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mucifer

(23,548 posts) Tue Jun 12, 2012, 07:34 AM Jun 2012

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Batgirl 1960s Equal Pay PSA

Good and campy!

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Batgirl 1960s Equal Pay PSA (Original Post) mucifer Jun 2012 OP

I remember seeing this for the first time in the 80s. lookingfortruth Jun 2012 #1

That's pretty cool. yesphan Jun 2012 #2

Adam West RT Atlanta Jun 2012 #5

Hmmm, yesphan Jun 2012 #10

It's not him WhoIsNumberNone Jun 2012 #12

Dick Gautier WhoIsNumberNone Jun 2012 #16

Sam job same pay... midnight Jun 2012 #3

She's so hot... RT Atlanta Jun 2012 #4

*WHO* pays them? n/t Ian David Jun 2012 #6

Awww you are making it hard to suspend my disbelief mucifer Jun 2012 #7

Presumably, the money comes from the Wayne family fortune nxylas Jun 2012 #8

I suppose Batman could pay Robin. But I don't think anyone pays Batman. Ian David Jun 2012 #9

Filmed in 1972 jayschool Jun 2012 #11

Well THAT was freaky! HopeHoops Jun 2012 #13

Yvonne Craig, of course. AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2012 #14

Today Batman would fire both of them Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2012 #15

lookingfortruth

(263 posts)

1. I remember seeing this for the first time in the 80s.

Reply to mucifer (Original post)

Tue Jun 12, 2012, 07:37 AM

Jun 2012

yesphan

(1,588 posts)

2. That's pretty cool.

Reply to mucifer (Original post)

Tue Jun 12, 2012, 08:26 AM

Jun 2012

Who's the guy playing Batman ?

RT Atlanta

(2,517 posts)

5. Adam West

Reply to yesphan (Reply #2)

Tue Jun 12, 2012, 08:57 AM

Jun 2012

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_west

yesphan

(1,588 posts)

10. Hmmm,

Reply to RT Atlanta (Reply #5)

Tue Jun 12, 2012, 10:07 AM

Jun 2012

doesn't look or sound like him.

WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts)

12. It's not him

Reply to yesphan (Reply #10)

Tue Jun 12, 2012, 10:37 AM

Jun 2012

I forget what the reason was, but Adam West didn't do this spot.

WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts)

16. Dick Gautier

Reply to yesphan (Reply #2)

Tue Jun 12, 2012, 09:51 PM

Jun 2012

The explanation seems to be that Adam West was trying to distance himself from the Batman role at the time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Gautier#Batman

midnight

(26,624 posts)

3. Sam job same pay...

Reply to mucifer (Original post)

Tue Jun 12, 2012, 08:47 AM

Jun 2012

RT Atlanta

(2,517 posts)

4. She's so hot...

Reply to mucifer (Original post)

Tue Jun 12, 2012, 08:55 AM

Jun 2012

Always had a crush on Batgirl!

Cool commercial as well - too bad this is still an issue 45 years later.

Ian David

(69,059 posts)

6. *WHO* pays them? n/t

Reply to mucifer (Original post)

Tue Jun 12, 2012, 09:29 AM

Jun 2012

mucifer

(23,548 posts)

7. Awww you are making it hard to suspend my disbelief

Reply to Ian David (Reply #6)

Tue Jun 12, 2012, 09:38 AM

Jun 2012

nxylas

(6,440 posts)

8. Presumably, the money comes from the Wayne family fortune

Reply to Ian David (Reply #6)

Tue Jun 12, 2012, 10:02 AM

Jun 2012

Which rather invalidates the premise of the ad. I'm overthinking this, aren't I?

Ian David

(69,059 posts)

9. I suppose Batman could pay Robin. But I don't think anyone pays Batman.

Reply to nxylas (Reply #8)

Tue Jun 12, 2012, 10:06 AM

Jun 2012

And Batman was never really keen on Bat Girl being around in the first place. Her whole thing was that she was going to be a Super Hero whether Bat Man liked it or not. I can't imagine he'd pay her.

jayschool

(180 posts)

11. Filmed in 1972

Reply to mucifer (Original post)

Tue Jun 12, 2012, 10:09 AM

Jun 2012

The law is from the '60s, but the PSA is from the 1970s.

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)

13. Well THAT was freaky!

Reply to mucifer (Original post)

Tue Jun 12, 2012, 11:59 AM

Jun 2012

NONE of them got paid.

AnotherMcIntosh

(11,064 posts)

14. Yvonne Craig, of course.

Reply to mucifer (Original post)

Tue Jun 12, 2012, 12:15 PM

Jun 2012

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)

15. Today Batman would fire both of them

Reply to mucifer (Original post)

Tue Jun 12, 2012, 02:53 PM

Jun 2012

That's how employers get around the law. Employees are fired for sharing what they make with each other.

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