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[Batman] The Batscholar on Episode 112
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Ubiquitous
Jan 16, 2016, 8:12:49 PM1/16/16
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By Joel Eisner
What can I say about Louie the Lilac that I didn't cover in his previous
appearance. Berle had the opportunity to make a Louie into a really
funny fey character and blew it. This episode is even more boring than
the first and that is saying a lot. At least the first one had a couple
of name henchmen. Here we get a couple of real unknowns. Ronald Knight
had bit parts in several shows through the 1980's and disappeared. John
Dennis aka John Sheehan spent over thirty years (until his death in
2004) playing mostly, bartenders, drunks or cops on most network shows
of the time period. but nothing that made him standout.
While they didn't spend the money on the henchmen they did add two name
players to the story. Nobu McCarthy (aka Nobu Atsumi) the former Miss
Tokyo was popular until her death in 2005 for playing Asians on both
sitcoms and dramatic shows. I always remembered her from the 1958 Jerry
Lewis film The Geisha Boy, one of Lewis' better solo features.
The guest player was Percy Helton, as Gus the Janitor of Barbara
Gordon's apartment building. While Gus was a one shot character, Percy
had more talent than most of the guest cast of the third season. Better
known as the drunken Santa in the original Miracle on 34th street, and
for his recurring roles as Homer Cratchett on the Beverly Hillbillies
and as Mike Clancey the owner of the Sweet Shoppe in the final Bowery
Boys films (He took over after Bernard Gorcey died and son Leo left the
series). Helton had previously appeared on the Adventures of Superman,
1950's Dick Tracy tv show with Ralph Byrd, The Lone Ranger, the Twilight
Zone and the Abbott and Costello show (he also appeared in Abbott and
Costello meet the Killer, Boris Karloff).
What makes Helton's scenes interesting is that it tried to explain the
revolving wall in Barbara Gordon's apartment. Gus sneaks into her
apartment using the back door. (who knew she had one) and tried to break
into the secret Batgirl room. Barbara finds him and tries to explain
that there also a door that leads into the next room but she uses it for
storage. (she has a button that changes the room into a storage closet,
just in case nosey janitors come snooping around) She claims it was
installed by the previous tenant, for what reason is not really
explained. In fact, it is never explained how this modern apartment
building came to have a secret elevator attached to this secret room
which descends into a hidden tunnel from which Batgirl is able to ride
down the fake wall and ride off through the alley to the street. Who
owns this building the Green Hornet?
In the Batgirl pilot, Barbara Gordon not only has reversable clothing
allowing her to become Batgirl in moments but also a secret changing
room in the back of the Gotham City Library. I guess it was easier than
building an apartment set, but still far fetched. Speaking of far
fetched, how is it the Barbara has the apartment is a complete set with
secret room and elevator, while Penguin's empty apartment just next door
was a total limbo set with almost no walls and ceiling.
Yvonne Craig “Alan Napier was heaven. He had this darling little dog,
and he and I both brought our dogs to the set. Neil Hamilton was in his
late sixties when he did Commissioner Gordon and always knew his lines.
He had been a silent screen matinee idol. [Hamilton died on September
24, 1984.] Stafford Repp, who played the police chief, got married in
the midst of our doing the show.” [Stafford Repp died on November 5,
1974].
Although Aunt Harriet was no longer a regular character on the series,
and unable to keep her traveling for the entire series, the producers
arranged to have her character to be upstairs at Wayne Manor suffering
from the shock of learning of Bruce and Dick’s kidnapping.
While there are a few better episodes remaining, this one hit rock
bottom with the Instant Unfolding Bat-Costumes with Utility Belts
gimmick. How they expected anyone to believe this premise is beyond
comprehension, but Louie and his men thought that the two glasses of
warm water were enough for Bruce to perform surgery on the captured
animals. Years later, William D'Angelo, the line producer for the
series, coproduced the Monster Squad tv series with Stan Ross and in one
episode midget Billy Curtis (Falseface's man) played the evil ringmaster
who planned to used stupid gas on the entire city, thus allowing him to
take over with no resistance from the population. I think that either
the Ringmaster tested out his gas on Gotham City or someone beat him to
it years earlier.
Next, just when you thought it couldn't get any stupider, Barbara Rush
tries to blow up Gotham City with mechanical wind up mice, to collect on
an insurance policy.
---
In the War on Women, Hillary fought an entire platoon of sexually
abused females on behalf of Bill.
What can I say about Louie the Lilac that I didn't cover in his previous
appearance. Berle had the opportunity to make a Louie into a really
funny fey character and blew it. This episode is even more boring than
the first and that is saying a lot. At least the first one had a couple
of name henchmen. Here we get a couple of real unknowns. Ronald Knight
had bit parts in several shows through the 1980's and disappeared. John
Dennis aka John Sheehan spent over thirty years (until his death in
2004) playing mostly, bartenders, drunks or cops on most network shows
of the time period. but nothing that made him standout.
While they didn't spend the money on the henchmen they did add two name
players to the story. Nobu McCarthy (aka Nobu Atsumi) the former Miss
Tokyo was popular until her death in 2005 for playing Asians on both
sitcoms and dramatic shows. I always remembered her from the 1958 Jerry
Lewis film The Geisha Boy, one of Lewis' better solo features.
The guest player was Percy Helton, as Gus the Janitor of Barbara
Gordon's apartment building. While Gus was a one shot character, Percy
had more talent than most of the guest cast of the third season. Better
known as the drunken Santa in the original Miracle on 34th street, and
for his recurring roles as Homer Cratchett on the Beverly Hillbillies
and as Mike Clancey the owner of the Sweet Shoppe in the final Bowery
Boys films (He took over after Bernard Gorcey died and son Leo left the
series). Helton had previously appeared on the Adventures of Superman,
1950's Dick Tracy tv show with Ralph Byrd, The Lone Ranger, the Twilight
Zone and the Abbott and Costello show (he also appeared in Abbott and
Costello meet the Killer, Boris Karloff).
