Batman theme song meme
July 21, 2010 2:35 PM Subscribe
Is this mutilation of the Batman theme song from my childhood global or local?
As children we used to sing (to the Batman theme song):
Batman (took me to the movies)
Batman (made me show my boobies)
Batman (took me to his house)
Batman (made me show my blouse)
Batman, Batman
(Had a baby) Batman
It's silly enough that I think one of the neighborhood kids just made it up, but it's been stuck in my head all these years so I wonder if it was a common meme theme from the mid- to late-1970's. So does it sound familiar? I grew up in WA state if that makes a difference.
As children we used to sing (to the Batman theme song):
Batman (took me to the movies)
Batman (made me show my boobies)
Batman (took me to his house)
Batman (made me show my blouse)
Batman, Batman
(Had a baby) Batman
It's silly enough that I think one of the neighborhood kids just made it up, but it's been stuck in my head all these years so I wonder if it was a common meme theme from the mid- to late-1970's. So does it sound familiar? I grew up in WA state if that makes a difference.
Perhaps it's something to submit to Playground Jungle (prev on the blue).
posted by filthy light thief at 2:41 PM on July 21, 2010
posted by filthy light thief at 2:41 PM on July 21, 2010
We used to sing this:
Jingle bells, Batman smells
Robin laid an egg
Batmobile, lost a wheel
And Joker got away!
(to the tune of "Jingle Bells," of course)
posted by pecanpies at 2:42 PM on July 21, 2010 [6 favorites]
Jingle bells, Batman smells
Robin laid an egg
Batmobile, lost a wheel
And Joker got away!
(to the tune of "Jingle Bells," of course)
posted by pecanpies at 2:42 PM on July 21, 2010 [6 favorites]
Never heard it. Grew up in the 90s in Georgia.
Speaking of regional schoolyard rhymes, it wasn't until I was in my late teens that I realized that the version of "Miss Susie Has a Steamboat" sung by most kids in this country doesn't have a racist ending.
posted by phunniemee at 3:21 PM on July 21, 2010
Speaking of regional schoolyard rhymes, it wasn't until I was in my late teens that I realized that the version of "Miss Susie Has a Steamboat" sung by most kids in this country doesn't have a racist ending.
posted by phunniemee at 3:21 PM on July 21, 2010
wow- never heard that one (the jingle bells follow-up is a classic though)
posted by Eicats at 3:28 PM on July 21, 2010
posted by Eicats at 3:28 PM on July 21, 2010
I learned a slightly dirtier version growing up in SoCal around the same time period. Same basic premise, though.
posted by Mountain Goatse at 3:28 PM on July 21, 2010
posted by Mountain Goatse at 3:28 PM on July 21, 2010
I've never heard your version but in 70's and 80's rural Australia, we sang:
Jingle bells, Batman smells,
Robin flew away.
The batmobile lost it's wheel,
All on Christmas Day. HEY!
And it is still resurrected every Christmas, in our local primary school at least.
posted by malibustacey9999 at 4:14 PM on July 21, 2010
Jingle bells, Batman smells,
Robin flew away.
The batmobile lost it's wheel,
All on Christmas Day. HEY!
And it is still resurrected every Christmas, in our local primary school at least.
posted by malibustacey9999 at 4:14 PM on July 21, 2010
Never heard that one... grew up in 80s in Michigan.
Obviously know the Jingle Bells remix though. But I'm CERTAIN THAT is universal.
posted by mittenbex at 5:39 PM on July 21, 2010
Obviously know the Jingle Bells remix though. But I'm CERTAIN THAT is universal.
posted by mittenbex at 5:39 PM on July 21, 2010
Not exactly, but also Massachusetts in the 70s, and ours was:
Duh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh
nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh
Batman!
Swinging from a rubber band,
thought he was the boogie man,
bumped into superman,
put him in the trash can,
BATMAN!!
(I'm 40, how the fuck do I remember that?)
posted by tristeza at 6:06 PM on July 21, 2010 [1 favorite]
Duh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh
nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh
Batman!
Swinging from a rubber band,
thought he was the boogie man,
bumped into superman,
put him in the trash can,
BATMAN!!
(I'm 40, how the fuck do I remember that?)
posted by tristeza at 6:06 PM on July 21, 2010 [1 favorite]
thought he was the boogie man
Oh god, boogie man not boogers. That is the same song I knew.
posted by jessamyn at 6:22 PM on July 21, 2010 [1 favorite]
Oh god, boogie man not boogers. That is the same song I knew.
posted by jessamyn at 6:22 PM on July 21, 2010 [1 favorite]
Late 70s/early 80s, Georgia:
Batman (took me to the movies)
Batman (the movie was groovy)
Batman (took me to a party)
Batman (the party was farty)
Batman (took me to his house)
Batman (laid me on the couch)
Batman (stuck it in)
Batman (did it again)
and that's all I remember but I'm sure there was more. I really wish I could defrag and reclaim those sectors of my brain.
posted by candyland at 6:26 PM on July 21, 2010
Batman (took me to the movies)
Batman (the movie was groovy)
Batman (took me to a party)
Batman (the party was farty)
Batman (took me to his house)
Batman (laid me on the couch)
Batman (stuck it in)
Batman (did it again)
and that's all I remember but I'm sure there was more. I really wish I could defrag and reclaim those sectors of my brain.
posted by candyland at 6:26 PM on July 21, 2010
I used to make my little sisters sing:
Duh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh
nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh
Batroom!
before I'd let them use the bathroom. Yeah, I'm still a prick.
posted by buggzzee23 at 7:33 PM on July 21, 2010 [1 favorite]
Duh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh
nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh
Batroom!
before I'd let them use the bathroom. Yeah, I'm still a prick.
posted by buggzzee23 at 7:33 PM on July 21, 2010 [1 favorite]
Mr. F also remembers the boogie man song. South Florida, late 1970s-early 1980s.
posted by fairytale of los angeles at 8:19 PM on July 21, 2010
posted by fairytale of los angeles at 8:19 PM on July 21, 2010
80s, Yorkshire, UK:
Jingle bells, Batman smells
Robin flew away
Oh what fun it is to ride
On the M1 motorway
Obvious connection with the Aussie version upthread.
posted by Coobeastie at 1:34 AM on July 22, 2010
Jingle bells, Batman smells
Robin flew away
Oh what fun it is to ride
On the M1 motorway
Obvious connection with the Aussie version upthread.
posted by Coobeastie at 1:34 AM on July 22, 2010
Reminds me of that joke -
If the answer is "Cockrobin", what's the question?
"What's this up my arse Batman?"
posted by DrtyBlvd at 2:53 AM on July 22, 2010
If the answer is "Cockrobin", what's the question?
"What's this up my arse Batman?"
posted by DrtyBlvd at 2:53 AM on July 22, 2010
Australian, school from 1979, never heard it.
posted by obiwanwasabi at 3:42 AM on July 22, 2010
posted by obiwanwasabi at 3:42 AM on July 22, 2010
Dinner, dinner, dinner, dinner, dinner, dinner, dinner, dinner, FATMAN.
UK primary school, 1984-1989
posted by permafrost at 4:00 AM on July 22, 2010 [1 favorite]
UK primary school, 1984-1989
posted by permafrost at 4:00 AM on July 22, 2010 [1 favorite]
Jingle bells, Batman smells
Robin flew away
Wonderwoman lost her boots
On the Milky Way
posted by Not Supplied at 9:28 AM on July 22, 2010
Robin flew away
Wonderwoman lost her boots
On the Milky Way
posted by Not Supplied at 9:28 AM on July 22, 2010
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