After thoroughly bamboozling his young patron, the Joker makes his move against the Gotham City Museum for a grand extortion scheme.After thoroughly bamboozling his young patron, the Joker makes his move against the Gotham City Museum for a grand extortion scheme.After thoroughly bamboozling his young patron, the Joker makes his move against the Gotham City Museum for a grand extortion scheme.
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaOne of the few instances where Alfred gets into a fight. Also first time Alfred is shown sword fighting with Joker.
- GoofsWhen Joker goes into the library and flips the switch to the bat poles and then slides down he was already all the way down the pole before Alfred pushed a button to bring him back up. And when Batman & Robin comes in and Alfred pushes the button again for Joker to go back down the length of time Alfred Batman and Robin are talking Joker could have been already in the bat cave to realize where he was. Joker would have been in the bat cave twice in this scene.
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[Alfred and the Joker are engaged in a swordfight]
Aunt Harriet Cooper: Alfred, be careful! The Joker's an arch-criminal!
Alfred Pennyworth: I know, madam, but a very poor fencer.
The Joker: You anglo-fink! I'll smash you to smidgens!
Alfred Pennyworth: May I point out that smidgens is a childish effusion which should have no place even in so poor a vocabulary as yours, sir.
The Joker's master plan is to pull a switch-a-roo in Bernie Park's (Reginald Gardiner) fabulous art museum, steal all the rare paintings and replace them with fakes. The question is what's the difference between the real art and the fakes? Once again, Joker is supported by filthy rich Baby Jane (Diana Ivarson, and looking sharp), not realizing he's just using her to get what he wants. What a fiend this guy is!
Two super scenes here. The bizarro painting contest is a laugh out loud riot, again thanks to Stan Sherman's creative writing. And in reality, the Joker's splashing paint all over the place was, in fact, not that far from what real artsits of the day actually did to get their 15 minutes of fame.
The second super scene, although original, does STRETCH poetic license to the thinnest. Joker heads over to Bruce Wayne's mansion and just happens to discover the "secret switch" that reveals the Batpole and entry into the Bat Cave. Of course, he has to battle it out with brave Alfred in a wild sword fight. This may be the most energized scene Alan Napier ever did on the show as Alfred, and he's good.
The point though... with Joker discovering the Bat Cave entrance, wouldn't he realize Bruce Wayne is Batman? It's reminiscent of the famous SUPERMAN tv episode where Superman's costume is found in Clark Kent's apartment closet. But all us long time fans just roll with it.
Look closely, and you can see Cesar Romero's "real" moustache painted over by his heavy makeup. Romero did not want to shave off his trademark moustache, and you couldn't blame the guy. The fight scenes are well staged, again thanks to director George WaGGner (the famous two G's), no stranger to knock down, drag out brawls on his famous show, 77 SUNSET STRIP. George directed some of the best episodes on that show, inspiring many future cop shows, like MANNIX.
Enjoy the insanity. 10 Earned Stars, especially for heroic Alfred. SEASON 2 EPISODE 58 remastered color. Vol. 1 and 2 dvd box sets which have become collectors items.
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- Runtime24 minutes
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