Jeff Spencer's Batman mystery!
Beau Maverick
Lowery's? :-D
Beau of the Plains
Bill Black
Adam West had the mumps as a child and his Bat
ears were unfortunately affected by the illness, and never really developed
fully, to the everlasting disappointment of his father, Lester West, who was
very hard on young Adam and constantly referred to him as "Stumpy-ears".
Lewis Wilson, on the other hand, had a torrid love affair with with Elisha
Cook, Jr.'s sister Ima, who loved nothing better than tugging on them as a
sign of affection and they just kept getting longer and longer - his right
one was her favorite and if you notice in Chapter Six, his right ear is at
least 3/4 of an inch longer than his left one.
Robert Lowery was always under the impression that he was portraying the
Greek god Mercury and thought they were wings, not ears.
So, there you go, there's your mystery solved.
Best Regards,
Bill Black
www.filmfare.ca
"Beau Maverick" <paci...@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
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Beau Maverick
> Well, Beau, it's like this.
>
> Adam West had the mumps as a child and his Bat
> ears were unfortunately affected by the illness, and never really developed
> fully, to the everlasting disappointment of his father, Lester West, who was
> very hard on young Adam and constantly referred to him as "Stumpy-ears".
>
> Lewis Wilson, on the other hand, had a torrid love affair with with Elisha
> Cook, Jr.'s sister Ima, who loved nothing better than tugging on them as a
> sign of affection and they just kept getting longer and longer - his right
> one was her favorite and if you notice in Chapter Six, his right ear is at
> least 3/4 of an inch longer than his left one.
>
> Robert Lowery was always under the impression that he was portraying the
> Greek god Mercury and thought they were wings, not ears.
>
> So, there you go, there's your mystery solved.
> Best Regards,
> Bill Blackwww.filmfare.ca
>
>
> news:f24a7e17-5145-4b17...@m45g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > Why are Adam West's bat ears smaller than Lewis Wilson's and Robert
> > Lowery's? :-D
>
ROFL! - Excellent answer and, of course, completely correct!
Beau
Chester
>
> Adam West had the mumps as a child and his Bat
> ears were unfortunately affected by the illness, and never really developed
> fully, to the everlasting disappointment of his father, Lester West, who was
> very hard on young Adam and constantly referred to him as "Stumpy-ears".
>
> Lewis Wilson, on the other hand, had a torrid love affair with with Elisha
> Cook, Jr.'s sister Ima, who loved nothing better than tugging on them as a
> sign of affection and they just kept getting longer and longer - his right
> one was her favorite and if you notice in Chapter Six, his right ear is at
> least 3/4 of an inch longer than his left one.
>
> Robert Lowery was always under the impression that he was portraying the
> Greek god Mercury and thought they were wings, not ears.
>
> So, there you go, there's your mystery solved.
> Best Regards,
> Bill Blackwww.filmfare.ca
>
>
> news:f24a7e17-5145-4b17...@m45g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > Why are Adam West's bat ears smaller than Lewis Wilson's and Robert
> > Lowery's? :-D
>
<g> Bat ears on Batman's *cowl*! :-)
Adam West's cowl ears were cropped for TV close-ups.
Lewis Wilson and Robert Lowery had a huge silever screen so there was
plenty of room for their ears!
Chester of Dodge