List of Batman (TV series) episodes
The following is an episode list for the 1960s Batman television series. It also provides the main cast members, production notes and a list of notable guest stars.
Series overview
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
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First aired | Last aired | ||||
1 | 34 | January 12, 1966 | May 5, 1966 | ||
2 | 60 | September 7, 1966 | March 30, 1967 | ||
3 | 26 | September 14, 1967 | March 14, 1968 |
Episodes
Season 1 (1966)
Season 1 aired two episodes per week, on Wednesdays and Thursdays, and followed a single storyline per week.
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Special Guest Villain(s) | |
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1 2 | 1 2 | "Hi Diddle Riddle Smack in the Middle" | Robert Butler | Lorenzo Semple Jr. | January 12, 1966 January 13, 1966 | The Riddler (Frank Gorshin) | |
While the Riddler maneuvers Batman into being sued, the Dynamic Duo investigate the supervillain's concurrent scheme. | |||||||
3 4 | 3 4 | "Fine Feathered Finks The Penguin's a Jinx" | Robert Butler | Lorenzo Semple Jr. | January 19, 1966 January 20, 1966 | The Penguin (Burgess Meredith) | |
The Penguin plots to manipulate Batman into inadvertently devising capers for him. | |||||||
5 6 | 5 6 | "The Joker Is Wild Batman Is Riled" | Don Weis | Robert Dozier | January 26, 1966 January 27, 1966 | The Joker (Cesar Romero) | |
The Joker decides to fight fire with fire against Batman with a utility belt of his own. | |||||||
7 8 | 7 8 | "Instant Freeze Rats Like Cheese" | Robert Butler | Max Hodge | February 2, 1966 February 3, 1966 | Mr. Freeze (George Sanders) | |
Dr. Shivel aka Mr. Freeze has returned and is seeking revenge on Batman, who accidentally spilled a freeze solution on him, forcing him to live in a climate 50 degrees below zero. He commits crimes involving diamonds, or "ice", in different forms. | |||||||
9 10 | 9 10 | "Zelda the Great A Death Worse Than Fate" | Norman Foster | Lorenzo Semple Jr. | February 9, 1966 February 10, 1966 | Zelda The Great (Anne Baxter) | |
The Dynamic Duo arranges a trap for an elusive annual bank robber, but the female magician they are hunting is on to them with a new scheme of her own. | |||||||
11 12 | 11 12 | "A Riddle a Day Keeps the Riddler Away When the Rat's Away the Mice Will Play" | Tom Gries | Fred De Gorter | February 16, 1966 February 17, 1966 | The Riddler (Frank Gorshin) | |
When a visiting King is accosted by the Riddler, the Dynamic Duo pursues his subsequent complex trail of riddles to try to stop him. | |||||||
13 14 | 13 14 | "The Thirteenth Hat Batman Stands Pat" | Norman Foster | Charles Hoffman | February 23, 1966 February 24, 1966 | The Mad Hatter (David Wayne) | |
Jervis Tetch, aka the Mad Hatter, is abducting all the jurors who convicted him of a previous crime wave. He is also taking their hats. His final target is none other than Batman, who provided the key testimony in the Mad Hatter's trial | |||||||
15 16 | 15 16 | "The Joker Goes to School He Meets His Match, The Grisly Ghoul" | Murray Golden | Lorenzo Semple Jr. | March 2, 1966 March 3, 1966 | The Joker (Cesar Romero) | |
The Joker strikes at the high school level when his rigged vending machines give out stocks, bonds, and silver dollars. It's all part of his sinister scheme to blackmail the school’s basketball team. | |||||||
17 18 | 17 18 | "True or False-Face Holy Rat Race" | William A. Graham | Stephen Kandel | March 9, 1966 March 10, 1966 | False Face (Malachi Throne, billed only as "?" before the end of part 2) | |
A master of disguise, False Face, is on the loose in Gotham City and launches a barrage of tricky true-or-false crimes including replacing a bank's real money with counterfeits. | |||||||
19 20 | 19 20 | "The Purr-fect Crime Better Luck Next Time" | James Sheldon | Stanley Ralph Ross & Lee Orgel | March 16, 1966 March 17, 1966 | Catwoman (Julie Newmar) | |
