BATMAN(1966) SEASON, TWO PT. 1
The second season of this series was sooooo long
that they had to break it up into two sets!!! The reason
that this season is so long is that they started having
two episodes a week, one night after the other!! In this,
the first set, we have most all of the cast returning
to reprise their roles: Adam West, Burt Ward, Alan
Napier, Neil Hamilton & Stafford Repp as the main
five characters; Batman, Robin, Alfred, Commissioner
Gordon & Chief O'Hara! Also returning to reprise
their villainous roles are Burgess Meredith(Penguin),
Julie Newmar(Catwoman), Victor Buono(King Tut)
& Cesar Romero(Joker)!
Not returning is one of the best of the villains, Frank
Gorshin as The Riddler!! He has been replaced with
another fine actor, but much blander, John Astin
(best known as Gomez Addams on The Addams
Family)! Another, not as big of change, is Mr. Freeze,
whom two people take over the role in this season!!
Holy season 2, what else is up????
EPISODES 1: SHOOT A CROOKED ARROW(Sept. 7, 1966):
Bruce Wayne's mansion is attacked by The Archer, a dude
who steals from the rich and, well, just watch!!!
The first "Holy" for the season is here, "Holy Houdini" along
with: "Holy Inquisition" & "Holy Hostage"!!
Starring in order of appearance: Bruce Wayne(Adam West),
Dick Grayson(Burt Ward), Aunt Harriet(Madge Blake), Alfred(Alan
Napier), Chief O'Hara(Stafford Repp) & Commisioner Gordon
(Neil Hamilton)!
Guest starring in this first episode: Art Carney(wow, so
much has he done: The Jackie Gleason Show[Honeymooners],
Last Action Hero, Movie Movie, Harry and Tonto) as
The Archer)!!
The second of many pop-in guests who show up when Batman
and Robin are climbing walls: Dick Clark!!
Continues in "Walk The Straight And Narrow"! A-
EPISODE 2: WALK THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW(Sept. 8, 1966):
The real crime is finally revealed, but will Batman and
Robin stop it in time???
Here we have "Holy Blackbeard" & "Holy Red Snapper"!
Art Carney returns!
In a cameo: Sam Jaffe!! A-
EPISODE 3: HOT OFF THE GRIDDLE(Sept. 14, 1966):
Catwoman returns, and she's pulling off really mundane
crimes! This of course gets Batman to figure that she's got
something bigger planned!!
Here we have "Holy cliche"!, "Holy Weaponry", "Holy
D'Artagnan", "Holy Epicure", "Holy Lovebirds", "Holy
Bunions" & "Holy Oleo"!!
Starring in order of appearance: Commissioner Gordon
(Neil Hamilton), Chief O'Hara(Stafford Repp), Bruce Wayne/
Batman(Adam West), Dick Grayson/Robin(Burt Ward), Alfred
(Alan Napier) & Aunt Harriet(Madge Blake)!
Guest starring Julie Newmar returning as Catwoman! And
also here is the great Jack Kelley(Maverick)!!
This continues in "The Cat And The Fiddle"!! A
EPISODE 4: THE CAT AND THE FIDDLE(Sept. 15, 1966):
Continuing from the previous episode, Batman & Robin
of course escape from their snare, but then have to piece
together what the Catwoman really has in mind!!
Here we have "Holy Alps", "Holy Taxation", !
Again Julie Newmar returns! Along with her, also returning
here is Jack Kelley(Maverick) as well as James Brolin(Marcus
Welby M.D., Westworld, Hotel, Capricorn One) showing up
to guest star also!! A
EPISODE 5: THE MINSTREL'S SHAKEDOWN(Sept. 21, 1966):
Trouble with the stock market, and it appears to be caused
by a dude called the Minstrel!! Played by Van Johnson, who's
known for his musical abilities!!
"Holy transistors", "Holy rainbow", "Holy flytrap" & "Holy hot spot"!
Starring in order of appearance: Commissioner Gordon
(Neil Hamilton), Aunt Harriet(Madge Blake), Chief O'Hara
(Stafford Repp), Alfred(Alan Napier), Bruce Wayne/Batman
(Adam West) & Dick Grayson (Burt Ward)!
Guest starring Van Johnson(The Caine Mutiny, Brigadoon,
In The Good Old Summertime) as The Minstral! Also guest
starring here is a very recognizable face, but totally unknown
name, Norman Grabowski(he was in maybe more Disney
movies than anyone else: Son Of Flubber, The Misadventures
Of Merlin Jones, The Monkey's Uncle, The Gnome-Mobile,
The Happiest Millionaire, Blackbeard's Ghost, The Horse In
The Grey Flannel Suit & Herbie Rides Again![Tommy Kirk
was in 9!!]!! He was also in two Elvis movies: Roustabout
& Girl Happy!!)
