The 1966 Batman Message Board

I think we did comment on the Wayne Living Room appearance in passing. Yes, I believe that set had become the GC Library. It looks like they merely grabbed the (or ANY) fireplace, and put it in front of some wallpaper that didn't look familiar to me. Viola! Wayne Living Room! They could have used th...

We did mention that crazy newsstand in the podcast, by the way! Another fun installment. I'm going to miss this podcast when you reach the end of the series! End of Batman series doesn't equate with end of podcast series! Just ask John S. Drew! We still have a bunch of additional things to talk abou...

http://deconstructingcomics.com/Batpoles/microscope.jpg "The Penguin's Clean Sweep" has more logical inconsistencies and oversights than you might realize at first glance. Our childhood friend Kyle joins us once again to put this episode under the microscope! Also, from the archives, another Batman...

http://deconstructingcomics.com/Batpoles/siamesehumanknot.jpg Without a doubt, one of the most maligned Batman episodes is Nora Clavicle and the Ladies' Crime Club. The episode's sexist portrayal of women obviously wouldn't fly today, but do the men in this episode fare any better? It seems to have...

The next script that we will discuss on TO THE BATPOLES podcast will be KING TUT'S COUP, Stanley Ralph Ross' rewrite of Pauline and Leo Townsend's TUT TUT TUT. Tut Tut Tut - treatment https://www.dropbox.com/s/8dn1kfafnce1w4o/King%20Tut%20Story%2014pgs.pdf?dl=0 Tut Tut Tut - draft https://www.dropbo...

But wait! Just wait a second old chum, in the first Joker episode he threatens to unmask them. Why was this allowed? Holy Inconsistency! Maybe because it was a spontaneous act by the Joker instead of an elaborate death-trap or captive situation. Or maybe it was early in the show's creation that thi...

Oh, and I was surprised Tim forgot about Batman endorsing the check in the Joker arc ( bad check nananananananana, bad check nananananananana ). ;) As I believe we said in a recent episode, it's been so long since we watched a lot of the early episodes (four years ago already, except ones that we'v...

Hi, I attended the conference (as I described in the podcast High C linked to). Right, John S. Drew bailed because of problems with his voice. High C's description of the disappointing McVetta presentation is accurate. But judge for yourself: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-jp3lvu2-_iUr4KkGLpdOrR...

clavierankh wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 13, 2019 5:36 am

Ironically today is the 53rd anniversary of the Miranda decision.

We always seem to manage to unwittingly hit these anniversaries!

http://deconstructingcomics.com/Batpoles/batlaw.jpg Batman and Robin are "duly deputized agents of the law." Law comes up on the '66 show on a number of occasions, including two courtroom scenes. The very first episode features the Riddler filing a lawsuit against Batman. But, you might ask, how ac...

There were mentions on the podcast of Alfred donning the batsuit in the Archer episode, but what really gets me in light of Semple's notes on Stadd is the *second* time Alfred put on cape and cowl (and performed a batclimb!) to rescue Bruce and Robin in "The Joker's Epitaph." That was in the last b...

http://deconstructingcomics.com/Batpoles/WrongEarth-BRS.jpg What's this? An episode of To the Batpoles that isn't about Batman? Well…on the surface, no, it isn't. But in Ahoy Comics' series "The Wrong Earth," Dragonflyman and Stinger act an awful lot like the '66 versions of Batman and Robin, and t...

Well I enjoyed listening! Thanks first for pointing out that the deathtrap from the Penguin episode wasn't the only item from this script that Semple likely lifted (the point that made it into the Joker episode with Donna Loren later on). That kind of puts Semple's adamant rejection of the script i...

I'm sorry for not giving feedback earlier, Tim, on this part of the episode. I appreciate your diligence in attending (from so far away) and reporting on the conference to all of us. Sadly, the content of the conference itself didn't grab me. Sorry, maybe I got my back up a bit too much. Just was h...

I think you have a valid point here. I think the back half of season 3 became a contest to showcase Yvonne's body at the expense of her characters, particularly Batgirl, in lieu of better scripts. Sounds like all they had left was appeal to the Dirty Old Man Market. But if Dozier had no interest in...