THE BATGIRL SHOW YOU'VE NEVER SEEN

Before Batgirl made her on screen debut in 1966 's Batman series --- a spin off of that show was proposed.
The show was never picked up but an unaired pilot of the would be show does exist.
Today we take a look back at Yvonne Craig 's first time in the role and the interesting threat she was up against.

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[PunchBuggyDreams]

Yvonne Craig was drop dead gorgeous, with her beautiful big eyes and high cheekbones and bod. Rip Batgirl.

[FitzArias]

Amazing how these actors made the campiness of this show work for them. This cannot be tried today. RIP Adam & Yvonne.

[futuramayeah]

i watched the batman show as a little kid in the early 1980s, i liked it when i saw the batgirl bike show up in the opening cartoon credits

[theoddfather]

NO ONE wore a Batgirl costume better than Yvonne Craig.

[vickanid]

A while ago, I met Yvonne at a convention and talked with her a bit. I asked her of a memorable time on set and she said on one episode they were doing a scene involving an alley. Batman (Adam West) was to lead them down it and stop at the end before going on. So, it was Batman, Batgirl and Robin going down the alley. When they got to the end, Batman put his hand back to stop them.... right on Batgirl's ample bosom! Adam totally lost it and they had to stop the shoot until he got it together! Funny!

[AnthonyJackson-vl]

Yvonne Craig was by far the best & most appealing woman to grace the screen as "The Bat Girl"!!!! 😜

[Jayjee]

I think the reason her costume looks so light in colour is, at least in part, because of the faded film. It looks about as different as the other regular costumes in the pilot to me. Beyond that I really like this version of Barbara and I think it’s a shame the series wasn’t picked up. I also love that the hair coming from her cowl is a wig to aid the disguise. It’s as camp as anything else in the show but it also makes plenty of sense and I’m surprised it was never used in the comics (to my knowledge at least).

[LairdKenneth]

I was a 12 year old boy when Batgirl made the scene, and to me, Batgirl was a hit.

[handoffate]

I have the collectors box set of Batman 66 and this episode is included on the first of the season 3 DVDs! Huge fan of this unaired episode because it’s a surprisingly accurate adaptation of the first appearance of Batgirl in comics.

[sergioandrade]

I have seen the Batgirl pilot before, there is one scene that you did not show where Batgirl use items from her civilian clothes like turning her hat into her Batgirl cowl and turning her skirt into a cape. I remember than this was repeated scene for scene in her series in Detective Comics. Batgirl had a series of solo adventures than ran a backup feature in Detective Comics in the 1960's. I'm old enough I bought them on the newsstand at the time.

[clarky]

let's face it, the reason Batgirl was brought onto the show and with that particular outfit was to increase viewership from pre-teen and teenage males. I remember seeing studies that the higher watched episodes were the ones with Catwoman in them. They couldn't have the sexy Catwoman in every episode, so they needed a substitute that made sense and could be in every episode.

[pauldesigncomics]

Always wanted to know how Batgirl’s revolving wall and motorcycle ramp was built in apartment building without public knowledge

[paulforder]

Yvonne Craig was THE Batgirl. No actress today can hold a candle to her!

[SoulStarSketchin]

I’ve always heard about this pilot but never saw it til right now. It’s wild to me that she never even existed til the Batman 60s series cause it feels like she’s always been around

[postoffice]

Yvonne Craig, best Batgirl ever. RIP.

[BIGELOW.]

There was TWO of the Moths that was Riddler's henchmen.

Tim Herbert (Killer Moth) was in the clip you showed. Joey Tata was a henchman for a few villians in Batman. Riddler and Penguin, as far as I know. He also in Beverly Hills 90210. He played the owner of the hangout the kids went to.

[niceguy]

I always liked the animation sequence when Batgirl drives by on her Batgirl Cycle. Batgirl is looking straight ahead as she drives, then quickly turns her head to look right in the "camera". It happens very quickly, so watch it closely, pause it if you can. Also, in the opening and closing animation sequence, her mask is pointed like in this "pilot", and not rounded like the mask she wore in the series.

[kingporter]

Yvonne Craig was awesome playing Batgirl, R.I.P. Yvonne Craig!!

[igorschmidlapp]

RIP, Yvonne Craig. It was a pleasure to meet you

[greenskull]

I read Batgirl's debut comic last year and I had no idea this existed! It's practically the same story. They probably originally intended to release it around the same time.