After he saves her life, she gets a last scene in the epilogue after her trial, before she heads off to prison for ten to twenty years (or weeks). Later, among sixty gajillion other roles, he’d play the father in The Amityville Horror and star for years in the 1980s nighttime soap Hotel.Īnd we probably should mention that Catwoman gets all sweet on Batman this week. surprised me with the revelation that he plays small roles in two other Batman episodes. (Or 77 Sunset Strip or The Alaskans or whatever late 1950s Warners Brothers adventure show needed them that week.)Īnd it does have the great surprise of James Brolin, of all people, playing an armored truck driver named Ralph Staphylococcus. It would totally not surprise me to learn that, eight or nine years previously, Adam West and Kelly traded punches in an episode of Maverick. I should probably leave it there, but it really does have some great visuals, including Batman using little “jet” rockets to lift a stalled elevator 102 stories, and Jack Kelly’s gossip columnist suddenly turning into a partner in crime so he can join in with the batfight. I don’t appreciate part two being so downright ordinary. You know, I’d really sold Marie on part one of this being completely wonderful.
This really kind of called for some backup! Maybe the modern super-ninja Batman of the modern day could do such a thing, but not the 1960s iteration. *Her plan, however, is not even remotely as far-fetched as Batman’s idea to jump into a prison and make it to the offices without being jumped by a prison full of villains.
It’s said that the Joker and the Penguin are in solitary, but what a huge shame that they didn’t think ahead, and quickly film reaction shots of Art Carney and Van Johnson in prison blues while they had those actors on the set!Īnd speaking of former villains, in the Bookworm story in season one, it’s established that the Batmobile has a bomb detection device. Unfortunately, the realities of the production, and the fact that the producers didn’t think and plan far enough ahead, mean that the only old villains that we actually see are Julie Newmar in a single scene cameo as Catwoman, and Milton Berle in an unbilled cameo as a former foe – it sounds like his name is “Left” or “Laugh” – who has 48 years until his parole. The running time and the format conspire against it, but we’ve actually seen not-dissimilar stories on modern superhero programs like Arrow and especially The Flash which give recurring baddies a little more screen time. She’s assembled the Gotham State Pen Gang, and intends to launch robberies and heists from its walls. Ma Parker’s plan is awfully far-fetched*, but it’s cute. Wow, there’s the gem of something practically modern in this one.
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