Bat Tours: TV's Batcave - Bronson Cave

Scott Sebring takes you on a guided trip to the Bat Cave from the Batman TV series starring Adam West, Bronson Cave. He not only shows you how to get there but talks a bit about some of its comic book hero legacy.
This is a remastered, reworked and restored version of the video originally shot in 2007.
"Correction: 0:34 Municipal Park , Not State Park"
All copyrighted material used in this video are property of their respective owners and are used for editorial and educational purposes and fall under "fair use" in this presentation.
Editorial Footage Used:
"Batman (1966 Film)"
Greenlawn Productions
20th Century Fox
"The Lone Ranger"
Wrather Productions
Distrubuted by Warner Bros.
"Wonder Woman"
The Douglas S. Cramer Co.
Bruce Lansbury Productions, Ltd.
Warner Bros. Television
"Superman (1948 Serial)"
Columbia Pictures
"Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt"
Artisan Entertainment
Fox Television Studios
The Kaufman Company
"Batman (TV Series)"
Greenway Productions
20th Century Fox

[@toyman81]

Rest in Peace to all who acted in The Batman tv series who are no longer with us. Your memories will live on in all the kids like me who watched such a great tv show.

[@georgeshelton6281]

Who were the real-life people who were thrown into the "Batman" TV series? That's the fashion designer Rudi Gernreich, the jewelry store floor walker G. David Schine, little Egypt, Paul Revere, and the Raiders, Johnny Green, and his Green Men, in Pierre Salinger, known as lucky Pierre. These people didn't make any cameo appearances. 🇪🇬 ❤️ 💙 ♥️ 👏 😍 🇪🇬

[@zombiefulci3301]

With their images and voices preserved, they really didn't die

[@tonyayala2354]

I think the only ones left are Burt Ward and Julie Newmar.

[@bone3594]

I love that TV show.

[@Dan-nt2yb]

Frank Gorshin was my 3rd cousin.

[@timetraveler2518]

Eight years ago, I visited the Bronson Cave in LA, and the outside of the Batcave, the larger parking area, and the metal gate did not exist then. The scenery of the Bat Cave and Bronson Canyon is still the same as I was there. It was well worth visiting. Also, I trekked up to the Hollywood sign, which was awesome. Several TV shows took place there, such as Mission Impossible: the episode: Bunker (Part 1 and 2) and others. Even the legendary film "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1956) took place there too. Thanks for sharing the video of your visit to Bat Cave.

[@bryangreen305]

W😂😂sa😊😊😊😂

[@thewatcher5271]

Hey Man, Thanks For That! I Was Seven When It Aired & Adam West Will Always Be The Only Batman To Me.

[@alfinpogform4774]

Video popped up in my feed out of nowhere (probably recommended because I looked at a Gilligans Island video the other day); I enjoyed this video greatly, love these kind of connections to our collective past!

[@-nick-3912]

Thanks Scott! I never went to see the Bat Cave and I'm so glad I was able to see where they filmed the cave. It brought back so many great memories. I never did get to meet Adam West and he had to be the same kind person as Batman. You did an amazing job making this. God Bless

[@Frankjc3rd]

One thing that was left out, since there really wasn't much room for the car, when it was filmed coming out it was done very slowly. It was then played back at a faster speed.

[@batfriend1557]

True. Another note is that the car was just not fast at all, wouldn't have enough time or distance to accelerate to that exit speed and they had to time the prop doors that swung out.

[@robinkyrke]

Thanks, Scott! I have never been to the cave yet but it's on my bucket list!

[@sheeplaughsrecords]

A whole documentary on the cave that shows all the movie and TV scenes it has been used in could be made, and is one I would love to see! And the surrounding hills and cliffs used in so many TV shows and movies as well, including Star Trek.

[@shotojukukai]

Absolutely BAT-Tasic! 🦇

[@rickyc664]

The iconic Batcave, this sure brings back a lot of memories watching this show when I was little. Thank you for making this video!!

[@Rockin_Ross]

Sure was a lot greener back then. Such an iconic location.

[@theironclads]

Famous location for films & television. The Searchers, Star Trek, The Wild, Wild West, Mission: Impossible, Laredo, The High Chaparral, The A-Team.

