Romero's Joker, in movement and expression is truly a marvel to behold. His laughter's both maniacal and menacing. Short of murdering someone, at the drop of a hat, I feel he really embodied the true spirit of the character. And it isn't hard to notice how he relishes playing "The Clown Prince Of Crime". As with some other guest villains, such as Frank Gorshin as "The Riddler", Cesar really gave his all to the show, helping to make it the pop classic it's come to be.Thanks for the post.
I mean, this *is* the "true spirit" of the Joker of the comics of the time. He's a dour killer in his first few appearances in 1940 and then psychotic when he comes back in the '70s after a layoff, but the Romero Joker is the same as the '50s and '60s comics Joker and similar to the rest of Batman's villains of the time: a guy who commits crimes built around a gimmick.
" Wait...we must shut off the gas and pump it out!!!, some passer by might get killed !!". Joker thinks kindly of strangers while he hates Batman and Robin.
the voice, the eerieness, the body language, and such touches as the gracious bow and the pirouette while gloating. CR's performance was the one all other Jokers (including TAS) based themselves on.
This actually was an interesting cliff-hanger.I did think that the Joker meant water at first, but when I saw the "Deadly Gas" sign I thought how would they breathe? Caesar Romero does the character of the Joker justice. I love his music when he is the villain. .
Joker never did like being incarcerated. They heard all his jokes before in the pen. The old smoke stack gag, oldest trick in the book. Smoke and mirrors the jokers bag of tricks.
"First we must shut off the poisonous gas and pump it out. Some passer-by might get killed!" I love this show. Villians may park in front of fire hydrants or deface public monuments, but they'd never go so far as to kill someone who wasn't directly associated with the law.
I can nit-pick here. In Penguin's first appearance, he put Bruce Wayne, thinking he was an "industrial spy", on a conveyor into a furnace, not even knowing it was Wayne, let alone Batman. When Mr. Freeze first appeared, he did freeze-blast a butler/servant. It was later mentioned that he survived, however. Zelda _threatened_ a lethal trap for Aunt Harriet, unless a ransom was paid. Joker, though, in the second death-trap of his zodiac crime spree, did include his ex-moll Venus to be eaten by the giant clam. Still, with the Joker's gas chamber, he didn't want to harm someone he had no grudge against, but we see that "the law" was not the criminals' limitation. End of nit-pick.
Adam west was hilarious at 3:47 ,when Joker orders them into the smokestack and the goon hands Batman the extra bullrope he responds "thank you" and walks into the smokestack.
@@chrissteele1362 I like the part when they are tied up and going to walk into the smoke stack. The thug hands Batman the end of the rope, and Batman says " thank you" , then He, and Robin step inside.A polite crime fighter to the end
I find it funny how Batman & Robin get to the top of the chimney and just sit there. Robin: "Strange there leaving now we have to find them again" You guys were up there watching for 30 seconds. Plenty of time to get down attack or jump on the van
This is easily the most creative cliffhanger of the Adam West Batman series! A great poem as the Duo are caught, an ingenious deathtrap and a brilliant escape!
The Joker's makeup and hair looked great in this episode, best of the series, I think. Even the magenta suit looks better here. I miss Caesat Romero's nuttiness...
@WayneGrayson I didn't realize they wrote the Minstrel episodes as well....BOTH (this and Van Johnson's character) both sang to Batman & Robin right at the trap scenes as well
Cesar Romero IS the Joker. He owned that part. The man was an actor from Hollywood's past. Very talented. His Joker laugh was legend , " Wooooo Ha Ha!!!". I read he did that laugh when he first saw his costume in wardrobe. The director asked what was that? Cesar just said " I was looking at my costume and found it funny , so I laughed." The same laugh became the Joker laugh.So in the Joker episodes the laugh was used. Cesar Romero put energy, and classic style into his portrayal as The Joker.A Batman Classic. 1966-1968.
such extra added touches...that back to back climb seemed real, the Joker's chanting while the pair are roped, the Joker showing a heart (!) by worrying the gas may injure a civilian, that incredible slide down the rope and the only time we see the parked batmobile emit a blast of fiery exhaust on departing.
Joker's henchman at 02:14 was Norman Alden who played a German officer in one episode of Hogan's Heroes and was the father of "Polly" on My Three Sons in the early 70s.
