That's why several iconic Batman characters were created by it, and why much of the voice cast continued in later Batman projects. The episode where Tim got tortured into being a mini-Joker was horrifying to children's psyches, though.
Kindhearted dweeb Batman always makes me tear up. I'm not sure if it's the hint of what could have been if he hadn't needed to become Batman hiding behind the cape, where he's just a good guy who has a lot of money and doesn't expect people to make a big deal out of it who takes care of his friends whether they ask him to or not.