Batman (1966)

I don't know who made this spectacular montage.

As a child, I watched this show religiously on the rerun channel WLVI 56.  I had no idea what reruns were or that it was quite an old show at the time of my viewing.  I just loved the show.

For me, as was mentioned by other fans in the documentary included the DVD release of the TV show, as a kid I took the show seriously.  Many years later, when one of my classmates told me the show was a comedy, I was shocked and took some time for introspection to figure out if that was really true.

But the way Adam West played the role could easily be taken either way.  For adults, it was certainly a comedy, but for kids, he talked with such unflappable integrity, that you felt a sense of honor that you wanted to uphold.

I think the way the role was originally written, and from viewing Adam West's screen test, the writers originally intended the show to be serious.   They merely followed Adam West's lead as he found the show to be ridiculous and played the character as campy, which lead the writers to follow suit.  Still, the show may have been successful even without the camp. 

If the TV show "Back to the Batcave" is accurate (questionable)  Adam West felt the script was humorous and played it that way.

For me, the greatest star of this show was the Batmobile.  It had every imaginable (and unimaginable gadget, as well as looking very cool.