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| <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Like many who grew up in the '60s and '70s (and perhaps even '80s and later), Tim and Paul had the course of their lives changed by the 1966 Batman TV show, from the types of play they did growing up to their present-day interests. In this series, they discuss the show's allure and its failures, the arc of the show from satire to sitcom, its influences (the '40s serials and the comic books themselves) and the things it, in turn, influenced. | |
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| <title>#213 “Mr. Terrific”: A tough pill to swallow? Pt 1</title> | |
| <itunes:title>“Mr. Terrific”: A tough pill to swallow? Pt 1</itunes:title> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://deconstructingcomics.com/Batpoles/MisterTerrificPt1.jpg" alt="Mr Terrific" width="600" height="449" /></p> <p>This time we look at the other sitcom that tried to cash in on <em><strong>Batman</strong></em>, CBS’s <a href= "https://archive.org/details/mr-terrific/01+Matchless.mp4" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"><em><strong>Mr. Terrific</strong></em></a>. It’s goofier than <em><strong>Captain Nice</strong></em> and not as funny (although the laugh track clearly doesn’t think that!), but with a surprisingly good cast. We discuss the unaired pilot, and the first 8 episodes of the 17-episode series, which is quite different from the pilot, with an utterly different cast and different situation for Mr. T’s alter ego, <strong>Stanley Beamish</strong>. </p> <p>Plus: <a href= "https://youtube.com/shorts/KczhZOXiYHk?si=lJ2zspXtnYICPY3e" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Max Diaz Music</strong>’s “punk” version of the theme</a>, <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XQ12bFaakc" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><strong>Adam and Burt</strong> appearing on <em><strong>Hour Magazine</strong></em></a> in 1984, and <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8941" target="_blank" rel="noopener">your response to our discussion</a> of the <em>Batman</em> cast reunion on Fox’s <em>Late Night with Ross Shafer</em>, in episode 211! </p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>This time we look at the other sitcom that tried to cash in on <em>Batman</em>, CBS’s <a href= "https://archive.org/details/mr-terrific/01+Matchless.mp4" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Mr. Terrific</em></a>. It’s goofier than <em>Captain Nice</em> and not as funny (although the laugh track clearly doesn’t think that!), but with a surprisingly good cast. We discuss the unaired pilot, and the first 8 episodes of the 17-episode series, which is quite different from the pilot, with an utterly different cast and different situation for Mr. T’s alter ego, Stanley Beamish. </p> <p>Plus: <a href= "https://youtube.com/shorts/KczhZOXiYHk?si=lJ2zspXtnYICPY3e" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Max Diaz Music’s “punk” version of the theme</a>, <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XQ12bFaakc" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Adam and Burt appearing on <em>Hour Magazine</em></a> in 1984, and <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8941" target="_blank" rel="noopener">your response to our discussion</a> of the <em>Batman</em> cast reunion on Fox’s <em>Late Night with Ross Shafer</em>, in episode 211! </p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#212 That’s no bat, boy, that’s Captain Nice!</title> | |
| <itunes:title>That’s no bat, boy, that’s Captain Nice!</itunes:title> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="//assets.libsyn.com/show/65262/CaptainNice.jpg" alt= "Captain Nice" width="600" height="300" /></p> <p>When <em><strong>Batman</strong></em> hit in early 1966, it set a trend of superheroes in pop culture that many rushed to emulate. By the time many of these bat-mimics were ready for public consumption, the trend was on its way out. One such wave-rider was <em><strong>Captain Nice</strong></em>, created by <strong>Buck Henry</strong>, and repeating some gags from Henry’s hit <em><strong>Get Smart</strong></em>. While <em>Captain Nice</em> brought some really funny moments, it failed to catch on with audiences. Was this simply because the bat-bubble had burst? Or was it that Henry wasn’t the right person to grab the lightning in a bottle that <strong>Lorenzo Semple, Jr.</strong>, had captured? We look at the strengths and weaknesses of the show, the possible reasons for its failure, and whether <em>Captain Nice</em> was meant to be a bat-clone, or a conventional sitcom starring a superhero.</p> <p>Plus, the <strong>Solid Ghost Band</strong> theme version, MTV looks at a party commemorating 20 years since the last Batman primetime episode, and <strong>ChrisBCritter</strong> <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8924" target="_blank" rel="noopener">explains how <strong>Dr. Somnambula</strong>’s stethescope worked</a>!</p> <p><a href= "https://archive.org/details/capn-nice-tv-show/Captain+Nice++on+13+Week+Theatre.mp4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Watch <em>Captain Nice</em> on Archive.org</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thqrwtrWK48">Batman Reunion Party, 1988</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/thqrwtrWK48?si=7ckZYiAMYVQuWOP-" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allow= "accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF9sKV4dM6I" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Sold Ghost Band theme version</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/EF9sKV4dM6I?si=Umti_X3WgjWNUkSU" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allow= "accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <p> </p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>When <em>Batman</em> hit in early 1966, it set a trend of superheroes in pop culture that many rushed to emulate. By the time many of these bat-mimics were ready for public consumption, the trend was on its way out. One such wave-rider was <em>Captain Nice</em>, created by Buck Henry, and repeating some gags from Henry’s hit <em>Get Smart</em>. While <em>Captain Nice</em> brought some really funny moments, it failed to catch on with audiences. Was this simply because the bat-bubble had burst? Or was it that Henry wasn’t the right person to grab the lightning in a bottle that Lorenzo Semple, Jr., had captured? We look at the strengths and weaknesses of the show, the possible reasons for its failure, and whether <em>Captain Nice</em> was meant to be a bat-clone, or a conventional sitcom starring a superhero.</p> <p>Plus, the Solid Ghost Band theme version, MTV looks at a party commemorating 20 years since the last Batman primetime episode, and ChrisBCritter <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8924" target="_blank" rel="noopener">explains how Dr. Somnambula’s stethescope worked</a>!</p> <p><a href= "https://archive.org/details/capn-nice-tv-show/Captain+Nice++on+13+Week+Theatre.mp4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Watch <em>Captain Nice</em> on Archive.org</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thqrwtrWK48">Batman Reunion Party, 1988</a></p> <p></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF9sKV4dM6I" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Sold Ghost Band theme version</a></p> <p></p> <p> </p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#211 Holy overbooking! The Late Show’s Batman reunion</title> | |
| <itunes:title>Holy overbooking! The Late Show’s Batman reunion</itunes:title> | |
| <pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2023 12:20:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="//assets.libsyn.com/show/65262/thelateshow.jpg" alt= "Adam and Burt with Ross Shafer" width="600" height="461" /></p> <p>On April 28, 1988, the then-fledgling <strong>Fox Network</strong>’s <em><strong>The Late Show with Ross Shafer</strong></em> hosted a <em><strong>Batman</strong></em> reunion. However, due to poor time management and a second-rate host, among other problems, the reunion can be a bit of a tough watch - especially the way <strong>Alan Napier</strong> was shortchanged on airtime at the end as he and Shafer struggled to communicate with each other. Video of the episode, unavailable when we looked for it years ago, surfaced last year, and this time we discuss the problems as well as the interesting bits that we did pick up from the bat-cast.</p> <p>ALSO: The <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztXy0oUp4hs" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>WDR Big Band</strong></a> version of the theme, and we read your mail on episodes 208 and <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8909" target="_blank" rel="noopener">209</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztXy0oUp4hs" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>WDR Big Band</strong></a></p> <p> <iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/ztXy0oUp4hs?si=fK3NKfXQd-E9pVmr" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allow= "accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1v8T7uevv4" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"><em><strong>The Late Show with Ross Shafer</strong></em>'s <em><strong>Batman</strong></em> reunion</a></p> <p> <iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/S1v8T7uevv4?si=DWEeX6UMOJ4xBwjx" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allow= "accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>On April 28, 1988, the then-fledgling Fox Network’s <em>The Late Show with Ross Shafer</em> hosted a <em>Batman</em> reunion. However, due to poor time management and a second-rate host, among other problems, the reunion can be a bit of a tough watch - especially the way Alan Napier was shortchanged on airtime at the end as he and Shafer struggled to communicate with each other. Video of the episode, unavailable when we looked for it years ago, surfaced last year, and this time we discuss the problems as well as the interesting bits that we did pick up from the bat-cast.</p> <p>ALSO: The <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztXy0oUp4hs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WDR Big Band</a> version of the theme, and we read your mail on episodes 208 and <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8909" target="_blank" rel="noopener">209</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztXy0oUp4hs" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">WDR Big Band</a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1v8T7uevv4" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The Late Show with Ross Shafer</em>'s <em>Batman</em> reunion</a></p> <p> </p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#210 The Sandman Cometh Alone (part 2)</title> | |
| <itunes:title>The Sandman Cometh Alone (part 2)</itunes:title> | |
| <pubDate>Thu, 23 Nov 2023 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="//assets.libsyn.com/show/65262/SandmanNoodles.jpg" alt="Sandman in noodles" width="600" height="452" /></p> <p>We conclude our look at <strong>Ellis St. Joseph</strong>’s original <strong>Sandman</strong> script with the sleepwalker-filled second part of the arc, originally titled <strong>“A Stitch in Time.”</strong> We discuss our impressions of the script, the episode we got instead, and which one we might have preferred. We also share more impressions of the script from the denizens of the ’66 Batman message board, and listen to the world’s most enthusiastic kid, <a href= "https://soundcloud.com/user-340141361/batman-theme" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>“The Colour Boo”</strong></a>, sing a mostly original song about the <strong>Caped Crusader</strong>.</p> <p><strong>The Sandman Cometh</strong>, <a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/afvp66p4rye5mh0x1j6cc/SANDMANfirstdraft.pdf?rlkey=6ozmkzlgwgsb4srjf9sy59yhu&dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">First Draft</a>, <a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p2pe1fhl8i3hvutku1iob/SANDMANfinaldraftSansCatwoman.pdf?rlkey=bp0dd6tqz3783ncs6bb9v782e&dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Final Draft</a></p> <p><a href= "http://tothebatpoles.blogspot.com/2011/10/batscholar-on-episodes-67-68.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Joel Eisner</strong> talks with <strong>Ellis St. Joseph</strong></a></p> <p><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8883" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Message Board thread on this script</a></p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>We conclude our look at Ellis St. Joseph’s original Sandman script with the sleepwalker-filled second part of the arc, originally titled “A Stitch in Time.” We discuss our impressions of the script, the episode we got instead, and which one we might have preferred. We also share more impressions of the script from the denizens of the ’66 Batman message board, and listen to the world’s most enthusiastic kid, <a href= "https://soundcloud.com/user-340141361/batman-theme" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">“The Colour Boo”</a>, sing a mostly original song about the Caped Crusader.</p> <p>The Sandman Cometh, <a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/afvp66p4rye5mh0x1j6cc/SANDMANfirstdraft.pdf?rlkey=6ozmkzlgwgsb4srjf9sy59yhu&dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">First Draft</a>, <a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p2pe1fhl8i3hvutku1iob/SANDMANfinaldraftSansCatwoman.pdf?rlkey=bp0dd6tqz3783ncs6bb9v782e&dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Final Draft</a></p> <p><a href= "http://tothebatpoles.blogspot.com/2011/10/batscholar-on-episodes-67-68.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joel Eisner talks with Ellis St. Joseph</a></p> <p><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8883" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Message Board thread on this script</a></p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#209 The Sandman Cometh Alone (part 1)</title> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="//assets.libsyn.com/show/65262/Sandman.jpg" alt= "Michael Rennie as Sandman" width="600" height="480" /></p> <p>Midway through Season Two, <strong>Julie Newmar</strong> appeared along with <strong>Michael Rennie</strong> as guest villains <strong>Catwoman</strong> and <strong>Sandman</strong> in <em><strong>The Sandman Cometh</strong></em>. But originally, this script by <strong>Ellis St. Joseph</strong> featured only the Sandman, with <strong>Robert Morely</strong> picked to play the role. This time, we get into how the teamup came about as we begin a look at St. Joseph’s original draft script.</p> <p>Also, Below the Staff Music takes a stab at a jazz version of Hefti’s Batman theme, Adam West and Burt Ward cameo on the SImpsons, and we read your mail on the Bat Bible and Buck Henry’s rejection of camp!</p> <p><strong>The Sandman Cometh</strong>, <a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/afvp66p4rye5mh0x1j6cc/SANDMANfirstdraft.pdf?rlkey=6ozmkzlgwgsb4srjf9sy59yhu&dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">First Draft</a>, <a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p2pe1fhl8i3hvutku1iob/SANDMANfinaldraftSansCatwoman.pdf?rlkey=bp0dd6tqz3783ncs6bb9v782e&dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Final Draft</a></p> <p><a href= "http://tothebatpoles.blogspot.com/2011/10/batscholar-on-episodes-67-68.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Joel Eisner</strong> talks with <strong>Ellis St. Joseph</strong></a></p> <p><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8883" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Message Board thread on this script</a> | <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8835" target="_blank" rel="noopener">On episode #207 (Bat Bible and <strong>Buck Henry</strong>)</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJaE9KUZnL0" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">"1966 Batman Theme - But It's Jazz," by <strong>Below the Staff Music</strong></a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/YJaE9KUZnL0?si=r9y7nO4DIJzK6Lct" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allow= "accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=On9eG5xKEec" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Adam and Burt on <em><strong>The Simpsons</strong></em></a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/On9eG5xKEec?si=KiVs-EhJR3MGdpD_" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allow= "accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>Midway through Season Two, Julie Newmar appeared along with Michael Rennie as guest villains Catwoman and Sandman in <em>The Sandman Cometh</em>. But originally, this script by Ellis St. Joseph featured only the Sandman, with Robert Morely picked to play the role. This time, we get into how the teamup came about as we begin a look at St. Joseph’s original draft script.</p> <p>Also, Below the Staff Music takes a stab at a jazz version of Hefti’s Batman theme, Adam West and Burt Ward cameo on the SImpsons, and we read your mail on the Bat Bible and Buck Henry’s rejection of camp!</p> <p>The Sandman Cometh, <a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/afvp66p4rye5mh0x1j6cc/SANDMANfirstdraft.pdf?rlkey=6ozmkzlgwgsb4srjf9sy59yhu&dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">First Draft</a>, <a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p2pe1fhl8i3hvutku1iob/SANDMANfinaldraftSansCatwoman.pdf?rlkey=bp0dd6tqz3783ncs6bb9v782e&dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Final Draft</a></p> <p><a href= "http://tothebatpoles.blogspot.com/2011/10/batscholar-on-episodes-67-68.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joel Eisner talks with Ellis St. Joseph</a></p> <p><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8883" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Message Board thread on this script</a> | <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8835" target="_blank" rel="noopener">On episode #207 (Bat Bible and Buck Henry)</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJaE9KUZnL0" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">"1966 Batman Theme - But It's Jazz," by Below the Staff Music</a></p> <p></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=On9eG5xKEec" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Adam and Burt on <em>The Simpsons</em></a></p> <p></p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#208 The Pilot Audience Report: Why did Batman seem “kind of stupid”?</title> | |
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| <pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2023 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="//assets.libsyn.com/show/65262/HiDiddleRiddleBW.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="356" /></p> <p>Even after <em><strong>Batman</strong></em> made ABC’s “second season” schedule, to start in January 1966, there was still concern about how audiences would react. <strong>Will they get the joke?</strong> Should a <strong>laugh track</strong> be used? In a memo dated January 14, 1966 - the day after the second episode, <em>Smack in the Middle</em>, was first broadcast — <strong>Joseph Schrier</strong>, Director of Program Development at ABC, <a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/88ds9jpx3xee97ayats4p/PILOTaudienceREPORTjan66.pdf?rlkey=hnvkvxg0pglo9teydo07iau34&dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports on audience testing on the pilot</a>. While some adults got the joke, others weren’t quite sure if the show was meant to be funny. Audience reaction to <strong>Batman</strong> and <strong>Robin</strong> was mixed, as well, with some noticing that Robin was solving all the Riddler’s riddles while Batman seemed to be flailing. This time, we look at that report, discuss why <strong>Batman could be perceived as rather dense</strong> in the pilot, and how well the report’s recommendations were followed.</p> <p>PLUS: Musician <strong>Noiselund</strong> shows creativity and voluminous Bat-knowledge with his music video <a href= "https://youtu.be/FijgPGyfpvs?si=1IgPEKtMKYutO9fu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Buttercup”</a>; a <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4alh4q1gw0Q" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">1989 report</a> about <strong>Michael Keaton</strong>’s casting as Batman, and <strong>Adam West</strong>’s reaction to it; and <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8802" target="_blank" rel="noopener">we read your mail about our episode on the life of Neil Hamilton</a>.</p> <p><em>Read the draft of </em><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/afvp66p4rye5mh0x1j6cc/SANDMANfirstdraft.pdf?rlkey=6ozmkzlgwgsb4srjf9sy59yhu&dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>The Sandman Cometh</strong></a><em>, and <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8883" target="_blank" rel="noopener">comment on it</a> for our next episode!</em></p> <p> </p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/FijgPGyfpvs?si=1IgPEKtMKYutO9fu" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allow= "accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/4alh4q1gw0Q?si=Mrc8s0p6MdMTABHK" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allow= "accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>Even after <em>Batman</em> made ABC’s “second season” schedule, to start in January 1966, there was still concern about how audiences would react. Will they get the joke? Should a laugh track be used? In a memo dated January 14, 1966 - the day after the second episode, <em>Smack in the Middle</em>, was first broadcast — Joseph Schrier, Director of Program Development at ABC, <a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/88ds9jpx3xee97ayats4p/PILOTaudienceREPORTjan66.pdf?rlkey=hnvkvxg0pglo9teydo07iau34&dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports on audience testing on the pilot</a>. While some adults got the joke, others weren’t quite sure if the show was meant to be funny. Audience reaction to Batman and Robin was mixed, as well, with some noticing that Robin was solving all the Riddler’s riddles while Batman seemed to be flailing. This time, we look at that report, discuss why Batman could be perceived as rather dense in the pilot, and how well the report’s recommendations were followed.</p> <p>PLUS: Musician Noiselund shows creativity and voluminous Bat-knowledge with his music video <a href= "https://youtu.be/FijgPGyfpvs?si=1IgPEKtMKYutO9fu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Buttercup”</a>; a <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4alh4q1gw0Q" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">1989 report</a> about Michael Keaton’s casting as Batman, and Adam West’s reaction to it; and <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8802" target="_blank" rel="noopener">we read your mail about our episode on the life of Neil Hamilton</a>.</p> <p><em>Read the draft of </em><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/afvp66p4rye5mh0x1j6cc/SANDMANfirstdraft.pdf?rlkey=6ozmkzlgwgsb4srjf9sy59yhu&dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Sandman Cometh</a><em>, and <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8883" target="_blank" rel="noopener">comment on it</a> for our next episode!</em></p> <p> </p> <p></p> <p></p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>Next episode topic, and vote for new Patreon podcast topic</title> | |
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| <pubDate>Sat, 23 Sep 2023 12:10:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <title>#207 The Bat-bible, and Buck Henry’s rejection of camp</title> | |
| <itunes:title>The Bat-bible, and Buck Henry’s rejection of camp</itunes:title> | |
| <pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2023 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="//assets.libsyn.com/show/65262/Henry-Semple.jpg" alt= "" width="550" height="369" /></p> <p>In television, a show’s <strong>“bible”</strong> is a collection of the rules for the world of a particular show, to keep writers on track with their scripts. The makeshift bible that <strong>Lorenzo Semple, Jr.,</strong> wrote for Batman is lost to history, but <strong>what might have been in it?</strong> What are the rules that we can see the show following? Tim has compiled some and presents them here — and asks for your suggestions.</p> <p>In a recent Bat Inbox, we discussed some comments writer <strong>Buck Henry</strong> made about Batman and <strong>camp</strong> shortly after the show premiered. The comments struck Paul as being off-target and showing a poor understanding of what camp is. Is camp not comedy? Was Henry’s co-creation <em><strong>Get Smart</strong></em> not a campy show? Paul’s given it some more thought and research, and furthers that discussion in this episode.</p> <p>Plus, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ5VicYbgWI" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the <strong>Kydoniai Orchestra</strong> version of the theme</a>, the conclusion of <strong>Adam West</strong>’s Cinefix interview from 2014, and <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8774" target="_blank" rel="noopener">your response to our second <strong>Batman/Star Trek act-off</strong></a>.</p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/ad3cz711s4ygruw/GilliganAndCaptKirk.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Gilligan and Captain Kirk have more in common than you think: 1960s Camp TV as an alternative geneology for cult TV" by W.D. Phillips and Isabel Pinedo</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/eQ5VicYbgWI" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allow= "accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>In television, a show’s “bible” is a collection of the rules for the world of a particular show, to keep writers on track with their scripts. The makeshift bible that Lorenzo Semple, Jr., wrote for Batman is lost to history, but what might have been in it? What are the rules that we can see the show following? Tim has compiled some and presents them here — and asks for your suggestions.</p> <p>In a recent Bat Inbox, we discussed some comments writer Buck Henry made about Batman and camp shortly after the show premiered. The comments struck Paul as being off-target and showing a poor understanding of what camp is. Is camp not comedy? Was Henry’s co-creation <em>Get Smart</em> not a campy show? Paul’s given it some more thought and research, and furthers that discussion in this episode.</p> <p>Plus, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ5VicYbgWI" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Kydoniai Orchestra version of the theme</a>, the conclusion of Adam West’s Cinefix interview from 2014, and <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8774" target="_blank" rel="noopener">your response to our second Batman/Star Trek act-off</a>.</p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/ad3cz711s4ygruw/GilliganAndCaptKirk.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Gilligan and Captain Kirk have more in common than you think: 1960s Camp TV as an alternative geneology for cult TV" by W.D. Phillips and Isabel Pinedo</a></p> <p></p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#206 Neil Hamilton: From silent film star to Gotham’s top cop</title> | |
| <itunes:title>#206 Neil Hamilton: From silent film star to Gotham’s top cop</itunes:title> | |
| <pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2023 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="//assets.libsyn.com/show/65262/Two_Neils.jpg" alt="" width="550" height="305" /></p> <p>He’s best remembered as the Gotham City Police Department’s <strong>Commissioner Gordon</strong>, the <strong>Dynamic Duo</strong>’s #1 cheerleader. But <strong>Neil Hamilton</strong> had a long Hollywood career decades before <em><strong>Batman</strong></em>, dating back to the silent film era. This time, we talk about the hills and valleys of his decades in film and television, capped off with the <em><strong>Batman</strong></em> role that earned him the funds to retire.</p> <p>PLUS: More of <strong>Adam West</strong>’s 2014 appearance on the YouTube channel <strong>Cinefix</strong>, the <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe6rGSuEodI" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><strong>Scott Community High School Band</strong> version of the theme</a>, and <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8750" target="_blank" rel="noopener">your response to our discussion of the <strong>Rembrandt III</strong> treatment</a>!</p> <p> </p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/oe6rGSuEodI" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allow= "accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <p><a href= "https://50plusworld.com/a-vintage-american-thanksgiving/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Hamilton as model for a J.C. Leyendecker cover for Saturday Evening Post (scroll about halfway down the page)</a></p> <p><a href= "https://original.newsbreak.com/@robert-s-ray-1608882/2953144626633-neil-hamilton-from-matinee-idol-to-commissioner-gordon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Robert S. Ray commentary on Hamilton</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/uf4szxq61t19m66cz7km8/NeilHamilton.PDF?rlkey=k04vdk7yiw2o7p7lrexz0bd63&dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hamilton-related documents (including <strong><em>TV Guide</em></strong> article), courtesy of <strong>High C</strong></a></p> <p><a href= "https://deconstructingcomics.com/Batpoles/dawn-patrol_Hawks_1930_opening.mp4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A clip from <em><strong>Dawn Patrol</strong></em></a></p> <p><video controls="controls" width="550" height="400"><source src= "https://deconstructingcomics.com/Batpoles/dawn-patrol_Hawks_1930_opening.mp4" type="video/mp4" /></video></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w44qGwA1t58" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">The life-size FAB1 car</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/w44qGwA1t58" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allow= "accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>He’s best remembered as the Gotham City Police Department’s Commissioner Gordon, the Dynamic Duo’s #1 cheerleader. But Neil Hamilton had a long Hollywood career decades before <em>Batman</em>, dating back to the silent film era. This time, we talk about the hills and valleys of his decades in film and television, capped off with the <em>Batman</em> role that earned him the funds to retire.</p> <p>PLUS: More of Adam West’s 2014 appearance on the YouTube channel Cinefix, the <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe6rGSuEodI" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Scott Community High School Band version of the theme</a>, and <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8750" target="_blank" rel="noopener">your response to our discussion of the Rembrandt III treatment</a>!</p> <p> </p> <p></p> <p><a href= "https://50plusworld.com/a-vintage-american-thanksgiving/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Hamilton as model for a J.C. Leyendecker cover for Saturday Evening Post (scroll about halfway down the page)</a></p> <p><a href= "https://original.newsbreak.com/@robert-s-ray-1608882/2953144626633-neil-hamilton-from-matinee-idol-to-commissioner-gordon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Robert S. Ray commentary on Hamilton</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/uf4szxq61t19m66cz7km8/NeilHamilton.PDF?rlkey=k04vdk7yiw2o7p7lrexz0bd63&dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hamilton-related documents (including <em>TV Guide</em> article), courtesy of High C</a></p> <p><a href= "https://deconstructingcomics.com/Batpoles/dawn-patrol_Hawks_1930_opening.mp4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A clip from <em>Dawn Patrol</em></a></p> <p></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w44qGwA1t58" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">The life-size FAB1 car</a></p> <p></p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[He’s best remembered as the Gotham City Police Department’s Commissioner Gordon, the Dynamic Duo’s #1 cheerleader. But Neil Hamilton had a long Hollywood career decades before Batman, dating back to the silent film era. This time, we talk...]]></itunes:subtitle> | |
