The "Mr. Zero" project got a handful of mentions in the press during September and October of '66, the most significant being this item in Variety on 9/14/66: "CBS-TV has made a development deal with William Dozier's Greenway Productions and 20th Century Fox on a new series project, ...

Unfortunately, he's taking much of his information from Imdb's 'trivia' section, which doesn't require contributors to name sources. Thus, guess what, there is plenty of misinformation. He says Julie Newmar didn't know about the movie and thus committed to the eventually unfinished project, Monsieur...

The reason Dawn Wells was an exec producer was that there previously had been a similar TV movie on, of course, Gilligan's Island. It followed the same premise--behind the scenes stories from when the show was made interspersed with a silly plot from the (then) present day. As you noted, Andy, that'...

Just FYI, we're now planning to record our discussion on Tue, Nov 2, 8:30 am Eastern Time. Anyone who is into Semple should take a look at this. Granted, it is not Batman, but it is interesting and again, a fascinating look into what was involved and included in a TV pitch back then. Personally, I ...

A bad episode of Batman '66 is still better than a good episode of most other shows! And yes, Undeen (if that's how it is spelled) was, as the Joker would say "Delicious! Absolutely Delicious!" Such an unusual name too for a girl. I'm sorry I can't find an answer for the post about what t...

I can't add anything to the terrific posts here, especially Ben's, but I'm resurrecting the thread because in listening to this I was struck by a good point Jeff Bond made about Riddle. Although he did have a career renaissance of sorts in the early 1980s (working with the great Linda Ronstadt, amon...

Absolutely fascinating! Thanks for sharing. Some thoughts--It obviously was an attempt to cash in on the success of Bond/UNCLE and throw in a dollop of sci-fi. But here's my problem: What exactly do any of Zero's gadgets do??? He and Johnny get captured in part 2 and it's up to the military to save ...

Another excellent show, guys. Everybody might not love a parade, but I sure love the script episodes! What strikes me about this one, and all the early first season ones for that matter, is the attention placed on how The Duo should act and sound, and the overall tone and feel of the show, e.g. the ...

I wanted to pass along this information. Hat tip to board member epaddon, who noticed it on a '66 Facebook group. Scott has her own Facebook page and is promoting it here.

https://www.facebook.com/officiallindagayescott

She says she will be discussing Batman at some point.

I would add this is more evidence that Joan was not a last-minute addition if they were calling in someone from the outside. This is my biggest take-away, too. Nice detective work! How'd you stumble onto this one? I search 'Joan Collins Batman Siren' every few days and see where it takes me. Someho...

Good stuff and great fun as always, sirs. Re the pathetic Wonder Woman short: Not surprising that Dozier didn't have his finger on the pulse of women's abilities, rights, expectations, etc. and that he couldn't 'read the room,' as it were. I mean, yes, Honey West had been canceled, but The Avengers ...

Many thanks to Mr. Peyer for giving insight into his writing process. That's always interesting to me. I found it notable that he wanted to do a Black Widow story. I was hoping maybe he had an unused idea for another underutilized '66 (well, '67) villainess, but that's how it goes.

This was fascinating. Thanks for sharing. A very interesting story about an interesting. Sorry he's gone.

I don't know who this was, but here is a photo of a touch-up being done on-set:

Sad news. Writer Tom Lisanti, who has penned numerous books about femme fatale/henchmoll type actresses of the 1960s, interviewed Hale and she indicated her star at Twentieth Century Fox apparently fell when she refused to do Valley of the Dolls because her role would have some 'semi-nudity, somethi...

The video link above does not seem to include the discussion described - Yes, it's confusing, but scroll below the video and click on the link where it says, 'Nolan Miller on costuming Joan Collins and Tallulah Bankhead when they guest-starred on Batman' Thanks for pointing out the discrepancy. But...