Catwoman steals some priceless art but the importance of the crimes go beyond the taking of the objects involved. | |||||||
21 22 | 21 22 | "The Penguin Goes Straight Not Yet, He Ain't" | Leslie H. Martinson | Lorenzo Semple Jr. & John Cardwell | March 23, 1966 March 24, 1966 | The Penguin (Burgess Meredith) | |
The Penguin apparently goes straight, thwarting crimes across Gotham City and offering his services as a security expert. Batman doesn't believe it and sets out to prove the Penguin guilty of a crime, but the Dynamic Duo end up framed for jewel theft. | |||||||
23 24 | 23 24 | "The Ring of Wax Give 'Em the Axe" | James B. Clark | Jack Paritz & Bob Rodgers | March 30, 1966 March 31, 1966 | The Riddler (Frank Gorshin) | |
The Riddler's latest scheme involves stealing a wax figure to melt down for its wax that is powerfully corrosive when exposed to direct flame. He wants to open a vault of rare books to find the key to an ancient treasure. | |||||||
25 26 | 25 26 | "The Joker Trumps an Ace Batman Sets the Pace" | Richard C. Sarafian | Francis M. Cockrell & Marian B. Cockrell | April 6, 1966 April 7, 1966 | The Joker (Cesar Romero) | |
A wave of senseless robberies by the Joker prove to be part of a plot against a visiting maharajah. | |||||||
27 28 | 27 28 | "The Curse of Tut The Pharaoh's in a Rut" | Charles R. Rondeau | Robert C. Dennis & Earl Barret | April 13, 1966 April 14, 1966 | King Tut (Victor Buono) | |
A new villain called King Tut, a former academic who thinks he is really King Tut, prepares to claim Gotham City as his new Thebes. | |||||||
29 30 | 29 30 | "The Bookworm Turns While Gotham City Burns" | Larry Peerce | Hendrik Vollaerts | April 20, 1966 April 21, 1966 | The Bookworm (Roddy McDowall) | |
When Commissioner Gordon's death is faked by the Bookworm, the Dynamic Duo must track down the literate criminal to find out what he is up to. Cameo by Jerry Lewis as himself during a wall climb by Batman & Robin | |||||||
31 32 | 31 32 | "Death in Slow Motion The Riddler's False Notion" | Charles R. Rondeau | Richard Carr | April 27, 1966 April 28, 1966 | The Riddler (Frank Gorshin) | |
The Riddler is back, and is pursuing a silent movie theme with his latest scheme. As the Dynamic Duo pursue the Riddler, they discover the true purpose behind his cinematic caper and his ultimate target. Along the way Riddler abducts Robin and places him in a series of classic death-perils. Silent film star Francis X. Bushman appears as Mr. Van Jones in his final acting appearance before his death in August 1966. | |||||||
33 34 | 33 34 | "Fine Finny Fiends Batman Makes the Scenes" | Tom Gries | Sheldon Stark | May 4, 1966 May 5, 1966 | The Penguin (Burgess Meredith) | |
The Penguin has returned and has a dastardly plan involving Alfred, whom the Penguin captures and brainwashes to be his unwitting pawn for his scheme against a wealthy social event. |
The Movie (1966)
A couple of months after Season 1 finished airing, a cinematic feature film of Batman premiered in theaters on July 30, 1966, featuring four of the most prominent villains, and new Bat Gadgets that were enabled by the bigger budget of the film. Julie Newmar, who had played The Catwoman in Season 1, was unavailable to act in the film due to a back injury, and was replaced in the role by Lee Meriwether.
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Special Guest Villain(s) |
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Batman: The Movie | Leslie H. Martinson | Lorenzo Semple Jr. | July 30, 1966 | Catwoman (Lee Meriwether) The Joker (Cesar Romero) The Penguin (Burgess Meredith) The Riddler (Frank Gorshin) |
Season 2 (1966–67)
Season 2 aired two episodes per week, on Wednesdays and Thursdays. The two episodes in a given week were a single storyline in 26 of the 30 weeks that made up Season 2. The four weeks that were the exception to this were during weeks 19-22 of the season, with three storylines that each crossed over into the following week; a three-parter, followed by a two-parter, followed by another three-parter.
