Terrific show, guys. As you noted, this TV movie suffers from a lot of myths. As for the season 4 myth, what I'll say is this--remember, much of the Batcave had been 'destroyed' in a previous episode. Plus, you can't really 'bulldoze' an indoor set, to the best of my knowledge. But as you say, it's a good excuse for Dozier to 'sell' to the actors.
As for the Egghead arc scene, I will agree that I don't buy Dozier joining in, but Joel Eisner wrote in his book and on the To The Batpoles site (that is, of course, not affiliated with your podcast) that both Vincent Price and director of photography Howard Schwartz said they DID throw extra eggs at Burt to get even with him for past transgressions.
http://tothebatpoles.blogspot.com/2011/ ... 47-48.html
EDIT: However, now that I look at the actual scene in the TV movie, you guys are SPOT-ON. They would NOT waste all those eggs off-camera while the cameras were not rolling. Dough-zier would never allow it, nor as you say, would any producer. This plays like literary license. Again, to rephrase what you indicated, steam would've been coming out Dozier's ears like a real-life Mr. Slate if this had happened in real life.
I do agree with Paul's tune about Quinn Redeker's portrayal of Vincent Price: Jingle bells, Redeker smells, Robin laid an egg...
I can't say for sure, but I believe Adam wrote in his book that Julie told the producers early on she believed Catwoman should play hard to get. I do not have a copy of it at the present time.
Did you notice Wertham was misspelled 'Whertham' in that headline?
Tim, good catch. I also noticed the similarity in costume between the character played by Adam's daughter and Cornelia, played by Kathy Kersh. Dunno if that was an in-joke or what.
And finally, great observation about how, even after all those years, Adam and Burt still had great chemistry. It just proved, as if we needed more evidence, that Dozier made the right choice. Speaking of Dough-zier, I'll bet that somewhere he was smiling about all the composite characters: himself and Horwitz, Robert Butler for all the directors. Budget savers!
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