Batman - Episode Guide Season 2 35. Shoot a Crooked Arrow gs: Archie Moore (Everett Bannister) Art Carney (The Archer) Dick Clark (Himself) Lee Delano (Guard 2) James O'Hara (Cop) Steve Pendleton (Guard 1) Loren Ewing (Big John) Barbara Nichols (Maid Marilyn) Doodles Weaver (Crier Tuck) Robert Adler (Poor Person 1) Robert Cornthwaite (Alan A. Dale) Myron Dell (Pedestrian) Sam Jaffe (Zolton Zorba) In The Caped Crusader's second season opener, The Archer, a medieval crook modeled after Robin Hood, escapes from Police Headquarters in a moving van from The Trojan Hearse Company, driven by Maid Marilyn. Together, with his band of merry malefactors - Crier Tuck and Big John - he pays a surprise visit to Wayne Manor, where they gas everyone and then steal the loose cash Bruce kept in the wall safe, thus stealing from the rich, and giving it to the poor, clueless Gothamites. Later that day, The Archer and company attempt to thwart justice by dropping in on Police HQ. Protected with goggles, the medieval muggers blind Commissioner Gordon, Chief O'Hara, and The Dynamic Duo with another of Archer's special trick arrows and beat a hasty retreat out the window. As The Archer, Marion, Tuck and John give out the money they swiped from The Everett Bannister's Koin Machines Company, they are apprehended by Batman and Robin---only to be rapidly bailed out by the poor but misguided citizens with the exact same money distributed to them by Archer, whom they view as a hero! The Dynamic Duo trace The Archer to his hideout at The Earl Of Huntington Archery Range (Robin Hood is the alias of The Earl Of Huntington) in Gotham's Green Forest section, where Alfred Pennyworth attempts to divert the crooks long enough for The Caped Crusader and The Boy Wonder to inspect his GHQ--where they unwittingly trigger a secret alarm which ensnares them in a giant net. After stringing up The Duo by their thumbs, The Archer demands Batman reveal The Batcave's secret location or else he beheads Alfred (Archer intends to storm The Cave and destroy the crime computers therein). The Caped Crusader notices to his relief that the gullontine Archer plans to use on Alfred is a fake prop used by magicians and refuses Archer's ultimatum. Archer takes The Dynamic Duo out doors, ties them to a stake, and, along with his merry madmen (mounted on horseback), perpare to run them both through with lances!! b: 07-Sep-1966 pc: 9705-Pt. 1 w: Stanley Ralph Ross d: Sherman Marks NOTE: Beginning this season, all of the action word titles which appear during the climactic fight sequences were inserted inbetween scenes, as opposed to being superimposed over scenes (like the first season and the movie), due to cutting down the massive budget devoted to camera and art work. Speaking of which, check out the action words in the fight scenes in both of these episodes: they're all in Old English typeface, and Old English style ("Ouch-eth!" "Wham-eth!" "Clank-est!" "Thwacke!" "Thwape!" "!Ox?-eth!")! Art Carney (The Archer) is best known for his role of Ed Norton on The Honeymooners. A villain named "The Archer" first appeared in Superman #13 (November-December 1941). The criminal wore a green archer's costume and worked alone, extorting money from wealthy victims whom he would murder if they refused to pay. Alfred was known as "The William Tell Of Liverpool," and is an expert with the long-, short-, and crossbow. Yes, folks, that is Richard Wagstaff "Dick" Clark of Bandstand, Pyramid, and Rockin' New Year's Eve fame. Episode production numbers appear at the end of the show's end credits throughout this season. Repeated on ABC May 31, 1967. 36. Walk the Straight and Narrow gs: Art Carney (The Archer) Vinton Hayworth (Roland Marshal) Lee Delano (Guard 2) James O'Hara (Cop) Steve Pendleton (Guard 1) Loren Ewing (Big John) Barbara Nichols (Maid Marilyn) Doodles Weaver (Crier Tuck) Robert Adler (Poor Person 1) Robert Cornthwaite (Alan A. Dale) Myron Dell (Pedestrian) Sam Jaffe (Zolton Zorba) Just as The Dynamic Duo are about to be impaled, they activate The Batsprings cleverly hidden in their boots, which catapult them up, up, and away, out of harm's way. Rather than go back after the unshiskebabed superheroes, The Archer and his merry malefactors opt to beat a hasty retreat to their new hideout in the basement of Police HQ! Next, Archer and his cronies hijack an armored car carrying $10 million, which The Wayne Foundation plans to donate to the poor Gothamites. The truck is later found abandoned not too short a distance away with the cash left untouched, so the ceremony commences as planned. Whilst Alfred Pennyworth, in disguise as Batman, and Robin bears witness from across the street, Bruce Wayne attends the ceremony, where it's learned that The Archer has substituted the money in the truck for phoney tender bearing The Archer's picture! The Caped Crusader deduces that Alan A. Dale, one of The Wayne Foundation's directors who was resposible for the money's well-being, is one of The Archer's merry band of mad malefactors, and they are planning to escape by boat to Switzerland in international waters, where they feel they'll be forever protected from the law...or so they assume! The Dynamic Duo chase the crooks by Batboat and rout The Archer, Crier Tuck, Big John, Maid Marilyn, and Alan A. Dale before they get the chance! Later, Bruce, Dick and Alfred perform archery on their front lawn. b: 08-Sep-1966 pc: 9705-Pt. 2 w: Stanley Ralph Ross d: Sherman Marks NOTE: The footage of The Dynamic Duo driving The Batmobile to a secluded Batpier and swicthing to The Batboat is edited from the 1966 Batman movie. The better part of the previous segment had Maid Marilyn supply Archer with a special audio machine, which was purloined from "a castle of a television producer who makes alleged comedy programs," and emitted applause every time Archer committed an act of treachery. Maid Marilyn accidentally smashes the machine to smithereens at the beginning of this episode. The character of Zoltan Zorba was originally known as Alan A. Aardvark, but when Sam Jaffe was selected to portray the role, it was changed to Zorba as a sort of takeoff on his role of Dr. Zorba on the 1961-66 ABC medical drama Ben Casey. The heisted truck from The Trojan Hearse Company which appears in these episodes is also heisted from season-1 episodes # 8715, "The Joker Goes To School/He Meets His Match, The Grisly Ghoul". The late Winstead Sheffield "Doodles" Weaver (Crier Tuck), well remembered at Stanford for his many pranks and practical jokes as well as a varied acting career (including his spoonerizing character for Spike Jones' Radio Show ["Professor Feitlebaum"]), was brother of NBC-TV executive Sylvester "Pat" Weaver and uncle of actress Sigourney Weaver. Repeated on ABC June 1, 1967. 37. Hot Off the Griddle gs: Julie Newmar (The Catwoman) George Barrows (Charles) Charles Horvath (Thomas) Buck Kartalian (John) Jack Kelly (Jack O'Shea) James Brolin (Ralph Staphylococcus) David Fresco (Zubin Zuccini) George Niese (Cramer) Edy Williams (Hostess) Commissioner Gordon, Chief O'Hara and The Dynamic Duo suspect ? strongly ? that The Catwoman has returned to open a school for cat burglars, and she tips them off to her presence after her Catmen John, Charles, and Thomas snatch a catalogue, a catamaran, and three mittens (rhymes with "kittens," who lost their "mittens"...whew!) The Batman and Robin ask gossip columnist Jack O'Shea to pen a fake story about a rare canary at the Natural History Museum, in order to snare the lovely cat. However, Jack is secretly in league with Catwoman, and he tips her off. Consequently, Batman and Robin are ambushed at their Museum stakeout by the cat burglars, paralyzed by Catwoman's tranquilizer darts, and thrown out the window. They are saved from certain doom by a safety net, which they set up just in case the bird was dropped out the window. The Dynamic Duo manage to capture one of Catwoman's thugs, who, along with a new single called "The Catusi" by Benedict Arnold & The Traitors (oh, brother!), leads them to a nightclub called The Pink Sand Box, which is Catwoman's new hideout (kitty litter!). There they are quickly deposited by a revolving booth into a room with a metal floor. This floor turns red-hot, forcing our heroes to dance the hot-foot! Hoping to cool the floor, The Caped Crusader bursts an overhead water pipe--only to unwittingly release Catatonic, a gas which reders him and The Boy Wonder unconscious. They recover outside, strapped to aluminum grills, their bodies greased with margarine and two giant magnifying glasses poised directly over them, with the intent of roasting them alive in the midday sun! b: 14-Sep-1966 pc: 9703-Pt. 1 w: Stanley Ralph Ross d: Don Weis NOTE: We learn here that Alfred Pennyworth sustained a back injury in the last war, porbably an excuse made up in order to not have to Catusi with Aunt Harriet. George Barrows is best known for his title role of Ro-Man/Great Guidance in the 1953 scifi thriller Robot Monster and playing gorillas in various other pictures. Buck Kartalian (John) later played The Werewolf in the TV series The Monster Squad. James Brolin made the first of 3 Batman appearances in these episodes before moving on to star in the ABC Primetime dramas Marcus Welby, M.D. and Hotel. Brolin was roomate to the show's casting director, Michael McLean, which accounts for his appearances on Batman. 38. The Cat and the Fiddle gs: Julie Newmar (The Catwoman/Minerva Matthews) George Barrows (Charles) Charles Horvath (Thomas) Buck Kartalian (John) Jack Kelly (Jack O'Shea) James Brolin (Ralph Staphylococcus) David Fresco (Zubin Zuccini) George Niese (Cramer) As luck would have it, a well-timed solar eclipse ocurs just as the sun is about to barbecue our heroes. They shift the magnifying glasses with their feet so that the returning sun will now burn off their bonds. Back at The Batcave, The Dynamic Duo deduce The Catwoman's next objective, and rush to The Gotham State Building and discover a momentous sale of Zubin Zucchini's 2 rare stradivarius violins for $250,000 each is to occur on the 102nd floor. See, The Gotham State Building's 102nd floor is the only place in Gotham City with the proper altitude and humidity to inspect the violins, which haven't been out of their cases in 30 years and might crack in the improper atmosphere, and The Catwoman covets them for the 8 pieces of catgut (good grief!) attatched to them! Meanwhile, The Foul Feline has overcome rich old recluse Minerva Mathews with gas and, disguised as Matthews, replaces her as the purchaser of the violins. The incognito Catwoman goes to the 102nd floor, disabling the elevators behind her and greedily trying to snatch the 2 violins from Zucchini, only to find that he is actually Robin in disguise! He is immediately overpowered by Catmen John, Charles, and Thomas, and crooked gossip columnist Jack O'Shea, who reveals their mode of escape: a getaway rocket! On the first floor, Batman, on learning Catwoman has disabled the elevators, attatches his new Batjets to one of the stalled elevators; the thrust is enough to send The Caped Crusader and the elevator to the top floor in no time. He arrives in time to rescue the outnumbered Boy Wonder, just as he is about to be tossed out the window by O'Shea and The Catmen. The Duo dispose of the men, and Batman finds Catwoman (after experiencing mechanical problems with the getaway rocket during the fight) outside on the ledge, attempting a getaway with the money and violins, of course, but is impaired by vertigo! Batman secures one end of his Batrope, tosses the other end to a frightened Catwoman, and tells her to drop the (obviously fake!) violins and money and tie thr rope around her waist. Suddenly O'Shea recovers and shoves Batman out the window! The Boy Wonder sends O'Shea back into dreamland with a generous right cross and, finding The Caped Crusader has grabbed hold of his Batrope and he and Catwoman are hanging onto each other for dear life, single-handedly pulls them to safety. In Gordon's office, prior to her being taken to the pen, Catwoman rewards Batman with a simple rub on the cheek. b: 15-Sep-1966 pc: 9703-Pt. 2 w: Stanley Ralph Ross d: Don Weis NOTE: The late Jack Kelly (Jack O'Shea) is best remembered as Bart Maverick on the 1957-62 ABC Western Maverick. 39. The Minstrel's Shakedown gs: Phyllis Diller (scrubwoman) Van Johnson (The Minstrel) Del Moore (TV Newsman) James O'Hara (Police In Basement) Amy Archerd (Putnam) John Gallaudet (Courtland) Norman Grabowski (Treble) Leslie Perkins (Amanda) Remo Pisani (Bass) Tom Anthony (Waiter 1) Vince Dedrick (Waiter 2) Eddie Garrett (Broker 1) Herbert Moss (Broker 2) Stu Wilson (Broker 3) The Minstrel, a medieval lute-playing electronics genius, sends the stock market into an uproar when he alters the computerized stock quotations; he later airs a televised ultimatum, demanding $1000 a week from each exchange member, or else stock quotations wil be further disrupted, causing the market to crash! The Caped Crusader and The Boy Wonder try to capture the musical maniac later that night when he tries to realter his crooked circuitry, but Minstrel blinds The Dynamic Duo with one of his devilish devices and beats a rhythmic retreat. The Batman tries to track The Minstrel to his hideout by using The Batdrone Plane to trace the TV signal The Minstrel used to televise his ultimatums. But he predicts The Duo will attempt just that and decides to broadcast from his criminal studio at The Willow Street Warehouse rather than from his normal hideout. Batman and Robin later locate the warehouse by Batmobile and sneak in, but not before The Batman sprinkes a few precautions along the corridor: Adhesive Batbombs. The Dynamic Duo attempt to surprise The Minstrel but are caught and tied to a giant eletronic spit which will slowly roast them over an electric radar grill! b: 21-Sep-1966 pc: 9713-Pt. 1 w: Francis Cockrell and Marian Cockrell d: Murray Golden NOTE: The Minstrel's signature tune is "A Wandering Minstrel". At one point, Amanda (Leslie Perkins) can be seen wearing the exact same orange and purple blouse worn by Ida Lupino in her role as Dr. Cassandra in Season-3 episode #1722, "The Entrancing Dr. Cassandra" (3/7/68). Kathy Kersh can also be seen wearing the blouse in her role as Cornelia in upcoming episode #9723-Pt. 1, "The Impractical Joker." So what is it with cooking? Catwoman tried the same cliffhanging-stunt (except with a grill instead of a rotisserie) in the previous episode. 40. Barbecued Batman? gs: Van Johnson (The Minstrel) Del Moore (TV Newsman) James O'Hara (Police In Basement) Amy Archerd (Putnam) John Gallaudet (Courtland) Norman Grabowski (Treble) Leslie Perkins (Amanda) Remo Pisani (Bass) Tom Anthony (Waiter 1) Vince Dedrick (Waiter 2) Eddie Garrett (Broker 1) Herbert Moss (Broker 2) Stu Wilson (Broker 3) Just as it looks like The Dynamic Duo's geese are cooked (literally!), the Adhesive Batbombs Batman planted in the hallway earlier go off, enticing Minstrel and his minions, Amanda, Bass and Treble, and giving The Duo the distraction they need to shake loose the spit from its supports and free themselves. When The Minstrel realizes The Batman has escaped, he and Bass and Treble retreat to their other hideout, leaving behind their moll, Amanda. The Batman places a bugging device into her purse before he releases her, hoping that she will lead them to The Minstrel's second hideout. Surpised by Amanda's return, The Minstrel immediately spots the bug in her purse and informs the eavesdropping Dynamic Duo that he will now commence "Plan High-C," and that The Batman should gather the members of the stock exchange at the exchange building within half an hour for a demonstration of his monstrous scheme! The Minstrel makes devilishly good on his evil threat, using a broadcast signal that corresponds to the building's resonace to cause the entire building to shake, and blackmailing the stock exchange members into giving into his demands within one hour or he will send the whole building crumbling down! Batman figures Minstrel can't broadcast his signal without power, so he severs all the power in the building. Minstrel nevertheless broadcasts his ultimatums with his own power, but The Caped Crusader realises the broadcast was prerecorded and he sees through The Minstrel's disguise as one of the members of the stock exchange! Minstrel and his men, Bass and Treble, who were disguised as caterers, are brought to justice by The Dynamic Duo! Later that night, Bruce Wayne and his brood watch The Minstrel on a newscast, prior to being transferred to Gotham State Pen, singing a promise of a jailbreak and revenge upon Batman and Robin. b: 22-Sep-1966 pc: 9713-Pt. 2 w: Francis Cockrell and Marian Cockrell d: Murray Golden NOTE: The Minstrel does not return in any future Bat-segment, despite his intentions to breakout in his final song. 41. The Spell of Tut gs: Victor Buono (King Tut) Marianna Hill (Cleo Patrick) Peter Mamakos (Royal Lapidary) Michael Pataki (Amenophis Tewfik) Boyd Santell (Sethos) Rene Paul (Man of Distinction) Van Williams (The Green Hornet [window cameo]) Bruce Lee (Kato [window cameo]) Sid Haig (Royal Apothecary) Two apparently clueless minions of the nefarious archcriminal King Tut break into the mansion of a Man of Distinction and steal only a string of amber beads. Batman and Robin are called in to investigate and discover from their only clue, a lead pestle, that Tut is at his hideout in The Apex Apothecary Shop, attempting to release a handful of ancient scarab beetles, preserved for millennia in the amber. The heroes interrupt Tut in his work, but, in the ensuing Batfight, are waylaid by sneezing powder, giving the girthful pharaoh and his Tutlings time to escape with the now revived scarabs. The Peerless Pair have only a lone beetle to take back to The Batcave for examination. Their analysis reveals that Tut hopes to create a terrible ancient potion called abu raubu simbu tu, which can be used to subdue the human will, and The Pudgy Pharaoh, armed with the formerly extinct scarabs, will make enough of the drug (95,000 gallons, to be exact, according to The Apothecary) to put all of Gotham under his power! The Batman decides to set an intricate plan to entrap The Misguided Monarch. He has the sphinx Tut formerly employed to make ill-fated predictions delivered to Wayne Manor's front lawn. Hoping that Tut's men will snatch the statue, he has Robin hide inside it. The Criminal King swallows the bait by claiming his evil property. While in contact with Batman, Robin accidentally drops his Batcommunicator, alerting Tut to his presence. The Boy Wonder is dragged from the statue and is about to be made a guineapig for Tut's evil drug when he overpowers Tut's men and escapes through an unlocked door, hoping to reach the outside---only to instead find himself on a narrow platform suspended over a deadly pit of Tut's pet crocodiles! The platform is slowly pulled out from Robin, while The Caped Crusader speeds to the rescue. Can he make it?? b: 28-Sep-1966 pc: 9709-Pt. 1 w: Francis Cockrell and Marian Cockrell d: Larry Peerce NOTE: The Green Hornet and Kato appear at the window to greet Batman and Robin as they execute their Batclimb. The Dynamic Duo recognize The Hornet and Kato and identify them as crimefighters, yet in later episodes ("A Piece of the Action/Batman's Satisfaction" [#9751, Mar. 1-2, 1967]), they will be mistaken for criminals! The sphinx was first used in Season-1 episodes "The Curse Of Tut/The Pharoah's In A Rut" (#8729, Apr. 13-14, 1966). Commissioner Gordon celebrates his wedding anniversary in these episodes. Marianna Hill (Cleo Patrick) earlier appeared with Elvis Presley in 2 of his movies. Roustabout (1964) as Viola, and Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966) as Lani Kaimana. Marianna Hill also did a duet with Elvis in "Paradise, Hawaiian Style". The song was titled "You Scratch My Back, and I'll Scratch Your Back" This episode's revised final draft script was dated July 13, 1966. Repeated on ABC May 3, 1967. 