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Instant Freeze
"Instant Freeze" is the seventh episode of the ''Batman'' television series in its first season, originally airing on ABC February 2 and repeated on May 18, 1966. Plot Some time ago, during a fight between Batman and a criminal scientist called Doctor Schievel, the struggle only succeeded in overturning a large beaker of 'Instant Freeze' solution onto the villain. Now calling himself Mr. Freeze, Schievel is forced to live inside a super-cooled house designed to keep his body temperature at fifty degrees below zero, and only able to leave with the use of a special air-conditioned suit, Mr. Freeze decides to begin a rampage of revenge. He breaks into the Gotham City Diamond Exchange to steal some famous diamonds (otherwise known as 'ice'), but Batman and Robin, acting on a tip-off from Commissioner Gordon, arrive and attempt to stop him. However, Freeze's henchmen, Chill, Nippy and Mo, release five Batman and Mr. Freeze decoys, and in the resulting confusion the frozen felon makes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batman (TV Series)
''Batman'' is an American live action television series, based on the DC Comics character of the same name. It stars Adam West as Bruce Wayne / Batman and Burt Ward as Dick Grayson / Robin – two crime-fighting heroes who defend Gotham City from a variety of archvillains. It is known for its camp style, upbeat theme music, and its intentionally humorous, simplistic morality (aimed at its largely teenage audience). This included championing the importance of using seat belts, doing homework, eating vegetables, and drinking milk. It was described by executive producer William Dozier as the only situation comedy on the air without a laugh track. The 120 episodes aired on the ABC network for three seasons from January 12, 1966, to March 14, 1968, twice weekly during the first two seasons, and weekly for the third. In 2016, television critics Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz ranked ''Batman'' as the 82nd greatest American television show of all time. A companion feature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Hodge
Max Hodge (February 12, 1916 – August 17, 2007) was an American television writer who worked on shows including '' The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.'', ''CHiPS'' and '' Mission: Impossible'', and is perhaps best known for creating Mr. Freeze for ''Batman''. Hodge grew up in East Moline, Illinois and Michigan, later graduating from the University of Michigan then enlisting in the Navy during World War II. He then attended Pasadena Playhouse College of Theater Arts and began his television career in the 1950s as a producer working on industrial shows for Oldsmobile. In his time at University of Michigan- Ann Arbor, Hodge was chief editor of the student magazine the Gargoyle and president of the men's dramatic union, the Mimes. His writing career spanned the 1960s through the early 1980s, with Hodge writing for '' Dr. Kildare'', ''The Wild Wild West'', '' Marcus Welby, M.D.'', '' Ironside'', ''The Waltons'', '' The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan'' in addition to the aforementioned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Butler (director)
Robert Butler (born November 16, 1927) is an American film and Emmy Award-winning television director. He is best known for his work in television, where he directed the pilots for a number of series including ''Star Trek'', ''Hogan's Heroes, '' ''Batman'' and ''Hill Street Blues''. Career Butler graduated from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he majored in English. He was first in an army band, before his career as a stage manager and an assistant before launching his directing career with an episode of ''Hennesey'' (starring Jackie Cooper and including a young Ron Howard)Susan King"Director Robert Butler put stamp on 'Batman,' other landmark series" ''Los Angeles Times'', February 15, 2014. and then went on to direct such shows as '' The Untouchables'', '' Dr. Kildare'', ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'', ''Batman'', '' The Fugitive'' and ''The Twilight Zone''. Butler shot pilots for many TV series including the original ''Star Trek'', '' Shane'', ''Hogan's Heroe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Hogan (actor)
Robert Joseph Hogan (September 28, 1933 – May 27, 2021) was an American actor. Hogan was best known to audiences for his career in American television which began in 1961. While he has never been a member of the main cast of a critically successful television series, he portrayed numerous recurring characters on programs such as ''Alice''; '' Another World''; ''As the World Turns''; ''Days of Our Lives''; '' Deadline''; '' General Hospital''; ''Law & Order''; ''Murder, She Wrote''; '' One Life to Live''; ''Operation Petticoat''; '' Peyton Place'' and ''The Wire''. His guest star appearances on other television series encompassed more than 90 shows over the last five decades. The character of US Army Air Forces colonel Robert Hogan on ''Hogan's Heroes'' (portrayed by Bob Crane) was named after him by friend and series creator Bernard Fein. Early years Hogan was born in New York City on September 28, 1933. He studied engineering at the New York University, and served in the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shelby Grant
