Holy Casting Crossover! Actors who appeared on both BATMAN and STAR TREK TOS
Release Date: 01/06/2023
#216 Putting a Finger on the Clock King script
To The Batpoles! Batman 1966
The Clock King’s Crazy Crimes/The Clock King Gets Crowned is the one Batman ’66 arc written by Bill Finger, now credited as a co-creator of the character, and Charles Sinclair. Unsurprisingly, the first draft of the script reveals a writer not well versed in the rules of Hollywood, such as that an actor who says one word on screen is more expensive than one in a non-speaking role. This time we look at the , , and scripts of the Clock King story, finding bits that changed significantly as shot, and answer some of our questions about odd parts of the story. ALSO: The version of the Batman...
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#215 Women in Season 3, pt. 1: Villains (and heroes!) approach gender parity
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One of the most striking things — in a good way, for once! — about Batman’s third season is the number of villains who are women. Also, of course, this is the season of Batgirl, who is more aggressively “feminized” than any other woman on the show, perhaps because she’s doing “a man’s job.” This time we begin a look at how the show presents women in season three by looking at the season's first five episodes, and we’re joined again by novelist . PLUS: What if ? A Batman writer ! And, Bat Audio from . Read the Clock King scripts we’ll discuss next month: ...
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#214 “Mr. Terrific”: A tough pill to swallow? Pt 2
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was cancelled after half a season, but… was it really a terrible show? Is star Stephen Strimpell partly to blame? This time, we push back on Thirteen Week Theatre’s take on Strimpell, consider why pill popping was such a common way to get superpowers in the Sixties, and the show’s …. agressive … laugh track. Also, were the network execs commissioning superhero sitcoms really trying to imitate Batman, or just cash in? Plus, , more from Adam and Burt on Hour Magazine, and e-mail from our listeners!
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#213 “Mr. Terrific”: A tough pill to swallow? Pt 1
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This time we look at the other sitcom that tried to cash in on Batman, CBS’s . It’s goofier than Captain Nice and not as funny (although the laugh track clearly doesn’t think that!), but with a surprisingly good cast. We discuss the unaired pilot, and the first 8 episodes of the 17-episode series, which is quite different from the pilot, with an utterly different cast and different situation for Mr. T’s alter ego, Stanley Beamish. Plus: , in 1984, and of the Batman cast reunion on Fox’s Late Night with Ross Shafer, in episode 211!
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#212 That’s no bat, boy, that’s Captain Nice!
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When Batman hit in early 1966, it set a trend of superheroes in pop culture that many rushed to emulate. By the time many of these bat-mimics were ready for public consumption, the trend was on its way out. One such wave-rider was Captain Nice, created by Buck Henry, and repeating some gags from Henry’s hit Get Smart. While Captain Nice brought some really funny moments, it failed to catch on with audiences. Was this simply because the bat-bubble had burst? Or was it that Henry wasn’t the right person to grab the lightning in a bottle that Lorenzo Semple, Jr., had captured? We look at the...
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#211 Holy overbooking! The Late Show’s Batman reunion
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On April 28, 1988, the then-fledgling Fox Network’s The Late Show with Ross Shafer hosted a Batman reunion. However, due to poor time management and a second-rate host, among other problems, the reunion can be a bit of a tough watch - especially the way Alan Napier was shortchanged on airtime at the end as he and Shafer struggled to communicate with each other. Video of the episode, unavailable when we looked for it years ago, surfaced last year, and this time we discuss the problems as well as the interesting bits that we did pick up from the bat-cast. ALSO: The version of the theme, and...
