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BATGIRL is Dead

surfk — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 23:46:54 GMT

Yvonne Craig who played Commission Gordon's niece who was secretly BATGIRL in the 1960's t.v. show, Batman, died a couple of days ago.

I know time marches on but she was nearly 80!

Now she is sure to be crime fighting from Heaven.

Gawd, who wrote THIS theme song??? lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX5zNM_KA8I

SIDEBAR: Sometimes dropping the (inane) lyrics makes all the difference when it comes to making a theme song a classic.

Like Charlie's Angels. Its another example of Aaron Spelling making the right decision when he dropped the original version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohoqfVbo-Y4

In favor of the one that became classic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVtVru9KXao

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foundinlv — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 23:57:57 GMT

My husband apparently watched this as a kid because he informed me of this earlier today. I'm sure the expression on my face was priceless.

Sorry she passed away but didn't know who she was...I never watched.

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jaxs mom — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 00:58:43 GMT

LOL I was thinking, Alicia Silverstone can't be dead? I don't even remember batgirl from the tv series, it was before my time although I did see some reruns of the show.

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birkin baby — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 01:00:01 GMT

Oh I loved Batgirl and her purple suit. May Yvonne Craig rest in peace.

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foundinlv — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 01:03:34 GMT

Come to think of it my husband liked Wonder Woman too. I guess it's the outfits.

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ValuSkr — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 02:08:18 GMT

R.I.P Ms. Craig was a wonderful Batgirl.

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Bird mama — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 02:45:02 GMT

I loved watching Batgirl on the Batman series. Such a pretty woman and an early example of girl power.

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Puzzle Piece — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 03:08:42 GMT

Sorry to hear. She was 78 and passed awau from breat cancer.

Notice the pointed bust - used foam stuffed tips to fill out the area. Many starlettes wore them in the past.

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faeriemoon — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 03:14:04 GMT

The title of this thread is like a Gotham City newspaper headline.

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kutira — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 03:17:57 GMT

So sad...I love her outfit!!

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surfk — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 03:33:00 GMT

@foundinlv wrote:
My husband apparently watched this as a kid because he informed me of this earlier today. I'm sure the expression on my face was priceless.

Sorry she passed away but didn't know who she was...I never watched.

Well. I never saw it in first run. I was just a little baby then.

I was more of a Charlie's Angel's-era person.

But I suppose that without 60's camp Batgirl, there may have been no 70's Charlie's Angels. So one must pay homage where homage is kinda-sorta due.

Given a choice between 60's Batgirl and 70's Wonder Woman, though (maybe better equivalents), I'd always have to go with Wonder Woman. I mean, who was MORE spectacular than an actual comix than Linda Carter in that role?

To this day they can't re-create that moment of super power embodiment of WW as Linda Carter did.

And to all my tiaraians: Note the tiara. Maybe that's where it all started...

When television was still lovably stupid and unbelievably gorgeous (lol):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC4qASt-4nM

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surfk — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 03:27:34 GMT

@faeriemoon wrote:
The title of this thread is like a Gotham City newspaper headline.

lol

Ohmygosh, someone's catching on!

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faeriemoon — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 03:30:07 GMT

@surfk wrote:
@faeriemoon wrote:
The title of this thread is like a Gotham City newspaper headline.
lol

Ohmygosh, someone's catching on!

I must be having a lucid moment.

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child prodigy — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 09:15:37 GMT

RIP Yvonne.

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Mominohio — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 19:53:41 GMT

@JAXS mom wrote:
LOL I was thinking, Alicia Silverstone can't be dead? I don't even remember batgirl from the tv series, it was before my time although I did see some reruns of the show.

@jaxs mom

Was it really necessary to make me feel that old? (just kidding, but I DO remember watching the series, first run!)

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Shorty2U — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 20:01:56 GMT

I was sorry to read that yesterday. May she R.I.P. I used to watch the Batman series on tv as a kid. (I still go to all Batman movies to this day).

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chickenbutt — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 20:04:05 GMT

RIP, Girl!

Wow, I remember this show and what I remember most about it is that that was when we got our first color TV. I remember watching this show in particular and being amazed at how awesome the color was! hehe

I bet, in retrospect, the picture was probably pretty lame compared to now, and especially now that everything is HD.

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handygal2 — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 20:05:45 GMT

It was nice back in the day, when the actresses playing superheroes such as Batgirl and Wonderwoman had curves. Many of today's actresses are stick-figures with large, artificial-looking bustlines.

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Laura14 — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 20:27:39 GMT

This was my first Batgirl! I ran home from school every day to see this show and I didn't like it when she wasn't on. It's amazing we seem to have had more girl heroes like Batgirl, Wonder Woman, Charlie's Angels, Col Deering from Buck Rogers, etc back in the 70s than we do today. In fact I can't even think of a real one since Xena left our screens back in the 90s.

RIP, this girl will miss you.

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seattlegirl98026 — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 20:33:06 GMT

Awww, I loved Batgirl! She and The Girl From Uncle were the closest thing to superheroes I had! Sorry to hear.