The ‘Batman’ Episode Adam West Called a ‘Low Point’ Is Even Wilder Than You Remember

Quite often, comic book fans like to blame director Joel Schumacher for the downfall of the original Batman movie series that started in 1989 with Michael Keaton donning the cape and cowl and ended eight years later with George Clooney. Among the director’s biggest crimes, die-hard fans claim that his movies featured, for the first time ever, nipples on the Caped Crusader’s costume. However, that is simply not true.

In reality, the dreaded Bat-nipples go all the way back to an episode of the 1966 Batman TV series. And wouldn’t you know it, the star of that show, actor Adam West, did not like that particular episode one darn bit. Truthfully, he thought it was pretty stupid.