Kudos all around! Robin at his best ever...though you can tell that it's just their stunt doubles in the first shot of them climbing out of the gas. I also like the henchman at 2:18-2:21 with the hat over his eyes, who says, "We owe it to the criminal WOILD!"
It's too bad Batgirl wasn't added until the show's third season;the sight of Batgirl falling into the Joker's trap and being captured along with Batman and Robin would had been priceless. How would Batgirl had escaped? After Batman and Robin climbed out of the smokestack, Batman would throw down his batrope to Batgirl and pull her out of the smokestack.
If Ceasar Romero was still alive, he would've made a great boss Carl Grisson in the 1989 Batman. Plus I would've loved to see a young Johnny Depp as Dick Grayson/Robin, the Boy Wonder. As far as who was the best Catwoman goes, here's my list from least to best. 5, Lee Merriweather-Didn't play the role but once in the movie, she was at best, OK. 4, Michelle Pffiffer-Very athletic and mysterious. But, for me, all her roles from Grease 2 to now, there was always something sorely lacking in her performance. 3, (This will piss a lot of ya'll off when I say this) Julie Newmar-She had the look, the poise and the attitude. But, I got sick of her falling in love with Batman all the damned time...Mostly when she was caught by him after the fact. 2, Halle Berry-A tortured young soul finally wakes up and says to the world "Enough is enough!"? My kind of lady. Besides, the best/worst cats are BLACK! And not just in the suit. And finally, my No. 1 best pick as Catwoman. She only played her for a season , but what a season! Plus I got to see her and Yvonne Craig (As Batgirl) in skin-tight vinyl? Take me on home God, it don't get any better than this. She was black...through and through as all bad cats should be. She had a better body than Julie Newmar, far more attitude than Michelle Pfeiffer, much prettier in the face than Lee Merriweather, and Halle Berry claimed to have taken pointers from her when she played her. In short, one could say, she absolutely PURRRRRFECT for the role. None other than the late but still great, sassy but sexy, that fiercely but ferociously foxy feline femme fatale, EARTHA KITT! And anybody that disagrees with me, you're only LYING TO YOUR OWN DAMN SELVES! Tell me none of you fellas didn't get a rise in your Levis' when you heard that woman purr for the first time? Tell me at one time or another that you didn't try to get your girlfriend/fiance'/wife to do that when you were making out with her. Oh, you may have had Julie Newmar in your head while you were holding her, but you wanted her to sound like Eartha Kitt while you were enjoying her. For me (And I am not ashamed to admit this.), we couldn't keep enough charmin in the house when she played (Correction: When she WAS!) CATWOMAN!
@@JENDALL714 " Quick Robin, to the Batmobile, we've got to get these Bat - patents to the patent office so I can use the word " Bat" with every thing I use"!.
I absolutely LOVED this show growing up. Now I see Robin is kind of a fancy boy with a ridiculous costume but whatever, nothing beats the hours upon hours I spent pretending to be Batman after watching that week's episode. Thanks for posting.
adam west wasn't fat, he was just average build, imagine if mike henry of 60's tarzan fame was batman, since he was originally cast as batman or he was wanted by the producers of batman, talk about being able to fill out that leotard batman costume! whew! lyle waggoner audition for the role but couldn't do the campy acting so he wasn't cast.
mbblover Actually, watch the last episode of "Batman", the one with Zsa Zsa Gabor as the villain. This is the only time that Adam West was shirtless in the entire series, and he looked to be in great shape and was toned (by 1960's standards). It was the suit.
Joseph Beck You are absolutley right. Dark Knight Trilogy, pfff, more like CSI Chicago Trilogy. Generic crap. Nolan's ''Joker'' is just boring generic dude.Cesar Romero, Jack Nicholson and Mark Hamill are true Joker trio, not this rip off Jeff the Killer and Tattooed freak from Suicide Squad. Actually, ANY Joker from cartoons and games are better than Ledger and Leto.
@@MidgetPlayingGames Heath Ledger is overhyped garbage, and what are you doing here anyway? It is the 60's series that made Batman and Robin famous globally.
I like how the villains always have very beautiful lady assistants. Jill is very sweet by how she doesn't want any harm to fall upon our heroes.
