View unanswered posts | View active topics
Author |
Message |
Ocean Doot
|
Post subject: Adam West *is* Batman Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2025 12:48 am |
|
 |
Dendritic Oscillating Ontological Tesseract
|
Joined: | 25 Oct 2007 |
Posts: | 50992 |
Location: | Milwaukee |
|
I was trying to keep track as I watched, of which episodes really stood out to me as particularly great, or had a scene or moment that leaped out at me as particularly funny ...
... but I wrote nothing down, so now I don't remember any of my mental notes.
I do have a notion that my favorite Catwoman two-parter involved a college, and possibly Batman and Catwoman drinking a malt with two straws.
|
|
Top |
|
 |
Beachy
|
Post subject: Adam West *is* Batman Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2025 12:54 am |
|
 |
Mr. IMWANKO
|
Joined: | 18 Sep 2005 |
Posts: | 73838 |
Location: | the Moist Periphery of Pendulum Tide |
|
Yeah, where they have the premise of her reforming. I remember that one. A lot of the Catwoman episodes have just blended together in my head, so I can't really identify any particular story for her in my head. I remember liking the one with Lesley Gore as he henchgirl (probably the first Catwoman episode), and whichever one had Catwoman suggesting that she and Batgirl kill off Robin (probably that college episode). They're all good, so it would be hard to pick just a couple of episodes of her. And I like Eartha Kitt, too, but luckily she would be in a Batgirl episode, so I can double up.
_________________ Staging Areas Approach Area Area of a Triquetra Area of Effect Life Longing
|
|
Top |
|
 |
Ocean Doot
|
Post subject: Adam West *is* Batman Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2025 1:32 am |
|
 |
Dendritic Oscillating Ontological Tesseract
|
Joined: | 25 Oct 2007 |
Posts: | 50992 |
Location: | Milwaukee |
|
Yeah, Julie is my favorite of all the Bat-villains.
I think the one where she suggests killing Robin is indeed the college one.
|
|
Top |
|
 |
Jeff
IMWAN Mod |
Post subject: Adam West *is* Batman Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2025 8:41 am |
|
 |
The Modfather; Wizard of WAN
|
Joined: | 05 Oct 2006 |
Posts: | 56199 |
Location: | Under the Iron Bridge |
Bannings: | freely handed out |
|
I think to be fair you'd have to make the Batman show into one hour segments, so each "episode" is a full two part story. From there you could break it down from 60 stories into a best-of, instead of having to consider a bunch of half stories you have to ensure you get the other half of.
|
|
Top |
|
 |
Beachy
|
Post subject: Adam West *is* Batman Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2025 11:09 am |
|
 |
Mr. IMWANKO
|
Joined: | 18 Sep 2005 |
Posts: | 73838 |
Location: | the Moist Periphery of Pendulum Tide |
|
|
Top |
|
 |
That meddlin kid
|
Post subject: Adam West *is* Batman Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2025 11:44 am |
|
 |
Biker Librarian
|
Joined: | 26 Mar 2007 |
Posts: | 25141 |
Location: | On the highway, looking for adventure |
|
Ocean Doot wrote: Yeah, Julie is my favorite of all the Bat-villains.
I think the one where she suggests killing Robin is indeed the college one. She was startlingly vicious in her first appearance. That was one mean Catwoman! Personally, I think the Riddler came off the best of all the villains adapted in the '66 series. Something about Frank Gorshin's manic performance just leaps off the screen. He somehow gives the impression of being an even bigger loon than the Joker. The Joker even called him "mad" in the movie, which is something coming from the Joker.
_________________ The kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking fine pearls who, when he found an especially costly one, sold everything he had to buy it.
|
|
Top |
|
 |
Jason Michael
|
Post subject: Adam West *is* Batman Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2025 12:15 pm |
|
 |
Nominated IMWAN's "Wet Blanket" for 2021
|
Joined: | 30 May 2012 |
Posts: | 12230 |
Location: | Pembroke, Ontario, Canada |
|
That meddlin kid wrote: Personally, I think the Riddler came off the best of all the villains adapted in the '66 series. Something about Frank Gorshin's manic performance just leaps off the screen. He somehow gives the impression of being an even bigger loon than the Joker. The Joker even called him "mad" in the movie, which is something coming from the Joker.
