The people of the 1980s, they were different from you and me. (I bought this photo at an antique store but have no idea what it depicts.)

Donkey Kong

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Adam West, it turns out, isn’t as good a singer as Batman.

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From the Nixon Agnew Committee’s Nixon Yearbook 1968.

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Has any subject provided more inspiration for interpretive dance than…Batman?

(The dancer who’s in the center for much of this is the amazing, and wonderfully-named, Lada Edmund Jr.. I never heard of her until yesterday, but now I’m a big fan.)

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At last, the hard-hitting documentary on the making of a Joey Heatherton Perfect Sleeper commercial which you always knew was out there somewhere.

What is it about “Orange Colored Sky” and people who played DC superheroes? You loved Adam West’s rendition; now enjoy Burt Ward’s version (produced by Frank Zappa!) and Lynda Carter’s Muppet Show production number.

I don’t know if George Reeves ever recorded the song — but at this point, I wouldn’t be surprised…