Romero's Joker, in movement and expression is truly a marvel to behold. His laughter's both maniacal and menacing. Short of murdering someone, at the drop of a hat, I feel he really embodied the true spirit of the character. And it isn't hard to notice how he relishes playing "The Clown Prince Of Crime". As with some other guest villains, such as Frank Gorshin as "The Riddler", Cesar really gave his all to the show, helping to make it the pop classic it's come to be.Thanks for the post.
+LATVERIAN1 I agree. What's more, is that no matter how wild he was, he never hammed it up. He knew just how to play it.
I mean, this *is* the "true spirit" of the Joker of the comics of the time. He's a dour killer in his first few appearances in 1940 and then psychotic when he comes back in the '70s after a layoff, but the Romero Joker is the same as the '50s and '60s comics Joker and similar to the rest of Batman's villains of the time: a guy who commits crimes built around a gimmick.
What is interesting bat man Cape and cowl is dark
" Wait...we must shut off the gas and pump it out!!!, some passer by might get killed !!".
Joker thinks kindly of strangers while he hates Batman and Robin.
@@pronkb000 Jack Skellington would be proud.
When Joker put them in a room where they had to climb up without help, it reminded me of when Jimmy Climbed up to save Superman and Lois.
the voice, the eerieness, the body language, and such touches as the gracious bow and the pirouette while gloating. CR's performance was the one all other Jokers (including TAS) based themselves on.
"Some passer-by might get killed!"
omg old school Joker is a gent
This actually was an interesting cliff-hanger.I did think that the Joker meant water at first, but when I saw the "Deadly Gas" sign I thought how would they breathe? Caesar Romero does the character of the Joker justice. I love his music when he is the villain. .
It would have been better if it was cement. It would rise slowly up their legs and bodies, swallowing them up.
"Think of all the things we can buy with what we steal."
He was very considerate not poisoning an innocent passerby on the street too
The funny thing is this is the most plausible escape they did...
Joker never did like being incarcerated. They heard all his jokes before in the pen.
The old smoke stack gag, oldest trick in the book. Smoke and mirrors the jokers bag of tricks.
Man, why they made Joker a monster in the comics now?
In this show, Joker was lovable while still being a villain.
Clever trap! Roped and tied!
How did they get up there?
They took the elevator, what do you think?
HI LARIOUS
honestly Silly joker over peel your face off and commit genocide for no reason joker any day
@@thefantasticjames yeah
Cesar Romero, for me, was the best joker ever.
"First we must shut off the poisonous gas and pump it out. Some passer-by might get killed!"
I love this show. Villians may park in front of fire hydrants or deface public monuments, but they'd never go so far as to kill someone who wasn't directly associated with the law.
Agree. The villains here are somewhat adorable. Take Bookworm, he always made his henchmen remove their glssses before fighting.
Love the traps and the music!
@@thedorkknight9684 Batman is the one they wanted to trap, tie up and terminate!
I can nit-pick here. In Penguin's first appearance, he put Bruce Wayne, thinking he was an "industrial spy", on a conveyor into a furnace, not even knowing it was Wayne, let alone Batman. When Mr. Freeze first appeared, he did freeze-blast a butler/servant. It was later mentioned that he survived, however. Zelda _threatened_ a lethal trap for Aunt Harriet, unless a ransom was paid. Joker, though, in the second death-trap of his zodiac crime spree, did include his ex-moll Venus to be eaten by the giant clam. Still, with the Joker's gas chamber, he didn't want to harm someone he had no grudge against, but we see that "the law" was not the criminals' limitation. End of nit-pick.
Romero’s Joker had ethics.
Funny ray that neutralizes the Bat gadgets? Wow. Joker too, is high-tech.
"If we weren't weighted down or something" good thinking Robin, give your enemies ideas to use against you.
Joker's henchmen wore the best clothes in the series.
Adam west was hilarious at 3:47 ,when Joker orders them into the smokestack and the goon hands Batman the extra bullrope he responds "thank you" and walks into the smokestack.
1967 Joker Rap.
Turn off the gas.and pump it.out !.or.some passerby might get killed!. ( yet he wanted to kill Batman and Robin with it.)
@@chrissteele1362 I like the part when the Joker opens the door and sees that Batman and Robin had escaped , he starts panicking.
