I was saddened to hear this today. Adam West introduced many of us to DC Comics and made us see the humor of spandex heroes. He'll truly be missed.
I agree.
In grade school, with my parents and siblings we watched Batman with Adam West and Burt Ward twice a week when it aired. At the time, I took it very seriously. A few years later as a teenager, I watched a rerun of their Batman movie, and was rolling on the floor. While that series didn't get much critical acclaim, it entertained both children and adults.
And there is a New World Zorro (TV show from the 1990s with Duncan Regehr as Zorro) episode called "The Wizard", where Adam West played Dr. Henry Wayne, a traveling peddler and inventor whose eyes lit up when he saw Zorro's cave. And apparently was an ancestor of Bruce Wayne. That episode is very reminiscent of the deadpan humor of the Batman series.