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| <title>#205 Batman - Star Trek ACT-OFF, pt. 2</title> | |
| <itunes:title>Batman - Star Trek ACT-OFF, pt. 2</itunes:title> | |
| <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2023 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "//assets.libsyn.com/show/65262/Batman-StarTrekACTOFF02.jpg" alt= "Grace Lee Whitney, Lee Meriwether, Frank Gorshin, Sherry Jackson" width="800" height="466" /></p> <p>We’re joined again by our childhood friend <strong>Kyle</strong> for the second installment of our comparison of actors who appeared on both <em><strong>Batman</strong></em> and <em><strong>Star Trek</strong></em>. On which show did <strong>Grace Lee Whitney</strong> (King Tut moll <strong>Neila</strong> vs. <strong>Yeoman Janice Rand</strong>), <strong>Lee Meriwether</strong> (Tut kidnapee <strong>Lisa Carson</strong> vs. planetary security system <strong>Losira</strong>), <strong>Frank Gorshin</strong> (<strong>the Riddler</strong> vs. traitor-tracker <strong>Bele</strong>), and <strong>Sherry Jackson</strong> (Riddler moll <strong>Pauline</strong> vs. improbably sexy android <strong>Andrea</strong>) turn in the better performance? Then, having pitted two of the same actor’s roles against each other, we compare that actor’s better performance to that of one of the other actors. Just call us “The Gamesters of Gotham”!</p> <p>Plus, <strong>Adam West</strong> answers questions from YouTube channel <strong>Cinefix</strong> in 2014, <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXmaVWdlI5E" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><strong>Bryan Daste</strong>’s banjo/upright bass/theramin version of the <em>Batman</em> theme</a>, and your mail on the <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8704" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>1966 snarky <em>Saturday Evening Post</em> bat-article</strong></a>!</p> <p><a href= "https://tothebatpoles.libsyn.com/holy-casting-crossover-actors-who-appeared-on-both-batman-and-star-trek-tos" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Our complete (?) list of every actor who appeared on both <em>Batman</em> and <em>Star Trek TOS</em></a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/tXmaVWdlI5E" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allow= "accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>We’re joined again by our childhood friend Kyle for the second installment of our comparison of actors who appeared on both <em>Batman</em> and <em>Star Trek</em>. On which show did Grace Lee Whitney (King Tut moll Neila vs. Yeoman Janice Rand), Lee Meriwether (Tut kidnapee Lisa Carson vs. planetary security system Losira), Frank Gorshin (the Riddler vs. traitor-tracker Bele), and Sherry Jackson (Riddler moll Pauline vs. improbably sexy android Andrea) turn in the better performance? Then, having pitted two of the same actor’s roles against each other, we compare that actor’s better performance to that of one of the other actors. Just call us “The Gamesters of Gotham”!</p> <p>Plus, Adam West answers questions from YouTube channel Cinefix in 2014, <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXmaVWdlI5E" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Bryan Daste’s banjo/upright bass/theramin version of the <em>Batman</em> theme</a>, and your mail on the <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8704" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1966 snarky <em>Saturday Evening Post</em> bat-article</a>!</p> <p><a href= "https://tothebatpoles.libsyn.com/holy-casting-crossover-actors-who-appeared-on-both-batman-and-star-trek-tos" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Our complete (?) list of every actor who appeared on both <em>Batman</em> and <em>Star Trek TOS</em></a></p> <p></p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#204 “Rembrandt III”: Watching paint dry</title> | |
| <itunes:title>“Rembrandt III”: Watching paint dry</itunes:title> | |
| <pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2023 11:55:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/rembrandtandbatman.jpg" alt="Rembrandt meets the Caped Crusader??" width="600" height= "407" /></p> <p>As the broadcast of <em><strong>Batman</strong></em> season one drew to a close, <a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/ir38zeedvr0mhd8/BATMAN%20REMBRANDT%20script.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a treatment called <em><strong>Rembrandt the Third Meets his Master</strong></em></a> was submitted by 31-year-old <a href= "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0879864/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><strong>Yale M. Udoff</strong></a>, who would go on to some success, but was just getting started as a screenwriter. Udoff’s inexperience may account for many of the problems with this treatment: A villain, <strong>Rembrandt III</strong>, whose crimes and motivations are too creaky for a TV show, and who engages many elements that don’t fit the theme of “painting”; many bat-no-nos, including an armed-to-the-teeth <strong>Alfred</strong> and a somewhat vain, goofy <strong>Batman</strong>; and set pieces that were unfilmable in the pre-CGI days, at least on Greenway Productions’ budget. And a lot of elements that just don’t seem that interesting. But here and there, he gets it right. This time, we examine this treatment.</p> <p>ALSO: The <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxPeB8X-IaQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Marcus Hedges Trend Orchestra</strong> version of the theme</a>, the final installment of Adam West talking with Conan O’Brien in 1997, and <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8659" target="_blank" rel="noopener">your mail on episode 202’s look at Batman ’66 in the UK</a>.</p> <p> </p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/cxPeB8X-IaQ" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allow= "accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9f6hJbZSyU&t=80s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tim and Paul in <strong>The Comics Lair Episode 46: Comics & Nostalgia</strong> </a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/V9f6hJbZSyU" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allow= "accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GogyXW2iYs" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Benny Hill</em> "Batman" sketch</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/6GogyXW2iYs" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allow= "accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>As the broadcast of <em>Batman</em> season one drew to a close, <a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/ir38zeedvr0mhd8/BATMAN%20REMBRANDT%20script.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a treatment called <em>Rembrandt the Third Meets his Master</em></a> was submitted by 31-year-old <a href= "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0879864/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Yale M. Udoff</a>, who would go on to some success, but was just getting started as a screenwriter. Udoff’s inexperience may account for many of the problems with this treatment: A villain, Rembrandt III, whose crimes and motivations are too creaky for a TV show, and who engages many elements that don’t fit the theme of “painting”; many bat-no-nos, including an armed-to-the-teeth Alfred and a somewhat vain, goofy Batman; and set pieces that were unfilmable in the pre-CGI days, at least on Greenway Productions’ budget. And a lot of elements that just don’t seem that interesting. But here and there, he gets it right. This time, we examine this treatment.</p> <p>ALSO: The <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxPeB8X-IaQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Marcus Hedges Trend Orchestra version of the theme</a>, the final installment of Adam West talking with Conan O’Brien in 1997, and <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8659" target="_blank" rel="noopener">your mail on episode 202’s look at Batman ’66 in the UK</a>.</p> <p> </p> <p></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9f6hJbZSyU&t=80s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tim and Paul in The Comics Lair Episode 46: Comics & Nostalgia </a></p> <p></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GogyXW2iYs" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Benny Hill</em> "Batman" sketch</a></p> <p></p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#203 “Has TV gone batty?” Snarky press coverage from 1966</title> | |
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| <pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2023 11:59:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/SnarkyPressCoverage.jpg" alt="Batman and Robin talk to the press" width="550" height= "304" /></p> <p>At the height of <strong>Batmania</strong> in the first half of 1966, nearly every press outlet found it necessary to do a feature story on the phenomenon. But many in the media were not terribly impressed by <em><strong>Batman</strong></em>, so these articles tend to look down their noses at the show. One such example is <a href= "https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/reprints/has-tv-gone-batty/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>“Has TV Gone Batty?”</strong></a>, an article by <strong>John Skow</strong> in the May 7, 1966, issue of <em><strong>The Saturday Evening Post</strong></em>. Aside from the snark, and misinformed discussion of <strong>camp</strong>, the article gives us some interesting insights into the shooting of the show and the thoughts of <strong>Adam West, William Dozier, Lorenzo Semple Jr,</strong> and others involved in making it. This time, we dig into this article.</p> <p>PLUS: the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywQkdxaz9x0" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Guy with an Amazing Hat</strong> version of the theme</a>, more from <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1x-DgKjdBc" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Adam West’s July 24, 1997, appearance on <em><strong>Late Night with Conan O’Brien</strong></em></a>, and your mail responding to several of our recent episodes!</p> <p><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8582" target="_blank" rel="noopener">#200: "Batman: The Movie": The Novel</a></p> <p><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8613" target="_blank" rel="noopener">#201: Chip Kidd's Book of Bat-Merch</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/ywQkdxaz9x0" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allow= "accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>At the height of Batmania in the first half of 1966, nearly every press outlet found it necessary to do a feature story on the phenomenon. But many in the media were not terribly impressed by <em>Batman</em>, so these articles tend to look down their noses at the show. One such example is <a href= "https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/reprints/has-tv-gone-batty/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Has TV Gone Batty?”</a>, an article by John Skow in the May 7, 1966, issue of <em>The Saturday Evening Post</em>. Aside from the snark, and misinformed discussion of camp, the article gives us some interesting insights into the shooting of the show and the thoughts of Adam West, William Dozier, Lorenzo Semple Jr, and others involved in making it. This time, we dig into this article.</p> <p>PLUS: the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywQkdxaz9x0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Guy with an Amazing Hat version of the theme</a>, more from <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1x-DgKjdBc" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Adam West’s July 24, 1997, appearance on <em>Late Night with Conan O’Brien</em></a>, and your mail responding to several of our recent episodes!</p> <p><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8582" target="_blank" rel="noopener">#200: "Batman: The Movie": The Novel</a></p> <p><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8613" target="_blank" rel="noopener">#201: Chip Kidd's Book of Bat-Merch</a></p> <p></p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#202 British Batmania: A Slow Burn</title> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="//assets.libsyn.com/show/65262/BatmanInLondon.jpg" alt="" width="550" height="405" /></p> <p>We Americans know that <em><strong>Batman</strong></em> was also popular in <strong>the United Kingdom</strong> (and many other countries), but there are differences in the level of popularity that was reached and how long it lasted, and also in terms of when “first run” of the show was there. 66 Batman Message Board co-admin <strong>Ben Bentley</strong> is, in fact, British, so we asked for his assistance in tackling this topic. Our discussion touches on the show’s second wind in the ‘70s, <em>Batman</em> references in <em><strong>The Avengers</strong></em> (as in Steed and Peel) and other British TV shows and commercials (on into the ’80s!), <strong>Adam West</strong>’s “Kerb Drill” traffic safety PSA, the <strong>Carpet King</strong>, whether British kids actually jumped from roofs because of <em>Batman</em>, and more.</p> <p>Plus, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_70nQmIGFk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the <strong>Piano AccoMan</strong> version of the theme</a>, more of Adam talking with <strong>Conan O’Brien</strong>, and your reaction to Episode 199’s <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8567&p=83375&hilit=199#p83375" target="_blank" rel="noopener">discussion of the <strong>Nora Clavicle</strong> script</a>!</p> <p> </p> <p><a href= "https://deconstructingcomics.com/Batpoles/BatmanInUK/tatlerarticle.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Batman: The Super-Sell" (<em>The Tatler,</em> July 16, 1966)</a></p> <p> </p> <p><img src= "//assets.libsyn.com/show/65262/Rentaghost-Batmobile.jpg" alt= "Rent-a-Ghost" width="600" height="400" /></p> <p>Batmobile-adjacent car on <em>Rentaghost</em> (1983)</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/q_70nQmIGFk" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allow= "accelerometer; 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| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>We Americans know that <em>Batman</em> was also popular in the United Kingdom (and many other countries), but there are differences in the level of popularity that was reached and how long it lasted, and also in terms of when “first run” of the show was there. 66 Batman Message Board co-admin Ben Bentley is, in fact, British, so we asked for his assistance in tackling this topic. Our discussion touches on the show’s second wind in the ‘70s, <em>Batman</em> references in <em>The Avengers</em> (as in Steed and Peel) and other British TV shows and commercials (on into the ’80s!), Adam West’s “Kerb Drill” traffic safety PSA, the Carpet King, whether British kids actually jumped from roofs because of <em>Batman</em>, and more.</p> <p>Plus, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_70nQmIGFk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Piano AccoMan version of the theme</a>, more of Adam talking with Conan O’Brien, and your reaction to Episode 199’s <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8567&p=83375&hilit=199#p83375" target="_blank" rel="noopener">discussion of the Nora Clavicle script</a>!</p> <p> </p> <p><a href= "https://deconstructingcomics.com/Batpoles/BatmanInUK/tatlerarticle.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Batman: The Super-Sell" (<em>The Tatler,</em> July 16, 1966)</a></p> <p> </p> <p></p> <p>Batmobile-adjacent car on <em>Rentaghost</em> (1983)</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7Du_g7WPLc" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Adam's "Batman and Robin" single from 1976</a></p> <p></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzEmuhP1ZT4" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Adam's "Kerb Drill" PSA (1967)</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzEmuhP1ZT4" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"><a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzEmuhP1ZT4" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"></a> <p> </p> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=372369547263682" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Adam on the <em>Danny Baker Show</em> (1994)</a> <p></p> <p> </p> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DpFUdcP_mk" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">What the Pope admitted about meeting Adam West</a> <p></p> <p> </p> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jclBpaHDZq4" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Fight scene from <em>The Avengers</em> "The Winged Avenger"</a> <p></p> <p> </p> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93bAdEf0pzc" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Only Fools and Horses</em> Bat-ref</a> <p></p> <p> </p> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwzHLm_1ar0" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Austin Rover ad (1987)</a> <p></p> <p> </p> <a href= "https://www.hatads.org.uk/catalogue/record/52900ebb-e26f-4010-8950-1461790e1add" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cyril Lord carpets commercial (History of Advertising Trust)</a><a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H-9hIA3fVA" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band's "I'm Bored" - reference to Carpet King ad 2 minutes in</a> <p></p> </a></p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#201 Chip Kidd’s Book of Bat-Merch</title> | |
| <itunes:title>Chip Kidd’s Book of Bat-Merch</itunes:title> | |
| <pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2023 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/BatmanCollected.jpg" alt="Batman Collected" width="550" height="553" /></p> <p>When the <em>Batman</em> TV show set off <strong>Batmania</strong> in 1966, a wide variety of toys and other tie-in items, not all of them licensed, hit the market. Since licensers seldom made style guides in the ‘60s, rights to the actors likenesses weren’t available, and some of the onslaught of Bat-crap came from overseas makers who thought Batman’s costume would look better in orange, the results are highly entertaining. This time we look at <strong>Chip Kidd</strong>’s 1996 book <em><strong>Batman Collected</strong></em>, a history of Bat-merch from 1938 to 1996. Y’know, we STILL want that <strong>Mego Batcave Playset</strong>.</p> <p>Plus, the <strong>Sheet Music Boss</strong> <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuUe22aEuHE" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">piano tutorial version</a> of the Batman theme, <strong>Adam West</strong>’s reaction to the film <em><strong>Batman and Robin</strong></em>, and <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8512" target="_blank" rel="noopener">your response</a> to our “Women in Season Two” wrapup!</p> <p> </p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/fuUe22aEuHE" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allow= "accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <p><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=8476&p=82949#p82949" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The fruitless search for a guest (see page two for Ben Bentley's explanation of why the rights to Adam and Burt's likenesses weren't available)</a></p> <p> </p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>When the <em>Batman</em> TV show set off Batmania in 1966, a wide variety of toys and other tie-in items, not all of them licensed, hit the market. Since licensers seldom made style guides in the ‘60s, rights to the actors likenesses weren’t available, and some of the onslaught of Bat-crap came from overseas makers who thought Batman’s costume would look better in orange, the results are highly entertaining. This time we look at Chip Kidd’s 1996 book <em>Batman Collected</em>, a history of Bat-merch from 1938 to 1996. Y’know, we STILL want that Mego Batcave Playset.</p> <p>Plus, the Sheet Music Boss <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuUe22aEuHE" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">piano tutorial version</a> of the Batman theme, Adam West’s reaction to the film <em>Batman and Robin</em>, and <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8512" target="_blank" rel="noopener">your response</a> to our “Women in Season Two” wrapup!</p> <p> </p> <p></p> <p><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=8476&p=82949#p82949" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The fruitless search for a guest (see page two for Ben Bentley's explanation of why the rights to Adam and Burt's likenesses weren't available)</a></p> <p> </p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#200 “Batman: The Movie”: The Novel</title> | |
| <itunes:title>“Batman: The Movie”: The Novel</itunes:title> | |
| <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2023 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img style="float: left; margin: 10px;" src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/FearsomeFoursome300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="485" />Former <strong><em>Batman</em></strong> comics writer <strong>Winston Lyon</strong>, fresh off his novel <a href= "https://tothebatpoles.libsyn.com/098-three-villains-of-doom-a-novel-bit-of-bat-merch" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em><strong>Batman vs. Three Villains of Doom</strong></em></a>, a few months later produced the novelization of <strong><em>Batman: The Movie</em></strong>, a book called <em><strong>Batman vs. the Fearsome Foursome</strong></em>. This time, for our 200th episode, we discuss the book: though based on <strong>Lorenzo Semple, Jr.</strong>’s screenplay, it betrays a different attitude toward Batman than Semple, and the Batman show in general, held.</p> <p>Plus, <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Vz3kXcDtg&list=PLdrvsNlzn9suZVNVDbTb4q6_QWErmL0tE&index=25" target="_blank" rel="noopener">one of our favorite versions of the Batman theme</a>, Cesar Romero interviewed by Jean Boone at the premiere of <em>Batman: The Movie</em>, and more of <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8499" target="_blank" rel="noopener">your reaction</a> to our discussion of <a href= "https://tothebatpoles.libsyn.com/197-adam-and-franks-semi-big-show" target="_blank" rel="noopener">West and Gorshin's Shea Stadium show</a>!</p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/kdn4azzp5adafou/Batman-1966-Screenplay-Flattened.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Screenplay of <em>Batman: The Movie</em></a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/g1Vz3kXcDtg" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Former <em>Batman</em> comics writer Winston Lyon, fresh off his novel <a href= "https://tothebatpoles.libsyn.com/098-three-villains-of-doom-a-novel-bit-of-bat-merch" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Batman vs. Three Villains of Doom</em></a>, a few months later produced the novelization of <em>Batman: The Movie</em>, a book called <em>Batman vs. the Fearsome Foursome</em>. This time, for our 200th episode, we discuss the book: though based on Lorenzo Semple, Jr.’s screenplay, it betrays a different attitude toward Batman than Semple, and the Batman show in general, held.</p> <p>Plus, <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Vz3kXcDtg&list=PLdrvsNlzn9suZVNVDbTb4q6_QWErmL0tE&index=25" target="_blank" rel="noopener">one of our favorite versions of the Batman theme</a>, Cesar Romero interviewed by Jean Boone at the premiere of <em>Batman: The Movie</em>, and more of <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8499" target="_blank" rel="noopener">your reaction</a> to our discussion of <a href= "https://tothebatpoles.libsyn.com/197-adam-and-franks-semi-big-show" target="_blank" rel="noopener">West and Gorshin's Shea Stadium show</a>!</p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/kdn4azzp5adafou/Batman-1966-Screenplay-Flattened.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Screenplay of <em>Batman: The Movie</em></a></p> <p></p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#199 "Nora Clavicle" scripts and writing in season three</title> | |
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| <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2023 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/nora_clavicle.jpg" alt="Nora Clavicle" width="704" height="396" /></p> <p>The three versions of the script for <em><strong>Nora Clavicle and the Ladies’ Crime Club</strong></em> raise some interesting questions about season three. Why did <strong>the Duo and Batgirl</strong> never have a way to easily contact each other? Why do our heroes’ early suspicions that <strong>Nora</strong> is crooked all get cut from the script? What are the types of female characters that the show keeps coming back to? Plus we look at lines and events that were cut — or added — at late stages in a very hurried process.</p> <p>PLUS, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVILY-y8a60" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Chad Vermillion</strong>’s “hey look, cool musical hardware!” version of the <em>Batman</em> theme</a>, <strong>Lee Meriwether</strong> interviewed at the premiere of <em><strong>Batman the Movie</strong></em>, and we read some of your reaction to our look at the <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8499" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>West/Gorshin Shea Stadium show</strong></a>!</p> <p><strong><em>Nora Clavicle</em></strong> scripts</p> <ul> <li><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/iss92coa01wxlkw/DOZIER%2034%20Clavicle%201st%20draft.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">First draft</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/szagjduo19tnw1e/DOZIER%2034%20Clavicle%20rev%20draft.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Revised draft</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/r6ufg4d61cl2h9i/DOZIER%2034%20Clavicle%20final.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Final</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/2kjhlza9a8byqvt/DOZIER%2034%20Clavicle%20tags.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Teaser for <em>Penguin's Clean Sweep</em></a></li> <li><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8511" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Discussion on the '66 Batman message board</a></li> </ul> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/BVILY-y8a60" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>The three versions of the script for <em>Nora Clavicle and the Ladies’ Crime Club</em> raise some interesting questions about season three. Why did the Duo and Batgirl never have a way to easily contact each other? Why do our heroes’ early suspicions that Nora is crooked all get cut from the script? What are the types of female characters that the show keeps coming back to? Plus we look at lines and events that were cut — or added — at late stages in a very hurried process.</p> <p>PLUS, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVILY-y8a60" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chad Vermillion’s “hey look, cool musical hardware!” version of the <em>Batman</em> theme</a>, Lee Meriwether interviewed at the premiere of <em>Batman the Movie</em>, and we read some of your reaction to our look at the <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8499" target="_blank" rel="noopener">West/Gorshin Shea Stadium show</a>!</p> <p><em>Nora Clavicle</em> scripts</p> <ul> <li><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/iss92coa01wxlkw/DOZIER%2034%20Clavicle%201st%20draft.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">First draft</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/szagjduo19tnw1e/DOZIER%2034%20Clavicle%20rev%20draft.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Revised draft</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/r6ufg4d61cl2h9i/DOZIER%2034%20Clavicle%20final.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Final</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/2kjhlza9a8byqvt/DOZIER%2034%20Clavicle%20tags.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Teaser for <em>Penguin's Clean Sweep</em></a></li> <li><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8511" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Discussion on the '66 Batman message board</a></li> </ul> <p></p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>Holy Casting Crossover! Actors who appeared on both BATMAN and STAR TREK TOS</title> | |
