NOVEMBER 16, 1966 
   
"The Impractical Joker" (prod. #9723-Pt. 1) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. (EST) on ABC
as the 55th episode of Batman. 
   
Kathy Kersh (Cornelia) was Burt Ward's bride at the time of this episode's
production. Howard Duff later appeared with then-wife Ida Lupino in Season-3
Episode #1722, "The Entrancing Dr. Cassandra" (Mar. 7, 1968).   
   
Bruce, Dick and Alfred watch an episode of The Green Hornet (ABC,
1966-67)---prior to it being interrupted by The Joker's televised
ultimatum!---little suspecting that a future 2-part segment ("A Piece of the
Action/Batman's Satisfaction" [#9751, Mar. 1-2, 1967]) will pit Batman and Robin
against The Green Hornet and Kato!   
   
NOVEMBER 17, 1966 
   
"The Joker's Provokers" (prod. #9723-Pt. 2) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. (EST) on ABC
as the 56th episode of Batman. 
   
Alan Napier does double duty as Alfred Pennyworth and his cousin Egbert. Alfred
gives mention of his cousin in Episode #9739-Pt. 2, "The Mad Hatter Runs a
Foul."

Watch for The Joker to attempt (and fail!) at sabotaging The Gotham City Water
System once again in Episode #9733-Pt. 3, "The Penguin Declines."   
   
The Alfcycle appears again in Episode #9729-Pt. 1, "Come Back Shame", and in
Episode #9715-Pt. 2, "The Catwoman Goeth (a.k.a.) A Stitch in Time".   
   
NOVEMBER 16, 1967 
   
"Surf's Up! Joker Under!" (prod. #1714) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. (EST) on ABC as
the 104th episode of Batman. 
   
The surfing footage used in this segmant was borrowed from the 1966 Cinema V
film The Endless Summer.

The Jokemobile appears for the second and last time on Batman in this episode. 
 
   
During the surfing challenge, Batman is threatened by a shark. To counter it, he
makes use of Shark Repellent Batspray--something which was first employed in the
1966 movie. 

Skip Ward (Riptide), one of The Joker's henchmen in this episode also portrayed
a character named Gil in Easy Come, Easy Go (1967) starring Elvis Presley. Gil
was a character who helped try to steal Elvis' prospected sunken treasure.
 
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Been away awhile!
NOVEMBER 9, 1966 
 
"Green Ice" (prod. #9725-Pt. 1) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. (EDT) on ABC as the 53rd
episode of Batman. 
 
The controversial Otto Preminger (the series' second Mr. Freeze) had a problem
to solve before appearing on this show: he owed $11,000 in back dues to the
Screen Actor's Guild, since he hadn't acted in years!

Preminger's attitude made him the most despised man on the set; he treated women
lewdly and kept irritating the other cast members. Eli Wallach replaced
Preminger after the producers decided not to bring him back! However, Joel
Eisner's recently updated Official Batman Batbook states otherwise.
 
Speaking of irritating, how many times could Preminger say "Wild!" in a single
episode?! Quite a few, apparently...

Notice that Mr. Freeze is now wearing a freeze collar instead of a helmet. Also
notice also that now Mr. Freeze only has a freeze gun. In the first season his
gun could also fire heat/flame beams which would have been rather useful against
The Dynamic Duo here.   
 
Director George Waggner (many Batman shows credit him as "george waGGner")
directed Lon Chaney Jr. as Larry Talbot, The Wolf Man in The Wolf Man
(Universal, 1941). Dee Hartford (Miss Iceland) is the sister of Eden Hartford
who at the time was the wife of Groucho Marx.   
 
We learn here that Mayor Lindseed's wife is named Linda, but in a third-season
segment he apparently divorced her and remarried, because he then had a wife
named Millie!   
 
Here is yet another Bat-episode to feature a character other than Bruce Wayne to
dress as Batman. Others to feature pseudo-Batmen are Episode #8707-Pt. 1,
"Instant Freeze," #8711-Pt. 2, "When the Rat's Away the Mice Will Play,"
#9705-Pt. 2, "Walk the Straight and Narrow," and #9747-Pt. 2, "The Joker's
Epitaph."   
 
NOVEMBER 10, 1966 
 
"Deep Freeze" (prod. #9725-Pt. 2) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. (EDT) on ABC as the
54th episode of Batman.   
 
Charles O'Donnell (TV Newsman) later went on to find his niche as the announcer
for a great many game shows, including Wheel Of Fortune.   
 
NOVEMBER 9, 1967 
 
"How To Hatch A Dinosaur" (prod. #1705-Pt. 2) first aired @ 7:30 p.m. (EDT) on
ABC as the 103rd episode of Batman. 
 
The Neosaurus costume was hand-me-down wardrobe from the January 11, 1967 "The
Questing Beast" episode of Lost In Space (CBS, 1965-68), which aired on CBS
Wednesday nights opposite Batman from January 1966 to August 1967. Since
Twentieth Century-Fox TV was involved with both productions, many of the sound
effects heard on Batman are the same as Irwin Allen's science fiction adventure.

 
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I invite all group members to go to the photos section and view my following
album:

           BATMAN THROUGH THE AGES

   Please take the time to view the entire album as I had put a lot of time and
effort into creating it. Then give me your thoughts and opinions. Look for more
Batman related albums coming soon.


                   Thank You

                   Billy Antimisiaris

For those interested,I have 3 paintings of Adam as Batman on Ebay you
may view at this link
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110450507740&ssPageNa\
me=STRK:MESELX:IT
<http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110450507740&ssPageN\
ame=STRK:MESELX:IT>  I also have one of Chris Reeve

Thanks,

Paul



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