BATMAN(1967) SEASON THREE
The third and final season of the original Batman live
action series!!
This season sees the change in format to one half hour episode
per week instead of two half hours played back to back on
successive nights! This may have contributed to the demise of
the series as with a half hour it's pretty hard to build a full action
episode!!
Most everyone returns, and they've added a new character:
Batgirl!! Personally, my favorite character out of this series!!
Also returning here from season one is one of the greatest
actors in horror movie history, Vincent Price as Egghead!! And
in a brilliant move, they also bring back Frank Gorshin as the
Riddler from the first season!!!(Second best move of this season)!!
Another new character(special guest villain) is Louie The Lilac
played by Mr. TV himself, Milton Berle!!
And not returning here, and quite frankly maybe another
reason this show died, is Julie Newmar as Catwoman!!! I
never got used to Eartha Kitt as Catwoman!!!
EPISODES 1: ENTER BATGIRL, EXIT PENGUIN(Sept. 14, 1967):
The first appearance of Batgirl, this one has the Penguin
kidnapping Barbara Gordon and trying to force her to
marry him!! Gadzooks!!!
Starring in order of appearance: Bruce Wayne(Adam West),
Dick Grayson(Burt Ward), Barbara Gorden(Yvonne Craig)
Commissioner Gordon(Neil Hamilton), Chief O'Hara(Stafford
Repp) & Alfred(Alan Napier)! Aunt Harriet(Madge Blake) does
not appear in this episode!! She had been ill during most of
this season and only appeared in two episodes!!
Returning for the third and final season as The Penguin is
Burgess Merideth!!
And a change from the previous years here, instead of a
continuing, two part story, we have at the end of the episode
a lead in to the next one's, which has nothing to do with this
one!! This particular lead in shows us the Riddler returning
for the next weeks episode, with Frank Gorshin reprising his
first season's portrayal of The Riddler!! A
EPISODE 2: RING AROUND THE RIDDLER(Sept. 21, 1967):
The Riddler is causing havoc with the boxing world by
mesmerizing boxers into doing his bidding!!
Here we have "Holy hieroglyphics", "Holy missing relatives",
"Holy sudden incapacitation" & "Holy smoke"!
Starring in order of appearance: Alfred(Alan Napier),
Bruce Wayne(Adam West), Dick Grayson(Burt Ward),
Barbara Gorden(Yvonne Craig), Commissioner Gordon
(Neil Hamilton), Chief O'Hara(Stafford Repp) & Aunt
Harriet(Madge Blake)(This is the first of only two episodes
that Madge is in! She was quite ill and couldn't take the
grueling schedule that an episodic TV show demanded)!!
Frank Gorshin returns for his final appearance as The
Riddler!! The lead-in for next weeks show is a scene
with Siren!!
Sadly, this was not a great episode! A-
EPISODE 3: THE WAIL OF THE SIREN(Sept. 28, 1967):
Siren returns to find out who Batman and Robin are
and to make her millions!!
Here we have "Holy one track Bat-Computer mind", "Holy
fourth amendment"!!
Starring in order of appearance: Commissioner Gordon
(Neil Hamilton), Dick Grayson/Robin(Burt Ward), Bruce Wayne/
Batman(Adam West), Chief O'Hara(Stafford Repp), Barbara
Gorden(Yvonne Craig) & Alfred(Alan Napier)!
Guest starring Joan Collins(Dynesty, Star Trek: TOS episode
"City On The Edge Of Forever")!!
As bad as the last one was, this is the all-time worst ever
Batman episode of any kind!!!!!!!!!!! As if the Siren's shrill
wasn't bad enough, they added a new song for Batgirl,
which is terrible!! F
EPISODE 4: THE SPORT OF PENGUINS(Oct. 5, 1967):
The Penguin joins forces with Lulu Lasagne, the rich
horse owner!! There's a race coming up and they hatch
a plan to make a ton of money on it!!