[@car4sell243]

As we all knew him as Charlie Bronson, "Death wish". He came to Hollywood under a different name. Saw the road name "Bronson" and kept the name.

[@billgibson8856]

Great Job on the tour and great editing.. I was there a little over a year ago.. You are right, it's pretty special to be there in person..

[@LuckyBastardProd]

I found some foam rocks inside there. I kept them as souvenirs. A ton of films have been shot like The Searchers, The Human Tornado and Robot Monster.

[@batfriend1557]

Love "The Searchers" and would have loved to have mentioned more of the movies and TV shows filmed there but tried to streamline it. Congrats on the foam rocks!!

[@markchavez2776]

Holy Discovery , Batman! I always wanted to go there and check out Batman’s Computers and a fricking cool ManCave. Batgirl got to go there BUT she had to knocked out .

[@beastmanreview009]

So much Television and film history there! I grew up watching the '66 Batman and Batman TSA.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

Loved "Batman" it's still on ME-TV. Lone Ranger a great one too.

[@mxpmw]

So interesting! Thanks for posting.

[@MH5XXXX]

Thank you very much I watched the show when I was young but never saw this side of the show

[@Joez86]

Had the pleasure to work there several times. Great segment.

[@mattiasf]

I don´t know why this vid came up but I am so glad it did. Thanks for a great video with some interesting facts of other films using the location!

[@davebaumeister3021]

This was great, Scott. Thanks! Next time Come out, I will know how to get to the Batcave!

[@terryhawkins5585]

LOVE THAT BATMOBILE

[@terryhawkins5585]

I LOVE THAT SHOW BATMAN 🦇

[@SilentKnight43]

Cool tour of the cave. We also live close to a somewhat 'iconic' cave - the Screaming Tunnel - where they shot a pivotal scene in David Cronenberg's 1983 film The Dead Zone.

[@Cigar65]

I grew up watching this show. Incredible. Collecting everything Bat related is fun too. I am only interested in the original items. Harder to find but worth the time and money.

[@gerrydooley951]

My main interest in this was The Lone Ranger, the 1956 film with Clayton Moore. You showed a clip of a great scene and there were a few others. The very first episode of the Lone Ranger was also shot there, it's where the young Texas Ranger, Reid becomes the Lone Ranger

[@foroneanotherwinningtogeth1142]

Went there 2 years ago. Awesome! Saw the cave and hiked over top of it. Didn't notice Ms lane had discovered it first! On the back side, a ton of old Sci fi movies were made, like the one with that space -helmet gorilla.

[@vintagevinylvets1187]

Great job, loved this! 🙏🏻

[@user-mo8te2hw2b]

Thanks from Brazil !! Sao Paulo. May 2023, 28.

[@daleanderson1727]

LOVE IT! Well done. It really is magical stepping inside that tunnel.

[@Dan-nt2yb]

Here’s something neat. Frank Gorshin the Riddler was my 3rd cousin on my Slovenian Mothers side. Great bragging rights when I was a kid. After Batman..Frank was a great impressionist and we used to visit his dressing room whenever he performed in Toronto hotels and nightclubs. Great guy.😁👍🏾

[@batfriend1557]

I knew Frank during the last few years of his life. I even did his web-site for him around that time. What a guy!

[@Dan-nt2yb]

@@batfriend1557 …😃👍🏾

[@queenmarynovelwriter5397]

Wow, that brought a lump to my throat.

[@curtiso411]

Very interesting, thank you

[@BadaBingFilms]

Awesome education and nostalgic video. Being a Batman Classic fan, I truly enjoyed this video. Thanks for sharing this trekking adventure. Pretty neat most of the Justice League filmed there! Definitely a bucket list check off.

[@renecorrea1008]

Great job, Scott! Thank you. If I recall correctly, about seven years before Batman, this was where the Teenagers From Outer Space had their Gargon stashed.

[@CarlosSanchez-bg4wf]

Holy batcave. Thankyou sir

[@actioninthebox1]

Excellent video! Thanks to give us this nostalgic recovery!

[@stretmediq]

I sat in the batmobile at a car show back in the 70s :)

[@torpedodropkick59]

Wondered where the bat 🦇 cave was located! Thanks!

