Adam West was an American actor whom Homer helped after he started his own snow plowing business. Adam later gave the job to Barney after he became better than Homer was in the plowing business. He was also seen by Bart and Milhouse while they were watching an episode of the 1960s TV show Batman with Krusty in it. Adam played the role of Batman in the TV series and the two boys later copied one of the stunts they saw on the program.