Gorshin's Riddler was my favorite as well. The initial 2 parter has a terrific performance by him, and I was also partial to Jill St. John as Molly.(R.I.P.) in that story. 
_________________ “Don’t take life too serious. It ain’t nohow permanent.”
|
|
Top |
|
 |
Beachy
|
Post subject: Adam West *is* Batman Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2025 2:09 pm |
|
 |
Mr. IMWANKO
|
Joined: | 18 Sep 2005 |
Posts: | 73838 |
Location: | the Moist Periphery of Pendulum Tide |
|
|
Top |
|
 |
Beachy
|
Post subject: Adam West *is* Batman Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2025 2:10 pm |
|
 |
Mr. IMWANKO
|
Joined: | 18 Sep 2005 |
Posts: | 73838 |
Location: | the Moist Periphery of Pendulum Tide |
|
|
Top |
|
 |
Ocean Doot
|
Post subject: Adam West *is* Batman Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2025 2:21 pm |
|
 |
Dendritic Oscillating Ontological Tesseract
|
Joined: | 25 Oct 2007 |
Posts: | 50992 |
Location: | Milwaukee |
|
The opening Riddler two-parter has to be on the list, mos def.
It's difficult to follow the plot of the Batman '66 porn parody if you haven't at least seen that one.
|
|
Top |
|
 |
Beachy
|
Post subject: Adam West *is* Batman Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2025 5:20 pm |
|
 |
Mr. IMWANKO
|
Joined: | 18 Sep 2005 |
Posts: | 73838 |
Location: | the Moist Periphery of Pendulum Tide |
|
We should probably all come together on • what's the best Catwoman episodes? • what's the best Riddler episodes? • what's the best Penguin episodes? • what's the best Joker episodes?
because that would probably take 8 or more of half of the total episodes right there.
Then, basically, which other villains do you think need to be featured? I confess to always having liked King Tut, for example. And I like Mr. Freeze (although which actor/story would be best?). I need at least two good Batgirl episodes. Which are Yvonne Craig's best moments? It may come down to which villain they face. Is it important to include Green Hornet? And so on.
_________________ Staging Areas Approach Area Area of a Triquetra Area of Effect Life Longing
|
|
Top |
|
 |
Beachy
|
Post subject: Adam West *is* Batman Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2025 6:01 pm |
|
 |
Mr. IMWANKO
|
Joined: | 18 Sep 2005 |
Posts: | 73838 |
Location: | the Moist Periphery of Pendulum Tide |
|
Maybe we should just include all of the Julie Newmar episodes and be done with the list?
Julie Newmar Catwoman Episodes (IMDB fan rating)
1-19: "The Purr-fect Crime" (8.1) 1-20: "Better Luck Next Time" (8.0) Catwoman steals some priceless art but the importance of the crimes go beyond the taking of the objects involved. Batman also fights a tiger.
2-37: "Hot Off the Griddle" (7.8) 2-38: "The Cat and the Fiddle" (7.9) The Caped Crusaders employ a newspaper columnist to snare Catwoman, not realizing the writer is actually working for her. The second episode is where Catwoman tries to seduce Batman and threatens to kill RObin painlessly.
2-44: "Ma Parker" (7.6, Catwoman cameo in part 2)
2-63: "The Cat's Meow" (8.0) 2-64: "The Bat's Kow Tow" (8.0) Catwoman gets her claws on a device capable of stealing people's voices (Cat got your tongue) and uses this to steal the voices of English singing duo Chad & Jeremy to hold their country for ransom. Brit Pop episode. Batman and Catwoman nearly kiss.
2-67: "The Sandman Cometh" (7.6) 2-68: "The Catwoman Goeth" (7.6) Catwoman teams up with the continental crook Sandman to steal a fortune and finally eliminate the Dynamic Duo.
2-74: "That Darn Catwoman" (8.4) 2-75: "Scat! Darn Catwoman" (8.4) Catwoman mind controls Robin, thus inducing him to join her gang. Guest starring Lesie Gore as Pussycat.
2-83: "Catwoman Goes to College" (7.9) 2-84: "Batman Displays His Knowledge" (8.1) Catwoman is released from prison on good behavior and starts attending Gotham City college.
_________________ Staging Areas Approach Area Area of a Triquetra Area of Effect Life Longing
|
|
Top |
|
 |
Ocean Doot
|
Post subject: Adam West *is* Batman Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2025 6:32 pm |
|
 |
Dendritic Oscillating Ontological Tesseract
|
Joined: | 25 Oct 2007 |
Posts: | 50992 |
Location: | Milwaukee |
|
Good stuff!