42. Tut's Case is Shut gs: Victor Buono (King Tut) Marianna Hill (Cleo Patrick) Peter Mamakos (Royal Lapidary) Michael Pataki (Amenophis Tewfik) Boyd Santell (Sethos) Rene Paul (Man of Distinction) Sid Haig (Royal Apothecary) Au naturel, Batman manages to find Tut's hideout by tracing The Radioactive Batpellets he planted in Robin' utility belt with The Batgeiger Counter in The Batmobile. Using The Batlaser, he melts away the bars guarding the window to the crocodile pit. Then he swings across the room on his Batrope saves his pal just as the platform under his feet is completely yanked out! Returning to The Batmobile, Robin reveals that Commissioner Gordon's shapely temp secretary, Cleo Patrick, is actually a spy for King Tut, and his new Queen Of The Nile. Intent on warning The Commissioner of the danger, Batman calls Police HQ but gets Chief O'Hara; unfortunately, his warning is just a tad too late, for the unwaring Chief has already consumed Tut's paralyzing drug cleverly disguised as a vitamin pill! As The Dynamic Duo race back to Gotham, Tut appears at the office and on a whim commands O'Hara perform acrobatics outside on the ledge! While watching the Chief perform, Tut spots The Batmobile pull up to the building and he and Cleo beat a hasty retreat by elevator as Batman and Robin arrive to coax O'Hara off the ledge. Later, Gordon (also under Tut's spell, thanks to Cleo!) meets The Caped Crusader in Jefferson Square Park and drugs his lemonade with an abu raubu simbu tu pill. Now apparently under Tut's sinister spell, Batman is led away with robin by Tut's Tutlings to The Apex Apothecary Shop. As The Corpulent King prepares to leave for the watrerworks to spike the city's water supply with his drug, The Caped Crusader (who thought ahead and coated his stomach with buttermilk, protecting himself from the drug) snaps out of his phoney trance and, along with Robin, topple Tut's men. The Nefarious Nabob escapes outside to his truck containing his abominable abu raubu simbu tu; fortunately, it refuses to start, giving The Dynamic Duo enough time to finish off his henchman and race outside to spill the truck's contents into the gutter. In attempting to prevent the flow of his precious bug juice, Tut accidentally swallows some of it, hoisting himself on his own insidious petard, and he becomes Batman's slave! Later, in Gordon's office, Tut reverts to his original self. b: 29-Sep-1966 pc: 9709-Pt. 2 w: Francis Cockrell and Marian Cockrell d: Larry Peerce NOTE: Commissioner Gordon's first 2 names were James W.---which were never used on the series. Repeated on ABC May 4, 1967. 43. The Greatest Mother of Them All gs: Lyzanne LaDue (Nurse) Shelley Winters (Ma Parker) David Lewis (Warden Crichton) Budd Perkins (Prison Guard) Robert Biheller (Prettty Boy Parker) Peter Brooks (Machine Gun Parker) Tisha Sterling (Legs Parker) Michael Vandever (Mad Dog Parker) Milton Berle (Lefty) James Griffith (Tiger) Fran Ryan (Chairperson) Gangstress Ma Parker and her fiendish brood--sons Pretty Boy, Mad Dog, and Machine Gun and daughter Legs--have invaded Gotham City and begin their wave of crime by disrupting Gotham's Ladies Auxiliary's Mother of the Year Awards Ceremony and robbing the entire audience. Batman and Robin are called into action. They quickly locate the fiendish family at their home on Cherry Blossom Road, where, under the cover of a smoke bomb, they evade apprehension, save for Pretty Boy. Later, Machine Gun is also captured, after The Parkers pilfer money from a theater's box office. Then Mad Dog is foiled in his attempt to hold up a drugstore. They finally trace Ma and the last of her delinquent children, Legs, at an old ladies' home, where, after Ma's high-speed rocket-wheelchair race ends at a well-placed wall, they are arrested. The Caped Crusader and The Boy Wonder quickly take Ma and Legs to Gotham State Penitentiary to join the rest of their family. As Batman and Robin leave the prison, they notice a trustee examining The Batmobile's Batengine. Writing off his rather suspicious behaviour as curiosity, they start on their way. Unfortunately, back in Warden Crichton's office, Ma reveals that she has been secreting sympathetic guards into the prison for some time, so it is easy for her gang to take over; she also brags that Batman was her unwitting pawn in capturing her and her crooked kids, for now she's in total control of The Gotham State Pen! Furthermore, unknown to The Dynamic Duo, that "curious" trustee planted a timebomb inside The Batmobile, thus it has been rigged to explode once it reaches 60mph! b: 05-Oct-1966 pc: 9707-Pt. 1 w: Henry Slesar d: Oscar Rudolph NOTE: Milton Berle (seen here as Lefty) will be seen as Louie The Lilac in Season 3. The actual Batmobile couldn't travel faster than 45 mph! Ma Parker and her felonious family is based loosely on for-real gangstress Kate "Ma" Barker and her sons, Herman, Lloyd, Arthur, and Fred, who teamed up with Alvin Karpis (whom Fred met in the penitentiary) and several other criminals, thus forming The Barker-Karpis Gang, nearly a crime wave in themselves, which rampaged across the Midwest from 1931 to 1935. Ironically, the actress who portrayed Ma Parker in these episodes, Shelley Winters, would go on to actually play the real Ma Barker in the 1970 American International Picture Bloody Mama! Oscar Rudolph directs for the first time. He directed a total of 36 episodes, and 30 of the final 52, the most of any of the 19 directors credited on the series. Ironically, Shelley Winters, who portrayed Ma Parker in "The Greatest Mother of Them All" and "Ma Parker" also portrayed Elvis Presley's mother Gladys Presley in the biographical TV movie "Elvis" (1979) starring Kurt Russel as Elvis. Peter Brooks (Machine Gun) appeared in the movie Girl Happy (1965) starring Elvis Presley as Brentwood von Durgenfeld 44. Ma Parker gs: Shelley Winters (Ma Parker) David Lewis (Warden Crichton) Budd Perkins (Prison Guard) Robert Biheller (Prettty Boy Parker) Peter Brooks (Machine Gun Parker) Tisha Sterling (Legs Parker) Michael Vandever (Mad Dog Parker) Milton Berle (Lefty) James Griffith (Tiger) Fran Ryan (Chairperson) As The Dynamic Duo speeds back to The Batcave, Batman suspects foul play because of a comment made by the trustee dealing with The Batmobile's speed, and he immediately stops the car and disables the car-bomb just before it can go off! Quick as a blink, The Peerless Pair speed back to the prison to check on The Parkers. However, clever playacting convinces them that all is well there. Ma then holds a meeting of the prison inmates and informs them of her plan for using The Gotham State Pen as a hideout while Batman & Robin do their work by send more crooks to fatten her jailhouse gang. (After all, who'd think to looking for escaped crooks inside a prison?) During an armed car robbery, Ma detonates the druck with dynamite, the resulting explosion triggering The Batseismograph, which in turn alerts The Dynamic Duo. They rush to the scene, where under a shower of cash, Ma Parker and her delinquent kids cut out--but her plan goes awry when Batman siezes a scrap of cloth from a fleeing thief and recognizes it as prison garb! Suspecting Ma Parker is involved, Batman and Robin break into the prison, only to be captured and strapped into electric chairs by Ma's gang, scheduled to be barbecued at midnight! When Ma pulls the switch to fry The Duo, she and her cohorts find that Batman (having lured Legs into leaving the room beforehand) has cleverly managed to rewire the whole setup, using it to signal Alfred to cause a prisonwide blackout instead of an execution! The Caped Crusader and The Boy Wonder immediately free themselves and recapture The Parker Family to restore order in Gotham State Penitentiary. Later, in Warden Crichton's office, Gordon, Robin, Crichton and Batman are surprised at a bundle of roses sent to The Caped Crusader by Ma Parker; the reason: it's Mother's Day! b: 06-Oct-1966 pc: 9707-Pt. 2 w: Henry Slesar d: Oscar Rudolph NOTE: In the scene where Batman and Robin rush back to the prison, listen to The Batmobile's real engine! Features a cameo of Julie Newmar as The Catwoman in stir during the meeting. Ma Parker's crankiness can be attributed to back pains Shelley Winters sustained from a nasty spill she took on the set. 45. The Clock King's Crazy Crimes gs: Sammy Davis Jr. (Himself) Walter Slezak (The Clock King) Linda Lorimer (Car Hop) Roger Bacon (Boy) Eileen O'Neill (Millie) Ivan Triesault (Parkhurst) Herbert Anderson (Hummert) Louise Lorimer (Mrs. Frontenal) Sandra Lynn (Girl) Michael Pate (Second Hand #3) Jerry Doggett (Forbes) The master of time crimes, Temple Fugate, The Clock King, arranges for one of his trick timepieces to be sold to the Harry Hummert Jewelry Shop, which caters to Gotham City's elite. Concealed inside the clock is a small TV camera which allows Clock King to observe everyone in the shop. Alerting his moll, Millie Second, and his group of Second Hands, he activates the tricky mechanism in the clock, which gasses all of the patrons asleep. CK and his minute minions see this as a golden opportunity to strip the shop clean of its valuables. Batman and Robin are alerted to the robbery by Commissioner Gordon and rush to Hummert's shop, where they discover that the clock was bought at The Parkhurst Gallery. They quickly leave the shop and speed for the gallery, where they discover that the clock was put up for auction by a Mr. Kronos. The Dynamic Duo deduce that it was Temple Fugate incognito, and they make their next stop Dunbar's Drive-in (whose special of the day is Batburgers!) in search for one of Fugate's former molls, Thelma Thymepiece. Meanwhile, back at The Parkhurst Gallery, Clock King disguises himself as pop art expert Progress Pigment, and attempts to snatch a rare time-related painting under the very noses of the TV audience (the local TV news was doing a live report from the Parkhurst at the time of CK's arrival). After making a short speech to the crowd Temple "Progress Pigment" Fugate unveils his latest sculpture, called Time Out Of Joint, which resembles the inside of a clock and when turned on emits a potpourri of assembled sounds and noises as the mechanical parts move about. Nobody suspects that the mechanical marvel is actually being used as a decoy to cover up the sound of a saber saw attatched to its rear, which cuts through the wall into the storage room filled with valuable paintings. After the saw does its diabolical duty, "Progress Pigment" clicks another switch on the sculpture, this one emitting a high-pitched noise so piercing that it knocks everyone out except for him and his Second Hands, 3 and 5, who were protected by earmuffs. Clock King enters the storage room and swipes the clock masterpiece therein. Batman and Robin, who, at Dunbar's Drive-in, have been enjoying their Batburgers and watching The Clock King on The Batscope in The Batmobile, rush for the place and confront CK and his Second Hands as they depart with the painting. They proceed to thrash Second Hands 3 and 5 but are stopped by Clock King, who fakes a sprained wrist sustained from clutching the heavy painting and releases a barrage of giant springs in their direction from yet another hidden compartment in his Time Out Of Joint. The time The Dynamic Duo make in trying to pry themselves free of the giant coils gives The Clock King and The Second Hands room to split. The Caped Crusader and The Boy Wonder analyze the dust inside a wristwatch dropped by Clock King at the gallery, and use it to trace him and his gang to their hideout at the deserted premises of Tick Tock Synthetic Rubies, Inc. Unaware that CK deliberately left behind the watch, The Duo fall into an untimely trap! The Clock King remove their utility belts and encase them in the lower chamber of a gigantic hourglass and leave them to be buried under sand which slowly fills it up and threatens to smother them to death! b: 12-Oct-1966 pc: 9711-Pt. 1 w: Bill Finger and Charles Sinclair d: James Neilson NOTE: Walter Slezak (The Clock King) was the father of One Life To Live star Erika Slezak. The Clock King debuted in World's Finest #111, August 1960. CK also existed in comics books as a Green Arrow villain. There is also a Clock King, voiced by Alan Rachins, who has appeared in the 90's animated Batman series. He bears little resemblence to Walter Slezak and even less to the comic book Clock King. The producers felt that the casting of European actor Walter Slezak as Clock King would appeal more to the show's European audience. 46. The Clock King Gets Crowned gs: Walter Slezak (The Clock King) Linda Lorimer (Car Hop) Roger Bacon (Boy) Eileen O'Neill (Millie) Ivan Triesault (Parkhurst) Herbert Anderson (Hummert) Louise Lorimer (Mrs. Frontenal) Sandra Lynn (Girl) Michael Pate (Second Hand #3) Jerry Doggett (Forbes) Waiting until after The Clock King has left, Batman and Robin topple the hourglass over onto its side by rocking it back and forth. Then, like hamsters, they run inside the glass until it rolls outside and smash open the glass against a truck, releasing them. The Clock King, meanwhile, is enraged on learning one of his men accidentally planted his Automatic Energy Directional Control Switch, meant for a bomb to be used in his final caper: in a clock bought by Dick Greyson's Aunt Harriet as a birthday present for Bruce Wayne! CK and his Second Hands invade Wayne Manor to steal back the mistakenly rigged clock, and proceeds to purloin Bruce Wayne's priceless collection of antique pocket watch collection and Aunt Harriet herself, before being interrupted by Bruce and Dick, who steal back the watches and Aunt Harriet! Working on slim clues, the two crimefighters then act on an earlier remark made by CK, and they race to the Gotham Clock Tower to foil The Clock King's plan to steal a valuable Cesium clock by using the clock's mechancial blacksmith to set off a bomb. With the help of a wild shot fired by one of the Second Hands, Batman and Robin use the intricate mechanism of the clock tower to bring their foes to an untimely end. b: 13-Oct-1966 pc: 9711-Pt. 2 w: Bill Finger and Charles Sinclair d: James Neilson NOTE: Writer Bill Finger was co-creator of Batman with cartoonist Bob Kane, and wrote Batman's first appearance in Detective Comics #27, "The Case Of The Chemical Syndicate" (May 1939). This is the only instance of Batman comic writer Bill Finger penning the script of a Batman TV episode. At the end of this episode Bruce Wayne/Batman celebrates his birthday. 47. An Egg Grows in Gotham gs: Ben Welden (Foo Yung) Vincent Price (Egghead) Edward Everett Hornton (Chief Screaming Chicken) Gail Hire (Miss Bacon) Ben Weldon (Foo Yung) Gene Dynarski (Benedict) Steve Dunne (Tim Tyler) Byron Keith (Mayor Lindseed) Albert Carrier (Pete Savage) Grant Woods (Tour Guide) Burt Mustin (MacDonald) George Fenneman (Newsman) Anthony Brand (Motorcycle Cop) Ben Alexander (Plainclothesman cop) Mae Clarke (Lady) Allan Emerson (Policeman) Jonathan Hole (Jewelry Store Clerk) George McCoy (Motorist) In an attempt to take over Gotham City, Egghead pilfers the city charter from its case at City Hall. It seema the city is actually owned by The Mohican Indians and is leased to the city governmant! Every 5 years, the city must pay The Indians - in this case Chief Screaming Chicken, last of The Mohicans - 9 raccoon pelts; 3 pelts from each of the 9 descendants of Gotham City's founders: Pete Savage, Tim Tyler, and our own philanthropist Bruce N. Wayne. If the pelts aren't delivered by midnight on the night of the lease's expiration, the full force of Gotham City will revert back to The Mohicans. Egghead secretly signs a lease with The Chief to act as his legal representative if and when the time on the lease runs out, which Egghead intends to make sure will happen. Batman and Robin trace Egghead to his hideout at The Ghoti-Oeufs Caviar Company and cartch him in the act of negotiating with Screaming Chicken. Egghead bombs The Duo with an egg containing nitrous oxide, and beats a hasty exit with his gang; Batman and Robin later neutralize the gas's aftereffects with Sad Pills. Later that night, while Bruce Wayne, Richard Grayson, Peter Savage and Timothy Tyler perpare to deliver the raccoon pelts to Chief Screaming Chicken, Egghead kidnaps each and every one of them, with plans of not only preventing the renewal of the city's lease, but to reveal The Batman's secret identity, which he suspects is Bruce Wayne! Planning to eggstract the truth from his mind, Egghead uses one of his goulish devices, which not only will transplant all of Bruce Wayne's knowledge into Egghead's brain, but will leave poor Bruce a mindless fop, too! b: 19-Oct-1966 pc: 9717-Pt. 1 w: Stanley Ralph Ross s: Ed Self d: George Waggner NOTE: Egghead is considered to be the world's smartest criminal (or so he believes!). The word GHOTI in The Ghoti-Oeufs Caviar Company means FISH. GH becomes F as in TOUGH or LAUGH, O becomes I as in WOMEN, TI becomes SH as in the words RATION or the word NATION. In order to get his 3 raccoon pelts, Bruce Wayne had to contact a singer who'd fallen on hard times. Chief Chicken sold blankets, souvenirs, tacos, pizza, and blintzes at his roadside teepee. Vincent Price (Egghead) later portrayed Mr. Morality in the movie The Trouble With Girls (1969) starring Elvis Presley. Repeated on ABC April 19, 1967. 48. The Yegg Foes in Gotham gs: Bill Dana (Jose Jimenez) Ben Welden (Foo Yung) Vincent Price (Egghead) Edward Everett Hornton (Chief Screaming Chicken) Gail Hire (Miss Bacon) Ben Weldon (Foo Yung) Gene Dynarski (Benedict) Steve Dunne (Tim Tyler) Byron Keith (Mayor Lindseed) Albert Carrier (Pete Savage) Grant Woods (Tour Guide) Burt Mustin (MacDonald) George Fenneman (Newsman) Anthony Brand (Motorcycle Cop) Ben Alexander (Plainclothesman cop) Mae Clarke (Lady) Allan Emerson (Policeman) Jonathan Hole (Jewelry Store Clerk) George McCoy (Motorist) Just as the machine has reached full power and is beginning to tap into the secrets of Bruce's mind, Dick reaches the machine's powerswitch and raises it from 110 to 220 currents, causing the machine to overload and explode. Egghead is thus forced to fall back on "Plan B": a radar egg which he activates and then takes off. The millionaires use and overhead water pipe to escape the deadly egg, and Bruce takes a grape and, treating it as if it were a marble, flicks it at the bomb, detonating it. The four head back to the city, where they discover they have missed the deadline by 3 minutes. Gotham City is now in the posession of Chief Screaming Chicken and Egghead. Egghead immediately fires all of the city officials, banishes The Dynamic Duo from the city, and then declares the city open season for the criminal underworld. Hoping to find a way to defeat Egghead, Batman and Robin, as Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson, swipe the Gotham City charter from City Hall; there they discover the charter prevents anyone with a criminal record from holding a lease to Gotham City! Once Egghead discovers he's been legally deposed from office, he and his criminal cronies loot the city treasury and plan to escape to Venezuela to lay low. The Dynamic Duo arrive at the treasury too late to capture Egghead (they find Chief Chicken all tied up instead), but trace him to Old MacDonald's Chicken Farm, where Egghead and company is stocking up on enough Grade AAA eggs to satisfy his dietary practices before leaving the country...but, after and egg-throwing Batfight, they wind up with egg on their faces, instead! b: 20-Oct-1966 pc: 9717-Pt. 2 w: Stanley Ralph Ross s: Ed Self d: George Waggner NOTE: Ben Weldon (Foo Yung) portrayed several heavies on 1952-58's The Adventures Of Superman. Listen for Nelson Riddle's own rendition of "Old MacDonald Had A Farm" during the egg-throwing Batfight. Repeated on ABC April 20, 1967. 