Here we have "Holy time bomb", "Holy non-sequiturs",
"Holy mucilage" !
Starring in order of appearance: Barbara Gorden(Yvonne
Craig), Commissioner Gordon(Neil Hamilton), Dick Grayson
(Burt Ward), Chief O'Hara(Stafford Repp), Bruce Wayne(Adam
West) & Alfred(Alan Napier)!!
Burgess Merideth & Ethel Merman guest star in this!!!
Continues in "A Horse Of Another Color"!! A
EPISODE 5: A HORSE OF ANOTHER COLOR(Oct. 12, 1967):
Continued from the previous episode, this one sees Penguin
trying to get money together to place a bet on his and his
accomplice's fixed race!!
"Holy diversionary tactic"!
Starring in order of appearance: Commissioner Gordon(Neil
Hamilton), Bruce Wayne(Adam West), Chief O'Hara(Stafford Repp),
Dick Grayson(Burt Ward) Barbara Gorden(Yvonne Craig) &
Alfred(Alan Napier)!!
Burgess Merideth & Ethel Murman return!!
Leads into The Unkindest Tut Of All with Tut showing up at the
Gotham Library while Barbara and Commissioner Gordon are
there! A
EPISODE 6: THE UNKINDEST TUT OF ALL(Oct. 19, 1967):
Tut's back, and he believes he has unmasked Batman!!
After Bruce and Alfred "prove" him wrong, Tut decides
to loot an ancient artifact!!
Here we have "Holy heart failure"!
Starring in order of appearance: Bruce Wayne(Adam
West), Barbara Gorden(Yvonne Craig), Dick Grayson
(Burt Ward), Chief O'Hara(Stafford Repp), Commissioner
Gordon(Neil Hamilton) & Alfred(Alan Napier)!!
Victor Buono returns to guest star as King Tut!!!
Setting up at the end of this episode the next episode about
"Louie, The Lilac"!! A
EPISODE 7: LOUIE, THE LILAC(Oct. 26, 1967):
Louie The Lilac is here and trying to corner the market
on flowers so anyone who wants a flower has to come
through him!!
Here we have "Holy purple cannibals", "Holy Luther
Burbank", !
Starring in order of appearance: Chief O'Hara(Stafford Repp),
Commissioner Gordon(Neil Hamilton), Barbara Gordon(Yvonne
Craig), Alfred(Alan Napier), Bruce Wayne/Batman(Adam West)
& Dick Grayson(Burt Ward)!
Guest starring another big name in TV history, Milton
Berle as Louie The Lilac!!!
Unfortunately they bring back the stupid Batgirl song here!!
Leads into "The Ogg And I", with a short scene with Egghead
(Vincent Price) and Olga! A
EPISODE 8: THE OGG AND I(Nov. 2, 1967):
The wonderful Vincent Price shows up here as Egghead,
and he and his cohort Olga are in Gotham to kidnap
Commissioner Gordon for who knows what dastardly
scheme!!
Here we have "Holy eggshells"!
Starring in order of appearance: Commissioner Gordon(Neil
Hamilton), Chief O'Hara(Stafford Repp), Barbara Gordon
(Yvonne Craig), Bruce Wayne/Batman(Adam West), Dick
Grayson(Burt Ward) & Alfred(Alan Napier)!!!
Guest starring the great Vincent Price here as Egghead, and
Anne Baxter(All About Eve, The Ten Commandments, Hotel)
as Olga!!!
The first cameo in a very long time here, Alan Hale(Gilligan's
Island)!! His name is "Gilligan" on this show!!
Continues with "How To Hatch A Dinosaur"! A
EPISODE 9: HOW TO HATCH A DINOSAUR(Nov. 9, 1967):
The dastardly duo is back from the last episode, and they're
planning something very diabolical!! They've stolen some
radium for purposes unknown!!
No holys!
