Sunday, December 5, 2021

Robin in Come Back Shame (11/30/1966) & It's How You Play the Game (12/1/1966)

 



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 Shame.  

In the first episode, during a fight, Shame's moll Okie Annie shoots a chandelier, which falls upon the Dynamic Duo, knocking them unconscious.  Batman and Robin are then tied to wooden stakes on the ground, while Shame's gang stampede a herd of cattle towards them.




In the next episode, Batman manages to free his hands and, as a matador would, uses his cape to distract the stampeding cattle away from himself and Robin.  The Caped Crusader then frees his feet and then unties his youthful sidekick.

Favorite shots:













In the second episode, Batman comes to the rescue of his young sidekick three times.

First, tied to wooden stakes on the ground with herd of cattle stampeding towards them, Batman frees his hands and uses his cape to distract the stampeding cattle away from himself and Robin.  The Caped Crusader then frees his feet and then unties his youthful sidekick.

Next, the Dynamic Duo are ambushed in a hail of gunfire.  Robin crouches and attempts to escape, with his shiny yellow cape and dark green booties framing the back of his shapely legs as they try to move the Boy Wonder to safety behind the bulletproof Batmobile.  Shame succeeds in shooting the young sidekick in the heel, causing Robin to fall to the ground and reveal his dark green panties and the shale of the Boy Wonder's pert bubble butt.  The villains retreat, and Batman digs the bullet from his youthful sidekick's heel.

Finally, in the last fight scene, Shame punches Robin a couple times, clearly dominating the young sidekick and positions the Boy Wonder next to a water pump.  The villain then repeatedly slams the pump handle down upon the back of Robin's neck until the young sidekick is rescued by Batman.   

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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