Batman We are on to your tricks Joker You might as well rope us!
@@chrissteele1362 I like the part when they are tied up and going to walk into the smoke stack. The thug hands Batman the end of the rope, and Batman says " thank you" , then He, and Robin step inside.A polite crime fighter to the end
The best singing joker I have seen.
joker just laughs so hard when they throw the batarangs what a troll lol
If they do not get the joke pull the string and let em choke i like that ryhme hm hm ha ha ha
Happy Birthday Dick Grayson 🎂 November 11th 1938 and Happy belated 80th Anniversary Batman and Robin 🎉 🎉
Cant believe Romero didn't do something outrageous and similar in the 70s..he went back to normal and never diverged again.
I find it funny how Batman & Robin get to the top of the chimney and just sit there.
Robin: "Strange there leaving now we have to find them again"
You guys were up there watching for 30 seconds. Plenty of time to get down attack or jump on the van
This is easily the most creative cliffhanger of the Adam West Batman series! A great poem as the Duo are caught, an ingenious deathtrap and a brilliant escape!
0:39 I did always get that vibe from Joker.
I'm surprised the henchmen are as genre savvy as they are, suggesting that they kill the two on the spot.
R.I.P Cesar Romero and Adam West and they are the best batman and joker for me
The Joker's makeup and hair looked great in this episode, best of the series, I think. Even the magenta suit looks better here. I miss Caesat Romero's nuttiness...
@WayneGrayson I didn't realize they wrote the Minstrel episodes as well....BOTH (this and Van Johnson's character) both sang to Batman & Robin right at the trap scenes as well
Do you think that Cesar Romero was great at bringing the Joker to life?
+Nathaniel preston brody, he was the best.
Cesar Romero will and always will be the Joker.Hall of Fame candidates
Him and jack Nicholson
He is awesome! Clever trap! Clever escape!
Cesar Romero IS the Joker. He owned that part. The man was an actor from Hollywood's past. Very talented. His Joker laugh was legend , " Wooooo Ha Ha!!!". I read he did that laugh when he first saw his costume in wardrobe. The director asked what was that? Cesar just said " I was looking at my costume and found it funny , so I laughed." The same laugh became the Joker laugh.So in the Joker episodes the laugh was used. Cesar Romero put energy, and classic style into his portrayal as The Joker.A Batman Classic. 1966-1968.
Must be awkward to be a Batman fangirl while you're Joker's assistant...
Who’s the actress?
such extra added touches...that back to back climb seemed real, the Joker's chanting while the pair are roped, the Joker showing a heart (!) by worrying the gas may injure a civilian, that incredible slide down the rope and the only time we see the parked batmobile emit a blast of fiery exhaust on departing.
The cleverest escape
they ever made.
I though this trap escapes was one of the most logical in the series. Any others anyone can think of that would also be workable?
Joker's henchman at 02:14 was Norman Alden who played a German officer in one episode of Hogan's Heroes and was the father of "Polly" on My Three Sons in the early 70s.
At 5:47 you can see quite "clearly" it's Burt's (Robin) stunt double Victor.
Joker invented rap music
Apparently reciting a poem makes one a rapper.
Harree Siraj He's calling a square dance.
Kudos all around! Robin at his best ever...though you can tell that it's just their stunt doubles in the first shot of them climbing out of the gas. I also like the henchman at 2:18-2:21 with the hat over his eyes, who says, "We owe it to the criminal WOILD!"
Kuzco Emperor's New Groove scene
definitely a somewhat logical, reasonable escape from this trap....good idea.
7:46-7:49 batman and robin were holding hands! Cute!
BUT HELP FROM WHERE ?!!
NOT THE JOKER CERTAINLY !
I want to play poker with the joker
they took the elevator...LOL
What do you think?! lol
Bat-Elevator.
4:29 - 4:35 BATMAN: But That's Gas!!
REALLY?! Well, The Sign Right There Says,
"DEADLY GAS."
It's too bad Batgirl wasn't added until the show's third season;the sight of Batgirl falling into the Joker's trap and being captured along with Batman and Robin would had been priceless. How would Batgirl had escaped? After Batman and Robin climbed out of the smokestack, Batman would throw down his batrope to Batgirl and pull her out of the smokestack.
Great childhood memories, thanks for posting.