Starring in order of appearance: Commissioner Gordon(Neil
Hamilton), Chief O'Hara(Stafford Repp), Dick Grayson
(Burt Ward), Bruce Wayne/Batman(Adam West), Barbara
Gordon(Yvonne Craig) & Alfred(Alan Napier)!!
Returning here is Vincent Price & Anne Baxter! Another guest
star is probably unknown to most, but to all Star Trek fans out
there, Jon Lormer is well known for being in several Star Trek
episodes, including "The Cage" & "For The World Is Hollow And
I Have Touched The Sky"!!
Leads in to "Surf's Up! Joker's Under"!! A
EPISODE 10: SURF'S UP! JOKER'S UNDER!(Nov. 16, 1967):
The Joker is on the beach and stealing the show, um, kidnapping
people! Barbara's friend, for one! This obviously gets the whole
team involved!!
Batman & Joker surfing?? LOLOLOLOL!!!
"Holy ten toes" "Holy pin cushions" "Holy human surf boards"
"Holy detonations"!
Starring in order of appearance: Barbara Gordon(Yvonne
Craig), Bruce Wayne/Batman(Adam West), Commissioner
Gordon(Neil Hamilton), Chief O'Hara(Stafford Repp), Alfred
(Alan Napier) & Dick Grayson(Burt Ward)!!
Cesar Romero returns as The Joker!!
The lead in for "The Londinium Larcenies" is at the end of
this episode!! A-
EPISODE 11: THE LONDINIUM LARCENIES(Nov. 23, 1967):
This one's set in "Londinium", a poorly disguised version of
London!! Seems there's a couple of blokes pulling all kinds
of capers that has the local constabulary stumped, and they
call up Commissioner Gordon to ask for his help!!
"Holy haziness", "Holy show-ups"!!!!
Starring in order of appearance: Commissioner Gordon
(Neil Hamilton), Barbara Gordon(Yvonne Craig), Chief
O'Hara(Stafford Repp), Alfred(Alan Napier), Bruce Wayne
(Adam West) & Dick Grayson(Burt Ward)!
Guest starring in this is Rudy Vallee(Singer/actor) & Glynis
Johns(Mary Poppins, Glynis) in their first of four appearances
on Batman!!
Continues in "The Foggiest Notion"! A
EPISODE 12: THE FOGGIEST NOTION(Nov. 30, 1967):
Continued from the previous episode! Batman, Robin & Batgirl
continue to battle the powers that be in "Londinium"!!
"Holy gullibility", "Holy tintinnabulation", "Holy rising hemlines"!!
This continues again in the next episode, "The Bloody Tower"!! A
EPISODE 13: THE BLOODY TOWER(Dec. 7, 1967):
And the story continues with Batgirl still held captive by the
not-so-good Lord and Lady; Batman, Robin & Alfred headed
to save her and to put an end to the crime spree; and the Lord
and Lady headed to steal the crown jewels!!
"Holy homework"!
And here we get Aunt Harriet's(Madge Blake) final appearance
on Batman! She was quite ill and didn't return for the final 12
episodes!!
The set-up for the next episode, "Catowoman's Dressed To Kill",
is at the end of this!! A
EPISODE 14: CATWOMAN'S DRESSED TO KILL(Dec. 14, 1967):
Catwoman is back, and she just isn't herself anymore!! LOL!!
Unfortunately, Julie Newmar is no longer with the show and
Eartha Kitt has taken over the role!! Anyway, Catwoman shows
up at a luncheon where they are awarding best dressed awards
and one of the awards go to Batgirl! This is quite irritating to Catwoman
and she immediately starts to make the best dressed people the
worst dressed!!
"Holy priceless collection of Etruscan snoods", "Holy dilemma",
"Holy crucial moment", "Holy homecoming"!!
Starring in order of appearance: Commissioner Gordon(Neil
Hamilton), Chief O'Hara(Stafford Repp), Dick Grayson(Burt Ward),
Bruce Wayne(Adam West), Barbara Gordon(Yvonne Craig) &
Alfred(Alan Napier)!!
