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The Joker Laughs on Two-Face's Behalf
Episode 159
For whatever reason, Batman's producers decided that they would not do Peter Rabe's Two-Face script (see last episode) as it was written. Instead, L…
5 years, 4 months ago
Peter Rabe's "Two-Face"
Episode 158
Two-Face never quite made it to Batman '66 (unless you count William Shatner's animated turn in 2017, as pictured). But two known attempts were made…
5 years, 4 months ago
West as Catman, False Face, and a Camp Question
Episode 157
Part of Adam West's renaissance as a performer, once his fans were old enough to cast him in stuff, was voicing various versions of himself in carto…
5 years, 4 months ago
Adam and Burt "Return to the Batcave"
Episode 156
In 2003, CBS broadcast the special Return to the Batcave, featuring Adam West and Burt Ward walking through a search for the stolen Batmobile as the…
5 years, 5 months ago
The Entrancing Dr. Cabala
Episode 155
When Stanley Ralph Ross sat down to write what would be his final Batman script, which he titled Batman Meets his Match, he built it around a magica…
5 years, 5 months ago
Bat-Based Cartoons: "Batfink" and Waldo Kitty's "Catman"
Episode 154
1966 Batmania didn't just put a lot of Batman toys on the shelves; it inspired twists and parodies on the show itself. One of these was Hal Seeger's…
5 years, 6 months ago
Greg Patterson tries on the Penguin's "quack"
Episode 153
Burgess Meredith put glee and humor into his portrayal of the Penguin. Who knew it could be just as fun to play Meredith playing the Penguin? Greg P…
5 years, 6 months ago
Help us snag a JOHN ASTIN interview
We need help procuring an interview with John Astin - we have some questions about his "substitution" as Riddler that we'd like to ask him! But he d…
5 years, 7 months ago
Defining the Riddler w/Wally Wingert
Episode 152
The Riddler, a one-off villain in a Bill Finger/Dick Sprang comic book story in 1948, languished for nearly two decades until, in 1965, Gardner Fox …
5 years, 7 months ago
"Bat-motography" and "The Conqueror Bookworm"
Episode 151
We've looked at Batman: The Movie from a director's standpoint; this time, we look at it from a cinematographer's. Howard Schwartz, Director of Phot…
5 years, 7 months ago