November 10, 2025 • 10 mins
On the streets of Gotham City, he’s known as Batman – but at home, he’s just Dad. A new animated series reveals Batman in a whole new light – at home taking care of a newly formed family, which may be even tougher than fighting crime! BAT-FAM follows Batman, Alfred, and young Damian Wayne (aka “Little Batman”) as they welcome a few new residents to Wayne Manor -- Alicia Pennyworth, Alfred’s free-spirited grandniece; Claire, a recently reformed Super-Villain; Ra’s al Ghul, Damian’s adoring “Pap Pap” who also happens to be Batman’s longtime nemesis; and Man-Bat, who takes up residence in the Wayne Manor belfry. Oh! And let’s not forget Selina, the beloved family cat. This close-knit family of misfits navigate the fun and frustrations of ordinary life while protecting the streets of Gotham City.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's all in one location. Erow dot net, a r
r oe dot net. I've talked about hosting seventeen different
podcasts for how many years, and it's been like, well,
where are they at? I don't know, just google it. Well,
that's not a good idea ero dot net, A r
r oe dot net. Good morning, Mike, how are you
doing today?
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Good?
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Here are you? Absolutely fantastic and very excited to share
a conversation with you because this is real TV to me,
this is this is the kind of Batman I want
to see. I want to see the daily chores. I
want to see that he's struggling just as much as
I am. And my god, it just makes me want
to fall in love with this even more and more
and more.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Yeah, I'm good. I'm glad we have ten episodes dropping
November tenth, but no, I want to see more of
it too. And you know, when we made you know,
when we made Mary Little Batman, the Christmas movie that
aired a couple of years ago, there was a real
strong desire to dig deeper into this property and you know,
see other character with this kind of fun, quirky design
(01:02):
that we have. And so it's just been a blessing
to get to this point and and make his serious.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
Now, isn't that because we pretty much see Batman as
a regular person anyway. He's just got a fancier suit
than the rest of us.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
You know, It's funny because I get the question a lot,
like what why why does Batman work? Like why do
people connect to him so much? And I think that's
exactly it. He's just like a regular He's a regular guy.
You know, he's got the facade of a batsuit, he's
got the facade of his tuxedo and his deboneir style,
and we stripped him of all that in the series,
(01:38):
and you know, he's at a point he's got a
full dad beard, dad plannel, dad sneakers. You know, it's
this side of bruise that for me personally, I've always
wanted to see. You don't really get to see, and
now we do.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
Well, see, that's what I love was I instantly I
fell in love with the dad beard. And the reason
why is because that just made him so every day
to me. Because that I could think of my own
father or my great father with their beards. I'm going
I knew you were Superman and Batman. I knew it.
I knew it all along.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
Yeah, well Damien knows the truth, right, So Cat's out
of the bag with that one. But no, I mean yeah,
I mean yeah, how cool would it be if your
dad was a superhero? I mean I would love if
my dad was a superhero and I could go on
Super Adventurous with him. Yeah, you fight Clay Face amazing.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
Now when it comes to his separated lives, and I
hate to say that because they're still connected, but we
have the Gotham City lifestyle of Batman and then we
got Dad at home. I love that, but it's almost
like I would love to see that moment where he's
got to make that choice do I stay home or
do I go and be Batman for a little bit
to serve the city.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Yeah, that's interesting. I mean I think in his DNA,
he's always driven to save the city. Yes, and you know,
he's a dad, so of course they his DNA is
also to keep his son safe and you know, look
out for his family. So I mean that's the that's
part of the struggle of the series, is you know,
he has these competing desires, these strong desires to do both,
(03:14):
you know, and he has a juggle that, And it's
not so much like is a choice to do this
or a choice to do that? It's how do I
do both and not just like destroy everything in the process.
How do I keep how do I raise the sun?