49. The Devil's Fingers gs: Liberace (Chandell/Fingers [Likewise as Harry]) Marilyn Hanold (Doe) Edy Williams (Rae) Sivi Alberg (Mimi) James Millhoullin (Alfred Slye) Diane Farrell (Sally) Jack Perkins (Piano Mover [Henchman]) World-famous concert pianist Chandell (who leads a second life as the nefarious Fingers) plans to dispose of Bruce Wayne and Richard Grayson and then marry Aunt Harriet Cooper (who will then be the sole surviving heir to The Wayne Fortune), so he can have enough money ($5,000,000!) to pay off his evil twin brother, Harry, who knows Chandell used a piano player during a White House concert which made him famous (he'd hurt his fingers in the piano lid), and has been blackmailing him ever since. As part of his plan to divert any suspicion which just might fall upon him, Chandell arranges for his lethal female assistants - Doe, Rae, and Mimi - to appear at Wayne Manor with their highpitched bagpipes, which they use to put everyone asleep (himself included), and then they ransack the place! Whilst Bruce and Dick are away on vacation, Chandell and Harry plot to strip The Burma Import Compay clean with the aid of his felonious female trio during his concert that evening. During that concert Chandell strikes an incorrect note, signaling the girls to strike; that note is, of course, discovered by Bruce Wayne, who'd been listening to the concert on his portable radio, and, believing something is stirring, he signals Dick and the two switch identities and return to Gotham City as The Dynamic Duo! Meanwhile, Chandell furthers his plan by playing up to Aunt Harriet. Later, realizing thet The Caped Crusader is on his trail, he assaults himself with a rootbeer bottle and leads them to a trap at twin brother Harry's abandoned Parnassus Music-Roll Co. (located at 99999-79), where they are captured and tied to a conveyor belt which leads directly into a machine that will perforate them into player piano rolls! b: 26-Oct-1966 pc: 9721-Pt. 1 w: Lorenzo Semple Jr. d: Larry Peerce NOTE: Earlier this season, Edy Williams (Rae) portrayed a Hostess in Episode #9703-Pt. 1,"Hot Off the Griddle". Work on the second season became so hectic that Adam West began to use cue cards. Later in the 3rd season, Sivi Alberg (Mimi) portrayed Undine in Episode #1714 "Surf's Up! Joker Under!" Earlier in his life Liberace (Chandell/Fingers/Harry) jammed with Elvis Presley on guitars in Las Vegas. Repeated on ABC August 30, 1967, which turned out to be the last official telecast of Batman on Wednesday evenings. The Wednesday night Batman was replaced by Custer, a new 60-minute western on ABC. 50. The Dead Ringers gs: Liberace (Chandell/Fingers [Likewise as Harry]) Marilyn Hanold (Doe) Edy Williams (Rae) Sivi Alberg (Mimi) James Millhoullin (Alfred Slye) Diane Farrell (Sally) Jack Perkins (Piano Mover [Henchman]) As a player piano feeds the musical notes to the music roll machine via a microphone, The Caped Crusader mentally visualizes the chords which will make the cutting devices to puncture the outlines of their bodies. The Dynamic Duo save themselves by outshouting the piano with bad Bat-singing. Batman and Robin quickly apprehend Harry and his pack of Piano Movers and take them to Police HQ, where they reveal that a master criminal named Fingers is the ringleader...only to have Harry sprung from the hoosegow by his criminal attorney, Alfred Slye. Convinced that Chandell and Fingers are one and the same, and deducing his plan to do away with Bruce and Dick and marry up with Aunt Harriet, The Dynamic Duo form a trap for The Precarious Pianist. They arrange for their own deaths by faking an explosion in the darkroom set up in the front hall. Immediately upon learning that Chandell, after marrying Aunt Harriet, is going straight and abandon them, Harry and Doe, Rae, and Mimi decide to take matters into their own hands. The girls put Chandell to sleep with their bewitching bagpipes. Mr. Slye shows up and informs Harry that he won't be able to claim The Wayne Fortune until the will is settled in 11 years...and then presents his client with a staggering $100,000 bill, payable by midnight, or he will be brought back to jail. Believing Slye's fees are too high, Harry orders his beauties to work him over with their bagpipes, too. Chandell and Slye are then tied to the conveyor belt leading into the same music roll machine which failed to do in The Dynamic Duo earlier. Masquerading as Chandell, Harry pays a visit on Harriet, who immediately spots him for a phony and tries to take him by citizen's arrest at gunpoint ("As they say in the movies, 'stick up your mitts!'!"), but is overcome, along with Alfred, by the spellbinding sound of the girls' bagpipes. Harry transports the two in a packing case and sprays it with machine-gunfire, only to watch in shock as The Dynamic Duo, protected by The Batshield, leap out and capture the gang, and rescue Chandell and Slye from the monstrous music roll machine. Harriet recieves a medal by The GCPD for bravery; then is saddedned to learn that Chandell is going on a 20-year "world tour" (behind bars, with Doe, Rae, Mimi, and evil twin Harry!). b: 27-Oct-1966 pc: 9721-Pt. 2 w: Lorenzo Semple Jr. d: Larry Peerce NOTE: The name Chandell is a play on one of Liberace's trademarks, the chandelier. These episodes guest-starring Liberace earned Batman its highest ratings to date. This is a rare occurrence wherein Aunt Harriet becomes the hero! Liberace insisted on using his own pianos, as he wouldn't trust anyone else's. Repeated on ABC August 31, 1967, the last summer repeat of the 1966-67 season (as well as the last Batman summer repeat of all!). It was preempted on September 7, 1967 by a 60-minute preview of a new ABC sitcom, The Flying Nun. 51. Hizzonner The Penguin gs: Burgess Meredith (The Penguin) Joey Tata (GOON #1) Tony Epper (GOON #2) Newell Oestreich (GOON #3) Byron Keith (Mayor Lindseed) George Furth (Gallus) Woodrow Paltrey (C.F. Rooper) Murray Roman (E.G. Trendek) Cindy Malone (Lulu) Judy Parker (Penguin Girl #1) Linda Meyers (Penguin Girl #2) Joe Besser (Collector) Little Old Lady (Pat Tidy) Little Egypt (Herself [as a belly dancer]) Paul Revere & The Raiders (Themselves) Peg Shirley (Mother) Fuzzy Knight (Blind News Dealer) James O'Hara (Cop) John Indrisano (Prisoner) Benny Rubin (man) To the confusion of everyone, that black bird of prey, The Penguin, campaigns for the office of Mayor Of Gotham City! He endears himself to Gothamites by preventing a robbery, saving a baby in a runaway carriage, and donating $100,000 to a city charity! Gallus, Rooper and Trendek arrive with the latest polls, which show massive support for Penguin, and The Batman sees that the only way to clip this conniving bird's wings is to run for mayor himself. While The Caped Crusader launces a rather tasteful, low-profile campaign, The Penguin proceeds in the opposite direction, going all out in overshadowing Batman with loud bands, a belly dancer, pretty girls, and free champagne! Later, when Batman and robin sre scheduled to appear before the Grand Order Of Occidental Nighthawks (G-O-O-N!), they wind up confronting Penguin's G.O.O.N's, instead. The Dynamic Duo are quicky overpowered, bound and tied, and finally suspended on one side of a giant scale (emulating The Scales Of Justice!) over a scalding vat of sulphuric acid! The other side of the scale is filled with blocks of ice suspended over a giant heater; as the ice melts, The Duo comes closer and closer to the acid bath! b: 02-Nov-1966 pc: 9719-Pt. 1 w: Stanford Sherman d: Oscar Randolph NOTE: Paul Revere & The Raiders' presence in this episode marked the second appearance of any rock group in a sitcom (right after The Monkees). During shooting of this episode, Frank Sinatra visited this set, but never appeared in any episode of Batman. (Interestingly, it is Sinatra who wanted to be cast as The Joker!) Joe Besser (The Collector in the black suit and derby hat) was best remebered for being the second Curly replacement, Joe, in The Three Stooges. Repeated on ABC August 23, 1967. 52. Dizzonner The Penguin gs: Burgess Meredith (The Penguin) Joey Tata (GOON #1) Tony Epper (GOON #2) Newell Oestreich (GOON #3) Byron Keith (Mayor Lindseed) George Furth (Gallus) Woodrow Paltrey (C.F. Rooper) Murray Roman (E.G. Trendek) Cindy Malone (Lulu) Judy Parker (Penguin Girl #1) Linda Meyers (Penguin Girl #2) Don Wilson (Walter Klondike) Dennis James (Chet Chumley) Allen Ludden (David Dooley) James O'Hara (Cop) John Indrisano (Prisoner) Jack Bailey (Moderator) With the trusty aid of his acid-proofed Batcostume prepped by Alfred, The Caped Crusader leaps off the scale and into the acid, protecting his exposed face with his cape. He quickly climbs out of the vat, dips his hands into the acid to dissolve his bonds, and frees Robin. Later, Batman appears in a televised debate with The Penguin, in which Penguin states that Batman associates with criminals, while he labels himself as an "associate with the law," despite his claim of "no mudslinging in this campaign" (feh!). The debate is interrupted by news of The GOONs' breaking into The Gotham City Convention Hall and making off with the priceless collection of gems set up for display at an upcoming jeweler's convention. The Penguin and The Dynamic Duo rush off to thwart the crooks. After a heated fight, Penguin emerges victorious (naturally, since he had the whole robbery set up from the beginning!), giving him a wide lead over his caped opponnent in the subsequent polls. But, as the final election results show an increase of support for Batman (it's votes that count, not polls!), The Penguin realizes his political career is becoming kaput, thus forcing him to kidnap members of the board of election in an elaborate attempt to sway the votes in his favor. The Dynamic Duo trace The Penguin to heir hideout; there, they rescue the election commissioners and package The Penguin and his lackeys inside a machine used to package Penguin's campaign literature. The Duo then tell Penguin that Batman won the election by an overwhelming margin, for the votes were already counted when he kidnapped the board of election members. Returning to police H.Q., The Caped Crusader turns down his new position in Mayor Lindseed's favor. He also talks with President Johnson; before hanging up, The Caped Crusader asks The President to give his best to Hubert! b: 03-Nov-1966 pc: 9719-Pt. 2 w: Stanford Sherman d: Oscar Randolph NOTE: Walter Klondike is a spoof of Walter Kronkite. Chet Chumley and David Dooley are amalgams of Chet Huntley and David Brinkley, respectively; they even go so far as to usurp their famous closing line: "Goodnight, David!" "Goodnight, Chet!" Don Wilson (Klondike) was Jack Benny's famous announcer of the 1940s and '50s. Dennis James (Chumley) and Allen Ludden (Dooley) were emcees of the famous game shows PDQ (syndicated, 1965-70) and Password (CBS, 1961-67), respectivley, at the time of this episode's telecast. The idea of The Penguin's running for mayor would later be reused in 1992's Batman Returns. Repeated on ABC August 24, 1967. 53. Green Ice gs: Otto Preminger (Mr. Freeze) Dee Hartford (Miss Iceland) Byron Keith (Mayor Lindseed) Nicky Blair (Shivers) Kem Dibbs (Chill) Charles O'Donnell (TV Newsman) James O'Hara (Police Sergeant) Robert Wiensko (Iceman) Mike Durkin (Little Boy) Marie Windsor (Nellie Majors) Joan Twelve (Bathing Beauty) Mr. Freeze returns to continue his plans for revenge against Batman and Robin for condemning him to live in subzero temperatures, and thus terrorize Gotham City. Having broken jail in an ice cram truck, Freeze kidnaps Miss Iceland from the finals of The Miss Galaxy Beauty Pageant, planning to lower her body temperature to his level and then marry her. Later, he makes an appearance at Police HQ and, hiding in an air conditioner vent, uses his horrendous Freeze Gun to freeze Commissioner Gordon, Chief O'Hara, and their entire office. The Dynamic Duo are alerted to The Commissioner's peril, and they rush by Batmobile to rescue their frigid friends. Moments later, a giant block of ice containing money (cold hard cash!!!) is delivered to Batman and Robin, sent by Mr. Freeze, which the local newspapers perceive as a bribe, as the first step in the cool, cruel fiend's plot to taint the saintly image of The Batman, rendering Miss Iceland's kidnapping only secondary. Not long after, Freeze and 2 of his henchmen make an appearance at a party being given at Wayne Manor, and after freezing Bruce Wayne, Dick Greyson, Aunt Harriet and all of the guests in the reflecting pool, Shivers and Chill, two more of Freeze's lackies, arrive dressed as The Caped Crusader and The Boy Wonder and make a shambled mockery of the pair by losing a battle with Freeze's other men. The fake heroes quickly beat a hasty retreat, followed by Mr. Freeze and his frozen flunkies. Noble butler Alfred Pennyworth, who had been inside the house preparing refreshments all the while during the robbery, arrives in time to spot the guests frozen in the pool, and he quickly activates the pools heater, releasing them. The Dynamic Duo trace The Frosty Felon to his hideout in a cold storage plant next to The Frosty Freezy Company Factory, where they become quick-frozen by Mr. Freeze's trusty freeze gun and then taken to the factory, where thy are slated to become giant Frosty Freezies (Batman a pineapple one, Robin, lime!)! b: 09-Nov-1966 pc: 9725-Pt. 1 w: Max Hodge d: George Waggner NOTE: The controversial Otto Preminger (the series' second Mr. Freeze) had a problem to solve before appearing on this show: he owed $11,000 in back dues to the Screen Actor's Guild! Preminger's attitude made him the most despised man on the set; he treated women lewdly and kept irritating the other cast members. Eli Wallach replaced Preminger after the producers decided not to bring him back! Notice that Mr. Freeze is now wearing a freeze collar instead of a helmet. Director George Waggner (many Batman shows credit him as "george waGGner") directed Lon Chaney Jr. as Larry Talbot, The Wolf Man in The Wolf Man (Universal, 1941). Dee Hartford (Miss Iceland) is the sister of Eden Hartford who at the time was the wife of Groucho Marx. We learn here that Mayor Lindseed's wife is named Linda, but in a third-season segment he apparently divorced her and remarried, because he then had a wife named Millie! Notice also that now Mr. Freeze only has a freeze gun. In the first season his gun could also fire heat/flame beams which would have been rather useful against the Dynamic Duo here. Speaking of irritating, how many times could Preminger say "Wild!" in a single episode? Quite a few, apparently... Here is yet another Bat-episode to feature a character other than Bruce Wayne to dress as Batman. Others to feature pseudo-Batmen are Episode #8707-Pt. 1, "Instant Freeze," #8711-Pt. 2, "When the Rat's Away the Mice Will Play," #9705-Pt. 2, "Walk the Straight and Narrow," and #9747-Pt. 2, "The Joker's Epitaph." Repeated on ABC July 12, 1967. 54. Deep Freeze gs: Otto Preminger (Mr. Freeze) Dee Hartford (Miss Iceland) Byron Keith (Mayor Lindseed) Nicky Blair (Shivers) Kem Dibbs (Chill) Charles O'Donnell (TV Newsman) James O'Hara (Police Sergeant) Robert Wiensko (Iceman) Mike Durkin (Little Boy) Marie Windsor (Nellie Majors) Joan Twelve (Bathing Beauty) With their virtually-frozen feet, The Dynamic Duo locate the heat exhaust valve and turn it so that recycled exhaust in the heating unit will reverse the refrigerating process and and manage to melt their way out through the resulting heat transfer. Returning to Police HQ, Batman and Robin are greeted by a newspaper photograph depicting The Caped Crusader wearing Commissioner Gordon's gold watch, which Freeze stole at the party. The Frigid Fiend is succeeding in his plan as he has finally managed to lead Gotham into believing Batman has weakened to the temptations of bribery! Mr. Freeze, believing that Batman and Robin are out of the way, proceeds with his master plan to blackmail Gotham City. Unless the city fathers pay him $1,000,000,000, Mr. Freeze will bury the city into one huge cake of ice! To prove his intentions are sincere, he demonstrates his power by freezing The Gotham City Reservoir. Gordon is tempted to contact The Dynamic Duo, but is discouraged by his loss of faith in Batman. Undaunted by their tarnished reputations, Batman and Robin secretly pay a visit to freeze's hideout, where they are captured and about to be frozen solid, just like like Miss Iceland, whom they see encased in a huge block of ice!!! However, The Duo have applied themselves with a protective layer of Antifreeze Activating Solution, and, armed with their Batthermal Underwear, they thwart Freeze's plans and overpower The Frosty Fiend and his frigid flunkies. The Caped Crusader uses a crowbar to free Miss Iceland from her icy tomb, and they discover Freeze nearby, without his Freze Collar, and near certain death. Obviously wanting him alive to pay for his evil, Batman and Robin brings him over to Miss Iceland's ice coffin and encase him within, keeping him breathing until the police finds his frozen neckpiece. Their reputations fully restored, and Freeze back in the cooler, Batman and Robin leave Police HQ and take an elevator ride with a young boy (who booed at a picture of The Dynamic Duo earlier). b: 10-Nov-1966 pc: 9725-Pt. 2 w: Max Hodge d: George Waggner NOTE: Charles O'Donnell (TV Newsman) later went on to find his niche as the announcer for a great many game shows, including Wheel Of Fortune. Repeated on ABC July 13, 1967. 55. The Impractical Joker gs: Larry Anthony (Bolt) Cesar Romero (The Joker) Kathy Kersh (Cornelia) Louis Quinn (Latch) Valerie Szabo (Little Girl) Christopher Cary (Ferguson) Larry Burrell (Commentator #1) Clyde Howdy (Commentator #2) Howard Duff (Himself [window cameo]) Following clues from The Joker's vandalization of key-like objects around Gotham (tearing up a book, cracking a record, burning a file and lopsiding a sign), The Caped Crusader and The Boy Wonder head to Angus Ferguson's rare key exhibition. There, Joker steals The Jeweled Key Of Kaincardine with the aid of his new invention, a mysterious little spark-spewing box which leaves The Dynamic Duo completely helpless while he escapes with The Key. Ferguson is furious. Later, Batman and Robin follow a televised clue by The Joker and they trace The Homicidal Harlequin to a fur salon, where they encounter the pasty-faced clown and his henchmen. Batman & Robin capture the mysterious device dropped by the departing Joker, which turns out to be nothing but from a sparkly diversion to help Joker practice hypnotic suggestion! Back in The Batcave, The Batman uses The Batcomputer and a phone book to find Joker's hideout. The Dynamic Duo proceed by Batmobile to the place--resulting in instant capture by The Joker, who places Robin inside a spray wax machine while Batman is strapped to a giant key duplicator! b: 16-Nov-1966 pc: 9723-Pt. 1 w: Jay Thompson and Charles Hoffman d: James B. Clark NOTE: Kathy Kersh (Cornelia) was Burt Ward's bride at the time of this episode's production. Howard Duff later appeared with then-wife Ida Lupino in Season-3 Episode #1722, "The Entrancing Dr. Cassandra" (Mar. 7, 1968). Bruce, Dick and Alfred watch an episode of The Green Hornet (ABC, 1966-67)---prior to it being interrupted by The Joker's televised ultimatum!---little suspecting that a future 2-part segment ("A Piece of the Action/Batman's Satisfaction" [#9751, Mar. 1-2, 1967]) will pit Batman and Robin against The Green Hornet and Kato! 56. The Joker's Provokers gs: Cesar Romero (The Joker) Kathy Kersh (Cornelia) Luis Quinn (Latch) Valerie Szabo (Little Girl) Christopher Cary (Ferguson) Larry Burrell (Commentator #1) Clyde Howdy (Commentator #2) Alan Napier (Egbert) The Caped Crusader removes his duplicate house key from his utility belt and uses it to jam the key duplicator's mechanism, releasing him. He quickly Bat-pummels Joker's minions, rescues a now wax-immobilized Robin from the wax spray machine, returns him to The Batcave, and restores him to normal with the aid of Bat Wax-solvent. Meanwhile, Joker has perfected a new little box that acts as a time machine, with which he hopes to cause the expected havoc by controlling time. He also, it turns out, plans to place a hallucinogen in the city's water supply so that all of Gotham will be in thrall to him. Alfred helps out the heroes by arranging to pose for his lookalike cousin Egbert, the night watchman at Gotham Reservoir, and he introduces his newly-designed Alfcycle, which he rides to the reservoir. There, after switching places with Egbert, Alf manages to victimize The Joker and his gang (at gunpoint!) with his own insidious time machine, freezing and reverting them in time! Batman and Robin arrive just in time to wrap everything up when Alfred unknowingly switches off the device. Later, Aunt Harriet, arriving home from a movie theater, runs out of gas and seeks assistance from Alfred (posing as Egbert again); just then, The Dynamic Duo (with a bag lunch for Alf) show up and aids Harriet. b: 17-Nov-1966 pc: 9723-Pt. 2 w: Jay Thompson and Charles Hoffman d: James B. Clark NOTE: Alan Napier does double duty as Alfred Pennyworth and his cousin Egbert. Alfred gives mention of his cousin in Episode #9739-Pt. 2, "The Mad Hatter Runs a Foul." Watch for The Joker to attempt (and fail!) at sabotaging The Gotham City Water System once again in Episode #9733-Pt. 3, "The Penguin Declines." The Alfcycle appears again in Episode #9729-Pt. 1, "Come Back Shame", and in Episode #9715-Pt. 2, "The Catwoman Goeth (a.k.a.) A Stitch in Time". 