Sunday, May 1, 2022

Robin in Sport of Penguins (10/5/1967)

 


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 the Penguin.

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Penguin's henchmen play an amusing game of tossing Robin in the air and catching him repeatedly.  However, this clearly distresses the Boy Wonder, as well as the Caped Crusader, who rescues his sidekick by swinging into the crowd in a rope.

One of Penguin's henchmen knocks Robin through a fence, dazing the Boy Wonder, and briefly leaving Batman to fight the rest of them alone.  Fortunately, Batgirl rescues the Caped Crusader by wrapping the henchmen together in a string of human flypaper, while Robin regains consciousness.

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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