seacrest: julie newmar's distinctive interpretation of catwoman made her famous almost overnight. course, the skin-tight costume didn't hurt either. newmar: i moved the belt from the waistline down to the hips because it was bright gold and that way it would accentuate the hips more. may i? meow! au revoir, batman. newmar: sometimes if a costume is right, you don't have to act. seacrest: the outfit may have helped julie newmar get into character... but the batman and robin costumes had the opposite effect on adam west and burt ward from the very first day. i'm there, and these two guys were saying, "here, take off your clothes." "well, why i'm taking off my clothes?" "well, we have this to put on you." "oh, well, i can't put it on by myself?" "well, you're going to need help to get into this." the most uncomfortable thing i think i've ever been in in my entire life -- most uncomfortable. it's like every step i took, it pulled the hair on my leg. i mean, just really not a great costume. west: being near-sighted and being behind those holes in the cowl, it made it doubly hard to see