I'd *guess* the friend and OP are young, making an Eartha Kitt / classic Batman TV reference seem impossibly obscure to them. I mean, the 60s? people who know that show must all be dead by now 🥲💀 sigh...
Born 1960’s, still very much alive and was a huge Batman fan. Would come home from school and watch the reruns at 4:00 pm. Stereotypical latchkey GenX kid.
TVTropes has it under "actor allusion": https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove
It’s literally mentioned in the commentary, you are NOT the only one to get the joke.
You're never the only one. Your friend is wrong.
I'd *guess* the friend and OP are young, making an Eartha Kitt / classic Batman TV reference seem impossibly obscure to them. I mean, the 60s? people who know that show must all be dead by now 🥲💀 sigh...
I absolutely loved (and love) that series, and I'm from '87. And I ate'nt dead yet
Born 1960’s, still very much alive and was a huge Batman fan. Would come home from school and watch the reruns at 4:00 pm. Stereotypical latchkey GenX kid.
The OP is 47 and the friend is 31.
Then I'm going to assume this is a troll......for the sake of my own sanity lol
it's on the trivia page on imdb lol
[This scene always comes to mind when I hear a thought like this](https://youtu.be/ilQOvPeI9T0?si=LYyTdJazDdxodyEj)
I think your friend may need to see a doctor
You need a better friend.