Robin in Puzzles Are Coming (12/21/1966) & Duo Is Slumming (12/22/1966)

 

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 the Puzzler.  

In the first episode, the Puzzler tranquilizes Batman and then Robin with poisoned darts.  The Dynamic Duo are then placed in a basket of a giant balloon which is set to drop at a fatal altitude,

In the next episode, Robin calls a passing bird and persuades it to rip the fabric of the balloon, causing a steady loss of air and leading to a less sudden landing.

Favorite shots:

Each episode has its delicious Robin-peril moments.

In the first episode, one of the Puzzler's portly henchmen forces Robin down onto a crate and proceeds to torture the Boy Wonder by sitting and bouncing upon the young sidekick.  The helpless Robin is forced to cry for Batman to rescue him.

After Puzzler hits Batman with a poisoned dart, he hits Robin too, who goes down with a boyish yelp.

In the second episode, two of the Puzzler's henchmen try to shove Robin into a small jet engine.  While the engine is clearly too small for the Boy Wonder to fit in it, the henchmen appear to be having fun trying to force him in anyway.  Once again, Batman rescues the young sidekick.

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:

https://www.amazon.com/Hi-Diddle-Riddle/dp/B00OLZVMY8/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=batman+1966&qid=1620375265&sr=8-3

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Robin in Cat's Meow (12/14/1966) & Bat's Kow Tow (12/15/1966)

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