[@garyleaper3141]

Good video mate . Hi from London UK

[@ArtVandelayOfficial]

Great tour thankyou! I had just assumed it was filled in or something

[@bminusconstruction4212]

Thanks for a tour down memory lane.

[@sitbone3]

Actually, Bronson Avenue is what gave Charles Buchinsky the idea to change his name to Bronson.

[@KlaunVI]

Hey man. This was a cool video. I think you're awesome. Cheers

[@rickluque6429]

Thanks for sharing the Bat Cave with us 😊 awesome video 👍👍

[@juammanuelortizrodriguez5527]

THANKS SOO MUCH FOR THIS .... BAT MAN RULES !!!!

[@radiotruck8135]

Just made my day........thankyou

[@shawnharris5682]

It’s funny how the opening to the cave has been seen in countless countless movies, movie serials, and tv series. But when you see it, no matter which film you’re watching, you say “That’s the Batcave!”

[@Engineer_Eric_59]

Awesome video. Thank you. Been there a few times and never gets old.

[@jimmyholloway8527]

For a location shoot, hard to find anything more iconic than perhaps Vasquez Rocks. Now all I want is to watch Return to the Bat-Cave. Wow, poor Burt. From an irresistible slice of Boy-wonder to, "Boy, wonder if he ever resisted a slice of pie?" Can't take away the memories, though.😊

[@driven01]

Very nicely done video.

[@jarrietfair6373]

Woww the batcave was in holllywood??? Man thats great history.

[@TonyBoyOhBoy]

Very nice job! Loved all the back history and footage!

[@davejones5745]

Great stuff Scott. I so hope to visit L.A. before I die and would love to have you as a guide!

[@dmprdctns]

Wow, man... I was transfixed...! Also... Original Star Trek... "Bread and Circuses" episode... Wouldn't have minded you covering that... Wouldn't have minded at all... :)

[@robertromero8692]

Over 125 movies and TV shows have been filmed there.

[@MuzixMaker]

Very cool, thanks,

[@WatchingTrainsGoBy-PassingTime]

Great video. All new info to me... Except the bald spot. We could see it before you even turned around. lol kidding... But this was genuinely a cool video to come across. Thanks.

[@batfriend1557]

This was shot back in 2007. That bald spot has taken over. Lol.

[@RodneyGuitarsplat]

also used as Robot Monster cave location

[@jackbeers4020]

Great video!

[@cuse445]

"Invasion of the Body Snatchers" 1956 cave also!

[@ringokageyama6439]

One time when I visited The Bronson Cave, a film production placed a faux Railroad Track.

[@kenmills7512]

It is also in the "War" scene from the Monkees movie "HEAD"

[@JaimeWulf]

Nice!

[@beastmanreview009]

Awesome channel!!

[@princenamor1939]

Nice job- cool video!

[@silvervibranium2832]

I'm not positive, but I think that was the helicopter stunt that Lynda Carter did herself. Afterwards she got yelled at by the producers for taking that risk.

[@SabcatPrinting]

Great stuff thanks!

[@hodaka1000]

Excellent

[@carmelootto5523]

Awesome video

[@noHOPEof]

. -- some have shared that this is the same ( outside ) locale as *Owl Cave* from David Lynch *&* Mark Frost's 1991 later season episode(s) of Twin Peaks. ~ kinda cooL.

[@benbentley]

That's right, same cave (well tunnel) but it's the back entrance rather than the front side that the Batmobile appears from.

[@Lawomenshoops]

During the pandemic, the closed both entrances to the bat cave!

[@jay-day]

They probably just needed one filmed sequence of the car exiting the cave and they'd replay that each episode where the batmobile was going out.

[@richardmark9161]

I remember hearing a story that Christian Bale shot a scene in his remake of 3:10 to Yuma in this cave.

[@brianmcmurter4415]

Wow, very cool, remember kids, same Bat time same bat Channel, Batman!!!!!!!!🤗🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇

[@briandaleske5139]

I wonder how much it would coast in real life, to turn a old cave space, into a secret headquarters for masked heroes?

[@emiliolira1563]

It was also used in the flintstones and the Scorpion king.

[@TJinPgh]

Star Trek did some filming there as well. I know Voyager did an episode there

[@neil999ish]

Might have been the episode "The 39'ers", i think it was called.

