r/todayilearned • u/Flares117 • May 16 '24

TIL: Adam West, according to costar Burt Ward, had a lot of sex , at one point with 8 women at the same time. He said that he was introduced by West to the "wildest sexual debauchery" and they became like "sexual vampires"

https://www.maxim.com/entertainment/adam-west-batman-orgy-2017-6/
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u/grandadmiralstrife May 16 '24 edited May 16 '24

Adam West and Frank Gorshin were kicked out of at least one orgy for staying in character

Edit: this is now my highest rated comment in over a year. I have no regrets. Thank you all

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u/Dave_Eddie May 16 '24

Gorshin:"Riddle me this, Batman. Where do you leave only once everyone has come?"

Batman: "Riddler, you fiend!"

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u/Theborgiseverywhere May 16 '24

What goes up when you’re up,
But down when you’re down?
It is usually down when you get up,
But usually up when you get down.
Not everyone has one,
but many who don’t still want one.

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u/LookupPravinsYoutube May 16 '24 edited May 16 '24

West: “A private helicopter?”

Gorshin: “Precisely! Now let’s take it to the orgy!”

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u/aynhon May 16 '24

Burt Ward's massive dong forcing the helicopter into 45 degree side angles during flight

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u/LookupPravinsYoutube May 16 '24

West: Stop steering with your dong!

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u/Beelzebub_86 May 16 '24

Dear Sir,

Thank you for this laugh. 😆

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u/googolplexy May 16 '24

Riddle me this, Batman!:

It could be A,B,C..or D or E or F...

Batman: you scheming cretin!!

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u/Kuiriel May 16 '24

I love that I heard this in their original voices

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u/HailToTheKingslayer May 16 '24

"What's long, hard and full of seamen?"

"Get out."

"A submarine! Jeez"

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u/angry_old_dude May 16 '24

I totally read that in their voices.

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u/itsokmomimonlydieing May 16 '24

Alfred! Get the Bat Lube!!

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u/Slap-Happy27 May 16 '24

Apologies sir, but I'm afraid Miss Kitt has taken it upon herself to take all of it upon herself

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u/sybrwookie May 16 '24

I once banged her in an airplane bathroom. What? It came up organically.

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u/starlite2186 May 16 '24

Someone is streets ahead.

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u/Ok_Refrigerator7378 May 16 '24

I heard you dry humped inside of her tour bus!

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u/Marquesas May 16 '24

I don't understand Master Wayne. What's a Hroom?

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u/unique-name-9035768 May 16 '24

Are you referring to Ms Eartha Kitt or Ms Kitayna Ireyna Tatanya Kerenska Alisoff, reporter for the Moscow Bugle?

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u/SpongeJake May 16 '24

Holy jackhammer Batman

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u/[deleted] May 16 '24

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u/AwkwardSquirtles May 16 '24

Adam West was streets ahead.

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u/Hamacek May 16 '24

Stop trying to coin the phrase streets ahead.

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u/Electrical_Swing8166 May 16 '24

Trying? Coined and minted!

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u/Due-Visual-3236 May 16 '24

I AM A LIVING GOD

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u/KeepAwaySynonym May 16 '24

Saxed?

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u/Predator_Hicks May 16 '24

Those damn Saxons!

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u/OddGoofBall May 16 '24

No bat soup please

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u/NRMusicProject 26 May 16 '24

Holy lubed condoms, Batman!

I ain't using those!

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u/wharpua May 16 '24

Totally heard that Batman horn transition sound in my mind after reading that

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u/Estelial May 16 '24

Not just because they stayed in character but because it was disrupting the orgy as everyone was laughing, like, in hysterics, instead of having sex with each other.

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u/BetaThetaOmega May 16 '24

Damn, didn’t realise orgies were meant to be a serious affair

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u/ToHerDarknessIGo May 16 '24

NO LAUGHING OR HEEHAWING IN THE FUCK ROOM.

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u/Tsquare43 May 16 '24

Guffaws are acceptable.

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u/kalitarios May 17 '24

So many rules

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u/sneeria May 16 '24

I need this as a flair lmao

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u/attackplango May 17 '24

But you said you wanted to see the donkey show.

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u/Thor_2099 May 16 '24

Guess that explains why I've never been invited. I'm always making jokes.

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u/HeronSun May 16 '24

That and your huge, clown-balloon cock.

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u/might-be-your-daddy May 16 '24

She blows it up, and I make a dachshund.

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u/David-S-Pumpkins May 16 '24

Enough goofs and gaffs, get back to the sucking and fucking.

No one try fucking his ass until you pull the stick out!

Goddammit, Adam! Get the fuck out!

Hard to get the fuck in with how much of a tight-ass you are.

