The final episode aired tonight: March 14, 1968
The show was losing money big-time by the third season and despite the rumors, there was never any consideration to do a 4th year. NBC was never interested in picking up the show.
Dozier had been losing money and was hot to get Batman into...
That's why the early announced plans for CinemaScope lensing on the feature were dropped and non-anamorphic 1.85:1 was chosen instead: the footage could easily be used in the TV show as well.
I haven't even seen what you are talking about but I can tell you this: it's a joke.
I've known him since the mid-1980's. Adam has a big heart and a very dry sense of humor.
It appears the 35mm negatives were re-cut with different bumpers when the show had summer repeats on the network. That's why they're out of order.
I would have thought the original air prints were simply re-broadcast but apparently they struck new prints for repeats.