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#210 The Sandman Cometh Alone (part 2)
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We conclude our look at Ellis St. Joseph’s original Sandman script with the sleepwalker-filled second part of the arc, originally titled “A Stitch in Time.” We discuss our impressions of the script, the episode we got instead, and which one we might have preferred. We also share more impressions of the script from the denizens of the ’66 Batman message board, and listen to the world’s most enthusiastic kid, , sing a mostly original song about the Caped Crusader. The Sandman Cometh, ,
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#209 The Sandman Cometh Alone (part 1)
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Midway through Season Two, Julie Newmar appeared along with Michael Rennie as guest villains Catwoman and Sandman in The Sandman Cometh. But originally, this script by Ellis St. Joseph featured only the Sandman, with Robert Morely picked to play the role. This time, we get into how the teamup came about as we begin a look at St. Joseph’s original draft script. Also, Below the Staff Music takes a stab at a jazz version of Hefti’s Batman theme, Adam West and Burt Ward cameo on the SImpsons, and we read your mail on the Bat Bible and Buck Henry’s rejection of camp! The Sandman Cometh, , ...
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#208 The Pilot Audience Report: Why did Batman seem “kind of stupid”?
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Even after Batman made ABC’s “second season” schedule, to start in January 1966, there was still concern about how audiences would react. Will they get the joke? Should a laugh track be used? In a memo dated January 14, 1966 - the day after the second episode, Smack in the Middle, was first broadcast — Joseph Schrier, Director of Program Development at ABC, . While some adults got the joke, others weren’t quite sure if the show was meant to be funny. Audience reaction to Batman and Robin was mixed, as well, with some noticing that Robin was solving all the Riddler’s riddles while...
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It's here! The Internet's most complete list of actors who appeared on both Batman and Star Trek: The Original Series! But... is it totally complete? Look it over and see if there's a relevant actor who isn't listed - then post about him or her in the comments!
Some are famous actors in big roles on both, some are extras and uncredited actors, some fall somewhere in between - or had a big role in one show and a bit part in the other.
See the entire list at the link below.
| Batman | Star Trek |
| Stanley Adams | |
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| Captain Courageous in CATWOMAN GOES TO COLLEGE/BATMAN DISPLAYS HIS KNOWLEDGE | Cyrano Jones in THE TROUBLE WITH TRIBBLES |
| Alyce and Rhae Andrece | |
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| 2nd and 3rd Policewoman in NORA CLAVICLE AND THE LADIES' CRIME CLUB | Multiple Alices in I, MUDD |
| Roger C Carmel | |
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| Colonel Gumm in A PIECE OF THE ACTION/BATMAN’S SATISFACTION | Harry Mudd in I, MUDD and MUDD’S WOMEN |
| Ted Cassidy | |
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| Lurch (window cameo) in THE PENGUIN’S NEST | Ruk in WHAT ARE LITTLE GIRLS MADE OF Gorn (voice) in ARENA Balok’s puppet (voice) in THE CARBOMITE MANEUVER |
| Jerry Catron | |
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| First Henchman in POP GOES THE JOKER/FLOP GOES THE JOKER | Montgomery in THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE and JOURNEY TO BABEL (shown) Second Denevan in OPERATION-ANNIHILATE! |
| Elisha Cook | |
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| Professor Isaacson in ICE SPY/THE DUO DEFY | Samuel T. Cogley in COURT MARTIAL |
| Joan Collins | |
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| The Siren in RING AROUND THE RIDDLER/THE WAIL OF THE SIREN | Edith Keeler in THE CITY ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER |
| Yvonne Craig | |
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| Batgirl in season 3 | Marta in WHOM GODS DESTROY |
| John Crawford | |
