Lurch from the Addams Family was interesting when I saw it recently and it also foreshadows another actor from that series that appears as a Batman villain in a later episode. I won't mention who as not to spoil it.

Batman Episode (62) … Second Season – The Bird's Last Jest


Original Air Date - December 8, 1966

Major Villain - Burgess Meredith as The Penguin

Important Guest Stars

There are 4 bit players and they all have roles to play and only moll that the Penguin had was Grace Gaynor who played Chickadee.


My Thoughts about the Show


First of all, this show started out with the most campiest of all scenes of where our Caped Crusaders under the Bat Shield facing an ambush of bullets flying around and having said that it's started out with a BANG and this scene of where Batman actually been counting the bullets and said to Robin, they are out of bullets!




Then, they recovered the Chief, and arrested all the members of the Penguin's rotten gang and hauled them to Jail awaiting a trial ... that later on in this review.



That scene reminded me of Superman using Super Mathematics using his calculating powers to determine the exact count of the beads in that jar. How a mere mortal like Batman, this is gotta be the goofiest scene in the history of Batman at this point of time of where Batman actually been counting the bullets by his acute and supernatural hearing? ... I was laughing so hard and when i was watching the show - I just couldn't keep a straight face and that alone made this show minus 2 Bats because I remember Adam West at one of my four visits with him that this show is so campy that he couldn't keep a straight face talking to fans in the early 90's about it.


Then the Penguin got arrested and the trial took place and this You Tube making this scene possibly the best Burgess acting so far and that's where his credit as a Super Villain comes through making him the victim and demanding his constitutional rights.

 

Sorry about the video ... and please watch the entire clip and this is Burgess best moments ... this 4 minutes clip enables this show to wipe out the minus 2 Bats that I stated earlier.

The show review is at ZERO.

So, after all that going on he discovered that another forger can help him and his name is  Quillpen Quirch, who is being played by Alfred, Batman's Butler and using his skills to read fingerprints - the Penguin discovered that this man at the restaurant is actually is Mr. Quirch and decided to use him instead. After all this going on and then later on the Penguin discovered that Mr. Quirch is actually Alfred the Butler and he wanted to have his revenge on Batman by using Alfred as a Bait.

 
Alfred as  Quillpen Quirch - another expert forger to use the patrons handwriting to use checks printed at the Prison so that the Penguin can use his skills for unlawful gains of monies for his own evil goods.

So, after settling down here and my laughter subsides and then another campy moments arrive after the Penguin and his rotten gang decided that it's time to turn the tables and use Alfred posing as the phony forger and use him as a Butler Pie instead and baked him inside a colossal pie and going about it his own evil ways.

 

Then the Caped Crusaders came to save Alfred and a good Bat Fight is in order and Alfred later on landed a punch at the Penguin and this melee at Wayne Manor was put into the end on a good note here and that's the only part that I've liked in this show.

Then, later on at Commissioner Gordon's office and with the signatures inside Penguin's Umbrella - they are off to the State Prison and then without warning ... Ballpoint Baxter appears and then with Bruce Wayne help he was granted parole and Bruce decided to use him to teach penmanship to kids and give him a job that he can be a productive citizen and as Ballpoint walked in he stumbled in a very comedic and campy style that's made chuckled at the end.

Ballpoint was played one of Batman's Producers ...


Bats
 



It was all Burgess Meredith's and that Court Scene made it possible to have the two Bats that was taken away and the show resetted at ZERO. With the scene of Alfred posing as Mr. Quirch, the giant Butler Pie, and Ballpoint Baxter getting a parole at the end of the show did not do much for me and I have to honestly feel that this show warrants one Bat.

I just can't keep a straight face watching it.

Dear All Members because of the Holidays and Christmas coming our way - I will do 1 show a week maybe 2 starting November 1st and continue until end of the year. My girlfriend just informed me via e-mail that her boss wants her to work until April/May 2019 and she'll be working long hours and we don't have time to prepare a wedding in Spring that year.

The 63rd show "The Cat's Meow" will start after November 1st and I need to get my thinking in order and start preparing for it that day. I have a busy day next Monday and with Water Polo closing in and with playoffs in mind; I'll be lucky to do one show a week in November and possibly do a little bit more in December because I don't have that many gifts to buy for Christmas.

