September 16, 2020

Batman (1966) Episode 118

 

Episodes 118

The Joker’s Flying Saucer





Plot:Joker plans to build a flying saucer


Guest Stars:Cesar Romero as The Joker


Trivia:Final Joker episode


Niitpick:Did every show back then have to do a flying saucer episode? Yeah I’m talking about you “Brady Bunch”.



Bat Silliness:The shots of the ufo is obvious stock footage



Bat Gadget:Criminal activity bat disclosure machine, anti thermal bat shirts



Bat Trap:Batgirl trapped onto a rocket



Final Thoughts:Are you ready for the little green men jokes? So we open with the city being inundated with rumors about flying saucers. I lost interest about a minute in when I saw the “little green man” who is clearly just a guy with green paint all over him. How could anyone believe that is an alien? Even worst it’s Barbara who screams in terror which is just ridiculous she is smarter than that. The “little green man” sabotages the batmobile. Seriously Batman, windows!!! The plan is to scare the citizens so much they’ll agree to any demands Joker makes from the flying saucer. That’s a little bit out there. Then things heat up, when the Batmobile explodes inside the cave and with Batman and Robin inside. Wow, they really trashed the cave too. It’s like they decided to top yesterday’s episode. Batgirl is captured off screen it was so simple, and the flying saucer is completed. Batman uses the batcopter (one last time) and Batgirl saves herself with an automatic fuse extinguisher.


Grade:C+. Nice to see Romero one last time and I gave it a higher score for the explosion of the bat cave which was something different. Aside from that the script is stupid. Batgirl was useless yesterday and is an idiot in this one.

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