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| Printer’s Devil in THE BOOKWORM TURNS/WHILE GOTHAM CITY BURNS | Commissioner Ferris in THE GALILEO SEVEN |
| Charles Dierkop | |
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| Dustbag in PENGUIN’S CLEAN SWEEP | Morla in WOLF IN THE FOLD |
| Phyllis Douglas | |
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| Josie Miller in THE JOKER’S LAST LAUGH/THE JOKER’S EPITAPH | Yeoman Mears in THE GALILEO SEVEN (shown) Girl #2 in THE WAY TO EDEN |
| Gene Dynarski | |
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| Benedict in AN EGG GROWS IN GOTHAM/THE YEGG FOES IN GOTHAM | Ben in MUDD’S WOMEN Krodak in THE MARK OF GIDEON (shown) |
| Teri Garr | |
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| Girl outside skating rink in INSTANT FREEZE | Roberta Lincoln in ASSIGNMENT: EARTH |
| Frank Gorshin | |
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| The Riddler in seasons 1 and 3 | Commander Belen in LET THAT BE YOUR LAST BATTLEFIELD |
| Lloyd Haynes | |
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| Lord Chancellor in KING TUT’S COUP/BATMAN’S WATERLOO | Lt. Alden in WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE |
| Marianna Hill | |
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| Cleo Patrick in THE SPELL OF TUT | Helen Noel in DAGGER OF THE MIND |
| Sherry Jackson | |
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| Pauline in DEATH IN SLOW MOTION/THE RIDDLER’S FALSE NOTION | Andrea in WHAT ARE LITTLE GIRLS MADE OF? |
| Jon Lormer | |
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| Professor Dactyl in HOW TO HATCH A DINOSAUR | Dr. Theodore Haskins in THE CAGE Tamar in THE RETURN OF THE ARCHONS Old Man in FOR THE WORLD IS HOLLOW AND I HAVE TOUCHED THE SKY (shown) |
| Lee Meriwether | |
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| Lisa Carson in KING TUT’S COUP/BATMAN’S WATERLOO (shown); Catwoman in BATMAN: THE MOVIE | Losira in THAT WHICH SURVIVES |
| Lawrence Montaigne | |
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| Mr. Glee in THE JOKER’S LAST LAUGH/THE JOKER’S EPITAPH | Decius in BALANCE OF TERROR Stonn in AMOK TIME (shown) |
| Julie Newmar | |
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| Catwoman in seasons one and two | Eleen in FRIDAY’S CHILD |
| Leslie Parrish | |
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| Dawn Robbins in THE PENGUIN’S A JINX Glacia Glaze in ICE SPY/THE DUO DEFY (shown) | Lt. Carolyn Palamas in WHO MOURNS FOR ADONIS? |
| Gil Perkins | |
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| Henchman in THE JOKER IS WILD, Dicer in THE THIRTEENTH HAT/BATMAN STANDS PAT Cauliflower in RING AROUND THE RIDDLER Jury Foreman in THE JOKE’S ON CATWOMAN (shown) Bluebeard in BATMAN THE MOVIE | Slave #3 in BREAD AND CIRCUSES |
| Angelique Pettyjohn | |
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| 1st Model in A PIECE OF THE ACTION | Shahna in THE GAMESTERS OF TRISKELION |
| Malachai Throne | |
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| False Face in TRUE OR FALSE FACE/HOLY RAT RACE | Commodore Jose Mendez in THE MENAGERIE voice of The Keeper in THE CAGE |
| Grace Lee Whitney | |
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| Neila in KING TUT’S COUP/BATMAN’S WATERLOO | Janice Rand in eight Season One episodes and in the movies |
| Meg Wyllie | |
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| Grandma in BLACK WIDOW STRIKES AGAIN | The Keeper in THE CAGE/THE MENAGERIE |
| Honorable mention: Jan Shutan | |
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| DOZIERVERSE: Lizz in the DICK TRACY pilot | Lt. Mira Romaine in THE LIGHTS OF ZETAR |
| Stephen Kandel (writer) | |
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| BATMAN: TRUE OR FALSE FACE/HOLY RAT RACE, ZODIAC CRIMES 3-parter | STAR TREK: I, MUDD and MUDD’S WOMEN |
| INANIMATE OBJECTS | |
| Feather robe | |
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| Worn by Victor Buono as King Tut | Worn by William Shatner as Kirk in THE PARADISE SYNDROME |
| The Reactor | |
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| Catwoman's Cat-Car in THE FUNNY FELINE FELONIES | The Jupiter 8 in BREAD AND CIRCUSES |