Batman TV Milestones Of The Week

[AaronHandy3]

And very monumental Batman TV Milestones @ that!


FEBRUARY 23, 1966

"The Thirteenth Hat" (prod. #8719-Pt. 1) first aired @ 7:30p.m. EST on ABC as the 13th episode of Batman.

Perkins (seen here as Dicer) later played Bluebeard in the 1966 Batman movie.

Adapted from a February 1964 Batman comic story in which The Mad Hatter commits crimes based on the jobs of the 12 jurors who sent him to prison.

FEBRUARY 24, 1966

"Batman Stands Pat" (prod. #8719-Pt. 2) first aired @ 7:30p.m. EST on ABC as the 14th episode of Batman.

These episodes marked the debut appearance of David Wayne as Jervis Tetch, The Mad Hatter.

This was a variation of a Two-Face story as reprinted in Batman Annual #3 (1962), originally from Detective Comics #230 (4/56), written by Bill Finger, where a klieg light blows up in an actor's face. Ultimately, the character did not appear on the series.

The Batmobile's Antitheft Device is used for the second and final time on the series in this episode.

Diane McBain (Lisa) previously played Daphne DeWitt Dutton on Surfside 6 (ABC, 1960-62), and later did a turn on the ABC Daytime Drama General Hospital as Claire Howard in 1988. Her most recent role was as the grandmother on Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. She turns up on Batman again as Pinky Pinkston in Season 2 episodes #9751, "A Piece of the Action/Batman's Satisfaction."


FEBRUARY 22, 1967

"Catwoman Goes To College" (prod. #9749-Pt. 1) first aired @ 7:30p.m. EST on ABC as the 83rd episode of Batman.

Paul Mantee (Cornell) previously teamed up with Adam West in the 1964 Paramount film Robinson Crusoe On Mars.

A segment with Batman in prison (second half of #83) showed exactly how Batman's cape and cowl were removed.


FEBRUARY 23, 1967

"Batman Displays His Knowledge" (prod. #9749-Pt. 2) first aired @ 7:30p.m. EST on ABC as the 84th episode of Batman.

Julie Newmar made her final appearance as The Catwoman in these episodes.

Jacques Bergerac (Freddy The Fence) is now the president of Revlon in Paris. He reprises his role of Freddy The Fence in Episode #1726, "Minerva, Mayhem and Millionaires," the series finale.


FEBRUARY 22, 1968

"I'll Be A Mummy's Uncle" (prod. #1725) first aired @ 7:30p.m. EST on ABC as the 117th episode of Batman.

This marked the final appearance of the late Victor Buono as King Tut. Tut beats up The Batdummy which was previously used against him in Episode #1709, "The Unkindest Tut of All." Grabbing it with a sigh of recognition, he happily beats it up!

Jock Mahoney (H.L. Hunter) is best remembered as one of several actors who portrayed Tarzan in the movies.

Here, King Tut, once restored to his old self again, reveals his true name for the first and only time: Professor William Omaha Mackelroy.

[EricIdlefan]

I remember seeing him remove his cape and cowl
I remember also Jock portraying Tarzan but he was no Johnny Weissmuller and/or Ron Ely