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The Pharaoh's in a Rut

Episode Number: 28    Season Num: 1    First Aired: April 14, 1966    Prod Code: n/a
Originally aired: April 14, 1966 on ABC
Writer: Robert C. Dennis, Earl Barret
Director: Charles R. Rondeau
Show Stars: Madge Blake (Aunt Harriet Cooper [Seasons 1-2]), Neil Hamilton (I) (Commissioner James W. Gordon), William Dozier (Narrator), Adam West (Bruce N. Wayne/Batman), Burt Ward (Richard "Dick" Grayson/Robin: The Boy Wonder), Alan Napier (Alfred Pennyworth), Stafford Repp (Chief O'Hara)
Recurring Role: Victor Buono (King Tut), David Lewis (Warden Crichton), Byron Keith (Mayor Lindseed)
Guest Stars: Olan Soule (Newscaster) , William Boyett (Policeman) , Don 'Red' Barry (Grand Vizier) , Frank Christi (Royal Scrivener) , Ziva Rodann (Nefertiti) , Bill Quinn (Board Member) , Emmanuel Thomas (Reporter)

Just as the gurney is about to go over the side, Bruce Wayne manages to save himself by brute force: freeing himself from the straps which bind him and grabbing onto a guardrail, preventing himself from certain doom. Back in his superhero garb once more, Batman makes an announcement on TV that he has saved Bruce Wayne's life and is heading to Egypt to conduct research. In a second kidnap attempt, Tut sends his men to Wayne Manor to carry out his ploy. Batman, aided by a lifelike Wayne replica (oh, the irony!), manages to trick The Tutlings into taking him to The Nile Nabob. En route to the hideout in The Royal Barque, Batman is discovered and, in a scuffle, is knocked out, along with the homing device attached to him. Later at the hideout, Tut subjects Batman and faithless ex-queen Nefertiti to the ancient Theban pebble torture, in which the victim is driven mad with pebbles dropped on their foreheads. Utilizing cunning and skill, Robin and the doughty Alfred guess that Tut's headquarters is at an abandoned Egyptian Exhibition Pavilion. Alfred drives the under-age (and driver's-license-challenged) Robin there.
Believing that The Pebble Torture has unhinged minds of Nefertiti and The Batman, Tut orders them to perform a mad dance to wild Batmusic! Unbeknownst to Tut, Batman, through sheer concentration (reciting the multiplication tables backwards!), renders himself impervious to the pebbles' effects and, with the help of Robin, subdues the gang — with the exception of Tut, who overpowers Alfred and races away in The Batmobile. The Duo and Alf give chase in Tut's Royal Barque. Using his Batcommunicator, Batman activates The Voice-Control Batmobile Relay Circuit in The Batcave in order to activating The Batmobile's ejection seat. However, the radio goes dead just as he puts through his orders. As if this wasn't bad enough, Tut discovered the button for the deadly Batbeam and doubles back in an attempt to use it against its own originators: The Dynamic Duo! Fortunately for The Caped Crusader and The Boy Wonder, a short circuit causes The Batmobile's gadgetry to foul up a little, causing King Tut to be sprung high into the air by the Ejection Seat instead of activating The Batbeam and bouncing right off The Royal Barque, landing at Batman's feet and The Caped Crusader brings Tut back to his sane, scholarly self with a final uppercut to the jaw.
NEXT WEEK: The Dynamic Duo versus The Bookworm!

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