The Batman TV show, first broadcast in 1966, was stylish, brash and very corny but these were amongst its most endearing qualities as far as the viewers were concerned.
The script writers delivered ridiculously far fetched and increasingly abstract story lines but also managed to entertain and educate. The three series, up until 1968 when the show was abandoned because of a collapse in ratings, established many catchphrases, most notably those spoken by the Boy Wonder, Robin, the alter ego of the rather nice but dim Dick Grayson.
In true Robin style, put on tights, your pants over the top and cape, clasp your fist in the palm of your hand, look a bit righteously agitated and hop from one foot to the other as though needing the toilet simultaneously muttering the following......
Holy Agility, Holy Almost, Holy Alphabet , Holy Alps , Holy Alter Ego, Holy Anagram
Holy Apparition , Holy Armadillo , Holy Armour Plate, Holy Ashtray ,Holy Asp
Holy Astronomy , Holy Astringent Plum-like Fruit , Holy Audubon, Holy Backfire
Holy Ball And Chain , Holy Bank Balance , Holy Bankruptcy , Holy Banks ,Holy Bargain Basements
Holy Barracuda , Holy Bat Logic, Holy Bat Trap , Holy Benedict Arnold, Holy Bijou
Holy Bikini , Holy Bill Of Rights, Holy Birthday Cake , Holy Black Beard, Holy Blackout
Holy Blank Cartridge, Holy Blizzard ,Holy Bluebeard, Holy Bouncing Boiler Plate
Holy Bowler, Holy Bullseye ,Holy Bunions, Holy Caffeine, Holy Camouflage, Holy Captain Nemo
Holy Caruso, Holy Catastrophe, Holy Cat(s), Holy Chicken Coop, Holy Chilblains
Holy Chocolate Eclair, Holy Cinderella, Holy Cinemascope, Holy Cliche, Holy Cliffhangers
Holy Clockwork, Holy Clockworks, Holy Cofax You Mean, Holy Coffin Nails, Holy Cold Creeps
Holy Complications, Holy Conflagration, Holy Contributing to the Delinquency of Minors
Holy Corpuscles, Holy Cosmos, Holy Costume Party, Holy Crack Up, Holy Crossfire
Holy Crucial Moment, Holy Cryptology, Holy D'artagnan, Holy Detonator, Holy Disappearing Act
Holy Distortion, Holy Diversionary Tactics, Holy Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Holy Egg Shells
Holy Encore, Holy Epigrams, Holy Escape-hatch, Holy Explosion, Holy Fate-worse-than-death
Holy Felony Holy Finishing-touches, Holy Fireworks, Holy Firing Squad, Holy Fishbowl
Holy Flight Plan, Holy Flip-flop, Holy Flood Gate, Holy Floor Covering, Holy Flypaper
Holy Fly Trap, Holy Fog, Holy Forecast, Holy Fork In The Road, Holy Fourth Amendment
Holy Fourth Of July, Holy Frankenstein, Holy Frankenstein It's Alive, Holy Fratricide
Holy Frogman, Holy Fruit Salad, Holy Frying Towels, Holy Funny Bone, Holy Gall, Holy Gambles
Holy Gemini, Holy Geography, Holy Ghost Writer, Holy Giveaways, Holy Glow Pot
Holy Golden Gate, Holy Graf Zeppelin, Holy Grammar, Holy Graveyards, Holy Greed
Holy Green Card, Holy Greetings-cards, Holy Guacamole, Holy Guadalcanal, Holy Gullibility
Holy Gunpowder, Holy Haberdashery, Holy Hailstorm, Holy Hairdo, Holy Hallelujah
Holy Halloween, Holy Hallucination, Holy Hamburger, Holy Hamlet, Holy Hamstrings
Holy Happenstance, Holy Hardest Metal In The World, Holy Harem, Holy Harshin,
Holy Haziness, Holy Headache, Holy Headline, Holy Heart Failure, Holy Heartbreak
Holy Heidelberg, Holy Helmets, Holy Helplessness, Holy Here We Go Again,
Holy Hi-fi, Holy Hieroglyphic, Holy High-wire, Holy Hijack, Holy Hijackers, Holy History
Holy Hoaxes, Holy Hole In A Donut, Holy Hollywood, Holy Holocaust, Holy Homecoming
Holy Homework, Holy Homicide, Holy Hoodwink, Holy Hoof Beats, Holy Hors D'Oeuvre
Holy Horseshoes, Holy Hostage, Holy Hot Foot, Holy Houdini, Holy Human Collectors Item