| <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2023 08:31:23 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/HolyCastingCrossover-Yvonne.jpg" alt="" width="391" height="221" /></p> <p>It's here! The Internet's most complete list of actors who appeared on both <em><strong>Batman</strong></em> and <em><strong>Star Trek: The Original Series</strong></em>! But... is it <em>totally</em> complete? Look it over and see if there's a relevant actor who isn't listed - then post about him or her in the comments!</p> <p>Some are famous actors in big roles on both, some are extras and uncredited actors, some fall somewhere in between - or had a big role in one show and a bit part in the other.</p> <p>See the entire list at the link below.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <table style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 7572px;"> <tbody> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="width: 275px; height: 22px; text-align: center;"> <strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Batman</span></strong></td> <td style="width: 275px; height: 22px; text-align: center;"> <strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Star Trek</span></strong></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="width: 563.8px; height: 22px;" colspan="2" bgcolor= "yellow"><strong><span style= "font-size: 14pt; color: #18a085;">Stanley Adams</span></strong></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 280px;"> <td style="width: 275px; height: 280px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Stan_Adams_-_Capt_Courageous.jpg" alt="Stanley Adams as Captain Courageous" width="275" height= "275" /></td> <td style="width: 275px; height: 280px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Stan_Adams_-_Cyrano_Jones.jpg" alt="Stanley Adams as Cyrano Jones" width="275" height= "275" /></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 67px;" valign="top"> <td style="width: 275px; height: 67px;">Captain Courageous in CATWOMAN GOES TO COLLEGE/BATMAN DISPLAYS HIS KNOWLEDGE</td> <td style="width: 275px; height: 67px;">Cyrano Jones in THE TROUBLE WITH TRIBBLES</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 563.8px;" colspan="2" bgcolor= "yellow"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><span style= "color: #18a085;">Alyce and Rhae Andrece</span></strong></span></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Alyce_and_Rhae_Andrece_-_Batman.jpg" alt="Alyce and Rhae Andrece as policewomen" width="275" height= "275" /></td> <td style="height: 22px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Alyce_and_Rhae_Andrece_-_Trek.jpg" alt="Alyce and Rhae Andrece as multiple Alices" width="275" height= "206" /></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 44px;" valign="top"> <td style="width: 275px; height: 44px;">2nd and 3rd Policewoman in NORA CLAVICLE AND THE LADIES' CRIME CLUB</td> <td style="width: 275px; height: 44px;">Multiple Alices in I, MUDD</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 563.8px;" colspan="2" bgcolor= "yellow"><span style="color: #18a085;"><strong><span style= "font-size: 14pt;">Roger C Carmel</span></strong></span></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 280px;"> <td style="height: 280px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Roger_C_Carmel_-_Col_Gumm.jpg" alt="Roger C. Carmel as Colonel Gumm" width="275" height= "275" /></td> <td style="height: 280px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Roger_C_Carmel_-_harry-mudd.jpg" alt="Roger C. Carmel as Harry Mudd" width="275" height= "275" /></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 44px;" valign="top"> <td style="width: 275px; height: 44px;">Colonel Gumm in A PIECE OF THE ACTION/BATMAN’S SATISFACTION</td> <td style="width: 275px; height: 44px;">Harry Mudd in I, MUDD and MUDD’S WOMEN</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 563.8px;" colspan="2" bgcolor= "yellow"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #18a085;"><strong>Ted Cassidy</strong></span></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 280px;"> <td style="height: 280px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Ted_Cassidy_-_Lurch.jpg" alt="Ted Cassidy as Lurch" width="275" height="275" /></td> <td style="height: 280px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Ted_Cassidy_-_Ruk.jpg" alt="Ted Cassidy as Ruk" width="275" height="275" /></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 67px;" valign="top"> <td style="width: 275px; height: 67px;">Lurch (window cameo) in THE PENGUIN’S NEST</td> <td style="width: 275px; height: 67px;">Ruk in WHAT ARE LITTLE GIRLS MADE OF<br /> Gorn (voice) in ARENA<br /> Balok’s puppet (voice) in THE CARBOMITE MANEUVER</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 563.8px;" colspan="2" bgcolor= "yellow"><span style= "font-size: 14pt; color: #18a085;"><strong>Jerry Catron</strong></span></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Jerry_Catron_-_First_Henchman.jpg" alt="Jerry Catron as First Henchman" width="275" height= "275" /></td> <td style="height: 22px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Jerry_Catron_-_Montgomery.jpg" alt="Jerry Catron as Montgomery" width="275" height="275" /></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 44px;" valign="top"> <td style="width: 275px; height: 19px;">First Henchman in POP GOES THE JOKER/FLOP GOES THE JOKER</td> <td style="width: 275px; height: 19px;">Montgomery in THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE and JOURNEY TO BABEL (shown)<br /> Second Denevan in OPERATION-ANNIHILATE!</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 563.8px;" colspan="2" bgcolor= "yellow"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><span style= "color: #18a085;">Elisha Cook</span></strong></span></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 280px;"> <td style="height: 280px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Elisha_Cook_-_Prof_Isaacson.jpg" alt="Elisha Cook as Professor Isaacson" width="275" height= "275" /></td> <td style="height: 280px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/elisha-cook-jr.-xiiii-trek-cogley.jpg" alt="Elisha Cook as Samuel T. Cogley" width="275" height= "275" /></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 44px;" valign="top"> <td style="width: 275px; height: 44px;">Professor Isaacson in ICE SPY/THE DUO DEFY</td> <td style="width: 275px; height: 44px;">Samuel T. Cogley in COURT MARTIAL</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 563.8px;" colspan="2" bgcolor= "yellow"><strong><span style= "color: #18a085; font-size: 14pt;">Joan Collins</span></strong></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 280px;"> <td style="height: 280px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Joan_Collins_-_Siren.jpg" alt="Joan Collins as the Siren" width="275" height="275" /></td> <td style="height: 280px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Joan_Collins_-_Edith_Keeler.jpg" alt="Joan Collins as Edith Keeler" width="275" height="275" /></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 44px;" valign="top"> <td style="width: 275px; height: 44px;">The Siren in RING AROUND THE RIDDLER/THE WAIL OF THE SIREN</td> <td style="width: 275px; height: 44px;">Edith Keeler in THE CITY ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 563.8px;" colspan="2" bgcolor= "yellow"><span style= "font-size: 14pt; color: #18a085;"><strong>Yvonne Craig</strong></span></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 280px;"> <td style="height: 280px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Yvonne_Craig_-_Batgirl.jpg" alt="Yvonne Craig as Batgirl" width="275" height="275" /></td> <td style="height: 280px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Yvonne_Craig_-_Marta.jpg" alt="Yvonne Craig as Marta" width="275" height="275" /></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 44px;" valign="top"> <td style="width: 275px; height: 17px;">Batgirl in season 3</td> <td style="width: 275px; height: 17px;">Marta in WHOM GODS DESTROY</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 563.8px;" colspan="2" bgcolor= "yellow"><span style= "font-size: 14pt; color: #18a085;"><strong>John Crawford</strong></span></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 280px;"> <td style="height: 280px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/John_Crawford_-_Printers_Devil.jpg" alt="John Crawford as Printer's Devil" width="275" height= "275" /></td> <td style="height: 280px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/John_Crawford_-_Commissioner_Ferris.jpg" alt="John Crawford as Commissioner Ferris" width="275" height= "275" /></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 44px;" valign="top"> <td style="width: 275px; height: 44px;">Printer’s Devil in THE BOOKWORM TURNS/WHILE GOTHAM CITY BURNS</td> <td style="width: 275px; height: 44px;">Commissioner Ferris in THE GALILEO SEVEN</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 563.8px;" colspan="2" bgcolor= "yellow"><span style= "font-size: 14pt; color: #18a085;"><strong>Charles Dierkop</strong></span></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 280px;"> <td style="height: 280px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Charles_Dierkop_-_Dustbag.jpg" alt="Charles Dierkop as Dustbag" width="275" height="275" /></td> <td style="height: 280px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Charles_Dierkop_-_Morla.jpg" alt="Charles Dierkop as Morla" width="275" height="275" /></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 44px;" valign="top"> <td style="width: 275px; height: 44px;">Dustbag in PENGUIN’S CLEAN SWEEP</td> <td style="width: 275px; height: 44px;">Morla in WOLF IN THE FOLD</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 563.8px;" colspan="2" bgcolor= "yellow"><span style= "color: #18a085; font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Phyllis Douglas</strong></span></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 280px;"> <td style="height: 280px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Phyllis_Douglas_-_Josie_Miller.jpg" alt="Phyllis Douglas as Josie Miller" width="275" height= "275" /></td> <td style="height: 280px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Phyllis_Douglas_-_Yeoman_Mears.jpg" alt="Phyllis Douglas as Yeoman Mears" width="275" height= "275" /></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 44px;" valign="top"> <td style="width: 275px; height: 44px;">Josie Miller in THE JOKER’S LAST LAUGH/THE JOKER’S EPITAPH</td> <td style="width: 275px; height: 44px;">Yeoman Mears in THE GALILEO SEVEN (shown)<br /> Girl #2 in THE WAY TO EDEN</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 563.8px;" colspan="2" bgcolor= "yellow"><span style= "color: #18a085; font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Gene Dynarski</strong></span></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 280px;"> <td style="height: 280px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Gene_Dynarski_-_Benedict.jpg" alt="Gene Dynarski as Benedict" width="275" height="275" /></td> <td style="height: 280px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Gene_Dynarski_-_Krodak.jpg" alt="Gene Dynarski as Krodak" width="275" height="275" /></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 44px;" valign="top"> <td style="width: 275px; height: 44px;">Benedict in AN EGG GROWS IN GOTHAM/THE YEGG FOES IN GOTHAM</td> <td style="width: 275px; height: 44px;">Ben in MUDD’S WOMEN<br /> Krodak in THE MARK OF GIDEON (shown)</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 563.8px;" colspan="2" bgcolor= "yellow"><span style= "font-size: 14pt; color: #18a085;"><strong>Teri Garr</strong></span></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 280px;"> <td style="height: 280px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Teri_Garr_-_Girl.jpg" alt="Teri Garr as girl outside skating rink" width="275" height= "275" /></td> <td style="height: 280px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Teri_Garr_-_Roberta_Lincoln.jpg" alt="Teri Garr as Roberta Lincoln" width="275" height="275" /></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 44px;" valign="top"> <td style="width: 275px; height: 44px;">Girl outside skating rink in INSTANT FREEZE</td> <td style="width: 275px; height: 44px;">Roberta Lincoln in ASSIGNMENT: EARTH</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 563.8px;" colspan="2" bgcolor= "yellow"><span style= "font-size: 14pt; color: #18a085;"><strong>Frank Gorshin</strong></span></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 280px;"> <td style="height: 280px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Frank_Gorshin_-_Riddler.jpg" alt="Frank Gorshin as the Riddler" width="275" height="275" /></td> <td style="height: 280px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Frank_Gorshin_-_Bele.jpg" alt="Frank Gorshin as Bele" width="275" height="275" /></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 67px;" valign="top"> <td style="width: 275px; height: 67px;">The Riddler in seasons 1 and 3</td> <td style="width: 275px; height: 67px;">Commander Belen in LET THAT BE YOUR LAST BATTLEFIELD</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 563.8px;" colspan="2" bgcolor= "yellow"><span style= "font-size: 14pt; color: #18a085;"><strong>Lloyd Haynes</strong></span></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 280px;"> <td style="height: 280px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Lloyd_Haynes_-_Lord_Chancellor.jpg" alt="Lloyd Haynes as Lord Chancellor" width="275" height= "275" /></td> <td style="height: 280px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Lloyd_Haynes_-_Lieutenant_alden.jpg" alt="Lloyd Haynes as Lt. Alden" width="275" height="275" /></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 44px;" valign="top"> <td style="width: 275px; height: 44px;">Lord Chancellor in KING TUT’S COUP/BATMAN’S WATERLOO</td> <td style="width: 275px; height: 44px;">Lt. Alden in WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 563.8px;" colspan="2" bgcolor= "yellow"><span style= "font-size: 14pt; color: #18a085;"><strong>Marianna Hill</strong></span></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 280px;"> <td style="height: 280px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Marianna_Hill_-_Cleo_Patrick.jpg" alt="Marianna Hill as Cleo Patrick" width="275" height= "275" /></td> <td style="height: 280px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Marianna_Hill_-_Helen_Noel.jpg" alt="Marianna Hill as Helen Noel" width="272" height="272" /></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;" valign="top"> <td style="width: 275px; height: 22px;">Cleo Patrick in THE SPELL OF TUT</td> <td style="width: 275px; height: 22px;">Helen Noel in DAGGER OF THE MIND</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 563.8px;" colspan="2" bgcolor= "yellow"><span style= "font-size: 14pt; color: #18a085;"><strong>Sherry Jackson</strong></span></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 280px;"> <td style="height: 280px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Sherry_Jackson_-_Pauline.jpg" alt="Sherry Jackson as Pauline" width="275" height="275" /></td> <td style="height: 280px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Sherry_Jackson_-_Andrea.jpg" alt="Sherry Jackson as Andrea" width="275" height="275" /></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 44px;" valign="top"> <td style="width: 275px; height: 44px;">Pauline in DEATH IN SLOW MOTION/THE RIDDLER’S FALSE NOTION</td> <td style="width: 275px; height: 44px;">Andrea in WHAT ARE LITTLE GIRLS MADE OF?</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 563.8px;" colspan="2" bgcolor= "yellow"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #18a085;"><strong>Jon Lormer</strong></span></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 280px;"> <td style="height: 280px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/John_Lormer_-_Professor_Dactyl.jpg" alt="John Lormer as Professor Dactyl" width="275" height= "275" /></td> <td style="height: 280px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/John_Lormer_-_Old_Man.jpg" alt="John Lormer as Old Man" width="275" height="275" /></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 89px;" valign="top"> <td style="width: 275px; height: 89px;">Professor Dactyl in HOW TO HATCH A DINOSAUR</td> <td style="width: 275px; height: 89px;">Dr. Theodore Haskins in THE CAGE<br /> Tamar in THE RETURN OF THE ARCHONS<br /> Old Man in FOR THE WORLD IS HOLLOW AND I HAVE TOUCHED THE SKY (shown)</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 563.8px;" colspan="2" bgcolor= "yellow"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #18a085;"><strong>Lee Meriwether</strong></span></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 280px;"> <td style="height: 280px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Lee_Meriwether_-_Lisa_Carson.jpg" alt="Lee Meriwether as Lisa Carson" width="275" height= "275" /></td> <td style="height: 280px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Lee_Meriwether_-_Losira.jpg" alt="Lee Meriwether as Losira" width="275" height="275" /></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 67px;" valign="top"> <td style="width: 275px; height: 67px;">Lisa Carson in KING TUT’S COUP/BATMAN’S WATERLOO (shown); Catwoman in BATMAN: THE MOVIE</td> <td style="width: 275px; height: 67px;">Losira in THAT WHICH SURVIVES</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 563.8px;" colspan="2" bgcolor= "yellow"><span style= "font-size: 14pt; color: #18a085;"><strong>Lawrence Montaigne</strong></span></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 280px;"> <td style="height: 280px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Lawrence_Montaigne_-_Mr_Glee.jpg" alt="Lawrence Montaigne as Mr. Glee" width="275" height= "275" /></td> <td style="height: 280px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Lawrence_Montaigne_-_Stonn.jpg" alt="Lawrence Montaigne as Stonn" width="275" height="275" /></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 44px;" valign="top"> <td style="width: 275px; height: 44px;">Mr. Glee in THE JOKER’S LAST LAUGH/THE JOKER’S EPITAPH</td> <td style="width: 275px; height: 44px;">Decius in BALANCE OF TERROR<br /> Stonn in AMOK TIME (shown)</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 563.8px;" colspan="2" bgcolor= "yellow"><span style= "font-size: 14pt; color: #18a085;"><strong>Julie Newmar</strong></span></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Julie_Newmar_-_Catwoman.jpg" alt="Julie Newmar as Catwoman" width="275" height="275" /></td> <td style="height: 22px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Julie_Newmar_-_Eleen.jpg" alt="Julie Newmar as Eleen" width="275" height="275" /></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 67px;" valign="top"> <td style="width: 275px; height: 24px;">Catwoman in seasons one and two</td> <td style="width: 275px; height: 24px;">Eleen in FRIDAY’S CHILD</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 563.8px;" colspan="2" bgcolor= "yellow"><span style= "font-size: 14pt; color: #18a085;"><strong>Leslie Parrish</strong></span></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Leslie_Parrish_-_Glacia_Glaze.jpg" alt="Leslie Parrish as Glacia Glaze" width="275" height= "275" /></td> <td style="height: 22px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Leslie_Parrish_-_Carolyn_Palamas.jpg" alt="Leslie Parrish as Lt. Carolyn Palamas" width="275" height= "275" /></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 67px;" valign="top"> <td style="width: 275px; height: 67px;">Dawn Robbins in THE PENGUIN’S A JINX<br /> Glacia Glaze in ICE SPY/THE DUO DEFY (shown)</td> <td style="width: 275px; height: 67px;">Lt. Carolyn Palamas in WHO MOURNS FOR ADONIS?</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 563.8px;" colspan="2" bgcolor= "yellow"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #18a085;"><strong>Gil Perkins</strong></span></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Gil_Perkins.-_Jury_Foreman.jpg" alt="Gil Perkins as Jury Foreman" width="275" height="275" /></td> <td style="height: 22px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Gil_Perkins_-_Slave_No_3.jpg" alt="Gil Perkins as Slave #3" width="275" height="275" /></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 134px;" valign="top"> <td style="width: 275px; height: 134px;">Henchman in THE JOKER IS WILD,<br /> Dicer in THE THIRTEENTH HAT/BATMAN STANDS PAT<br /> Cauliflower in RING AROUND THE RIDDLER<br /> Jury Foreman in THE JOKE’S ON CATWOMAN (shown)<br /> Bluebeard in BATMAN THE MOVIE</td> <td style="width: 275px; height: 134px;">Slave #3 in BREAD AND CIRCUSES</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 563.8px;" colspan="2" bgcolor= "yellow"><span style= "font-size: 14pt; color: #18a085;"><strong>Angelique Pettyjohn</strong></span></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Angelique_Pettyjohn_-_1st_Model.jpg" alt="Angelique Pettyjohn as 1st Model" width="275" height= "275" /></td> <td style="height: 22px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Angelique_Pettyjohn_-_Shahna.jpg" alt="Angelique Pettyjohn as Shahna" width="275" height= "275" /></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 44px;" valign="top"> <td style="width: 275px; height: 44px;">1st Model in A PIECE OF THE ACTION</td> <td style="width: 275px; height: 44px;">Shahna in THE GAMESTERS OF TRISKELION</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 563.8px;" colspan="2" bgcolor= "yellow"><span style= "font-size: 14pt; color: #18a085;"><strong>Malachai Throne</strong></span></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Malachai_Throne_-_False_Face.jpg" alt="Malachai Throne as False Face" width="275" height= "275" /></td> <td style="height: 22px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Malachai_Throne_-_Commodore_Jose_Mendez.jpg" alt="Malachai Throne as Commodore Jose Mendez" width="275" height= "275" /></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 44px;" valign="top"> <td style="width: 275px; height: 44px;">False Face in TRUE OR FALSE FACE/HOLY RAT RACE</td> <td style="width: 275px; height: 44px;">Commodore Jose Mendez in THE MENAGERIE<br /> voice of The Keeper in THE CAGE</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 563.8px;" colspan="2" bgcolor= "yellow"><span style= "font-size: 14pt; color: #18a085;"><strong>Grace Lee Whitney</strong></span></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Grace_Lee_Whitney_-_Neila.jpg" alt="Grace Lee Whitney as Neila" width="275" height="275" /></td> <td style="height: 22px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Grace_Lee_Whitney_-_Janice_Rand.jpg" alt="Grace Lee Whitney as Janice Rand" width="275" height= "275" /></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 44px;" valign="top"> <td style="width: 275px; height: 44px;">Neila in KING TUT’S COUP/BATMAN’S WATERLOO</td> <td style="width: 275px; height: 44px;">Janice Rand in eight Season One episodes and in the movies</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 563.8px;" colspan="2" bgcolor= "yellow"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #18a085;"><strong>Meg Wyllie</strong></span></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Meg_Wylie_-_Grandma.jpg" alt="Meg Wyllie as Grandma" width="275" height="275" /></td> <td style="height: 22px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Meg_Wyllie_-_The_Keeper.jpg" alt="Meg Wyllie as The Keeper" width="275" height="275" /></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 44px;" valign="top"> <td style="width: 275px; height: 44px;">Grandma in BLACK WIDOW STRIKES AGAIN</td> <td style="width: 275px; height: 44px;">The Keeper in THE CAGE/THE MENAGERIE</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 563.8px;" colspan="2" bgcolor= "yellow"><strong><span style= "color: #18a085; font-size: 14pt;">Honorable mention: Jan Shutan</span></strong></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Jan_Shutan_-_Lizz.jpg" alt="Jan Shutan as Lizz" width="275" height="275" /></td> <td style="height: 22px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Jan_Shutan_-_Mira_Romaine.jpg" alt="Jan Shutan as Lt. Mira Romaine" width="275" height= "275" /></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 44px;" valign="top"> <td style="width: 275px; height: 44px;">DOZIERVERSE: Lizz in the DICK TRACY pilot</td> <td style="width: 275px; height: 44px;">Lt. Mira Romaine in THE LIGHTS OF ZETAR</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 563.8px;" colspan="2" bgcolor= "yellow"><strong><span style= "color: #18a085; font-size: 14pt;">Stephen Kandel (writer)</span></strong></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 563.8px;" colspan="2"><img style= "display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Stephen_Kandel.jpg" alt="Stephen Kandel" width="210" height="295" /></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 44px;" valign="top"> <td style="width: 275px; height: 44px;">BATMAN: TRUE OR FALSE FACE/HOLY RAT RACE, ZODIAC CRIMES 3-parter</td> <td style="width: 275px; height: 44px;">STAR TREK: I, MUDD and MUDD’S WOMEN</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 563.8px;" colspan="2"><span style= "font-size: 14pt;"><strong>INANIMATE OBJECTS</strong></span></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 563.8px;" colspan="2" bgcolor= "yellow"><strong><span style= "color: #18a085; font-size: 14pt;">Feather robe</span></strong></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Feather_Robe_-_unkindest_Tut_of_all.jpg" alt="Feather Robe worn by Victor Buono" width="275" height= "275" /></td> <td style="height: 22px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Feather_Robe_-_theparadisesyndromehd0885.jpg" alt="Feather Robe worn by William Shatner" width="275" height= "275" /></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 44px;" valign="top"> <td style="width: 275px; height: 44px;">Worn by Victor Buono as King Tut</td> <td style="width: 275px; height: 44px;">Worn by William Shatner as Kirk in THE PARADISE SYNDROME</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 563.8px;" colspan="2" bgcolor= "yellow"><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Reactor_(show_rod)" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><span style= "color: #18a085; font-size: 14pt;">The Reactor</span></strong></a></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 22px;"> <td style="height: 22px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Reactor_-_cat_car.jpg" alt="The Reactor as the Cat-Car" width="275" height="220" /></td> <td style="height: 22px; width: 275px;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Reactor_-_Jupiter_8.jpg" alt="The Reactor as the Jupiter 8" width="275" height="209" /></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 44px;" valign="top"> <td style="width: 275px; height: 44px;">Catwoman's Cat-Car in<br /> THE FUNNY FELINE FELONIES</td> <td style="width: 275px; height: 44px;">The Jupiter 8 in BREAD AND CIRCUSES</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>It's here! The Internet's most complete list of actors who appeared on both <em>Batman</em> and <em>Star Trek: The Original Series</em>! But... is it <em>totally</em> complete? Look it over and see if there's a relevant actor who isn't listed - then post about him or her in the comments!</p> <p>Some are famous actors in big roles on both, some are extras and uncredited actors, some fall somewhere in between - or had a big role in one show and a bit part in the other.</p> <p>See the entire list at the link below.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> Batman Star Trek Stanley Adams Captain Courageous in CATWOMAN GOES TO COLLEGE/BATMAN DISPLAYS HIS KNOWLEDGE Cyrano Jones in THE TROUBLE WITH TRIBBLES Alyce and Rhae Andrece 2nd and 3rd Policewoman in NORA CLAVICLE AND THE LADIES' CRIME CLUB Multiple Alices in I, MUDD Roger C Carmel Colonel Gumm in A PIECE OF THE ACTION/BATMAN’S SATISFACTION Harry Mudd in I, MUDD and MUDD’S WOMEN Ted Cassidy Lurch (window cameo) in THE PENGUIN’S NEST Ruk in WHAT ARE LITTLE GIRLS MADE OF Gorn (voice) in ARENA Balok’s puppet (voice) in THE CARBOMITE MANEUVER Jerry Catron First Henchman in POP GOES THE JOKER/FLOP GOES THE JOKER Montgomery in THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE and JOURNEY TO BABEL (shown) Second Denevan in OPERATION-ANNIHILATE! Elisha Cook Professor Isaacson in ICE SPY/THE DUO DEFY Samuel T. Cogley in COURT MARTIAL Joan Collins The Siren in RING AROUND THE RIDDLER/THE WAIL OF THE SIREN Edith Keeler in THE CITY ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER Yvonne Craig Batgirl in season 3 Marta in WHOM GODS DESTROY John Crawford Printer’s Devil in THE BOOKWORM TURNS/WHILE GOTHAM CITY BURNS Commissioner Ferris in THE GALILEO SEVEN Charles Dierkop Dustbag in PENGUIN’S CLEAN SWEEP Morla in WOLF IN THE FOLD Phyllis Douglas Josie Miller in THE JOKER’S LAST LAUGH/THE JOKER’S EPITAPH Yeoman Mears in THE GALILEO SEVEN (shown) Girl #2 in THE WAY TO EDEN Gene Dynarski Benedict in AN EGG GROWS IN GOTHAM/THE YEGG FOES IN GOTHAM Ben in MUDD’S WOMEN Krodak in THE MARK OF GIDEON (shown) Teri Garr Girl outside skating rink in INSTANT FREEZE Roberta Lincoln in ASSIGNMENT: EARTH Frank Gorshin The Riddler in seasons 1 and 3 Commander Belen in LET THAT BE YOUR LAST BATTLEFIELD Lloyd Haynes Lord Chancellor in KING TUT’S COUP/BATMAN’S WATERLOO Lt. Alden in WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE Marianna Hill Cleo Patrick in THE SPELL OF TUT Helen Noel in DAGGER OF THE MIND Sherry Jackson Pauline in DEATH IN SLOW MOTION/THE RIDDLER’S FALSE NOTION Andrea in WHAT ARE LITTLE GIRLS MADE OF? Jon Lormer Professor Dactyl in HOW TO HATCH A DINOSAUR Dr. Theodore Haskins in THE CAGE Tamar in THE RETURN OF THE ARCHONS Old Man in FOR THE WORLD IS HOLLOW AND I HAVE TOUCHED THE SKY (shown) Lee Meriwether Lisa Carson in KING TUT’S COUP/BATMAN’S WATERLOO (shown); Catwoman in BATMAN: THE MOVIE Losira in THAT WHICH SURVIVES Lawrence Montaigne Mr. Glee in THE JOKER’S LAST LAUGH/THE JOKER’S EPITAPH Decius in BALANCE OF TERROR Stonn in AMOK TIME (shown) Julie Newmar Catwoman in seasons one and two Eleen in FRIDAY’S CHILD Leslie Parrish Dawn Robbins in THE PENGUIN’S A JINX Glacia Glaze in ICE SPY/THE DUO DEFY (shown) Lt. Carolyn Palamas in WHO MOURNS FOR ADONIS? Gil Perkins Henchman in THE JOKER IS WILD, Dicer in THE THIRTEENTH HAT/BATMAN STANDS PAT Cauliflower in RING AROUND THE RIDDLER Jury Foreman in THE JOKE’S ON CATWOMAN (shown) Bluebeard in BATMAN THE MOVIE Slave #3 in BREAD AND CIRCUSES Angelique Pettyjohn 1st Model in A PIECE OF THE ACTION Shahna in THE GAMESTERS OF TRISKELION Malachai Throne False Face in TRUE OR FALSE FACE/HOLY RAT RACE Commodore Jose Mendez in THE MENAGERIE voice of The Keeper in THE CAGE Grace Lee Whitney Neila in KING TUT’S COUP/BATMAN’S WATERLOO Janice Rand in eight Season One episodes and in the movies Meg Wyllie Grandma in BLACK WIDOW STRIKES AGAIN The Keeper in THE CAGE/THE MENAGERIE Honorable mention: Jan Shutan DOZIERVERSE: Lizz in the DICK TRACY pilot Lt. Mira Romaine in THE LIGHTS OF ZETAR Stephen Kandel (writer) BATMAN: TRUE OR FALSE FACE/HOLY RAT RACE, ZODIAC CRIMES 3-parter STAR TREK: I, MUDD and MUDD’S WOMEN INANIMATE OBJECTS Feather robe Worn by Victor Buono as King Tut Worn by William Shatner as Kirk in THE PARADISE SYNDROME <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Reactor_(show_rod)" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">The Reactor</a> Catwoman's Cat-Car in THE FUNNY FELINE FELONIES The Jupiter 8 in BREAD AND CIRCUSES ]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>In 2009, writers Nunzio DeFillipis and Christina Weir brought King Tut to the DC Universe in three issues of <em>Batman Confidential</em> (issues 26-28), with art by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez and Kevin Nowlan. Tim and Paul discuss the story, and a few '66 Easter eggs embedded therein. <em>(Originally published on Patreon March 19, 2022.)</em></p> ]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#198 Women in Season 2, pt 3: You’ve Come a Long Way, Bat-Moll</title> | |
| <itunes:title>Women in Season 2, pt 3: You’ve Come a Long Way, Bat-Moll</itunes:title> | |