57. Marsha, Queen of Diamonds gs: Carolyn Jones (Marsha, Queen of Diamonds) Woody Strode (Grand Mogul) Estelle Winwood (Aunt Hilda) Hugh Douglas (Announcer) James O'Hara (Sgt. O'Leary) Joyce Nizarri (Girl) Charles Stewart (Clergyman) Ben Gage (Clerk) Harry Stanton (Victim #1) William McLennon (Victim #2) Murray Pollack (Victim #3) Rick DiSante (Victim #4) Chief O'Hara has been drugged into a love-slave of Marsha, Queen of Diamonds, allowing her to rob U. Magnum's of the famous Pretzel Diamond. Gordon puts through a call to The Dynamic Duo on The Red Phone to alert them of the chief's off-kilter behavior, sending them to Police HQ. Meanwhile, The Diamond Queen has O'hara phone Gordon, who rushes to Marsha's hideout to resuce the chief and apprehend the diamond diva, but, thanks to a dart fired from a statue of Daniel Cupid tipped with a love potion concocted by Marsha's Aunt Hilda (a winsome witch who was a chemistry professor at Vassar for 20 years before being thrown out for turning the entire student body orange for a week!), the commissioner is added to Marsha's unending list of love slaves. Under Marsha's spell, Gordon phones The Caped Crusader and lures him into a trap at her lair! The Dynamic Duo speed to Marsha's love-nest/hideout, where the criminal Queen Of Diamonds shoots a love-potion-tipped arrow at Batman, but The Caped Crusader uses every fiber of his superior Bat-will to fight off the powerful drug. This enrages Marsha, who orders The Grand Mogul her Guardians to destroy Batman and Robin and, in the fray, Robin is both drugged and captured. Marsha offers to trade the Boy Wonder for huge batdiamond that powers The Batcomputer in The Batcave. Batman demurs, saying that no stranger can enter the Batcave; Marsha bounds over this hurdle by offering Batman her hand in marriage. This way, she will no longer be a stranger, she will become Mrs. Batman!! The next time we see Batman, he walks down the aisle with Marsha toward the church altar! b: 23-Nov-1966 pc: 9727-Pt. 1 w: Stanford Sherman d: James B. Clark NOTE: Carolyn Jones previously appeared in House Of Wax (1953) with fellow Batman alumni Vincent Price (Egghead). She is best remembered as Morticia on The Addams Family (ABC, 1964-66). Another Addams Family castmember, John Astin (Gomez), will be seen later this season as The Riddler, and Ted Cassidy (as Lurch), will make a window cameo in Episode #9701-Pt. 1, "The Penguin's Nest". We learn in this episode that Commissioner Gordon and Chief O'Hara are both married, and Alfred has never taken the plunge. Carolyn Jones (Marsha, Queen of Diamonds) also previously appeared with Elvis Presley in one of his best films, "King Creole" (1958) 58. Marsha's Scheme of Diamonds gs: Carolyn Jones (Marsha, Queen of Diamonds) Woody Strode (Grand Mogul) Estelle Winwood (Aunt Hilda) Hugh Douglas (Announcer) James O'Hara (Sgt. O'Leary) Joyce Nizarri (Girl) Charles Stewart (Clergyman) Ben Gage (Clerk) Harry Stanton (Victim #1) William McLennon (Victim #2) Murray Pollack (Victim #3) Rick DiSante (Victim #4) Batman is torn between whether or not to say, "I do," when all of a sudden, Alfred, disguised as British solicitor Ethelbert Soames (of Soames, Stillwell and Thistlewaite!), arrives with Aunt Harriet. They disrupt the unholy union by claiming Cooper is the one and only Mrs. batman. Realizing she has been conned, The Diamond Queen and her Grand Mogul immediately make a break for it! Batman and Alfred speed by Batmobile to Marsha's love nest/hideaway with The Bat Antidote Kit to to free Robin and the others from the love potion. The Dynamic Duo trace Marsha to the underground cave of her Aunt Hilda, where they battle Marsha's Guardians while Hilda, armed with powerful antidotes, tries to turn them into a variety of animals. But The Caped Crusader and The Boy Wonder prove a match for her every spell and The Guardians. An undaunted Marsha then renders the heroes unconscious with knockout drugs. Hilda then applies them with her strongest potion yet, which is supposed to turn them into toads! The next day, Marsha and her Grand Mogul appears in Commissioner Gordon's office bearing caged and caped toads who speak with the voices of Batman and Robin! Marsha threatens to feed the talking toads to her pet cat unless Gordon meets her demands. It turns out, however, to have been a trick: the real Batman and Robin (after escaping from Marsha's hideout) swoop in to disarm The Grand Mogul and haul Marsha off to prison. b: 24-Nov-1966 pc: 9727-Pt. 2 w: Stanford Sherman d: James B. Clark 59. Come Back, Shame gs: Cliff Robertson (Shame) Joan Staley (Okie Annie) Joan Stanley (Okie Annie) Timothy Scott (Messy James) John Mitchum (Rip Snorting) Milton Frome (Laughing Leo) Jack Carter (Hot Rod Harry) Eric Shea (Andy) Kathryn Minner (Little Old Lady) James McHale (Guard) Shame, a conniving cowboy of crime, and his western gang comprised of Okie Annie, Messy James, and Rip Snorting, plan to build a superpowered truck, which will outrace even The Batmobile. Needing some additional parts for the truck, they swipe a racing car right in the middle of The Gotham City 500 Road Race! Shame returns to his hideout at the abandoned Westernland Amusement Park, where he befriends a small boy names Andy, who imitates a cowboy. Meanwhile, Batman and Robin have figured out Shame's scheme and plants a story with DJ Hot Rod Harry about the new parts added to the Wayne Limousine. Shame listens to said broadcast on Andy's radio and prepares to hijack the limo, with Oakie Annie as bait! Taking a drive in the limo, Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson and Alfred (who doubles as chauffeur) encounter a cow in the middle of the road. The three get out of the limo to move the cow...when suddenly Shame and his pernicious posse emerge from the bushes armed to the teeth, and they make off with the car. Long after Shame and crew have vanished, The Batcycle, which had been following them for a mile behind them, arrives, carrying The Alfcycle, which Alfred rides to The Batcave (using a circuitous route), and Bruce and Dick follow suit in The Batcycle. Later on, The Dynamic Duo trace the vehicle to Westernland by way of The Infrared Batdust, with which the Wayne limo's tires were cleverly coated but can only be detected by The Batmobile's specially tinted windshield. After a battle, The Caped Crusader and The Boy Wonder are knocked senseless by a falling chandelier. Shane leads them outside and stakes them out in the middle of the road and releases a herd of stampeding cattle in their direction, with intentions of trampling The Duo! b: 30-Nov-1966 pc: 9729-Pt. 1 w: Stanley Ralph Ross d: Oscar Randolph NOTE: Title is based on the catchcry of Joey Starrett (Brandon DeWilde), uttered at the end of the 1953 Paramount Western classic Shane, which starred Alan Ladd in the title role. The revamped Batcycle crosses over from the 1966 Batman movie into the TV series for the first time in this episode. It will appear again in Episode #9745-Pt. 2, "A Riddling Controversy," and Episode #9755-Pt. 2, "Batman's Waterloo." The music heard on Andy (Eric Shea)'s transistor radio is the same as the discotheque music heard in The What A Way To Go-Go discotheque in the series premiere, "Hi Diddle Riddle." It can also be heard in the second-season debut, "Shoot A Crooked Arrow," during The Dynamic Duo's Batclimb encounter with Dick Clark. Cliff Robertson (Shame) later in 2002 had another on-screen involvement with another superhero. He portrayed Peter(Spiderman)Parker's Uncle Ben Parker. Repeated on ABC August 9, 1967. 60. It's the Way You Play the Game gs: Cliff Robertson (Shame) Milton Frome (Laughing Leo) Joan Stanley (Okie Annie) Timothy Scott (Messy James) John Mitchum (Rip Snorting) Jack Carter (Hot Rod Harry) Eric Shea (Andy) Kathryn Minner (Little Old Lady) James McHale (Guard) Werner Klemperer (Colonel Klink [window cameo]) The vibrations of the stampeding cattle cause the stake holding Batman's wrists to shake loose from the ground, and, leaping to his feet, he takes off his cape and, matador-style, guides the stampede away from himself and Robin. Returning to The Batcave, The Caped Crusader again contacts Hot Rod Harry who refers them to used car salesman Laughing Leo--who is also a secret informant of Shame's criminal posse! At Laughing Leo's lot, located on the corner of Surf Avenue and 20th Street, The Dynamic Duo are unable to get a straight answer from Leo. They depart, and, feeling something is wrong, Leo reports back to Shame that Batman and Robin have survived. Shame is put into a funk so deep he shoots up nearly his entire garage! Shame anticipates The Dynamic Duo's return and prepares a double-barrel ambush! As predicted The Caped Crusader and The Boy Wonder do return to Westernland where they are greeted by a hail of bullets--and Robin is shot in the heel by Shame! Batman rushes The Boy Wonder back to The Batcave for treatment; there Alfred reports that he, as Bruce Wayne, is scheduled to appear at the rodeo this afternoon. Alfred's reminder manages to crack the case: Shame plans to steal the four prize Black Angus bulls, each worth $300,000, that will be on display! However, by the time The Dynamic Duo reach the rodeo, Shame and his posse are long gone with the bulls in his supertruck. Figuring the bulls have to be fed, Batman tracks the gang to The K.O. Corral down at the stockyards, where, after a blazing gunfight, Batman and Robin corral the entire gang of desperadoes and take them to the hoosegow. b: 01-Dec-1966 pc: 9729-Pt. 2 w: Stanley Ralph Ross d: Oscar Randolph NOTE: Milton Frome (Laughing Leo) portrayed Vice Admiral Fangschleister in the 1966 Batman motion picture. According to an ABC press release, Cliff Robertson arragned to take his 7 year-old daughter to visit the Batman set. The character of Andy in these 2 episodes (played by Eric Shea) is named for Robertson's own 8 year-old son Andy. The strangest thing about this segment is the appearance of the late Werner Klemperer as Col. Wilhelm Klink in the window cameo. Hogan's Heroes (1965-71) aired on CBS at the time (Holy Wrong Network!), and the fact that it was set in the 1940s remained a mystery as to how this series managed to cross over! John Mitchum (Rip Snorting) is the younger brother of the late Robert Mitchum. Repeated on ABC August 10, 1967. 61. The Penguin's Nest gs: Ted Cassidy (Lurch) Burgess Meredith (The Penguin) Grace Gaynor (Chickadee) Lane Bradford (Cordy Blue) Vito Scotti (Maty Dee) James O'Hara (Cop) David Lewis (Warden Crichton) Voltaire Perkins (Judge Moot) Marvin Brody (Bailiff) Stanley Ralph Ross (Ballpoint Baxter) Violet Carson (Lady) The Penguin opens an exclusive restaurant, The Penguin's Nest, which caters to Gothamite's richest citizens. By a clever ruse he and his henchmen Cordy Blue, Maty Dee, and Chickadee collects handwriting samples from his very exclusive guests. Upon his inevitable return to Prison (the foul fowl has been imprisoned so many times he has been assigned a permanent cell!), he plans to use these samples, in collaboration with the famous forger Ballpoint Baxter, to forge checks against the millionaires' accounts, which Penguin will cash immediately upon his release. However, Baxter is in prison, so The Penguin somehow has to get himself arrested...something which, unfortunately for him, he just can't seem to do! First he attempts to snatch a piece of jewelry from Aunt Harriet, who was dining at the restaurant, but Batman and Robin later intercede and allow the wayward wallower to go free, despite his attacking Chief O'Hara with a pie in the face. Since Penguin is obviously eager to return to jail, The Caped Crusader suspects he has something sunister up his sinewly sleeve and decides to check his prison cell assignment. Thus he and The Boy Wonder divine his scheme and decides to yet again let Penguin off the hook, in hopes he will carelessly tip his hand. Later, The Penguin executes another attempt to be apprehended by staging the fake murder of one of his own henchmen and Batman & Robin, who have been watching him like hawks, haul him away...but to the meager City Jail and not the State Prison (where Baxter is). The Dynamic Duo unravel The Penguin's plan, but not before Cordy Blue, Maty Dee, and Chickadee springs him from jail. In the process they also kidnap Chief O'Hara and hold him hostage. Penguin locks the chief in a steamer trunk suspended on a water slide over a pool of water. The Penguin lures Batman and Robin to his lair, but they arrive just as the trunk splashes into the water. As The Penguin prepares to throw a switch that will electrify the pool, his gang members level their machine guns at our hapless heroes... b: 07-Dec-1966 pc: 9701-Pt. 1 w: Lorenzo Semple Jr. d: Murray Golden NOTE: Adapted from a comic book story in Batman #36 (August/September 1946), with the same title as episode #61, written by Alvin Schwartz. 62. The Bird's Last Jest gs: Burgess Meredith (The Penguin) Grace Gaynor (Chickadee) Lane Bradford (Cordy Blue) Vito Scotti (Maty Dee) James O'Hara (Cop) David Lewis (Warden Crichton) Voltaire Perkins (Judge Moot) Marvin Brody (Bailiff) Stanley Ralph Ross (Ballpoint Baxter) Violet Carson (Lady) While dodging bullets under cover of The Batshield, Batman places a Batinverser over the electrical lines leading into the pool, causing the water to spit out the metal trunk with the Chief encased therein and safely deposit it on terra firma. The Caped Crusader then throws Batpellets at the gang who have run out of ammunition, knocking them unconscious. The Dynamic Duo act as Penguin's prosecutors at his ensuing criminal trial, with Pengy and his pals one step away from attaining their intended goal: Gotham State Prison! Unfortunately, The Penguin's spirited, self-destructive defense backfires and he is released once more. Batman and Robin's next ploy is to send Alfred to The Penguin's Nest disguised as master forger Quill-Pen Quertch. However, The Penguin catches on and has the faithful butler gassed asleep and rolled into a giant pie. The diabolical dish is driven to Wayne Manor, where The Penguin threatens to bake the butler unless Bruce Wayne forks over a cool million. Luckily, Bruce and Dick duck out to get the cash, and transform themselves into The Dynamic Duo, and save the day. Later, in Commissioner Gordon's office, The Penguin and his malodorous maitres'd prepare to finally leave for State Pen (Penguin still has the customers' handwriting samples cleverly hidded inside the handle of his trusty umbrella), when they discover to their horror that Ballpoint Baxter has just been paroled by Bruce Wayne! b: 08-Dec-1966 pc: 9701-Pt. 2 w: Lorenzo Semple Jr. d: Murray Golden NOTE: Interestingly, writer Stanley Ralph Ross' nickname is "Ballpoint"! (Or was, since he lost his battle with lung cancer on March 16, 2000.) This is the last episode in which the Part 2 teaser sequence features stop-motion clips of events from the previous evening's episode; from the next episode on, the teaser in Part 2 will immediately pick up where the previous episode left off. 63. The Cat's Meow gs: Chad Stuart (Himself) Julie Newmar (The Catwoman) Chad Stewart (himself) Jeremy Clyde (himself) Sharyn Wynters (Eenie) Tom Castronova (Meanie) Chuck Henderson (Miney) Ric Roman (Moe) Joe Flynn (Benton Belgoody) Jay Sebring (Mr. Oceanbrig) Peter Leeds (Harry Upps) Maurice Dallimore (Sir Sterling Habits) Anthony Eustrez (British Butler) Steve Allen (Alen Stevens) Calvin Brown (Newsman) James O'Hara (Policeman) Judy Strangis (1st Girl) Cindy Ferarre (2nd Girl) Don Ho (himself [window cameo]) The Catwoman, planning to steal the voices of visiting British rock singers Chad & Jeremy, demonstrates her new Voice-Eraser by using it on a morning talk show host. She later uses her fiendish invention on Commissioner Gordon, but not before he tells her where the British rock duo will be staying in Gotham City, which turns out to be stately Wayne Manor. In order to gain access inside the manor, The Catwoman disguises herself as Miss Klutz, a teacher from Duncan's Dance Studio, and arranges to give Dick Greyson a free dance lesson. She quickly gasses everyone asleep and beats a hasty retreat after her allergies to a nearby dogwood plant causes her to sneeze off her disguise! Later, Batman and Robin pay a visit to The Dance Studio. There they make quick work of Catwoman's cronies, Eenie, Meanie, Miney and Moe and attempt to apprehend The Feline-ous Femme Fatale, but she subdues them both a knockout drug and transfers them to a giant echo chamber, where a dripping faucet magnified 10,000,000 times, threatens to reduce their brains to mush! b: 14-Dec-1966 pc: 9737-Pt. 1 w: Stanley Ralph Ross d: James B. Clark NOTE: Judy Strangis (1st girl at the concert) is the daughter of series production manager Sam Strangis. We learn here that Commissioner James W. Gordon has grandchildren! Harry Upps (Peter Leeds) is a parody of Hugh Downs. Chad and Jeremy were good friends of casting director Michael McLean, who asked that they be worked into a script. Repeated on ABC August 16, 1967. 64. The Bat's Kow Tow gs: Chad Stuart (Himself) Julie Newmar (The Catwoman) Chad Stewart (himself) Jeremy Clyde (himself) Sharyn Wynters (Eenie) Tom Castronova (Meanie) Chuck Henderson (Miney) Ric Roman (Moe) Joe Flynn (Benton Belgoody) Jay Sebring (Mr. Oceanbrig) Peter Leeds (Harry Upps) Maurice Dallimore (Sir Sterling Habits) Anthony Eustrez (British Butler) Steve Allen (Allen Stevens) Calvin Brown (Newsman) James O'Hara (Policeman) Judy Strangis (1st Girl) Cindy Ferarre (2nd Girl) The Dynamic Duo hum the chamber's F sharp above high C sympathtic vibration, which causes the echo chamber's glass walls to break, releasing them; they immediately race to the site of Chad and Jeremy's concert, but, alas and alack, too late, as The Felonious Feline has already stolen their voices. She later appears on The Allen Stevens Show, where she announces her demands: $22,440,000 in order to ransom C&J's voices. The British Consul, naturally, refuses to pay the ransom, and so The Caped Crusader and The Boy Wonder must shadow The Catwoman to her new lair and recover the voices. Tracing her to Mr. Oceanbrig's Hair Salon, Batman and Robin capture Eenie, Meanie, Miney and Moe, but lose Catwoman. Batman chases Catwoman to a deserted alley where she pounces on him and threatens to liquidate him with a sonic gun...which, fortunately for our hero, she can't bring herself to fire! Apprehended by The Caped Crusader, she reveals to him how to restore the voices of Chad and Jeremy. Bruce Wayne and his brood end with enjoying Chad and Jeremy's concert with Commissioner Gordon and Chief O'Hara. b: 15-Dec-1966 pc: 9737-Pt. 2 w: Stanley Ralph Ross d: James B. Clark NOTE: Maurice Dallimore (Sir Sterling Habits) played the British Delegate in the 1966 Batman movie and will later be seen as Watson in the third-season 3-parter "The Londinium Larcenies/The Foggiest Notion/The Bloody Tower" (#1711, Nov 23-30, Dec 07, 1967). Steve Allen self-parodizes himself in his role of Allen Stevens. Jay Sebring (Mr. Oceanbring) "was a famous hairdresser," recalled Charles FitzSimons. "He had his own salon and was very expensive. And he was a friend of Bruce Lee's." Among the stylist's star clients were Bill Dozier, Stanley Ralph Ross, Milton Berle, Bobby Darin and Frank Sinatra. At the time, a Sebring original ran $50 with subsequent trims at $26. Along with Sharon Tate, Sebring was one of the victims of Charles Manson and friends in 1969. Repeated on ABC August 17, 1967. 