Robin in Penguin's Clean Sweep (1/25/1968)

 

 

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 Penguin.

Favorite scenes:

The Dynamic Duo catch up with Penguin, where he has just been inoculated against Lygerian sleeping sickness.  In order to facilitate his escape, Penguin releases three Lygerian fruit flies carrying the sleeping sickness.  Batman manages to kill two of them, but the third lands on Robin's nose.  Fortunately, Batman captures the third with tweezers from his utility belt.

 

Certainly, the Boy Wonder did not look good being stymied by a fly.

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 Nora Clavicle and the Ladies' Crime Club (1/18/1968)

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Robin in Horse of Another Color (10/12/1967)

 

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.

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 Sport of Penguins (10/5/1967)

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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.

Favorite shots:

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:

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 Wail of the Siren (9/28/1967)

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Robin in Enter Batgirl Exit Penguin (9/14/1967)

 

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 Penguin.

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 Ice Spy (3/29/1967) & Duo Defy (3/30/1967)

Next blog:  Robin in Ring Around the Riddler (9/21/1967)

Robin in Penguin Is a Girl's Best Friend (1/26/1967), Penguin Sets a Trend (2/1/1967) & Penguin's Disastrous End (2/2/1967)

 

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 villains are Penguin and Marsha Queen of Diamonds.  

In the first episode, after a fight, Penguin blinds the Dynamic Duo by shining a spotlight on their faces, allowing his henchmen to capture them in a net.  Batman and Robin are then tied to a catapult which is intended to propel them to their doom some distance away.

In the second episode, Batman precisely calculates where they are anticipated to land and remotely directs the Batmobile to be there beforehand to catch them with a lifesaving net.

Batman and Robin then find themselves in medieval suits of armor and in pursuit of Penguin, who trips them up with a series of rolling garbage cans.  After gassing the downed duo, Penguin turns them over to a junkyard, who put the heroes in a trash compactor.

In the third episode, the Dynamic Duo use their portable air tanks in their utility belts to counteract the hydraulic pressure of the trash compactor and to create an air pocket to allow them to survive.

For fans of Robin peril, this is an uneventful episode.

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

Previous blog:  

That Darn Catwoman (1/19/1967) & Scat Darn Catwoman (1/25/1967)

Next blog:  Robin in Batman's Anniversary (2/8/1967) & Riddling Controversy (2/9/1967)

Robin in Zodiac Crimes (1/11/1967), Joker's Hard Times (1/12/1967) & Penguin Declines (1/18/1967)

 

 

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 villains are the Joker and the Penguin.  

In the first episode, after a fight, the Dynamic Duo are dazed by sleeping powder thrown by Joker's moll Venus.  They are then tied to a platform underneath a giant meteorite which is set to fall upon them after to a revolving flare burns through the rope.

In the second episode, Batman frees his hand, disables the flare, and frees himself and Robin before the meteorite falls upon the platform.

The Dynamic Duo are then caught in a net hanging from the ceiling and placed in a pool with a remorseful Venus and a giant clam which proceeds to swallow the Boy Wonder. 

 

In the third episode, Batman breaks his chains and frees Robin from the clam.

Favorite shots:

Robin has several peril scenes in this trio of episodes.

In the first episode, Robin is overpowered and carried by one of Joker's henchmen to the corner.  Fortunately, Batman is still able to defeat Joker and his remaining henchmen.  Robin quickly revives and joins Batman in time to be dazed by Venus' sleeping powder.

The second episode starts with Batman freeing his hand, disabling the flare, and freeing himself and Robin before the meteorite falls upon them.

During a subsequent fight, a couple of Joker's henchmen push Robin against a wall and take turns punching the young sidekick's gut.  The Boy Wonder cries out for help from the Caped Crusader and is rescued.

Finally, placed in a pool with the remorseful Venus, Batman, and a giant clam, Robin is selected to be the first person to be eaten.  Swallowed by the clam, Robin cries again pitifully for Batman's help.

In the third episode, Batman breaks his chains and frees Robin from the clam.

During a subsequent fight, Robin is overpowered again and carried by Joker's henchmen up the Batcave's nuclear reactor to be thrown into it.  Fortunately, Batman again rescues the Boy Wonder.

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 Contaminated Cowl (1/4/1967) & Mad Hatter Runs Afoul (1/5/1967)

Next blog:  That Darn Catwoman (1/19/1967) & Scat Darn Catwoman (1/25/1967)