Batman (1966): The Penguin Goes Straight

Episode score 7.9 Good

The Penguin Goes Straight

  • 21.
  • Season: 1
  • Episode: 21
  • First Aired: 3/23/1966
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  • This two-parter was possibly the inspiration of the 1992 movie "Batman Returns" edit »
  • Harvey Lembeck was famous for playing Eric Von Zipper along side Annette Funicello & Frankie Avalon in the Beach Party films such as Beach Party, Bikini Beach, Pajama Party, Beach Blanket Bingo, How to Stuff a Wild Bikini, Dr Goldfoot And The Bikini Machine and The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini.

    His son Michael would later become an actor as well as a director with several credits including many episodes of Friends. edit »
  • Bill Welsh was a longtime newscaster for KTTV 11 in Los Angeles. In fact, for several years he was the anchor for the station's annual coverage of the Tournament of Roses Parade. edit »
  • For once this season, The Dynamic Duo don't stop @ Police HQ at all; instead, they are notified by Batphone as they travel through beautiful downtown Gotham. edit »
  • The idea of The Penguin's "going straight" has been part of the character's history in the Bat-comics. It was previously used on numerous occasions, and among them: Batman #41, 70, 76; and Detective Comics #171. edit »
  • As The Batmobile careens through Gotham City's streets en route to The Penguin's gala at Gotham Amusement Park, you can spot the famous Schwab's Drugstore which is/was once in Los Angeles. edit »
  • This is the first episode directed by Leslie H. Martinson. He would later go onto direct the 1966 Batman: The Movie. edit »
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