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by Dr. Shimel
Thu Dec 12, 2019 10:04 am
Forum: Bat Board
Topic: TO THE BATPOLES #125 Minerva: Holy self-parody!
Replies: 24
Views: 15307

Re: TO THE BATPOLES #125 Minerva: Holy self-parody!

The first article (from 1/24/66) notes how Hedda Hopper was supposedly approached to appear in Batman, but that she suggested Zsa Zsa instead. Given the timing of the article and the description of a millinery (i.e. women's hats) shop, this was likely the role of Magda in the first Mad Hatter episod...
by Dr. Shimel
Thu Dec 12, 2019 9:36 am
Forum: Bat Board
Topic: TO THE BATPOLES #125 Minerva: Holy self-parody!
Replies: 24
Views: 15307

Re: TO THE BATPOLES #125 Minerva: Holy self-parody!

The first article below (from early September 1966) mentions a likely reason for Zsa Zsa bowing out of playing Marsha, with the second noting her original casting presumably stemmed from that appearance in the Hanna Barbera-produced version of Alice in Wonderland earlier that year. The third item (f...
by Dr. Shimel
Sat Oct 26, 2019 9:49 pm
Forum: Bat Board
Topic: TO THE BATPOLES #121: Send Off the Clown (with Ken Holtzhouser!)
Replies: 12
Views: 9421

Re: TO THE BATPOLES #121: Send Off the Clown (with Ken Holtzhouser!)

Even Wild Wild West (set in the 1870's) had a space ship/UFO episode.
by Dr. Shimel
Fri Oct 04, 2019 12:21 pm
Forum: Bat Board
Topic: TO THE BATPOLES #120: Can Superman solve "Batman's Great Mystery"?
Replies: 11
Views: 9112

Re: TO THE BATPOLES #120: Can Superman solve "Batman's Great Mystery"?

Even though Batman ended its run with 120 episodes, it's good to see that this train will continue to roll on.
by Dr. Shimel
Thu Oct 03, 2019 6:42 am
Forum: Bat Board
Topic: What replaced BATMAN ?
Replies: 7
Views: 5922

Re: What replaced BATMAN ?

The show that technically replaced it on ABC's schedule following the Minerva episode was "The Second Hundred Years," a one-season comedy starring Monte Markham. The Ugliest Girl premiered that September. That show had been airing on Wednesday nights, with that spot replaced by a game show...
by Dr. Shimel
Wed Sep 25, 2019 4:04 pm
Forum: Bat Board
Topic: TO THE BATPOLES #119: Eureka! Is “Mummy’s Uncle” our favorite Season Three episode?
Replies: 14
Views: 11317

Re: TO THE BATPOLES #119: Eureka! Is “Mummy’s Uncle” our favorite Season Three episode?

Here's an article on Vetri's conviction in 2011, when she was known by her married name of Victoria Rathgeb: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/former-playmate-victoria-rathgeb-sentenced-to-9-years-for-shooting-her-husband/ She was in the September 1967 issue of Playboy, and her episode was likely filmed ...
by Dr. Shimel
Sun Sep 15, 2019 9:10 am
Forum: Bat Board
Topic: Things you didn't notice or remember until seeing the DVDs
Replies: 218
Views: 330108

Re: Things you didn't notice or remember until seeing the DVDs

Batman and Robin go straight to the crime scene instead of to Gordon's office; they seek Clock King's old accomplice for clues to his whereabouts, and of course they deduce the location of his hideout after CK drops his watch. It's this last bit that I've only just understood as a fairly deep joke:...
by Dr. Shimel
Fri Sep 06, 2019 9:33 am
Forum: Bat Board
Topic: John Mitchum Centennial
Replies: 0
Views: 4331

John Mitchum Centennial

John Mitchum, brother of fellow actor Robert Mitchum, was born 100 years ago today. He made two different Batman appearances: as a Shame henchman in S2 and as Hot Dog Harrigan in S3:
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by Dr. Shimel
Tue Aug 27, 2019 4:55 pm
Forum: Bat Board
Topic: TO THE BATPOLES #117: Ross' Final Shame
Replies: 8
Views: 18524

Re: TO THE BATPOLES #117: Ross' Final Shame

I believe the episodes were filmed just after Robertson had finished shooting for Charly, which ended in mid-November 1967. Cliff Robertson had been married less than a year to Dina Merrill (real name Nedenia Marjorie Hutton), which explains his eagerness to have her work with him. His first wife ha...
by Dr. Shimel
Sun Aug 25, 2019 6:04 pm
Forum: Bat Board
Topic: Things you didn't notice or remember until seeing the DVDs
Replies: 218
Views: 330108

Re: Things you didn't notice or remember until seeing the DVDs

I noticed this for the first time approximately 10 minutes ago: In "Penguin's Clean Sweep," we see Penguin's henchmen Dustbag and Pushbroom throughout the episode, but when he arrives at Gotham City National Bank right before the batfight, he suddenly has three more. At first, I thought t...
by Dr. Shimel
Wed Aug 21, 2019 5:32 pm
Forum: Bat Board
Topic: A Revisit To The Bookworm
Replies: 23
Views: 47545

Re: A Revisit To The Bookworm

When I think about it now, did any villain ever physically threaten a moll? Besides Joker's plan to poison Susie with Mexican perfume, he also tried to feed Venus to the giant clam. Tut subjected Nefertiti to his pebble torture and planned to boil Neila in oil after she freed Robin and Lisa Carson....
by Dr. Shimel
Mon Aug 19, 2019 8:31 am
Forum: Bat Board
Topic: Third Season Queries and What Ifs
Replies: 15
Views: 25393

Re: Third Season Queries and What Ifs

There are definitely some fun moments in Season Three but I'm in the Season One and done camp. There are more knowledgeable members who I'm sure will chime in here but I'll get the ball rolling; Similar situation with The Adventures of Superman in that the first season had more of a gritty noir vib...
by Dr. Shimel
Mon Aug 19, 2019 6:44 am
Forum: Bat Board
Topic: Third Season Queries and What Ifs
Replies: 15
Views: 25393

Re: Third Season Queries and What Ifs

I do wonder if the writers knew that Kitt would be taking over the role when they wrote the third season scripts, because there is a scene in "Catwoman's Dressed to Kill" that I find quite startling. It's when Catwoman invades the luncheon and says to the women in attendance, "You wo...
by Dr. Shimel
Sat Aug 17, 2019 8:03 pm
Forum: Bat Board
Topic: Third Season Queries and What Ifs
Replies: 15
Views: 25393

Re: Third Season Queries and What Ifs

As far as Eli Wallach, his first film with wife Anne Jackson, "The Tiger Makes Out" was released in August 1967 and was followed almost immediately by Jackson filming the movie, "The Secret Life of an American Wife" in Hollywood, while Eli watched their kids in New York. In the f...
by Dr. Shimel
Sat Aug 17, 2019 7:29 pm
Forum: Bat Board
Topic: Third Season Queries and What Ifs
Replies: 15
Views: 25393

Re: Third Season Queries and What Ifs

Interestingly, this was an item in an October 27, 1967 newspaper-which obviously never came to pass: