League Of Extraordinary Bloggers Assignment: Back To The Batcave

Pardon the interuption on the Beatle Blogs, but the League calls with an intresting assignment. This weeks assignment is:

Take a trip to anywhere in pop culturedom. What fictional town, time, or world would you want to visit?

This was too easy for me. Or was it. I could have visited Hill Valley and watched Marty McFly twart Biff Tannen or I could have gone to a California beach house and hung out with The Monkees or even visited a galaxy far, far away. But for me, where I wanted to go was pretty simple. It's a place I've wanted to visit ever since I was a kid.

I want to travel back to 1966 and visit the Batcave.

Ever since I was a kid, watching Batman on reruns, usually on Channel 5, although I believe it was on Channel 11 here in NYC later on. I remember watching with fascination as Batman and Robin would work on a riddler or look for clues on a particular object or punch some information into the Bat-Computer (I'm sure that they would have a Mac or at least the latest version of Windows on their PC).

I would behave myself. I would stay away from the Batmobiles nucular powers source. I wouldn't answer the Batphone saying, "Mr. Wayne's residence". Nor will I take a joy ride in the Batmobile, although I cannot promise I wouldn't sleep in it at least once. One thing I will do, above all objections is slide down the Bat-Poles. I have to see how one minute they are Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson and the next Batman and Robin. I mean, that bugged me as a kid. I need to know, dammit!

I'm sure I will be more pesty than Bat-Mite in the 1977 New Adventures Of Batman show. I'd ask such dumb questions as how did you get being out at sea as C for Catwoman? Maybe break a test tube or two. Eat too many of Aunt Harriet's delicous cookies. I'm sure the last straw will be hen I put on the Batman suit, look through the utility belt, find something intresting and ultimately knocking myself out with Bat-Gas. Then waking up on a beach somewhere, not knowing how I got there. Wow, I just got kicked out the Batcave. I'm on par with Penguin, King Tut and others who has broken into Batman's sanctuary. I'd say I was like Molly, but I didn't take a header into the Batmobile's nucluer power source.

As Batman once said, "What a way to Go-Go.

New Assignment from The League

One of my favorite pop culture blogs to read is Cool and Collected written by Brian Adams. No, not the Canadian pop singer. I actually like this Brian Adams. He's into King Kong, Planet of The Apes and other monkeys, what's not to like?

Anyway, he started up a group called the League of Extraordinary Bloggers, which I made sure I was a part of. Anything that has to do with blogging about pop culture and collecting toys and other memrobilia, I was there.

Each week, Brian will give us a topic and we League members have to come up with a blog that fits the topic. Last week was what we considered to be the best popcorn movie, which I picked 1.21 gigawatts of fun with Back To The Future. This week's topic, With unlimited space and money, what piece of Hollywood memorabilia would you want in your man cave. To me, the answer is pretty simple.

Anyone who has read my past blogs knows how much I love the 1966 Batman series. If I could afford one, I would absolutely own a Batmobile from the show. To me, it's an iconic part of american pop culture. The Batmobile was designed and created by George Barris, who used a 1955 Lincoln Futura to build this masterpiece. I'm not a car person, but that car makes my heart jump each time I see it.

A car like that would have to be driven at least once and only once. Just to show off or fight crime (Hey you, put that grape back!) or pick up women (How You Doin?). I guess I'd have to build a Man Cave big enough to house it. Heck, maybe I'd actually could have a man cave similar to the bat cave from the series.

A place for my Batmobile, check. A place for all my toys, baseball cards, autographs and other goddies, check. 70 inch HDTV, blueray player, video games, check. English butler to bring me snacks and to tell me when the Commissioner is calling about yet another super villian is causing problems, check.

Ok, time to start making my first million so I can make this happen.