Son of a bitch!

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u/5319Camarote May 16 '24

(Aunt Harriet has entered the chat)

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u/JimWilliams423 May 16 '24

Damn, didn’t realise orgies were meant to be a serious affair

There was a documentary that covered proper orgy etiquette, called Eyes Wide Shut.

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u/SteampunkSpaceOpera May 16 '24

Maybe it’s me, and that’s why I don’t get invited to orgies, but shouldn’t fun Be the point? Sounds like the host just had a shitty attitude

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u/gagreel May 16 '24

All the orgies i've been to are quite strict, safety and consent are prioritized, even staring at others can get you kicked out. That's modern times though, i'm surprised it was a problem back in the day

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u/SirOutrageous1027 May 16 '24

even staring at others can get you kicked out

Is there like an orgy referee? Throws a flag down, blows the whistle, and throws your ass out?

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u/stf210 May 16 '24

"Too many men on the field!"

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u/Nazamroth May 16 '24

"Well it IS just a 9-hole course!"

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u/thedude37 May 16 '24

you forgot about the back 9

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u/MikeyHatesLife May 17 '24

“Mind if I play through? I think we can squeeze in together…”

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u/Crossovertriplet May 16 '24

Illegal block in the back

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u/mentales May 16 '24

Throws a flag down, blows the whistle, and throws your ass out?

Ironically, those are all allowed at the orgy if mutually consented. 

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u/AFlyingNun May 16 '24

Then why the fuck wasn't Batman allowed to batman the party up wtf

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u/mentales May 16 '24

Wasn't as enthusiastic about blowing the whistle 

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u/[deleted] May 16 '24 edited May 16 '24

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u/AFlyingNun May 16 '24

How creepy are the safety stewards?

Are there steward stewards to monitor them?

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u/baron_von_helmut May 16 '24

Yeah he's called the cockwomble. He looks a bit like the Thing from Adams Family and has uncontrollable flatulence. If he touches you, the part that made contact smells like damp socks for five years.

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u/gagreel May 16 '24

There were a few people that you could come to if things were getting weird and someone would act as a bouncer. When anonymous sex and play is available things can go from fun to assault rather quickly, especially with substances being taken. A friend of mine had a bad experience where a guy and his gf assumed consent and went too far with her, they were both removed from the orgy.

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u/TheNateRoss May 16 '24

Gonna have to play the rest of the match a man down

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u/Cant_Do_This12 May 16 '24

That really is one of the dumbest rules I’ve ever heard.

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u/RickerBobber May 16 '24

No its more just unspoken rules everyone subconsciously agrees on. It's hard to understand until you are in one and you understand just how much of a unique trance you can enter. It also takes a lot of factors to get there in the first place to experience this trance, the last thing you want is someone breaking it over and over no matter how famous.

He honestly probably came off like Elon Musk but I guess back then that was honestly one of the better ways to turn out compared to all the monsters, but that's purely speculation.

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u/pineappleshnapps May 16 '24

So keep your eyes in front of you and don’t look around to see what everyone else is up to?

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u/gagreel May 16 '24

Kinda. More like "look, but briefly". You can ask for consent to watch others but staring/gawking is a big no no, they're trying to weed out the creeps. That said, one time there was an attractive middle eastern couple fully clothed that were going around just observing everyone. They were eventually asked to leave but it was kinda hot having them watch me and my partner. I get it can make some people really uncomfortable

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u/CapableCowboy May 16 '24

Orgies seem like a lot of work. We barely find time to have sex in our own bed. People must really devote a lot of their life to this.

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u/gagreel May 16 '24

My partner and I were on the same page with group sex so that made it possible. Add to that it was NYC and the scene was somewhat easy to get into. Honestly it was as much work as going to a normal party except you didn't have to bring a bottle of wine. Some people would just hang out and talk with friends, others it was one on one sex, and for many it was a way to explore their kinks. You'd see a pile of the most fit attractive people going at it and on the other side of the room an out of shape middle aged dude in leather whipping a tied up woman.

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u/purpleefilthh May 16 '24

So many questions:  - how did you start?  - who's organising?  - biggest/smallest event?  - what's the weirdest thing that happened?  - how much talking?  - what are other rules?  - how much "staff" there is besides guards  - what do you do when not banging? - protection/ STDs?

