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Boy Wonder: My Life in Tights (Paperback)

by Burt Ward (Author), Stanley Ralph Ross (Editor)
3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 300 pages
  • Publisher: Logical Figments Books (Jun 1995)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0964704803
  • ISBN-13: 978-0964704800
  • Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.4 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 511,887 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Holy kiss and tell, Batman!, 15 Oct 2000
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"WARNING! R-Rated! Don't read this book if you are SEXUALLY CONSERVATIVE or EROTICALLY DEPRIVED!"

So declares Burt Ward (Robin from the legendary 60s TV series "Batman") at the beginning of his racy autobiography, "Boy Wonder: My Life in Tights." He's not exaggerating, either. The naughty stuff starts burning up the pages even before we hit Chapter One, and continues to do so throughout this hilarious, dirt-dishing show-biz expose.

Ward's memoirs read like a pornographic, hallucinogenic edition of the National Enquirer: containing all the celebrities, scandals and hyperbole one would expect from a tabloid, but with an additional explicitness and heightened sense of reality that recall the most lurid of paperback erotica. Holy leotarded lechery, Batman!

Kinky young fans in bat-costume; threesomes, foursomes and eightsomes; French, Samoan, American and Swamp (!) varieties - "My Life in Tights" presents a veritable catalogue of sexual permutations and combinations, as experienced by the author and his co-star, the insatiable Adam West (Batman). Nothing can prepare the reader for Ward's outlandishly purple prose - I mean, the guy's kinky way with words imbues even the most mundane descriptive sequence with other connotations...

Thankfully, however, Ward's eagerness to share every gory bedroom detail with us is counterbalanced by his irreverent humour, his highly developed sense of the absurd. Between passages that would make Jackie Collins blush, we get moments of unsurpassed hilarity.

And the source of this merriment is, almost invariably, the irrepressible Adam West. Portrayed as a boozing, egocentric womaniser, West couldn't have differed more from his stuffy small-screen alter-ego. His unique peccadilloes and unfailing ability to attract trouble (usually of the female variety) furnish the book with its funniest moments, recounted with affectionate relish by the ex-Boy Wonder. Take West's close encounter of the parasitic kind with a crazed red-head, for example:

"Into his mouth snaked that long, quivering tongue, not unlike what the creature did to the astronaut in Alien... This monster was like a 150-pound tick embedded in his face. During the ruckus, I caught glimpses of Adam's face covered with the drool and slobber of her wet kisses..." YOWZAH!

Although Burt Ward's brain often seems to be located in his (supposedly enormous) nether-regions, his book is not solely concerned with matters of the flesh. "Boy Wonder: My Life in Tights" also provides some valuable cultural insights, taking us behind the scenes of a super-successful TV series and beyond, into the mindset of the viewing generation it so affected, into the shadowy realm where life and art intersect...

"Truth is stranger than fiction, and this is the truth. Adam West has the unique ability to penetrate an audience's thoughts on a subconscious level... millions of women and men were affected around the world. His performance played subtle tricks on the unsuspecting minds of an unsuspecting audience..."

Tricks from which some of us will never recover...

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Sometimes interesting but smutty account of the Batman days., 12 Feb 1997
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I bought this book expecting a breezy account about the making of Batman, but it was a bit diffent to what I expected. The "behind the scenes" parts relating to "Batman" itself were enjoyable. However, I would have preferred a bit more detail, and more about the various guest stars who appeared with Ward and Adam West. Most of the detail related to Ward's injuries, and the Quest to Control His Huge Crotch Bulge! Ward's treatment of West was not particularly kind. He is portrayed as scene-stealer, voyeur, sex-a-holic, and skinflint, among other things (I wonder if they're still speaking?). Much of the middle of the book relates the many sexual escapades of the self-confessed, "reformed" sex addict, Burt Ward. Ward lays the blame for his obsession squarely on Adam West, whom he claims corrupted him. Of his many conquests, Ward goes into some detail regarding his various techniques, which sometimes caused me to feel as though I were eavesdropping in a locker room. He must have slept with the State of California. Even the pest control man lusted after him! The background information about Burt Ward the citizen was OK. Ward appears to have grown up with a "silver spoon in his mouth", which he has now traded for platinum. He provides much information about his life today, which includes photos of his wife dressed up as Wonder Woman, and as a belly dancer. He seems to love her and his daughters very much, and feels that we should, too. His wife, by the way, is Tracey Posner, daughter of Victor Posner the millionaire (or is it billionaire?). We are treated to photos of his father-in-law's corporate bedroom and living room, and bodyguards. Truly faaaaaaascinating. Overall, the impression I had from this book was that I didn't know what my impression of it was. I had the idea that Ward was trying to settle an old score with West in the meanest possible way, while smiling outwardly. Throughout the book, an avalanche of mud was slung upon Adam West. Ward believes he redeems himself by stating much later in the piece, "To be fair, Adam has been married for many years now to a wonderful woman" or words to that effect. It seems to me, however, that Burt Ward's character assasination of Adam West tells me more about Ward himself. -Sheryl Taylor
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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Self promoting tell nothing., 6 Sep 1999
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Published by a company that Burt Ward owns (with good cause... no one in their right mind would touch this), Burt tells us how he was an honor role student, best chess player in his school, and speed reads 30,000 words a minute. He later describes how he was Bruce Lee's equal in the martial arts and how the nasty Batman producers kept him from playing the title role in The Graduate, leaving the role open for Dustin Hoffman. What he does not tell us is how such a great actor as he seems to feel that he is, spent the next thirty years making a living shaking hands at car lots.

He does tell us that he got laid a lot. Not as much detail is spent discussing the un-named compainons though as tales as to how large his organ is, and how many orgasms he was able to bring them to on a regular basis.

Funny thing about the book. He never discusses any friends. Upon reading the book it is apparent as to why. It is hard to imagine him having any.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious Look at Burt Ward's Life in tights
When I first ran across snippets about Ward's sexual exploits, I took them with a grain of salt (okay, a POUND of salt). Read more
Published on 28 Sep 1998

3.0 out of 5 stars A good behind the scence look.
I am about to sound like on of the reviewers that Ward describes in his book that review a show and make comments about the good and bad. Read more
Published on 26 Jan 1998

4.0 out of 5 stars Just what you'd think it would be...
This book is exactly what you'd think it is...

Burt Ward, who played Robin in the 60's tv series, writes his book the way someone who has never read a smutty tell-all might... Read more

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