Shelby Grant (born Brenda Thompson; October 19, 1936 – June 25, 2011) was an American actress whose credits included '' Our Man Flint'', '' Fantastic Voyage'', and ''Medical Center''. Early life Grant was born on October 19, 1936 in Orlando, Oklahoma to parents Lawrence and Mae Thompson. She was raised in Wagoner, Oklahoma, and completed high school at Wagoner High School. Grant enrolled at Northeastern State College (now known as Northeastern State University) in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, where she studied drama and speech. She became Northeastern State's football queen in 1959. That year, she won the title of Northeastern Oklahoma Dairy Princess as well. Career Grant appeared in local television commercials for Tulsa-based KTUL-TV after college. In 1962 she moved from Oklahoma to southern California to pursue an acting career. She initially worked as a teacher of special education and deaf students at Hollywood High School while trying to enter the entertainment indus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hudson (actor)
William Woodson Hudson Jr. (January 24, 1919 – April 5, 1974) was an American actor. He played Ranger Clark in ''Rocky Jones, Space Ranger'' and Special Agent Mike Andrews in the Emmy Award nominated spy drama ''I Led Three Lives''. History After appearing uncredited in over a dozen movies, Hudson got his break in 1951's '' Hard, Fast and Beautiful''. He appeared in a few other movies and TV shows before being cast as Special Agent Mike Andrews in ''I Led Three Lives''. In 1954, while also still doing ''I Led Three Lives'', Hudson was cast in the television serial ''Rocky Jones, Space Ranger'' as Ranger Clark. After his stint as Clark on ''Rocky Jones'', Hudson starred in several science fiction, fantasy, and monster movies, in such films as '' The She Creature'', '' The Amazing Colossal Man''. He played the husband in 1958's cult classic '' Attack of the 50 Foot Woman''. In 1964 he was cast as the doomed first Captain of the Seaview, John Phillips, in the pilot episod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Sanders
George Henry Sanders (3 July 1906 – 25 April 1972) was a British actor and singer whose career spanned over 40 years. His heavy, upper-class English accent and smooth, bass voice often led him to be cast as sophisticated but villainous characters. He is remembered for his roles as Jack Favell in ''Rebecca'' (1940), Scott ffolliott in ''Foreign Correspondent'' (1940, a rare heroic part), The Saran of Gaza in ''Samson and Delilah'' (1949), the most popular film of the year, Addison DeWitt in '' All About Eve'' (1950, for which he won an Oscar), Sir Brian De Bois-Guilbert in ''Ivanhoe'' (1952), King Richard the Lionheart in '' King Richard and the Crusaders'' (1954), Mr. Freeze in a two-parter episode of ''Batman'' (1966), and the voice of Shere Khan in Disney's '' The Jungle Book'' (1967). Fans of detective stories know Sanders as Simon Templar, ''The Saint'', (1939–41), and the suave crimefighter The Falcon (1941–42). Early life Sanders was born on 3 July 1906 in S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batman Is Riled
"Batman Is Riled" is the sixth episode of the '' Batman'' television series in its first season, originally airing on ABC January 27, 1966 and repeated on May 26, 1966, and May 25, 1967. Plot synopsis Joker is about to remove Batman's mask, but the Caped Crusader escapes using a small Batmissile in his utility belt to set off the water sprinklers. Joker uses a smoke bomb to make his escape. As they are chasing him on the catwalks above, Joker uses trick streamers from his utility belt that wrap around Batman and Robin. He gets away before Batman and Robin can get themselves out of the confetti. When the Duo returns to the Batcave to attempt to divine the clown's next move, Joker temporarily hijacks a TV studio to broadcast another riddle as to his next crime. After solving it with Alfred's help, they track Joker to a warehouse and while in a struggle, Joker switches Batman's utility belt with his to enable his escape in the most humiliating way possible. Batman is selected to chri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rats Like Cheese
"Rats Like Cheese" is the eighth episode of the ''Batman'' television series in its first season. First broadcast on February 3 and re-aired on May 19, 1966 it continues and concludes the story that began in "Instant Freeze". Plot synopsis In the former episode, Dr. Schivel, (also known as Mr. Freeze) previously left Batman and Robin frozen solid. An ambulance takes them to the Gotham City Hospital, where doctors use the "Super Hypertherm De-icifier" chamber to slowly restore their body temperature to normal levels. But Mr. Freeze has escaped with Princess Sandra's rare diamond, the "Giaclio Circlo". From his frozen lair, Mr. Freeze learns of their rescue as he watches the news. A henchman enters and reports the success of "Operation: Beautiful Diamond", and Mr. Freeze commands him to bring "something" into the coldest part of the lair, where Freeze can survive without his suit and his men must keep to special "hot paths" or face death from the extreme cold. Watching further, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batman (TV Series) Episodes
Batman is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and debuted in Detective Comics 27, the 27th issue of the comic book ''Detective Comics'' on March 30, 1939. In the DC Universe continuity, Batman is the alias of Bruce Wayne, a wealthy American Playboy lifestyle, playboy, Philanthropy, philanthropist, and industrialist who resides in Gotham City. Origin of Batman, Batman's origin story features him swearing vengeance against criminals after witnessing the murder of his parents Thomas Wayne, Thomas and Martha Wayne, Martha as a child, a vendetta tempered with the ideal of justice. He trains himself physically and intellectually, crafts a Batsuit, bat-inspired persona, and monitors the Gotham streets at night. Kane, Finger, and other creators accompanied Batman with List of Batman supporting characters, supporting characters, including his sidekicks Robin (character), Robin and Bat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
