(Image credits: Adam West, Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney, Christian Bale, Julie Newmar, Lee Meriwether, Eartha Kitt, Michelle Pfeiffer, Anne Hathaway)
“Hey, kids, Batman!” – Homer Simpson
“Dad, that’s not the real Batman.” – Lisa Simpson
“Of course I’m Batman. See, here’s a picture of me with Robin.” – Adam West
“Who the hell’s Robin?” – Bart Simpson
“Oh, I guess you’re only familiar with the new Batman movies. Michelle Pfeiffer? Ha. The only true Catwoman is Julie Newmar, Lee Meriwether, or Eartha Kitt. And I didn’t need molded plastic to improve my physique, pure West. And how come Batman doesn’t dance anymore? Remember the Batusi?” – Adam West
Oh, how I miss the days when the guest stars actually made fun of themselves…
And to think this was 8 years before Family Guy.
Dah, I mean 8 years before his first appearance on Family Guy.
Yes! One of my favorite celebrity cameos of all-time. If there’s anything funnier than him saying “pure West,” it’s him saying “remember the Batusi?” This was pure genius from end-to-end.
FG nailed him with their “Mayor West”. This was funny, but only for a cameo (The Simpsons didn’t go any further with it). On Family Guy, they milk him of jokes with the recurring character idea.
“remember the Batusi?” is probably my most-used quote from the show
I think around the same time, he did “Beware the Grey Ghost!” on Batman TAS. It was a pretty brilliant episode. But it wasn’t “Remember the Batusi?” brilliant.