Ratman and Bobbin

Quote of the day:
“To suppose, as we all suppose, that we could be rich and not behave as the rich behave, is like supposing that we could drink all day and stay sober.”
--Logan Pearsall Smith

Some generous friends invited us to join them at the Del Mar races yesterday. A horse in one of the races was named Commissioner Gordon.

That’s a character from the 1966 Batman TV series--the fans of which walk among us each day as normal people.

At a fan site called 1966batfan.com I learned the following things. Cesar Romero, who played The Joker, refused to shave his mustache before his prodigious makeup was applied. And John Astin as well as Frank Gorshin played The Riddler.

Did you know that 29 different villains were featured on the series? One of the most fascinating was King Tut, an innocent college professor who became an evil Egyptian pharoah when he was hit on the head. He was played by Victor Buono.

Most of these villains were played by famous guest stars, including Burgess Meredith (The Penguin), Anne Baxter (Olga, Queen of the Cossacks), Art Carney (The Archer), Eartha Kitt (Catwoman--also played by Julie Newmar), Vincent Price (Egghead), and Milton Berle (Louie the Lilac).

Be sure to tune in tomorrow, same bat-time, same bat-channel!