Holy Human Pearls, Holy Human Pressure Cookers, Holy Human Surfboards, Holy Hunting Horn
Holy Hurricane, Holy Hutzpa, Holy Hydraulics, Holy Hypnotism, Holy Hypodermics, Holy Ice Picks
Holy Ice Skates, Holy Iceberg, Holy Impossibility, Holy Impregnability, Holy Incantation
Holy Inquisition, Holy Interplanetary Yardstick, Holy Interruptions, Holy Iodine, Holy IT and T
Holy Jack In The Box, Holy Jackpot , Holy Jail Break, Holy Jaw Breaker, Holy Jelly Molds
Holy Jet Set, Holy Jigsaw Puzzles, Holy Jitter Bugs, Holy Journey To The Center Of The Earth
Holy Jumble, Holy Karats, Holy Key Hole, Holy Key Ring, Holy Kilowatts, Holy Kindergarten
Holy Knit One Purl Two, Holy Knock Out Drops, Holy Known Unknown Flying Objects
Holy Kofax, Holy Las Vegas, Holy Leopard, Holy Levitation, Holy Liftoff, Holy Living End
Holy Lodestone, Holy Long John Silver, Holy Looking Glass, Holy Love Birds,
Holy Luther Burbank, Holy Madness, Holy Magic Lantern, Holy Magician, Holy Main Springs,
Holy Marathon,,Holy Mashed Potatoes, Holy Masquerade, Holy Matador, Holy Mechanical Armies
Holy Memory Bank, Holy Merlin Magician, Holy Mermaid, Holy Merry Go Around,
Holy Mesmerism, Holy Metronome, Holy Miracles, Holy Miscast, Holy Missing Relatives
Holy Molars, Holy Mole Hill, Holy Mucilage, Holy Multitudes, Holy Murder, Holy Mush
Holy Naive, Holy New Year's Eve, Holy Nick Of Time, Holy Nightmare, Holy Non Sequiturs
Holy Oleo, Holy Olfactory, Holy One Track Bat Computer Mind, Holy Oversight Holy Oxygen
Holy Paderewski, Holy Paraffin, Holy Perfect Pitch, Holy Pianola, Holy Pin Cushions
Holy Polar Front, Holy Polar Ice Sheet, Holy Polaris, Holy Popcorn, Holy Potluck
Holy Pressure Cooker. Holy Priceless Collection of Etruscan Snoods. Holy Pseudonym
Holy Purple Cannibals, Holy Puzzlers, Holy Rainbow, Holy Rats In A Trap, Holy Ravioli
Holy Razors Edge, Holy Recompense, Holy Red Herring, Holy Red Snapper
Holy Reincarnation, Holy Relief, Holy Remote Control Robot, Holy Reshevsky
Holy Return From Oblivion, Holy Reverse Polarity, Holy Rheostat, Holy Ricochet
Holy Rip Van Winkle, Holy Rising Hemlines, Holy Roadblocks, Holy Robert Louis Stevenson
Holy Rock Garden, Holy Rocking Chair, Holy Romeo And Juliet, Holy Rudder, Holy Safari
Holy Sarcophagus, Holy Sardine, Holy Scalding, Holy Schizophrenia, Holy Sedatives
Holy Self Service, Holy Semantics, Holy Serpentine, Holy Sewer Pipe, Holy Shamrocks
Holy Sherlock Holmes, Holy Show-Ups, Holy Showcase, Holy Shrinkage, Holy Shucks
Holy Skull Tap, Holy Sky Rocket, Holy Slipped Disc, Holy Smoke, Holy Smokes
Holy Smokestack, Holy Snowball, Holy Sonic Booms, Holy Special Delivery, Holy Spider Webs
Holy Split Seconds, Holy Squirrel Cage, Holy Stalactites, Holy Stampede, Holy Standstills
Holy Steam Valve (also uttered by Alfred in concern over a kidnapped Robin.), Holy Stew Pot
Holy Stomach Aches, Holy Stratosphere, Holy Stuffing, Holy Subliminal
Holy Sudden Incapacitation, Holy Sundials, Holy Surprise Party, Holy Switch A Roo
Holy Taj Mahal , Holy Tartars, Holy Taxation, Holy Taxidermy, Holy Tee Shot, Holy Ten Toes
Holy Terminology, Holy Time Bomb, Holy Tintinnabulation, Holy Tipoffs, Holy Titanic
Holy Tome, Holy Toreador, Holy Trampoline, Holy Transistors, Holy Travel Agent
Holy Trickery, Holy Triple Feature, Holy Trolls And Goblins, Holy Tuxedo
Holy Uncanny Photographic Mental Processes, Holy Understatements,
Holy Underwritten Metropolis, Holy Unlikelyhood, Holy Unrefillable Prescriptions
Holy Vat, Holy Venezuela, Holy Vertebrae, Holy Voltage, Holy Waste Of Energy
Holy Wayne Manor, Holy Weaponry, Holy Wedding Cake, Holy Wernher von Braun
Holy Whiskers, Holy Wigs, Holy Zorro
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