65. The Puzzles Are Coming gs: Maurice Evans (The Puzzler) Barbara Stuart (Rocket) Paul Smith (Artemus Knab) Robert Miller Driscoll (Blimpy) Alan Emerson (Glider) Jay Della (Ramjet) William Fawcett (Farmer) Batman and Robin deduce that a backwards puzzle sent by the urbane Puzzler in a toy plane through Commissioner Gordon's window is a reference to Artemus Knab, a multibillionaire staying at the Gotham Arms hotel. Solving the puzzle, The Caped Crusader concludes The Puzzler is after Knab, and, with The Boy Wonder, rush by Batmobile to his penthouse apartment, where the billionaire rebuffs The Dynamic Duo, claiming to be working on a legit deal with The Puzzler for a puzzle baloon business. Returning to The Batcave with a sample puzzle baloon given by The Puzzler to Robin, The Dynamic Duo learn Puzzler and his gang (Blimpy, Glider, Ramjet, and Rocket O'Rourke, an aspiring movie actress) plan to strip Knab and his guests of all their jewels at the christening of The Retsoor, the multibillionaire's supersonic plane. Sadly, Batman and Robin arrive too late, as Puzzler and his men have already immobilized the guests with Puzzle Gas and stolen their jewels, and then they apply the gas to The Dynamic Duo and makes a break for it. Recovering from the Puzzler's gas, Batman and Robin finds another puzzle baloon left in The Puzzler's wake. They follow the balloon clue to The Puzzler's hideout at The Balloon Factory, where, in an ensuing Batbrawl, they are overpowered by Blimpy, Glider and Ramjet and gassed asleep by 2 toy gliders. They regain consciousness to find themselves strapped into the basket of a hot-air balloon that is rigged to send them skyward and then plummeting to their doom once it reaches 20,000 feet! b: 21-Dec-1966 pc: 9731-Pt. 1 w: Fred DeGorter d: Jeffrey Hayden NOTE: Fred De Gorter's script originally began as a Riddler vehicle entitled "A Penny For Your Riddles/They're Worth A Lot More!" probably intended as an early second season episode. Frank Gorshin was unavailable, so De Gorter rewrote the script for a new villain, Mr. Conumdrum, titled "The Conumdrums are Coming/The Duo is Slumming," which in turn was changed to The Puzzler (actually a Superman villain in the comic books). The late Maurice Evans (The Puzzler) is best known to devout TV buffs as Maurice, father of Samantha (Elizabeth Montgomery) on Bewitched (ABC, 1964-72), which appeared on the same ABC Thursday night schedule as Batman. To movie buffs, he is remembered as Dr. Zaius in Planet Of The Apes (20th Century-Fox, 1968). 66. The Duo is Slumming gs: Maurice Evans (The Puzzler) Barbara Stuart (Rocket) Paul Smith (Artemus Knab) Robert Miller Driscoll (Blimpy) Alan Emerson (Glider) Jay Della (Ramjet) William Fawcett (Farmer) Robin deactivates the hot-air balloon's altimeter with a piece of chewing gum (dropped in the basket by one of Puzzler's men), a scant second just before it manages to reach 20,000 feet. Utilizing a heretofore unsuspected talent at birdcalling, The Boy Wonder then attracts an elusive and highflying (and rather hostile by nature!) giant red-eyed hermit nuthatch bird migrating south for the winter, infuriating him enough to peck a hole in the balloon, allowing it to descend safely to earth, well upstate of Gotham City but, luckily, next to an emergency public telephone booth. The Dynamic Duo return to The Puzzler's factory, where Puzzler deluges them in baloon long enough for himself and his cronies to scram. Puzzler continues his quest to seize Knab's supersonic plane, the Retsoor, sending his sexy moll Rocket to drug Knab's tea while Puzzler himself photographs the secret plans for the hi-tech jet. The Caped Crusader is alerted to The Puzzler's new target by way of a rooster sent to Gordon's office (Retsoor is rooster spelled backward!). He and The Boy Wonder speeds to the Retsoor's hangar, where, after a tense Batbattle, the entire gang is captured and the theft of the Retsoor prevented. Bruce and Dick end by having fun with Puzzler's puzzle baloons with Harriet and Alfred. b: 22-Dec-1966 pc: 9731-Pt. 2 w: Fred DeGorter d: Jeffrey Hayden NOTE: Whereas retsoor is rooster spelled backward, Knab is bank spelled backward! Watch for Andy Devine's cameo as Santa Claus in a Batclimb! (These episodes aired close to Christmastime.) 67. The Sandman Cometh gs: Julie Newmar (The Catwoman) Michael Rennie (The Sandman) Spring Byington (J. Pauline Spaghetti) Jeanie Moore (Catarina/Policewoman Mooney) Richard Peel (Snooze) Tony Ballen (Nap) Gypsy Rose Lee (Female Newscaster) Lindsey Workman (Tuthill) Ray Montgomery (Officer Dan Dietrich) James Brolin (Officer Reggie Hogan) Valerie Kairys (Kitty) Pat Becker (Catti) Barbara Kelly (Woman) William Dyer (Policeman) Batman and Robin are alerted when Mooney, a policewoman working undercover as a member of The Catwoman's mob, vanishes shortly after warning Gordon that Catwoman is planning to join forces with a European criminal known as The Sandman for committing a crime. Later, Catwoman (disguises), pretending to fall asleep on a mattress display in a store window is spirited away by one of Sandman's cronies and later turns up on a TV newscast, where she cleverly advertises the talents of a sleep expert names Dr. Somnambula (b.k.a. Sandman), in hopes of gaining the attention of J. Pauline Spaghetti, a rich insomniac. Sandman's scheme is a success, and he is summoned to Spaghetti's penthouse; there, while examining her eyes, he gasses her asleep. Working fast, he snaps photos of J. Pauline's financial ledger just as The Dynamic Duo arrive to rescue her from the man they--but not J. Pauline!--believe to be The Sandman. While Spaghetti proves to them that she wasn't in danger, Sandman escapes. The Caped Crusader and The Boy Wonder later trace The Sandman to his GHQ at the abandoned Morpheus Mattress Factory on Derwin Alley. Upon entering the deserted factory, they are quickly seized by Sandman and his henchmen Snooze and Nap. The Batman is bound to a mattress under a giant button stitcher, while Robin (under Sandman's power) is ordered to push the button which activates the machine. The Sandman decides to give Robin to Catwoman as a present and splits. b: 28-Dec-1966 pc: 9715-Pt. 1 w: Ellis St. Joseph and Charles Hoffman s: Ellis St. Joseph d: George Waggner NOTE: This is the first episode to feature team-ups of villains, following the pattern of the 1966 Batman movie, which featured four supervillains. The Morpheus Mattress Factory is located on Derwin Alley, which is named for Batman assistant director Bill Derwin. The second part has two titles due to the fact that it was reeditied to include The Catwoman. Some TV prints have one title, while some have the other. J. Pauline Spaghetti is based on multimillionaire J(ohn). Paul Getty. (And yes, that is Spring Byington of December Bride fame, playing J. Pauline.) Repeated on ABC May 10, 1967. 68. The Catwoman Goeth (a.k.a.) A Stitch in Time gs: Julie Newmar (The Catwoman) Michael Rennie (The Sandman) Spring Byington (J. Pauline Spaghetti) Jeanie Moore (Catarina/Policewoman Mooney) Richard Peel (Snooze) Tony Ballen (Nap) Gypsy Rose Lee (Female Newscaster) Lindsey Workman (Tuthill) Ray Montgomery (Officer Dan Dietrich) James Brolin (Officer Reggie Hogan) Valerie Kairys (Kitty) Pat Becker (Catti) Barbara Kelly (Woman) William Dyer (Policeman) As the giant needle does its deadly duty, and beckons ever closer to The Caped Crusader, he removes his utility belt, and uses it to hook it onto the machine's control switch and shut it off in time. Meanwhile, Robin, having been delivered to The Catwoman by The Sandman, is forced at gunpoint into her tricky electrifying maze. Abandoning the purloined Batmobile, The Sandman prepares to doublecross The Catwoman and elope with J. Pauline Spaghetti and her millions. Returning to The Batcave, The Batman locates his missing Batmobile with The Batmobile Tracking Map and, with Alfred's able assistance, recovers it, but with no trace of The Boy Wonder. Moments later, The Commissioner phones and informs The Darknight Detective that J. Pauline has withdrawn $200 million from the bank and has eloped with Sandman to J. Pauline Spaghetti Island. Meanwhile, Robin has reached the middle of The Catwoman's maze, where he encounters Policewoman Mooney. The Batman locates Catwoman's lair at Catacombs Condominium, Subterranean Suite 6, and informs her of her betrayal by Sandman. An incensed Catwoman leads Batman to her maze, from which he emerges in no time with Robin and the missing policewoman. As Chief O'Hara and his men apprehend Catwoman, The Dynamic Duo drive The Batmobile to the secluded Batmarina, where they defect to The Batboat and speed for Pauline's island. As Pauline shows Sandman around her now abandoned noodle factory, Batman and Robin appear and engage Sandman, Snooze and Nap with a fierce fisticuffs, ending with Sandman plummeting into a noodle vat! The Duo soon discover to their surprise that J. Pauline Spaghetti, a seven-year-long insomniac, has finally fallen sound asleep on her own 2 feet! Later, at Wayne Manor, Aunt Harriet shows Alfred, Bruce and Dick her plans to make a shrubbery in the form of a maze. b: 29-Dec-1966 pc: 9715-Pt. 2 w: Ellis St. Joseph and Charles Hoffman s: Ellis St. Joseph d: George Waggner NOTE: The footage of The Dynamic Duo driving The Batmobile to a secluded Batpier and swicthing to The Batboat is edited from the 1966 Batman movie. This is the second and final appearance of The Batboat on the Batman television series. Notice that Nap resembles Stanley Laurel, and Snooze, Oliver Hardy! William Dyer, Adam West's lighting stand-in, got screen credit as a policeman in this episode, and often played cops on the show without credit. The late Michael Rennie (The Sandman) played Harry Lime on The Third Man (1959-65). He also portrayed The Duke Of Lanbourne in the 1967 Warner Bros. big-screen version of Arthur Hailey's 1965 novel Hotel. The late Gypsy Rose Lee (Female Newscaster) started dancing and stripping at burlesque houses at the age of 15 with the assistance of fellow dancer "Tessie The Tassel Twirler." She retired from burlesque 8 years later to appear in films but documented her rise to fame and adventurous relationship with her mother in the autobiographical book, "Gypsy." Repeated on ABC May 11, 1967. The run down factory where the Batmobile was left had a sign posted which said, "Run Down Factory." This was shown immediately after Batman had traced his Batmobile to a part of town with run down factories. 69. The Contaminated Cowl gs: Heather Young (I) (American Operator) Lennie Bremen (Benny) Barbara Morrison (Hattie Hatfield) David Wayne (Jervis Tetch, The Mad Hatter) Jean Hale (Polly) Victor Aames (Skimmer) Leonid Kinskey (Professor Overbeck) Jesslyn Fax (Bonbon) Paul Bryar (Jennings) Gil Stuart (British Operator) Margaret Teele (Russian Operator) Richard Collier (Otto Puffendorfer) Ivy Bethune (Maudie) Charlie Picerni (Stooge #1) Roger Creed (Stooge #2) During a leisurely softball game at Gotham State penitentiary, Jervis Tetch, the sinister Mad Hatter, steals home and keeps right on going, along with the cap of Warden Crichton (who was umpire). Later, he and his henchmen swipe 700 hatboxes from BonBon's Boutique (after Mad Hatter gives its namesake proprietress a taste of his Super Mesmerizer in his top hat), and he and his moll, Polly, use the hatboxes to put his entire collection of heisted headgear into storage. Jervis then tells Polly that he has lost all fascination with stealing hats and announces he is altering his tactics to instead use hats for crimes! Alerted to the hatbox heist, Batman and Robin use The Batcomputer to predict The Mad Hatter's next criminal scheme, which is the robbery of Hattie Hatfield's ruby from The Headdress Ball at The Top Hat Room. Jervis Tetch, in cognito as The Three-Tailed Pasha Of Panchagorum, of course, removes the ruby just as The Dynamic Duo arrive and he quickly throws his gimmicked fez to the floor, which causes an explosion of fireworks. In the confusion, The Hatter manages to spritz The Batman's cowl with radioactive spray (turning it bright pink!) before he and his men make a break for it. The Caped Crusader, who strategically ingested an Antiradioactive Batpill beforehand, and The Boy Wonder rushes to Professor Overbeck at The Atomic Energy Laboratory, where Tetch, in disguise as Overbeck's assistant Otto Puffendorfer, snatches the pink cowl just as The Batman changes into a spare one. The Dynamic Duo leap out to confront Jervis The Hatter and his crooked cohorts only to be immediately overtaken, captured, and trapped inside a gigantic X-Ray Accelerator Tube and Fluoroscopic Cabinet, which when activated will permanently irradiate The Duo! b: 04-Jan-1967 pc: 9739-Pt. 1 w: Charles Hoffman d: Oscar Rudolph NOTE: We learn here that Alfred Pennyworth makes all of The Batcostumes. Hoffman, the series story editor, wrote 22 scripts for the series (including this episode), second only to Stanley Ralph Ross. Repeated on ABC August 2, 1967. 70. The Mad Hatter Runs a Foul gs: Heather Young (I) (American Operator) Lennie Bremen (Benny) David Wayne (Jervis Tetch, The Mad Hatter) Jean Hale (Polly) Victor Aames (Skimmer) Leonid Kinskey (Professor Overbeck) Jesslyn Fax (Bonbon) Paul Bryar (Jennings) Gil Stuart (British Operator) Margaret Teele (Russian Operator) Richard Collier (Otto Puffendorfer) Ivy Bethune (Maudie) Charlie Picerni (Stooge #1) Roger Creed (Stooge #2) After Jervis Tetch and his criminal quintet hit the road, Overbeck releases Batman and Robin, who managed to avert the deadly rays with the helpful aid of their trusty Bat-X-Ray Deflectors, from the cabinet and replace them with a pair of human skeletons clad in Batsuits. Later, The Mad Hatter and his slippery stooges are very convinced The Dynamic Duo is a Defunct Duo when they discover the skeletons (typical of a criminal to return to the scene of the crime to admire his handiwork!). And so does the rest of the world, when The Batskeletons are discovered by a cleaning woman the very next morning, and she alerts the police. With The Caped Crusader and The Boy Wonder out of the loop, the full force of Gotham City are at half mast, believing they're dead, and all businesses are shut down and people flocked into their homes by the thousands! The Mad Hatter is given carte blanche to commence with his true scheme: substitute Hattie Hatfield's paste ruby (certainly he knew it was phony!) for a priceless ruby from the forehead of The Golden Buddha Of Bergama on display at The Gotham City Museum. Meanwhile, The Dynamic Duo, back at their familiar haunt, trace Jervis to his hideout at the defunct Green Derby Restaurant (what more fitting GHQ for a criminal of The Hatter's caliber to hang his headgear?), thanks to a Homing Battransmitter hidden inside the stolen pink cowl. Finding Jervis The Hatter and his quartet of crooked cronies awaiting them at the top of a giant water tower adjacent to the restaurant, Batman and Robin clamber to the top after them and rout them. Chief O'Hara and his boys in blue arrive to take over the proceedings, and The Duo greet the millions of Gothamites who came out to cheer them on, having learned they were still alive! Later, at Wayne Manor, Alfred Pennyworth answer Aunt Harriet's burning question about how Bruce and Dick could possibly have known The Dynamic Duo were still alive, while other's didn't; he says he told them himself, after hearing it from Maudie, his cousin Egbert's wife and cleaning woman at the atomic energy lab, who'd discovered the Batskeletons and, well, has a predeliction to exaggerate! b: 05-Jan-1967 pc: 9739-Pt. 2 w: Charles Hoffman d: Oscar Rudolph NOTE: This was David Wayne's second and final performance of Jervis Tetch, The Mad Hatter. Writer Charles Hoffman based his material on a comic book story, "The Mad Hatter of Gotham City" from Detective Comics #230 (April 1956), but did little to develop the material. Once again, The Dynamic Duo employs the use of a Homing Battransmitter to ensnare The Mad Hatter. Stock kinescope footage of mourning Gothamites outside Police Headquarters is lifted from the 1966 Batman movie. Repeated on ABC August 3, 1967. 71. The Zodiac Crimes gs: Cesar Romero (The Joker) Burgess Meredith (The Penguin) Terry Moore (Venus) Hal Baylor (Mercury) Joe Di Reda (Mars) Eddie Saenz (Saturn) Dick Crockett (Neptune) Charlie Picerni (Uranus) Charles Fredricks (Leo Crustash) Howard Wendell (Basil Bowman) Louis Cordova (Salesman) Vincent Barbi (Truck Driver) Jonathan Kidd (1st Zoologist) Milton Stark (2nd Zoologist) The Joker pays a visit to Commissioner Gordon's office @ Police HQ and swipes a Rare Art Map. Alerted, Batman and Robin deduce that The Clown Prince Of Crime is plotting to commit 12 crimes based loosely on astrological signs of the zodiac and that he committed the first Zodiac Crime already by stealing the Rare Art Map, whose initials stand for the sign of The Ram (Aries!). Meanwhile, back at his hideout Joker clues the recently arrived (rather, packaged and shipped!) Penguin into his nefarious astrological plan. He then gives a false clue to The Dynamic Duo to the effect that "Taurus The Bull is next on my show," and "You'll be singing a song of woe!" Batman and Robin deduce that Joker was telling them a lot of bull, believing that The Homicidal Harlequin's true objective involves kidnapping a famous brother-and-sister singing duo named The Twins (Gemini!), who sing a song of woe, and they rush to their aid. Unknown to our Duo, the singing duet have already been replaced by Joker's aides, and that Blackbird Of Prey, The Penguin, is waiting in the wings to ensnare The Crusaders. Arriving at the studio, The Caped Crusader and The Boy Wonder are led outside, where Penguin escapes on Joker's Boom Bug. Racing to The Batmobile, The Dynamic Duo chase the bizarre truck, but lose The Penguin, who cleverly lifts himself off with the aid of his trusty bumbershoot and an overhead wire. While Batman and Robin are led astray, The Joker and his shapely aide, Venus, make off with the true twins: the famous Twin Diamonds! Returning to The Batcave, The Caped Crusader learns the location of The Joker's hideout by analyzing the long wig left behind by Venus at the studio when she masqueraded as one of The Twins. Arriving at the hideout, Batman and Robin find the place deserted save for Venus, who falls for Batman and agrees to help him and Robin snare The Joker. She leads The Dynamic Duo to the opera house, where The Dastardly Duo, Joker and Penguin, plans to commit 2 Zodiac Crimes: the kidnapping of Leo Crustash (Leo The Lion and Crustacean The Crab!!). A fight ensues, but Joker and his minions escape, abandoning Penguin to the fate of the authorities. Figuring that The Homicidal Harlequin is scheming to pilfer a masterpiece entitled Virgin Bereaved (Virgo The Virgin!), Batman and Robin dash to The Gotham City Museum, where they are overpowered and tied down to an altar beneath a giant meteorite, which is rigged to fall on them (and turn them into tomato paste!) when its supporting cable is severed by a revolving piece of thermite attached to a planetary mobile surrounding the great rock! b: 11-Jan-1967 pc: 9733-Pt. 1 w: Stephen Kandel and Stanford Sherman s: Stephen Kandel d: Oscar Rudolph NOTE: These episodes were the series' first of 3 three-parters, simultaneously celebrating the show's one-year anniversary and helping to open ABC's second season. Terry Moore (Venus) is best remembered for her role as Jill Young in Mighty Joe Young (RKO, 1949). Dick Crockett (Neptune) portrayed Morgan in the 1966 Batman feature film. The astrological name for The Crab is actually Cancer; it was changed to "Crustacean" for the TV show. Repeated on ABC June 14, 1967. 