Episode Title: Batman Makes the Scenes
Original Airdate: May 5, 1966
When we last left Gotham City, Batman and Robin had been captured by the Penguin and placed inside a vacuum chamber full of balloons. The air is slowly being sucked out of the room. Once the last balloon pops…well…so will the Dynamic Duo. How will they possibly survive? Let’s find out in the final episode of season one, Batman Makes the Scenes. Continue reading Batman S:01 E:34
Episode Title: Fine Finny Fiends
Original Airdate: May 4, 1966
Well, we’ve made it to our final adventure of season one of this classic series. It sees the return of one of Batman’s top villains up to his old tricks once again. Burgess Meredith is back as that waddling master criminal, the Penguin, in today’s episode, Fine Finny Fiends. Continue reading Batman S:01 E:33
Episode Title: The Riddler’s False Notion
Original Airdate: April 28, 1966
When we last left Gotham City, Robin had been captured by the Riddler and is now strapped to a conveyor belt, moving slowly toward a rotating saw blade in the style of a silent melodrama. How will Batman be able to locate and save the Boy Wonder? Let’s find out in today’s episode, The Riddler’s False Notion. Continue reading Batman S:01 E:32
As much as I enjoy classic TV shows like Batman, I love classic movies more. I’ve always been especially intrigued by the silent comedians from the early days of cinema. Well, today’s episode of Batman shows us that one of Gotham’s ultimate criminals also has an interest in silent movies. The Riddler, played by Frank Gorshin, makes his fourth and final appearance of season one in today’s episode, Death in Slow Motion. Continue reading Batman S:01 E:31
When we last left Gotham City, Robin had been tied to the clapper of a giant bell inside the Wayne Memorial Clock Tower by the sinister Bookworm. Things seem hopeless since Batman is headed off to find the villain in the opposite direction! Let’s see what happens in part two of our story, While Gotham City Burns. Continue reading Batman S:01 E:30
Episode Title: The Bookworm Turns
Original Airdate: April 20, 1966
There are movie people and then there are book people. I am definitely a movie guy, but my wife likes to fill her free time with books. She’s one of those people who has trouble enjoying certain films because they differ so much from the original book version. I have a feeling that’s the sort of person our villain in today’s episode of Batman is. It’s a character created for this series and portrayed by one of the biggest names to be credited as “Guest Villain.” Before he was Cornelius of the Planet of the Apes, Roddy McDowall showed up in Gotham as the Bookworm in today’s episode, The Bookworm Turns. Continue reading Batman S:01 E:29
Episode Title: The Pharaoh’s in a Rut
Original Airdate: April 14, 1966
When we last left Gotham City, Bruce Wayne had been kidnapped by the evil King Tut and is now strapped to gurney in the back of an ambulance. However the clever millionaire manages to wiggle enough that he knocks the back door of the vehicle open. Now, he’s rolling down the mountain road…straight for a cliff. What will he do? Let’s find out in part 2…The Pharaoh’s in a Rut. Continue reading Batman S:01 E:28
Episode Title: The Curse of Tut
Original Airdate: April 13, 1966
I have two big memories from the year 1977, when I was six years old. First, of course, was going to see Star Wars. Second was seeing the Treasures of Tutankhamun at the Field Museum in Chicago. The King Tut exhibit was a cultural phenomenon in its own right. Millions of people lined up to see the exhibit. In fact, the first time my parents and I went to go see the exhibit we had to turn back because the line was out the front door of the museum and down the block. I even had a T-Shirt with a picture of the famous gold Tut mask that said “Tut Nut.” It turns out, though, that a decade before King Tut took over Chicago, he tried to take over Gotham City in today’s episode of Batman…The Curse of Tut. Continue reading Batman S:01 E:27
Episode Title: Batman Sets the Pace
Original Airdate: April 7, 1966
If you recall, when we last left Gotham city, Batman and Robin had been captured by the Joker and locked inside a smoke stack which is slowly starting to fill with deadly gas. The space is too narrow for our heroes to use their bat ropes. How will they escape? Let’s find out in this week’s episode, Batman Sets the Pace. Continue reading Batman S:01 E:26
One thing’s for sure when it comes to this classic Batman series, no matter how many times the Caped Crusades put the Joker away it won’t be long until the Clown Prince of Crime breaks out and strikes again. This time Batman’s arch nemesis begins a series of crimes that seem as ridiculous as the villain himself. Cesar Romero returns as the Joker, moustache and all, in today’s episode The Joker Trumps an Ace. Continue reading Batman S:01 E:25
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