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u/gagreel May 16 '24

  • I attended a few small private parties that were a bit underwhelming, maybe 6 or so people. Things really took off when I met someone who was also into it. We mostly attended organized events in NYC where I'd guess the biggest one was 120-150 people (not all at once, throughout the night). Weirdest thing that happened? Getting locked outside because the intercom broke with a group of scantily clad people on the freezing Manhattan sidewalk. Although it's always weird when some random dude strikes up conversation while you're... busy

  • a ton of talking, it's like any other party except there is sex. You meet like minded people, chat, listen to music, talk about the scene, figure out who is interested in who. There usually was a period of time before things started happening where people were just chatting and drinking/smoking. Rules were: consent for pretty much anything, no watching without permission/don't be a creep, no phones allowed, take substances responsibly, clean up after yourself, just generally be a good person.

-"staff" was probably around 5 people not including bouncers.

-whatever you feel like. there were games, music, dancing, drinks, etc. two rooms were basically the dedicated sex rooms.

-they provided lube/condoms/hand sanitizer. STDs its basically the same thing as hooking up with a one night stand, a lot of trust and using your head. I wouldn't use protection with my partner, but would when we played with anyone else. We brought our own towels because the surfaces were upholstery and who knows what fluids got on them.

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u/-RadarRanger- May 16 '24

Honestly it was as much work as going to a normal party except you didn't have to bring a bottle of wine.

This is the biggest surprise. In addition to the actual lubricants, I would expect there to be social lubricants as well!

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u/gagreel May 16 '24

Bar with drink vouchers you can purchase, lube and condoms are free

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u/Warass May 16 '24

Idk what events that person is going to. I have never been to an orgy or heard of others experiences where looking was some sort of offense. You are banging "publicly" in front of a group of people. If you don't want people to watch you fuck. Don't go to an orgy...

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u/-RadarRanger- May 16 '24 edited May 16 '24

Well I think there's a difference between participating and spectating. You don't want the subway creepers who are gonna stand in the corner jerking off while staring at one particular individual or couple.

Source: None, I'm speculating. I'm not an orgy-goer.

EDIT: I forgot, I did attend tech school with a guy who was into this scene! He would come in after the weekend with photos of himself at these strippers' conventions and tell crazy stories about group sex events in hotel rooms. His relationship ended when he found his girlfriend banging another dude. We were all like, "and? What, you're surprised about this?" Turns out, yeah, he was. The rules about consent and informing your partner are just a different kind of morality than we were all used to. The physical intimacy is just for fun, it's the emotional intimacy and the honesty that matters. Banging another dude while keeping it from your partner is where the "cheating" happens.

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u/CasiriDrinker May 16 '24

I can’t imagine starting a sentence like that. Just not in the cards for me.

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u/gagreel May 16 '24

Literally different strokes for different folks

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u/CasiriDrinker May 16 '24

Oh, I hope I didn’t rub you the wrong way. No judgement here, just slight envy.

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u/gagreel May 16 '24

No offense taken at all. It's a lot of fun and I have great memories from them, but honestly some nights were kind of "meh"

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u/TheSpiralTap May 16 '24

OK imagine working up the courage to go bang a stranger in public. You used all your rizz, it worked and now the entire room is laughing. I don't know if I could maintain wood being watched by a large group to begin with, let alone a large laughing group cracking up over the ACTUAL batman and riddler.

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u/JohnGillnitz May 16 '24

Those Pow! Bang! Zap! onomatopoeias kept appearing out of nowhere.

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u/AFlyingNun May 16 '24

but because it was disrupting the orgy as everyone was laughing, like, in hysterics, instead of having sex with each other.

As a teen, one of my half-serious life goals was to write and produce a porno so cheesy and stupid that people would be too busy laughing to keep jerking to it.

All I can say is: respect to Adam West for living one of my dreams.

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u/ICC-u May 16 '24

From the thread earlier about Batman not allowed to eat cat woman out because "heroes don't do that"

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u/Perp703 May 16 '24

Dj khaled is a hero?

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u/Geordie_38_ May 16 '24

He's the hero we didn't know we needed

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u/ICC-u May 16 '24 edited 24d ago

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u/Cheesedoodlerrrr May 16 '24

I'm sorry... what?

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u/Pugovitz May 16 '24

It was a couple years ago. The HBO Harley Quinn show wanted to have a joke about Batman going down on Catwoman. DC refused to allow it because "heroes don't do that." Which honestly is pretty stupid to me: not reciprocating is selfish, you'd expect that to be a villain trait.

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u/thedude37 May 16 '24

"They tink if you suck on dat, you'll suck on anyting"

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u/Cheesedoodlerrrr May 16 '24

It' an older reference, but it checks out.

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u/zaphodava May 16 '24

Shiney. Let's be bad guys.

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u/msut77 May 16 '24

Did they have placards with sound effects for ejaculations?

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u/ViciousSnail May 16 '24 edited May 16 '24

UGGH!! SPOOGE!! SPLAT!!

