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The Sandman Cometh (1)

Episode Number: 67    Season Num: 2    First Aired: December 28, 1966    Prod Code: 9715-Pt. 1
Batman and Robin are alerted when Mooney, a policewoman working undercover as a member of The Catwoman's mob, vanishes shortly after warning Gordon that Catwoman is planning to join forces with a European criminal known as The Sandman for committing a crime. Later, Catwoman (disguises), pretending to fall asleep on a mattress display in a store window is spirited away by one of Sandman's cronies and later turns up on a TV newscast, where she cleverly advertises the talents of a sleep expert names Dr. Somnambula (b.k.a. Sandman), in hopes of gaining the attention of J. Pauline Spaghetti, a rich insomniac.

Sandman's scheme is a success, and he is summoned to Spaghetti's penthouse; there, while examining her eyes, he gasses her asleep. Working fast, he snaps photos of J. Pauline's financial ledger just as The Dynamic Duo arrive to rescue her from the man they--but not J. Pauline!--believe to be The Sandman. While Spaghetti proves to them that she wasn't in danger, Sandman escapes. The Caped Crusader and The Boy Wonder later trace The Sandman to his GHQ at the abandoned Morpheus Mattress Factory on Derwin Alley. Upon entering the deserted factory, they are quickly seized by Sandman and his henchmen Snooze and Nap. The Batman is bound to a mattress under a giant button stitcher, while Robin (under Sandman's power) is ordered to push the button which activates the machine. The Sandman decides to give Robin to Catwoman as a present and splits.

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Writer: Ellis St. Joseph, Charles Hoffman, Ellis St. Joseph
Director: George Waggner
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: Julie Newmar (The Catwoman),  James Brolin (Officer Reggie Hogan),  Pat Becker (Cattie)
Guest Star: Jeanie Moore (Catarina/Policewoman Mooney),  Richard Peel (Snooze),  Tony Ballen (Nap),  Gypsy Rose Lee (Female Newscaster),  C. Lindsay Workman (Tuthill),  Ray Montgomery (Officer Dan Dietrich),  Valerie Kairys (Kitty),  Barbara Kelly (Woman),  William Dyer (Policeman),  Michael Rennie (The Sandman)

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Michael Rennie appeared several years earlier as the alien Klaatu in the science fiction classic "The Day the Earth Stood Still". (edit)
Repeated on ABC May 10, 1967. (edit)
J. Pauline Spaghetti is based on multimillionaire J(ohn). Paul Getty. (And yes, that is Spring Byington of December Bride fame, playing J. Pauline.) (edit)
The second part has two titles due to the fact that it was reeditied to include The Catwoman. Some TV prints have one title, while some have the other. (edit)
The Morpheus Mattress Factory is located on Derwin Alley, which is named for Batman assistant director Bill Derwin. (edit)

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