Happy Birthday,
Burt Ward
Robin, The Boy Wonder
I loved watching Batman reruns on TV during the 1970s when I was little. My parents and older siblings (except my older brother, James) were not too crazy over the fact that I religiously watched this show every day after school. Years later in 1977, I even watched the Batman Saturday Morning Cartoon Show that featured Adam West and Burt Ward doing the voices of Batman and Robin. That cartoon has been released recently on DVD.
I always loved Burt Ward. I haven't had the chance to meet him, but I have met a few of his co-workers: Adam West, Frank Gorshin, Julie Newmar and Yvonne Craig. They were nice. I have never mentioned the fact that I met these actors to my parents because they would say something very negative. They totally resented them. I'm not certain if it is because I enjoyed their work so much or that my parents didn't like their talents. I still find it amazing that my own mother gets very annoyed if I watch cartoons or the old Batman TV show whenever I visited her and Daddy in suburban Maryland, just outside of Washington, DC.
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July 6th is a big birthday date for a lot of people:
John Byrne - comic writer/artist (Fantastic Four, X-Men, Superman, etc.) - 57
Slyvester Stallone - actor ("Rocky" and "Rambo") - 61
Ned Beatty - actor ("Superman - The Motion Picture" and "Deliverance") - 70
William Schallert - actor (Patty Duke's Dad) - 85
Merv Griffin - TV talk show host - 82
Bill Haley - Rock Legend (Bill Haley and the Comets) would have been 82 (died in 1981)
Nancy Reagan - former First Lady - 86
Happy Birthday to all!
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Also, on this date back in 1957, John Lennon met Paul McCartney for the very first time!
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Burt Ward at Wizard World Philadephia this year
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