Despite being the most prominent villain during Season 1, Frank Gorshin was completely absent as The Riddler during Season 2, as Gorshin was holding out for a salary increase for continuing on in the role, which the studio refused to comply with. As a result, a storyline in Season 2 that was originally intended for the Riddler was instead given to a character called The Puzzler, while another storyline later on in Season 2 saw John Astin replace Gorshin in the role of the Riddler.
After her absence in the 1966 film, Julie Newmar returned to the role of The Catwoman in Season 2, becoming the most prominent villain during the season. And although Barbara Gordon / Batgirl would not be depicted until Season 3, Barbara is discussed in the late Season 2 episodes "Batman's Waterloo" and "The Duo Defy", foreshadowing her debut months later.
Mr. Freeze was portrayed by George Sanders in Season 1, but Sanders was unavailable to reprise the role. As a result, Otto Preminger was cast to portray Mr. Freeze in Season 2, where Mr. Freeze was going to appear in 4 episodes. Due to tensions and difficulties on set in Preminger's two-part storyline, Eli Wallach replaced Preminger in the role of Mr. Freeze for the final two-part storyline of Season 2.
Episode 39 sees the first use of the "Batdrone", used to fly over Gotham City looking for an unauthorized TV broadcast location. This was at a time, during the Vietnam War, when such unmanned drone technology only existed in highly classified form.[1]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Special Guest Villain(s) | |
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35 36 | 1 2 | "Shoot a Crooked Arrow Walk the Straight and Narrow" | Sherman Marks | Stanley Ralph Ross | September 7, 1966 September 8, 1966 | The Archer (Art Carney) | |
The Archer arrives in Gotham City and begins robbing the rich to give to the poor, but soon changes his tactics for personal gain. | |||||||
37 38 | 3 4 | "Hot Off the Griddle The Cat and the Fiddle" | Don Weis | Stanley Ralph Ross | September 14, 1966 September 15, 1966 | Catwoman (Julie Newmar) | |
The Caped Crusaders employ a newspaper columnist to snare Catwoman, not realizing the writer is actually working for her. | |||||||
39 40 | 5 6 | "The Minstrel's Shakedown Barbecued Batman?" | Murray Golden | Francis M. Cockrell & Marian B. Cockrell | September 21, 1966 September 22, 1966 | The Minstrel (Van Johnson) | |
A new villain called The Minstrel holds Gotham's stock market to ransom with his expertise in electronics. | |||||||
41 42 | 7 8 | "The Spell of Tut Tut's Case is Shut" | Larry Peerce | Robert C. Dennis & Earl Barret | September 28, 1966 September 29, 1966 | King Tut (Victor Buono) | |
King Tut plans to put the whole of Gotham City under his power with an ancient chemical. | |||||||
43 44 | 9 10 | "The Greatest Mother of Them All Ma Parker" | Oscar Rudolph | Henry Slesar | October 5, 1966 October 6, 1966 | Ma Parker (Shelley Winters) Catwoman (Julie Newmar) (cameo in part 2) | |
The infamous Ma Parker arrives in Gotham City and plans to take over the city penitentiary. | |||||||
45 46 | 11 12 | "The Clock King's Crazy Crimes The Clock King Gets Crowned" | James Neilson | Bill Finger & Charles Sinclair | October 12, 1966 October 13, 1966 | The Clock King (Walter Slezak) | |
Clock King uses various mechanical clock parts to try to kill Batman and Robin, and steal a fortune. | |||||||
47 48 | 13 14 | "An Egg Grows in Gotham The Yegg Foes in Gotham" | George Waggner | T : Stanley Ralph Ross S : Edwin Self | October 19, 1966 October 20, 1966 | Egghead (Vincent Price) | |
Egghead, the smartest villain in the world, disrupts a long-standing lease to take over Gotham City and almost figures out Batman's true identity. | |||||||
49 50 | 15 16 | "The Devil's Fingers The Dead Ringers" | Larry Peerce | Lorenzo Semple Jr. | October 26, 1966 October 27, 1966 | Chandell & Harry (Liberace) | |
While the Dynamic Duo are temporarily away, the musician Chandell plans to marry Aunt Harriet as part of his scheme to steal the Wayne fortune to pay off a debt, owed to his criminal twin brother, Harry. | |||||||
