Jan 15, 2026
This time we begin a new series on the draft script for the show’s second Riddler story, “A Riddle A Day Keeps the Riddler Away”! We cover everything from rearranged scenes to a missing answer to a riddle, as well as some obvious cost cutting!
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Oct 2, 2025
We had heard before that it existed, and we’ve finally found it: Lorenzo Semple’s 14-page “Batnotes” memo to prospective Bat-writers about “a few simple rules and concepts” about what should or should not happen in a Batman script. Tim and Paul want to dig through this carefully, so in this episode they...
Sep 18, 2025
In 1967, Yvonne Craig was added to the Batman cast as Batgirl, in an effort to boost the ratings. It wouldn’t fly today, but Batman’s producers and the media were pretty up-front, and a bit crude, about the effort to add sex appeal to keep the show afloat. This time on BAT BITS, we discuss a TV GUIDE article on...
Sep 4, 2025
Lorenzo Semple, Jr., is the writer entrusted by producer William Dozier with getting the writing side of Batman off the ground. This time, we take a look at a letter from Semple to Dozier, in which he discusses his plans for the script of “Zelda the Great”, a template for Bat-scripts, concerns about Adam West’s...
Aug 21, 2025
On the latest BAT BITS, we conclude
our examination of Sheldon Stark’s final script for Fine Finny
Fiends, including a scene setting relocated for lack of the right
set, what Finella was supposed to be wearing in the final scene,
the shifting explanations of who knows where the banquet will be
held, and changes in the...