And you know, you know, Rid the city of honestly
the worst villains in all of comics. I mean, Batman's
(03:37):
got the best villains, like we all know that.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
But you know what, you know, what's really interesting about
about batfam on Prime is the fact that the buildings
are a part of the story as well, because I'm
one of those people that likes to look in the
background and I want my buildings to be bigger than life,
and they are, and it reminds me so much of
watching a comic book or or a graphic novel moving
right before my eyes.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
Yeah, I mean, you know, the backdrop to Batman is
super important, and we spent a lot of time designing that.
You know, I worked with a background artist years ago
and he said, I know what I'm doing my job
right when no one notices what I'm doing. So unfortunately
a lot of times people aren't. Really it's more something
you feel than something you really explore and investigate. But
(04:19):
I'm glad you noticed that, because there was a lot
of work and time put into that to make that
kind of gritty, you know, illustrative style, which then recently
to the next point is, you know, we did want
this to feel like a comic book coming alive. Like
the opening title sequence suggests that a lot of the
inspirations for the property comes from like Calvin and Hobbes
comics is loosely, you know, the kind of adjacent to
(04:44):
Calvin and you know Ron Searle. I mean, that's kind
of a deep cut for probably most folks, but he
was a really famous illustrator from the sixties and and
he has like that, a lot of the style of
this property is inspired by his work. And of course,
like you know, putting the movie together, we wanted something
(05:06):
that felt Christmas y, right, because a lot of this
these files come from the movie, so we're looking at
classic things like Charles Dickens books and things like that. So,
you know, the illustrative comic thing that is very it's
very much part of the DNA of this property.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
I'm that person that will sit there and watch a
brand new episode of Badfam on Prime and then I'll
sit there and I'll go, Okay, I'm gonna come back
to this show also in ten years and in fifteen years,
and I'll bet you I will see something differently. That's
what I love about the writing and the animation of
this is this is the kind of stuff that you
can put Bugs Bunny on right now. I don't care
how many time times I've seen it. I'm gonna watch
(05:43):
it again.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Yeah, well great, I'm glad we you know, put in this.
We wanted something that felt classic and timeless, you know,
I mean that's even why, you know, do little tiny
details like their cell phones of course, but then there's
also a lot of analog technology in the property as well,
so it doesn't really live here and we're there. It's
(06:06):
like it's contemporary, but it's not so rooted into this
contemporary right now today that in five years so we'll
look at it and it feel stated.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
Yeah, but don't you think that part of the originality
as well as the balance on the show is that
every character has their own personality and nobody's more dominant
than the other. Because I'm gonna love watching people as
they get their merchandise for something like this and find
out who they're drawn to the most. And to me,
it's gonna be like The Simpsons. You're gonna have your
favorite character on the show, and everybody's gonna have a
reason why that is their favorite character.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Yeah, I mean, we really wanted an ensemble cast, you know.
You know, the movie focused so much on Damien in
his journey, but going into this series, it's like we're
bringing all these new characters in. Yeah, we really wanted
to explore each one and give each one a moment
in a highlight, you know, and really dig into what
makes some tick and who they are and what makes
(07:01):
them funny. So yeah, I mean for me personally, and
like I worked on it, Like, I don't know who
my favorite character is. It depends probably on the we
bought some Manbat episode. It's like Manbat's probably my favorite
right now, you know, and it's like, oh no, that
ROZs episode. I think I like rosmore. So. Yeah, I
think there's a lot to love for everybody. And you know,
(07:23):
building this project, we wanted something that felt like we
wanted co viewership. We wanted something for the whole family.
So there's something in there for the grandparents and you know,
for the parents and the kids and Also, it's a
great entry point for young kids who don't know Batman right.
This is the first time they're being exposed to Batman right,
and so exciting. It's exciting. Property Please do not move.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
There's more with Mike Roth coming up next. The name
of the show Batfam on Prime. We're back with Mike Roth. Well,
it's gonna be exciting to go to these comic cons
and see that your characters are coming to life on
other people's bodies.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
That's the dream come true, right there, mine, I just
did in your and you know, oh man, some of
those costumes that they've put together like amazing. I can't okay,
what did that cost you? Like thousand dollars? I mean
that's like the ultimate like what did they say, Like
the ultimate form of flattery. It's imitation. So you know,
having some folks, you know, put on a Rozo Gool
(08:23):
costume or something that would make my day.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
What is production like for you in the way of
you know, I mean, is it one of the things
where it takes you know, up to six months to
get one episode done? Because I mean that's one thing
about being a voiceover actor. I can drop my tracks
today and totally forget about what did you do last month?