72. The Joker's Hard Times gs: Cesar Romero (The Joker) Terry Moore (Venus) Hal Baylor (Mercury) Joe Di Reda (Mars) Eddie Saenz (Saturn) Dick Crockett (Neptune) Charlie Picerni (Uranus) Charles Fredricks (Leo Crustash) Howard Wendell (Basil Bowman) Louis Cordova (Salesman) Vincent Barbi (Truck Driver) Jonathan Kidd (1st Zoologist) Milton Stark (2nd Zoologist) Batman frees one of his hands, takes a Batarang from his utility belt, and tosses it at the burning thermite. Breaking off a piece, Batman frees himself, pulls out a Batknife and cuts Robin loose, and they escape with seconds to spare before the great stone drops! Joker believes the duo are finished and snatches a statue of Justice (Libra The Scales!), worth a fortune in carrara marble, from outside Police HQ, just as Venus, incognito as a trenchcoat detective, plucks a jeweled scorpion (Scorpio!). The Dynamic Duo arrive at Police HQ in time to chase down The Joker, who beats a retreat in a stolen police car. Unable to catch him, The Duo set a trap for Joker and his crew at the home of Basil Bowman (Sagittarius The Archer!). When The Criminal Clown arrives and finds Batman And Robin, he grabs Venus and, with a knife at her throat, makes his escape using her as his shield! Finally realizing Joker isn't to be trusted, Venus defects to The Dynamic Duo's side and leads him to a record shop and there they find Leo Crustash. Later, not only does Joker snatch 2 rare fish (Pisces!!) that were on exhibit at The Gotham City Park Fountain, but one of his men manages to snatch Venus as well, not long after The Dynamic Duo speed off in pursuit. Back at his GHQ, The Joker catches The Caped Crusader and The Boy Wonder in a huge net and are quickly taken to a water-filled tank, where, along with Venus, they are about to become the main course of a giant clam. The Joker departs to commit his next crime, while the clam tries to swallow Robin!!!! b: 12-Jan-1967 pc: 9733-Pt. 2 w: Stephen Kandel and Stanford Sherman s: Stephen Kandel d: Oscar Rudolph NOTE: Plans to stitch these episodes together and release them as a second Batman feature film in Europe never reached fruition. Repeated on ABC June 15, 1967. 73. The Penguin Declines gs: Cesar Romero (The Joker) Burgess Meredith (The Penguin) Terry Moore (Venus) Hal Baylor (Mercury) Joe Di Reda (Mars) Eddie Saenz (Saturn) Dick Crockett (Neptune) Charlie Picerni (Uranus) Louis Cordova (Salesman) Vincent Barbi (Truck Driver) Rob Reiner (Delivery Boy) Using every ounce of his superhuman Batstrength, Batman bursts free of his chains, rushes over to the clam and pries it open long enough to rescue Robin from the maw of the menacing mollusk! Freing Venus, the trio make their escape, while The Joker, needing more assistance with his remaining 2 Zodiac Crimes, has his flunkies Uranus and Mars smuggle The Penguin out of prison in a prison laundry truck (by way of Operation Laundry Bag!). Using a mixture of his own insidious creation, The Joker turns the entire Gotham City water supply (Aquarius The Water-Bearer!) into Jokerjelly (concentrated strawberry gelatin which resembles strawberry jelly, but tastes like strawberry axle grease!), and then demands $10 million to change it back! Meanwhile, The Penguin, claiming he has reformed, tries to woo Venus (who's staying at Bruce Wayne's midtown apartment) into asking Batman to let her visit The Batcave, so she can remove Penguin's criminal record from The Batcomputer for him. The Dynamic Duo fly out to the Jokerjelly-infested Gotham City Reservoir by Batcopter and restore the water supply with the trusty aid of a Special Exploding Batarang and The Portable Batlab. Returning to the city, Batman and Robin pay a visit to Venus, who, falling for Penguin's fib about going straight, she convinces Batman into taking her to The Batcave. Hoping to make Batman the goat (Capricorn!!!), Penguin, Joker, and henchmen Mercury, Mars, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus secretly stow away in The Batmobile's trunk. The Duo returns to The Batcave with Venus (having doused her with Batgas, naturally!), and there the crooks pop right out, ready for doing away with Batman and Robin, and converting The Batcave into the headquarters of Gotham City's criminals! But The Caped Crusader stops them by activating his newly designed Batspectrograph Criminal Analyzer, which recorded Joker and Penguin's bone structure, metabolism rate, molecular blood structure, retina patterns, and other invaluable scientific data (he knew of their hiding in the trunk all along, and so he brought them both to The Batcave in order to utilize The Analyzer which only works at close range and is too large to move). The Penguin tries to liquidate The Duo with his deadly Umbrella Gun, but The Batprobe Negative Ion Attractor, which Batman strategically installed in The Batmobile's trunk, depleted its power source during the time they were inside. After a fierce fight, the whole gang is captured and ready to be delivered to prison. Later at Wayne Manor, Dick Grayson cringes as he learns from Aunt Harriet that the main course for dinner is clam chowder, but his guardian Bruce assures him it's his chance to get even! b: 18-Jan-1967 pc: 9733-Pt. 3 w: Stephen Kandel and Stanford Sherman s: Stephen Kandel d: Oscar Rudolph NOTE: Rob Reiner (Delivery Boy) later gained fame as Meathead on All In The Family (CBS, 1971-79). With the exception of the last three, all of The Zodiac Crimes were comitted in the correct order of the signs of the zodiac. The last 3 crimes were done in reverse zodiac order. Repeated on ABC June 21, 1967. 74. That Darn Catwoman gs: Julie Newmar (The Catwoman) Leslie Gore (Pussycat) Jack Gaynor (Spade) George Sawaya (Templar) J. Pat O'Malley (Pat Pending) Allen Jenkins (Little Al [cameo]) Rolla Altman (Girl Teller) David Renard (Prince Kereb) Tony Epper (Stunt Actor) Steve Franken (Rudy [valet]) After giving a stirring speech at the graduation class of Aaron Burr High School, Robin is sidetracked by Pussycat (a former rock-'n'roll singer and new Catwoman cohort) and cat-scratched with the drug cataphrenic, which turns him into Catwoman's pawn. After roughing up Chief O'Hara, The ex-Boy Wonder departs as a new member of The Catwoman's covey! O'Hara quickly alerts Commissioner Gordon who alerts Batman...but meanwhile, with Robin's help, Catwoman steals $200,000 (which Bruce Wayne keeps on hand as house money) from Wayne Manor ? her first step toward raising the million dollars she needs to purchase the plans to The Gotham City Mint. Aware that the police are hot on her trail, The Catwoman threatens to kill The Boy Wonder should the law try to intervene. Consequently, Batman must act on his own. Mayor Linseed is desperate. After Catwoman succeeds in perpetrating two more heists (robbing a local bank and the home of inventor Pat Pending), Batman divines that her next job will be at Prince Ibn Kereb of Gedalia's weighing-in ceremony, where the Prince equals his weight in greenbacks. Batman arrived to do battle with Catmen Spade, Marlowe and Templar, but he finds that he must now deal with the drugged Robin, whom Catwoman sics on "the blue dragon". Batman allows the boy to rough him up and crash a chair over him. When the Caped Crusader tails the gang to Catlair West, and finds Robin all tied up, he thinks he has played possum and rushes over to free him, but when he does, he finds that Robin has played possum...just not in the way that Batman believes, though, and he is caught in a Cattrap. Batman finds himself dangling mere feet above certain death, tied to a giant mousetrap that will spring shut just as soon as The Boy Wonder finishes sawing away at the rope... b: 19-Jan-1967 pc: 9743-Pt. 1 w: Stanley Ralph Ross d: Oscar Rudolph NOTE: Singer Leslie Gore ("It's My Party") is the niece of Batman producer Howie Horwitz. George Sawaya (Templar) played Quetch in the 1966 Batman movie. Repeated on ABC June 22, 1967. 75. Scat, Darn Catwoman gs: Julie Newmar (The Catwoman) Leslie Gore (Pussycat) Jack Gaynor (Spade) George Sawaya (Templar) J. Pat O'Malley (Pat Pending) Allen Jenkins (Little Al [cameo]) Rolla Altman (Girl Teller) David Renard (Prince Kereb) Tony Epper (Stunt Actor) The Feline-ious Felon agrees to release The Batman from the trap only if he agrees to join her gang, and, having little alternative (he's not willing to allow a murder rap hanging over Robin's head), The Caped Crusader acquiesces, but he slips himself a Universal Batantidote before he is scratched with Cataphrenic, allowing him to keep his reason. Pretending to be under The Catwoman's spell, Batman accompanies the gang to The Old Criminals' Home to visit "Little Al," from whom Catwoman hopes to buy the plans to the GC Mint. Batman phones an anonymous tip to the police informing them where they can capture Robin and Pussycat. Knowing that The Boy Wonder is now safe, Batman sets a trap for Catwoman, who convinces him to take her back to The Batcave (but not before he gasses her to sleep with Batsleep gas!). While in The Batcave, Batman diverts a phone line instigated by the police trying to trace him to the cave, leading the cops right to the place of inventor Pet Pending, whom they arrest. After a tour of The Batcave, Batman gasses Catwoman asleep and leaves a note for Alfred Pennyworth ordering him to deliver The Batantidote to Robin at Police HQ. Returning to Gotham, Batman and Catwoman meet the rest of the gang at The Mint. Using a hidden entrance detailed in The Catwoman's plans, they enter the building with plans to loot the whole safe! They blast their way into the vault with a silent explosive, where they are confronted by Robin, now restored to his faithful crimefighting old self again thanks to The Batantidote. The Dynamic Duo make mincemeat of The Catmen, but, just as the police arrive to collect the crooks, Catwoman steals Batman's keys and escapes in The Batmobile. Commandeering O'Hara's squad car, The Dynamic Duo give chase through The New Guernsey Bridge, but realize the impossibility of gaining The Batmobile's top speed, so they use The Batmobile's remote control to stop the car at a waterfront building. The Catwoman takes chase by Batman and climbs to the roof to avoid capture, but she is overcome by vertigo! Here she proposes marriage to The Caped Crusader, which he rejects only when she suggests killing Robin to make their lives together purrfect. Pretending to surrender, The Catwoman reaches out for Batman's hand and deliberately slips, falls and disappears into the water below...but has she drowned?! b: 25-Jan-1967 pc: 9743-Pt. 2 w: Stanley Ralph Ross d: Oscar Rudolph NOTE: Catwoman must be the luckiest crook on earth! According to our calculations, she now has 7 lives left! Repeated on ABC June 28, 1967. 76. Penguin Is a Girl's Best Friend gs: Burgess Meredith (The Penguin) Carolyn Jones (Marsha, Queen Of Diamonds) Estelle Winwood (Aunt Hilda) Bob Hastings (Major Beasley) Alan Reed Jr (General MacGruder) Kimberly Allen (Miss Patterson) Frank Baron (Henchman #1) Milton Stark (Mr. Tambor) Ted Fish (Truckdriver) Frank Conte (Henchman #2) Don Hannum (1st Guard) Andy Romano (2nd Guard) Brad Logan (Workman) The Dynamic Duo foil a holdup of a nearby bank---unbeknownst to them it was actually a holdup scene being shot by Penguin for his new motion picture (his production company is, natch, Penguin Productions, Inc.!), which they accidentally interrupted! Batman and Robin are forced into signing a contract to appear in the film! The Batman arranges for Aunt Harriet's Film Decency League to raid the scene in which The Queen Of Diamonds, Marsha, was supposed to take a milk bath in the nude. So Penguin tries to teach The Cowled Crimefighter a lesson by setting up a love scene between Batman and Marsha so that he can film 100 takes of the duet smooching--on purpose! Whilst Marsha and her Aunt Hilda go off to Gotham's Central Park in search of old toads for one of Hilda's love potions, Penguin moves his movie company to The Museum Of Antiquities, where his cronies snatch an entire collection of priceless 15th-century chaimnail armor. Penguin discover's Batman's on to his scheme, and he calls for a staged fight which is actually for real! He then places The Duo onto a giant catapult, where he straps cameras to their legs, intending to film them a they are prepared to be launched across Gotham City! b: 26-Jan-1967 pc: 9741-Pt. 1 w: Stanford Sherman d: James B. Clark NOTE: This is the second 3-part episode of Batman, as well as Carolyn Jones' second and final appearance as Marsha, Queen of Diamonds. Several shots of the Batman set and crew can be found sprinkled throughout "Penguin Is A Girl's Best Friend." The reference to the nude milk bath scene is a not-so-subtle jab at the big-budget money-losing movie Cleopatra with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Taylor's milk bath scene raised similar complaints. This particular episode breaks tradition on the series of the teaser sequence of Part I forever ending with Bruce and Dick sliding down The Batpoles, in an attempt on the producers' part to keep the proceedings from getting...well, too predictable. Repeated on ABC June 29, 1967. 77. Penguin Sets a Trend gs: Alan Reed (General MacGruder) Burgess Meredith (The Penguin) Carolyn Jones (Marsha, Queen Of Diamonds) Estelle Winwood (Aunt Hilda) Bob Hastings (Major Beasley) Kimberly Allen (Miss Patterson) Frank Baron (Henchman #1) Milton Stark (Mr. Tambor) Ted Fish (Truckdriver) Frank Conte (Henchman #2) Don Hannum (1st Guard) Andy Romano (2nd Guard) Brad Logan (Workman) As the rope holding the catapult slowly burns through, Batman remembers that he still has The Batmobile's Remote Control device strapped to his wrist. He quickly computes the trajectory, then uses the remote control to signal The Batmobile to meet them at Mulberry and 7th Streets (30 yards south), where he and Robin will come crashing down. The Batmobile heads for her programmed destination, just as The Dynamic Duo are launched up, up into the air and away across Gotham City. As predicted, The Batmobile gets there before The Caped Crusader and The Boy Wonder, just in time to release a safety net from the trunk to catch them. The Duo return to Penguin's movie studio, where the pompous, waddling producer dresses them in 2 suits of armor and them immobilizes them with a huge electromagnet, leaving them suspended in midair while he keeps an appointment with Gen. MacGruder at The Hexagon. Back at the studio, The Batman somehow manages to loosen a fitting from his suit of armor and tosses it into an open light socket, overloading the circuit, shorting out the fuse, deactivating the magnet, and releasing him and Robin. With little time to spare, The Duo speed to The Hexagon still clad in the armor. Meanwhile, Penguin and his finks use the armor stolen from the antiquities museum (rendering them immune to the soldiers' bullets!) to break into the secret storeroom and pilfer some topsecret plans! Batman and Robin arrive too late at The Hexagon, but they still manage to pick up his trail and locate The Penguin's van, giving him chase. Due to the armor's massive weight, the van blows a fuse during a sharp turn, forcing Pengy and his crooked crew to abandon it, and The Blackbird Of Prey sends his henchmen back to their hideout while he leads The Caped Crimebusters into a trap. Penguin leads the armored heroes down an alley and trips them up by rolling several metal drums into their way. Penguin then pays the driver of an arriving scrap truck to cart everything -- including The Armored Duo! -- away to be tamped down inside a highpressure hydraulic scrap-metal crusher!!!!! b: 01-Feb-1967 pc: 9741-Pt. 2 w: Stanford Sherman d: James B. Clark NOTE: The Hexagon is a takeoff on The Pentagon. The late Alan Reed (General MacGruder) was the original voice of Fred Flintstone. Bob Hastings (Major Beasley) later provided the voice of Commissioner Gordon on Batman: The Animated Series and The New Batman Adventures. Repeated on ABC July 5, 1967. 78. Penguin's Disastrous End gs: Burgess Meredith (The Penguin) Carolyn Jones (Marsha, Queen Of Diamonds) Estelle Winwood (Aunt Hilda) Kimberly Allen (Miss Patterson) Frank Baron (Henchman #1) Milton Stark (Mr. Tambor) Ted Fish (Truckdriver) Frank Conte (Henchman #2) Don Hannum (1st Guard) Andy Romano (2nd Guard) Brad Logan (Workman) While inside the crusher, Batman plucks The Batpumps from his utility belt and uses them to counter the crusher's external pressure with air pressure and stop it from turning him and Robin into paperweights. The Duo then use a torch to slice their way out of their scrap metal cocoon. Meanwhile, Marsha and Aunt Hilda find their old toads and create a batch of love potion to use on the guards at The Gotham City Sub-Treasury, and while The Queen Of Diamonds mesmerizes the guards with her Dance Of The Seven Veils, Penguin and his men move mysterious equipment inside the gold vault. The Caped Crusader has tracked Aunt Hilda's escaped lizards back to her underground hideout, where they find the missing chainmail armor and one of Penguin's thugs, who unwittingly alerts The Dynamic Duo as to The Penguin's present location. Having secured The Fink, The Duo speed for The Sub-Treasury, just as Penguin, Marsha, Hilda, and the rest of the gang lock themselves up inside the vault. For 3 long days, The Batman, Robin, Chief O'Hara and Commissioner Gordon wait outside, while the gang, inside the vault, aided by a tank of fresh air, remain until finally, they burst from within inside a solid gold tank (constructed from the swiped Hexagon plans and the gold in the vault!)! They piece the entire mystery together: Penguin used his sinister movie studio to steal the chainmail armor (Part 1), used the armor to steal the plans from The Hexagon (Part 2), and used the plans to build the tank (Part 3)! Chief O'Hara dives into his squad car and uses it to block the tank, but the tank runs right over it, crushing the vehicle flat! The Dynamic Duo, Gordon, and several boys in blue move the flattened car to discover O'Hara had dove into a manhole with his very life. Batman and Robin give chase in The Batmobile and use The Batzooka to disable the tank, forcing the villains to surrender. Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson end with watching a 16mm home movie of Marsha and Batman kissing, at home with Alfred and Aunt Harriet. b: 02-Feb-1967 pc: 9741-Pt. 3 w: Stanford Sherman d: James B. Clark NOTE: The prop used as The Batzooka in this episode was previously used as The Batcharge Launcher in the 1966 Batman movie. Repeated on ABC July 6, 1967. 79. Batman's Anniversary gs: Deanna Lund (Anna Gram) John Astin (The Riddler) Jim Lefebvre (Across) Ken Scott (Down) Byron Keith (Mayor Linseed) Eddie Quillan (Newsie) Martin Kosleck (Professor Avery Evans Charm) Bud Furillo (Reporter) Tom Kelly (TV Reporter) On an urgent call from Commissioner Gordon, Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson switch to Batman and Robin and rush to The Gotham Plaza Hotel; once there, they are surprised by a party being held in celebration of Batman and Robin's anniversary of their partnership with The Gotham City Police Department. During the presentation of a golden calf filled with $200,000 intended for charity, the party is interrupted by erupting clouds of green smoke and the sudden appearance of three emergency firemen who swipe the calf and escape through an open window. Before making his escape, one of the firemen reveals himself to be that crooked Count Of Conundrums himself, The Riddler, in disguise, who drops off one of his criminal clues, and then drops out to a safety net placed just outside! The Dynamic Duo attempt to give chase in The Batmobile, but lose the getaway truck in some Riddler-planned confusion. Following up on Riddler's clue, The Dynamic Duo analyze a crossword puzzle in The Gotham Herald newspaper. Believing they have solved the puzzle, and that it holds the key to The Riddler's next caper, they put through a call to Gordon by Batphone to alert him. However, Gordon informs them that the underground vault of The Gotham City Bank has been flooded (obviously engineered by Riddler and crew!). Realizing they have misread the clues, Batman and Robin track Riddler to the bank where he and his henchmen Across and Down (in frogman wetsuits) are attempting to steal the cash. Armed with Batrespirators, The Duo give battle; during the fight, Riddler yanks off Robin's respirator and tosses it asunder, causing Batman to rush to his aid and give Riddler and his minions the distraction they need to split. The trio of supercrooks reconvene at their hideout at the soon-to-be-opened Norman Jigsaw Puzzle Factory, where they meet up with their moll, Anna Gram (oh, brother!) and to dry out the stolen money, for The Prince Of Puzzlers wants to collect $3 million in order to bargain for a horrifying weapon from Professor Avery Evans Charm: a pen-sized Demolecularizer. Meanwhile, Batman and Robin remember their appointment with The Gotham City's Bakers Guild to pose for lifesize marshmallow figurines, which will top a giant cake. Unknown to them, The Riddler, Across and Down have replaced the guild members! They lift The Caped Crusader and The Boy Wonder by forklift to the top of the 3-story cake; then, with a click of a switch by Riddler, Batman and Robin find themselves stuck as the cake directly under our heroes is made of 15 feet of lethal quicksand cleverly disguised as strawberry icing! As The Dynamic Duo slowly sink to oblivion, The Riddler and his men depart to prepare his next criminal scheme. b: 08-Feb-1967 pc: 9745-Pt. 1 w: William P. D'Angelo d: James B. Clark NOTE: Actress Deanna Lund uses her character name from this episode as the title of her newsletters from her fan club "FRIENDS OF DEANNA LUND". This is John Astin's sole performance as The Riddler. Frank Gorshin, the original Prince Of Puzzlers, had a night club commitment which he couldn't avoid, but wasn't too happy at his substitution on the series, thus convincing him to come back in Season 3. Check out the strange wavy action words during the battle in the underground vault! Notice The Riddler now carries a cane adorned with a "?" on the top. Also, not once does The Riddler wear his other outfit: a light-green, "?"