Sunday, May 15, 2022

Robin in Unkindest Tut of All (10/19/1967)

 


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 King Tut.

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First, a masked thief
handcuffs Robin, before shackling the Boy Wonder to the Caped Crusader in order to allow another villain to plant a homing device on the Batmobile.

Second, in order to disprove King Tut's claim that Bruce Wayne is Batman, Robin appears with a dummy Batman in a remote controlled Batmobile while Bruce Wayne and King Tut are present before a television camera.  Wayne utilized his ventriloquism skills to mimic Batman's voice at the scene.  

Finally, during a fight, the Boy Wonder is knocked to the ground, and a bunch of Tut's henchmen stand over him, taking turns punching the downed Robin.  Batman notices his sidekick's distress, grabs the boy's ankles, pulls the Boy Wonder away from the henchmen's punches, and helps Robin to his feet to continue to fight.

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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