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Daughterof_Evil
08-24-2001, 01:39 PM
I'm not a big Adam West fan...in fact I can't even think of the old live-action Batman series without also thinking of that Richard Smiegal cartoon on Saturday Night Live. But I was reading NEWSWEEK and found this tiny quote that I think we can all relate to.

GOING TO BAT

Wildfires, shark attacks-this summer's a dangerous one. So with a new DVD out this week, PERI asked Batman (a.k.a. Adam West) to help us be more heroic. Superheroic, that is. His tips:

1) Get good gear. " You need utter confidence in your utility belt and a dependable vehicle without recall problems."

2) Find a sidekick. " Bounce stuff off them and say things like, 'Mmm. Mmm-hmm.'"

3) Prepare to die in ways that "most men don't even contemplate. Like being trapped inside a giant ice-cream cone, being barbecued under a giant magnifying glass. Or being made into postage stamps."

4) Always keep the lines of communication open. " I have a home office and I've got phones all over the house and none of them work worth a damn."

-Susannah Meadows, Bret Begun, Katherine Stroup and Mary Carmichael

freakboy86
08-24-2001, 10:56 PM
I saw that this week and just laughed my butt off!
It's nice to see that after all the years of living with the 'stigma' of being Batman, and the lack of serious acting jobs due to this label, Adam West has finally accepted, or at least appreciated, his role-model status to a generation of kids (myself included).