I'll have time to do some shows in the 3rd Season and not to do all of them because I consider the 3rd Season the weakest of three seasons of Batman. So, from November 2017 to March 2019 (latest) ... I'll do everything that I can to get to the final episode "Minerva, Mayhem and Millionaires" by end of next year and it's a good chance that I'll get it done by then.

Back in action in November!

Batman Episodes (63 & 64) … Second Season

Original Air Dates
Date 1 for #63
Date 2 for #64

Major Villain
Name to be printed here

Important Guest Stars
Names to be printed here

First Show Highlights
A short 1-2 paragraphs highlighting the first show that has the cliffhanger at the end and 1 or 2 pictures to join with it.

Second Show Highlights
A short 1-2 paragraphs wrapping up the show itself and the conclusion of the show and how it's ended and 1-2 pictures to back it up.

Bats
I'm grading the two shows together not by itself.


This is going to be the format from now on combining two shows at once and I should be done between September and November of next year.  I've been thinking about this and I think by doing the reviews on Sundays would be best for me and only be done on that day because of my personal commitments. These reviews will resume next week and by doing this way - I have a whole week to prepare for it and this will be much more easier than before. 

That's my plan for the future of this thread - Members! 

As Tiffany Case and the last Connery film as 007 was the coolest.

Batman Episodes (63 & 64) … Second Season
The Cat's Meow & The Bat's Kow Tow

Original Air Dates
December 14 & 15, 1966

Major Villainess
Julie Newmar as Catwoman

Important Guest Stars
Chad Stuart and Jeremy Clyde, Peter (Harry Upps) Leeds
Maurice Dallimore, Judy Strangis


First Show Highlights

It's all started at a Morning Show hosted by Mr. Upps and he opened the Umbrella up and seconds later his voice stopped talking and then Bruce and Dick had to leave to go back to Wayne Manor because surely they would get a call from Commissioner Gordon.

One of the unusual shows that I ever seen because the Umbrella has no meaning and Joker, Riddler, and the Penguin all in Jail and they did not think of Catwoman neither and that's bother me a lot. So, eventually Catwoman was being over confident that she would be able to steal Chad and Jeremy voices and forces England to pay a ransom for having their voices restored.

 

Then, Catwoman made a big mistake going to Wayne Manor to reveal herself and with this going on around here and after much deducing by the Caped Crusader and the Boy Wonder himself they went to the Dance Studio and to comfort Catwoman and a Bat-Fight was expected and Catwoman turns the tables on the Dynamic Duo by drugging them and she ended up placing them in an Echo Chamber. 



Second Show Highlights

While inside with drip of water magnified 10 Million Times, Batman figured out what to do and told Robin to sing F# above high C and continue until the glass shattered. They were able to do and they both said that they will be hard of hearing for awhile.

Then they raced to a Concert of where Chad and Jeremy are playing and Catwoman was surprised to see the Dynamic Duo escapes and all the sudden she stolen C & J's voices and demanding a ransom from England to pay for their voices by going to Sir Sterling Habits being played by Maurice Dallimore a Batman semi-regular without any luck.

Don Ho made an appearance in the 2nd Show


Then, Dick Grayson went upstairs and to see how Jeremy and Chad are doing and with a long discussion with them - they have their hair done at Oceanbring a Salon that specialized in Men's Hair.



They were staying at Wayne Manor and having an afternoon tea with Aunt Harriet.

Back to the Hair Salon a spirited Bat-Fight and it was fast and furious indeed and Batman and Robin were able to stop Catwoman her men and Catwoman escaped and one of the goofiest 3 minutes of dialogue in Batman's History came to play of which a man of my age was laughing while watching it.


Adam West as Batman and Julie Newmar as Catwoman




With their voices restored by Catwoman and every teenager in Gotham City rejoices as the program comes to the end with Bruce, Dick, Alfred, and Aunt Harriet join the fun and a surprise appearance of Commissioner Gordon enjoying the fun. One teenager is in the audience and her name is Judy Strangis better known to us as Dyna Girl ... her brother, Sam Strangis, was a production manager on the show.




Bats



This rating is the best that I can do for the two shows combined and it's was a fun show to do and I wished that they cut back the 3 minute dialogue between Batman and Catwoman and the kicker is when Robin said "Holy Mush" and that's was pretty darn appropriate thing to say here. Next up it's the Puzzler starring Maurice Evans and this show is not my favorite and I'm going to try write this up.