And in a cameo in this one we have the phenomenal Phyllis
Dillar!!
Continues in Barbecued Batman?! A
EPISODE 6: BARBECUED BATMAN?(Sept. 22, 1966):
Again, continued from the previous episode!!
"Holy fireworks", "Holy cosmos", "Holy kilowatts"! A
EPISODE 7: THE SPELL OF TUT(Sept. 28, 1966):
Reprising his role of King Tut here is Victor Buono!!
And he's back and pulling off strange capers again,
with his ultimate goal the humiliation and end to
Batman and Robin!!
Here we have "Holy hieroglyphics", "Holy sarcophagus",
"Holy Frankenstein", "Holy corpuscles", !
Starring in order of appearance: Commissioner Gordon
(Neil Hamilton), Chief O'Hara(Stafford Repp), Bruce Wayne/
Batman(Adam West) & Dick Grayson (Burt Ward)! Interesting
to note here that Madge Blake(Aunt Harriet) is not in this, nor
the follow-up episode!!
Guest starring Victor Bouno as King Tut!
Another cameo: The Green Hornet & Kato(Van Williams
& Bruce Lee)!!!!!
Continues in Tut's Case Is Shut! A
EPISODE 8: TUT'S CASE IS SHUT(Sept. 29, 1966):
Tut's scheme to put everyone in Gotham City under his spell
meet with resistance from Batman and Robin!!! A
Here we have no holys at all! A
EPISODE 9: THE GREATEST MOTHER OF THEM ALL(Oct. 5, 1966):
A woman named, wait for it, Ma Parker, is reigning terror on
Gotham City along with her kids!!
"Holy rocking chair", "Holy gun powder" "Holy hairdo", "Holy
forecast", "Holy camouflage" "Holy Wernher von Braun", !
Starring in order of appearance: Chief O'Hara(Stafford Repp),
Commissioner Gordon(Neil Hamilton), Alfred(Alan
Napier), Bruce Wayne/Batman(Adam West), Dick Grayson
(Burt Ward) & Aunt Harriet(Madge Blake)!
Guest starring Shelley Winters(Lolita, The Poseidon Adventure,
Pete's Dragon) as Ma Parker!!
Continues in Ma Parker! B+
EPISODE 10: MA PARKER(Oct. 6, 1966):
So, with Ma running the pen, she wastes no time in putting
her plan into affect!! Using the inmates to pull off her jobs,
this puts Batman & Robin on the spot to stop her!!
"Holy jail break", "Holy rheostat", "Holy Edison"!
You might expect since Ma Parker's in the Gotham prison that
you might see some big names here, such as The Joker, The
Penguin, The Catwoman, The Riddler!! Well, you'd be right!
Soon after Ma takes over the prison, we see Catwoman(Julie
Newmar)!!
And, as a cameo appearance here, we have non other than
Uncle Milty, Milton Berle!! A-!
EPISODE 11: THE CLOCK KING'S CRAZY CRIMES(Oct. 12, 1966):
The Clock King is out after, well, everything of value!!
"Holy masquerade", "Holy mainspring", "Holy sundial"!!!!
Starring in order of appearance: Commissioner Gordon
(Neil Hamilton), Chief O'Hara(Stafford Repp), Alfred(Alan
Napier), Aunt Harriet(Madge Blake), Bruce Wayne/Batman
(Adam West) & Dick Grayson(Burt Ward)!
Guest starring in this is Herbert Anderson(best known as
Dennis The Menace's father)!! As the main criminal, The Clock
King, is Walter Slezak(The Inspector General, Abbott & Costello
In The Foreign Lesion)!!
A huge cameo here, Sammy Davis Jr.!!!!
Continues in "The Clock King Gets Crowned"! A
EPISODE 12: THE CLOCK KING GETS CROWNED(Oct. 13, 1966):
Continued from the previous episode, With the real crime uncovered,
Batman & Robin only have a little time to catch the Clock King!!
"Holy horseshoes", "Holy lift-off"!! A
EPISODE 13: AN EGG GROWS IN GOTHAM(Oct. 19, 1966):
The criminal known as Egghead is back(well, for us this is his
first appearance), and stealing things that have the police
baffled!! They call Batman for help, and he proceeds to get
himself into deep trouble!!!
This is about as politically incorrect as a show can get, talking
about Indians, and the last of the Mohicans, Screaming Chicken!!!!!
And again, no holy!