What makes Helton's scenes interesting is that it tried to explain the
revolving wall in Barbara Gordon's apartment. Gus sneaks into her
apartment using the back door. (who knew she had one) and tried to break
into the secret Batgirl room. Barbara finds him and tries to explain
that there also a door that leads into the next room but she uses it for
storage. (she has a button that changes the room into a storage closet,
just in case nosey janitors come snooping around) She claims it was
installed by the previous tenant, for what reason is not really
explained. In fact, it is never explained how this modern apartment
building came to have a secret elevator attached to this secret room
which descends into a hidden tunnel from which Batgirl is able to ride
down the fake wall and ride off through the alley to the street. Who
owns this building the Green Hornet?
In the Batgirl pilot, Barbara Gordon not only has reversable clothing
allowing her to become Batgirl in moments but also a secret changing
room in the back of the Gotham City Library. I guess it was easier than
building an apartment set, but still far fetched. Speaking of far
fetched, how is it the Barbara has the apartment is a complete set with
secret room and elevator, while Penguin's empty apartment just next door
was a total limbo set with almost no walls and ceiling.
Yvonne Craig “Alan Napier was heaven. He had this darling little dog,
and he and I both brought our dogs to the set. Neil Hamilton was in his
late sixties when he did Commissioner Gordon and always knew his lines.
He had been a silent screen matinee idol. [Hamilton died on September
24, 1984.] Stafford Repp, who played the police chief, got married in
the midst of our doing the show.” [Stafford Repp died on November 5,
1974].
Although Aunt Harriet was no longer a regular character on the series,
and unable to keep her traveling for the entire series, the producers
arranged to have her character to be upstairs at Wayne Manor suffering
from the shock of learning of Bruce and Dick’s kidnapping.
While there are a few better episodes remaining, this one hit rock
bottom with the Instant Unfolding Bat-Costumes with Utility Belts
gimmick. How they expected anyone to believe this premise is beyond
comprehension, but Louie and his men thought that the two glasses of
warm water were enough for Bruce to perform surgery on the captured
animals. Years later, William D'Angelo, the line producer for the
series, coproduced the Monster Squad tv series with Stan Ross and in one
episode midget Billy Curtis (Falseface's man) played the evil ringmaster
who planned to used stupid gas on the entire city, thus allowing him to
take over with no resistance from the population. I think that either
the Ringmaster tested out his gas on Gotham City or someone beat him to
it years earlier.
Next, just when you thought it couldn't get any stupider, Barbara Rush
tries to blow up Gotham City with mechanical wind up mice, to collect on
an insurance policy.
---
In the War on Women, Hillary fought an entire platoon of sexually
abused females on behalf of Bill.
Ubiquitous
Aug 12, 2018, 4:47:53 AM8/12/18
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have to audit liberals & wire tap reporters' phones.
anim8rfsk
Aug 12, 2018, 10:16:52 AM8/12/18
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Sun, 12 Aug 2018 01:46:20 -0700 Ubiquitous<web...@polaris.net> wrote:
> [Batman] The Batscholar on Episode 112
> Ubiquitous<web...@polaris.net>
> August 12, 2018 at 1:46:20 AM MST
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> [Batman] The Batscholar on Episode 112
> Ubiquitous<web...@polaris.net>
> August 12, 2018 at 1:46:20 AM MST
>
> By Joel Eisner
>
> What can I say about Louie the Lilac that I didn't cover in his previous
> appearance. Berle had the opportunity to make a Louie into a really
> funny fey character and blew it. This episode is even more boring than
> the first
Berle has never been funny or even mildly humorous, not for a microsecond.
> By Joel Eisner
>
> What can I say about Louie the Lilac that I didn't cover in his previous
> appearance. Berle had the opportunity to make a Louie into a really
> funny fey character and blew it. This episode is even more boring than
> the first
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NoBody
Aug 13, 2018, 7:12:50 AM8/13/18
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On Sun, 12 Aug 2018 07:16:46 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim...@cox.net>
wrote:
>Sun, 12 Aug 2018 01:46:20 -0700 Ubiquitous<web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>
>> [Batman] The Batscholar on Episode 112
>> Ubiquitous<web...@polaris.net>
>> August 12, 2018 at 1:46:20 AM MST
>>
>> By Joel Eisner
>>
>> What can I say about Louie the Lilac that I didn't cover in his previous
>> appearance. Berle had the opportunity to make a Louie into a really
>> funny fey character and blew it. This episode is even more boring than
>> the first
>
>Berle has never been funny or even mildly humorous, not for a microsecond.
I would tend to agree but the definition of comedy changes over time.
Most of what passes as "comedy" today is nothing but unfunny hatred
and "comedians" who beleive they are funny.
wrote:
>Sun, 12 Aug 2018 01:46:20 -0700 Ubiquitous<web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>
>> [Batman] The Batscholar on Episode 112
>> Ubiquitous<web...@polaris.net>
>> August 12, 2018 at 1:46:20 AM MST
>>
>> By Joel Eisner
>>
>> What can I say about Louie the Lilac that I didn't cover in his previous
>> appearance. Berle had the opportunity to make a Louie into a really
>> funny fey character and blew it. This episode is even more boring than
>> the first
>
>Berle has never been funny or even mildly humorous, not for a microsecond.
Most of what passes as "comedy" today is nothing but unfunny hatred
and "comedians" who beleive they are funny.
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