51 52 | 17 18 | "Hizzonner the Penguin Dizzoner the Penguin" | Oscar Rudolph | Stanford Sherman | November 2, 1966 November 3, 1966 | The Penguin (Burgess Meredith) | |
Penguin and Batman square off in the Gotham City mayoral election. Batman dryly discusses the issues, while Penguin runs a campaign based on hoopla and thuggery. | |||||||
53 54 | 19 20 | "Green Ice Deep Freeze" | George Waggner | Max Hodge | November 9, 1966 November 10, 1966 | Mr. Freeze (Otto Preminger) | |
After kidnapping Miss Iceland, whom he wants to forcibly marry, Mr. Freeze tries to thwart Batman and Robin by sullying their public image. | |||||||
55 56 | 21 22 | "The Impractical Joker The Joker's Provokers" | James B. Clark | Jay Thompson & Charles Hoffman | November 16, 1966 November 17, 1966 | The Joker (Cesar Romero) | |
Joker engages in a key-themed crime spree, which includes his plans to outwit Batman and Robin. | |||||||
57 58 | 23 24 | "Marsha, Queen of Diamonds Marsha's Scheme of Diamonds" | James B. Clark | Stanford Sherman | November 23, 1966 November 24, 1966 | Marsha, Queen of Diamonds (Carolyn Jones) | |
Marsha tries to romance Batman in order to get her hands on a large industrial diamond he uses in the Batcave. | |||||||
59 60 | 25 26 | "Come Back, Shame It's How You Play the Game" | Oscar Rudolph | Stanley Ralph Ross | November 30, 1966 December 1, 1966 | Shame (Cliff Robertson) | |
Shame plans to build a powerful truck engine to help him outwit the Batmobile. | |||||||
61 62 | 27 28 | "The Penguin's Nest The Bird's Last Jest" | Murray Golden | Lorenzo Semple Jr. | December 7, 1966 December 8, 1966 | The Penguin (Burgess Meredith) | |
Batman becomes suspicious when Penguin wants to be arrested. | |||||||
63 64 | 29 30 | "The Cat's Meow The Bat's Kow Tow" | James B. Clark | Stanley Ralph Ross | December 14, 1966 December 15, 1966 | Catwoman (Julie Newmar) | |
Catwoman gets her claws on a device capable of stealing people's voices and uses this to steal the voices of English singing duo Chad & Jeremy to hold their country to ransom. | |||||||
65 66 | 31 32 | "The Puzzles Are Coming The Duo is Slumming" | Jeffrey Hayden | Fred De Gorter | December 21, 1966 December 22, 1966 | The Puzzler (Maurice Evans) | |
The Puzzler plans to steal a new jet plane and confound Batman and Robin with his aviatic and Shakespearean themed puzzles. | |||||||
67 68 | 33 34 | "The Sandman Cometh The Catwoman Goeth" | George Waggner | T : Charles Hoffman S/T : Ellis St. Joseph | December 28, 1966 December 29, 1966 | The Sandman (Michael Rennie) & Catwoman (Julie Newmar) | |
Catwoman teams up with the continental crook Sandman to steal a fortune and finally eliminate the Dynamic Duo. | |||||||
69 70 | 35 36 | "The Contaminated Cowl The Mad Hatter Runs Afoul" | Oscar Rudolph | Charles Hoffman | January 4, 1967 January 5, 1967 | The Mad Hatter (David Wayne) | |
The Mad Hatter plans to finally get his hands on Batman's cowl and apparently kills the Dynamic Duo in the attempt. | |||||||
71 72 73 | 37 38 39 | "The Zodiac Crimes The Joker's Hard Times The Penguin Declines" | Oscar Rudolph | T : Stanford Sherman S/T : Stephen Kandel | January 11, 1967 January 12, 1967 January 18, 1967 | The Joker (Cesar Romero) & The Penguin (Burgess Meredith) (The Penguin in parts 1 and 3 only) | |
Joker and Penguin team up for a massive crime spree in Gotham City. | |||||||
74 75 | 40 41 | "That Darn Catwoman Scat! Darn Catwoman" | Oscar Rudolph | Stanley Ralph Ross | January 19, 1967 January 25, 1967 | Catwoman (Julie Newmar) & Pussycat (Lesley Gore; not billed as Extra Special Guest Villainess) | |
Catwoman drugs Robin, thus inducing him to join her gang. | |||||||
76 77 78 | 42 43 44 | "Penguin Is a Girl's Best Friend Penguin Sets a Trend Penguin's Disastrous End" | James B. Clark | Stanford Sherman | January 26, 1967 February 1, 1967 February 2, 1967 | The Penguin (Burgess Meredith) & Marsha, Queen of Diamonds (Carolyn Jones) | |
