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Fine Feathered Finks

Episode Number: 3    Season Num: 1    First Aired: January 19, 1966    Prod Code: n/a
Originally aired: January 19, 1966 on ABC
Writer: Lorenzo Semple Jr.
Director: Robert Butler
Show Stars: Adam West (Bruce N. Wayne/Batman), Madge Blake (Aunt Harriet Cooper [Seasons 1-2]), Alan Napier (Alfred Pennyworth), Stafford Repp (Chief O'Hara), Burt Ward (Richard "Dick" Grayson/Robin: The Boy Wonder), David Lewis (Warden Crichton), Byron Keith (Mayor Linseed), Neil Hamilton (I) (Commissioner James W. Gordon), William Dozier (Narrator)
Recurring Role: David Lewis (Warren Crichton), Burgess Meredith (The Penguin)
Guest Stars: Walter Burke (Sparrow) , Lewis Charles (Hawkeye) , Robert Phillips (Swoop) , Alex D'Arcy (Jewelry Shop Owner) , Johnny Jacobs (Assistant Shop Owner) , Leslie Parrish (Dawn Robbins) , Dan Tobin (I) (Mr. Jay) , Robert Phillips (Swoop, the Cellmate)

Awaiting release from prison, The Penguin, the pompous, waddling master of fowl play, schemes to get his adversary, Batman, to plan his crimes for him; his first step is to attract The Caped Crusader's attention. Penguin has his Finks; Hawkeye and Sparrow distribute free umbrellas to patrons outside The House Of Ali Baba Jewelry Store and a local bank. The men pass them out and call it a promotion, but the owners of the jewelry store and bank know that they weren't hired by them. While everyone's inside with the umbrellas, they explode and start spinning causing a distraction for Hawkeye and Sparrow to commit a robbery. But no heist was pulled.

When Police Commissioner Gordon hears of it, he calls Batman and Robin in to investigate. Along with Warden Crichton, they view Penguin's surveillance tape from prison and were able to find out little on his next crime. The Dynamic Duo visit The Penguin, who's under the alias K.G. Bird, now operates an umbrella store. As soon as they leave, Penguin launches a monster umbrella, featuring a multicolored Batbrella with a hidden transmitter attached to its handle, from his store's roof!
The umbrella lands in the middle of the street and The Caped Crusader climbs up the giant handle to retrieve the curious Batbrella. Convinced it's a clue to Penguin's next crime, Batman and Robin take the bumbershoot back with them to The Batcave to further examine it. Unable to discover a significance of The Batbrella, Batman goes as Bruce Wayne to the umbrella store. While the Penguin isn't looking, he plants a tiny transistor microphone, disguised as a spider. Unfortunately, The Penguin installed a burglar alarm and siren that goes off when a bug is panted.

The Penguin, Hawkeye and Sparrow release a net on Bruce Wayne and mistake him for a spy from a rival and competing umbrella store, The Penguin knocks him out with his umbrella then has Hawkeye and Sparrow tie him up and toss him into the furnace. Still entangled in the net, Bruce is placed on a conveyor belt that leads to the 12,000 degree furnace!!

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Episode: Fine Feathered Finks
Season Number: 1
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9.0 Superb 22 votes
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