No. Green Hornet was actually a radio show even before that. The TV show tried to take itself seriously, but couldn't. Because as you state. Lee stole the show. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81k_34ouQhM[/ame] It was not intentionally camp like Batman was.
I would have to wholeheartedly disagree. The whole 'origin story' is completely unconvincing in that trailer, is there more to it in the comics? It's very similar to Iron Man's origin story but without the trauma that Stark went through to make it believable. I felt the humour was also very weak compared to the green…