The Penguin and Marsha team up to open a movie company as a front for a massive caper, and has Batman and Robin star as the leads. | |||||||
79 80 | 45 46 | "Batman's Anniversary A Riddling Controversy" | James B. Clark | William P. D'Angelo | February 8, 1967 February 9, 1967 | The Riddler (John Astin) | |
The Riddler returns to confound Batman on his anniversary with a new caper. | |||||||
81 82 | 47 48 | "The Joker's Last Laugh The Joker's Epitaph" | Oscar Rudolph | T : Lorenzo Semple Jr. S : Peter Rabe | February 15, 1967 February 16, 1967 | The Joker (Cesar Romero) | |
Joker starts a counterfeiting operation using robots and tricks Bruce Wayne into handing control of the bank over to him. | |||||||
83 84 | 49 50 | "Catwoman Goes to College Batman Displays His Knowledge" | Robert Sparr | Stanley Ralph Ross | February 22, 1967 February 23, 1967 | Catwoman (Julie Newmar) | |
Catwoman is released from prison on good behavior and starts attending Gotham City college, but has she really changed? | |||||||
85 86 | 51 52 | "A Piece of the Action Batman's Satisfaction[nb 1]" | Oscar Rudolph | Charles Hoffman | March 1, 1967 March 2, 1967 | Colonel Gumm (Roger C. Carmel; not billed as Special Guest Villain) | |
The Green Hornet & Kato arrive in Gotham City to stop Colonel Gumm and his counterfeit stamp operation, with Batman & Robin also appearing on the scene. | |||||||
87 88 | 53 54 | "King Tut's Coup Batman's Waterloo" | James B. Clark | T : Stanley Ralph Ross S : Leo Townsend & Pauline Townsend | March 8, 1967 March 9, 1967 | King Tut (Victor Buono) | |
King Tut kidnaps a socialite, believing her to be the reincarnation of Cleopatra, tries to drown Batman, who is locked in a sarcophagus, and makes plans to boil Robin in oil. | |||||||
89 90 | 55 56 | "Black Widow Strikes Again Caught in the Spider's Den" | Oscar Rudolph | Robert Mintz | March 15, 1967 March 16, 1967 | The Black Widow (Tallulah Bankhead) | |
Black Widow begins robbing banks and mesmerizes Batman to do her bidding. | |||||||
91 92 | 57 58 | "Pop Goes the Joker Flop Goes the Joker" | George Waggner | Stanford Sherman | March 22, 1967 March 23, 1967 | The Joker (Cesar Romero) | |
Joker begins an art-themed caper with a final goal of stealing a collection of paintings and nearly kills Robin in the attempt. | |||||||
93 94 | 59 60 | "Ice Spy The Duo Defy" | Oscar Rudolph | Charles Hoffman | March 29, 1967 March 30, 1967 | Mr. Freeze (Eli Wallach) | |
Mr. Freeze abducts a scientist to extort the formula for a freezing solution. |
Season 3 (1967–68)
In Season 3, the format of the storylines were somewhat at variance with previous seasons. Season 3 aired just one episode per week, on Thursdays, and true multi-part stories were the exception rather than the norm. At the conclusion of each story, the guest villains of the next story would usually make an uncredited appearance in the final scene. For example, Egghead is seen riding into town, literally, at the end of "Louie the Lilac". A notable "spin" on this idea were the "linked" episodes "Ring Around the Riddler" and "The Wail of the Siren". In "Ring Around the Riddler", the Siren has an "introductory" scene assisting the Riddler in his criminal caper and briefly mentioning having her own plans for Commissioner Gordon. Batman subsequently defeats the Riddler, and the Siren returns in the tag to start her own caper, which is the basis of "The Wail of the Siren", really a separate story altogether.
Major cast changes during Season 3 included Yvonne Craig joining as Batgirl, Frank Gorshin returning as The Riddler as a one-episode storyline meant that Gorshin's salary demands could now be met, and Eartha Kitt replacing Julie Newmar as The Catwoman, as Newmar was working on the film Mackenna's Gold. Curiously, a body double (Marilyn Watson) in the penultimate episode "The Entrancing Dr. Cassandra" returned the Catwoman to being Caucasian. Meanwhile, ill-health reduced Madge Blake's role as Aunt Harriet Cooper to just a couple of cameo appearances during Season 3.