-covered 3-piece suit with dark green derby hat adorned with a sequined "?" (he also didn't wear it in "The Ring Of Wax/Give 'Em The Axe" [#8725, 3/30-1/66]). Based on a story featured in Detective Comics #140 (October 1948), which, of course, marked The Prince Of Puzzler's Riddling debut! 80. A Riddling Controversy gs: John Astin (The Riddler) Deanna Lund (Anna Gram) Jim Lefebvre (Across) Ken Scott (Down) Martin Kosleck (Professor Avery Evans Charm) Bud Furillo (Reporter) Tom Kelly (TV Announcer) As the lethal quicksand has almost claimed our heroes, Batman and Robin escape by reaching down ever so slowly, activate their experimental Heel-and-Toe Batrockets, and rocket themselves to safety. They investigate another cunning clue left by Riddler after his latest crime, and encounter Riddler, Across and Down at the penthouse of Anthony Aquila, an exiled South American dictator. They are unable to stop the thieving trio from cracking the dictator's safe because they must first rescue dictator himself from one of Riddler's fiendish puzzle-traps. Fearing for the man's life, The Duo allow the villains to escape with their ill-gotten gains. The Boy Wonder succeeds in solving the puzzle of the cage and releasing Aquila, only to find that the box supposedly containing the explosives was a fake ("If the tail fits, wear it!"). The Riddler finally amasses enough capital to purchase Professor Charm's invention, which he plans to demonstrate on a park statue. Disguised as a street cleaner, Riddler aims the Demolecularizer at the statue and makes it vanish right before the very eyes of The Dynamic Duo and the police! The Conundrum King then promises to Demolecularize Police HQ unless Gotham's criminal codes are rescinded. The Caped Crusader and The Boy Wonder fly The Batcopter over Gotham and seed the clouds above with di-chloride, thus neutralizing Riddler's device with a well-timed lightning bolt from a passing storm cloud. The Dynamic Duo then trace Riddler to his hideout by Batcycle at The Norman Jigsaw Puzzle Factory, where they round him and his cronies Anna Gram, Across and Down up, and send them on another long trek back to the pokey. Later, in Gordon's office @ Police HQ, a guilt-wracked Professor Charm returns the stolen cash. b: 09-Feb-1967 pc: 9745-Pt. 2 w: William P. D'Angelo d: James B. Clark NOTE: The footage of The Dynamic Duo flying in The Batcopter is edited from the 1966 Batman movie. During 1966, Thursday installments of the series were rated the fifth most popular TV show while Wednesday segments were tenth. NBC's Bonanza was the series riding the #1 spot. 81. The Joker's Last Laugh gs: Cesar Romero (The Joker) Phyllis Douglas (Josie Miller) Lawrence Montaigne (Mr. Glee) J. Edward McKinley (Mr. Flamm) Hollie Haze (Miranda Fleece) Clint Ritchi (Boff) Ed Deemer (Yock) Oscar Beregi Jr (Dr. Floyd) When a rash of counterfeit money is discovered emanating from Gotham City Bank, The Caped Crusader and The Boy Wonder are summoned to investigate. At Police HQ, they discover that The Joker has planted a tiny loudspeaker on Commissioner Gordon's cufflinks which was the source of a constant broadcast of hideous laughter that seemed to echo in Gordon's ears and had been driving him and Chief O'Hara up the wall. Believing The Harlequin Of Homicidal Humor is behind the phony tender at the bank, The Dynamic Duo rush to the scene. There at the bank, it is discovered that the bank's chief teller has been replaced by Mr. Glee, a Joker-controlled robot. The Batman and Robin disables the robot and takes him to The Batcave, and Joker and his moll, Josie Miller, is able to divine the Batcave's location with the robot's built-in homing device, and they give pursuit in The Jokemobile! However, Batman has anticipated this and uses a tracking signal Batdeflector to lead The Joker to a fake Batcave! Back in The Batcave, The Caped Crusader traces The Clown Prince Of Crime to his new hideout: at the offices of Penthouse Comic-Book Publishers. In order to prove Joker is printing illegal tender, Robin attempts a break-in, while Bruce Wayne pretends to be a broken man from embezzling some of the bank's money, and his only way out is to ingratiate himself with Joker. If The Joker would agree to print some of his funny money, Bruce would return the favor by making him Vice President of The Gotham National Bank. Joker quickly, and gleefully, agrees, but just as he is about to print the corrupt cash, The Boy Wonder appears and does battle with Boff and Yock, two of Joker's other robots. Bruce joins in briefly, but Robin is nevertheless quickly subdued and winds up strapped to a giant printing press Joker uses to manufacture comic books (even more treacherous irony!)! And, just to make sure that Bruce doesn't try to pull a fast one, he orders Boff and Yock to force him to throw the lever that activates the press and turn Robin into a human-sized comic book... b: 15-Feb-1967 pc: 9747-Pt. 1 w: Lorenzo Semple Jr. s: Peter Rabe d: Oscar Rudolph NOTE: These were the final episodes of Batman ever composed by Lorenzo Semple Jr. Lawrence Montaigne (Mr. Glee) is recognized by fans of Star Trek (NBC, 1966-69) as Decius in "Balance Of Terror" (Dec. 15, 1966) and Stonn in its second season debut, "Amok Time" (Sept. 15, 1967). This is the first appearance of the infamous Jokemobile. 82. The Joker's Epitaph gs: Cesar Romero (The Joker) Phyllis Douglas (Josie Miller) Lawrence Montaigne (Mr. Glee) J. Edward McKinley (Mr. Flamm) Hollie Haze (Miranda Fleece) Clint Ritchi (Boff) Ed Deemer (Yock) Oscar Beregi Jr (Dr. Floyd) Just as it looks like The Boy Wonder (already a famous comic-book hero!) is about to become a permanent part of next week's comic issue, the faithful Alfred, disguised as The Batman, Batclimbs to The Joker's hideout, enters the window, arrives just in time to gas the bad guys and release Robin. Joker, however, escapes with his minions and a document signed by Bruce that names The Joker bank vice president! The next time Batman and Robin pay a visit to the bank, they discover that Joker, employing the alias "W.C. Whiteface," has hired his moll and gang as bank employees. Unable to take legal action, The Duo return to Wayne Manor. There, as Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson, they meet with Joker and Josie, who now proceeds to attempt to perpetrate an intricate blackmail scheme on Bruce with a secret tape recording of his demand for ounterfeit cash! In exchange for the tape, Bruce must turn over the corpses of The Dynamic Duo. He refuses, and Joker then orders Bruce to marry Josie with an initial $3 million marriage settlement! Bruce can't figure out how to foil the scheme without revealing his secret identity, so he, with Dick, seeks an alternate way out. Back in The Batcave, Batman and Robin hatch a Batscheme to use The Joker's own robots against him. While The Boy Wonder rigs the robots, Bruce Wayne is summoned upstairs where he is apprehended. Believing Bruce was not in his right mind when he appointed Joker to the position of bank VP, Gordon calls in a specialist named Dr. Floyd, who arranges for Bruce to be declared legally insane and put away for his own good! Wayne is then appreheded by Chief O'Hara and The AntiLunatic Squad. Alfred quickly heads to The Batcave to relay this info to Robin, and, after giving Boff, Yock and Mr. Glee their final instructions, Robin and Alfred speed off by Batmobile to rescue Bruce. Locating the van, they blast open its doors with The Batray and use the superpowered Batmagnet to attract the metal buckles of Bruce's straitjacket to yank him from the speeding van, and he rolls with the fall to escape harm. Bruse switches back to Batman with a spare Batsuit, and The Dynamic Duo race the remaining mile to the bank, arriving just in time to witness the robots in action. Mr. Glee identifies Josie as his long-lost wife, and The Caped Crusader accuses The Joker of aiding and abetting bigamy! Just then, Boff and Yock, the robot tellers, start holding up the customers as per Batman's instructions. Realizing something has gone awry, The Joker pulls out his robot control device and reprogram Boff and Yock to seize The Dynamic Duo. Batman and Robin, knowing that Joker has hoisted himself on his own petard, use the opportunity to pin an attempted murder charge on The Fiendish Funnyman once they have quickly dispatched the meachanical mmalefactors. Later, Dr. Floyd pronounces that Bruce's fall from the van has restored his sanity, and Bruce recieves a clean bill of health. b: 16-Feb-1967 pc: 9747-Pt. 2 w: Lorenzo Semple Jr. s: Peter Rabe d: Oscar Rudolph 83. Catwoman Goes to College gs: Julie Newmar (Catwoman) Jacques Bergerac (Freddy) Paul Mantee (Comell) Sheldon Allman (Penn) Paul Picerni (Brown) Whitney Blake (Amber Forever) David Lewis (Warden Crichton) Jan Burrell (Alma Mater) Art Linkletter (himself [window cameo]) The Catwoman leaves jail and is turned over to her parole officer ? Bruce Wayne. She immediately enrolls as a criminology major at Gotham City University. Aided by 3 overage freshmen named Brown, Cornell, and Penn, she arranges for the lifesized statue of Batman to be stolen from the university rotunda. Alerted by Gordon to the theft of the statue, The Dynamic Duo arrive on the scene. While The Caped Crusader examines the only clue to the theft, a freshman beanie containing a single red hair, The Catwoman uses the stolen statue as the model for a Batman costume for Cornell, who so costumed is an exact double for The Caped Crusader. The next day, Batman gives a lecture in criminology to Catwoman's class, where he gives a complete description of the statue thief. Believing Batman is on to him, Penn (who lost the beanie) makes his escape as Catwoman secretly rings the class bell. Later, when The Batman and The Catwoman are sharing a soda (?!!!) at The Sweet Shoppe, a local school hangout, Robin The Boy Wonder informs The Caped Crusader about the recent robbery of a supermarket by a crook wearing a Batman suit. Before he can investigate, Captain Courageous, a newly arrived police officer from California (who never even heard of Batman!), has him arrested. While Batman waits in jail, Catwoman incites a student riot. Alfred, disguised as Batman's lawyer, arrives at the Gotham jail with a Batmakeup case, and, after a quick switch, Batman leaves the jail disguised as Alfred. That night at a rally in Chime Square, The Felonious Feline captures The Caped Crusader and The Boy Wonder, deposits them inside a giant coffee cup, and activates the mechanical percolator that, in a matter of moments, will liquidate our heroes with deadly sulphuric acid! b: 22-Feb-1967 pc: 9749-Pt. 1 w: Stanley Ralph Ross d: Robert Sparr NOTE: Paul Mantee (Cornell) previously teamed up with Adam West in the 1964 Paramount film Robinson Crusoe On Mars. A segment with Batman in prison (second half of #83) showed exactly how Batman's cape and cowl were removed. 84. Batman Displays His Knowledge gs: Julie Newmar (The Catwoman) Jacques Bergerac (Freddy) Paul Mantee (Comell) Sheldon Allman (Penn) Paul Picerni (Brown) Whitney Blake (Amber Forever) David Lewis (Warden Crichton) Jan Burrell (Alma Mater) Art Linkletter (himself [window cameo]) As the acid begins to spill out of the pot's spout, Batman positions his hand under the flow so that the first few drops of acid will burn away his bonds. Then, using The Batrope, he switches off the master switch. Meanwhile, Catwoman and her men have managed to steal the rare Batagonian Cat's Eye Opals from The Forever Jewel Company. They take them to French Freddy Touche, a well-known fence who runs a fencing school, in the hopes of selling them on the black market. Freddy knows that the opals are supposed to be jinxed and refuses to take them. Later, while trying to convince Catwoman to return the opals for the reward, Freddy discovers that the gems are fakes, created by Batman. Infuriated, Catwoman invites Batman to meet her alone at the model home of The Sherlock Holmes Real Estate Development at midnight. Arriving at the house, Catwoman tries to kill Batman with poisonous perfume, but Batman suspects the trouble and protected himself by putting Batplugs in his Batnostrils, thus foiling her scheme. Catwoman calls for her cleverly hidden henchmen to finish him off. Robin quickly appears, and together The Dynamic Duo rout the roughians. Bruce returns Catowman to Gotham State Pen; she tells him her heart is for Batman. b: 23-Feb-1967 pc: 9749-Pt. 2 w: Stanley Ralph Ross d: Robert Sparr NOTE: This marked Julie Newmar's farewell appearance as The Catwoman. Jacques Bergerac (Freddy The Fence) is now the president of Revlon in Paris. He reprises his role of Freddy The Fence in Episode #1726, "Minerva, Mayhem and Millionaires," the series finale. 85. A Piece of the Action gs: Van Williams (Britt Reid / Green Hornet) Bruce Lee (Kato) Roger C. Carmel (Col. Gumm) Diane McBain (Pinky Pinkston) Seymour Cassel (Canceled) Rico Cattani (Reprint) Alex Rocco (Block) Harry Frazier (Mr. Stample) James O'Hara (Sgt. Semple) Angelique Pettyjohn (1st Model [Angelique]) Jan Watson (2nd Model [Shirley]) Dusty Cadis (Waiter) Edward G. Robinson (Cameo [window]) On a foray into The Pick Chip Stamps Factory in Gotham City, The Green Hornet and Kato, tracing a flood of counterfeit stamps, are confronted by the unlikely Col. Gumm, an evil foreman running a counterfeit rare-stamp operation out of the factory, who informs boss Pinky Pinkston. The two crimefighters leave even though they have a good chance of trouncing Gumm. Factory owner Pinky Pinkston is concerned about the break-in, so she asks Commissioner Gordon for help, and Gordon alerts The Dynamic Duo. Later, Bruce Wayne lunches with Pinky and her friend Britt Reid, and Gumm (in disguise) overhears their conversation as she asks Bruce to get The Batman to guard her factory against The Green Hornet and Kato. Bruce and Britt visit Boris Severoff's Stamp Store to complain about counterfeit stamps. Severoff (Gumm in disguise) denies everything, but he hurriedly advises his thugs, Canceled, Reprint, and Block, to dismantle the operation. Unfortunately, Pinky overhears Gumm's conversation, and she is bound and gagged in his office. The Green Hornet and Kato, returning to the factory in an attempt to round up the do-badders, are captured by Gumm and his men. Although The Batman and Robin arrive soon after, they fall into a glue trap and are forced to watch in horror as The Hornet and Kato are fed to an Enlarged Perforation and Coiling Machine, in which they are both to be blocked, gummed, and perforated into lifesized stamps, while The Caped Crusader and The Boy Wonder, stuck to Col. Gumm's undetatchable glue pad, await their turn! b: 01-Mar-1967 pc: 9751-Pt. 1 w: Charles Hoffman d: Oscar Rudolph NOTE: The Green Hornet and Kato are billed in the sub-main titles as "Visiting Heros". 2 actresses in this episode each had a role in 2 of Elvis Presley's movies. Diane McBain (Pinky Pinkston) was cast as Diane St. Clair in "Spinout" (1966). Angelique Pettyjohn (1st Model [Angelique]) was cast as Gloria in "Clambake" (1967) Roger C. Carmel (best known as Harry Mudd on Star Trek) does not receive any main billing as "Guest Villain" in this episode. Diane McBain previously played Lisa in "Batman Stands Pat"/"The Thirteenth Hat". 86. Batman's Satisfaction gs: Van Williams (Britt Reid / Green Hornet) Bruce Lee (Kato) Roger C. Carmel (Col. Gumm) Diane McBain (Pinky Pinkston) Seymour Cassel (Canceled) Rico Cattani (Reprint) Alex Rocco (Block) Harry Frazier (Mr. Stample) James O'Hara (Sgt. Semple) Angelique Pettyjohn (1st Model [Angelique]) Jan Watson (2nd Model [Shirley]) Dusty Cadis (Waiter) Edward G. Robinson (Bat-Climb Cameo) The Green Hornet and Kato are stamped and thumbtacked to the wall, but Batman and Robin unwittingly come unglued and overpower Col. Gumm, Cancelled, Reprint, and Block. At the last possible instant, The Caped Crusader quickly shuts off the machine and loosens the outside panel giving The Green Hornet (stuck inside) enough room to use his Hornet Sting gun to blast open the machine. But the evil gang has dispersed, with Gumm kidnapping Pinky. Green Hornet and Kato try to pick up the trail of the escaped Col. Gumm and his gang; meanwhile, Batman labors with and (with the ever-trusty aid of his Batcomputer) interpret the letters remaining in in Col. Gumm's Gumm's abandoned bowl of alphabet soup Pinky left for him and deciphers a message in the soup, which points our heroes toward The International Stamps Exhibition. Meanwhile, Pinky escapes Gumm's clutches with the aid of her pink dog, Apricot, informs Commissioner Gordon of the imminent crime, and accompanies the GCPD to The Exhibition. There Batman and Robin find not only Colonel Gumm, Canceled, Reprint and Block, but The Green Hornet and Kato, too, whom The Duo believe are the crooks behind this whole criminal scheme! During the ensuing battle, Batman finds himself pitted against Green Hornet and Kato using his karate prowess to subdue Robin. Col. Gumm, still disguised as "Mr. Barbarosa," kidnaps Pinky and tries to snatch the priceless stamps. The Dynamic Duo break off their fight to rescue Pinky, and The Green Hornet and Kato split just as Chied O'Hara, Commissioner Gordon and a slew of Gotham's Finest arrive to apprehend the real culprits and wrap things up. Later that night, Bruce Wayne, Britt Reid and Pinky Pinkston celebrate with a candlelit dinner. b: 02-Mar-1967 pc: 9751-Pt. 2 w: Charles Hoffman d: Oscar Rudolph NOTE: Batman and The Green Hornet were filmed on the same Culver City lot, and shared the same network and producer. Note the odd scene in the episode, right after the Batcomputer goes out, when Robin and Batman basically switch roles. Burt Ward starts talking in a pedantic Batman-style, making incredible deductions, and calling Batman "old chum", while Adam West says "gee" a lot and acts dumb. Filming the climactic fight scene between The Dynamic Duo, Green Hornet and Kato proved to be rather sticky, for the actors involved refused to allow their characters to be defeated! Finally, producer Bill Dozier was summoned to straighten out the whole deal, as the stunt doubles just sat there and waited. Dozier said, "Look, it's a Mexican standoff. Nobody wins. You have this big fight. At the end of it, you just stop it and stare at each other; that's the end of the fight." Thus, the scene was reconstructed to--natch!