Can I just namedrop instead?
Back in the early 90's I was working in a big recording studio in London. Pretty much everyone who came to work there was famous due to how bloody expensive the place was.

Not once did I get starry eyed.

One day though, I turned up to work to be told that I had the soul destroying task of a McDonald's radio ad to take care of. Not what I had envisioned when I was a 15yr old dreaming of mixing down dusky beauties wearing nowt but their g strings and kinky boots.

And then Adam West walked in to do the voiceover.

Oh. My. Feckin. God. IT'S BATMAN I cried to myself whilst I suddenly got all nervous and my hands started shaking.

Now you can keep your Christian Bales and George Clooneys, this is the only Batman for me and a nicer fella I have never met. He treated me like I was his Robin and the session flew by.

Before he left he grabbed a piece of paper and signed an autograph without me even asking for one (I wouldn't have dared ask) and I still have it to this very day - In fact it's the only autograph I've ever had.

The only thing that troubled me on that most wonderous of days though was the fact that

Batman is Ginger!
(lurkylurklurk swings more, Fri 17 Apr 2009, 17:16, 4 replies)

Jealous???
Moi???

Too fucking right I am - you, Sir have been in the prescense of the greatest living human in the entire world. Nice one.
( SpankyHanky, Fri 17 Apr 2009, 17:19, closed)

damn
that is awesome. so he's not as friggin insane as he is on family guy, then eh? i thought that show was a documentary...
(tuqueboy has been in a medically -induced coma since, Fri 17 Apr 2009, 17:27, closed)

He was a little bit eccentric
Every time we did a take he would let me know he was ready by saying "Okay Lurky, I'll do my Batman voice now" and then proceeded to carry on talking in exactly the same way.

The man is a God.
(lurkylurklurk swings more, Fri 17 Apr 2009, 17:47, closed)

BAM!
Good for you!

The only Batmen in my heart are him and Kevin Conroy (who's been Batman longer than any other man!)
(TrillionGrams, Sat 18 Apr 2009, 9:59, closed)