[@crash42modder63]

4:45 Someone correct me if I'm wrong. That location looks like the one from TV's Get Smart. Season 5 episode 5 (S05E05) called "The Treasure of C Errol Madre". There's a shootout toward the end (18th minute of my version).

[@philliphayes3641]

Out of the cave with neck-break speed ? He He !

[@batfriend1557]

😁

[@abbazabba4578]

Best film ever shot there was Invasion of the Body Snatchers - 1956

[@just1mansopinion]

I was going to ask that, but decided to check the comments first to see if it was answered. So.....THANKS! Cheers\=/\=/ OBTW...You're right. One great film!

[@m.pietro9087]

Thank you so much for the video. I remember as a child trying to memorize Adam West and Burt Ward name’s thinking one day I could know who they are in real life. Decades later I could finally figured it out. A quick question, how can get a permit to get there?

[@fletcherhamilton3177]

I never thought about it before but the Gotham City / outskirts of the Adam West ‘60’s series was a distinctly _west coast-looking_ city and locale, rather than the common east coast flavour of Batman media . . . 🤣

[@feltwedge]

Thanks for the video. Maybe do one on Wayne Manor which is over in Pasadena.

[@batfriend1557]

If I could get on the property properly. That would be fun.

[@EastBroadTop]

Not to mention Robot Monster and his bubble machine. Which you didn't mention.

[@batfriend1557]

I didn't mention many, many more than just that. I kept it pretty much to DC characters for this specific video and the Lone Ranger. Obviously this video isn't the end all for the role this area played in movie history.

[@hyper2high]

Wasnt a scene in V the final battle filmed here ? Looks a bit like it. Great video 👍

[@batfriend1557]

I personally don't know on that one but wouldn't doubt it. I'd have to check out the footage.

[@oluaprasec9309]

Wow 🤗

[@dieterilg5162]

Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb.

[@silvermane1]

Another childhood fantasy crushed...

[@batfriend1557]

;)

[@metalwork.]

I bet lots of partying has taken place up there... Didn't they film Combat there too?

[@blindponyband]

I was up there today and there are these big rocks, almost boulders kind of blocking the entrance enough that a car couldn't get through, grrr. why???

[@jameswestervelt4263]

I have been there- that’s at the bottom of the mountain that has the famous HOLLYWOOD sign on it. You can also hike up that mountain to get to the top of it and see the HOLLYWOOD sign from the top!

[@larry1824]

Used in end of Searchers

[@Writ3r_Dude]

It's not a state park, it's a municipal park. The land was donated by D.W. Griffith to the City of Los Angeles.

[@batfriend1557]

It's notated in my description as a correction already. But thanks for the input.

[@Writ3r_Dude]

@@batfriend1557 Sorry, my bad, I missed that. Usually I do read the full description of a video, but being lazy today. I haven't seen the Bat Cave for something like....25 years? I remember back then it was pretty overgrown around it.

[@toydude3508]

What was the show called where you had the clips of the making of the Batman series? Would love to see that!

[@batfriend1557]

Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt. It was a made for TV movie. Fair warning, not that great other than pure nostalgia. www.imdb.com/title/tt0321359/

[@YoMoma777]

With the tunnel being so narrow, how did they get the scenes of the Batmobile driving out of the opening at high rates of speed?

[@batfriend1557]

It was actually filmed with a technique called "under cranking" to give the illusion that the car was driving out faster than it actually was.

[@anthonycrossley2426]

Is the Mansion used as 'Stately Wayne Manor' still in existance ?. The property can be seen in some of the opening scenes in certain episodes. Someone wrote the place was burnt down...I'd love to see the Mansion if it's still alive...

[@batfriend1557]

It's still there. The report of it burning down was a reporting mistake for another Tudor style mansion in the same neighborhood that did burn down.

[@mrtracywilliamson3809]

cool

[@davidbarry9690]

There's no trees or vegetation, changed a lot if it is the same place

[@batfriend1557]

It didn't have them then either. The vegetation in front of the cave and ground was all set dressing. It has almost always looked like the older Superman footage that I shared. I have photos of the test footage for the "cave doors" and the area was totally bare.