Guest starring is Eartha Kitt as Catwoman, one of the worst
moves in this season!!
Lead-in to the next episode, "The Ogg Couple"!! B
EPISODE 15: THE OGG COUPLE(Dec. 21, 1967):
Egghead is back with Olga, and they are stealing a valuable
sword and a solid gold egg!!
"Holy Tartars", "Holy cold creeps", "Holy here we go again"!!
Starring in order of appearance: Commissioner Gordon(Neil Hamilton),
Chief O'Hara(Stafford Repp), Dick Grayson(Burt Ward), Bruce Wayne/
Batman(Adam West), Alfred(Alan Napier) & Barbara Gordon(Yvonne
Craig)!
Guest starring the returning Vincent Price and Anne Baxter!!
Lead-in to "The Funny Feline Felonies"! A
EPISODE 16: THE FUNNY FELINE FELONIES(Dec. 28, 1967):
The Joker(Cesar Romero) & The Catwoman(Eartha Kitt) have joined
forces to overcome the Dynamic Duo and make a lot of money while
doing it by stealing 1 million pounds of gun powder!!
"Holy special delivery"!
Starring in order of appearance: Bruce Wayne/Batman(Adam West),
Alfred(Alan Napier), Barbara Gordon(Yvonne Craig), Commissioner
Gordon(Neil Hamilton), Chief O'Hara(Stafford Repp) & Dick Grayson
(Burt Ward)!
In a cameo appearance is Joe E. Ross(Car 54 Where Are You, The
Love Bug, The Phil Silvers Show)!!
Continued in "The Joke's On Catwoman"!!
EPISODE 17: THE JOKE'S ON CATWOMAN(Jan. 4, 1968):
Still after the gunpowder, which when they get it Catwoman &
Joker will use to blast into the federal depository!!
"Holy return from oblivion"!
Starring in order of appearance: Bruce Wayne/Batman(Adam
West), Barbara Gordon(Yvonne Craig), Alfred The Butler(Alan
Napier), Dick Grayson(Burt Ward), Commissioner Gordon(Neil
Hamilton) & Chief O'Hara(Stafford Repp)!
Returning guest stars here are Cesar Romero and Eartha
Kitt!!
A short scene leads in to the next episode, "Louie's Lethal Lilac Time"! A
EPISODE 18: LOUIE'S LETHAL LILAC TIME(Jan. 11, 1968):
Louie The Lilac breaks into Bruce Wayne's beach house and
steals some ambergris and then kidnaps Bruce and Dick!! His
ultimate goal: to corner the Lilac perfume, soap and cosmetic
markets in Gotham City!!
"Holy finishing touches"!
Starring in order of appearance: Barbara Gordon(Yvonne Craig),
Bruce Wayne/Batman(Adam West), Dick Grayson(Burt Ward),
Alfred The Butler(Alan Napier), Commissioner Gordon(Neil
Hamilton) & Chief O'Hara(Stafford Repp)!
Returning as Louie is Milton Berle!
A lead in to "Nora Clavicle And The Ladies' Crime Club"! A
EPISODE 19: NORA CLAVICLE AND THE LADIES' CRIME CLUB(Jan. 18, 1968):
This start out innocuously enough then goes straight downhill!!
The mayor of Gotham comes in at a dinner for Commissioner
Gordon to announce that he's been replaced by a woman,
and she immediately dismisses Batman and Robin, as well
as replacing all of the police with women!! The bottom line
here, to get the men out of the way so they can go on a
crime spree!!!!
"Holy knit one pearl two", "Holy hamstrings", "Holy underwritten
metropolis", "Holy slipped disc", "Holy mechanical armies"!
Starring in order of appearance: Chief O'Hara(Stafford Repp),
Commissioner Gordon(Neil Hamilton), Barbara Gordon(Yvonne
Craig), Bruce Wayne/Batman(Adam West), Dick Grayson(Burt Ward)
& Alfred(Alan Napier)!
