It may have been a mistake
The Green Hornet wanted the "Batman" audience, but it was made of kids. Green Hornet was tilted toward adults. I think it was partly because TV was so young then that it could not see that it would not work.
shareTV was so young? Sonny boy, Tv was first introduced almost TWENTY YEARS before the Green Hornet was on the tube
share"TV was so young? Sonny boy, Tv was first introduced almost TWENTY YEARS before the Green Hornet was on the tube."
20 years is still young.
I think the point here as in 1966 Batman was for kids and was very popular then but does not date well. The Green Hornet was made for adults and does hold up well.
shareYes,it was a mistake to have a crossover between Batman & The Green Hornet as both shows were vastly different in style & did not mesh well together.But I can understand why it was done by the producers at that time.They were desperate to gain a bigger audience for TGH & increase its ratings.Batman was a smash hit,so they came up with a two-part episode that would have TGH & Kato guest star.This was designed so that the audience would become aware of TGH & be lured over to watching it.I actually had a great appreciation for "A Piece of the Action/Batman's Satisfaction"for many years.Batman was in syndication all around,TGH rarely,if ever was,due to its one season run.So as a huge Green Hornet fan I was able to see he & Kato on this Batman crossover they did since TGH TV series wasn't available to me.Now of course I can see some episodes online,years ago I purchased the videotapes of the entire Hornet show.Loved watching them as I'd not seen the show since its original 1966-'67 broadcast.I'm hoping to find dvds of the show now,but any reviews I've read by customers who've purchased TGH dvds write that the quality to the show episodes is atrocious.I'll wait until they put out quality dvds for TGH.
shareAny and all DVD releases of TGH to date are bootlegs, despite their very professional-looking packaging (that's what computers can do for you now). Note how many of them are "special widescreen editions" or something of the sort. This actually means that they were cropped to remove the "logo bugs" of the real venues from which the episodes were copied.
The GREEN HORNET Strikes Again!