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Yea robin yell out jokers freaking name out loud let him know your here!!!
6:31 Well at least Joker does have a conscience.
If Ceasar Romero was still alive, he would've made a great boss Carl Grisson in the 1989 Batman. Plus I would've loved to see a young Johnny Depp as Dick Grayson/Robin, the Boy Wonder. As far as who was the best Catwoman goes, here's my list from least to best. 5, Lee Merriweather-Didn't play the role but once in the movie, she was at best, OK. 4, Michelle Pffiffer-Very athletic and mysterious. But, for me, all her roles from Grease 2 to now, there was always something sorely lacking in her performance. 3, (This will piss a lot of ya'll off when I say this) Julie Newmar-She had the look, the poise and the attitude. But, I got sick of her falling in love with Batman all the damned time...Mostly when she was caught by him after the fact. 2, Halle Berry-A tortured young soul finally wakes up and says to the world "Enough is enough!"? My kind of lady. Besides, the best/worst cats are BLACK! And not just in the suit. And finally, my No. 1 best pick as Catwoman. She only played her for a season , but what a season! Plus I got to see her and Yvonne Craig (As Batgirl) in skin-tight vinyl? Take me on home God, it don't get any better than this. She was black...through and through as all bad cats should be. She had a better body than Julie Newmar, far more attitude than Michelle Pfeiffer, much prettier in the face than Lee Merriweather, and Halle Berry claimed to have taken pointers from her when she played her. In short, one could say, she absolutely PURRRRRFECT for the role. None other than the late but still great, sassy but sexy, that fiercely but ferociously foxy feline femme fatale, EARTHA KITT! And anybody that disagrees with me, you're only LYING TO YOUR OWN DAMN SELVES! Tell me none of you fellas didn't get a rise in your Levis' when you heard that woman purr for the first time? Tell me at one time or another that you didn't try to get your girlfriend/fiance'/wife to do that when you were making out with her. Oh, you may have had Julie Newmar in your head while you were holding her, but you wanted her to sound like Eartha Kitt while you were enjoying her. For me (And I am not ashamed to admit this.), we couldn't keep enough charmin in the house when she played (Correction: When she WAS!) CATWOMAN!
Cesar Romero was alive in 1989. He passed away New Year's Day 1994.
I agree with you on Johnny Depp being the Boy Wonder and what about Harrison Ford as Batman ???? 🤔?????
Batman said thank you, I just caught that after all these years lol
Keith and Lance totally re-created their escape maneuver in Voltron LD!
Clever trap! Clever escape!
Upholding the law in their knickers. Green and blue.
This is the scariest version of the Joker ever presented.
I politely disagree. Heath Ledger's Joker was a lot worse.
+Byron Lee Yes, but this was actually damn good. But they made him stupid later. Jack Nicholson was the worst.
+Fred Gregg ah well. To each his own opinion.
I agree. It goes back to being a little kid in the 70s when I saw this. Nothing funny about it at all back then.
I like Cesar Romero, Jack Nicholson and Mark Hammill but Heath Ledger is overhyped garbage.
Sometimes, their escape was too ridiculous, but, in this time, I found is well good imagined
Joker, a gangster rapper????
Apparently reciting a poem makes one a rapper.
Batman invented zip lining.
Notice how the Batmobile is parked in the spot were they make their escape?.
@@johnbockelie3899 Bat-remote control.
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@@JENDALL714 " Quick Robin, to the Batmobile, we've got to get these Bat - patents to the patent office so I can use the word " Bat" with every thing I use"!.
True ceaser Romero was a dream bastard. A brilliant actor
At 2:14 the henchmen are the smartest of the group. Lol!
As daft as it may look today,n back in the 60's, we kids loved it,
That’s the only scene I remember from this show when I was 5 years old
6:27 There like, “That was easy” 😂😂😂
He always got out of those vicious traps!
On Batman and Robin 1966 TV series The Joker is the greatest actor on there thank you Joker
A 1.28 Joker should have unmasked Batman
These villains are the best
5:48 this was from the Emperor's new Grove
omg when batman enters the smoke stack he says thank you to the joker after the joker says "enter gentlman, be my guest" 3:48
they took the elevator :-)
Back when vans didn't have seats.
Robin is hot.
I think so too I always found him sexy.