This is really terrible!!!!
A short snippet from the next episode, "Penguin's Clean Sweep",
shows up at the end of this travesty!!! D
EPISODE 20: PENGUIN'S CLEAN SWEEP(Jan. 25, 1968):
The Penguin breaks into the Gotham mint and steals - nothing!
What he did do, however, is taint the bills in the mint with a
deadly virus that will put whoever touches it to sleep for a
very long time!! And the Penguin plans on picking up all the
money that people get rid of!!
"Holy hypodermics", "Holy Rip Van Winkle"!
Starring in order of appearance: Commissioner Gordon(Neil
Hamilton), Barbara Gordon(Yvonne Craig), Bruce Wayne/Batman
(Adam West), Dick Grayson(Burt Ward), Alfred(Alan Napier) &
Chief O'Hara(Stafford Repp)!
Guest starring Burgess Merideth as he returns as the Penguin!! A
EPISODE 21: THE GREAT ESCAPE(Feb. 1, 1968):
Shame, one of the stupidest criminals that ever graced
Batman, has escaped by tank!!
"Holy gall", "Holy hoof beats"!
Starring in order of appearance: Bruce Wayne/Batman
(Adam West), Barbara Gordon(Yvonne Craig), Commissioner
Gordon(Neil Hamilton), Dick Grayson(Burt Ward), Alfred(Alan
Napier) & Chief O'Hara(Stafford Repp)!
Guest starring Cliff Robertson as Shane!
And a quick cameo alert: Jerry Mathers(Theodore Cleaver,
or better known as the Beaver, in Leave It To Beaver!)!
Continues in The Great Train Robbery! A
EPISODE 22: THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY(Feb. 8, 1968):
Continued from the previous episode!! And here Shame
and Batman have it out at high noon!!
Starring in order of appearance: Bruce Wayne/Batman
(Adam West), Dick Grayson(Burt Ward), Commissioner
Gordon(Neil Hamilton), Chief O'Hara(Stafford Repp),
Barbara Gordon(Yvonne Craig) & Alfred(Alan Napier)!
Leading in to "I'll Be A Mummy's Uncle", ! B
EPISODE 23: I'LL BE A MUMMY'S UNCLE(Feb. 22, 1968):
King Tut's back again!! He's after some rare metal that's
the hardest in the world, but unfortunately for him, it's
underneath the Wayne Manor!!
"Holy Journey To The Center Of The Earth", "Holy waste
of energy", "Holy razor's edge"!!
Starring in order of appearance: Commissioner Gordon(Neil
Hamilton), Bruce Wayne/Batman(Adam West), Barbara Gordon
(Yvonne Craig), Dick Grayson(Burt Ward), Chief O'Hara(Stafford Repp),
& Alfred(Alan Napier)!
Guest starring Victor Buono as King Tut!!
In a cameo appearance, we have Henny Youngman("Take my
wife, please")!!
As this concludes we see The Joker in a flying saucer, which
is the lead in to "The Joker's Flying Saucer"!!! A
EPISODE 24: THE JOKER'S FLYING SAUCER(Feb. 29, 1968):
Joker's in cahoots with a little green man(from Mars??) and
they're terrorizing Gotham City in their flying saucer!!
"Holy rock garden", "Holy known, unknown flying saucers"(2
times),!
Starring in order of appearance: Commissioner Gordon(Neil
Hamilton), Barbara Gordon(Yvonne Craig), Bruce Wayne/Batman
(Adam West), Dick Grayson(Burt Ward), Chief O'Hara(Stafford Repp),
& Alfred(Alan Napier)!
Cesar Romero returns as The Joker!
And leading in to our next episode, "The Entrancing Dr. Cassandra",
we have a quick scene giving us a clue of what to expect!! A
EPISODE 25: THE ENTRANCING DR. CASSANDRA(Mar. 7, 1968):
This has two science/alchemy specialists trying to bring doom
and gloom to Gotham City, along with Batman & Robin!!
