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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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#013 Joker & the "gorgeous, dumb hunk of cheerleader"

Sep 10, 2015

Susie and JokerThis time we feature "Joker Goes to School" and "He Meets His Match, the Grisly Ghoul," a fun arc that deviates from the formula that the series had established up to this point. Tim and Paul discuss these two episodes well-written scenes and weird errors, and the surprising susceptibility of Gotham’s teenagers to the lure of crime. Plus, a quick look at the career of Donna Loren, who plays Joker’s cheerleader moll, Susie.