hahahaah good 1

I still say "Holy Guacamole" all because of Robin in 1966.

Thanks to Batman he always kept correcting Burt in the series.. saying things like " Good grammar is essential Robin" that Batman's a hoot

Aw yes...manners. Respect. Politeness .

Then they go out to the casting couch

The Devil's Advocate Yeah everyone’s polite on camera......

Don't forget this was also the era of men with long hair, hippies, sex, drugs, and rock and roll. Not everyone was this polite.

People married young back then.

I am sure he really needed that job with a kid and so young. Glad he got it, the real Robin !

I think he would eventually have like 7 kids or something

Yes according to him he was collecting soda bottles off the beach to eat and pay the rent

No he has 2 .His second one born later in life

Grew up in 60s. This is nostalgic

He looks like he is 90 pounds here , soaking wet .

Yeah. Couldn't believe he was actually 19 during this audition

@@rithvikmuthyalapati9754 19 & married.

His own falls look reasonable, but when that guy did the hip throw on Burt, that looked painful. I know they are standing on some sort of cushioned mat, but wow. You really could hurt yourself, even if they were really young at the time.

@@John-ct9zs Very bad Judo .

The worst was his first 10 days.

Fights scenes clearly see his stunt double But great fight scenes

It was probably more than he was making as a real estate sales rep.

tryptychUK he looks like a boy

tryptychUK He was already married with a kid.

Downtownman79 Well.....he was the Boy......Wonder! 💥

tryptychUK I think he's only 5'8

tryptychUK I think everyone looks younger these days😂😂😂😂

@ernie woods he was gay

@@lendrury2771 hes not gay moron.

@@lendrury2771 what made you think he was gay lol

He actually was good friends with Bruce Lee. Him and Bruce Lee used to spare together in karate. They also lived in the same complex as each other and would get together with each other and their families and go to Chinatown out to dinner and Bruce knew all the really good spots to eat since he came from Hong Kong. They also appeared together in an episode of Batman where it had the green hornet appear and bruce was 'Kato'.

@@lendrury2771 he wasn’t but so what if he had been gay? Big deal.

You took the words out of my mouth xD He's so Gorgeous it hurts

@@graciecorner8322, the ladies favored him so much.

Linda Smith Remembering back to when I read Adam Wests' autobiography 'Back To The Batcave',Adam said something like this:"Burt claimed he was a black belt in Tai Kwon Do and even claimed he was friends with Bruce Lee and used to spar with him. But I have a sneaking suspicion Bruce went easy on him".I had to laugh out loud when I read that last line with Adams' voice in my head. As I did through most of the book.

he is not small he was pretty tall actually he was 5'8

That's small.

César Hernández-Meraz that's actually average height for a male human

5' 8" is average height for a male but did you not see his skinny ass? Jeebus!! He can't be more than 135 lbs. soaking wet! I coulda picked him up and snapped dat boys back over my knee in one breath.

it's easy as fuck when your "opponent" is cooperating with you. that's why karate lessons are BULLSHIT. they don't take into account the other guy is resisting and fighting back.

@@capacola262743 So true I still recall are teacher in school , having Judo classes and he would let us small girls and guys throw us. Then he would actual do sparring where he would resist and then it was not so easy.

@@capacola262743 I suppose that you never took real karate.

@@PL-up5ig i dont know how "REAL" it was, but i took lessons as a kid, and even then i knew it was BULLSHIT because your opponent is NEVER going to do what he's supposed to and he won't cooperate when you try to do your karate moves on him. he will be flailing wildly and resisting constantly. that's why ufc fights don't even vaguely resemble karate movie fights. okay, now tell me why what i have just said is wrong (please try to be rational in your response).

@@capacola262743 I took Kyokushin and BJJ and my karate has been effective in Amateur MMA and Army Combatives events. There good and bad instructors in all martial arts (including BBJ) but also bad students. You opinion is not complete because you didn't include the school age, the style name and at what age you took the training, and you asking to give a rational response without any data from your part.

Yep

Burt was 20 here lol

It's from performing in many plays

@@opticbigevil7828 He's talking about the man talking to Burt

Yes, that was before soy.

And not one, "Holy" anything to get the part. I never thought about the try out being more physical but it makes sense. I enjoyed this video.

Lol

have you seen superhero costumes today?

@@hm3drake99 This was 1965, Not today....

I'm willing to play a part for three years which will define my professional career for the rest of my life.

Shut your female mouth

Burt was born to be The Boy Wonder

Why?

@@garyv2196 he was perfect for the role.

You want to see a complaining Robin watch Batman and Robin

I was two in 1966...but by the time I was able to read, I remember reading a TV Guide interview with Burt discussing how many times he'd been injured on the set.

eternalhalloween1 - While he may have been injured on set it wasnt during any of the fight scenes. If you watch them closely you can see that it is clearly not Adam or Burt. In fact, Burt's double had a very noticeable receding hairline.

WilliamT1964 I also was 2 in 66 and the first thing I remember about batman was that I was disappointed that it wasn't a cartoon show.

AgnosticProle I became a big Batman fan with the 1989 Burton film but then I would watch some of the 60's show.I remember every time I saw the intro I wished that was the kind of show they made, at least somewhere along the line.They were featured guests on Scooby Doo, so there's that anyway.