"Holy helplessness", "Holy giveaways", "Holy catastrophes",!
Starring in order of appearance: Commissioner Gordon(Neil Hamilton),
Chief O'Hara(Stafford Repp), Bruce Wayne/Batman(Adam West), Dick
Grayson(Burt Ward), Barbara Gordon(Yvonne Craig) & Alfred(Alan Napier)!
Guest starring here are two of the more well known movie pairs
to ever be on the screen: Howard Duff & Ida Lupino!! These two
were married and were in several movies together, and also starred
in the TV show Mr. Adams and Eve!!
And as one final added feature, this actually has all of the arch
criminals in it, although none of them say anything, but you
can still hear their particular laughs!!
In this you see: The Joker(Cesar Romero), Egghead(Vincent Price),
The Penguin(Burgess Merideth), King Tut(Victor Buono), The
Riddler(Frank Gorshin) and last but not least, Catwoman(Julie
Newmar)!!!! While it's too bad none of them got to speak,
still it was wonderful to see them all together in this second
to last episode, especially Frank and Julie!!!!! This alone made
this one of the best episodes over all, and certainly the best
of this season!!!(After doing some research here, it seems that
actually none of the original actors where here, but were portrayed
by stand-ins for each of the stars!! But gotta tell you, they look
pretty believable, especially Joker, Riddler, Penguin & Catwoman)!!!
This has the final preview of the last episode of the series,
"Minerva, Mayhem and Millionaires"!!! A+
EPISODE 26: MINERVA, MAYHEM AND MILLIONAIRES(Feb. 14, 1968):
The final episode of the series!! A masseuse does more than
give massages, she also picks people's brains to find out
where they hide their fortunes!!
"Holy astringent plum-like fruit", "Holy human pressure cookers",
and the final holy, "Holy skull tap"!
Starring in order of appearance: Bruce Wayne/Batman(Adam West),
Commissioner Gordon(Neil Hamilton), Barbara Gordon(Yvonne Craig),
Chief O'Hara(Stafford Repp), Dick Grayson(Burt Ward) & Alfred(Alan
Napier)!
Guest starring Zsa Zsa Gabor(Green Acres) as Minerva! B+
SPECIALS ON DISC 5:
Just a couple of notes here about the specials! While there are
quite a few here, and while there are quite a few actors, directors,
producers, ect here, I was disappointed that Burt Ward wasn't
more present here! Also, I would have liked to see something
about Jan & Dean's contribution to the music of the show!
HANGING WITH BATMAN:
Just how Adam West got to be Batman, and what the
affects were on his life!! With input from: Adam West!
This is excellent!! A++
HOLY MEMORABILIA BATMAN:
As you would expect, the world of Batman memorabilia
through the eyes of: Ralph Garman(Collector), Adam West
(Batman/Bruce Wayne), Jordan Hembrough(Host of "Toy
Hunter"), Kevin Silva(Collector) & Mark Racop(Owner, Fiberglass
Freaks)
BATMANIA BORN:
BUILDING THE WORLD OF BATMAN:
With input from: Burt Ward(Robin/Dick Grayson), Andy Mengels
(Author/Historian), Bruce Timm(Produceer: Batman: The Animated
Series), Jim Lee(Co-Publisher: DC Comics), Mike Carlin(Creative
Director: Animation - DC Comics), Michael Uslan(Executive Producer:
Batman Movie Franchise), Stanley Ralph Ross(Writer: Batman TV
Series), Julie Newmar(Catwoman), Paul Levitz(Former President
and Publisher: DC Comics), Adam West(Batman/Bruce Wayne),
Dan DiDio(Co-Publisher: DC Comics), James Tucker(Producer:
Batman: The Brave And The Bold), Mary Vogt(Costume Designer)
Alan Burnett(Producer: W.B. Animation), Vaughn Edwards
(Production Designer), Tom Earls(Set Designer), Bobi Garland
(Costume Historian/Archivist), Cesar Romero(The Joker), Frank
Gorshin(The Joker), William Dozer(Executive Producer), Len Wein
(Batman Writer, Former Batman Editor)!
