"Batman"
Black Widow Strikes Again (1967)

Director:

Oscar Rudolph

Writers:

Bob Kane (characters)
Robert Mintz (writer)

TV Series:

"Batman" (1966)

Original Air Date:

15 March 1967 (Season 2, Episode 55)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Family | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Gadget | Gadgetry | Multiple Actors For One Character | Gadget Car | Theremin

Cast

Adam West	...	Bruce Wayne / Batman
Burt Ward	...	Dick Grayson / Robin
Alan Napier	...	Alfred Pennyworth
Neil Hamilton	...	Police Commissioner James Gordon
Stafford Repp	...	Police Chief O'Hara
Madge Blake	...	Aunt Harriet Cooper
Tallulah Bankhead	...	Black Widow (as Miss Tallulah Bankhead)
Don 'Red' Barry	...	Tarantula (as Donald Barry)
Al Ferrara	...	Trapdoor
Mike Lane	...	Daddy Longlegs (as Michael Lane)
George Chandler	...	Grampa
Grady Sutton	...	Irving Cash
Pitt Herbert	...	Irving Leghorn
Walker Edmiston	...	Teller
Meg Wyllie	...	Grandma (as Meg Wylie)

Trivia:

This very unusual two-parter includes a sly parody of the omnipresence of television commercials, as every one of the show's sponsors is represented by at least one scene or line. Among them: the first episode begins with Black Widow pretending to innocently open a new account at a Gotham City bank, which the proprietor assures her is "An excellent way to start your day" (Kellogg's); she robs a branch of Beneficial Savings and Loan (another sponsor); Commissioner Gordon reassures a nervous bank owner that "You can be sure if it's Batman" (Westinghouse); Black Widow's hideout is located at 411 Lava Drive (Lava Soap); and, in the last scene, Black Widow concedes that "Only Batman knows for sure!" (Clairol).