Robin in Piece of the Action (3/1/1967) & Batman's Satisfaction (3/2/1967)

 

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 Colonel Gumm.  

In the first episode, Robin is overpowered and stuck to a wall of glue, allowing Gumm and his henchmen to focus upon and defeat Batman.  Then, the Dynamic Duo are stuck to the wall of glue, waiting until it is their turn to be placed into a stamp-making machine.

In the next episode, Batman and Robin escape when Gumm dissolves the glue in the wall in order to place them into the stamp-making machine.

Favorite shots:

In the first episode, Gumm's henchman punches Robin into some cardboard boxes and then he and another minion of the Colonel carry the frequently dazed Boy Wonder towards the wall of glue.  Batman stops them, but some more henchmen overpower the Boy Wonder and force Robin's back into the glue in the wall.  Fighting by himself again, Batman is overpowered by Gumm's henchmen and placed against the wall next to Robin.

In the second episode, during a fight, the Green Hornet's chauffeur Kato gets in some good shots against the Boy Wonder, at one point forcing Batman to catch the falling Robin, but the duel ends in a stalemate. 

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 Catwoman Goes to College (2/22/1967) & Batman Displays His Knowledge (2/23/1966)

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