The original Batman was a primetime television show and was originally developed for an adult audience. But because the fights were presented so goofy it found a kid audience and got that label even more once it entered syndication. Needless to say, the kids missed out on a lot of the jokes. Hell, even the vocabulary that Batman uses had to have gone over a lot of kids heads. Adam West dropped some serious SAT words.

One other fun fact for you. While the show was in its original run, Adam West and Bert Ward would go to orgies and sex parties in costume, and would give the women an opportunity to actually have sex with Batman and Robin. It's never been clarified if they went to the parties together or not though.