| <pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2022 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/WomenInSeason2pt3.jpg" alt="Women in S3, pt 3" width="550" height="411" /></p> <p>As the show hit its first anniversary and the second season neared its end, we see <em>Batman</em>’s characterization of women subtly changing, particularly <strong>Lee Meriwether</strong>’s strong <strong>Lisa Carson</strong> character, and some examples of actual (gasp) <strong>interaction between women!</strong> Why did the “poor, deluded girls” fade away? Was it changing social mores, or just the show trying not to repeat itself? <a href= "https://nancynorthcott.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><strong>Nancy Northcott</strong></a> joins us once again to discuss women on the show, this time in the final third of Season Two, which includes the preface to the introduction of the most prominent woman of Season Three — Batgirl!</p> <p>PLUS, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8q_dil0aCY" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Colie Brice</strong>’s version of the <em>Batman</em> theme</a>, a bat-interview from the movie premiere in Austin, TX, and your mail on episode 195’s discussion of the script for <em>A Piece of the Action</em>!</p> <p><a href= "https://moonstonebooks.com/ols/products/0-green-hornet-how-sweet-the-sting-novella-hc" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Green Hornet, How Sweet the Sting</em> by Jim Beard and Joel Naprstek</a></p> <p><strong><em>Nora Clavicle</em></strong> scripts</p> <ul> <li><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/iss92coa01wxlkw/DOZIER%2034%20Clavicle%201st%20draft.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">First draft</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/szagjduo19tnw1e/DOZIER%2034%20Clavicle%20rev%20draft.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Revised draft</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/r6ufg4d61cl2h9i/DOZIER%2034%20Clavicle%20final.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Final</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/2kjhlza9a8byqvt/DOZIER%2034%20Clavicle%20tags.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Teaser for <em>Penguin's Clean Sweep</em></a></li> <li><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8511" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Discussion on the '66 Batman message board</a></li> </ul> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/W8q_dil0aCY" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>As the show hit its first anniversary and the second season neared its end, we see <em>Batman</em>’s characterization of women subtly changing, particularly Lee Meriwether’s strong Lisa Carson character, and some examples of actual (gasp) interaction between women! Why did the “poor, deluded girls” fade away? Was it changing social mores, or just the show trying not to repeat itself? <a href= "https://nancynorthcott.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Nancy Northcott</a> joins us once again to discuss women on the show, this time in the final third of Season Two, which includes the preface to the introduction of the most prominent woman of Season Three — Batgirl!</p> <p>PLUS, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8q_dil0aCY" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Colie Brice’s version of the <em>Batman</em> theme</a>, a bat-interview from the movie premiere in Austin, TX, and your mail on episode 195’s discussion of the script for <em>A Piece of the Action</em>!</p> <p><a href= "https://moonstonebooks.com/ols/products/0-green-hornet-how-sweet-the-sting-novella-hc" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Green Hornet, How Sweet the Sting</em> by Jim Beard and Joel Naprstek</a></p> <p><em>Nora Clavicle</em> scripts</p> <ul> <li><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/iss92coa01wxlkw/DOZIER%2034%20Clavicle%201st%20draft.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">First draft</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/szagjduo19tnw1e/DOZIER%2034%20Clavicle%20rev%20draft.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Revised draft</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/r6ufg4d61cl2h9i/DOZIER%2034%20Clavicle%20final.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Final</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/2kjhlza9a8byqvt/DOZIER%2034%20Clavicle%20tags.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Teaser for <em>Penguin's Clean Sweep</em></a></li> <li><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8511" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Discussion on the '66 Batman message board</a></li> </ul> <p></p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#197 Adam and Frank’s… semi-big show</title> | |
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| <pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2022 12:24:14 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/West-Gorshin_Poster_cropped.jpg" alt="West and Gorshin poster cropped" width="550" height= "333" /></p> <p>In early 1966, <strong>Batmania</strong> was everywhere. This caused a certain (convicted tax evader) concert promoter to ask the question: <strong>Can Batman fill Shea Stadium?</strong> <strong>Adam West</strong> and <strong>Frank Gorshin</strong> were recruited to play their characters as part of a show that also included such musical luminaries as <strong>the Young Rascals</strong> and <strong>the Temptations</strong>. However, on June 25, 1966, the answer to the concert promoter's question turned out to be a resounding "No!"</p> <p>The Shea Stadium show has lingered as an oddity on the edges of our podcast's consciousness for some time, and now it's time to do a deep dive on it. Armed with the script for West and Gorshin's borscht-belt skit, and accounts of the show from several different sources, we look at what the show was meant to be, what it ended up being, and whether anyone who attended would have been particularly pleased with the result.</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALMrESX0cVg" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Theme version from <strong>KLABEC Drummer</strong></a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/ALMrESX0cVg" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/tgyyyopdpeh3u6e/Shea%20Stadium%20Script.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read the Script</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/25/movies/friday-file-recalling-batmans-star-turn-at-shea-stadium-in-66.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The New York Times</em> looks back on the show</a></p> <p><a href= "https://fredbals.medium.com/holy-shea-stadium-the-batman-beatles-and-bob-dylan-connection-5e3b20b50196" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Holy Shea Stadium! The Batman, Beatles, and Bob Dylan Connection, by Frank Bals (Medium.com)</a></p> <p><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8347" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Batman 66 Shea Stadium, NYC Concert Poster auction (66batman.com message board)</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/d9z2joxebx43mur/BATMANIA%2012.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Batmania</em> issue 12 (review of the show starts on page 2)</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21zFrZ2kovA" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Adam West sings "Orange Colored Sky" on <em>Hollywood Palace</em></a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/21zFrZ2kovA" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSwPSl44J64" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Mrs. Miller on <em>The Merv Griffin Show</em></a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/rSwPSl44J64" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXHiWaFzKWc" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Adam West & Frank Gorshin - Interview with the Vampire</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/JXHiWaFzKWc" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/West-Gorshin_Poster_full.jpg" alt="" width="550" height="864" /></p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>In early 1966, Batmania was everywhere. This caused a certain (convicted tax evader) concert promoter to ask the question: Can Batman fill Shea Stadium? Adam West and Frank Gorshin were recruited to play their characters as part of a show that also included such musical luminaries as the Young Rascals and the Temptations. However, on June 25, 1966, the answer to the concert promoter's question turned out to be a resounding "No!"</p> <p>The Shea Stadium show has lingered as an oddity on the edges of our podcast's consciousness for some time, and now it's time to do a deep dive on it. Armed with the script for West and Gorshin's borscht-belt skit, and accounts of the show from several different sources, we look at what the show was meant to be, what it ended up being, and whether anyone who attended would have been particularly pleased with the result.</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALMrESX0cVg" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Theme version from KLABEC Drummer</a></p> <p></p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/tgyyyopdpeh3u6e/Shea%20Stadium%20Script.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read the Script</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/25/movies/friday-file-recalling-batmans-star-turn-at-shea-stadium-in-66.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The New York Times</em> looks back on the show</a></p> <p><a href= "https://fredbals.medium.com/holy-shea-stadium-the-batman-beatles-and-bob-dylan-connection-5e3b20b50196" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Holy Shea Stadium! The Batman, Beatles, and Bob Dylan Connection, by Frank Bals (Medium.com)</a></p> <p><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8347" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Batman 66 Shea Stadium, NYC Concert Poster auction (66batman.com message board)</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/d9z2joxebx43mur/BATMANIA%2012.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Batmania</em> issue 12 (review of the show starts on page 2)</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21zFrZ2kovA" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Adam West sings "Orange Colored Sky" on <em>Hollywood Palace</em></a></p> <p></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSwPSl44J64" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Mrs. Miller on <em>The Merv Griffin Show</em></a></p> <p></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXHiWaFzKWc" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Adam West & Frank Gorshin - Interview with the Vampire</a></p> <p></p> <p></p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#196 "The Joker's Big Show"</title> | |
| <itunes:title>"The Joker's Big Show"</itunes:title> | |
| <pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2022 11:39:46 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Batman6611.jpg" alt= "The Joker's Big Show" width="550" height="304" /></p> <p>The 11th issue of the <em><strong>Batman ’66</strong></em> comics series gives us an unusual full-issue story in which <strong>the Joker</strong> teams up with a very <strong>Newmar</strong>esque <strong>Catwoman</strong> to break from prison and try to crack up all of Gotham! But how do we feel about these modern Batman elements, such as <strong>Arkham</strong>, showing up in this context? Is the series fan service going in too many different directions?</p> <p>PLUS: The <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhsUQ8DeU-k" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>iPhonedo</strong> Garage Band version of the <em>Batman</em> theme</a>, more from <strong>Adam</strong> and <strong>Burt</strong> on <em><strong>The Merv Griffin Show</strong></em>, <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8442" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mail on the <strong>Batman/Star Trek Act-Off</strong></a>, and one of our listeners “draws” a lot of attention!</p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/dhsUQ8DeU-k" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><br /> <a href= "https://13thdimension.com/13-groovy-batman-66-villains-that-should-have-been-ranked/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">13 Groovy BATMAN ’66 Villains That Should Have Been — RANKED - by Ken Holtzhouser</a></p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>The 11th issue of the <em>Batman ’66</em> comics series gives us an unusual full-issue story in which the Joker teams up with a very Newmaresque Catwoman to break from prison and try to crack up all of Gotham! But how do we feel about these modern Batman elements, such as Arkham, showing up in this context? Is the series fan service going in too many different directions?</p> <p>PLUS: The <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhsUQ8DeU-k" target="_blank" rel="noopener">iPhonedo Garage Band version of the <em>Batman</em> theme</a>, more from Adam and Burt on <em>The Merv Griffin Show</em>, <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8442" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mail on the Batman/Star Trek Act-Off</a>, and one of our listeners “draws” a lot of attention!</p> <p></p> <p> <a href= "https://13thdimension.com/13-groovy-batman-66-villains-that-should-have-been-ranked/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">13 Groovy BATMAN ’66 Villains That Should Have Been — RANKED - by Ken Holtzhouser</a></p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#195 SCRIPT: "A Piece of the Action"</title> | |
| <itunes:title>SCRIPT: "A Piece of the Action"</itunes:title> | |
| <pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2022 13:26:12 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/apieceoftheaction.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></p> <p>It’s time for another script! This time it’s the first draft of the <strong>Green Hornet</strong> guest shot arc <a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/o7f8fv11fmfx0b9/Piece_of_the_Action.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>A Piece of the Action/Batman’s Satisfaction</em></a>, featuring a much more assertive <strong>Robin</strong> than perhaps we ever saw <strong>Burt Ward</strong> play, and a greater focus on the secret identities of <strong>Batman</strong> and the Hornet!</p> <p>Plus, more of <strong>Adam and Burt</strong>’s Sept 1, 1966, <em><strong>Merv Griffin</strong></em> appearance, the <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7MEyvkBbi8" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">L'Orchestra Cinematique "EPIC" version of the theme</a>, and your mail on our <strong>Madge Blake</strong> episode!</p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/U7MEyvkBbi8" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p>Links from Chris Cavanaugh</p> <p><a href= "http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/comic.php?comicid=8699" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Detective Comics</em> 356</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eizaunHBHDc" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Madge Blake SEES Superman, or is it Batman and Robin?</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/eizaunHBHDc" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csjjkGzixAg" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Climax of <em>I Love Lucy</em>'s Superman episode</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/csjjkGzixAg" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iubgAhWM3Ao" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Who was MADGE BLAKE? Larry Mondello's mom from LEAVE IT TO BEAVER.</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/iubgAhWM3Ao" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>It’s time for another script! This time it’s the first draft of the Green Hornet guest shot arc <a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/o7f8fv11fmfx0b9/Piece_of_the_Action.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>A Piece of the Action/Batman’s Satisfaction</em></a>, featuring a much more assertive Robin than perhaps we ever saw Burt Ward play, and a greater focus on the secret identities of Batman and the Hornet!</p> <p>Plus, more of Adam and Burt’s Sept 1, 1966, <em>Merv Griffin</em> appearance, the <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7MEyvkBbi8" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">L'Orchestra Cinematique "EPIC" version of the theme</a>, and your mail on our Madge Blake episode!</p> <p></p> <p>Links from Chris Cavanaugh</p> <p><a href= "http://www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/comic.php?comicid=8699" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Detective Comics</em> 356</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eizaunHBHDc" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Madge Blake SEES Superman, or is it Batman and Robin?</a></p> <p></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csjjkGzixAg" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Climax of <em>I Love Lucy</em>'s Superman episode</a></p> <p></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iubgAhWM3Ao" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Who was MADGE BLAKE? Larry Mondello's mom from LEAVE IT TO BEAVER.</a></p> <p></p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#194 Susan Silo: Mousey and much more!</title> | |
| <itunes:title>Susan Silo: Mousey and much more!</itunes:title> | |
| <pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2022 11:55:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Susan-Silo.jpg" alt= "Susan Silo as Mousey" width="550" height="440" /></p> <p>You know her as <strong>Mousey</strong> in <em>A Riddle a Day Keeps the Riddler Away</em>, but did you know that <a href= "http://www.susansilo.com/www/silobio.html" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><strong>Susan Silo</strong></a> has been a sought-after character voice actor for cartoons since the ‘70s? Or that she had a hit single in 1956 ("<a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XY4MnWeq8M" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><strong>Dear Diary</strong></a>") and performed on American Bandstand? Or that she’s performed on Broadway? Or that her high school English teacher became a huge TV star in the ‘70s? This time we chat with Susan herself about all this and more!</p> <p>Plus, <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuRyELLplx0&list=OLAK5uy_lTgFdeg1pvKV-dNsgiNXyPrz0hVgLd5Mg&index=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>the Villains</strong>’ version of the <em>Batman</em> theme</a>, more of <strong>Adam and Burt</strong> on <em>Merv Griffin</em>, and <strong>Holy Deja Vu</strong> visits <strong>Stalag 13</strong>!</p> <p>NOTE: The production error in this episode has been fixed. Sorry about that!</p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/cuRyELLplx0" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/0XY4MnWeq8M" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>You know her as Mousey in <em>A Riddle a Day Keeps the Riddler Away</em>, but did you know that <a href= "http://www.susansilo.com/www/silobio.html" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Susan Silo</a> has been a sought-after character voice actor for cartoons since the ‘70s? Or that she had a hit single in 1956 ("<a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XY4MnWeq8M" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Dear Diary</a>") and performed on American Bandstand? Or that she’s performed on Broadway? Or that her high school English teacher became a huge TV star in the ‘70s? This time we chat with Susan herself about all this and more!</p> <p>Plus, <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuRyELLplx0&list=OLAK5uy_lTgFdeg1pvKV-dNsgiNXyPrz0hVgLd5Mg&index=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Villains’ version of the <em>Batman</em> theme</a>, more of Adam and Burt on <em>Merv Griffin</em>, and Holy Deja Vu visits Stalag 13!</p> <p>NOTE: The production error in this episode has been fixed. Sorry about that!</p> <p></p> <p></p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#193 Batman - Star Trek ACT-OFF, pt. 1</title> | |
| <itunes:title>Batman - Star Trek ACT-OFF, pt. 1</itunes:title> | |
| <pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2022 12:05:12 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Batman-StarTrekACTOFF01.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="466" /></p> <p>Two of the most iconic American TV shows of the 1960s are <em><strong>Batman</strong></em> and <em><strong>Star Trek</strong></em>. A surprising number of actors pulled double duty, appearing on both shows, either as regulars, recurring characters, or one-shot roles.</p> <p>This crossover of actors sounds like an interesting topic, but how do we get it into our show? What we settled on was to put these actors in March Madness-type brackets and pit them against each other. On which show did a given actor give the better performance? And how does their performance stack up against one of the other actors’?</p> <p>For part one of this exercise, we compare <strong>Stanley Adams</strong> (<strong>Cyrano Jones</strong> on <em>Trek</em>, <strong>Captain Courageous</strong> on <em>Batman</em>) to <strong>Julie Newmar</strong> (<strong>Eleen</strong> on <em>Trek</em>, <strong>Catwoman</strong> on <em>Batman</em>), and <strong>Joan Collins</strong> (<strong>Edith Keeler</strong> on <em>Trek</em>, <strong>the Siren</strong> on <em>Batman</em>) to <strong>Yvonne Craig</strong> (<strong>Marta</strong> on <em>Trek</em>, <strong>Batgirl</strong> on <em>Batman</em>). We’re joined in this exercise by our childhood friend <strong>Kyle</strong>, who grew up a <em>Trek</em> fan.</p> <p>PLUS: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUP4QKREuco" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the <strong>Chuck Cirino</strong> version of the theme</a>, <strong>Adam</strong> and <strong>Burt</strong> on the <em><strong>Merv Griffin Show</strong></em> in 1966, and we read your mail!</p> <p>In four weeks, we'll talk about <a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/o7f8fv11fmfx0b9/Piece_of_the_Action.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the draft script of "A Piece of the Action"</a>!</p> <p><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8441" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Comment about the script on the Bat Message Board</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/pUP4QKREuco" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>Two of the most iconic American TV shows of the 1960s are <em>Batman</em> and <em>Star Trek</em>. A surprising number of actors pulled double duty, appearing on both shows, either as regulars, recurring characters, or one-shot roles.</p> <p>This crossover of actors sounds like an interesting topic, but how do we get it into our show? What we settled on was to put these actors in March Madness-type brackets and pit them against each other. On which show did a given actor give the better performance? And how does their performance stack up against one of the other actors’?</p> <p>For part one of this exercise, we compare Stanley Adams (Cyrano Jones on <em>Trek</em>, Captain Courageous on <em>Batman</em>) to Julie Newmar (Eleen on <em>Trek</em>, Catwoman on <em>Batman</em>), and Joan Collins (Edith Keeler on <em>Trek</em>, the Siren on <em>Batman</em>) to Yvonne Craig (Marta on <em>Trek</em>, Batgirl on <em>Batman</em>). We’re joined in this exercise by our childhood friend Kyle, who grew up a <em>Trek</em> fan.</p> <p>PLUS: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUP4QKREuco" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Chuck Cirino version of the theme</a>, Adam and Burt on the <em>Merv Griffin Show</em> in 1966, and we read your mail!</p> <p>In four weeks, we'll talk about <a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/o7f8fv11fmfx0b9/Piece_of_the_Action.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the draft script of "A Piece of the Action"</a>!</p> <p><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8441" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Comment about the script on the Bat Message Board</a></p> <p></p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#192 Mercy alive! It’s Madge Blake!</title> | |
| <itunes:title>Mercy alive! It’s Madge Blake!</itunes:title> | |
| <pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2022 11:55:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/auntharriet-tea.jpg" alt="Aunt Harriet serving tea" width="550" height="413" /></p> <p>When talking about <em><strong>Batman</strong></em>, discussion tends to focus on <strong>Adam West</strong>, <strong>Burt Ward</strong>, and those who played villains who <strong>the Dynamic Duo</strong> brought to justice. But here we’ve done nearly 200 episodes and mostly missed someone whose name is in the opening credits for the first two seasons: <strong>Madge Blake</strong>. So this time we’ve dug in to see what we could learn about this woman who started acting late in life, charmed fellow actors but frustrated some directors, and worked with <strong>Jack Benny</strong>, <strong>Vincente Minnelli</strong>, <strong>Gene Kelly</strong>, and more.</p> <p>We also take a look at her <em>Batman</em> character, Aunt Harriet: her origins in the comics, how the TV and comics versions differed, and what we can tell about the TV version based on her scenes; there’s more to know there than you might think!</p> <p>ALSO: the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6H3-YigwLc" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Mr. Tabs</strong> guitar tutorial version</a> of the Batman theme, <strong>Vincent Price</strong> and Adam watch themselves in a Batman clip on the <strong><em>Mike Douglas Show</em></strong>, Holy Deja Vu asks “Who was <strong>Milton Stark</strong>?”, and we once again visit the Bat Inbox.</p> <p><a href= "https://archive.org/details/sim_todays-health_1960-03_38_3/page/n19/mode/2up?q=%22madge+blake%22&view=theater" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Madge Blake articles in Today's Health Magazine from March 1960</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/a6H3-YigwLc" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><a href="https://youtu.be/rHHrrLkhuRA" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Madge on the Jack Benny Show</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/rHHrrLkhuRA" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>;</p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>When talking about <em>Batman</em>, discussion tends to focus on Adam West, Burt Ward, and those who played villains who the Dynamic Duo brought to justice. But here we’ve done nearly 200 episodes and mostly missed someone whose name is in the opening credits for the first two seasons: Madge Blake. So this time we’ve dug in to see what we could learn about this woman who started acting late in life, charmed fellow actors but frustrated some directors, and worked with Jack Benny, Vincente Minnelli, Gene Kelly, and more.</p> <p>We also take a look at her <em>Batman</em> character, Aunt Harriet: her origins in the comics, how the TV and comics versions differed, and what we can tell about the TV version based on her scenes; there’s more to know there than you might think!</p> <p>ALSO: the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6H3-YigwLc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mr. Tabs guitar tutorial version</a> of the Batman theme, Vincent Price and Adam watch themselves in a Batman clip on the <em>Mike Douglas Show</em>, Holy Deja Vu asks “Who was Milton Stark?”, and we once again visit the Bat Inbox.</p> <p><a href= "https://archive.org/details/sim_todays-health_1960-03_38_3/page/n19/mode/2up?q=%22madge+blake%22&view=theater" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Madge Blake articles in Today's Health Magazine from March 1960</a></p> <p></p> <p><a href="https://youtu.be/rHHrrLkhuRA" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Madge on the Jack Benny Show</a></p> <p>;</p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#191 Women in Season 2, pt 2: Deluded Girls and Second Bananas</title> | |
| <itunes:title>Women in Season 2, pt 2: Deluded Girls and Second Bananas</itunes:title> | |
| <pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2022 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/WomenInSeason2pt2.jpg" alt="Women in S2 pt 2" width="550" height="412" /></p> <p>As season two rolls on, women are still filling familiar roles: OK with crime, but killing the <strong>Dynamic Duo</strong> is going "too far"; ditzy moll who dreams of diamonds and Hollywood; "team-up" baddie who's completely superfluous to the male partner's plans. We also get a season one throwback of a moll who crushes on <strong>Batman</strong>, and a <strong>Catwoman</strong> assistant (and <em><strong>Batman</strong></em> producer's niece) who wants to be a singer. We're once again joined by novelist <a href= "https://nancynorthcott.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><strong>Nancy Northcott</strong></a> to discuss women in the middle of season two!</p> <p>Plus, a high school (apparently) <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4t0UGzzWBA" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">orchestral version</a> of the theme, more of <strong>Adam West</strong> on the <em><strong>Mike Douglas Show</strong></em>, and a look back at <strong>High C</strong>'s one appearance on our podcast.</p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/R4t0UGzzWBA" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>As season two rolls on, women are still filling familiar roles: OK with crime, but killing the Dynamic Duo is going "too far"; ditzy moll who dreams of diamonds and Hollywood; "team-up" baddie who's completely superfluous to the male partner's plans. We also get a season one throwback of a moll who crushes on Batman, and a Catwoman assistant (and <em>Batman</em> producer's niece) who wants to be a singer. We're once again joined by novelist <a href= "https://nancynorthcott.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Nancy Northcott</a> to discuss women in the middle of season two!</p> <p>Plus, a high school (apparently) <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4t0UGzzWBA" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">orchestral version</a> of the theme, more of Adam West on the <em>Mike Douglas Show</em>, and a look back at High C's one appearance on our podcast.</p> <p></p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#190 Batman refs: “Mighty Mouse” & “The Simpsons”</title> | |
| <itunes:title>Batman refs: “Mighty Mouse” & “The Simpsons”</itunes:title> | |
