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Caught in the Spider's Den (2)

Episode Number: 90    Season Num: 2    First Aired: March 16, 1967    Prod Code: 9753-Pt. 2
The Caped Crusader reaches the 5,000-volt mini-charge in his ever-reliable utility belt and, using the web as a conductor, electrocutes the spiders. The Dynamic Duo then proceed to The Black Widow's vault, where they find her and Tarantula, Daddy Longlegs and Trap Door counting the money from her latest robbery. Spotting them, B.W. reverses the polarity of her brain device and short circuits his Batbrain! Robin, fortunately, has lost one of his electrodes and is not subsceptible to the device's effects--but is quickly tied up anyway. The Caped Crusader, now under Black Widow's spell, uses his Remote-Controlled Batcomputer Oscillator to locate a bank The Spidery Fiend can rob. The computer responds with an answer but also warns that Batman's life will be in danger if he accompanies her to the bank!

Black Widow, unwilling to lose Batman, employs the help of a mind-control device, a rack of disguises and the male rubber dummy from the front porch, Black Widow attempts a heist of The Heritage Bank — in the guise of The Dynamic Duo! They succeed, and the guard is forced to shoot at them as they make a break for it. Meanwhile, Robin, of course, manages to release himself and uses Black Widow's mind-control device to break the spell of his partner and they extricate themselves from the sticky trap. They discover the spidery gang in another room of the hideout, counting their ill-gotten loot. Black Widow might return at any minute, so Batman re-ties Robin and goes back to playing solitaire. Once B.W. has returned with her ill-gotten gains, The Duo pounce on Tarantula, Daddy Longlegs and Trap Door! Batman then turns Black Widow's own mind-control device back on its creator, rendering her helpless. Later, in Gotham State Pen, The Dynamic Duo use The Brain-Wave Batanalyzers to de-criminalize Black Widow and her minions.

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Writer: Robert Mintz
Director: Oscar Rudolph
Star: Adam West (Bruce N. Wayne/Batman),  Madge Blake (Aunt Harriet Cooper [ seasons 1-2 ]),  Burt Ward (Richard "Dick" Grayson/Robin The Boy Wonder),  Alan Napier (Alfred Pennyworth),  Stafford Repp (Chief O'Hara),  William Dozier (the narrator),  David Lewis (Warden Crichton),  Byron Keith (Mayor Linseed),  Neil Hamilton (I) (Commissioner James W. Gordon)
Recurring Role: Milton Stark (Irving Bracken)
Guest Star: George Raft (Cameo),  Don 'Red' Barry (Tarantula),  Michael Lane (Daddy Longlegs),  Al Ferrara (Trap Door),  Pitt Herbert (Irving Leghorn),  Grady Sutton (Irving Cash),  George Chandler (Grandpa),  Walker Edmiston (Teller),  Don Briggs (Irving Irving),  Meg Wyllie (Grandma),  Tallulah Bankhead (Black Widow),  Richard Krisher (Motorcycle Cop)

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Take note of Batman's (somewhat!) agile singing talent in this segment. In real life, Adam West cut a single, "Miranda," for 20th Century-Fox Records. Additionally, in 1966, The Marketts' version of the series' theme charted at #17 in Billboard's top 60, while an arrangement by Neal Hefti and his Orchestra made it to #35. (edit)
This marked the swan song performance of Tallulah Bankhead (credited as Miss Talllulah Bankhead in the submain titles); she died of pneumonia in her beloved New York City on December 12, 1968. (edit)

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