Starring in order of appearance: Commissioner Gordon(Neil
Hamilton)Chief O'Hara(Stafford Repp), Alfred(Alan
Napier), Bruce Wayne/Batman(Adam West), Dick Grayson
(Burt Ward) & Aunt Harriet(Madge Blake)!
Guest starring maybe the biggest guest star in all of Batman,
Vincent Price!!!!!! He of course is most well known for his many
horror movies that he's famous for: The Fly, The House Of Usher,
Edward Scissorhands, The Last Man On Earth, Twice Told Tales,
The Raven, Pit And The Pendulum, House On Haunted Hill, Abbott
And Costello Meet Frankenstein, The Invisible Man Returns ect ect!!
Also as a guest star is Edward Everett Horton(who's best known
as the voice of the narrator on The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show!
But he was also in several great movies: Arsenic And Old Lace,
It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World)!!
Continues in The Yegg Foes In Gotham! A
EPISODE 14: THE YEGG FOES IN GOTHAM(Oct. 20, 1966):
Egghead has all three millionaires in his grasp, and he's discerned
that one of them is Batman, and has concocted a device to drain
the brain of the man he thinks must be Batman!! After the trio
escape, they find out that they're too late for the deadline to pay
off Screaming Chicken for Gotham, and now he owns it!!
"Holy recompense" "Holy banks"!!
In a cameo in this one is Bill Dana(best known as a comedian
who was on many shows, usually as Jose Jimenez!!)
Also in a short cameo as a cop is Ben Alexander(Frank Smith on
Dragnet[1952-1959]), and perhaps the most obscure cameo
is for Don Anderson(he was on a whopping 127 episodes of
Perry Mason, all in different roles!!!!!)!!! A
EPISODE 15: THE DEVIL'S FINGERS(Oct. 26, 1966):
A trio of young ladies break into the Wayne mansion while
Chandell is practicing with Aunt Harriet for a charity ball
and steal a bunch of jewelry! Bruce and Dick are off on
a vacation, which means that Batman and Robin are also
not available, which means the police department is going
to have to solve this one on their own!!!
Turns out that the great Chandell(Liberace) has a twin
brother, and the two of them are up to no good music,
um, no good!!
In the first episode Liberace plays a very wonderful
piece of music, "Danse Arabe"!!
"Holy impossibility", "Holy apparition", "Holy relief", "Holy pianola"!!
Starring in order of appearance: Aunt Harriet(Madge Blake),
Alfred(Alan Napier), Commissioner Gordon(Neil Hamilton),
Chief O'Hara(Stafford Repp), Bruce Wayne/Batman(Adam
West), Dick Grayson(Burt Ward)!
Guest star Liberace returns as Chandell!!
Continues in The Dead Ringers! A
EPISODE 16: THE DEAD RINGERS(Oct. 27, 1966):
Continued from the previous episode!
In this Liberace plays and sing Auf Wiedersehen, along with "If
I Had The Wings Of An Angel"!!
"Holy metronome", "Holy perfect pitch", "Holy greed", "Holy Paderewski"! A
EPISODE 17: HIZZONNER THE PENGUIN(Nov. 2, 1966):
The Penguin is back, and he's doing his normal stuff: Helping
a man being robbed, saving a baby, donating to charity, wait,
that doesn't sound like The Penguin!!!!!!! Only Batman and
Robin can find out what's really up!!
"Holy disaster area", "Holy bank balance", "Holy giveaways", "Holy
Bat Graves"(by the announcer)!
Starring in order of appearance: Commissioner Gordon(Neil Hamilton),
Chief O'Hara(Stafford Repp), Dick Grayson(Burt Ward), Bruce Wayne/
Batman(Adam West), Alfred The Butler(Alan Napier) & Aunt Harriet
(Madge Blake)!
Returning guest star here is Burgess Meredith as the Penguin!! Also
guest starring here is Paul Revere And The Raiders!!
Continues in Dizzoner The Pengin! A
EPISODE 18: DIZZONER THE PENGUIN(Nov. 3, 1966):
Continued from the previous episode! With the fate of the city
of Gotham in the hands of whomever wins the mayoral election,
Batman has agreed to run for mayor also!! Who will win!?!?
"Holy coffin nails", "Holy pot luck"!
Three cameos here: Chet Huntley(Newsman), Allen Ludden
(Best known for hosting the game show Password), and Don
Wilson(The Jack Benny Show)! Also returning are Paul Revere
And The Raiders!! A
EPISODE 19: GREEN ICE(Nov. 9, 1966):
The Iceman cometh, well, ok, Mr. Freeze!! And he's kidnapped
one of the beauty pageants contestants, Miss Iceland!! The
returning villain does not have the same returning star! Instead
of George Sanders as Mr. Freeze, we now have Otto Preminger!