--"Batman's Satisfaction"! While filming the climactic fight, which involves Robin holding his own with Kato as played by world-class martial artist Bruce Lee (yeah, right!), Lee initially began doing the fight sequence with Burt Ward in deadly seriousness, ominously coming after him while Burt Ward squawking "It's only a TV show." Lee finally cracked up, burst into laughter. Check out http://www.bruceleedivinewind.com/hornet.html for the complete story. 87. King Tut's Coup gs: Victor Buono (King Tut) Lee Meriwether (Lisa Carson) Grace Lee Whitney (Neila) Tim O'Kelly (Jester) Loyd Hanes (Chancellor) Tol Avery (Mayor Zorty) James O'Hara (Irish cop) Joseph Abdullah (Guard) Nelson Olmsted (Carson) Walter Reed (Officer) Tommy Noonan (Jolly Jackson) Richard Bakalyan (Sphinx) Terri Messina (Penny) Barry Dennen (Valet) Falling flower pots at Yale U. transform a professor and two students into King Tut, Lord Chancellor and Jester. Tut, with the help of his Tutlings, makes off with a jeweled sarcophagus fro Gotham City Museum, alerting Batman that he has returned to claim Gotham as his own. While Tut prepares to kidnap Lisa Carson, daughter of wealthy socialite John E. Carson, who will be attending an Egyptian Costume Ball as Cleopatra, Batman and Robin race to the home of Egyptian pantomimist Fouad Sphinx, where they discover a message left by King Tut, which warns them of Tut's planned revenge into action. Suspecting Tut will make an appearance at The Ball, Gordon has several police officers stand guard there. When Deputy Mayor Zorty arrives dressed as King Tut, they mistake him for the real Tut and arrest him. With the police out of the way, the true Tut arrives and dances off with Lisa in front of everyone. Tracing Hut to his hideout, the duo are overcome, and Batman is locked inside a vat of water to drown! b: 08-Mar-1967 pc: 9755-Pt. 1 w: Leo Townsend and Pauline Townsend d: James B. Clark NOTE: Lee Meriwether (Lisa) portrayed The Catwoman/KITKA in the 1966 Batman motion picture. Many of you Trekkies will recognize Grace Lee Whitney (Neila) in her role of Janice Rand on Star Trek (NBC, 1966-69). Lisa Carson is seen wearing the exact same dress previously worn by Ziva Rodann in her role as Nefertiti in Season-1 episode #8729-Pt. 2, "The Pharoah's in a Rut" (April 14, 1966). 88. Batman's Waterloo gs: Victor Buono (King Tut) Lee Meriwether (Lisa Carson) Grace Lee Whitney (Neila) Tim O'Kelly (Jester) Loyd Hanes (Chancellor) Tol Avery (Mayor Zorty) James O'Hara (Irish cop) Joseph Abdullah (Guard) Nelson Olmsted (Carson) Walter Reed (Officer) Tommy Noonan (Jolly Jackson) Richard Bakalyan (Sphinx) Terri Messina (Penny) Barry Dennen (Valet) Batman uses The Emergency Wireless Battransmitter to alert Alfred Pennyworth with Morse Batcode to his present location. The ever-reliable butler arrives just in time to rescue The Caped Crusader from the sunken casket. After Batman revives from the trance he put himself into in order to conserve air, Alfred informs him that he overheard Tut planning to boil Robin in oil. Meanwhile, Tut decides to accept the money Lisa' father is prepared to pay ($8,300,487.12) for her safe return and, using a radio program as the go-between, arranges for Batman to deliver the money to the abandoned boilerworks, alone. As Tut prepares to boil The Boy Wonder, his current queen, Neila, tries to help Lisa an Robin escape, but all are quickly discovered and captured by Tut. Just as Robin is about to be thrown into the boiling vat of oil, Batman uses the battering ram attached to The Batcycle to burst into the room. Quickly knocking Tut's men out of the way with a money bag, Batman throws a capsule into the oil, turning it into foam rubber! Saved, Robin aids his partner in taking out The Tutlings. Meanwhile, Tut, knocked out during the battle, reverts to his normal scholarly self. Later, after a date, Lisa Carson invites Bruce Wayne into her hotel room for milk and cookies. b: 09-Mar-1967 pc: 9755-Pt. 2 w: Leo Townsend and Pauline Townsend d: James B. Clark NOTE: Not quite hidden in the background of Tut's hideout is a cardboard box with a question mark on it! It was obviously left over from a previous Riddler episode. The name of "Lisa Carson" was the real name of writer Stanley Ralph Ross's wife. The name "John E. Carson" is, naturally, based on Johnny Carson, who presided over 4,531 episodes of NBC's Tonight Show between 1962 and 1992. For the first time in the series, Commissioner Gordon discusses his daughter Barbara Gordon with Batman, a precursor to her debut in the third season as Batgirl, potrayed by actress-ballerina Yvonne Joyce Craig. This is one of the few times millionaire playboy Bruce N. Wayne kisses anyone on the show. 89. Black Widow Strikes Again gs: Tallulah Bankhead (Black Widow) Meg Wyllie (Grandma) George Raft (Cameo) Don 'Red' Barry (Tarantula) Michael Lane (Daddy Longlegs) Al Ferrara (Trap Door) Pitt Herbert (Irving Leghorn) Grady Sutton (Irving Cash) George Chandler (Grandpa) Walker Edmiston (Teller) Milton Stark (Irving Bracken) Don Briggs (Irving Irving) Richard Krisher (Motorcycle Cop) Mrs. Max Black, The Black Widow, has arrived in Gotham City and just robbed The American National Bank! And then The Beneficial Bank! And then The Commercial, Diversified, Empire and Federal State Banks!! With the aid of her brain short-circuiter, B.W. simply requests a large sum of wampum, and the bank presidents (all named Irving!), rendered incapable of independent thought as a result of her device, are only too happy to hand it over. While Black Widow and her henchmen Tarantula, Daddy Longlegs, and Trap Door count the stolen cash in her den, Batman and Robin, trying to figure out B.W.'s next move, deduce that she's proceeding alphabetically, and they set a trap for her at The Gotham General Bank. There they confront Black Widow and her henchmen, and she tries to short-circuit their brains, but is thwarted by their AntiShort-Circuiting Batelectrodes. She then, nevetheless, falls back on Plan Beta: Batman is sprayed with paralyzing spider venom and The Avaricious Arachnid escapes! The hobbled Duo give hot pursuit of Black Widow with the aid of their Odor-Sensitometer Radar Circuit in The Batmobile. Eventually they trace the smell of gas fumes from Black Widow's motorcycle to a small farmhouse, where they are greeted by an elderly farm couple in rocking chairs (actually mechanized dummies). Unable to get information from the pair as to B.W.'s location, they speed back to The Batcave. There, they listen to the conversation with the farm ouple on The Battape Reader and realize that their voices were amplified and that the couples were fakes! The Caped Crusader and The Boy Wonder speed back to the dummy farmhouse, where they penetrate The Widow's lair beneath and find themselves caught in a giant web. Black Widow then has her henchmen release two very deadly (and very real!) black widow spiders and leaves The Gotham Guardians to die... b: 15-Mar-1967 pc: 9753-Pt. 1 w: Robert Mintz d: Oscar Rudolph 90. Caught in the Spider's Den gs: Tallulah Bankhead (Black Widow) Meg Wyllie (Grandma) George Raft (Cameo) Don 'Red' Barry (Tarantula) Michael Lane (Daddy Longlegs) Al Ferrara (Trap Door) Pitt Herbert (Irving Leghorn) Grady Sutton (Irving Cash) George Chandler (Grandpa) Walker Edmiston (Teller) Milton Stark (Irving Bracken) Don Briggs (Irving Irving) Richard Krisher (Motorcycle Cop) The Caped Crusader reaches the 5,000-volt mini-charge in his ever-reliable utility belt and, using the web as a conductor, electrocutes the spiders. The Dynamic Duo then proceed to The Black Widow's vault, where they find her and Tarantula, Daddy Longlegs and Trap Door counting the money from her latest robbery. Spotting them, B.W. reverses the polarity of her brain device and short circuits his Batbrain! Robin, fortunately, has lost one of his electrodes and is not subsceptible to the device's effects--but is quickly tied up anyway. The Caped Crusader, now under Black Widow's spell, uses his Remote-Controlled Batcomputer Oscillator to locate a bank The Spidery Fiend can rob. The computer responds with an answer but also warns that Batman's life will be in danger if he accompanies her to the bank! Black Widow, unwilling to lose Batman, employs the help of a mind-control device, a rack of disguises and the male rubber dummy from the front porch, Black Widow attempts a heist of The Heritage Bank ? in the guise of The Dynamic Duo! They succeed, and the guard is forced to shoot at them as they make a break for it. Meanwhile, Robin, of course, manages to release himself and uses Black Widow's mind-control device to break the spell of his partner and they extricate themselves from the sticky trap. They discover the spidery gang in another room of the hideout, counting their ill-gotten loot. Black Widow might return at any minute, so Batman re-ties Robin and goes back to playing solitaire. Once B.W. has returned with her ill-gotten gains, The Duo pounce on Tarantula, Daddy Longlegs and Trap Door! Batman then turns Black Widow's own mind-control device back on its creator, rendering her helpless. Later, in Gotham State Pen, The Dynamic Duo use The Brain-Wave Batanalyzers to de-criminalize Black Widow and her minions. b: 16-Mar-1967 pc: 9753-Pt. 2 w: Robert Mintz d: Oscar Rudolph NOTE: This marked the swan song performance of Tallulah Bankhead (credited as Miss Talllulah Bankhead in the submain titles); she died of pneumonia in her beloved New York City on December 12, 1968. Take note of Batman's (somewhat!) agile singing talent in this segment. In real life, Adam West cut a single, "Miranda," for 20th Century-Fox Records. Additionally, in 1966, The Marketts' version of the series' theme charted at #17 in Billboard's top 60, while an arrangement by Neal Hefti and his Orchestra made it to #35. 91. Pop Goes the Joker gs: Diana Ivarson (Baby Jane Towser) Jerry Catron (1st Henchman) Jack Perkins (2nd Henchman) Reginald Gardiner (Bernie Parks) Fritz Field (Oliver Muzzy) Jody Gilbert (Mrs. Putney) Owen McGiveney (Charles) Gail Ommerle (1st Browser) Milton Stark (2nd Browser) Jan Arvan (Judge) Cesar Romero (The Joker) That Harlequin Of Homicidal Humor, The Joker, appears at Park's Gallery, where he sprays pain all over the exhibit of the latest works of artist Oliver Muzzy. Alfred, who coincidentally happened to be present during the proceedings looking for a painting for Bruce Wayne, secretly alerts his employer by phone as to The Joker's antics. The Dynamic Duo speed to the gallery by Batmobile, only to be taken by surprise at Muzzy's delight by Joker's spray paint's pop art effects, and he offers him a partnership! Unable to apprehend The Joker, The Terriffic Twosome depart for The Batcave to await his next move. Days later, Joker enters and wins an art contest sponsored by Baby Jane Towser, a rich heiress to the paper clip fortune. He then announces that he has formed his own art school for millionaires only. Bruce Wayne decides to sign up in order to keep close watch on the cunning clown, who later kidnaps the entire class and holds them for ransom! Robin suspecting Bruce is in danger, races to the school, where he and Bruce take on Joker's men, fist-wise. But they are quickly defeated, and Bruce is tied to a chair and forced to watch Robin, who is tied to a giant mobile covered with rotating palette knives, which threaten to slice him to ribbons! b: 22-Mar-1967 pc: 9757-Pt. 1 w: Stanford Sherman d: George Waggner NOTE: Here The Joker changes from an archcriminal with a superior intelligence to a spoiled brat with an infantile mind! Actor Fritz Feld played Mr. Zumdish on Lost In Space (CBS, 1965-68); he is also the husband of Virginia "Mrs. Olson" Christine. 92. Flop Goes the Joker gs: Diana Ivarson (Baby Jane Towser) Jerry Catron (1st Henchman) Jack Perkins (2nd Henchman) Reginald Gardiner (Bernie Parks) Fritz Field (Oliver Muzzy) Jody Gilbert (Mrs. Putney) Owen McGiveney (Charles) Gail Ommerle (1st Browser) Milton Stark (2nd Browser) Jan Arvan (Judge) Cesar Romero (The Joker) As the future seems bleak for our beloved Boy Wonder, Bruce blocks the mechanical works of the mobile with himself and his chair, long enough for Robin to work himself loose and use one of the flailing knives to deactivate the mechanism. Returning to see if the mobile has completed its diabolical duty, The Joker and his crooked cronies are jumped on by Bruce and The Boy Wonder. While they pin the henchmen to a wall with carefully thrown pallette knives, Joker begs for Baby Jane's forgiveness; feeling sorry for him, B.J. arranges for his freedom. She then takes him back home with her, where, during a chicken dinner, Joker covers her antique table with paint and has his henchmen chop it up. He convinces the gullible B.J. that he has turned her table into a work of art, and she lets him replace the priceless Renaissance art collection in her father's wing at the museum with the table's painted remains. After snatching the collection, The Joker puts through a call to Gordon and demands $10 million in order to ransom the paintings, or he will burn them! Unknown to Joker, The Batman replaced the stolen paintings with rather "childish" fingerpaintings by Alfred. Shocked by the sudden appearance of The Daring Duet, Joker retreats with Baby Jane, while his men take quite a Bat-beating. Planning to revenge himself against Bruce Wayne and hoping to swipe some loot, Joker arrives at Wayne Manor, where he loses a duel with Alfred and runs into Bruce's study; there he trips the switch to The Batpoles, hidden in a bust of William Shakespeare. Mistaking it for a secret passage, he slides down one of the poles---but not before a quick-thinking Alf activates The Emergency Batpole Elevator, sending The Clown Prince Of Crime crashing to the top of the shaft. After a couple of trips up and down the pole, Joker finally gives up. Later, Alfred opens an exhibit of his "childish" paintings, with proceeds donated to The Wayne Foundation Free Nursery. b: 23-Mar-1967 pc: 9757-Pt. 2 w: Stanford Sherman d: George Waggner NOTE: Dialog coach Milton Stark played several small roles in the series including the second browser in these episodes, as well as the second zoologist in episode #9733-Pt. 2, "The Joker's Hard Times", Mr. Tamber in episode #9741-Pt. 1, "Penguin Is a Girl's Best Friend", and Irving Bracken in episode #9753-Pt. 1, "Black Widow Strikes Again". 93. Ice Spy gs: Eli Wallach (Mr. Freeze) Leslie Parrish (Glacia Glaze/Emma Strunk) Elisha Cook, Jr. (Prof. Isaac Isaacson) H.M. Wynant (Frosty) John Archer (Captain Carlisle) Schuyler Aubrey (Woman Skater) Anthony Aiello (Officer I) Alfred Daniels (Officer II) Eddie Ness (Coast Guard Officer) Ron Riley (Usher) Mr. Freeze shows up in Gotham Harbor in a giant glacier-hideout. Using the ice magnets inside his iceberg hideout, he immobilizes the S.S. Gotham Queen and kidnaps the brilliant Icelandic scientist Professor Isaacson, in hopes of obtaining a formula for instant ice ? which will help him freeze the entire harbor and, eventually, whatever he wants. The Dynamic Duo guess that The Frosty Felon had an accomplice on board the ship, and Batman feeds a list containing the passengers of the S.S. Gotham Queen to The Batcomputer. Moments later, it is discovered that ice-skating star Glacia Glaze was on board under her right name Emma Strunk, and, convinced that there is a connection between her and Mr. Freeze, The Caped Crusader plans to check her out that evening as Bruce N. Wayne, when he will escort Aunt Harriet Cooper to the ice show. Meanwhile, Mr. Freeze has defected to his hideout directly underneath The Bruce Wayne Ice Arena and uses his pet seal Isolde to deliver his ransom demands for Prof. Isaacson, which involves a TV broadcast by Bruce Wayne @ midnight. That night at the ice show, Bruce and Aunt Harriet pay a visit on Glacia in her dressing room...unwittingly interrupting her while she is attempting to keep in contact with Mr. Freeze through her compact which doubles as a 2-way radio communicator. Intrigued by her compact Harriet opens it and is surprised to hear the voice of Mr. Freeze! Glacia quickly covers up by calling it a music box, but Bruce Wayne/Batman is convinved well beyond the shadow of a doubt that Glacia Glaze---b.k.a. Emma Strunk---is definitely in league with The Frozen Fiend! Later that same night, Bruce Wayne does videorecord his TV message @ 11 P.M., so he, as Batman, can trap Mr. Freeze with Robin a good hour later when he tries to collect the ransom money. Meanwhile, Mr. Freeze has attempted to get Prof. Isaacson to spill the beans on his secret invention by putting him in a quick-freezer...without luck, however, for the Icelandic Isaacson is used to the intense cold weather, and it has little effect on him. A discouraged but undaunted Freeze then falls back on "Plan B," injecting Isaacson with carbon monoxide (dry ice!!!)! After returning him to the quick-freezer, Freeze is surprised of The Dynamic Duo's appearance during Bruce Wayne's prerecorded telecast. He is enraged on learning they have brought fake money, and he had his men Frosty and Chilblains toss them into his sinister Sub-Zero Temperature Vaporizing Cabinet, which when activated will instantly vaporize their bodies and make them a part of the ice-skating rink above! b: 29-Mar-1967 pc: 9759-Pt. 1 w: Charles Hoffman d: Oscar Randolph NOTE: Elisha Cook Jr. (Prof. Isaac Isaacson) portrayed Wilmer Cook The Gunsel in the 1941 Warner Bros. film The Maltese Falcon. H. M. Wynant (Frosty-Henchman) earlier appeared in the Elvis Presley movie "It Happened at the World's Fair"(1963) as the character Vince Bradley. 94. The Duo Defy gs: Eli Wallach (Mr. Freeze) Leslie Parrish (Glacia Glaze/Emma Strunk) Elisha Cook, Jr. (Prof. Isaac Isaacson) H.M. Wynant (Frosty) John Archer (Captain Carlisle) Schuyler Aubrey (Woman Skater) Anthony Aiello (Officer I) Alfred Daniels (Officer II) Eddie Ness (Coast Guard Officer) When it seems that Batman & Robin are no more, bust still fears that he will be discovered, Freeze and crew returns to his iceberg. But The Dynamic Duo escape the terrible cabinet by an emergence exit, and, after waiting until The Frozen Fiend has departed, make their appearance via Isodle's sealhouse. Freeze, meanwhile, in his iceberg hideout (which is hidden among many other icebergs floating in the Gotham Harbor) has managed to syphen the formula from Professor Isaacson and builds the deadly Ice-Ray, intending to freeze all of Gotham City and the entire country! To prove his word, he ices down various parts of Gotham. At Batman's behest, Commissioner Gordon has a Small Echoing Seal Pulsator placed on Mr. Freeze's trained wonder-seal Isolde, and releases her into Gotham Harbor. Then, tracing the seal back to Mr. Freeze's hideout in The Batcopter, The Dynamic Duo rescue Prof. Isaacson. Freeze tries to render the heroes immobile with his Freeze Gun, but it proves to be no match for their Super-Thermalized Batskivvies! Following the ensuing Batfight, the Gotham authorities, also led straight to Freeze's glacier-hideout, arrive in time to round up the cold-hearted criminals before they can escape to sea in their Ice-Sub, and place them on ice ? in jail. Later, Bruce, Dick, Aunt Harriet and Alfred relax by playing with racing cars. b: 30-Mar-1967 pc: 9759-Pt. 2 w: Charles Hoffman d: Oscar Randolph NOTE: The series' final Batclimb featured Carpet King, a cameo earned supposedly for selling producer Bill Dozier some Persian rugs. Eli Wallach is the third and final actor to portray Mr. Freeze (after George Sanders and Otto Preminger) on Batman. Once again, the series edits footage from the 1966 Batman movie of The Dynamic Duo flying in The Batcopter. The second season of Batman generated a rather large number of episodes to be produced for a TV series within a single season: 60! (Holy Guinness Book Of World Records!) H. M. Wynant (Frosty-Henchman) earlier appeared in the Elvis Presley movie "It Happened at the World's Fair"(1963) as the character Vince Bradley. Commisioner Gordon once more gives mention of his daughter, Barbara, in this episode. Although she debuted in the comics a few months before (January 1967), she had yet to debut on the TV series.