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Are the episodes in order?

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Not sure if this was mentioned before or I'm missing something. While watching season 1, disk 1, the bumper at the end of the Zelda The Great episode said the Joker was the next week's villian, but the next villian was The Riddler. Was this the way it was shown back in it's initial run back in 1966 or did Warner Brothers make an error when putting the series together for release on Blu-Ray?

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Bob Furmanek has said that for those episodes where the tag was left in, what we saw was the next week villain during the summer reruns as opposed to the original run next week villain.

The new bonus supplement on the replacement disc lets us see the next week tags all unfold in their original broadcast sequences.
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Here's the rerun list that was posted earlier.

1966 Summer Reruns

May 11/12 – The Purr-fect Crime/Better Luck Next Time
May 18/19 – Instant Freeze/Rats Like Cheese
May 25/26 – The Joker is Wild/Batman is Riled
June 1/2 – A Riddle a Day a Day Keeps the Riddler Away/When the Rat’s Away the Mice Will Play
June 8/9 – The Thirteenth Hat/Batman Stands Pat
June 15/16 – The Penguin Goes Straight/Not Yet He Ain’t
June 22/23 – Zelda the Great/A Death Worse than Fate
June 29/30 – True or False-Face/Holy Rat Race
July 6/7 – Ring of Wax/Give ‘em the Axe
July 13/14 – The Joker Trumps an Ace/Batman Sets the Pace
July 20/21 – The Bookworm Turns/While Gotham City Burns
July 27/28 – Fine Finny Fiends/Batman Makes the Scenes
August 3/4 – Death in Slow Motion/The Riddler’s False Notion
August 10/11 – The Joker Goes to School/He Meets his Match, the Grisly Ghoul
August 17/18 – The Curse of Tut/The Pharaoh’s in a Rut
August 24/25 – Hi Diddle Riddle/Smack in the Middle
August 31/September 1 – Fine Feathered Finks/The Penguin’s a Jinx


1967 Summer Reruns

April 5/6 – Hi Diddle Riddle/Smack in the Middle
April 12/13 – The Purr-fect Crime/Better Luck Next Time
April 19/20 – An Egg Grows in Gotham/The Yegg Foes in Gotham
April 26/27 – The Thirteenth Hat/Batman Stands Pat
May 3/4 – The Curse of Tut/The Pharaoh’s in a Rut
May 10/May 11 – The Sandman Cometh/The Catwoman Goeth
May 17/18 – Fine Feathered Finks/The Penguin’s a Jinx
May 24/25 – The Joker is Wild/Batman is Riled
May 31/June 1 – Shoot a Crooked Arrow/Walk the Straight and Narrow
June 7/8 – The Bookworm Turns/While Gotham City Burns
June 14/15 – The Zodiac Crimes/The Joker’s Hard Times
June 21/22 – The Penguin Declines/That Darn Catwoman
June 28/29 – Scat Darn Catwoman/Penguin is a Girl’s Best Friend
July 5/6 – Penguin Sets a Trend/Penguin’s Disastrous End
July 12/13 – Green Ice/Deep Freeze
July 19/20 – Ring of Wax/Give ‘em the Axe
July 26/27 – King Tut’s Coup/Batman’s Waterloo
August 2/3 – The Contaminated Cowl/The Mad Hatter Runs Afoul
August 9/10 – Come Back Shame/It’s How Your Play the Game
August 16/17 – The Cat’s Meow/The Bat’s Kow Tow
August 23/24 – Hizzoner the Penguin/Dizzoner the Penguin
August 30/31 – The Devil’s Fingers/The Dead Ringers

Even here, no Joker episode follows Zelda. My best guess is that the bumpers must follow the production order, because the P.O of "Zelda the Great, a death worse than fate" is episode 5 & 6 followed by the first Joker episode.
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Jaws63 wrote:Here's the rerun list that was posted earlier.

1966 Summer Reruns

May 11/12 – The Purr-fect Crime/Better Luck Next Time
May 18/19 – Instant Freeze/Rats Like Cheese
May 25/26 – The Joker is Wild/Batman is Riled
June 1/2 – A Riddle a Day a Day Keeps the Riddler Away/When the Rat’s Away the Mice Will Play
June 8/9 – The Thirteenth Hat/Batman Stands Pat
June 15/16 – The Penguin Goes Straight/Not Yet He Ain’t
June 22/23 – Zelda the Great/A Death Worse than Fate
June 29/30 – True or False-Face/Holy Rat Race
July 6/7 – Ring of Wax/Give ‘em the Axe
July 13/14 – The Joker Trumps an Ace/Batman Sets the Pace
July 20/21 – The Bookworm Turns/While Gotham City Burns
July 27/28 – Fine Finny Fiends/Batman Makes the Scenes
August 3/4 – Death in Slow Motion/The Riddler’s False Notion
August 10/11 – The Joker Goes to School/He Meets his Match, the Grisly Ghoul
August 17/18 – The Curse of Tut/The Pharaoh’s in a Rut
August 24/25 – Hi Diddle Riddle/Smack in the Middle
August 31/September 1 – Fine Feathered Finks/The Penguin’s a Jinx


1967 Summer Reruns

April 5/6 – Hi Diddle Riddle/Smack in the Middle
April 12/13 – The Purr-fect Crime/Better Luck Next Time
April 19/20 – An Egg Grows in Gotham/The Yegg Foes in Gotham
April 26/27 – The Thirteenth Hat/Batman Stands Pat
May 3/4 – The Curse of Tut/The Pharaoh’s in a Rut
May 10/May 11 – The Sandman Cometh/The Catwoman Goeth
May 17/18 – Fine Feathered Finks/The Penguin’s a Jinx
May 24/25 – The Joker is Wild/Batman is Riled
May 31/June 1 – Shoot a Crooked Arrow/Walk the Straight and Narrow
June 7/8 – The Bookworm Turns/While Gotham City Burns
June 14/15 – The Zodiac Crimes/The Joker’s Hard Times
June 21/22 – The Penguin Declines/That Darn Catwoman
June 28/29 – Scat Darn Catwoman/Penguin is a Girl’s Best Friend
July 5/6 – Penguin Sets a Trend/Penguin’s Disastrous End
July 12/13 – Green Ice/Deep Freeze
July 19/20 – Ring of Wax/Give ‘em the Axe
July 26/27 – King Tut’s Coup/Batman’s Waterloo
August 2/3 – The Contaminated Cowl/The Mad Hatter Runs Afoul
August 9/10 – Come Back Shame/It’s How Your Play the Game
August 16/17 – The Cat’s Meow/The Bat’s Kow Tow
August 23/24 – Hizzoner the Penguin/Dizzoner the Penguin
August 30/31 – The Devil’s Fingers/The Dead Ringers

Even here, no Joker episode follows Zelda. My best guess is that the bumpers must follow the production order, because the P.O of "Zelda the Great, a death worse than fate" is episode 5 & 6 followed by the first Joker episode.
And I forgot to add....When I VCR'd the Zelda episode off "WSBK ch 38"(our cable provider in Buffalo was able to pick up this Boston channel, but only their morning programs) the Joker tag was in tact. So this isn't a WB error, but the bumper being on a rerun doesn't make sense either.
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