The basic plan here is to discredit Batman(which seems to be
a running theme throughout this season)!!
"Holy polar front", "Holy hijack", "Holy tuxedo", "Holy shamrocks"!
Starring in order of appearance: Commissioner Gordon(Neil
Hamilton), Chief O'Hara(Stafford Repp), Alfred(Alan Napier),
Bruce Wayne/Batman(Adam West), Dick Grayson(Burt Ward),
Aunt Harriet(Madge Blake)!
Guest starring Otto Preminger(Director of many films, including
Exodus, Laura, Anatomy Of A Murder) as Mr. Freeze!
Continues in Deep Freeze! A
EPISODE 20: DEEP FREEZE(Nov. 10, 1966):
Continued from the previous episode! With Batman and Robin
disgraced and "out of the way", Mr. Freeze puts his big plan into
motion: blackmailing Gotham City for $1,000,000,000 or he'll turn
the whole city to ice!!
"Holy chicken coop", "Holy epigrams" A!
EPISODE 21: THE IMPRACTICAL JOKER(Nov. 16, 1966):
'Tis the season for the Joker, again!! This time he's pulling capers
that just don't make sense!!
"Holy vertebrae", "Holy key ring", "Holy key hole", "Holy
mesmerism"!,
This has an interesting portion where Bruce, Dick and Alfred
are about to watch tv when interrupted by the Joker! The show
they were about to watch: THE GREEN HORNET!! This is the
second reference to that tv show on Batman, the first being
the cameo appearance of Van Williams & Bruce Lee in the
second season, episode #7 "The Spell Of Tut"!!
Another interesting thing in this episode: Batman, while talking
about The Joker, says "When he was younger The Joker was a well-
known hypnotist!!"!! Up 'til then, not much was known about the
Joker's origin!!
Starring in order of appearance: Bruce Wayne/Batman
(Adam West), Dick Grayson(Burt Ward), Chief O'Hara(Stafford
Repp),Commissioner Gordon(Neil Hamilton), Alfred(Alan Napier)
Aunt Harriet(Madge Blake)!
Guest starring for his second time is Cesar Romero as The
Joker!
And a quick cameo alert: Howard Duff(Felony Squad, Kramer
Vs Kramer, The Naked City[movie])!
Continues in The Joker's Provokers! A
EPISODE 22: THE JOKER'S PROVOKERS(Nov. 17, 1966):
Continued from the previous episode!!
"Holy hydraulics", "Holy floodgate"!
A note here: Alan Napier plays a double role in this, not
only as Alfred, but also his cousin Egbert!! And Alan gets
to be more involved in this case than usual!! A
EPISODE 23: MARSHA, QUEEN OF DIAMONDS(Nov. 23, 1966):
A woman who calls herself The Queen Of Diamond is out
after, what else, diamonds, and she mesmerizes men into
helping her out, including Chief O'Hara!!!! She turns her
sights on the biggest target of them all in Gotham, Batman
and his "batdiamond"!!
"Holy Houdini", "Holy hypnotism"!
Starring in order of appearance: Chief O'Hara(Stafford Repp),
Alfred(Alan Napier), Bruce Wayne/Batman(Adam West), Dick
Grayson(Burt Ward), Commissioner Gordon(Neil Hamilton),
& Aunt Harriet(Madge Blake)!
Guest starring here is Carolyn Jones(best known as Morticia
Addams from the TV show The Addams Family, but also was in
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, House Of Wax, King Creole)
as The Queen As Diamonds, a role which she returns for 4
more times!!
Continues in Marsha's Scheme Of Diamonds! A-
EPISODE 24: MARSHA'S SCHEME OF DIAMONDS(Nov. 24, 1966):
Continued from the previous episode!! Marsha has hornswoggled
Batman into marrying him for the sake of Robin, and only a miracle
can get him out of this mess!!!
"Holy stalactites", "Holy hors d'ouerves"! A-
EPISODE 25: COME BACK, SHAME(Nov. 30, 1966):
Back again, for the first time(lol), is Shame, who starts out by
stealing a race car while it's in the middle of a race!!
"Holy jigsaw puzzle", "Holy stampede"!
Starring in order of appearance: Commissioner Gordon(Neil Hamilton),
Chief O'Hara(Stafford Repp), Aunt Harriet(Madge Blake), Bruce Wayne/
Batman(Adam West), Dick Grayson(Burt Ward) & Alfred(Alan Napier)!