| <pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2022 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/BatbatMightyMouseWestSimpsons.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="446" /></p> <p>The cultural impact of Batman '66 was felt for decades after, and still reverberates. This time we discuss a couple more late-20th-century cartoons that showed evidence of that impact: <em><strong>Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures</strong></em>, which in 1987 gave us <em><strong>Night of the Bat-Bat</strong></em>, featuring Bat-Bat, a hero with the powers of a bat and a penchant for corny one-liners; and <a href= "https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Batman" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">numerous episodes of <strong><em>The Simpsons</em></strong></a>, including 1992's <a href= "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0701184/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Mr. Plow</em></a>, in which <strong>Adam West</strong> makes a couple of heavily-Bat-referencing appearances; and 1995's <a href= "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0701201/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Radioactive Man</em></a>, which gives us the "campy '70s version" of that hero. Holy stand-in!</p> <p>ALSO: <strong>Niall Stenson</strong>'s take on <strong>Neal Hefti</strong>'s <em>Batman</em> theme; Adam on the <a href= "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2036233/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><em><strong>Mike Douglas Show</strong></em></a>; your response to our episode on <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8348" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em><strong>It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman</strong></em></a>; and we eulogize a committed Bat-fan and regular correspondent to our show, <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8377&start=15" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>High C</strong></a>.</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdqAAkD6-Vk" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Batman Movie Themes (1966 - 2016) on Guitar</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/vdqAAkD6-Vk" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH4rLuIf2P0" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Mighty Mouse The New Adventures - Night of the Bat-Bat</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/SH4rLuIf2P0" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOjweya0MdY" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Night of Bat-Bat - Audio Commentary by John Kricfalusi and Tom Minton</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/qOjweya0MdY" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>The cultural impact of Batman '66 was felt for decades after, and still reverberates. This time we discuss a couple more late-20th-century cartoons that showed evidence of that impact: <em>Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures</em>, which in 1987 gave us <em>Night of the Bat-Bat</em>, featuring Bat-Bat, a hero with the powers of a bat and a penchant for corny one-liners; and <a href= "https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Batman" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">numerous episodes of <em>The Simpsons</em></a>, including 1992's <a href= "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0701184/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Mr. Plow</em></a>, in which Adam West makes a couple of heavily-Bat-referencing appearances; and 1995's <a href= "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0701201/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Radioactive Man</em></a>, which gives us the "campy '70s version" of that hero. Holy stand-in!</p> <p>ALSO: Niall Stenson's take on Neal Hefti's <em>Batman</em> theme; Adam on the <a href= "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2036233/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><em>Mike Douglas Show</em></a>; your response to our episode on <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8348" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman</em></a>; and we eulogize a committed Bat-fan and regular correspondent to our show, <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8377&start=15" target="_blank" rel="noopener">High C</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdqAAkD6-Vk" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Batman Movie Themes (1966 - 2016) on Guitar</a></p> <p></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH4rLuIf2P0" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Mighty Mouse The New Adventures - Night of the Bat-Bat</a></p> <p></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOjweya0MdY" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Night of Bat-Bat - Audio Commentary by John Kricfalusi and Tom Minton</a></p> <p></p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#189 The Evolution of “False Face”</title> | |
| <itunes:title>The Evolution of “False Face”</itunes:title> | |
| <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2022 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/FalseFaceScript.jpg" alt="False Face's mask unmasked" width="550" height="412" /></p> <p>Why does <strong>False Face</strong> impersonate <strong>Chief O’Hara</strong>? Where is FF’s hideout? Since when does <strong>Aunt Harriet</strong> drops censor-tempting puns? Why does <strong>Blaze</strong> tell <strong>the Duo</strong> “It’s faster on foot”? These questions and more are up for discussion as we look at the Outline, First Draft, and Revised Draft of True or False Face/Holy Rat Race!</p> <p>Also, <strong>Merv Griffin</strong>’s 7-year-old son <strong>Tony</strong> asks <strong>Adam West</strong> some burning questions, <strong>Mina Pang and her dad</strong> jam out with the <em><strong>Batman</strong></em> theme, and we read your <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8335" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mail about our <strong>Joker Jury</strong> episode</a>.</p> <p><a class="postlink" href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/0q53eeuwjvdsf43/FALSE%20FACE%20outline%20Nov%201965.pdf?dl=0"> OUTLINE</a><br /> <br /> <a class="postlink" href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/euantqygsnslh7g/False%20Face%20first%20draft.pdf?dl=0"> First Draft</a><br /> <br /> <a class="postlink" href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/n7ep2y5d75nnhbv/FALSE%20FACE%20rev%20draft.pdf?dl=0"> Revised Draft</a></p> <p><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8354" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Script discussion thread</a></p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>Why does False Face impersonate Chief O’Hara? Where is FF’s hideout? Since when does Aunt Harriet drops censor-tempting puns? Why does Blaze tell the Duo “It’s faster on foot”? These questions and more are up for discussion as we look at the Outline, First Draft, and Revised Draft of True or False Face/Holy Rat Race!</p> <p>Also, Merv Griffin’s 7-year-old son Tony asks Adam West some burning questions, Mina Pang and her dad jam out with the <em>Batman</em> theme, and we read your <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8335" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mail about our Joker Jury episode</a>.</p> <p><a class="postlink" href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/0q53eeuwjvdsf43/FALSE%20FACE%20outline%20Nov%201965.pdf?dl=0"> OUTLINE</a> <a class="postlink" href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/euantqygsnslh7g/False%20Face%20first%20draft.pdf?dl=0"> First Draft</a> <a class="postlink" href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/n7ep2y5d75nnhbv/FALSE%20FACE%20rev%20draft.pdf?dl=0"> Revised Draft</a></p> <p><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8354" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Script discussion thread</a></p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#188 iPhone? Try “snow cone”: “Batman ’66” #10</title> | |
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| <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2022 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/MrFreeze-comics10.jpg" alt="" width="424" height="550" /></p> <p><strong>Mr. Freeze</strong> is back - WILD! He’s gone all <strong>Steve Jobs</strong> and put a device in everyone’s pocket — one that will plunge <strong>Gotham City</strong> into year-round winter! Can <strong>Batman</strong> turn the tables? Meanwhile, <strong>Batgirl</strong> is going up against a “villain” who, well, very nicely offered Bruce “milk and cookies” in the TV series itself. Yup, it’s <strong>Lisa Carson</strong>! Did anyone ask for this Egyptian heel turn? Tim and Paul discuss the 10th issue of the Batman ’66 comics series.</p> <p>ALSO: <strong>Adam</strong> talks with <strong>Merv</strong> about whether being Batman is going to his head; <strong>Holy Deja Vu</strong> spotlights actor <strong>Dan Tobin</strong>; and we read your response to our discussion of <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8327" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Batman ’66 issue 9 in episode 185</a>!</p> <p><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8354" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the <strong>False Face</strong> scripts and comment on them</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdTROTUvqh8" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">BCV performs the Batman theme</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/BdTROTUvqh8" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>Mr. Freeze is back - WILD! He’s gone all Steve Jobs and put a device in everyone’s pocket — one that will plunge Gotham City into year-round winter! Can Batman turn the tables? Meanwhile, Batgirl is going up against a “villain” who, well, very nicely offered Bruce “milk and cookies” in the TV series itself. Yup, it’s Lisa Carson! Did anyone ask for this Egyptian heel turn? Tim and Paul discuss the 10th issue of the Batman ’66 comics series.</p> <p>ALSO: Adam talks with Merv about whether being Batman is going to his head; Holy Deja Vu spotlights actor Dan Tobin; and we read your response to our discussion of <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8327" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Batman ’66 issue 9 in episode 185</a>!</p> <p><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8354" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the False Face scripts and comment on them</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdTROTUvqh8" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">BCV performs the Batman theme</a></p> <p></p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>SCRIPT: True or False Face</title> | |
| <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2022 12:17:01 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://deconstructingcomics.com/Batpoles/falseface.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="272" /></p> <p>The next script we'll be discussing on TO THE BATPOLES is Stephen Kandel's "False Face" script! We have an outline, a draft, and a revised draft, so they're all pretty early in the process. Recording has not been scheduled yet, but it will definitely be after July 11, 2022.<br /> <br /> If you read the scripts and comment before we record, we may quote your post on the podcast. Will let you know when the recording date is set!<br /> <br /> <a class="postlink" href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/0q53eeuwjvdsf43/FALSE%20FACE%20outline%20Nov%201965.pdf?dl=0"> OUTLINE</a><br /> <br /> <a class="postlink" href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/euantqygsnslh7g/False%20Face%20first%20draft.pdf?dl=0"> First Draft</a><br /> <br /> <a class="postlink" href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/n7ep2y5d75nnhbv/FALSE%20FACE%20rev%20draft.pdf?dl=0"> Revised Draft</a></p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>The next script we'll be discussing on TO THE BATPOLES is Stephen Kandel's "False Face" script! We have an outline, a draft, and a revised draft, so they're all pretty early in the process. Recording has not been scheduled yet, but it will definitely be after July 11, 2022. If you read the scripts and comment before we record, we may quote your post on the podcast. Will let you know when the recording date is set! <a class="postlink" href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/0q53eeuwjvdsf43/FALSE%20FACE%20outline%20Nov%201965.pdf?dl=0"> OUTLINE</a> <a class="postlink" href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/euantqygsnslh7g/False%20Face%20first%20draft.pdf?dl=0"> First Draft</a> <a class="postlink" href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/n7ep2y5d75nnhbv/FALSE%20FACE%20rev%20draft.pdf?dl=0"> Revised Draft</a></p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#187 "Superman" musical: It's not a bird, but is it camp?</title> | |
| <itunes:title>"Superman" musical: It's not a bird, but is it camp?</itunes:title> | |
| <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2022 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/itsabird-holiday.jpg" alt="" width="550" height="413" /></p> <p>Just a couple of months after <em><strong>Batman</strong></em> hit the airwaves in 1966, another superhero emerged from the comics, as Superman arrived at the Alvin Theater on <strong>Broadway</strong> in <em><strong>It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman</strong></em>. How did the musical's creators approach the same question <strong>William Dozier</strong> and <strong>Lorenzo Semple, Jr.</strong>, dealt with in 1965: how to make a "children's character" appealing to adults? We compare and contrast the two shows' approaches. After a good start, the musical closed in less than four months; was <em>Batman</em> to blame? And, what's the deal with that late-night 1975 TV version? All this, plus <strong>Adam</strong>'s story of meeting the pope, and <a href="http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8306" target="_blank" rel="noopener">your response to our <em><strong>Hizzoner the Penguin</strong></em> script episode</a>!</p> <p><a href= "https://www.concordtheatricals.com/s/44638/itsabird-itsaplane-itssuperman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Concord Theatricals offers two weeks with the musical's libretto at no charge</a></p> <p><a href= "%3Ca%20target="_blank"%20href="https:/www.amazon.com/music/player/albums/B001BG0O5S?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US&trackAsin=B001BG4FZ8&ref=sr_1_2&keywords=it%2527s+a+bird+it%2527s+a+plane+it%2527s+superman&crid=3CN62NPUPPNLG&sprefix=it%2527s+a+bird%252Caps%252C417&qid=1655971445&sr=8-2&_encoding=UTF8&tag=globalcomicsn-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=a11cd68f7af2778ab47512fbe52bfc34&camp=1789&creative=9325"%3E"It's%20a%20Bird..."%20MP3s%3C/a%3E" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Broadway cast album on Amazon</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNXbdLDZLKM&t=2415s" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">"It's a Bird" 1975 TV version</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/eNXbdLDZLKM" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><a href= "https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30877495/superman-musical-1975/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1975 newspaper column confirms date of broadcast</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.vulture.com/article/superman-broadway-musical-its-a-bird-flop.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Abraham Riesman's Vulture.com article</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.tor.com/2022/06/08/we-need-him-we-need-him-its-a-bird-its-a-plane-its-superman/?fbclid=IwAR1OUVg7mkW690sBPbGc3IinVtUJq5yZCz00yWWNs0ar_phw2OX53quvSaE" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Keith DeCandido's Tor.com article</a></p> <p><a href= "http://www.supermanbobholiday.com/Video/AquaVelvaVideo.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bob Holiday as Superman in Aqua Velva ad</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/22/theater/reviews/its-a-bird-its-a-plane-its-superman-at-city-center.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Times on 2013 production</a></p> <p><a href= "http://drewfriedman.blogspot.com/2013/06/its-bird-its-plane-its-superman-1966.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Drew Friedman on the musical (Lots of cool photos)</a></p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>Just a couple of months after <em>Batman</em> hit the airwaves in 1966, another superhero emerged from the comics, as Superman arrived at the Alvin Theater on Broadway in <em>It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman</em>. How did the musical's creators approach the same question William Dozier and Lorenzo Semple, Jr., dealt with in 1965: how to make a "children's character" appealing to adults? We compare and contrast the two shows' approaches. After a good start, the musical closed in less than four months; was <em>Batman</em> to blame? And, what's the deal with that late-night 1975 TV version? All this, plus Adam's story of meeting the pope, and <a href="http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8306" target="_blank" rel="noopener">your response to our <em>Hizzoner the Penguin</em> script episode</a>!</p> <p><a href= "https://www.concordtheatricals.com/s/44638/itsabird-itsaplane-itssuperman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Concord Theatricals offers two weeks with the musical's libretto at no charge</a></p> <p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#186 Why "The Joker Jury" was out</title> | |
| <itunes:title>Why "The Joker Jury" was out</itunes:title> | |
| <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2022 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/jokerjury.jpg" alt= "The Joker Jury" width="550" height="350" /></p> <p>As we know, many episodes of <em><strong>Batman</strong></em> — especially in the first season — were based on stories from the comics. And additional comics stories were floated as possible episodes but didn’t make the cut. This time, we focus on one such story: <em><strong>The Joker Jury</strong></em>, by <strong>Bill Finger</strong> and <strong>Sheldon Moldoff</strong>, originally appearing in <em>Batman</em> 163 (May 1964) and adopted into an unproduced treatment by <strong>Max Hodge</strong>, writer of the first two <strong>Mr. Freeze</strong> arcs of the show. What changes did Hodge make to the story and why? Why might this not have been produced?</p> <p>PLUS: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6vv1ZQxRCY" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Chris Holland</strong>’s rock guitar version of the theme</a>, more <strong>Adam West</strong> on the <em><strong>Merv Griffin Show</strong></em>, and some of your mail about <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8290" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Episode 183’s bat-costume discussion with <strong>Chuck and Lynne Williams</strong></a>.</p> <p><a href="https://view-comic.com/batman-1940-issue-163/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The Joker Jury</em> comics story</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/dos685yjg3l0eal/JOKER%20JURY%20original.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The Joker Jury</em> treatment</a></p> <p><a href= "https://13thdimension.com/sneak-peek-the-greatest-batman-66-collection-youll-ever-see/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">13th Dimension: Photos of bat-costumes owned by collector "Alfred"</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/a6vv1ZQxRCY" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>As we know, many episodes of <em>Batman</em> — especially in the first season — were based on stories from the comics. And additional comics stories were floated as possible episodes but didn’t make the cut. This time, we focus on one such story: <em>The Joker Jury</em>, by Bill Finger and Sheldon Moldoff, originally appearing in <em>Batman</em> 163 (May 1964) and adopted into an unproduced treatment by Max Hodge, writer of the first two Mr. Freeze arcs of the show. What changes did Hodge make to the story and why? Why might this not have been produced?</p> <p>PLUS: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6vv1ZQxRCY" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chris Holland’s rock guitar version of the theme</a>, more Adam West on the <em>Merv Griffin Show</em>, and some of your mail about <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8290" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Episode 183’s bat-costume discussion with Chuck and Lynne Williams</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://view-comic.com/batman-1940-issue-163/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The Joker Jury</em> comics story</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/dos685yjg3l0eal/JOKER%20JURY%20original.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The Joker Jury</em> treatment</a></p> <p><a href= "https://13thdimension.com/sneak-peek-the-greatest-batman-66-collection-youll-ever-see/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">13th Dimension: Photos of bat-costumes owned by collector "Alfred"</a></p> <p></p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[As we know, many episodes of Batman — especially in the first season — were based on stories from the comics. And additional comics stories were floated as possible episodes but didn’t make the cut. This time, we focus on one such story: The...]]></itunes:subtitle> | |
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| <title>#185 Zelda without Shame</title> | |
| <itunes:title>Zelda without Shame</itunes:title> | |
| <pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2022 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/ZeldaIssue9.jpg" alt= "" width="550" height="364" /></p> <p>The cover of <strong><em>Batman '66</em> #9</strong> includes <strong>Zelda the Great</strong> hanging above <strong>the Duo</strong>, and <strong>Shame</strong>'s boots in the foreground. Zelda's in the issue, but where's Shame? Um... in issue #8?! (We discussed that story in episode 182!) <strong>Jeff Parker</strong>'s Zelda story has its moments, but in other ways it's just weird. Meanwhile, <strong>Tom Peyer</strong>'s backup story brings back <strong>Alfred</strong>'s cousin <strong>Egbert</strong> from <strong><em>The Joker's Provokers</em></strong>, but brings to mind what a version of Alfred in Peyer's <em><strong>The Wrong Earth</strong></em> might have been like! This time, we discuss issue 9.</p> <p>Also, we give our own answers to some previously posted bat-questions, hear more of <strong>Adam</strong> on <em><strong>The Merv Griffin Show</strong></em>, read a bit of mail, and listen to <a href="https://youtu.be/qtO2AA3ixuM" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Pylon</strong>'s version</a> of <strong>Hefti</strong>'s Bat-theme.</p> <p> </p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/qtO2AA3ixuM" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>The cover of <em>Batman '66</em> #9 includes Zelda the Great hanging above the Duo, and Shame's boots in the foreground. Zelda's in the issue, but where's Shame? Um... in issue #8?! (We discussed that story in episode 182!) Jeff Parker's Zelda story has its moments, but in other ways it's just weird. Meanwhile, Tom Peyer's backup story brings back Alfred's cousin Egbert from <em>The Joker's Provokers</em>, but brings to mind what a version of Alfred in Peyer's <em>The Wrong Earth</em> might have been like! This time, we discuss issue 9.</p> <p>Also, we give our own answers to some previously posted bat-questions, hear more of Adam on <em>The Merv Griffin Show</em>, read a bit of mail, and listen to <a href="https://youtu.be/qtO2AA3ixuM" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Pylon's version</a> of Hefti's Bat-theme.</p> <p> </p> <p></p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The cover of Batman '66 #9 includes Zelda the Great hanging above the Duo, and Shame's boots in the foreground. Zelda's in the issue, but where's Shame? Um... in issue #8?! (We discussed that story in episode 182!) Jeff Parker's Zelda story has its...]]></itunes:subtitle> | |
| <itunes:episode>185</itunes:episode> | |
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| <title>#184 “Hizzoner”: A Good Script? It’s debatable</title> | |
| <itunes:title>“Hizzoner”: A Good Script? It’s debatable</itunes:title> | |
| <pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2022 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/hizzonerdebate.jpg" alt="Debate scene" width="550" height="411" /></p> <p><strong>Stanford Sherman</strong>’s <em><strong>Hizzoner the Penguin</strong></em> is a bit hard to reckon with. Satire on <em><strong>Batman</strong></em> is not in line with <strong>Lorenzo Semple Jr</strong>’s vision for the show, and the 1966 political references date this arc much more than many others. And yet, it has some brilliantly funny moments. This time, we take a look at Sherman’s treatment, first draft, and final script for <em>Hizzoner</em> to learn about the development of the story, possible reasons why Sherman was unhappy with the result, and previously unnoticed moments that suddenly stand out - for good and ill.</p> <p>Also, <strong>Scotty McKay</strong>’s <strong><em>Here Comes Batman</em></strong> (a song that’s also related to the show by three degrees of separation), <strong>Adam West</strong> on <em><strong>The Merv Griffin Show</strong></em>, and <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8257" target="_blank" rel="noopener">your reaction</a> to our episode on Assistant Director <strong>Reuben Watt</strong>.</p> <p><strong>"Hizzoner the Penguin" scripts:<br /></strong></p> <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/ccjcs7kjogvjodr/HIZZONER%20prelim%20script.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Treatment</a></p> <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/ohuzsjzvj360oe6/HIZZONER%201st%20draft.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">First draft</a></p> <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/7f8czo9lpmsumx2/HIZZONER%20final.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Final</a></p> <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8275" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Discuss the scripts on the '66 Message Board</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlRYLG40N2M" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Here Comes Batman</em> clip from the movie <em>Creature of Destruction</em></a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/YlRYLG40N2M" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClAXgtXQGNc" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">The full record of <em>Here Comes Batman</em></a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/ClAXgtXQGNc" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>Stanford Sherman’s <em>Hizzoner the Penguin</em> is a bit hard to reckon with. Satire on <em>Batman</em> is not in line with Lorenzo Semple Jr’s vision for the show, and the 1966 political references date this arc much more than many others. And yet, it has some brilliantly funny moments. This time, we take a look at Sherman’s treatment, first draft, and final script for <em>Hizzoner</em> to learn about the development of the story, possible reasons why Sherman was unhappy with the result, and previously unnoticed moments that suddenly stand out - for good and ill.</p> <p>Also, Scotty McKay’s <em>Here Comes Batman</em> (a song that’s also related to the show by three degrees of separation), Adam West on <em>The Merv Griffin Show</em>, and <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8257" target="_blank" rel="noopener">your reaction</a> to our episode on Assistant Director Reuben Watt.</p> <p>"Hizzoner the Penguin" scripts:</p> <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/ccjcs7kjogvjodr/HIZZONER%20prelim%20script.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Treatment</a></p> <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/ohuzsjzvj360oe6/HIZZONER%201st%20draft.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">First draft</a></p> <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/7f8czo9lpmsumx2/HIZZONER%20final.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Final</a></p> <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8275" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Discuss the scripts on the '66 Message Board</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlRYLG40N2M" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Here Comes Batman</em> clip from the movie <em>Creature of Destruction</em></a></p> <p></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClAXgtXQGNc" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">The full record of <em>Here Comes Batman</em></a></p> <p></p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#183 Bat-Costumes' Dynamic Duo: Chuck and Lynne Williams</title> | |
| <itunes:title>Bat-Costumes: Chuck and Lynne Williams’ detective work</itunes:title> | |
| <pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2022 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/WilliamsCostumes.jpg" alt="Chuck and Lynne Williams" width="550" height="550" /></p> <p>A huge aspect of the <em><strong>Batman</strong></em> show is the colorful costumes, overseen by designer <strong>Jan Kemp</strong>. Sadly, Kemp is no longer with us, and his records, if they exist, are not easily available, so if you want to make a really accurate Batman ’66 replica costume, some detective work is required. <a href="https://www.etsy.com/market/williams_studio_2" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Chuck and Lynne Williams</strong></a> have done just that, making patterns from original costumes owned by collectors, tracking down existing supplies of fabrics that are no longer made, and more. This time, we hear from this dynamic duo about their detective work and what they’ve learned about how the costumes were made, what happened when the prop department needed to get involved (for example, the <strong>Mad Hatter</strong>’s mesmerizer hat), why <strong>Batman</strong>’s cowl and cape tended to turn purple over time, and more.</p> <p>Plus, the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDxYc4WoZjg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Alfred Music Marching Band</strong> version of the theme</a>, and your mail about the <em><strong>Thirteenth Hat</strong></em> script and more.</p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/HDxYc4WoZjg" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7wry1TPb4g" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Vicki Lawrence talks with Jan Kemp and the Bat-crew</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/X7wry1TPb4g" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLRe-9BQpLE" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Adam on the Howard Stern Show: An original cowl?</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/NLRe-9BQpLE" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p>Batgirl Teaches Batman a Lesson about Equal Pay</p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/n00xZ_mKQgk" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-BHYo4U0M4&t=79s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Comparing the <em>Batman</em> screen tests</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/c-BHYo4U0M4" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8275" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Discussion of the Hizzoner the Penguin script on the Bat Message Board</a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>A huge aspect of the <em>Batman</em> show is the colorful costumes, overseen by designer Jan Kemp. Sadly, Kemp is no longer with us, and his records, if they exist, are not easily available, so if you want to make a really accurate Batman ’66 replica costume, some detective work is required. <a href="https://www.etsy.com/market/williams_studio_2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chuck and Lynne Williams</a> have done just that, making patterns from original costumes owned by collectors, tracking down existing supplies of fabrics that are no longer made, and more. This time, we hear from this dynamic duo about their detective work and what they’ve learned about how the costumes were made, what happened when the prop department needed to get involved (for example, the Mad Hatter’s mesmerizer hat), why Batman’s cowl and cape tended to turn purple over time, and more.</p> <p>Plus, the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDxYc4WoZjg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alfred Music Marching Band version of the theme</a>, and your mail about the <em>Thirteenth Hat</em> script and more.</p> <p></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7wry1TPb4g" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Vicki Lawrence talks with Jan Kemp and the Bat-crew</a></p> <p></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLRe-9BQpLE" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Adam on the Howard Stern Show: An original cowl?</a></p> <p></p> <p>Batgirl Teaches Batman a Lesson about Equal Pay</p> <p></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-BHYo4U0M4&t=79s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Comparing the <em>Batman</em> screen tests</a></p> <p></p> <p><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8275" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Discussion of the Hizzoner the Penguin script on the Bat Message Board</a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#182 Eartha and LBJ</title> | |
