Dec 31, 2015
In Frank
Gorshin's last Bat-appearance till Season Three,
the Riddler's making a movie. Silent-film-scholar
Paul is digging this arc! But why does the Prince
of Puzzlers bother filming Batman and Robin when
he's got luscious, leggy Sherry Jackson on his
team? More to ponder: This arc is based on a comics story in...
Dec 17, 2015
And at last we
reach the Bookworm arc, perhaps one of the
greatest of the series. I mean, it's got a giant cookbook in it!
And it's got a shocking first scene, the great Roddy
McDowell, one of the best supporting gangs we've seen, the
first bat-climb cameo... oh, and did we mention the giant
cookbook?
True, it also...
Dec 3, 2015
Victor Buono as King Tut is perhaps the
most divisive villain among Bat-fans: some call him a genius,
others roll their eyes whenever he appears. What is it that makes
him more/less fun than the Joker or the Penguin? In this episode,
having just watched "The Curse of Tut" and "The Pharaoh's in a
Rut", we discuss this...
Nov 19, 2015
Joker's latest crime is a hit on a fur store, in which he steals -- a hairpin? The story in "The Joker Trumps an Ace" and "Batman Sets the Pace" is loosely based on a comic-book story ("A Hairpin, a Hoe, a Hacksaw, and a Hole in the Ground") from Batman 53 (1949) — a bit too loosely, so that it doesn't quite make...
Nov 5, 2015
In Frank Gorshin’s third turn as the
Riddler, the Prince of Puzzlers follows a very
clear plan toward his goal of finding the Lost Treasure of the
Incas, while taking credit for stuff Shakespeare wrote. Company man
Batman, meanwhile, lauds the Incas' culinary
achievements. Tim and Paul watch this arc and muse on its...