tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316366186649546090.post395757646035119564..comments2024-03-28T09:21:54.116-07:00Comments on To the Batpoles!: The Batscholar on Episode 101John Scolerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15830334036783163702noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316366186649546090.post-34394226972426952972022-01-09T01:04:56.913-08:002022-01-09T01:04:56.913-08:00Milton Berle was already in his 30s before the Bat...Milton Berle was already in his 30s before the Batman character was conceivedcasydemarcohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16300173612917513839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316366186649546090.post-47190823177016756642015-08-08T17:22:09.382-07:002015-08-08T17:22:09.382-07:00The story I heard was Berle was a huge Batman fan ...The story I heard was Berle was a huge Batman fan as a child. I think this is why he went for a "straight" approach. He's a true fan having a blast with the part in a dream job. It may not be quite the "joke" for him that critics seemed to want him to play. That's just wonderful to see. I enjoyed his performance and found him one of the very best of the series' invented foes. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316366186649546090.post-8115486263842560652015-01-06T12:26:58.946-08:002015-01-06T12:26:58.946-08:00I never had a problem with Berle's acting in t...I never had a problem with Berle's acting in this. I just thought the writing was HORRIBLE. It struck me that for a normally funny guy, he was also capable of playing DEADLY serious when he wanted. Had Louie turned up in Season 1, he might have given Frank Gorshin a run for his money!!<br /><br />Richard Bakalyan is THE highlight of the episode. Especially the scene where he tries to kidnap Barbara but runs into Batgirl, then totally slips up while trying to act all innocent. That guy was really funny.Henry R. Kujawahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01607373491331529952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316366186649546090.post-90049624474639008302011-11-28T07:37:55.163-08:002011-11-28T07:37:55.163-08:00Excuse Mr. Know-It-All ...
It was back in the ear...Excuse Mr. Know-It-All ...<br /><br />It was back in the early '50s that Milton Berle signed an exclusive 30-year contract with NBC. This contract prevented him from working for any other network (DuMont was still in business at the time) without first getting NBC's permission, even for one-shot guest appearances. After his NBC series went off, the network held Berle to this contract rigorously, keeping his guest shots on competing nets to the minimum, while keeping him away from another series. It was during this period that NBC allowed him to do CHAMPIONSHIP BOWLING, which had been used as a fill-in at the end of THE GILLETTE CAVALCADE OF SPORTS (aka the Friday Night Fights), but was expanded to a half hour and turned into a bone to throw at Uncle Miltie. <br />It was 1966 when Berle and NBC finally renegotiated the contract - which still had almost 20 years to go - to drop the exclusivity clause and permit Uncle Miltie to expand his work schedule. That's when he signed with ABC to do a new weekly show (NOT a 20-year deal - he's made that mistake already). When that show flopped, Berle was free as a bird. BATMAN was a 20th Century Fox production, which ABC bought from them; Berle could have done it even if the old NBC deal had still been in place (All he would have had to do was ask permission - and at the peak of BATMAN's popularity he might have gotten it).Mike Dorannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316366186649546090.post-35018036467492591662011-11-27T12:27:29.733-08:002011-11-27T12:27:29.733-08:00I have purposely not been re-watching Batman becau...I have purposely not been re-watching Batman because I don't want to ruin my memories of what seemed like a good show when I was under ten years old. However, this is one entertaining blog! I was never a big admirer of Julie Newmar, but Joan Collins as the Siren and Yvonne Craig as Batgirl are impressive. I don't think I ever realized that the long red hair was a wig--or was it? Maybe that was her real hair (I wish) and the brown pixie cut was the wig.Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.com