Season 1 • Episode 100
LatestBatfink is an animated television series, consisting of five-minute shorts, that first aired in September 1967. The 100-episode series was quickly created by Hal Seeger, starting in 1966, to parody the popular Batman and The Green Hornet television series which had premiered the same year.
Writing
Puns so catastrophic they achieve poetry
Sound
Theme song that will possess your brain for weeks
Practical Effects
Limited animation as accidental avant-garde art
Creator
Hal Seeger
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rushed into production in 1966 to capitalize on Batmania, beating Filmation's official Batman cartoon to air by mere months. Pure exploitation cinema energy.
Hal Seeger later admitted the 100-episode order was panic-commissioned. The repetitive plots weren't lazy writing—they were survival mode.
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