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Special Guest Villain(s) | |
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95 | 1 | "Enter Batgirl, Exit Penguin" | Oscar Rudolph | Stanford Sherman | September 14, 1967 | The Penguin (Burgess Meredith) | |
Penguin kidnaps Barbara Gordon and tries to force her to marry him. | |||||||
96 | 2 | "Ring Around the Riddler" | Sam Strangis | Charles Hoffman | September 21, 1967 | The Riddler (Frank Gorshin) The Siren (Joan Collins; not billed as Extra Special Guest Villainess) | |
The Riddler challenges Batman to a fight in the ring. | |||||||
97 | 3 | "The Wail of the Siren" | George Waggner | Stanley Ralph Ross | September 28, 1967 | The Siren (Joan Collins) | |
The Siren uses her hypnotic powers to take control of both Commissioner Gordon and Bruce Wayne. | |||||||
98 99 | 4 5 | "The Sport of Penguins A Horse of Another Color" | Sam Strangis | Charles Hoffman | October 5, 1967 October 12, 1967 | The Penguin (Burgess Meredith) Lola Lasagne (Ethel Merman) | |
Penguin and Lola Lasagne team up to pull off a horse racing scam. | |||||||
100 | 6 | "The Unkindest Tut of All" | Sam Strangis | Stanley Ralph Ross | October 19, 1967 | King Tut (Victor Buono) | |
King Tut begins making televised predictions and tries to prove that Bruce Wayne is Batman. | |||||||
101 | 7 | "Louie, the Lilac" | George Waggner | Dwight Taylor | October 26, 1967 | Louie the Lilac (Milton Berle) | |
Louie the Lilac terrorizes Gotham City's flower community. | |||||||
102 103 | 8 9 | "The Ogg and I How to Hatch a Dinosaur" | Oscar Rudolph | Stanford Sherman | November 2, 1967 November 9, 1967 | Egghead (Vincent Price) Olga, Queen of the Cossacks (Anne Baxter) | |
Egghead teams up with a group of Cossacks, kidnaps Commissioner Gordon and plans to hatch an ancient Dinosaur egg. | |||||||
104 | 10 | "Surf's Up! Joker's Under!" | Oscar Rudolph | Charles Hoffman | November 16, 1967 | The Joker (Cesar Romero) | |
Joker challenges Batman to a battle on the waves. | |||||||
105 106 107 | 11 12 13 | "The Londinium Larcenies The Foggiest Notion The Bloody Tower" | Oscar Rudolph | T : Charles Hoffman S/T : Elkan Allan | November 23, 1967 November 30, 1967 December 7, 1967 | Lord Marmaduke Ffogg (Rudy Vallée) Lady Penelope Peasoup (Glynis Johns) | |
The Terrific Trio head out to Londinium to battle a gang of criminal aristocrats. | |||||||
108 | 14 | "Catwoman's Dressed to Kill" | Sam Strangis | Stanley Ralph Ross | December 14, 1967 | Catwoman (Eartha Kitt) | |
Catwoman plans to conquer Gotham's fashion market. | |||||||
109 | 15 | "The Ogg Couple" | Oscar Rudolph | Stanford Sherman | December 21, 1967 | Egghead (Vincent Price) Olga, Queen of the Cossacks (Anne Baxter) | |
Egghead and Olga return to cause more mayhem. | |||||||
110 111 | 16 17 | "The Funny Feline Felonies The Joke's on Catwoman" | Oscar Rudolph | Stanley Ralph Ross | December 28, 1967 January 4, 1968 | The Joker (Cesar Romero) Catwoman (Eartha Kitt) | |
Joker is apparently abducted by Catwoman, but this is only a ruse as part of the felonious pair's plan to locate a hidden supply of gunpowder. | |||||||
112 | 18 | "Louie's Lethal Lilac Time" | Sam Strangis | Charles Hoffman | January 11, 1968 | Louie the Lilac (Milton Berle) | |
Louie the Lilac abducts Bruce and Dick as part of a new scheme against Gotham. | |||||||
113 | 19 | "Nora Clavicle and the Ladies' Crime Club" | Oscar Rudolph | Stanford Sherman | January 18, 1968 | Nora Clavicle (Barbara Rush) | |
