Anyone ever notice this crazy bat-fact?

[Earth 2 Chris]

I like to think of West and Ward in those screen tests as the Batman and Robin of Earth-Two, and Waggoner and and Dyell as the Earth-B versions or something.

Chris

[Mego Milk]

amaze.

[MIB41]

I always thought Dyell had too mousy a voice for the role. Burt Ward was just born to play that part. At no time have I ever detected him acting so much as just being himself. It's hard to beat what comes natural to some. Now Adam West did fine tune his performance a little by the time they started filming. He gave more emphasis or embellishment to everything he said once the series rolled out.

[enyawd72]

I always thought Dyell had too mousy a voice for the role. Burt Ward was just born to play that part. At no time have I ever detected him acting so much as just being himself. It's hard to beat what comes natural to some. Now Adam West did fine tune his performance a little by the time they started filming. He gave more emphasis or embellishment to everything he said once the series rolled out.

Couldn't agree more...Burt Ward was and remains the perfect embodiment of Robin. He had charm, as well as the youthful exuberance the character needs, yet always came across as extremely intelligent, mature and capable.

Then Chris O'Donnell made Robin a whiny unlikable punk with an attitude problem.

[Earth 2 Chris]

I like Lyle Waggoner elsewhere, but his delivery is very wooden, without that serious, but still somehow slightly ironic and sly way West has about him. Dyell's voice would have gotten annoying over time, I imagine. He looked fine, but yeah, Burt Ward IS Robin.

Chris