I don't know, and then you see it on TV
It's like, oh my god, I totally forgot I did that.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
Animation is kind of an insane process, right, I mean,
live actionally, you put a came in front of someone,
they do their scene. You know, some of the movies
they can shoot in a couple of months. By animation,
you gotta draw every single frame. It's kind of insane.
It's a very laborious, slow process. So you know, the
net result, I think it's something really special.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
Do you guys find yourself? You know, you know, looking
at the analytics going okay, I wonder how many episodes
they're gonna binge watch in a row before they have
to say, look, I got to come back, so I
have something great to watch in a couple of days
or even a couple of hours.
Speaker 2 (09:21):
Man, I hope all of them.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
Yeah, yeah, they will they Oh, there's no way to
see that. That's the one thing about it is that
everybody's gonna jump on it quickly as possible. It's gonna
become the water cooler conversation. Then everybody's gonna say I
want this for Christmas? Can I have this one please.
I know they've got a doll somewhere. Where's toys r rest?
I need to have this now?
Speaker 2 (09:38):
Yeah, I mean, I'd love to have some toys. I
don't think we're there yet. It's coming hopefully at some point.
But you know, the series has a slight through line,
so you know, each episode, you know, loosely ties into
the one before, so it is pretty bingeable. Yeah, and
it's it for me personally. It is kind of hard
to watch one and be like, yeah, I'll walk away. Now.
Speaker 1 (10:02):
Where can people go to find out more about you, Mike,
because I want them to know who you are so
they can fall deeper in love with everything that you're
a part of.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
Who me personally? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (10:13):
Absolutely.
Speaker 2 (10:15):
I have an IMDb page and a Wikipedia page, so
maybe start there. But the serious you know, Amazon Prime
November tenth.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
I love it, dude. You got to come back to
this show anytime in the future when you're on season two,
all the way up to season twenty nine. We got
to be talking every season so we can see how
this show is going to grow and do generations beyond us.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
I love that. I would love that.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
That'd be greaty, will you be brilliant today. Okay, mister
Mike
Speaker 2 (10:43):
Yeah, thanks you too, Man, Thanks, thanks for the time.
It's all in one location. Erow dot net, a r
r oe dot net. I've talked about hosting seventeen different
podcasts for how many years, and it's been like, well,
where are they at? I don't know, just google it. Well,
that's not a good idea ero dot net, A r
r oe dot net. Good morning, Mike, how are you
doing today?
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Good?
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Here are you? Absolutely fantastic and very excited to share
a conversation with you because this is real TV to me,
this is this is the kind of Batman I want
to see. I want to see the daily chores. I
want to see that he's struggling just as much as
I am. And my god, it just makes me want
to fall in love with this even more and more
and more.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Yeah, I'm good. I'm glad we have ten episodes dropping
November tenth, but no, I want to see more of
it too. And you know, when we made you know,
when we made Mary Little Batman, the Christmas movie that
aired a couple of years ago, there was a real
strong desire to dig deeper into this property and you know,
see other character with this kind of fun, quirky design
(01:02):
that we have. And so it's just been a blessing
to get to this point and and make his serious.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
Now, isn't that because we pretty much see Batman as
a regular person anyway. He's just got a fancier suit
than the rest of us.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
You know, It's funny because I get the question a lot,
like what why why does Batman work? Like why do
people connect to him so much? And I think that's
exactly it. He's just like a regular He's a regular guy.
You know, he's got the facade of a batsuit, he's
got the facade of his tuxedo and his deboneir style,
and we stripped him of all that in the series,
(01:38):
and you know, he's at a point he's got a
full dad beard, dad plannel, dad sneakers. You know, it's
this side of bruise that for me personally, I've always
wanted to see. You don't really get to see, and
now we do.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
Well, see, that's what I love was I instantly I
fell in love with the dad beard. And the reason
why is because that just made him so every day
to me. Because that I could think of my own
father or my great father with their beards. I'm going
I knew you were Superman and Batman. I knew it.
