Welcome and thank you for joining us today on the Heroes and Icons podcast. I'm your host, Greg Randolph. Please find us on Instagram at Heroes and Icons Podcast and on Twitter at Heroes Icons Pod, and you can also find us on the YouTube channel at Heroes Icons Podcast. If you're so inclined please give a five-star review and subscribe to the show.
For shows like this and others, we have an incredibly special treat today. If you are a fan of the Batman franchise, my guest needs no introduction whatsoever. As the character Robin, the Boy Wonder, this gentleman starred alongside the late great. Adam West who played Batman of course. And together they formed the Dynamic Duo in the original Batman TV series, which aired on ABC.
From 1966 to 1968, he has 139 acting credits to his name. In 2004, he won the TV Land Award for a favorite crime stopper duo. And in 2005, he won the TV Land Award for favorite crime stopper. In 2015, he was in inducted into the International Kickboxing and Karate Hall of Fame. In 2016 Batman, the return of the Caped Crusader movie was voted best animated superhero movie of the year for that year.
On January 9th, 2020, he received a much-deserved star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame. And today with his wife, Tracy runs Gentle Giants pet products.com. Their website and pet food company for all dog breeds and cats. And the link to that website can be found in the show notes for this podcast. And without any further ado, my guest today is the one and only the iconic Burt Ward.
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GR: It is a tremendous honor to have you on with me today. It's great to see you, sir. How are you? And how's your family doing?
BW: Hello, citizen. We're all great. Thank you. We're very excited about 2023. We hope it's gonna be a fantastic year for everyone. Absolutely. Absolutely. Please tell us about General Giants pet products in your nonprofit for the dogs and cats.
GR: Mission accomplished. My good man. Thank you. Thank you, Burt, very much for speaking with me today, and I appreciate you very much and your contribution. I personally just have always been a Batman fan and one of the first TV episodes that I can ever remember watching was Batman Inc. In syndication. And this was in the early to mid-seventies.
BW: Right.
GR: And so much to the point that my friend growing up and I, that we were both dressed as Batman for Halloween one year. So just really great. But again, this was just an absolute blast and the pleasure was really all mine. I can't thank you enough for being my guest today.
BW: Thank you Greg. I've enjoyed being on your show and as we said on Batman, “to the Batmobile citizen!!”