Guest starring here is Cliff Robertson(Spiderman 1, 2, & 3, PT 109, Gidget)
as Shame!! Also here in a short role is Jack Carter(Viva Las Vegas, many
TV game shows)!!
Continues in It's How You Play The Game! B
EPISODE 26: IT'S HOW YOU PLAY THE GAME(Dec. 1, 1966):
Continued from the previous episode!!
"Holy toreador", "Holy Matador", "Holy guacamole", "Holy Bat-logic"!
Another cameo alert: Warner Klemperer(Hogan's Heroes)! B
EPISODE 27: THE PENGUIN'S NEST(Dec. 7, 1966):
The Penguin has opened a new restaurant and invited all
the rich and famous people of Gotham City to it's grand
opening, and the first thing he does is try to steal Aunt
Harriet's bracelet off her wrist!! He gets caught easily, and
the whole thing seems way too suspicious to Bruce Wayne
and his young ward, Dick Grayson, so they suggest that
Commissioner Gordon call Batman and Robin in to find
out what the old bird is up to!!
"Holy straitjacket", "Holy firing squad", "Holy blank cartridge"!
Starring in order of appearance: Chief O'Hara(Stafford Repp),
Commissioner Gordon(Neil Hamilton), Bruce Wayne/Batman
(Adam West), Dick Grayson(Burt Ward), Aunt Harriet(Madge
Blake) & Alfred(Alan Napier)!
Guest starring Burgess Merideth who reprises his Penguin
role!!
And we have another cameo pop-up: non-other than Lurch
(Ted Cassidy) from The Addams Family!!!
Continues in The Bird's Last Jest! A
EPISODE 28: THE BIRD'S LAST JEST(Dec. 8, 1966):
Continued from the previous episode!! The Penguin has a devious
plan to get rid of Batman & Robin, using Chief O'Hara as bait!!
"Holy Davy Jones", "Holy Guadalcanal" "Holy levitation" "Holy
flip-flop", "Holy chocolate eclair"! A
EPISODE 29: THE CAT'S MEOW(Dec. 14, 1966):
For the last episodes on this DVD set we have returning The
Catwoman!! She has apparently gone straight, and is forming
a music group!! But before she does, she just has to pull a
couple more capers, which involves stealing peoples voices!!
"Holy reincarnation", "Holy explosion", "Holy detonator",
"Holy bulls eye", "Holy human flies" by Jerry Lewis, "Holy
Cinderella", "Holy headache", "Holy midnight" by the announcer!!
Starring in order of appearance: Bruce Wayne/Batman(Adam West),
Dick Grayson(Burt Ward), Alfred(Alan Napier), Commissioner Gordon,
(Neil Hamilton), Chief O'Hara(Stafford Repp) & Aunt Harriet
(Madge Blake)!
Guest starring the returning Julie Newmar as The Catwoman!!
Along with Julie, guest starring here are Chad Stewart & Jeremy
Clyde(pop recording artist from the 60s[Willow Weep For Me,
A Summer Song, Yesterday's Gone)!! And if that wasn't enough,
also here is Joe Flynn(McHale's Navy, The Love Bug, Son Of
Flubber and several more Disney movies!)!
In this we have the first special guest cameo as Batman &
Robin climb a building, Jerry Lewis!!
Continues in The Bat's Kow Tow! A
EPISODE 30: THE BAT'S KOW TOW(Dec. 15, 1966):
Continued from the previous episode!! Catwoman is stealing
everyone's voices, and after she steals Chad & Jeremy's she
demands a ransom for their return!!
"Holy resourcefulness", "Holy mush"!
Here, Chad & Jeremy sing, but a song I've never heard!!
Guest starring in another cameo, Steve Allen(mostly known for
being a game show host, however he had an iconic movie role in being
Benny Goodman in the movie The Benny Goodman Story! He also is
known for being a composer, having composed This Could Be The
Start Of Something Big & the TV Theme for Richard Diamond[I can
not verify this, but he's credited on IMDb for this]! And last
but not least, he also hosted The Tonight Show back in the 50's)!!
Another quick cameo, Don Ho(Singer[known for the song Tiny
Bubbles])!! A
From another reviewer at IMDb.com:
Since my generation knows Batman either as a film noir
type (Tim Burton's and Christopher Nolan's movies) or as
something toyetic (Joel Schumacher's movies), it might
surprise us to learn that there was a campy '60s show
featuring the Caped Crusader and Robin. Whatever the
modern movies gave us, they don't give us zany puns or
graphics showing noises. You can bet money that they
had a lot of fun making this series. You're bound to
love it. - lee_eisenberg