That's because no one gave a fuck. kinda like now.

Believe it or not !, when Burt Ward was chose to play Dick Grayson/ Robin, he had never heard of Batman comic books or never even read one. How ever he had read Superman comics as s kid.

​​@@johnbockelie3899 and yet he knew how to be Robin instantly. Just be Superboy...except you work with Batman so acrobatics is how you fly...because he pretended to be Superboy a lot...also make puns so you actually get a laugh out of Bruce.

Christopher Thorkon erm.... Your a guy

Canadianmaster1 does it matter?

Only to other non-degenerates

@@callithowiseeit5806 Any other people you hate for imaginary reasons? Might as well get 'em all out now.

@@JustPassingThrough27 I'm a guy too. And I had a big crush on him too. Get over it.

@Ivan Rakitić but it does make sense

@Ivan Rakitić He's a charming actor playing a young super hero. He also did some of the stunts. Supposedly Tom Holland also does his. Should I go on? Both are white and have brown hair lol...

@Ivan Rakitić might as well compare him to newer Robin Chris ODonell lol neither Chris or James look like Tom or Burt. In gay lingo we would call them "twinks".

@Ivan Rakitić oh my bad James is the one that played Cyclops in the first Xmen films. Jason is skinny.

Actually Burt would've been a good Spider-Man.

Nice, but as Dick grew up, he started calling himself Nightwing. And then Batman, but he never liked being Batman.

We all want to hang on to our youth and looks , we are doing a better job , then the generations years ago , but we are still getting old and fat.Please keep in mind many of these actors starved themselves for years especially during filming a movie or tv show , due to the fact that they are skinny one minute in the movie and fat in another and then they catch hell from the director.

U can bank on that!!!

Dani Lang Happens to the best of us!!!

We all get old much faster than we realize!

@@Jay-vr9ir Agree, but hate to agree.

He did land quite hard on his hips, didn't he?

True. Judo training there.

WinningThisOne he a background in many martial arts

keith green...I was thinking the same:)

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"Blobby, Blobby, Blobby" - Mr Blobby

And of course they end up fighting each other

Who said he is gay ?

Married To Bonnie Lindsey the first time , her father was the orchestra leader on The Merv Griffin Show.

his rescue is in Norco (Riverside county), not San Bernardino.

Well, that was a random comment.

Why do you think he was gay???

ev dallas Yes

ev dallas Well, Tom Holland did a standing blackflip for his Spider man audition, so maybe not!

Actually THEY had to do the costumes by themselves to audition so they would be in character infront of the studio people.

Whatever happened to the other guy going for the role ???

@@garysmith8073 He is a chief creative officer for American biograph films in California. He also is a part time magician

@cdgates1 Did Burt ward and the other guy auditioning for Robin become acquainted????

@@garysmith8073 I don't think so

Lol

I’m guessing the “suits” probably told him to tone down the violence and act more cartoonish.

Probably because there was no fight music or "CRACK!" or "SMASH!" in huge cartoon fonts on the screen.

many times for auditions you just get some general info in advance- they probably said action/sidekick part so he prepared some physical demonstrations. it's unlikely he would know the exact tone and feel of the show.

Because this was the era of Silver Age censorship and camp.

+Pie Pierrot (Eta) ScreenCrush?

UP AND ATOM!

Ze goggles... zey do nozing!

Herbert Smith they should have let him do more realistic fight scenes.

@@chachiarcola3208 that's right he should have had Bruce Lee teach him how to really crack that board In half The wood didn't even look damaged it just chipped at the ends

@@georgeplagianos6487 “Boards don’t hit back” -Bruce Lee (Enter the Dragon)

@@georgeplagianos6487 If you pause it at 1:57 you can see that he has broken it in half as his hand goes through it completely and you see the two halves falling.

lol

My son watches Teen Titans and there was one episode where they laughed at how he used to wear short shorts and elf boots.

This is how he looks like in the comics. Nothing wrong.

Robin Hood's, actually.

@@InCog2020 but he could wear stuff like that, and do it justice. I wonder if he had tan lines?

Sure was

There is no specific training required for actors. If a producer sees you and likes you, they can give you the job even if you have never been onstage in your life.

I wish I was his brother

Moozensoo ME TOO! I'M ABSOLUTELY IN LOVE WITH THE '66 ROBIN! HE HAS AN ADORABLE BABY FACE! AND THE WAY HE WOULD HOLD HIS LIPS IN A PUCKERING WAY ALL THE TIME IS WHAT MADE ME FALL IN LOVE WITH HIM IN THE FIRST PLACE! 😍 😗

he did the same with his ass!

Moozensoo think that in that time he was 19 years old

Moozensoo now all these replies make me not want to be his brother you guys do know he was 19 in 66 and i guess 20 in 67 etc

If you look at some of the fight scenes - like where Batman throws him onto someone's back - you can tell he's a real athlete.

I always thought it was a bit creepy, but the theme song was cool. I was seven, what did I know.

are you kidding? I'm sixteen years old and I think he's amazing

Philinspaces “To thine own self, be true.”

Actually, that makes you precisely like most guys. It's just that by the time you grow up, nature sorts things out predominately in one direction.

Philinspaces, Why yikes? Your fine.

Lots of us felt that way about Batgirl and Catwoman...something for everyone!

Dw, we all are a little gay for Robin