Not sure the "Ma Parker" is hugely necessary as it's a pretty small cameo. On the other hand, I seem to recall thinking that two-parter was pretty fun overall.
I also have a recollection that the Chad and Jeremy storyline was not so great ...
Other than that, though, it's hard to knock any of these!
|
|
Top |
|
 |
Beachy
|
Post subject: Adam West *is* Batman Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2025 7:39 pm |
|
 |
Mr. IMWANKO
|
Joined: | 18 Sep 2005 |
Posts: | 73838 |
Location: | the Moist Periphery of Pendulum Tide |
|
I eventually saw the movie, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, which the Sandman episodes were apparently based upon, and I think I might have really enjoyed this two parter as it might have been (The Sandman instead played by Robert Morley and Catwoman not appearing). I saw the original episode script once but never read through it. As it is, if I had to cut Catwoman episodes, I would cut the Ma Parker cameo and the two Sandman episodes. We could cut Chad and Jeremy, too, even though a 60's Pop storyline is fun, leaving
1-19: "The Purr-fect Crime" (8.1) 1-20: "Better Luck Next Time" (8.0)
2-37: "Hot Off the Griddle" (7.8) 2-38: "The Cat and the Fiddle" (7.9)
2-74: "That Darn Catwoman" (8.4) 2-75: "Scat! Darn Catwoman" (8.4)
2-83: "Catwoman Goes to College" (7.9) 2-84: "Batman Displays His Knowledge" (8.1)
Sadly, there's probably only room for two Julie Newmar stories. We'd need to cut one or two more.
_________________ Staging Areas Approach Area Area of a Triquetra Area of Effect Life Longing
|
|
Top |
|
 |
Beachy
|
Post subject: Adam West *is* Batman Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2025 7:53 pm |
|
 |
Mr. IMWANKO
|
Joined: | 18 Sep 2005 |
Posts: | 73838 |
Location: | the Moist Periphery of Pendulum Tide |
|
Best Frank Gorshin Riddler episodes
1-1: "Hi Diddle Riddle" (7.7) 1-2: "Smack in the Middle" (7.6) While the Riddler maneuvers Batman into being sued, the Dynamic Duo investigate the supervillain's concurrent scheme.
1-11: "A Riddle a Day Keeps the Riddler Away" (7.5) 1-12: "When the Rat's Away the Mice Will Play" (7.6) When a visiting King is accosted by the Riddler, the Dynamic Duo pursues his subsequent complex trail of riddles to try to stop him.
1-23: "The Ring of Wax" (7.5) 1-24: "Give 'Em the Axe" (7.5) The Riddler's latest scheme involves stealing a wax figure to melt down for its wax that is powerfully corrosive when exposed to direct flame. He wants to open a vault of rare books to find the key to an ancient treasure.
1-31: "Death in Slow Motion" (7.7) 1-32: "The Riddler's False Notion" (7.7) The Riddler pursues a silent movie theme with his latest scheme. As the Dynamic Duo pursue the Riddler, they discover the true purpose behind his cinematic caper and his ultimate target. Along the way Riddler abducts Robin and places him in a series of classic death-perils.
3-2: "Ring Around the Riddler" (7.4) The Riddler challenges Batman to a fight in the ring. Joan Colins does next week cameo.
_________________ Staging Areas Approach Area Area of a Triquetra Area of Effect Life Longing
|
|
Top |
|
 |
Beachy
|
Post subject: Adam West *is* Batman Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2025 7:56 pm |
|
 |
Mr. IMWANKO
|
Joined: | 18 Sep 2005 |
Posts: | 73838 |
Location: | the Moist Periphery of Pendulum Tide |
|
As I said, my favorite Riddler episodes was the first story. As for the others, the ones that immediately came to my mind were the 1-part boxing episode and the two where Riddler was doing Silent Films. I'd have to see the other two stories to really start to remember them.