I knew it all along.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
Yeah, well Damien knows the truth, right, So Cat's out
of the bag with that one. But no, I mean yeah,
I mean yeah, how cool would it be if your
dad was a superhero? I mean I would love if
my dad was a superhero and I could go on
Super Adventurous with him. Yeah, you fight Clay Face amazing.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
Now when it comes to his separated lives, and I
hate to say that because they're still connected, but we
have the Gotham City lifestyle of Batman and then we
got Dad at home. I love that, but it's almost
like I would love to see that moment where he's
got to make that choice do I stay home or
do I go and be Batman for a little bit
to serve the city.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Yeah, that's interesting. I mean I think in his DNA,
he's always driven to save the city. Yes, and you know,
he's a dad, so of course they his DNA is
also to keep his son safe and you know, look
out for his family. So I mean that's the that's
part of the struggle of the series, is you know,
he has these competing desires, these strong desires to do both,
(03:14):
you know, and he has a juggle that, And it's
not so much like is a choice to do this
or a choice to do that? It's how do I
do both and not just like destroy everything in the process.
How do I keep how do I raise the sun?
And you know, you know, Rid the city of honestly
the worst villains in all of comics. I mean, Batman's
(03:37):
got the best villains, like we all know that.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
But you know what, you know, what's really interesting about
about batfam on Prime is the fact that the buildings
are a part of the story as well, because I'm
one of those people that likes to look in the
background and I want my buildings to be bigger than life,
and they are, and it reminds me so much of
watching a comic book or or a graphic novel moving
right before my eyes.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
Yeah, I mean, you know, the backdrop to Batman is
super important, and we spent a lot of time designing that.
You know, I worked with a background artist years ago
and he said, I know what I'm doing my job
right when no one notices what I'm doing. So unfortunately
a lot of times people aren't. Really it's more something
you feel than something you really explore and investigate. But
(04:19):
I'm glad you noticed that, because there was a lot
of work and time put into that to make that
kind of gritty, you know, illustrative style, which then recently
to the next point is, you know, we did want
this to feel like a comic book coming alive. Like
the opening title sequence suggests that a lot of the
inspirations for the property comes from like Calvin and Hobbes
comics is loosely, you know, the kind of adjacent to
(04:44):
Calvin and you know Ron Searle. I mean, that's kind
of a deep cut for probably most folks, but he
was a really famous illustrator from the sixties and and
he has like that, a lot of the style of
this property is inspired by his work. And of course,
like you know, putting the movie together, we wanted something
(05:06):
that felt Christmas y, right, because a lot of this
these files come from the movie, so we're looking at
classic things like Charles Dickens books and things like that. So,
you know, the illustrative comic thing that is very it's
very much part of the DNA of this property.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
I'm that person that will sit there and watch a
brand new episode of Badfam on Prime and then I'll
sit there and I'll go, Okay, I'm gonna come back
to this show also in ten years and in fifteen years,
and I'll bet you I will see something differently. That's
what I love about the writing and the animation of
this is this is the kind of stuff that you
can put Bugs Bunny on right now. I don't care
how many time times I've seen it. I'm gonna watch
(05:43):
it again.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Yeah, well great, I'm glad we you know, put in this.
We wanted something that felt classic and timeless, you know,
I mean that's even why, you know, do little tiny
details like their cell phones of course, but then there's
also a lot of analog technology in the property as well,
so it doesn't really live here and we're there. It's
(06:06):
like it's contemporary, but it's not so rooted into this
contemporary right now today that in five years so we'll
look at it and it feel stated.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
Yeah, but don't you think that part of the originality
as well as the balance on the show is that
every character has their own personality and nobody's more dominant
than the other. Because I'm gonna love watching people as
they get their merchandise for something like this and find
out who they're drawn to the most. And to me,
it's gonna be like The Simpsons. You're gonna have your
favorite character on the show, and everybody's gonna have a
reason why that is their favorite character.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Yeah, I mean, we really wanted an ensemble cast, you know.
