Coming off of Smokey and the Bandit, Hal Needham, Burt Reynolds and Sally Field paired up again for Hooper, a love letter to the stuntmen (and women) of Hollywood – who still aren’t recognized for their contributions with an Academy Award. Reynolds is Hooper an aging stuntman who pals around with Cully (James Best) and…
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Batman (1968) – The Entrancing Dr. Cassandra, and Minerva, Mayhem and Millionaires
The penultimate episode of Batman introduces us to two new criminals and gives us a glimpse of Batman’s regular rogues gallery (but don’t look to close, because it’s someone else in their costumes). Written by Stanley Ralph Ross, The Entrancing Dr. Cassandra first aired on 7 March, 1968. Dr. Cassandra (Ida Lupino) and her cohort,…
Batman (1968) – I’ll Be a Mummy’s Uncle, and The Joker’s Flying Saucer
King Tut (Victor Buono) is back for a final appearance in I’ll Be a Mummy’s Uncle. Written by Stanley Ralph Ross, it first aired on 22 February, 1968. Tut is in town and has a real estate scheme, he wants to get his hands on some rare minerals. Where are they? Buried under Wayne Manor,…
Batman (1968) – The Great Escape, and The Great Train Robbery
Shame (Cliff Robertson) is back, escaping from prison with the help of Calamity Jan (Dina Merrill) and her mother, Frontier Fanny (Hermione Baddeley), who is also interfering in their potential romance, but that won’t stop Shame for preparing for his latest caper. The Great Escape was written by Stanley Ralph Ross and first aired on…
Batman (1968) – Nora Clavicle and the Ladies’ Crime Club, and Penguin’s Clean Sweep
Somehow a Women’s Right’s Activist, Nora Clavicle (Barbara Rush) is a villain in Nora Clavicle and the Ladies’ Crime Club. Written by Stanford Sherman this episode first aired on 18 January, 1968. Nora gets Gordon (Neil Hamilton) ousted as Commissioner taking on the role herself, and installing all female officers (which sounds progressive, but they…
Batman (1968) – The Joke’s on Catwoman, and Louie’s Lethal Lilac Time
The episode opens with Batgirl (Yvonne Craig) saving herself, for a delightful change, from Joker (Cesar Romero) and Catwoman (Eartha Kitt) and gears up to send the Dynamic Trio after the supervillains (once again). The Joke’s on Catwoman was written by Stanley Ralph Ross and first aired on 4 January, 1968. The villains continue their…
Batman (1967) – The Ogg Couple, and The Funny Feline Felonies
Egghead (Vincent Price) and Olga (Anne Baxter) are back in The Ogg Couple. Written by Stanford Sherman this episode was first aired on 21 December, 1967. The episode was initially written to be part of a three-part episode tying in with The Ogg and I, and How to Hatch a Dinosaur but was re-edited to…
Batman (1967) – The Bloody Tower, and Catwoman’s Dressed to Kill
Batman (Adam West), Robin (Burt Ward) and Batgirl’s (Yvonne Craig) Londinium adventure comes to a close with this episode, wrapping up the trio of stories that were written by Elkan Allen from a story Allen wrote with Charles Hoffman. It debuted on 7 December, 1967. Batman, Robin and Alfred (Alan Napier) escaped the bridge winch…
Batman (1967) – The Londinium Larcenies, and The Foggiest Notion
Elkan Allen and Charles Hoffman pen The Londinium Larcenies from a story by Allen. The episode launches a three-episode arc that began on 23 November, 1967. It riffs on the idea of the British Invasion, though it’s the reverse this time, as Batman (Adam West) and Robin (Burt Ward) head across the pond (which looks…
Batman (1967) – How to Hatch a Dinosaur, and Surf’s Up! Joker’s Under!
Stanford Sherman doles out another tale involving Egghead (Vincent Price) and Olga (Anne Baxter), and it first aired on 9 November, 1967. I don’t know if the series wrote itself into a corner with the previous episode, but this one picks up with Batman (Adam West), Robin (Burt Ward) and Batgirl (Yvonne Craig) all free,…
The Mind Reels 