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The show's legacy continued long after its cancellation. Almost a decade later, Adam West and Burt Ward would reprise their roles on ''[[The New Adventures of Batman]]'', a [[Filmation]] animated series which competed with [[Hanna-Barbera]]'s ''[[Superfriends]]''. West would eventually wind up voicing Batman on the last two "Super Powers" branded seasons of ''[[Superfriends]]'' (Robin continued to be played by his longtime ''Super Friends'' voice actor, Casey Kasem).
West and Ward would play Batman and Robin in live action one final time (joined by Frank Gorshin as the Riddler) in the 1979 TV ''Legends of the Superheroes'' specials. In the early 2000s, West and Ward (again joined by Gorshin) portrayed cartoonish versions of themselves in a CBS Movie ''Beyond The Batcave'', consisting of a modern day plot to find the stolen Batmobile mixed with flashbacks to the events behind the scenes of filming the series in the 60s. And in 2016,
Because of numerous issues associated with the show -- most notably, music licenses and royalties for the numerous "Bat-walk" cameos -- it has yet to receive any sort of proper home video release, which is especially awful in light of the TV-on-DVD boom (''Batman: The Movie'' has no such issues). Fortunately for fans, the series is currently{{when}} airing on [[The Hub]].
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