| <itunes:title>Eartha and LBJ</itunes:title> | |
| <pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2022 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/EarthaAndLBJ.jpg" alt= "" width="550" height="309" /></p> <p>On January 18, 1968 — just two weeks after her final appearance on <em><strong>Batman</strong></em> was broadcast — <strong>Eartha Kitt</strong> attended a White House ladies’ luncheon held by <strong>Lady Bird Johnson</strong>. After a brief, unsatisfying conversation with <strong>Lyndon Johnson</strong>, Kitt, annoyed, stood up and denounced the Vietnam War. This prompted an apparent effort by the President to kill her career in the US. We discuss a recent video from the New Yorker that explores this incident, with clever tie-ins to her <em>Batman</em> appearances.</p> <p>Also, we dust off our <strong>Batman ’66</strong> comics collections and take a look at issue 8, featuring the story <strong><em>King Tut Barges In</em></strong>.</p> <p>PLUS: A <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVSojWt5L90" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Japanese surf band</strong></a> tackles that Batman theme, we complete our listen to the “Featurette” interview of <strong>Adam and Burt</strong> from the <em><strong>Batman: The Movie</strong></em> DVD, and read your mail on … various past episodes!</p> <p><a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSOu3okhTgc&list=WL&index=9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Yorker documentary: When the Government Tried -- and Failed -- to Silence Catwoman</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/KSOu3okhTgc" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><a href= "https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/01/19/sex-kitten-vs-first-lady-eartha-kitt-yells-at-lady-bird-johnson-about-vietnam/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Washington Post looks back 50 years later</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K393EMZwAww" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Eartha Kitt vs. LBJ: Newly Found Audio</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/K393EMZwAww" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/mVSojWt5L90" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><strong>Next script: "Hizzoner the Penguin"</strong></p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/ccjcs7kjogvjodr/HIZZONER%20prelim%20script.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Treatment</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/ohuzsjzvj360oe6/HIZZONER%201st%20draft.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">First draft</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/7f8czo9lpmsumx2/HIZZONER%20final.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Final</a></p> <p><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8275" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Discuss the scripts on the '66 Message Board</a></p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>On January 18, 1968 — just two weeks after her final appearance on <em>Batman</em> was broadcast — Eartha Kitt attended a White House ladies’ luncheon held by Lady Bird Johnson. After a brief, unsatisfying conversation with Lyndon Johnson, Kitt, annoyed, stood up and denounced the Vietnam War. This prompted an apparent effort by the President to kill her career in the US. We discuss a recent video from the New Yorker that explores this incident, with clever tie-ins to her <em>Batman</em> appearances.</p> <p>Also, we dust off our Batman ’66 comics collections and take a look at issue 8, featuring the story <em>King Tut Barges In</em>.</p> <p>PLUS: A <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVSojWt5L90" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Japanese surf band</a> tackles that Batman theme, we complete our listen to the “Featurette” interview of Adam and Burt from the <em>Batman: The Movie</em> DVD, and read your mail on … various past episodes!</p> <p><a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSOu3okhTgc&list=WL&index=9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Yorker documentary: When the Government Tried -- and Failed -- to Silence Catwoman</a></p> <p></p> <p><a href= "https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/01/19/sex-kitten-vs-first-lady-eartha-kitt-yells-at-lady-bird-johnson-about-vietnam/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Washington Post looks back 50 years later</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K393EMZwAww" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Eartha Kitt vs. LBJ: Newly Found Audio</a></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>Next script: "Hizzoner the Penguin"</p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/ccjcs7kjogvjodr/HIZZONER%20prelim%20script.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Treatment</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/ohuzsjzvj360oe6/HIZZONER%201st%20draft.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">First draft</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/7f8czo9lpmsumx2/HIZZONER%20final.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Final</a></p> <p><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8275" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Discuss the scripts on the '66 Message Board</a></p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#181 Who was Reuben Watt?</title> | |
| <itunes:title>Who was Reuben Watt?</itunes:title> | |
| <pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2022 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/height_480_width_640_overlay_ReubenWatt.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="480" /></p> <p>A lot of people work behind the scenes on a TV show, and some of them are never named in the credits. One is Assistant Director <strong>Reuben Watt</strong>, who nonetheless did get some credit in the form of coverage in magazines aimed at African-Americans. (The image shown here is from the cover of <em><strong>Sepia</strong></em> magazine.) The <a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/ma3h72blq2n1w8l/Ebony%20517841330.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">June 1966 issue of <em><strong>Ebony</strong></em> included a photo feature on Watt</a>, which tells us some interesting things about Watt, the status of African-Americans in Hollywood in the ‘60s, and the <em><strong>Batman</strong></em> show itself. This time, we discuss the article.</p> <p>Also, we’ve been presenting our listeners with <strong>“Bat-questions,”</strong> but what are our own answers to these questions? We answer the first three questions we presented to you.</p> <p>PLUS: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyOxlOk_Rdo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The <strong>Randy Waldman</strong> version of the <em>Batman</em> theme</a>, <strong>Adam West</strong> talks about the famous “bomb” scene, and we read your mail on our <em><strong>Batman and Bill</strong></em> episode.</p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/JyOxlOk_Rdo" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcTc0sZQU98"><em>American Bandstand</em>: "Batman is Coming!"</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/wcTc0sZQU98" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZZZEUqBzEA" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Batman promo from final episode of <em>Shindig</em></a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/5ZZZEUqBzEA" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><a href= "https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/long-hard-battle-to-earn-creators-fame-if-not-fortune/article_ace3ce84-d8f0-11e2-979c-001a4bcf887a.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Long, hard battle to earn creators fame, if not fortune (Cleveland Jewish News)</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.amc.com/blogs/robert-kirkmans-secret-history-of-comics-qa-neal-adams-comic-artist--1006196" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics Q&A - Neal Adams (Comic Artist) (AMC.com)</a></p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Time_Access_Rule" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Prime Time Access Rule (Wikipedia)</a></p> <p> </p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>A lot of people work behind the scenes on a TV show, and some of them are never named in the credits. One is Assistant Director Reuben Watt, who nonetheless did get some credit in the form of coverage in magazines aimed at African-Americans. (The image shown here is from the cover of <em>Sepia</em> magazine.) The <a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/ma3h72blq2n1w8l/Ebony%20517841330.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">June 1966 issue of <em>Ebony</em> included a photo feature on Watt</a>, which tells us some interesting things about Watt, the status of African-Americans in Hollywood in the ‘60s, and the <em>Batman</em> show itself. This time, we discuss the article.</p> <p>Also, we’ve been presenting our listeners with “Bat-questions,” but what are our own answers to these questions? We answer the first three questions we presented to you.</p> <p>PLUS: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyOxlOk_Rdo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Randy Waldman version of the <em>Batman</em> theme</a>, Adam West talks about the famous “bomb” scene, and we read your mail on our <em>Batman and Bill</em> episode.</p> <p></p> <p><a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcTc0sZQU98"><em>American Bandstand</em>: "Batman is Coming!"</a></p> <p></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZZZEUqBzEA" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Batman promo from final episode of <em>Shindig</em></a></p> <p></p> <p><a href= "https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/long-hard-battle-to-earn-creators-fame-if-not-fortune/article_ace3ce84-d8f0-11e2-979c-001a4bcf887a.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Long, hard battle to earn creators fame, if not fortune (Cleveland Jewish News)</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.amc.com/blogs/robert-kirkmans-secret-history-of-comics-qa-neal-adams-comic-artist--1006196" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics Q&A - Neal Adams (Comic Artist) (AMC.com)</a></p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Time_Access_Rule" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Prime Time Access Rule (Wikipedia)</a></p> <p> </p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#180 “The Thirteenth Hat” Scripts: Kidnap the Jurors Already!</title> | |
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| <pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2022 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/thirteenthhatscript.jpg" alt="Instant Mesmerizer" width="550" height="413" /></p> <p><em><strong>The Thirteenth Hat/Batman Stands Pat</strong></em> is <strong>Charles Hoffman</strong>’s first produced <em>Batman</em> script. But what did earlier versions of the story look like? It turns out that the original plot had <strong>the Mad Hatter</strong> simply stealing the jurors’ hats! The stakes - and potential profits from Hatter’s crime wave - had to be raised. At the same time, certain too-expensive-to-film gags and distracting subplots were abandoned. Join us as we discuss the five-page “springboard”, 22-page treatment, and full first draft script for this classic episode.</p> <p>PLUS: <strong>Adam West</strong> on the many cameos by big stars (and future big stars) on the show, the <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHSVCZAMisk" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><strong>Joel McNeely/Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Chorus</strong></a> version of the theme, and we read your mail on <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8173" target="_blank" rel="noopener">our look at <strong>Stanford Sherman</strong>’s <strong>Marsha</strong> script</a>, and reaching back to <a href= "https://tothebatpoles.libsyn.com/batman-and-robin-hot-and-kalt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">our <em><strong>Batman and Robin</strong></em> episode</a>!</p> <p><em>The Thirteenth Hat</em> documents:</p> <ul> <li><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/l025zulsbs9ml0w/13th%20Hat%20springboard.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Springboard</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/0s25h4tu1kc46ar/13th%20Hat%20treatment.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Treatment</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/x03bfv38u0tde5v/13th%20Hat%201st%20Draft.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">First draft</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/y5ijtt3uc9wbuyu/13th%20Hat%201st%20Draft%20Annotated.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Annotated first draft</a></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/zHSVCZAMisk" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p><em>The Thirteenth Hat/Batman Stands Pat</em> is Charles Hoffman’s first produced <em>Batman</em> script. But what did earlier versions of the story look like? It turns out that the original plot had the Mad Hatter simply stealing the jurors’ hats! The stakes - and potential profits from Hatter’s crime wave - had to be raised. At the same time, certain too-expensive-to-film gags and distracting subplots were abandoned. Join us as we discuss the five-page “springboard”, 22-page treatment, and full first draft script for this classic episode.</p> <p>PLUS: Adam West on the many cameos by big stars (and future big stars) on the show, the <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHSVCZAMisk" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Joel McNeely/Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Chorus</a> version of the theme, and we read your mail on <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8173" target="_blank" rel="noopener">our look at Stanford Sherman’s Marsha script</a>, and reaching back to <a href= "https://tothebatpoles.libsyn.com/batman-and-robin-hot-and-kalt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">our <em>Batman and Robin</em> episode</a>!</p> <p><em>The Thirteenth Hat</em> documents:</p> <ul> <li><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/l025zulsbs9ml0w/13th%20Hat%20springboard.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Springboard</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/0s25h4tu1kc46ar/13th%20Hat%20treatment.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Treatment</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/x03bfv38u0tde5v/13th%20Hat%201st%20Draft.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">First draft</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/y5ijtt3uc9wbuyu/13th%20Hat%201st%20Draft%20Annotated.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Annotated first draft</a></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p></p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#179 “Star Trek vs Batman”: The Director Speaks!</title> | |
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| <pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2022 12:35:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/StarTrekVsBatman.jpg" alt="Star Trek vs Batman" width="550" height="414" /></p> <p><em><strong>Batman</strong></em> and <em><strong>Star Tre</strong></em>k are among the most iconic TV series of the 1960s, and many fans fantasize about a crossover between the two shows. In 2005, amateur film director <strong>Christopher Allen</strong> didn’t just fantasize: he decided to make a film, <em><strong>Star Trek vs. Batman</strong></em> (released in 2006), where Batman and Robin meet <strong>Kirk, Spock, and the rest of the Enterprise crew</strong>. While Chris had imagined just shooting it in a garage with cheap props, the denizens of a certain all-seeing, all-knowing <strong>66 Batman message board</strong> (AAAH-ah, AAAH-ah) and other connections helped turn it into a more elaborate and memorable production. This time, Chris joins us to explain how the whole thing came about. Holy crossover!</p> <p>Plus, the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEHafkO7PXI" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Sandy Nelson</strong></a> version of the Batman theme, and more of your musings in the Bat Inbox!</p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/LEHafkO7PXI" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><a href= "https://fanfilmfactor.com/2016/03/25/star-trek-vs-batman-feature/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Star Trek vs. Batman</em> review on FanFilmFactor.com</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMrL0TQluOo&t=1s" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The Making of Star Trek vs. Batman</em></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wjdCB4VdnQ" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Star Trek vs. Batman part 1</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=search&v=1010438790555&external_log_id=fe6edab2-1312-44b4-a22e-03f8ca805ac3&q=star%20trek%20vs%20batman%20episode%201" target="_blank" rel="noopener">(alternate link)</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/5wjdCB4VdnQ" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWHoYVHCy-s" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Part 2</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/aWHoYVHCy-s" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCurNmI8bbc" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Part 3</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/KCurNmI8bbc" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>;</p> <p> </p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p><em>Batman</em> and <em>Star Tre</em>k are among the most iconic TV series of the 1960s, and many fans fantasize about a crossover between the two shows. In 2005, amateur film director Christopher Allen didn’t just fantasize: he decided to make a film, <em>Star Trek vs. Batman</em> (released in 2006), where Batman and Robin meet Kirk, Spock, and the rest of the Enterprise crew. While Chris had imagined just shooting it in a garage with cheap props, the denizens of a certain all-seeing, all-knowing 66 Batman message board (AAAH-ah, AAAH-ah) and other connections helped turn it into a more elaborate and memorable production. This time, Chris joins us to explain how the whole thing came about. Holy crossover!</p> <p>Plus, the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEHafkO7PXI" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sandy Nelson</a> version of the Batman theme, and more of your musings in the Bat Inbox!</p> <p></p> <p><a href= "https://fanfilmfactor.com/2016/03/25/star-trek-vs-batman-feature/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Star Trek vs. Batman</em> review on FanFilmFactor.com</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMrL0TQluOo&t=1s" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The Making of Star Trek vs. Batman</em></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wjdCB4VdnQ" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Star Trek vs. Batman part 1</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=search&v=1010438790555&external_log_id=fe6edab2-1312-44b4-a22e-03f8ca805ac3&q=star%20trek%20vs%20batman%20episode%201" target="_blank" rel="noopener">(alternate link)</a></p> <p></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWHoYVHCy-s" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Part 2</a></p> <p></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCurNmI8bbc" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Part 3</a></p> <p>;</p> <p> </p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#178 “Batman & Bill”: The Creatorship Controversy</title> | |
| <itunes:title>“Batman & Bill”: The Creatorship Controversy</itunes:title> | |
| <pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2022 12:50:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/batmanandbill.jpg" alt="Bill Finger" width="550" height="387" /></p> <p>For decades, the creation of <strong>Batman</strong>, and all the characters and things surrounding him, was credited to <strong>Bob Kane</strong>. But it turned out that someone else, <strong>Bill Finger</strong>, was heavily involved in the character’s creation and was the uncredited writer of many of the early stories. <a href= "https://twomorrows.com/comicbookartist/articles/03kane.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kane actively quashed rumors</a> that the words <strong>“Batman by Bob Kane”</strong> were less than accurate. Kane became rich and famous; Finger died flat broke.</p> <p><em><strong>Batman and Bill</strong></em> is a film about the controversy over Batman’s creation, and the successful crusade by writer <strong>Marc Tyler Nobleman</strong> to have Finger credited as a creator of Batman, after Finger’s only published Batman credit in his lifetime had been co-authorship of the TV arc <em><strong>The Clock King’s Crazy Crimes</strong></em>. This time we discuss the film.</p> <p>ALSO: Batman references on <strong>1960s pop music shows</strong>, the <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlAX_BAmnBs" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><strong>Saturday Morning Jams</strong> version</a> of Hefti’s Batman theme, and <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8155" target="_blank" rel="noopener">your mail</a> about our discussion of <strong>Cannan and Cash’s “Marsha” script</strong>.</p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/vlAX_BAmnBs" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7CVDxtJ_Zk" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">The Hullabaloo Bat-Dancers</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/s7CVDxtJ_Zk" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><a href="https://youtu.be/FoRqWtoeYTU" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">The Velvelettes on <em>Swingin' Time</em></a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/FoRqWtoeYTU" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h99TqCD_j6Q" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Paul Revere and the Raiders demonstrate Bat-fandom while lip-syncing <em>Steppin' Out</em> on <em>Bandstand</em></a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/h99TqCD_j6Q" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p> </p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>For decades, the creation of Batman, and all the characters and things surrounding him, was credited to Bob Kane. But it turned out that someone else, Bill Finger, was heavily involved in the character’s creation and was the uncredited writer of many of the early stories. <a href= "https://twomorrows.com/comicbookartist/articles/03kane.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kane actively quashed rumors</a> that the words “Batman by Bob Kane” were less than accurate. Kane became rich and famous; Finger died flat broke.</p> <p><em>Batman and Bill</em> is a film about the controversy over Batman’s creation, and the successful crusade by writer Marc Tyler Nobleman to have Finger credited as a creator of Batman, after Finger’s only published Batman credit in his lifetime had been co-authorship of the TV arc <em>The Clock King’s Crazy Crimes</em>. This time we discuss the film.</p> <p>ALSO: Batman references on 1960s pop music shows, the <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlAX_BAmnBs" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Saturday Morning Jams version</a> of Hefti’s Batman theme, and <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8155" target="_blank" rel="noopener">your mail</a> about our discussion of Cannan and Cash’s “Marsha” script.</p> <p></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7CVDxtJ_Zk" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">The Hullabaloo Bat-Dancers</a></p> <p></p> <p><a href="https://youtu.be/FoRqWtoeYTU" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">The Velvelettes on <em>Swingin' Time</em></a></p> <p></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h99TqCD_j6Q" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Paul Revere and the Raiders demonstrate Bat-fandom while lip-syncing <em>Steppin' Out</em> on <em>Bandstand</em></a></p> <p></p> <p> </p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#177 Stanford Sherman’s Marsha: “Rewriting the fool thing”</title> | |
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| <pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2022 12:50:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/MarshaRewrite.jpg" alt="" width="550" height="411" /></p> <p>As we showed last time, <strong>Cannan and Cash</strong>’s <strong>Marsha</strong> script wasn’t produceable for many reasons. So <strong>Greenway</strong> handed off the project to <strong>Stanford Sherman</strong>, fresh off <em><strong>Hizzoner the Penguin</strong></em>, to salvage it, and he quickly realized he had no choice but to start from scratch. The result, of course, is the Marsha two-parter we all know (though perhaps not love). It comes as no surprise, though that some changes were made between the “final” script and what was shot. This time, we take a look at those differences.</p> <p>PLUS: <strong>Holy Deja Vu</strong> looks at <strong>James Millhollin</strong>, <strong>Adam</strong> and <strong>Burt</strong> make some jokes we’ve all heard a million times, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dQ8q4T3lwE" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Al Wood</strong>'s ukulele version of the theme</a>, and we read your response to <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8105" target="_blank" rel="noopener">episode 174 on women in season two</a>!</p> <p><a href= "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_tuHSo86AtLfohdC4VBahJRyxkGQPyso/view?usp=share_link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read the Script</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/4dQ8q4T3lwE" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen= "allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>As we showed last time, Cannan and Cash’s Marsha script wasn’t produceable for many reasons. So Greenway handed off the project to Stanford Sherman, fresh off <em>Hizzoner the Penguin</em>, to salvage it, and he quickly realized he had no choice but to start from scratch. The result, of course, is the Marsha two-parter we all know (though perhaps not love). It comes as no surprise, though that some changes were made between the “final” script and what was shot. This time, we take a look at those differences.</p> <p>PLUS: Holy Deja Vu looks at James Millhollin, Adam and Burt make some jokes we’ve all heard a million times, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dQ8q4T3lwE" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Al Wood's ukulele version of the theme</a>, and we read your response to <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8105" target="_blank" rel="noopener">episode 174 on women in season two</a>!</p> <p><a href= "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_tuHSo86AtLfohdC4VBahJRyxkGQPyso/view?usp=share_link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read the Script</a></p> <p></p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#176 "Marsha", first draft: Too much chat, not enough Bat</title> | |
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| <pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2022 12:50:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/MarshaTooMuchChat.jpg" alt="Batman and Marsha" width="550" height="413" /></p> <p>We don't know whose idea the character <strong>Marsha, Queen of Diamonds</strong>, was, but it’s clear that she was created with one woman in mind: <strong>Zsa Zsa Gabor</strong>. A script for the actress was commissioned by <strong>Greenway Productions</strong> through a talent agency to two writers, <strong>Tom Cannan, Jr</strong>, and <strong>Jack Cash</strong>. <a href= "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WRTWmNmkiHALqB_zGIFWtc7cgXr8p7Mx/view?usp=share_link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The script they produced</a>, <em><strong>Marsha, The Queen of Diamonds</strong></em> (note the extra definite article) is riddled with problems, from requiring special effects way beyond the show's means, to flagrant mischaracterization of <strong>the Caped Crusader</strong>, to some really lame “holys” from <strong>Robin</strong>. This time, we pick through the wreckage of one of the more egregious scripts we’ve discussed on this show. <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJcH1bj53aE" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Who will buy?</a> Nobody.</p> <p>PLUS: A punk rock version of the theme by <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdeLJjuVexY" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><strong>Thirty Going On Thirteen</strong></a>, and <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8095" target="_blank" rel="noopener">your mail</a> about our episode on the development of the show.</p> <p><a href= "https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/william-self" target="_blank" rel="noopener">William Self interview on the TV Academy site</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/JdeLJjuVexY" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen= "allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>We don't know whose idea the character Marsha, Queen of Diamonds, was, but it’s clear that she was created with one woman in mind: Zsa Zsa Gabor. A script for the actress was commissioned by Greenway Productions through a talent agency to two writers, Tom Cannan, Jr, and Jack Cash. <a href= "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WRTWmNmkiHALqB_zGIFWtc7cgXr8p7Mx/view?usp=share_link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The script they produced</a>, <em>Marsha, The Queen of Diamonds</em> (note the extra definite article) is riddled with problems, from requiring special effects way beyond the show's means, to flagrant mischaracterization of the Caped Crusader, to some really lame “holys” from Robin. This time, we pick through the wreckage of one of the more egregious scripts we’ve discussed on this show. <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJcH1bj53aE" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Who will buy?</a> Nobody.</p> <p>PLUS: A punk rock version of the theme by <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdeLJjuVexY" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Thirty Going On Thirteen</a>, and <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8095" target="_blank" rel="noopener">your mail</a> about our episode on the development of the show.</p> <p><a href= "https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/william-self" target="_blank" rel="noopener">William Self interview on the TV Academy site</a></p> <p></p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#175 Harlan Ellison’s "Two-Face"</title> | |
