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Troy and David talk about the Batman movie from 1966.

In March of 1966, a decision was made to make a feature film of the TV show. An all-star set of baddies, called The United Underworld, decide to de-hydrate some of the leaders of the free world, and extort the nations of the world to have their leaders returned.

July 30, 1966, released in theatres.
July 4, 1971, premiered on TV.

The Penguin’s submarine.
The Penguin as ringmaster.

Burt Ward doing most of his own stunts in the film.
Bruce Wayne falls hard for Miss Kitka.

Troy and David look at the two iconic, classic scenes in the movie.

1] The scene where a shark takes a bite out of Batman’s leg.
2] Batman trying to get rid of a bomb.

All of this in a universe where everything is labelled.

The famous Dutch angles (when the camera is not level), when you are in the lair of a criminal. Maybe because they are crooked?

“Some days you just can’t get rid of a bomb.”

A bomb with the longest fuse in history.

Troy and David also do their Dream Casting and Schrödinger’s Cast, looking at six roles:

Batman [Adam West]
Robin [Burt Ward]
The Riddler [Frank Gorshin]
The Joker [Cesar Romero]
The Penguin [Burgess Meredith]
Catwoman [Lee Merriwether]

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Troy and David continue to look at the Batman TV series from the 1960s.

They look a the theme song, and the parody.
Here is a link to an article about the parody:

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/the-jokers-still-getting-away-celebrating-50-years-of-jingle-bells-batman-smells-233532830.html

Here is the 5th verse:

Jingle bells, Batman smells
Robin laid an egg
Batmobile lost a wheel
And Joker got away
Jingle bells, Batman smells
Robin laid an egg
Batmobile lost a wheel
And Joker got away

Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Kamakazi / Nick Gagnon

The refrain is sung by Mark Hamill, in an animated episode.

Troy and David look at specific episodes that stand out…

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S1, Ep1 = Hi Diddle Riddle
S1, Ep2 = Smack in the Middle

This episode has Jill St. John disguised as Robin.
Robin’s sick burn.

How there was not origin story for the first episode.
We are introduced to many elements that run through the series…

The red phone
The bust of Shakespeare
The bat poles
The batmobile
The Dutch angles
The henchman
The cliffhanger

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S1, Ep19 = The Purr-fect Crime
S1, Ep20 = Better Luck Next Time

First episode of Catwoman.
The Batman and Robin relationship
echoes a father son’s relationship.
There are night scenes in this “Evil is as evil does” episode.

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S1, Ep27 = The Curse of Tut
S1, Ep28 = The Pharaoh’s in a Rut

Victor Buono is King Tut.
First King Tut.
Great cliffhanger.

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S2, Ep17 = Hizzonner the Penguin
S2, Ep18 = Dizzoner the Penguin

The Penguin. runs for mayor.
Burgess Meredith as the Penguin, may be the best of all the actors who have played the role.
Batman wants to run a campaign on the issues.

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And more…

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