My favorite bit in this episode -- which I'd long forgotten or which perhaps was edited out of syndicated broadcasts -- is the machine-gun nest, complete with sandbags and barbed wire, that the GCPD places in the theater balcony in case of trouble at Chandell's concert.

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One thing I never noticed until re-watching the episodes in original-airdate order: Bookworm's turn and Riddler's silent movie caper gave us two batcave interrogations of molls on consecutive weeks. What's odd about that is the different truth extraction methods used in each case: Lydia Limpet was h...

The requirement that villains team up to get multi-part episodes in Season 3 suggests a fun missed opportunity to reunite the United Underworld members in a major caper with more room for everyone to play: Replace Lola with Catwoman in "The Sport of Penguins"/"A Horse of Another Color...

I can't say I'm sorry beauty contests have faded in popularity, but they were a big thing in the mid-60s, and this episode spoofs them pretty enjoyably. I thought the best gag was naming "Miss Natural Resources" the contest winner. (Finella ends up impersonating her in the pop-out-of-the-c...

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QQ

Cracked.com looks at the "secret true history of 'Jingle bells, Batman Smells'."

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Great info, Andy, and the blog posts are terrific. FWIW, if the screenwriters had any plans for a Batgirl character, they would have been more than a decade ahead of comic book creators in bringing a female member to the "Bat-family." Batwoman (aka socialite Kathy Kane) was introduced in t...

Never heard of this, but the original title appears to be spelled "Rat Pfink a Boo Boo." It looks to be an (ultra-) low-budget quickie spoof of Batman & Robin. This musical number gives an idea of the production values and the movie's sense of fun -- and shows our heroes on their "...

Cool. Is "In Color" your addition to the manufactured version? I can't find the original 3D logo online. Who makes it?

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Yes. We lived in the NYC suburbs and my Dad worked in Manhattan. He got stuck overnight on his commuter train.

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I'm not a big fan of the Londinium trilogy, but I've been revisiting the Batgirl episodes since Yvonne's passing, and I noticed something amusing about the set designers' approach to establishing the "British-ness" of various interiors: Nearly every room has a dartboard hanging somewhere. ...

Revisiting Season 3 and "I'll Be a Mummy's Uncle," I caught a mention of "H.L. Hunter," the mining engineer Tut hired to drill for Nilanium under Wayne Manor. He's a take-off on Texas oil tycoon H.L. Hunt, who was one of the world's richest men when "Batman" was airing....

She looks fantastic, and so do Allan and the Batmobile!

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[quote="antman67"] https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/10258535_845421298865440_6243571195019560475_n.jpg?oh=e260c18fca0dbf0bc6de9c5b05747265&oe=565F27E8 I love this scene of multiple "Batmen" from the first Mr. Freeze episode. Looks like the stunt utility bel...

I think I found the connection. It's a real-world example of the annoying "retcon" (retroactive continuity) trend in comics, which makes "facts" superfluous by periodically erasing and rewriting history. Hamilton gets mis-credited as Chief O'Hara's creator because he was the firs...