| <itunes:title>Harlan Ellison’s "Two-Face"</itunes:title> | |
| <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2022 12:45:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/EllisonTwoFace.jpg" alt="Two-Face" width="550" height="383" /></p> <p>More than one attempt was made to include <strong>Two-Face</strong> among the villains of <em><strong>Batman ’66</strong></em>. We’ve already discussed <a href= "https://tothebatpoles.libsyn.com/158-peter-rabes-two-face" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Peter Rabe</strong>’s attempt</a>; this time, we discuss <a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/jv8fmb2yn87a7ae/TWO%20WAY%20CRIMES%20carbon.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a treatment by science fiction legend <strong>Harlan Ellison</strong></a>, <em><strong>The Two-Way Crimes of Two-Face</strong></em>. Why didn’t it go to a full script? What would have needed to be changed to fit the rules of the <em>Batman ’66</em> world? How well does the 2014 comics adaptation, <em><strong>Batman ’66: The Lost Episode</strong></em>, capture both Ellison’s idea and the tone of the show? We touched on these issues in <a href="https://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=4969" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Deconstructing Comics 463</strong></a> back in 2015, but this time we dig deeper!</p> <p>ALSO: <a href="https://youtu.be/Sg5yRDeGw2A" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Iscamania version of the Batman theme</a>, and your response to <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8081&sid=ed357b558a6f3129efeaca562b525989" target="_blank" rel="noopener">episode 172 on Mr. Zero</a>!</p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/Sg5yRDeGw2A" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><a href= "https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/harlan-ellisons-unproduced-batman-1966-teleplay-featured-two-face-updated/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Den of Geek on the Ellison <em>Batman</em> treatment</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/cxc888m7gewqstj/65.04.20_Dozier_letter_to_Semple.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dozier memo to Semple about meeting in Spain</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/ha2uf4metvisbkx/MarshaTheQueen.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Unproduced first-draft script “Marsha, THE Queen of Diamonds,” by Tom Cannan, Jr, and Jack Cash</span></a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>More than one attempt was made to include Two-Face among the villains of <em>Batman ’66</em>. We’ve already discussed <a href= "https://tothebatpoles.libsyn.com/158-peter-rabes-two-face" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Peter Rabe’s attempt</a>; this time, we discuss <a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/jv8fmb2yn87a7ae/TWO%20WAY%20CRIMES%20carbon.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a treatment by science fiction legend Harlan Ellison</a>, <em>The Two-Way Crimes of Two-Face</em>. Why didn’t it go to a full script? What would have needed to be changed to fit the rules of the <em>Batman ’66</em> world? How well does the 2014 comics adaptation, <em>Batman ’66: The Lost Episode</em>, capture both Ellison’s idea and the tone of the show? We touched on these issues in <a href="https://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=4969" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deconstructing Comics 463</a> back in 2015, but this time we dig deeper!</p> <p>ALSO: <a href="https://youtu.be/Sg5yRDeGw2A" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Iscamania version of the Batman theme</a>, and your response to <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8081&sid=ed357b558a6f3129efeaca562b525989" target="_blank" rel="noopener">episode 172 on Mr. Zero</a>!</p> <p></p> <p><a href= "https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/harlan-ellisons-unproduced-batman-1966-teleplay-featured-two-face-updated/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Den of Geek on the Ellison <em>Batman</em> treatment</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/cxc888m7gewqstj/65.04.20_Dozier_letter_to_Semple.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dozier memo to Semple about meeting in Spain</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/ha2uf4metvisbkx/MarshaTheQueen.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Unproduced first-draft script “Marsha, THE Queen of Diamonds,” by Tom Cannan, Jr, and Jack Cash</a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>"Movin' with Nancy" review SPECIAL</title> | |
| <pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2021 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/MovinWithNancy.jpg" alt="Movin' With Nancy" width="550" height="377" /></p> <p><strong>These Batpoles were made for slidin’!</strong> This time, we enjoy the holidays and take a break from the Batpoles to present our special look at the 1967 <strong>Nancy Sinatra</strong> TV special <em><strong>Movin’ With Nancy</strong></em>! It’s a detailed, admiring, but sometimes irreverent look at a program we love.</p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>These Batpoles were made for slidin’! This time, we enjoy the holidays and take a break from the Batpoles to present our special look at the 1967 Nancy Sinatra TV special <em>Movin’ With Nancy</em>! It’s a detailed, admiring, but sometimes irreverent look at a program we love.</p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#174 Women in Season 2, pt 1: From the Childish to the Badass</title> | |
| <itunes:title>Women in Season 2, pt 1: From the Childish to the Badass</itunes:title> | |
| <pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2021 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/WomenInSeason2pt1.jpg" alt="" width="550" height="476" /></p> <p>While <strong><em>Batman</em></strong> season one seemed to have a consistent view of women - incapable of being hardened criminals, attracted to luxury items (and <strong>Batman</strong>), etc. - season two (as is true in many respects) tends to be less consistent. While some molls are ditzy and childish, others not only have agency, but seem more intelligent than the villain. <strong>Ma Parker</strong> and <strong>Marsha</strong> appear as the first two truly villainous women (aside from <strong>Catwoman</strong>) of the series. Even <strong>Aunt Harriet</strong> shows herself to be smarter and tougher than we'd previously seen. In this episode, we're once again joined by novelist <a href="https://nancynorthcott.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><strong>Nancy Northcott</strong></a> to talk about women on Batman, this time in the first half of season two.</p> <p>PLUS: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUEwtWCY77M" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>a MIDI version of the <em>Batman</em> theme</strong></a>, more from <strong>Adam West</strong> and <strong>Burt Ward</strong> about the movie and the series, <strong>Holy Deja Vu</strong> focuses on a particular season two moll, and we read <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8070" target="_blank" rel="noopener">your mail about our episode on <em><strong>Adam West Naked</strong></em></a>.</p> <p> </p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/MUEwtWCY77M" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>While <em>Batman</em> season one seemed to have a consistent view of women - incapable of being hardened criminals, attracted to luxury items (and Batman), etc. - season two (as is true in many respects) tends to be less consistent. While some molls are ditzy and childish, others not only have agency, but seem more intelligent than the villain. Ma Parker and Marsha appear as the first two truly villainous women (aside from Catwoman) of the series. Even Aunt Harriet shows herself to be smarter and tougher than we'd previously seen. In this episode, we're once again joined by novelist <a href="https://nancynorthcott.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Nancy Northcott</a> to talk about women on Batman, this time in the first half of season two.</p> <p>PLUS: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUEwtWCY77M" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a MIDI version of the <em>Batman</em> theme</a>, more from Adam West and Burt Ward about the movie and the series, Holy Deja Vu focuses on a particular season two moll, and we read <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8070" target="_blank" rel="noopener">your mail about our episode on <em>Adam West Naked</em></a>.</p> <p> </p> <p></p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#173 Batman ’65: Developing the Idea</title> | |
| <itunes:title>Batman ’65: Developing the Idea</itunes:title> | |
| <pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2021 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/doziersemplecinefantastique.png" alt="William Dozier and Lorenzo Semple Jr." width="550" height= "332" /></p> <p>What was the cultural environment in the US in 1965, as <em><strong>Batman</strong></em> was being developed? What were the events that led up to the decision that <strong>William Dozier</strong> would indeed make a Batman show? If TV in the ‘60s was thinking about what it could do better than movies, what’s the answer to that question, and did it show up on <em>Batman</em>? What were some of the rules that <strong>Lorenzo Semple Jr</strong> made regarding how <strong>Batman</strong> and <strong>Robin</strong> should be written? This time, we look at what was going on in 1965 and the discussions that led up to <strong>ABC</strong> and <strong>Greenway</strong>’s agreement to make <em>Batman</em>.</p> <p>PLUS: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUv8LipoVu4" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Marin Drake</strong>’s metal version of the <em>Batman</em> theme</a>, <strong>Maxwell Smart</strong> encounters <strong>a very familiar Frenchman</strong> in <strong>Holy Deja Vu</strong>, more from <strong>Adam</strong> and <strong>Burt</strong> about the making of <strong><em>Batman the Movie</em></strong>, and your response to our episode 170 discussion about Batman on 1970s <strong>Power Records</strong>.</p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/cxc888m7gewqstj/65.04.20_Dozier_letter_to_Semple.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Memo from Dozier to Semple 4/20/1965: The topic of the Madrid meeting (thank you <strong>Mr. Glee</strong>)</a></p> <p>Bruce Lee letters (thank you <strong>Ben Bentley</strong>)</p> <ul> <li><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/5r6imyr885axy6y/BRUCELEEcorrespondence10AUG65.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">8/10/1965: More info on <em>Number One Son</em>?</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/2e0t41prsawg0z8/BRUCELEEcorrespondence16FEB66.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2/16/1966: <em>Green Hornet</em> in the works</a></li> </ul> <p><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8059" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bat Message Board thread - episode 170</a></p> <p><a href="https://visonicdome.kckb.st/batpoles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Contribute to the <strong>Dan E. Kool</strong>'s <strong>Visonic Dome</strong> Kickstarter page!</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/zUv8LipoVu4" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p> </p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>What was the cultural environment in the US in 1965, as <em>Batman</em> was being developed? What were the events that led up to the decision that William Dozier would indeed make a Batman show? If TV in the ‘60s was thinking about what it could do better than movies, what’s the answer to that question, and did it show up on <em>Batman</em>? What were some of the rules that Lorenzo Semple Jr made regarding how Batman and Robin should be written? This time, we look at what was going on in 1965 and the discussions that led up to ABC and Greenway’s agreement to make <em>Batman</em>.</p> <p>PLUS: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUv8LipoVu4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Marin Drake’s metal version of the <em>Batman</em> theme</a>, Maxwell Smart encounters a very familiar Frenchman in Holy Deja Vu, more from Adam and Burt about the making of <em>Batman the Movie</em>, and your response to our episode 170 discussion about Batman on 1970s Power Records.</p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/cxc888m7gewqstj/65.04.20_Dozier_letter_to_Semple.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Memo from Dozier to Semple 4/20/1965: The topic of the Madrid meeting (thank you Mr. Glee)</a></p> <p>Bruce Lee letters (thank you Ben Bentley)</p> <ul> <li><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/5r6imyr885axy6y/BRUCELEEcorrespondence10AUG65.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">8/10/1965: More info on <em>Number One Son</em>?</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/2e0t41prsawg0z8/BRUCELEEcorrespondence16FEB66.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2/16/1966: <em>Green Hornet</em> in the works</a></li> </ul> <p><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8059" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bat Message Board thread - episode 170</a></p> <p><a href="https://visonicdome.kckb.st/batpoles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Contribute to the Dan E. Kool's Visonic Dome Kickstarter page!</a></p> <p></p> <p> </p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#172 “Mr Zero”: A Dozier/Semple dead end</title> | |
| <itunes:title>“Mr Zero”: A Dozier/Semple dead end</itunes:title> | |
| <pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2021 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/Dozier-Semple.jpg" alt="William Dozier and Lorenzo Semple" width="550" height= "369" /></p> <p>When producer <strong>William Dozier</strong> and writer <strong>Lorenzo Semple, Jr</strong>, met up in Madrid in May 1965, <em><strong>Batman</strong></em> wasn’t all they were cooking up; it wasn’t even the main reason they were meeting. Semple had been developing an idea called <strong>Mr. Zero</strong>, a possible action/adventure TV show that had nothing to do with the character who would come to be called <strong>“Mr. Freeze.”</strong></p> <p>This time, we take a look at a <a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/fei1rk5jn182saj/MR%20ZERO40pagedocument.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">40-page presentation document</a> Semple wrote to describe the series. What does it tell us about possible casting, changes in thinking or circumstance (as we note the differences between this description and what we saw in the <a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/am1900vmmwakbyq/MR%20ZERO.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mr. Zero test scene script</a> in episode 168), and simply whether this show would have been any good?</p> <p>PLUS: <strong>Holy Deja Vu</strong> crosses paths with <em><strong>Get Smart</strong></em>, and we read <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8044" target="_blank" rel="noopener">your reaction to our examination of the early script for “Instant Freeze.”</a></p> <p><a href="https://youtu.be/M3BXpKFE0Bc" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Dr. Patrick Murphy teaches how to play Hefti's Batman theme on the violin</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/M3BXpKFE0Bc" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><a href= "http://www.rebeatmag.com/holy-precursor-william-dozier-and-the-first-organized-wave-of-comic-based-tv-shows/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rebeat.com mentions Bruce Lee and <em>Number One Son</em></a></p> <p><a href="https://youtu.be/Bn1O0ApbY7I" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Bruce Lee's screen test for <em>Number One Son</em></a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/Bn1O0ApbY7I" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>When producer William Dozier and writer Lorenzo Semple, Jr, met up in Madrid in May 1965, <em>Batman</em> wasn’t all they were cooking up; it wasn’t even the main reason they were meeting. Semple had been developing an idea called Mr. Zero, a possible action/adventure TV show that had nothing to do with the character who would come to be called “Mr. Freeze.”</p> <p>This time, we take a look at a <a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/fei1rk5jn182saj/MR%20ZERO40pagedocument.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">40-page presentation document</a> Semple wrote to describe the series. What does it tell us about possible casting, changes in thinking or circumstance (as we note the differences between this description and what we saw in the <a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/am1900vmmwakbyq/MR%20ZERO.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mr. Zero test scene script</a> in episode 168), and simply whether this show would have been any good?</p> <p>PLUS: Holy Deja Vu crosses paths with <em>Get Smart</em>, and we read <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8044" target="_blank" rel="noopener">your reaction to our examination of the early script for “Instant Freeze.”</a></p> <p><a href="https://youtu.be/M3BXpKFE0Bc" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Dr. Patrick Murphy teaches how to play Hefti's Batman theme on the violin</a></p> <p></p> <p><a href= "http://www.rebeatmag.com/holy-precursor-william-dozier-and-the-first-organized-wave-of-comic-based-tv-shows/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rebeat.com mentions Bruce Lee and <em>Number One Son</em></a></p> <p><a href="https://youtu.be/Bn1O0ApbY7I" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Bruce Lee's screen test for <em>Number One Son</em></a></p> <p></p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#171 "Adam West Naked": Back to "Back to the Batcave"</title> | |
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| <pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2021 11:50:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/AdamWestNaked.jpg" alt="Adam West Naked" width="550" height="413" /></p> <p>In 2009, <em><strong>Batman</strong></em> wasn’t yet available on home video, with the rights issue still unresolved, and there was no certainty that would ever change. <strong>Adam West</strong>, 80, feared that it wouldn’t change in his lifetime. So he set out to release a sort of standalone commentary track, setting up cameras at his home in Idaho to capture his memories of each episode of the show. It’s fun to see him talk about Batman, and the package of his reminiscences, <em><strong>Adam West Naked</strong></em>, includes some interesting tidbits. But the production has its frustrating aspects, too. This time, we discuss the interesting and the frustrating aspects of Adam’s commentary - and can’t resist poking some fun at the title.</p> <p>ALSO: The <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coR24uTkhG0" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Ronnie Kole Trio</strong> version of the theme</a>, <strong>Holy Deja Vu</strong> visits <em><strong>Green Acres</strong></em>, and we read your comments on <strong>episode 168, The Dozierverse Stumbles.</strong></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/coR24uTkhG0" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/fei1rk5jn182saj/MR%20ZERO40pagedocument.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mr. Zero 40-page document</a></p> <p><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8065" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mr. Zero discussion on the '66 Batman Message Board</a></p> <p> </p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>In 2009, <em>Batman</em> wasn’t yet available on home video, with the rights issue still unresolved, and there was no certainty that would ever change. Adam West, 80, feared that it wouldn’t change in his lifetime. So he set out to release a sort of standalone commentary track, setting up cameras at his home in Idaho to capture his memories of each episode of the show. It’s fun to see him talk about Batman, and the package of his reminiscences, <em>Adam West Naked</em>, includes some interesting tidbits. But the production has its frustrating aspects, too. This time, we discuss the interesting and the frustrating aspects of Adam’s commentary - and can’t resist poking some fun at the title.</p> <p>ALSO: The <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coR24uTkhG0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ronnie Kole Trio version of the theme</a>, Holy Deja Vu visits <em>Green Acres</em>, and we read your comments on episode 168, The Dozierverse Stumbles.</p> <p></p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/fei1rk5jn182saj/MR%20ZERO40pagedocument.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mr. Zero 40-page document</a></p> <p><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8065" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mr. Zero discussion on the '66 Batman Message Board</a></p> <p> </p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#170 Power Bat-Records</title> | |
| <itunes:title>Power Bat-Records</itunes:title> | |
| <pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2021 11:50:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/PowerRecordsCover.jpg" alt="Batman vol 2 on Power Records" width="550" height="543" /></p> <p>In the mid-1970s, <strong>Power Records</strong> (a division of <strong>Peter Pan</strong> records) released audio stories of a number of popular properties, including <strong>Batman</strong>. Two volumes were released of four stories each, and some of the stories were then released as 7” “singles” complete with a comics version of the same story. Occasional elements in the stories were echos of the ’66 show.</p> <p>While the Power Records superhero discography utterly passed Tim and Paul by at the time, <strong>JB Anderton</strong> was really into them. JB, creator of the <a href="https://bat77.libsyn.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>BAT 77 podcast</strong></a>, Batpoles listener, and musician, joins Tim and Paul this time to discuss how these Batman records introduced kids (including himself) to concepts such as psychosurgery, low production quality, super gorillas, and … death!?</p> <p>PLUS: JB’s own “funk version” of the Batman theme, and we read <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8016" target="_blank" rel="noopener">your comments on our Tom Peyer interview</a> in episode 167!</p> <p>BATMAN volume 1 (1975)</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-S5AadRE_c" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Stacked Cards</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/I-S5AadRE_c" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtqoX4TIMa4" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">The Scarecrow's Mirage</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/BtqoX4TIMa4" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d95RDQhTAuo" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Challenge of the Catwoman</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/d95RDQhTAuo" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_jQTF6IeNQ" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">If Music Be the Food of Death</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/X_jQTF6IeNQ" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p>BATMAN volume 2 (1976)</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbcPapFJztw" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Robin Meets Man-Bat</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/CbcPapFJztw" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><a href="https://youtu.be/583vy-77xi4" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Mystery of the Scarecrow Corpse</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/583vy-77xi4" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGWWsnEhWuQ" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Gorilla City pt 1</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/vGWWsnEhWuQ" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmTBwVyIFa4" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Gorilla City pt 2</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/mmTBwVyIFa4" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UznT5V2cfJ4" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">The Catwoman's Revenge</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/UznT5V2cfJ4" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>In the mid-1970s, Power Records (a division of Peter Pan records) released audio stories of a number of popular properties, including Batman. Two volumes were released of four stories each, and some of the stories were then released as 7” “singles” complete with a comics version of the same story. Occasional elements in the stories were echos of the ’66 show.</p> <p>While the Power Records superhero discography utterly passed Tim and Paul by at the time, JB Anderton was really into them. JB, creator of the <a href="https://bat77.libsyn.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BAT 77 podcast</a>, Batpoles listener, and musician, joins Tim and Paul this time to discuss how these Batman records introduced kids (including himself) to concepts such as psychosurgery, low production quality, super gorillas, and … death!?</p> <p>PLUS: JB’s own “funk version” of the Batman theme, and we read <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8016" target="_blank" rel="noopener">your comments on our Tom Peyer interview</a> in episode 167!</p> <p>BATMAN volume 1 (1975)</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-S5AadRE_c" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Stacked Cards</a></p> <p></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtqoX4TIMa4" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">The Scarecrow's Mirage</a></p> <p></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d95RDQhTAuo" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Challenge of the Catwoman</a></p> <p></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_jQTF6IeNQ" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">If Music Be the Food of Death</a></p> <p></p> <p>BATMAN volume 2 (1976)</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbcPapFJztw" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Robin Meets Man-Bat</a></p> <p></p> <p><a href="https://youtu.be/583vy-77xi4" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Mystery of the Scarecrow Corpse</a></p> <p></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGWWsnEhWuQ" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Gorilla City pt 1</a></p> <p></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmTBwVyIFa4" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Gorilla City pt 2</a></p> <p></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UznT5V2cfJ4" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">The Catwoman's Revenge</a></p> <p></p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#169 “Instant Freeze” script: We don’t love a parade</title> | |
| <itunes:title>“Instant Freeze” script: We don’t love a parade</itunes:title> | |
| <pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2021 11:40:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/freezeinhelmet.jpg" alt="" width="550" height="410" /></p> <p><strong>Mr. Zero</strong>? <strong>Dr. Schimmel</strong>? No, <strong>Mr. Freeze</strong>! In <strong>Max Hodge</strong>’s first draft of <em><strong>Instant Freeze</strong></em>, the comics villain Mr. Zero, for reasons we discussed last episode, became Mr. Freeze. But the script contains many more references to his “real” name, Dr. Schimmel, than made it to what was broadcast. Why? Where’d this script's unexplained parade come from? What would the <em>Batman</em> series have been like with more animation effects on the screen, outside of the Batfights? All this and more as we dig into a preliminary plot summary and the full first draft of Mr. Freeze’s first TV appearance.</p> <p>PLUS: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Shdylb3wrcM" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The <strong>Derek Paravicini</strong> jazz piano version</a> of the Batman theme, <strong>Adam West</strong> on <strong>Victor Buono</strong>’s comedy album and on <strong>Batman bubble gum cards</strong>, and <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8000" target="_blank" rel="noopener">your mail about our discussion of 1997’s <em><strong>Batman and Robin</strong></em></a>!</p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/3inigmosqcyzw1g/MR%20FREEZE%20prelim%20script.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hodge's preliminary plot summary of the arc</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/2rsjdrjq0jwr3li/Mr%20Freeze%201st%20draft%20pt%201.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Full first-draft script, part one</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/7y2ly4kbaxm5jt6/MR%20FREEZE%201st%20draft%20pt%202.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Full first-draft script, part two</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/Shdylb3wrcM" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p> </p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>Mr. Zero? Dr. Schimmel? No, Mr. Freeze! In Max Hodge’s first draft of <em>Instant Freeze</em>, the comics villain Mr. Zero, for reasons we discussed last episode, became Mr. Freeze. But the script contains many more references to his “real” name, Dr. Schimmel, than made it to what was broadcast. Why? Where’d this script's unexplained parade come from? What would the <em>Batman</em> series have been like with more animation effects on the screen, outside of the Batfights? All this and more as we dig into a preliminary plot summary and the full first draft of Mr. Freeze’s first TV appearance.</p> <p>PLUS: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Shdylb3wrcM" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Derek Paravicini jazz piano version</a> of the Batman theme, Adam West on Victor Buono’s comedy album and on Batman bubble gum cards, and <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8000" target="_blank" rel="noopener">your mail about our discussion of 1997’s <em>Batman and Robin</em></a>!</p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/3inigmosqcyzw1g/MR%20FREEZE%20prelim%20script.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hodge's preliminary plot summary of the arc</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/2rsjdrjq0jwr3li/Mr%20Freeze%201st%20draft%20pt%201.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Full first-draft script, part one</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/7y2ly4kbaxm5jt6/MR%20FREEZE%201st%20draft%20pt%202.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Full first-draft script, part two</a></p> <p></p> <p> </p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#168 “Dick Tracy” and “Wonder Woman”: The Dozierverse Stumbles</title> | |
| <itunes:title>“Dick Tracy” and “Wonder Woman”: The Dozierverse Stumbles</itunes:title> | |
| <pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2021 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/WW_and_DT.jpg" alt="" width="550" height="335" /></p> <p>In 1966, <strong>William Dozier’s Greenway Production</strong>s was riding high, seemingly on the verge of building a TV empire built on superheroes: first <em><strong>Batman</strong></em>, then <em><strong>the Green Hornet</strong></em>. Why not keep going in that direction? An entire pilot episode of <em><strong>Dick Tracy</strong></em> was made, starring <strong>Ray MacDonnell</strong>, and all signs point to Dozier having confidence that the show would be bought by NBC - but it wasn’t. Meanwhile, Greenway also made a test film for <em><strong>Wonder Woman</strong></em>, starring <strong>Ellie Wood Walker</strong>, with a script that would have been more more appropriate for a <em><strong>MAD</strong></em> parody.</p> <p>While Dozier’s <em>Wonder Woman</em> experiment was NOT a success, the question lingers: <strong>Why wasn’t <em>Dick Tracy</em> picked up?</strong> We suggest some answers as we discuss both films in this episode.</p> <p>Also, we head down to the <strong>Bat Research Lab</strong> to try to figure out what <strong>Lorenzo Semple Jr.</strong>’s <em><strong>Mr. Zero</strong></em> idea was all about; <strong>Burt Ward</strong> talks about <strong>“holys” and ad libs</strong>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayg9qnIPDVk" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>a dog</strong> sings the <em>Batman</em> theme</a>, and we read <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7991" target="_blank" rel="noopener">your mail about our “Mr. Freeze(s)</a>” episode.</p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/ayg9qnIPDVk" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/am1900vmmwakbyq/MR%20ZERO.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Mr. Zero</em> test scene script</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/i46ccwsg3gmyjsf/DICK%20TRACY.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Dick Tracy</em> TV Format document</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-H68nMnoIs" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Dick Tracy</em> pilot</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/b-H68nMnoIs" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><a href= "https://www.macleans.ca/uncategorized/dick-tracy-hes-a-good-cop-or-the-plot-to-kill-nato/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jaime Weinman discuss the pilot in <em>Maclean's</em></a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.tvobscurities.com/articles/dozier_dick_tracy/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"><em>TV Obscurities</em> on the <em>Tracy</em> pilot</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/monsterkidclassichorrorforum/chaney-jr-t8644-s160.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lon Chaney Jr. made up as Pruneface by makeup legend John Chambers</a> (scroll down a bit)</p> <p><a href= "https://www.pinterest.com/pin/68539225551672910/?d=t&mt=login" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Dick Tracy TV-tie-in pinball machine</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/rcxry3fae4mu62x/WONDER%20WOMAN.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Wonder Woman</em> test scene script</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWiiXs2uU1k" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Wonder Woman</em> test scene</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/VWiiXs2uU1k" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><a href= "https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/wonder-woman-1967-tv-pilot-test-was-awful-amazing-1008921/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Hollywood Reporter</em> on the <em>WW</em> pilot</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.tvobscurities.com/articles/wonder_woman/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TV Obscurities on the WW pilot</a></p> <p><a href= "http://www.rebeatmag.com/holy-precursor-william-dozier-and-the-first-organized-wave-of-comic-based-tv-shows/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Rebeat</em> magazine on the Dozierverse</a></p> <p>Thanks to <strong>Mr.</strong> <strong>Glee</strong> for the following articles (click to enlarge):</p> <p><a href= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/66.07.17_dozier_tracy_wonder.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">July 17, 1966: Signs of a budding Dozierverse, by Dean Gysel</a></p> <p><a href= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/66.07.17_dozier_tracy_wonder.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/66.07.17_dozier_tracy_wonder.jpg" alt="" width="550" height="354" /></a></p> <p><a href= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/65.06.09_variety_nbc_dick_tracy.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">June 9, 1965: NBC already looking into <em>Dick</em> Tracy (<em>Variety</em>)</a></p> <p><a href= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/65.06.09_variety_nbc_dick_tracy.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/65.06.09_variety_nbc_dick_tracy.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="690" /></a></p> <p><a href= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/65.11.17_variety_dick_tracy.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">November 17, 1965: NBC ready with Dick Tracy, whether Batman succeeds or not (<em>Variety</em>)</a></p> <p><a href= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/65.11.17_variety_dick_tracy.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/65.11.17_variety_dick_tracy.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="864" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-BHYo4U0M4&t=97s" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Batman</em> test screenings: West & Ward vs. Waggoner & Deyell</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/c-BHYo4U0M4" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>In 1966, William Dozier’s Greenway Productions was riding high, seemingly on the verge of building a TV empire built on superheroes: first <em>Batman</em>, then <em>the Green Hornet</em>. Why not keep going in that direction? An entire pilot episode of <em>Dick Tracy</em> was made, starring Ray MacDonnell, and all signs point to Dozier having confidence that the show would be bought by NBC - but it wasn’t. Meanwhile, Greenway also made a test film for <em>Wonder Woman</em>, starring Ellie Wood Walker, with a script that would have been more more appropriate for a <em>MAD</em> parody.</p> <p>While Dozier’s <em>Wonder Woman</em> experiment was NOT a success, the question lingers: Why wasn’t <em>Dick Tracy</em> picked up? We suggest some answers as we discuss both films in this episode.</p> <p>Also, we head down to the Bat Research Lab to try to figure out what Lorenzo Semple Jr.’s <em>Mr. Zero</em> idea was all about; Burt Ward talks about “holys” and ad libs, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayg9qnIPDVk" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">a dog sings the <em>Batman</em> theme</a>, and we read <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7991" target="_blank" rel="noopener">your mail about our “Mr. Freeze(s)</a>” episode.</p> <p></p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/am1900vmmwakbyq/MR%20ZERO.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Mr. Zero</em> test scene script</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/i46ccwsg3gmyjsf/DICK%20TRACY.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Dick Tracy</em> TV Format document</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-H68nMnoIs" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Dick Tracy</em> pilot</a></p> <p></p> <p><a href= "https://www.macleans.ca/uncategorized/dick-tracy-hes-a-good-cop-or-the-plot-to-kill-nato/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jaime Weinman discuss the pilot in <em>Maclean's</em></a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.tvobscurities.com/articles/dozier_dick_tracy/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"><em>TV Obscurities</em> on the <em>Tracy</em> pilot</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/monsterkidclassichorrorforum/chaney-jr-t8644-s160.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lon Chaney Jr. made up as Pruneface by makeup legend John Chambers</a> (scroll down a bit)</p> <p><a href= "https://www.pinterest.com/pin/68539225551672910/?d=t&mt=login" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Dick Tracy TV-tie-in pinball machine</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/rcxry3fae4mu62x/WONDER%20WOMAN.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Wonder Woman</em> test scene script</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWiiXs2uU1k" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Wonder Woman</em> test scene</a></p> <p></p> <p><a href= "https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/wonder-woman-1967-tv-pilot-test-was-awful-amazing-1008921/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Hollywood Reporter</em> on the <em>WW</em> pilot</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.tvobscurities.com/articles/wonder_woman/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TV Obscurities on the WW pilot</a></p> <p><a href= "http://www.rebeatmag.com/holy-precursor-william-dozier-and-the-first-organized-wave-of-comic-based-tv-shows/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Rebeat</em> magazine on the Dozierverse</a></p> <p>Thanks to Mr. Glee for the following articles (click to enlarge):</p> <p><a href= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/66.07.17_dozier_tracy_wonder.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">July 17, 1966: Signs of a budding Dozierverse, by Dean Gysel</a></p> <p><a href= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/66.07.17_dozier_tracy_wonder.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a></p> <p><a href= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/65.06.09_variety_nbc_dick_tracy.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">June 9, 1965: NBC already looking into <em>Dick</em> Tracy (<em>Variety</em>)</a></p> <p><a href= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/65.06.09_variety_nbc_dick_tracy.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a></p> <p><a href= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/65.11.17_variety_dick_tracy.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">November 17, 1965: NBC ready with Dick Tracy, whether Batman succeeds or not (<em>Variety</em>)</a></p> <p><a href= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/65.11.17_variety_dick_tracy.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-BHYo4U0M4&t=97s" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Batman</em> test screenings: West & Ward vs. Waggoner & Deyell</a></p> <p></p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <itunes:title>Tom Peyer talks “Batman 66” and “The Wrong Earth”</itunes:title> | |
| <pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2021 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/WrongEarthNightandDay2.jpg" alt="Dragonfly and Dragonflyman" width="550" height="416" /></p> <p><em><strong>The Wrong Earth</strong></em>, written by <strong>Tom Peyer</strong>, is a comics series in which the super-square <strong>Dragonflyman</strong> and grim & gritty <strong>Dragonfly</strong> find themselves on each other’s versions of earth. In the second volume, recently concluded, the two meet each other on yet <em>another</em> earth.</p> <p>Peyer, editor-in-chief at <strong>Ahoy Comics</strong>, is an industry veteran with many writing credits under his belt, including for the <em><strong>Batman ’66</strong></em> comics series. This time, Tom joins us to discuss our favorite show and what <em>The Wrong Earth</em> might tell us about it.</p> <p>PLUS: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZQMHlx7K0g" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The <strong>Bobby Valentin</strong> version of the theme (another bugaloo!)</a>, <strong>Burt Ward</strong> on Batman shooting locations, and <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7958" target="_blank" rel="noopener">your mail about our <em><strong>Curse of Tut</strong></em> script discussion</a>!</p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/BZQMHlx7K0g" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><a href="https://youtu.be/-QXKzpX5A-I" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><em><strong>Batman v Superman</strong></em> trailer spoof</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/-QXKzpX5A-I" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p><em>The Wrong Earth</em>, written by Tom Peyer, is a comics series in which the super-square Dragonflyman and grim & gritty Dragonfly find themselves on each other’s versions of earth. In the second volume, recently concluded, the two meet each other on yet <em>another</em> earth.</p> <p>Peyer, editor-in-chief at Ahoy Comics, is an industry veteran with many writing credits under his belt, including for the <em>Batman ’66</em> comics series. This time, Tom joins us to discuss our favorite show and what <em>The Wrong Earth</em> might tell us about it.</p> <p>PLUS: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZQMHlx7K0g" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Bobby Valentin version of the theme (another bugaloo!)</a>, Burt Ward on Batman shooting locations, and <a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7958" target="_blank" rel="noopener">your mail about our <em>Curse of Tut</em> script discussion</a>!</p> <p></p> <p><a href="https://youtu.be/-QXKzpX5A-I" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><em>Batman v Superman</em> trailer spoof</a></p> <p></p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#166 "Batman and Robin": Hot and "Kalt"</title> | |
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| <pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2021 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/umaandschuwa.jpg" alt= "" width="550" height="351" /></p> <p><em><strong>Batman and Robin</strong></em> (1997) is notorious as one of the worst Batman films, panned by both audiences and critics. But wait a minute. All four of the <strong>Tim Burton/Joel Schumacher</strong> <em>Batman</em> films have their problems. Doesn't <em><strong>B&R</strong></em>'s story hold together relatively well? Isn't it kind of .... entertaining? Could it actually be the <strong>best</strong> of the four? Of course it's far from perfect, and we discuss some of its problems, including a pretty <strong>un-Batman-like Batman</strong> and a <strong>misguided "homage" to Batman '66</strong>. We discuss the bad and relatively good of the final '90s Batman film.</p> <p>ALSO, <strong>Burt Ward</strong> reminisces about <strong>Bruce Lee</strong>, and we read your reaction to our episode on <em>The Phantom Pharaoh</em>!</p> <p><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7942" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Message Board thread on episode 163 on <em>The Phantom Pharaoh</em></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcfI0gf9oDc" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Arnold Schwarzenegger Complete Japanese Commercial Filmography</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/jcfI0gf9oDc" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p><em>Batman and Robin</em> (1997) is notorious as one of the worst Batman films, panned by both audiences and critics. But wait a minute. All four of the Tim Burton/Joel Schumacher <em>Batman</em> films have their problems. Doesn't <em>B&R</em>'s story hold together relatively well? Isn't it kind of .... entertaining? Could it actually be the best of the four? Of course it's far from perfect, and we discuss some of its problems, including a pretty un-Batman-like Batman and a misguided "homage" to Batman '66. We discuss the bad and relatively good of the final '90s Batman film.</p> <p>ALSO, Burt Ward reminisces about Bruce Lee, and we read your reaction to our episode on <em>The Phantom Pharaoh</em>!</p> <p><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7942" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Message Board thread on episode 163 on <em>The Phantom Pharaoh</em></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcfI0gf9oDc" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Arnold Schwarzenegger Complete Japanese Commercial Filmography</a></p> <p></p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#165 Mr. Freeze(s)</title> | |
| <itunes:title>Mr. Freeze(s)</itunes:title> | |
| <pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2021 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/freezes.jpg" alt="" width="550" height="259" /></p> <p>As any <em><strong>Batman ’66</strong></em> fan knows, three different actors played the villain <strong>Mr. Freeze</strong> on the show: <strong>George Sanders</strong>, <strong>Otto Preminger</strong>, and <strong>Eli Wallach</strong>. Any discussion of Mr. Freeze on the show prompts the question: <strong>Which Freeze do you like best?</strong> And, which Freeze script do you like best? In this episode, we give our answers to those questions, as well as exploring how the show set the course for the character in the comics (at least until <strong>Paul Dini</strong> changed it in 1992), potential reasons for the lack of Mr. Freeze in season three, and more.</p> <p>ALSO: A Bat-research lab looking at the recently-recovered <strong>Adam West</strong> Nick at Night pilot <em><strong>Cartoon Lost and Found</strong></em>, <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgGwBnAKO-w" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><strong>Jose Fajardo</strong>’s <em>Batman Boogaloo</em></a>, and your response to our <strong>Lego Batman</strong> episode!</p> <p>Watch a sample of our TV Trivia videos on the <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC322gHR4eton6DsuPbMBWBw" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Deconstructing Comics YouTube channel!</a></p> <p><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7921" target="_blank" rel="noopener">'66 message board thread about Episode 162 "Lego Batman is Every Batman"</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZgGwBnAKO-w" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_axp1qG42M" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Adam West</strong> in <em><strong>Cartoon Lost and Found</strong></em></a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/-_axp1qG42M" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIU61Rc2uXw" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Colorforms ad</a></p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/JIU61Rc2uXw" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p> </p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>As any <em>Batman ’66</em> fan knows, three different actors played the villain Mr. Freeze on the show: George Sanders, Otto Preminger, and Eli Wallach. Any discussion of Mr. Freeze on the show prompts the question: Which Freeze do you like best? And, which Freeze script do you like best? In this episode, we give our answers to those questions, as well as exploring how the show set the course for the character in the comics (at least until Paul Dini changed it in 1992), potential reasons for the lack of Mr. Freeze in season three, and more.</p> <p>ALSO: A Bat-research lab looking at the recently-recovered Adam West Nick at Night pilot <em>Cartoon Lost and Found</em>, <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgGwBnAKO-w" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Jose Fajardo’s <em>Batman Boogaloo</em></a>, and your response to our Lego Batman episode!</p> <p>Watch a sample of our TV Trivia videos on the <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC322gHR4eton6DsuPbMBWBw" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Deconstructing Comics YouTube channel!</a></p> <p><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7921" target="_blank" rel="noopener">'66 message board thread about Episode 162 "Lego Batman is Every Batman"</a></p> <p></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_axp1qG42M" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Adam West in <em>Cartoon Lost and Found</em></a></p> <p></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIU61Rc2uXw" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Colorforms ad</a></p> <p></p> <p> </p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#164 "The Curse of Tut" scripts: Rondeau and Buono improve on Dennis and Barret</title> | |
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| <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2021 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/tutpointscane.jpg" alt="" width="550" height="412" /></p> <p><strong>Lorenzo Semple, Jr.</strong> having made his changes to <strong>Robert C. Dennis</strong> and <strong>Earl Barret</strong>'s first <strong>King Tut</strong> script, next it was the turn of director <strong>Charles R. Rondeau</strong> and master ad-libber <strong>Victor Buono</strong>. How much of the story that made it to the screen was determined by them? This time, we discuss two different versions of the <strong><em>Curse of Tut</em></strong> script, and how much changed <em>after</em> the "final" version.</p> <p>Also, a <strong>Bat Research Lab</strong> on Dennis and Barret, your comments about all three versions of the scripts (and on our recent <strong>Joker</strong> episode), and <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJgUoq2Mz_8" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">the Batman theme played on a church organ by <strong>Marko Hakanpää</strong></a>!</p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/LJgUoq2Mz_8" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><a href= "https://www.theobserver.ca/2015/04/06/robert-dennis-wrote-for-shows-like-perry-mason-the-andy-griffith-show-and-i-spy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Robert C. Dennis profile from <em>The Sarnia Observer</em></a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/a0ow32jkr3x6w18/CURSE%20OF%20TUT%20intermediate%20annot%20FULL.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Intermediate" draft, "The Curse of Tut"</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/z4myvn9kumi8t0d/Curse%20of%20Tut%20FINAL%20FULL.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"The Curse of Tut" final script</a></p> <p><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7903" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Comments on these scripts on the message board</a></p> <p><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7905" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"A Joker for All Season" episode thread</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.gofundme.com/f/my-apartment-is-making-me-sick-help-me-move" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tim's GoFundMe campaign</a></p> <p> </p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>Lorenzo Semple, Jr. having made his changes to Robert C. Dennis and Earl Barret's first King Tut script, next it was the turn of director Charles R. Rondeau and master ad-libber Victor Buono. How much of the story that made it to the screen was determined by them? This time, we discuss two different versions of the <em>Curse of Tut</em> script, and how much changed <em>after</em> the "final" version.</p> <p>Also, a Bat Research Lab on Dennis and Barret, your comments about all three versions of the scripts (and on our recent Joker episode), and <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJgUoq2Mz_8" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">the Batman theme played on a church organ by Marko Hakanpää</a>!</p> <p></p> <p><a href= "https://www.theobserver.ca/2015/04/06/robert-dennis-wrote-for-shows-like-perry-mason-the-andy-griffith-show-and-i-spy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Robert C. Dennis profile from <em>The Sarnia Observer</em></a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/a0ow32jkr3x6w18/CURSE%20OF%20TUT%20intermediate%20annot%20FULL.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Intermediate" draft, "The Curse of Tut"</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/z4myvn9kumi8t0d/Curse%20of%20Tut%20FINAL%20FULL.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"The Curse of Tut" final script</a></p> <p><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7903" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Comments on these scripts on the message board</a></p> <p><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7905" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"A Joker for All Season" episode thread</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.gofundme.com/f/my-apartment-is-making-me-sick-help-me-move" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tim's GoFundMe campaign</a></p> <p> </p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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| <title>#163 "Phantom Pharaoh" Reveals Semplian Batman</title> | |
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| <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2021 11:47:54 +0000</pubDate> | |
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| <description><![CDATA[<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/phantompharaoh.jpg" alt="The Phantom Pharaoh" width="550" height="414" /></p> <p>As the early episodes of <strong><em>Batman</em></strong> were being produced, and broadcasts had not yet begun, Executive Script Consultant <strong>Lorenzo Semple, Jr.</strong>, was editing scripts and trying to get across his vision for the show to the other writers. <strong>Robert C. Dennis</strong> and <strong>Earl Barret</strong>’s script for <strong>"The Phantom Pharaoh"</strong> gives us a peek at Semple’s vision for how <strong>Batman</strong>, <strong>Robin</strong>, and the other characters should be written. This time, we look at the script, the comments Semple wrote on it, and how it differs from the end product that was broadcast (<strong>“The Curse of Tut”/“The Pharaoh’s in a Rut”</strong>).</p> <p>ALSO: <a href="https://youtu.be/z1Cj0kL-q5o" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Bennie Music version of Hefti’s “Batman” theme</a>, and more of your response to our “Bat Rankings” and other episodes.</p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src= "https://www.youtube.com/embed/z1Cj0kL-q5o" width="560" height= "315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/69wr91wjrnh8p9p/THEPHANTOMPHARAOHreviseddraft-curseoftut.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"The Phantom Pharaoh" script</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/a0ow32jkr3x6w18/CURSE%20OF%20TUT%20intermediate%20annot%20FULL.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Next draft, "The Curse of Tut"</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/z4myvn9kumi8t0d/Curse%20of%20Tut%20FINAL%20FULL.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"The Curse of Tut" final script</a></p> <p><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7903" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Comment on these scripts on the message board</a></p> <p><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7881" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Bat Rankings" episode thread</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.gofundme.com/f/my-apartment-is-making-me-sick-help-me-move" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tim's GoFundMe campaign</a></p> <p> </p>]]></description> | |
| <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> <p>As the early episodes of <em>Batman</em> were being produced, and broadcasts had not yet begun, Executive Script Consultant Lorenzo Semple, Jr., was editing scripts and trying to get across his vision for the show to the other writers. Robert C. Dennis and Earl Barret’s script for "The Phantom Pharaoh" gives us a peek at Semple’s vision for how Batman, Robin, and the other characters should be written. This time, we look at the script, the comments Semple wrote on it, and how it differs from the end product that was broadcast (“The Curse of Tut”/“The Pharaoh’s in a Rut”).</p> <p>ALSO: <a href="https://youtu.be/z1Cj0kL-q5o" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Bennie Music version of Hefti’s “Batman” theme</a>, and more of your response to our “Bat Rankings” and other episodes.</p> <p></p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/69wr91wjrnh8p9p/THEPHANTOMPHARAOHreviseddraft-curseoftut.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"The Phantom Pharaoh" script</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/a0ow32jkr3x6w18/CURSE%20OF%20TUT%20intermediate%20annot%20FULL.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Next draft, "The Curse of Tut"</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.dropbox.com/s/z4myvn9kumi8t0d/Curse%20of%20Tut%20FINAL%20FULL.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"The Curse of Tut" final script</a></p> <p><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7903" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Comment on these scripts on the message board</a></p> <p><a href= "http://www.66batman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7881" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Bat Rankings" episode thread</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.gofundme.com/f/my-apartment-is-making-me-sick-help-me-move" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tim's GoFundMe campaign</a></p> <p> </p>]]></content:encoded> | |
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