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The Penguin Goes Straight

Season 1, Episode 21, Aired Mar 23, 1966

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- This is Burgess Meredith's 3rd appearance as The Penguin. He previously appeared in Fine Feathered Finks & The Penguin's a Jinx.
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- Narrator: Batman and Robin...A swinging pair of dead ducks! What on Earth can save them?? Don't shoot, Commissioner! Don't shoot!! Penguin: All set, my laddies. Commissioner Gordon: We're set. Penguin: Now on my instructions. Ready? Aim! Narrator: Good grief! Good night! Double funeral tomorrow? Same Bat-Time, Same Bat-Channel! Can YOU see any way out??
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- This two-parter was possibly the inspiration of the 1992 movie "Batman Returns"
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- Harvey Lembeck was famous for playing Eric Von Zipper alongside 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- This is the first episode directed by Leslie H. Martinson. He would later go onto direct the 1966 Batman: The Movie.
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