Back when I was about six or seven, my friends and I thought that The Minstrel, as portrayed by Van Johnson, was only a so-so villain, at best. But after seeing " The Minstrel's Shakedown " (first shown September 21, 1966,) again a few weeks ago, something occurred to me that I could not h...

Holy Shot Glasses! Gorshin Romero has done it again! Hot Toddy the Todster would have fit right in with all the other "guest villains" that Batman and Robin had to face whenever the Joker, the Riddler, the Penguin and Catwoman were not in the picture. You know, the last time I left a revie...

I would have like to have seen Sir Christopher Lee or Ricardo Montalban portray Ra's al Ghul. I realize that Ra's was not introduced until 1971, but the character must have been in development at least a year beforehand. If "Batman '66" had been able to hold out a little longer, this might...

Dis vas ein vun shtory to reed. I zertanly hope dat ve zee Cactus Kleinschmidt vuce again. Und of dis I am haffink no vorries. Avter ahll, did he not zay, "I'll be back . . . ?" Great story, Gorshin Romaro! You really did manage to capture the taste and feel of the Classic 1966 Batman TV s...

Chief O’Hara Saints presarve us, Caped Crusader. What’s a root’n toot’n cowboy doing coming out of Garmany? Batman West…Germany, Chief O’Hara. I can just imagine this exchange of dialogue taking place in an episode of the 1966 Batman . I could actually hear Adam West saying "West . . . Germany,...