearance. He had a stroke in 1987 and was hospitalized 2 months after this appearance. Always loved Alfred.

Wonderful to have them all together, although so strange watching back old shows now where every minute they seem to throw over to a commercial break and barely leaves any time for each guest to actually speak in the rush to keep wheeling on the next one between the long advertisements! Bit of a missed opportunity, but seeing it now, it's nice that there was a chance to get them all together in the same room. Thanks for the upload :)

Looking back at these clips from the series.. It really is amazing how well it was remastered for Blu Ray/DVD box sets!.. The quality is amazing..

Don’t know if the commercials or the reunion are more nostalgic

What a treat to see so many of them together! I actually wish Ross had let Frank finish his story... but let's face it, there's no upstaging Julie Newmar.

Thank you for keeping the commercials, so awesome to see them

I was lucky in 2016 to have met Adam & Burt at FanExpo in Toronto. RIP Adam "Mayor" West 🙏🕊🦇

Frank is absolutely baked!

I saw Frank in Vegas, he put on a great show. Julie's restaurant on Fairfax was Eata Pita and the food was wonderful. Julie would be there every Sunday. My pals and I would show up every week and she'd mingle with the customers. She was lovely.

Had the pleasure of meeting both Adam West and Frank Gorshin back in the late 90s. Loved seeing them all together, but they should have just had them all come out at once at the beginning and share stories. I wish they could have gotten Burgess Meredith on there too, kind of disappointed that there was no mention of him. I also didn't like the way he would cut them off mid story.

Wow, I never saw this reunion until now. Thank you for sharing. As a kid, I watched every Batman episode when the show was first run, from the very first episode until the last one.

Victor Bueno as "King Tut" and Wally Cox as "Bookworm"...

What a great cast. Those tv commercials can also help at times to estimate the date or the year of a tv show. 53:51 shows a good through date of May 22, 1988.

seeing the 80's commercials took me back to when I was 19,

Batman and Robin The Villains: The Riddler, Joker, Catwomen (Julie Newmar and Eartha Kitt) Batwomen and Alfred

Before going to school I would watch Batman and Robin while eating my Captain Crunch. My favorite superhero was the GREEN LANTERN. In fact anyone from my generation will definitely remember the underoos and I of course had the Green Lantern. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You sooooo much for this video and transporting ALL of us back in time to our childhood. 🥣 🙏 📺

Frank is the best Riddler ever

Great show I still watch it and I bought the box set that includes the movie and signed script by Adam West he was on an infomercial selling it but not long after about a year or so past away. I'm sorry only Burt Ward and John Astin And Julie Newmar are still with us

Adam West and Burt Ward never were able to escape being type cast as Batman and Robin. The most notable non-Batman related thing Adam did years after the show went off the air was voicing Family Guy character Mayor West. Burt basically went back to the private sector. If he has acting credits after the Batman series, I have no clue what they are other than him voicing Robin in two Batman animated movies released in the 2010s. That doesn't count because those movies are an extension of the live action series.

Batman tv show makes remember good times , and i really enjoy this guys

Julie Newmar steals the show, but great to see most of the cast of that great show!

Frank suffered from COPD (emphysema) and died from lung cancer and pneumonia in 2005. The COPD is pretty evident during this appearance. And he was still smoking. :(

I love the commercials from the 1980s lol

Best JOKER laugh !😁👍🏻

I had a black cat named Eartha Kitty.

Those were the good old day's the 1960's. I loved that era.

The Batman show is from the 60s, but I watched it as a kid in the 80s. Probably around the time this reunion took place.

Am I the only one who enjoyed the commercials too?

It would have been fun if they had also had the third Catwoman actress from the TV movie episode of the series and Burgess Meredith and Cesar Romero. Also would have been fun to see the actors that played Commissioner Gordon, Chief O'Hara, Batgirl, Alfred and Robin (dick graceson's) aunt. The whole principal cast reunite would have been great fun! But this was great too!!

It's so sad Alan Napier passed that year.

