“We don’t serve bats here”
We don’t serve bats here. Art by Reuzé. Fluide Glacial N°551. 2022. France.
… Some days, you just can’t solve crime without a little help from Hostess Fruit Pies…
Detail. Hostess Batman. 1976.
… It’s as if the whole world has been turned upside down…
Hostess Batman. 1977. US.
… Some days, only a Batman Bike Horn can help you get through traffic…
Batman bike horn. 1977. US.
… and, some days, you just can’t get rid of a bomb!
Happy Sunday, vintage mates!
The Vintage Toy Advertiser 
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That clip is hysterical! Thank you, Ford! xxx
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Classic 60s Batman TV series style, love it! Adam West will always be a fave for me ☺🦇xxx
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I’m with you! The movies got too, serious.
That’s why I draw my super hero, Princess Blue Holly. She is always saving the Art Gowns Models, and they are always in gowns.
Keeping it camp! xxx
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I like the two – the camp and the darkness, but definitely more smiles and joy with the camp.
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Brilliant, watched that old clip and when it got to the ducks I felt a trigger go off in my brain – could I have remembered that from childhood? 🫠
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Agree, the ducks bit is too funny 🦆🦆🦆🤣
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Thanks, I think I need this bike horn now
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Haha, awesome. Love the bike horn. We all got squeaky Joker ones around the time of The Animated Series. I think they were out of a Happy Meal.
Many Sunday mornings back in the day I’d come down to find my brother watching his tapes of the 60s show. I’ve long thought it would be fun to have a new game based on that wacky, colourful universe instead of the dark, gritty Bat we often see today. But I guess it wouldn’t be the same without the original cast.
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Cheers, Jacob. Oh, how I loved watching the re-runs of the original Batman series, such campy mayhem and hoots galore! Adam West will always be my fave Batman despite how much I love the work of Nolan and recently the awesome film The Batman.
Bike horns – I remember as a kid having this battery-operated thing that played American emergency vehicle sounds. Was very cool. Would love to have seen those Joker ones from the Happy Meal you mention!
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Totally, it’s gold. I remember as a kid seeing those and then my brother put on the 89 film. That was a bit of a shock, even before the bit with the hand buzzer 😄
I found an ebay listing of the McDonalds set:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/364010574891
I remember the Bat mirror now on seeing it again, but not the rest. 1995 apparently.
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The 89 film was so good to see at the time and a much darker take.
Yay, well done finding that listing of the bike pieces, so cool to see those!
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Thanks for these great ads and the classic clip – I’ve just had my “Bat-Booster Jabs” and felt a bit groggy but these cheered me up!
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Glad they cheered you up, FT. Many thanks!
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Those are brilliant. I remember seeing those mini fruit pie adverts on comics when I was a kid, but we didn’t have those in the UK, bet those pies were tasty!
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Cheers, Paul. I love those ads. When I was in the States I tried some Hostess Twinkies and they were good.
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A bodacious and Bat-tastic post, my friend! 🙂
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Cheers, Bruce 🙂
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