You know, the movie focused so much on Damien in
his journey, but going into this series, it's like we're
bringing all these new characters in. Yeah, we really wanted
to explore each one and give each one a moment
in a highlight, you know, and really dig into what
makes some tick and who they are and what makes
(07:01):
them funny. So yeah, I mean for me personally, and
like I worked on it, Like, I don't know who
my favorite character is. It depends probably on the we
bought some Manbat episode. It's like Manbat's probably my favorite
right now, you know, and it's like, oh no, that
ROZs episode. I think I like rosmore. So. Yeah, I
think there's a lot to love for everybody. And you know,
(07:23):
building this project, we wanted something that felt like we
wanted co viewership. We wanted something for the whole family.
So there's something in there for the grandparents and you know,
for the parents and the kids and Also, it's a
great entry point for young kids who don't know Batman right.
This is the first time they're being exposed to Batman right,
and so exciting. It's exciting. Property Please do not move.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
There's more with Mike Roth coming up next. The name
of the show Batfam on Prime. We're back with Mike Roth. Well,
it's gonna be exciting to go to these comic cons
and see that your characters are coming to life on
other people's bodies.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
That's the dream come true, right there, mine, I just
did in your and you know, oh man, some of
those costumes that they've put together like amazing. I can't okay,
what did that cost you? Like thousand dollars? I mean
that's like the ultimate like what did they say, Like
the ultimate form of flattery. It's imitation. So you know,
having some folks, you know, put on a Rozo Gool
(08:23):
costume or something that would make my day.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
What is production like for you in the way of
you know, I mean, is it one of the things
where it takes you know, up to six months to
get one episode done? Because I mean that's one thing
about being a voiceover actor. I can drop my tracks
today and totally forget about what did you do last month?
I don't know, and then you see it on TV
It's like, oh my god, I totally forgot I did that.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
Animation is kind of an insane process, right, I mean,
live actionally, you put a came in front of someone,
they do their scene. You know, some of the movies
they can shoot in a couple of months. By animation,
you gotta draw every single frame. It's kind of insane.
It's a very laborious, slow process. So you know, the
net result, I think it's something really special.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
Do you guys find yourself? You know, you know, looking
at the analytics going okay, I wonder how many episodes
they're gonna binge watch in a row before they have
to say, look, I got to come back, so I
have something great to watch in a couple of days
or even a couple of hours.
Speaker 2 (09:21):
Man, I hope all of them.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
Yeah, yeah, they will they Oh, there's no way to
see that. That's the one thing about it is that
everybody's gonna jump on it quickly as possible. It's gonna
become the water cooler conversation. Then everybody's gonna say I
want this for Christmas? Can I have this one please.
I know they've got a doll somewhere. Where's toys r rest?
I need to have this now?
Speaker 2 (09:38):
Yeah, I mean, I'd love to have some toys. I
don't think we're there yet. It's coming hopefully at some point.
But you know, the series has a slight through line,
so you know, each episode, you know, loosely ties into
the one before, so it is pretty bingeable. Yeah, and
it's it for me personally. It is kind of hard
to watch one and be like, yeah, I'll walk away. Now.
Speaker 1 (10:02):
Where can people go to find out more about you, Mike,
because I want them to know who you are so
they can fall deeper in love with everything that you're
a part of.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
Who me personally? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (10:13):
Absolutely.
Speaker 2 (10:15):
I have an IMDb page and a Wikipedia page, so
maybe start there. But the serious you know, Amazon Prime
November tenth.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
I love it, dude. You got to come back to
this show anytime in the future when you're on season two,
all the way up to season twenty nine. We got
to be talking every season so we can see how
this show is going to grow and do generations beyond us.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
I love that. I would love that.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
That'd be greaty, will you be brilliant today. Okay, mister
Mike
Speaker 2 (10:43):
Yeah, thanks you too, Man, Thanks, thanks for the time.
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