BATS OF THE ROUND TABLE:
This is 45 minutes long!!!! Longer than any of the episodes!!
A group sitting around a dinner table, discussing Batman:
Adam West(Batman/Bruce Wayne), Kevin Smith(Comic Book
Men), Ralph Garman(Radio Personality, Collector), Phil Morris
(John Jones[J'onn J'onzz], Smallville, Son of Greg Morris[Mission:
Impossible]), Jim Lee(Co-Publisher: D.C. Comics)! This is definitely
long but well worth the watch!! A
INVENTING BATMAN:
IN THE WORDS OF ADAM WEST:
High Diddle Riddle:
An interesting way to present how these episodes were put
together, with Adam cutting in with comments and memories
of how the episodes were done, what he was thinking while
doing them, and why he presented the characters the way
he did! Just wish this had been done with Burt also!!
Smack In The Middle:
This is the same as above, with this being the second part
of the two part episodes about the Riddler!!
NA NA NA BATMAN!:
A discussion about all things Batman!! With input from:
Adam West(Batman), Burt Ward(Robin), Julie Newmar(Catwoman),
Stephen Amell(Oliver Queen/The Arrow: Arrow), Willa Holland(Thea
Queen: Arrow), David Ramsey(John Diggle: Arrow), Emily Bett Edwards
(Felicity Smoak: Arrow), Caty Lotz(Sara Lance: Arrow), Andrew Kreisberg
(Executive Producer: Arrow), Greg Berlanti(Executive Producer: Arrow),
Tim Kang(Kimball Cho: The Mentalist), Rockmond Dunbar(Denis Abbot:
The Mentalist), Tom Szentoyoroyi(Executive Producer: The Mentalist),
Bruner Holler(Executive Producer: The Mentalist), Misha Collins(Castiel:
Supernatural), Jered Padaleki(Sam Winchester: Supernatural), Jensen
Ackels(Dean Winchester: Supernatural), Adam Glass(Executive Producer:
Supernatural), Kevin Bacon(Ryan Hardy: The Following), Shawn Ashmore
(Mike WestonThe Following), James Purefoy(Joe Carroll: The Following),
Mike Carlan(Creative Director: Animation - D.C. Comics), Mike
O'Malley(Consulting Producer: Shameless) & Jay Oliva(Director:
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns)
BAT RARITIES:
STRAIGHT FROM THE VAULT:
BATGIRL PILOT:
Starring in order of appearance: Barbara Gordon/Batgirl(Yvonne
Craig), Bruce Wayne/Batman(Adam West), Dick Grayson/Robin
(Burt Ward), Commissioner Gordon(Neil Hamilton)
And yes, we have a holy: "Holy vanity case"!!
Fortunately, they did not use the Batgirl theme that permeated
the third season!! This was shot as a possible series unto itself,
but they decided to just incorporate Batgirl into the Batman
series! This is actually a decent little show at only 7+ minutes! A
BURT WARD SCREEN TEST WITH ADAM WEST:
Just what it says!!
Believe it or not, there's even a holy in this: "Holy caboose"!!
ACTOR'S SCREEN TEST: LYLE WAGGONER & PETER DEYELL
They are testing for Batman and Robin! After watching this,
I'm really not sure why Lyle didn't get the role, as he was
quite good here! Peter, on the other hand, would not have
been a good choice for Robin!
As this was the same scene that Adam and Burt tested for,
the same holy, "hole caboose", is here also!!
JAMES BLAKELY TRIBUTE:
James Blakely was the Post-Production Supervisor for the
Batman series! Here he discusses how he got the position,
and a little of the editing that he was responsible for!
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