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,…
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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) – 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) – 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) – The Wail of the Siren, and The Sport of Penguins
Hey! Batgirl has her own (terrible) theme song! And some fun appearances in the opening credits. The Siren (Joan Collins) is using her musical abilities to brainwash men to work for her, including Commissioner Gordon (Neil Hamilton). The Wail of the Siren was penned by Stanley Ralph Ross and it first debuted on 28 September,…
Batman (1967) – King Tut’s Coup, and Batman’s Waterloo
King Tut (Victor Buono) is back after getting a bump on the head bringing back his royal Egyptian personality. And amongst his gang? Star Trek’s Grace Lee Whitney! This two-parter was written by Stanley Ralph Ross from a story by Leo and Pauline Townsend. The first episode, King Tut’s Coup, debuted on 8 March, 1967….
Batman (1967) – That Darn Catwoman, and Scat! Darn Catwoman
Robin (Burt Ward) falls to the dark side in That Darn Catwoman the first part of a two-parter that was written by Stanley Ralph Ross. The first part aired on 19 January, 1967. Catwoman (Julie Newmar) is back in Gotham, and this time she seems completely intent on taking down Batman (Adam West) and Robin….
The Mind Reels 