TO THE BATPOLES #182: Eartha and LBJ
Moderators: Scott Sebring, Ben Bentley
TO THE BATPOLES #182: Eartha and LBJ
On January 18, 1968 — just two weeks after her final appearance on Batman was broadcast — Eartha Kitt attended a White House ladies’ luncheon held by Lady Bird Johnson. After a brief, unsatisfying conversation with the President, Kitt, annoyed, stood up and denounced the Vietnam War. This prompted an apparent effort by Lyndon Johnson to kill her career in the US. We discuss a recent video from the New Yorker that explores this incident.
Also, we dust off our Batman ’66 comics collections and take a look at issue 8, featuring the story King Tut Barges In.
PLUS: A Japanese surf band tackles that Batman theme, we complete our listen to the “Featurette” interview of Adam and Burt from the Batman: The Movie DVD, and read your mail on … various past episodes!
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"I'm half-demented with whimsical outrage!"
-- The Joker, in a line cut from "The Joker's Epitaph"
-- The Joker, in a line cut from "The Joker's Epitaph"