I remember this like it was yesterday. I was 8 yrs old and fell in love with the OG Batman show! Wonder Woman will always be the BEST, but they can have 2nd place lol

Frank Gorshin as the Riddler was the best !!!!!!

I loved Batman…..a great show. I watched it every week.

11 bucks for a bucket of chicken and sides those were the days. Every place is so greedy now

Loved it as man and boy timeless😊

Thanks for sharing this.

I grew up during the 1960's watching Batman as a child.. Frank Gorshin's entrance here - Priceless !!! LOL ! 🤖 ? FYI, Alfred ROCKS ! 🎸🎸

The host cut of Alan Napier in the middle of his story, which was really rude and annoyed Napier (Napier had previously had a stroke so his speech may have been a bit slow). Out of all these guys, Napier was the one who was a serious Movie actor, and he had starred in some very famous movies from the 1930s to the 1960s.

Yvonne Craig was such a babe❤

In 1967 the Batmobile was on tour in west Phoenix at the Maryvale Mall; I got to sit in it! I was 6 years old and Always Sat Too Close!

This brings back so many good memories when i was young ,i loved the series,i have the episodes and movie on dvd

Robin always figured out the riddles.😊 Burt went into real estate and business. He also has a pet food product line.

Poor Frank!

The Riddler was my favorite villain back then.

Needs more commercials.

such a great show. And obviously full of love behind the scenes

JULIE NEWMAR is the last female villain alive from the original series, 90-years old. Burt Ward is still alive today at 79.

Loved that phone.Still Do!

Hollywood will never find actors better than the actors on the TV show to play the characters.

man the audio needs to be scrubbed and cleaned ouch that screech is not cool

"Loved that show!"

What I remember the most about this was everyone but the host cringing at the way Alan was brought out and the way the questions were asked of him.

Julie Newmar was STUNNING doing that dance ❤❤

Ross Shafer lacked some important interviewing skills. He kept cutting off his guests and the audience just wanted to hear them talk. I'm sure he was just following cues from producers, but it was not a classy move for a variety show host. The Batman cast deserved a better interview. That said, this brought back some great memories... and the commercials made me smile.

Ertha Kitt was so hot! Its funny, the thing i remember most, besides her purring, is her dinging the song Santa Baby. One my favorite Christmas songs, her verdion is by far the best, no taking anything from The Material Girl.

Man, I haven't heard the name A&S in years. Most locations became Macys after the company sold.

Greatest moment is meeting Adam West at a con in Dallas, tx.

My tinnitus is being triggered with this hum! 😳

HOLY early bird pillow feathers. I loved Batman & Robin on TV

This is priceless!!

Julie Newmar was also in the classic Star Trek episode Friday's Child.

Amazing how much Letterman 'borrowed' in order to sound like Ross Shafer.

I see a lot of Ernest T. Bass in Gorshin's depiction of The Riddler

24:40 This is probably my favorite part of the episode! "I don't remember saying all that..."

Strange seeing Frank wearing a green mask. It was always lavender on the show, only his clothes were green.

RIP ADAM FRANK EARTA

Alan Napier died a little over 3 months after this was filmed.

Here's something for you, Yvonne Craig was in the Elvis movie Kissing Cousins and with James Coburn in In Like Flint, and like Julie Newmar, Frank Gorshin, was also in the classic Star Trek episode, Whom Gods Destroy as the green Orion slave girl Marta. Funny, huh? The Batman show having a Star Trek connection? 😁😉

I miss the 80s

Great flashback, thanks for this...most of them looked good at this point yet, although Julie Newmar (still alive btw), despite still having dynamite legs, looked like she's trying too hard to look younger, with the excessive makeup, etc. Yvonne Craig, although she could lose a few pounds, looks great and very natural. Frank Gorshin I still remember from "Kopykats," what a talent he had.

next to the goat,rich little, frank gorshin was a master impressionist

Ironic with him saying that he has writers who aren't on strike when there's a literal strike happening in Hollywood right now lol

Those adverts were amazing, ha ha ha ha!

I love how the video is cropped just on her. I wish every episode was like that. Sorry Dave😂