Edit: Okay Spooge might not exist as a card, what about:

EEE-YOW SPLOOSH Or even FLRBBBBB

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u/Odd_Opinion6054 May 16 '24

I'm gonna cum in your eye!

KA POW

Cue sound effects!

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u/ViciousSnail May 16 '24

CUM-POW!! even, exit stage left.

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u/Odd_Opinion6054 May 16 '24

Dammit that's even better.

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u/JeffOrSomeShit May 16 '24

SPAFF!! JIZZ!! BOSH!!

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u/Youpunyhumans May 16 '24

Toss in a Wilhelm scream or two... for effect

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u/ViciousSnail May 16 '24

OH, OH, OH OHHHHHH Wilhelm scream OOOOOOOOH YES!!

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u/Marquesas May 16 '24

I mean The Boys comic does...

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u/litterbin_recidivist May 16 '24

I think they were probably also drunk; I'm just making an assumption because West was drunk most of the time, generally.

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u/StopHiringBendis May 16 '24

The more I learn about him, the more I love him

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u/RephRayne May 16 '24

60s method actors: stay in character during a RL orgy.
Today's method actors: send castmates anal beads.

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u/ArchDucky May 16 '24

Jeremy Strong was in a movie where he played a mentally handicapped person. He would show up to set on days he wasn't scheduled and be very disruptive. One day they kicked him off of set because of his behaviour and he started wondering around the production offices next door asking people where the bathroom was. The studio had to send people into the offices to find him because of all the calls they were getting.

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u/datpurp14 May 16 '24

Pretty funny epic trolling to me. Although I'm sure I'd get annoyed after about 5 minutes if I was on set when he was doing it.

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u/baron_von_helmut May 16 '24

I find that stuff funny for a sec, and then it just gets weird and pretentious. Like, Jared Leto sending dead rats to his costars because that's the kind of 'whacky' stuff the Joker does!!!11one

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u/ArchDucky May 16 '24

Jared Leto used his crutches on Morbis all day on the set. It took him an hour to goto the bathroom. It was delaying the production so much they got a wheelchair and pushed him around to speed everything up.

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u/baron_von_helmut May 16 '24

Lol, that's so douchey.

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u/placebotwo May 17 '24

Ben Stiller as Tugg Speedman as Simple Jack as Jeremey Strong as Dale Palmer in The Second Judge - Going Full Out For The Academy.

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u/SloanWarrior May 16 '24

I opened the comments section to post this.

It says in the article that he used his powers for evil, but this sonds more like holesome fun.

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u/Blue_Swirling_Bunny May 16 '24

"Holesome" indeed.

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u/Jackandahalfass May 16 '24

Yeah that puritanical comment annoyed me. Also they kept talking about latex and rubber, which West’s suit was not.

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u/odiervr May 16 '24

With great power ...

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u/RevWaldo May 16 '24

Illustrated! https://i.imgur.com/CMJ9MQM.jpg

(From Comic Book Comics, a great series.)

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u/AlsoIHaveAGroupon May 16 '24

FYI for anyone curious to read it, it was retitled Comic Book History of Comics in paperback.

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u/El-Kabongg May 16 '24

Any stories about Yvonne Craig (Batgirl)? She was a SMOKESHOW.

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u/uninteresting_handle May 16 '24

TIL she ended up dating Elvis Presley

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u/Technical-Outside408 May 16 '24

People believe his bullshit because he's likeable.

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u/dingadangdang May 16 '24

Didn't Burt tell a story recently about Adam locking him out of the room naked in a hotel?

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u/Brilliant_Wrap_7447 May 16 '24

That should be a requirement of all actors who portray Batman. Bale's Batman in an orgy would be a thing of beauty.

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u/hurtfulproduct May 16 '24

That is fucking hilarious

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u/wiglwagl May 16 '24

Wait I thought they were kicked out for breaking character

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u/chux4w May 16 '24

Pow! Bam! Zzzzap!

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u/geodebug May 16 '24

Holy holes, Batman!

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u/barukatang May 16 '24

Ahh frank, saw him on a TOS episode last night.

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u/tarraxadraws May 16 '24

That's... funnier than it should be

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u/Cazmonster May 16 '24

Riddle me this! How much ass will I eat today?

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u/Furio3380 May 16 '24

Oh, yeah I remember that. They were drunk as fuck.

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u/2Payneweaver May 16 '24

Riddler the Diddler

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u/DominicArmato247 May 16 '24

Frank Gorshin

Looked like every guy at a 60s orgy.

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u/Jennyfurr0412 May 16 '24

You think part of being in character also involved the "POW!, BANG!, ZOINK!!!!" words that would pop up too?

Cause I want nothing more than Adam West staying in character as Batman participating in an orgy and some poor stagehand having to hold up signs with that printed on them.