The actor who played Batman's sidekick Robin in the classic 1960's TV series has revealed that he was told to take dramatic measures to change his body after his appearance fell foul of the powerful conservative lobby.
Burt Ward, who played the Boy Wonder between 1966-68, told the New York
Post's Page Six column that when the show became popular he soon attracted the attention of the Catholic League of Decency, who were affronted by the size of the bulge in his shorts.
The skin-tight costumes worn by Ward and his Batman co-star Adam West left little to the imagination and were quite a departure in what was a very conservative era.
"They thought that Robin had a very large bulge for television," Ward told Page Six, who also revealed that his look was all-natural, even if West needed a little more help below his utility belt.
"With Adam they put Turkish towels in his undershorts," he said.
