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Instant Freeze

Episode Number: 7    Season Num: 1    First Aired: February 2, 1966    Prod Code: n/a
Mr. Freeze seeks revenge against Batman for knocking a beaker of Instant Freeze on him during a past fight, an accident that has rendered Freeze incapable of going out in public without a special air-conditioned suit and forces him to live in a super-cooled house designed to keep his body temperature at a frosty 50 degrees below zero. Freeze begins his rampage of revenge by heisting some famous diamonds ("ice" in the criminal vernacular!) from The Gotham City Diamond Exchange. In The Batcave, Batman perfects an anti-freeze pill which, as he tries it out in a Deep-Freeze Cabinet, sadly, fails to do the trick in extreme cold. Then, on a tip from Commissioner Gordon, The Dynamic Duo, knowing Freeze's predilection for "ice," speed to The Exchange by Batmobile, but their attempt to nab Freeze is foiled when gang members Chill, Nippy and Mo release 5 Batman and Freeze decoys.
After the resulting confusion in The Exchange by The Dynamic Duo between The Batmen and Misters Freeze gives the true Freeze and his lackeys carte blanche to scram, The Caped Crusaders next try to prevent Freeze from stealing The Ghiaccio Circolo (Circle of Ice) Diamond, which belongs to the visiting Princess Sandra of Molino (a/k/a Sandra Carlson of Brooklyn). Freeze sets The Princess' curtains on fire with his flame-gun and darts out with the hot rock while Batman and Robin battle the flames. In a flash The Duo are out the window and down The Batrope to intercept Freeze at his Amalgamated Ice-Cream Company truck below, but the cold-hearted criminal zaps them into human icicles with his horrible ice-gun and gets away!!

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Max Hodge
Director: Robert Butler
Star: Adam West (Bruce N. Wayne/Batman),  William Dozier (Narrator),  Madge Blake (Aunt Harriet Cooper [Seasons 1-2]),  Alan Napier (Alfred Pennyworth),  Stafford Repp (Chief O'Hara),  David Lewis (Warden Crichton),  Burt Ward (Richard "Dick" Grayson/Robin: The Boy Wonder),  Neil Hamilton (I) (Commissioner James W. Gordon)
Recurring Role: Don Hannum (Art Rogers)
Guest Star: Roy Sickner (Mo),  Robert Hogan (Paul Diamante),  William O'Connell (Mr. Perkins),  John Zaremba (Kolevator/Butler),  Ken Del Conte (Al Scott),  Dan Terranova (Dr. Vince),  John Wills (Newscaster),  Bill Hudson (Photographer),  Teri Garr (Girl),  Guy Way (Nippy),  Troy Melton (Chill),  Shelby Grant (Princess Sandra),  George Sanders (Dr. Schimmell, Mr. Freeze)

Notes

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This is another Batman episode in which a character loses their life.
The first was in Smack in the Middle.
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Mr. Freeze was portrayed by two other actors besides George Sanders. Also taking the role were director Otto Premminger and character actor Eli Wallach.
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This is the first appearance of Mr. Freeze as well as George Sanders first of 2 appearances. (edit)
Based on "The Ice Crimes of Mr. Zero" from Batman #121 (February 1959) by Dave Wood. Mr. Zero was changed to Mr. Freeze for the TV series, and the comics followed suit. (edit)

Quotes

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Batman: Mr. Freeze, give yourself up. We can get help for you... medical help!
Freeze: In prison? This I do not believe. No, you must PAY for what you did to me, for forcing me to live like this: never again to know the warmth of a summer breeze, never to feel the heat of burning logs in vintertime! Revenge. That is what I need! Revenge! I will have revenge! (edit)
Batman: Poor devil... forced to live in an air-conditioned suit that keeps his body temperature down to 50 degrees below zero! No wonder his mind is warped. (edit)

Trivia

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George Sanders at one time was married to Zsa Zsa Gabor, who would later play the villainess Minerva in the final episode Minerva, Mayhem and Millionaires. (edit)

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Instant Freeze
"Well written"
Mr. Freeze kidnaps a diamond...sort of
Continue » Posted May 10, 2006 7:52 am PST
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