Nora Clavicle has Commissioner Gordon and Mayor Linseed fired, then takes over Gotham city, and employs a female-centric government. | |||||||
114 | 20 | "Penguin's Clean Sweep" | Oscar Rudolph | Stanford Sherman | January 25, 1968 | The Penguin (Burgess Meredith) | |
Penguin tricks the people of Gotham City into discarding their currency. | |||||||
115 116 | 21 22 | "The Great Escape The Great Train Robbery" | Oscar Rudolph | Stanley Ralph Ross | February 1, 1968 February 8, 1968 | Shame (Cliff Robertson) Calamity Jan (Dina Merrill) | |
Shame escapes from jail and starts a new campaign of wily hijinks. | |||||||
117 | 23 | "I'll Be a Mummy's Uncle" | Sam Strangis | Stanley Ralph Ross | February 22, 1968 | King Tut (Victor Buono) | |
King Tut plans to hunt for a mine and accidentally uncovers the Batcave under Wayne Manor. | |||||||
118 | 24 | "The Joker's Flying Saucer" | Sam Strangis | Charles Hoffman | February 29, 1968 | The Joker (Cesar Romero) | |
Joker tricks the people of Gotham into thinking they're being invaded by aliens. | |||||||
119 | 25 | "The Entrancing Dr. Cassandra" | Sam Strangis | Stanley Ralph Ross | March 7, 1968 | Dr. Cassandra Spellcraft (Ida Lupino) Cabala (Howard Duff) With cameos by Catwoman Egghead King Tut The Joker The Penguin and The Riddler (all uncredited stand-ins) | |
Dr. Cassandra discovers a way of becoming invisible and helps free Gotham's criminals to rally against the Terrific Trio. | |||||||
120 | 26 | "Minerva, Mayhem and Millionaires" | Oscar Rudolph | Charles Hoffman | March 14, 1968 | Minerva (Zsa Zsa Gabor) | |
Minerva opens a spa for Gotham's millionaires and tricks them into parting with their cash. |
Main cast
- Adam West as Batman / Bruce Wayne
- Burt Ward as Robin / Dick Grayson
- Yvonne Craig as Batgirl / Barbara Gordon (Season 3 only)
- Alan Napier as Alfred Pennyworth
- Neil Hamilton as Commissioner James Gordon
- Stafford Repp as Chief Miles O'Hara
- Madge Blake as Aunt Harriet Cooper (Regular in Seasons 1 & 2, cameo appearances in Season 3, episodes "Ring Around The Riddler" and "The Bloody Tower")
Production credits
Season 1
- Executive Producer/Narrator: William Dozier
- A Greenway Production in association with Twentieth Century-Fox Television
- Produced by Howie Horwitz
- Executive Script Consultant: Lorenzo Semple, Jr.
- Assistant to the Producer (episode 1 only): Charles B. Fitzsimons
- Associate Producer: Wm. P. D'Angelo
- Music: Nelson Riddle
- Music Supervision: Lionel Newman
- Batman Theme: Neal Hefti
- Directors of Photography: Ralph Woolsey (ASC), Jack Marta, Howard Schwartz (ASC), Sam Levitt (ASC)
- Art Directors: Jack Martin Smith, Ed Graves, Franz Bachelin, Serge Krizman, Jack Collis
- Production Supervisor: Jack Sonntag
- Unit Production Manager: Sam Strangis
- Post-Production Manager: James Blakely (ACE)
- Film Editors: Homer Powell, Leon Selditz, Hugh Chaloupka (ACE), Byron Chudnow (ACE), J. Frank O' Neill (ACE), Ronald Fagan
- Assistant Directors: Jack Barry, Bill Derwin, Mark Sandrich, Norman August
- Post-Production Coordinator: Robert Mintz
- Set Decorators: Walter M. Scott, Chester Bayhi, Warren Welch
- Supervising Music Editor: Leonard A. Engel
- Music Editor: Sam Horta
- Supervising Sound Effects Editor: Ralph B. Hickey
- Sound Effects Editor: Harold Wooley
- Make-up Supervision: Ben Nye
- Hair Styling Supervision: Margaret Donovan
- Based Upon the Characters Created by Bob Kane Appearing in Batman and Detective Comics Magazines Published by National Periodical Publications, Inc.
