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[Batman] The Batscholar on Episodes 33 & 34
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Ubiquitous
Sep 25, 2016, 10:56:14 AM9/25/16
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By Joel Eisner
The final episode of the season is also one of the weakest of the season
and Penguin's as well. This time a fishy theme, Penguin aka Knott A
Fish, kidnaps Alfred, so he can brainwash him and use him to learn the
location of the Millionaire's Dinner, so he can steal millions of
dollars meant for charity.
When Alfred discovers a handbill advertising cut rate caviar, he decides
to pay a visit to Penguin's phony fish market. He usually orders his
caviar through the Iranian Embassy, but he decides to avoid the middle
man and buy it himself. Alan Napier recalled the circumstances
concerning this episode,
“I remember one time when Alfred was walking down the street to buy
caviar for the millionaires’ party. On the fish shop set was this big
barrel of caviar covered with an umbrella. I was supposed to be tasting
the caviar when the umbrella closed in on me, forcing my face into the
barrel. That was most unpleasant, because the “caviar” was really black
currant jam.” Well, you didn't think they would spend money on real
caviar.
The episode does feature the infamous Penguin box in which he
brainwashes Alfred to the sound of a Penguin quacking toy, merchansing
missed out on this item. Later, we also find the Vacuum Tank, which
sucks the air out of the room by use of a reverse bellows. Thanks to an
emergency tank of Bat Oxygen, our heroes survive.
Penguin's henchmen are a strange bunch of characters, Octopus played by
Victor Lundin, would later return to aid Shame as Chief Standing Pat who
only spoke in smoke signals. Lundin admitted he disliked this episode,
he was directed to act strange by the director, which included waving
his arms all about during the fight, I guess to duplicate an octopus.
Lundin was no stranger to Adam West, he and Paul Mantee (a later Batman
inpersonater in a Catwoman episode) all starred together in the film
Robinson Crusoe on Mars. He was also no stranger to sea life as he later
portrayed the Lobster Man on an episode of Voyage to the Bottom of the
Sea. He also appeared as one of the first Klingons in the Errand of
Mercy episode of Star Trek.
Julie Gregg as Finella did a lot of episodic tv before doing Batman (she
later appeared uncredited as Miss Canary Islands in the Green Ice Mr
Freeze episode). She alternated between Broadway and tv. She also
appeared in the first two Godfather films as Sandra Corleone. She last
appeared in 1994 film entitled Dead On.
Louis Elias who played Swordfish was a stuntman who appeared a number of
times on Star Trek, in real life he was actor James Stacy's brother.
The most interesting of the henchman was Shark played by Dal Jenkins. A
character actor who dropped out of sight in the 1980's. Not much is
really known about him. However, I stumbled upon some interesting trivia
about him. I was attending a big sci-fi convention in Columbus Georgia
many years ago. I met a fellow there who was a local actor.
They had filmed a horror film called the Kiss of the Tarantula in
Columbus and he played the minister. We started talking about the film,
which played in NY constantly. When he learned I wrote the Batbook, he
told me about a local Columbus boy named Dal Jenkins. I said I knew he
played Shark in this episode. He told me the next time I watched the
episode to check out Jenkins' eyes. I said I noticed his odd looking
eyes. they made him look like a shark. I figured they gave Lundin a bald
cap to make him look like an octopus, they gave Jenkins eye makeup. He
told me that Jenkins was born that way. He had eyelids that only closed
half way. Truth is stranger than fiction.
Costumer Designer Jan Kemp remembered that “Buzz Meredith was a charming
man. I always admired him, but to work with him was wonderful. The
Penguin was relatively easy to produce. Using an old-fashioned cutaway
suit as the basis, I designed body pads to give him a portly look and
found a fake fur fabric that resembled penguin feathers to make the vest
and gloves. Burgess decided to walk with a waddle to imitate the penguin
look, while the little quack sound was to actually disguise the fact
that the cigarettes he used in the long holder were irritating his
throat. Burgess was a non-smoker. We had to glue the monocle into his
eye socket with spirit gum, and eventually had to dye his hair when a
wig proved too much trouble.”
---
In the War on Women, Hillary fought an entire platoon of sexually
abused females on behalf of Bill.
The final episode of the season is also one of the weakest of the season
and Penguin's as well. This time a fishy theme, Penguin aka Knott A
Fish, kidnaps Alfred, so he can brainwash him and use him to learn the
location of the Millionaire's Dinner, so he can steal millions of
dollars meant for charity.
When Alfred discovers a handbill advertising cut rate caviar, he decides
to pay a visit to Penguin's phony fish market. He usually orders his
caviar through the Iranian Embassy, but he decides to avoid the middle
man and buy it himself. Alan Napier recalled the circumstances
concerning this episode,
“I remember one time when Alfred was walking down the street to buy
caviar for the millionaires’ party. On the fish shop set was this big
barrel of caviar covered with an umbrella. I was supposed to be tasting
the caviar when the umbrella closed in on me, forcing my face into the
barrel. That was most unpleasant, because the “caviar” was really black
currant jam.” Well, you didn't think they would spend money on real
caviar.
The episode does feature the infamous Penguin box in which he
brainwashes Alfred to the sound of a Penguin quacking toy, merchansing
missed out on this item. Later, we also find the Vacuum Tank, which
sucks the air out of the room by use of a reverse bellows. Thanks to an
emergency tank of Bat Oxygen, our heroes survive.
Penguin's henchmen are a strange bunch of characters, Octopus played by
Victor Lundin, would later return to aid Shame as Chief Standing Pat who
only spoke in smoke signals. Lundin admitted he disliked this episode,
he was directed to act strange by the director, which included waving
his arms all about during the fight, I guess to duplicate an octopus.