_________________ Staging Areas Approach Area Area of a Triquetra Area of Effect Life Longing
|
|
Top |
|
 |
Beachy
|
Post subject: Adam West *is* Batman Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2025 8:22 pm |
|
 |
Mr. IMWANKO
|
Joined: | 18 Sep 2005 |
Posts: | 73838 |
Location: | the Moist Periphery of Pendulum Tide |
|
|
Top |
|
 |
Beachy
|
Post subject: Adam West *is* Batman Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2025 8:33 pm |
|
 |
Mr. IMWANKO
|
Joined: | 18 Sep 2005 |
Posts: | 73838 |
Location: | the Moist Periphery of Pendulum Tide |
|
Apart from the Catwomen, who are are next favorite female Bat Villains: • Anne Baxter (Zelda the Great, Olga, Queen of Cossacks) • Shelly Winters (Ma Parker) • Carolyn Jones (Marsha, Queen of Diamonds) • Tallulah Bankhead (Black Widow) • Joan Collins (Siren) • Ethel Merman (Lola Lasagne) • Glynis Johns (Lady Penelope Peasoup) • Barbara Rush (Nora Clavicle) • Dina Merrill (Calamity Jan) • Ida Lupino (Dr. Cassandra Spellcraft) • Zsa Zsa Gabor (Minerva)
_________________ Staging Areas Approach Area Area of a Triquetra Area of Effect Life Longing
|
|
Top |
|
 |
Ocean Doot
|
Post subject: Adam West *is* Batman Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2025 12:43 am |
|
 |
Dendritic Oscillating Ontological Tesseract
|
Joined: | 25 Oct 2007 |
Posts: | 50992 |
Location: | Milwaukee |
|
I seem to recall Shelly Winters and Tallulah Bankhead being enjoyable.
And I do like the British trilogy that features Glynis Johns. (Also Batgirl in that three-parter!)
|
|
Top |
|
 |
That meddlin kid
|
Post subject: Adam West *is* Batman Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2025 10:38 am |
|
 |
Biker Librarian
|
Joined: | 26 Mar 2007 |
Posts: | 25141 |
Location: | On the highway, looking for adventure |
|
Beachy wrote: Who do we like best for Mr Freeze? • George Sanders • Otto Preminger • Eli Wallach
I think I prefer Preminger always saying "Wild." I'd say George Sanders.
_________________ The kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking fine pearls who, when he found an especially costly one, sold everything he had to buy it.
|
|
Top |
|
 |
Beachy
|
Post subject: Adam West *is* Batman Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2025 10:53 am |
|
 |
Mr. IMWANKO
|
Joined: | 18 Sep 2005 |
Posts: | 73838 |
Location: | the Moist Periphery of Pendulum Tide |
|
Ocean Doot wrote: I seem to recall Shelly Winters and Tallulah Bankhead being enjoyable.
And I do like the British trilogy that features Glynis Johns. (Also Batgirl in that three-parter!) I am a big fan of Glynis Johns, especially in her movie role in The Court Jester. Still, a 3-parter is a lot of episodes to commit to when you've only got 16-17, and for, essentially, non-famous villains. I like Shelly Winters as well, and the idea of a Ma Barker parody family of criminals is appealing. And Bankhead is interesting; they also used her briefly in the animated Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders.
_________________ Staging Areas Approach Area Area of a Triquetra Area of Effect Life Longing
|
|
Top |
|
 |
Beachy
|
Post subject: Adam West *is* Batman Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2025 11:03 am |
|
 |
Mr. IMWANKO
|
Joined: | 18 Sep 2005 |
Posts: | 73838 |
Location: | the Moist Periphery of Pendulum Tide |
|
That meddlin kid wrote: Beachy wrote: Who do we like best for Mr Freeze? • George Sanders • Otto Preminger • Eli Wallach
I think I prefer Preminger always saying "Wild." I'd say George Sanders. I like him, too, and he, unlike most, actually kills someone in the TV show, which is saying something. I'm not sure what exactly, but it's different, I think the only outright murder in the show. And I like the part where he chills a drink just by holding it. Plus he's got a heat ray as well, which the other two never used. Still, I can't get that "Wild" hammy over acting of Preminger out of my head. I think I would have to watch all three Mr. Freeze stories to make a final choice. But the scenes with Sanders and Batman and Robin at the table with the heat and cold areas is very memorable to me.
_________________ Staging Areas Approach Area Area of a Triquetra Area of Effect Life Longing
|
|
Top |
|
 |
|
Page 99 of 101
|
[ 2221 posts ] |
|
View unanswered posts | View active topics
Who is WANline |
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 0 guests |
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot post attachments in this forum
|
|