Who doesn't remember watching the old "Batman" series on television? I never missed an episode! It didn't matter that every story line followed the exact same formula: The evil villain would commit a crime, Commissioner Gordon would use the Batphone to summon Batman and Robin.

Then it was "To the Batpoles!" and down to the Batcave, where they would jump into the Batmobile and race off to save Gotham from one of their arch enemies. There was always a confrontation with the villain and sometimes one of them would get captured and put in some kind of a contraption designed to--eventually--kill them. Those cliffhanger episodes were my favorites!

Batman has changed over the years, from his costumes to his history, but the story premise remains the same. And while I love the new movies (and I can't wait for Batman vs Superman) it's still tons of suspenseful, campy fun to watch those old episodes on television — at the same Bat Time on the same Bat Channel!