History Bytes: The Batmobile, “Family Guy” and The Newport Historical Society

January 23, 2013
The Batmobile, Image courtesy Barrett-Jackson

The Batmobile, Image courtesy Barrett-Jackson

  1. The original 1966 Batmobile recently sold at auction for $4.62 million.
  2. Adam West played Batman and went on to play the Mayor of Quahog, RI in the animated television comedy Family Guy.
  3. Peter and Lois Griffin of Quahog inherit Cherrywood Manor, the Newport mansion of Lois’s wealthy parents the Pewterschmidts.
  4. Peter bids $100 million for a vase at a “ritzy” fundraising auction held by the Newport Historical Society.
  5. Peter sells Cherrywood Manor to the Newport Historical Society to cover his bid.