For episodic TV by 1970-71 I think Dozier would have been in more of a cost-cutting mode which is another reason I think there's viability for her by that point. Her attitude I think is also a plus for credible villainy since I don't think of the part as right for someone more demure like Ann-Margre...

Thanks and I agree there is potential for abuse of the idea. To me, it's best use would be a new form of what we see in graphic art/comic book style storytelling to bring those kind of stories to life in a new way and not to show actors in "off-set" mode (I know some Star Trek things have ...

I can remember over the years a lot of discussions about possible fantasy casting ideas for the show, whether alternate casting ideas for established villains, or possible names for those characters who were never seen on the series. At the top of the list was typically Poison Ivy and it generated t...

I can think of a lot of lame TV shows in the 70s that had great themes written by top notch composers. "Flying High" was a cheap attempt to rip off "Love Boat" by doing stories in the air and focusing on the stewardesses (Connie Sellecca's first TV show). It had a good jaunty the...

My bad on that. I think I was erroneously recalling "The Impractical Joker" as something that had been Riddler originally but of course that was originally the proposed Two-Face script that then got reworked and transposed that on the fact that in S1 a Joker comic book story was reworked a...

I give Astin's Riddler a pass only because the producers were forced into a bind because of Gorshin's decision to play hardball over money. The fact they waited only to the end of the season to finally go the recasting route and had scripts intended for Riddler rewritten (the Puzzler episode and one...

Tallulah Bankhead by far was the worst casting choice in the entire run of the series IMO. She was by this point a decrepit shell of her former glamorous self and came off as a ridiculous caricature. The one person who would have been absolutely right for the part of Black Widow IMO would have been ...

It's still hard for me to look at any old thread with High C and still not feel a deep sense of personal loss since he was the one who got me to register here. It's unfortunately the reason why my participation has dropped off since his passing since he was basically the one Batfan I had the greates...

I always thought it was strange that Molly and Riddler didn't unmask Robin, but rather, created a mask of him with mask in place, along with hair. There's another episode where Robin's mask in nearly pulled off in some pink goo he is face-planted in. Another time he almost lost his secret identity....

Kyle first appeared as a substitute model in 1984 and was with them through 1996. The Goodson organization also had her fill in on the late 80s version of "Card Sharks."

lee Meriwether's daughter Kyle Aletter, who had a few small acting parts but had her greatest success as a substitute model on "The Price Is Right" for 14 years in the 80s and 90s passed away the other day at age 64. A few months back she had announced that both she and her mother had Alzh...

The most un-Ohara role I ever saw Stafford Repp in was a sobering episode of an early 50s series called "Medic" which was a medical anthology drama series hosted by Richard Boone. It was a Christmas story in which a drunken Repp, driving his secretary that he was fooling around with after ...

Five years later, IMDB has been corrected - let's see if they keep the correction or disallow it. This forum thread was submitted as evidence. Unfortunately IMDB still falsely has Julie Gregg doing an uncredited appearance in "Green Ice" which was one of those "wishful thinking that ...

Exactly. Or if he'd said, "I first learned about you because of Batman and that helped me connect with your other work," he might have appreciated that, but the idea of being best remembered for that clearly didn't sit well with him. Here's a 1985 interview and when "Batman" come...

Came across an item that reveals how Burgess Meredith had his limits on how much praise he'd take regarding the Penguin role. A book about the history of the old "Sports Phone" hotline for getting scores from the 70s to 90s and the recollections of people who worked there has a brief item ...