- Color by DeLuxe
- William Self In Charge of Production for Twentieth Century-Fox Television, Inc.
Season 2
- Executive Producer/Narrator: William Dozier
- A Greenway Production in association with Twentieth Century-Fox Television
- Associate Producer: Devon Allen
- Assistant to the Executive Producers: Charles B. Fitzsimons
- Script Consultant: Lorenzo Semple Jr.
- Music: Nelson Riddle, Warren Barker
- Music Supervision: Lionel Newman
- Batman Theme: Neal Hefti
- Production Supervisor: Jack Sonntag
- Unit Production Manager: Sam Strangis
- Assistant Directors: David Whorf, Bill Derwin, Robert G. Stone
- Directors of Photography: Meredith M. Nicholson (ASC), Howard Schwartz (ASC)
- Art Directors: Jack Martin Smith, Serge Krizman, Russell Menzer
- Film Editors: Bill Murphy, Frank O' Neill (ACE), Ron Fagan, Hugh Chaloupka (ACE), Homer Powell, Newell Kimlin (ACE)
- Post-Production Supervisor: James Blakely (ACE)
- Post-Production Coordinator: Robert Mintz
- Set Decorators: Walter M. Scott, Chester Bayhi, Joseph Reith, Bert F. Allen
- Supervising Music Editor: Leonard A. Engel
- Music Editor: Sam Horta
- Supervising Sound Effects Editor: Ralph B. Hickey
- Sound Effects Editor: Harold Wooley
- Men's Wardrobe Furnished by Andrew Pallack
- Make-up Supervision: Ben Nye
- Hair Styling Supervision: Margaret Donovan
- Based Upon the Characters Created by Bob Kane Appearing in Batman and Detective Comics Magazines Published by National Periodical Publications, Inc.
- Color by DeLuxe
- William Self In Charge of Production for Twentieth Century-Fox Television, Inc.
Season 3
- Executive Producer/Narrator: William Dozier
- A Greenway Production in association with Twentieth Century-Fox Television
- Associate Producer: William P. D'Angelo
- Script Consultant: Lorenzo Semple Jr.
- Script Editor: Charles Hoffman
- Assistant to the Executive Producers: Charles B. Fitzsimons
- Music: Billy May
- Music Supervision: Lionel Newman
- Batman Theme: Neal Hefti
- Batgirl Theme: Music by Billy May, Lyrics by Willy Mack
- Production Supervisor: Jack Sonntag
- Unit Production Manager: Sam Strangis
- Assistant Directors: Maxwell O. Henry, Steven Bernhardt, Mark Sandrich, David Whorf
- Directors of Photography: Howard Schwartz (ASC), Charles Straumer (ASC)
- Art Directors: Jack Martin Smith, Serge Krizman, Frank T. Smith
- Film Editors: James Blakely (ACE), Robert Phillips, Homer Powell, Hugh Chaloupka (ACE)
- Post-Production Coordinator: Robert Mintz
- Supervising Music Editor: Leonard A. Engel
- Music Editor: Sam Horta
- Sound Effects Editor: Richard LeGrand, Dan Finnerty
- Men's Wardrobe Furnished by Andrew Pallack
- Set Decorators: Walter M. Scott, Chester Bayhi, Robert deVestel
- Special Photographic Effects by L. B. Abbott (ASC)
- Based Upon the Characters Created by Bob Kane Appearing in Batman and Detective Comics Magazines Published by National Periodical Publications, Inc.
- Color by DeLuxe
- William Self In Charge of Production for Twentieth Century-Fox Television, Inc.
See also
Notes
- The billed special guest star of this story is not Roger C. Carmel (Colonel Gumm) as "Special Guest Villain", but rather Van Williams (The Green Hornet) as "Visiting Hero" and Bruce Lee (Kato) as "Assistant Visiting Hero", in a crossover from their own series. The Green Hornet and Kato are suspected by the Dynamic Duo and Gotham police as being criminals, rather than crime fighters.
References
- Wagner, William (1982), Lightning Bugs and other Reconnaissance Drones; The can-do story of Ryan's unmanned spy planes, Armed Forces Journal International : Aero Publishers, p. xii, ISBN 978-0-8168-6654-0