Sunday, July 4, 2021

Robin in True or False Face (3/9/1966) & Holy Rat Race (3/10/1966)

 



Robin the Boy Wonder is the eager, youthful sidekick of Batman, the Caped Crusader, the vigilante crime-fighting alias of millionaire playboy Bruce Wayne.  Introduced in 1940 as orphaned acrobat Dick Grayson in the DC comic book series Batman, Robin was played by Burt Ward in the 1966 television series on ABC.

As played by Burt Ward, Robin has a cute, boyish face, clean-cut, brown hair, and a compact, athletic physique which fits perfectly with his character's acrobatic background.  His colorful outfit, with his dark green mask, gloves, and booties, his bright, red shirt, his shiny, yellow cape, his tight, green panties, and his form-fitting, flesh-color leggings, certainly catches the audience's attention.

Due to his youth, inexperience, and smaller size, the Boy Wonder is clearly the weak link in the Dynamic Duo, which their opponents often seek to exploit.  Robin is also cocky, enthusiastic, and overly eager to prove his independent crime-fighting abilities, especially to Batman.  He is often in trouble and in need of rescue.

This week's villain is False Face.  

In the first episode, False Face's moll Blaze hugs and then sprays sleeping powder on an unsuspecting Boy Wonder while the villain uses a booby-trapped vending machine to spray sleeping powder on the Caped Crusader.  Then, Batman and Robin are affixed to the subway rails waiting for their trains to come.

In the next episode, a timely call from Alfred gives Batman the opportunity to free his hand, and then the rest of him, and then Robin before the train comes.

Favorite shots: 






In the first episode, for the first of many times in the series, the Boy Wonder falls for the charms of a tricky moll.

In the next episode, Batman rescues Robin from an oncoming subway train.  

This blog is intended to promote the appreciation of Burt Ward's portrayal of Robin in the 1966 television series "Batman".  You may purchase both episodes at the following link:


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