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…
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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) – A Horse of Another Color, and The Unkindest Tut of All
The Penguin (Burgess Meredith) and Lola Lasagne (Ethel Merman) are still up to no good and are working to make sure that they win an incredibly large amount on a horse race. They’ve schemed and gotten almost all the other horses out of the way, but they still have to have enough for a bit…
Batman (1967) – Enter Batgirl, Exit Penguin, and Ring Around the Riddler
Season three of Batman got underway on 14 September, 1967 with Enter Batgirl, Exit Penguin which was written by Stanford Sherman. The episode, which began the run of single-episode stories, introduces us to Batgirl aka Barbara Gordon (Yvonne Craig). Barbara is excited to be going to the opera in the company of Bruce Wayne (Adam…
Batman (1966) – The Penguin’s Nest, and The Bird’s Last Jest
The Penguin (Burgess Meredith) returns to Gotham City, but Batman (Adam West) and Robin’s (Burt Ward) alter-egos of Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson are shocked to discover that he seems to be going on the straight and narrow and is currently running a high-end restaurant that has the weird touch of having the customers write…
Batman (1966) – Green Ice, and Deep Freeze
We are introduced to a new Mr. Freeze (Otto Preminger) in this week’s story which was written by Max Hodge. The first part, Green Ice, debuted on 9 November, 1966. But the most interesting thing to watch is Burt Ward as Robin. His right arm spends most of the two part-story in a bandage having…
Batman (1966) – An Egg Grows in Gotham, and The Yegg Foes in Gotham
Vincent Price shows up as Egghead, and we learn a dark secret about the Wayne family and the other founding members of Gotham, that being how much they paid the Mohican tribes for the land and the renewal of that contract every few years, all for the price of a few raccoon pelts. Ugh. This…
Batman (1966) – Fine Finny Fiends, and Batman Makes the Scenes
The final two-part story of the first season of Batman was written by Sheldon Stark, part one, Fine Finny Fiends, was first broadcast on 4 May, 1966. The Penguin (Burgess Meredith) is back! This time he plans to heist the goods from a secret multi-millionaire dinner which includes Bruce Wayne (Adam West) and his ward,…
Batman (1966) – The Joker Trumps an Ace, and Batman Sets the Pace
The Joker (Cesar Romero) in The Joker Trumps an Ace. Written by Francis M. Cockrell and Marian B. Cockrell this episode was first broadcast on 6 April, 1966. The Joker is on a strange crime wave, and he’s doing a lot of it with mirrors, enough so to even baffle Batman (Adam West) and Robin…
Batman (1966) – The Ring of Wax, and Give ‘Em the Axe
The Riddler (Frank Gorshin delightfully chewing scenery) is back in The Ring of Wax. Written by Jack Paritz and Bob Rodgers, this episode first debuted on 30 March, 1966. The Riddler and his gang steal a Batman statue from a wax museum leaving behind a recording for Batman (Adam West) and Robin (Burt Ward) to…
The Mind Reels 