I absolutely LOVED this show growing up. Now I see Robin is kind of a fancy boy with a ridiculous costume but whatever, nothing beats the hours upon hours I spent pretending to be Batman after watching that week's episode. Thanks for posting.
Why is the costume ridiculous? Sure, one wouldn't wear it to church dinner unless it were a Halloween festivity.
I'd try to be more intimidating a bright costume doesn't instil mutch fear
6:11 What a paradox "Think of all the things you can buy with what we can steal." Why not just steal what she wants in the first place?
You really expect Joker to make sense?
Some things are worth stealing, others are not.
El Bandito True.
Insane Troll Logic: he wouldn't be the Joker without it!
Holy Smokestack! Smokestack
Holy entanglements!
adam west wasn't fat, he was just average build, imagine if mike henry of 60's tarzan fame was batman, since he was originally cast as batman or he was wanted by the producers of batman, talk about being able to fill out that leotard batman costume! whew! lyle waggoner audition for the role but couldn't do the campy acting so he wasn't cast.
mbblover Actually, watch the last episode of "Batman", the one with Zsa Zsa Gabor as the villain. This is the only time that Adam West was shirtless in the entire series, and he looked to be in great shape and was toned (by 1960's standards). It was the suit.
@@libertubey2199 He didn't need rubber to enhance *his* physique. PURE. WEST.
The bad guys room is always at a 20 degree angle!
Gumboot Zone because they were crooked
I was just going to comment on that, but I scrolled down and discovered you beat me to it by 12 years!
I’m watching this episode now
I Wonder at .09 how the Joker sound was made so well done
Q. How would they untwine without falling back down?
60s Batman logic?
"Think of all the things you can buy with what we can steal!"
Why not...just...STEAL the things you could buy with what you can steal?
If robin a kept his mouth shut
Actually they took the Bat-elevator.
@WayneGrayson --Yes, the Cockrells added a lot to the shows they wrote. Did they only write two complete episodes?
why buy it when you can steal it......
What does Robin say right before Batman says, "It's like being caught in a barrel of snakes."?
Why does look like Ronald Mcdonald
Exelente programa
I n't know Batman was a comedy movie
+Shariqwa Witwicky You didn't see the Tim Burton movies starring Beetlejuice? Hilarious!
Fred Gregg No i heared it being talked about a lot though
They should do a episode in family guy of old batman and get mayor west to play batman
Since when would the Joker care about a passerby citizen getting killed by the gas out of the stack lol
Definitely hilda Willard
@sassypants318 --"Holy....[something]...viper pits" it sounds like to me.
One of the dumbest traps ever.
Put a roof on the smokestack, and Batman and Robin are dead
why did they always get into trap after trap?? It got boring! They always got out!
now this is the real Batman and Joker not that chris nolan crap!
That "Christ Nolan crap" were amazing pieces of work. Not this gay-ass acting and punk-ass costume crap.
Midget PlayingGames I have to admit. This Joker was quite good though :P But Late Heath Ledger was better.
MidgetPG ha... Luke Skywalker would make a better 🃏 Joker than either
Joseph Beck You are absolutley right. Dark Knight Trilogy, pfff, more like CSI Chicago Trilogy. Generic crap. Nolan's ''Joker'' is just boring generic dude.Cesar Romero, Jack Nicholson and Mark Hamill are true Joker trio, not this rip off Jeff the Killer and Tattooed freak from Suicide Squad. Actually, ANY Joker from cartoons and games are better than Ledger and Leto.
@@MidgetPlayingGames Heath Ledger is overhyped garbage, and what are you doing here anyway? It is the 60's series that made Batman and Robin famous globally.
"gayfellow" cleaning? lol
people can go from gay to straight google "late bloo
What's the name of the woman in this?
Her character name is Jill.
She is an actress named Jane Wald.
Thanks
80 years old that's the name
gayfellows?
Gay was another word for 'happy' in that time period.
Welcome to the Metaverse l,, nn, x,
I like.you're. show
Gayfellow to the clean? Lol were gay jokes big back then?
Back then, it definitely referred to the Joker’s upbeat, manic nature.
Though Cesar Romero eventually came out, so who knows?
I think it genuinely just means "happy" in this case, even though Cesar Romero was a "confirmed bachelor."