Lundin was no stranger to Adam West, he and Paul Mantee (a later Batman
inpersonater in a Catwoman episode) all starred together in the film
Robinson Crusoe on Mars. He was also no stranger to sea life as he later
portrayed the Lobster Man on an episode of Voyage to the Bottom of the
Sea. He also appeared as one of the first Klingons in the Errand of
Mercy episode of Star Trek.
Julie Gregg as Finella did a lot of episodic tv before doing Batman (she
later appeared uncredited as Miss Canary Islands in the Green Ice Mr
Freeze episode). She alternated between Broadway and tv. She also
appeared in the first two Godfather films as Sandra Corleone. She last
appeared in 1994 film entitled Dead On.
Louis Elias who played Swordfish was a stuntman who appeared a number of
times on Star Trek, in real life he was actor James Stacy's brother.
The most interesting of the henchman was Shark played by Dal Jenkins. A
character actor who dropped out of sight in the 1980's. Not much is
really known about him. However, I stumbled upon some interesting trivia
about him. I was attending a big sci-fi convention in Columbus Georgia
many years ago. I met a fellow there who was a local actor.
They had filmed a horror film called the Kiss of the Tarantula in
Columbus and he played the minister. We started talking about the film,
which played in NY constantly. When he learned I wrote the Batbook, he
told me about a local Columbus boy named Dal Jenkins. I said I knew he
played Shark in this episode. He told me the next time I watched the
episode to check out Jenkins' eyes. I said I noticed his odd looking
eyes. they made him look like a shark. I figured they gave Lundin a bald
cap to make him look like an octopus, they gave Jenkins eye makeup. He
told me that Jenkins was born that way. He had eyelids that only closed
half way. Truth is stranger than fiction.
Costumer Designer Jan Kemp remembered that “Buzz Meredith was a charming
man. I always admired him, but to work with him was wonderful. The
Penguin was relatively easy to produce. Using an old-fashioned cutaway
suit as the basis, I designed body pads to give him a portly look and
found a fake fur fabric that resembled penguin feathers to make the vest
and gloves. Burgess decided to walk with a waddle to imitate the penguin
look, while the little quack sound was to actually disguise the fact
that the cigarettes he used in the long holder were irritating his
throat. Burgess was a non-smoker. We had to glue the monocle into his
eye socket with spirit gum, and eventually had to dye his hair when a
wig proved too much trouble.”
---
In the War on Women, Hillary fought an entire platoon of sexually
abused females on behalf of Bill.
Will Dockery
Oct 10, 2018, 10:01:51 AM10/10/18
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On Sunday, September 25, 2016 at 10:56:14 AM UTC-4, Ubiquitous wrote:
>
> By Joel Eisner
[...]
> The most interesting of the henchman was Shark played by Dal Jenkins. A
> character actor who dropped out of sight in the 1980's. Not much is
> really known about him. However, I stumbled upon some interesting trivia
> about him. I was attending a big sci-fi convention in Columbus Georgia
> many years ago. I met a fellow there who was a local actor.
>
> They had filmed a horror film called the Kiss of the Tarantula in
> Columbus and he played the minister. We started talking about the film,
> which played in NY constantly. When he learned I wrote the Batbook, he
> told me about a local Columbus boy named Dal Jenkins. I said I knew he
> played Shark in this episode. He told me the next time I watched the
> episode to check out Jenkins' eyes. I said I noticed his odd looking
> eyes. they made him look like a shark. I figured they gave Lundin a bald
> cap to make him look like an octopus, they gave Jenkins eye makeup. He
> told me that Jenkins was born that way. He had eyelids that only closed
> half way. Truth is stranger than fiction.
https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/43667937_10156985999569363_92957308627189760_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&oh=12ca6eed7c9958a182f23a2b0c257aa5&oe=5C5CCA27
"Actor Dal Jenkins. He is from Columbus When Charlton Heston lived in Columbus as a boy he lived with Dal's Parents Dr and Mrs Jenkins. They were also Charlton,s Aunt and Uncle. Dal went on to become an Actor playing in some of his Cousin's movies. Dal was also in the series Batman and other TV shows..." -Jan Doolittle Page
>
> By Joel Eisner
[...]
> The most interesting of the henchman was Shark played by Dal Jenkins. A
> character actor who dropped out of sight in the 1980's. Not much is
> really known about him. However, I stumbled upon some interesting trivia
> about him. I was attending a big sci-fi convention in Columbus Georgia
> many years ago. I met a fellow there who was a local actor.
>
> They had filmed a horror film called the Kiss of the Tarantula in
> Columbus and he played the minister. We started talking about the film,
> which played in NY constantly. When he learned I wrote the Batbook, he
> told me about a local Columbus boy named Dal Jenkins. I said I knew he
> played Shark in this episode. He told me the next time I watched the
> episode to check out Jenkins' eyes. I said I noticed his odd looking
> eyes. they made him look like a shark. I figured they gave Lundin a bald
> cap to make him look like an octopus, they gave Jenkins eye makeup. He
> told me that Jenkins was born that way. He had eyelids that only closed
> half way. Truth is stranger than fiction.
"Actor Dal Jenkins. He is from Columbus When Charlton Heston lived in Columbus as a boy he lived with Dal's Parents Dr and Mrs Jenkins. They were also Charlton,s Aunt and Uncle. Dal went on to become an Actor playing in some of his Cousin's movies. Dal was also in the series Batman and other TV shows..." -Jan Doolittle Page
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