The 1966 Batman Message Board

Hey guys - a little late but thanks so much for the Doh Prize! I've given it a place of honor in my home: (I don't have it sideways, do I?)

At least she was good in that silent bit where she gasses the ribbon-bound cameraman to sleep, and dismisses him with a little shrug - "hmm - whatever"

I doubt it really is, but she sure looks like Valerie Perrine to me.

Ooh! Of all the ones to miss... I need some sleep.

My condolences to High C for the Siren only making #22 (below Colonel Gumm!) .
At least my man Sandman beat out Archer and Minstrel .

Got it:
The Joker's Utility Belt
To Joker - Futility Dealt

Brilliant detective work on the matte shot, Scott!
Hard to say what else a matte shot of an empty bridge leading into NYC/Gotham could have been used for; maybe it was a one-shot deal like the giant clock bell?

Ooh - almost hurts to see that beauty sprayed pink! Having seen the original, were there any overspray patterns inside it you were able to match? Wonder what kind of spray gun and paint were used on the original?

Or put a Bat-symbol on a piece of glass and shove it into the camera?

So, how close did this match the comic book story (body count in particular)? I see they went with safely dead comedians who wouldn't sue or ask for royalties - Laurel, Hardy, Fields, and Kovacs - for the henchmen, and skipped making them resemble the originals. The hollowed-out exploding statues no...

And Leslie Nielsen had to play straight man to Don Knotts in The Reluctant Astronaut . Too bad - a little Frank Drebin in that role might have helped! I may lose my you-know-what card here, but Joan Crawford had been taking herself so seriously for so long onscreen that her comic timing had faded - ...

Here you go, 4-27-66 from the Philadelphia Inquirer (their copy was clearer):

Thanks for putting them in one spot, Scott!
Still waiting patiently (!) for the two Sandman scripts...

Well, heavens to Betsy, that's much too dark... There we go!

Yeeeowzah! Or: "Holy Campbell's Cream of Tomato!" Note how the paint job isn't as glossy as it could be - a concession to preventing reflections, probably.