EPISODE NUMBERS: 51-52, Production Code N/A

PLOT SUMMARIES:

Hizzonner the Penguin:
To the confusion of everyone, that black bird of prey, The Penguin, campaigns for the office of Mayor Of Gotham City! He endears himself to Gothamites by preventing a robbery, saving a baby in a runaway carriage, and donating $100,000 to a city charity! Gallus, C.F. Rooper and E.G. Trendek arrive with the latest polls, which show massive support for Penguin, and The Batman sees that the only way to clip this conniving bird's wings is to run for mayor himself.

While The Caped Crusader launces a rather tasteful, low-profile campaign, The Penguin proceeds in the opposite direction, going all out in overshadowing Batman with loud bands, a belly dancer, pretty girls, and free champagne! Later, when Batman and robin sre scheduled to appear before the Grand Order Of Occidental Nighthawks (G-O-O-N!), they wind up confronting Penguin's G.O.O.N's, instead. The Dynamic Duo are quicky overpowered, bound and tied, and finally suspended on one side of a giant scale (emulating The Scales Of Justice!) over a scalding vat of sulphuric acid! The other side of the scale is filled with blocks of ice suspended over a giant heater; as the ice melts, The Duo comes closer and closer to the acid bath!

Dizzonner the Penguin:
With the trusty aid of his acid-proofed Batcostume prepped by Alfred, The Caped Crusader leaps off the scale and into the acid, protecting his exposed face with his cape. He quickly climbs out of the vat, dips his hands into the acid to dissolve his bonds, and frees Robin. Later, Batman appears in a televised debate with The Penguin, in which Penguin states that Batman associates with criminals, while he labels himself as an "associate with the law," despite his claim of "no mudslinging in this campaign" . The debate is interrupted by news of The GOONs' breaking into The Gotham City Convention Hall and making off with the priceless collection of gems set up for display at an upcoming jeweler's convention. The Penguin and The Dynamic Duo rush off to thwart the crooks.

After a heated fight, Penguin emerges victorious, giving him a wide lead over his caped opponent in the subsequent polls, but the final election results show an increase of support for Batman. The Penguin realizes his political career is becoming kaput, thus forcing him to kidnap members of the election board on in an elaborate attempt to sway the votes in his favor. The Dynamic Duo trace The Penguin to his hideout. There, they rescue the election board and package the Penguin along with his lackeys inside Penguin's own campaign literature machine. The Duo then tell Penguin that Batman won the election by an overwhelming margin, for the votes were already counted when he kidnapped the board of election members. Returning to police H.Q., The Caped Crusader turns down his new position in Mayor Lindseed's favor. Over the phone, Batman also talks to the two major political parties in the United States. Both offer him the 1968 nomination for President of the United States. The first offer he declines. The second offer he responds by saying he thought the party already had a canidate.

WRITTEN BY: Stanford Sherman

DIRECTED BY: Oscar Randolph

CAST:
Madge Blake (Aunt Harriet Cooper)
William Dozier (Narrator)
Adam West (Bruce N. Wayne/Batman)
Burt Ward (Richard "Dick" Grayson/Robin: The Boy Wonder)
Alan Napier (Alfred Pennyworth)
Stafford Repp (Chief O'Hara)
Neil Hamilton (I) (Commissioner James W. Gordon)
Burgess Meredith (The Penguin)
George Furth (Gallus)
Murray Roman (E.G. Trendek)
Cindy Malone (Lulu)
Judy Parker (Penguin Girl #1)
Linda Meyers (Penguin Girl #2)
Joe Besser (Collector)
Woodrow Parfrey (C.F. Rooper)
Little Egypt (Herself [as a belly dancer])
Paul Revere & The Raiders (Themselves)
Peg Shirley (Mother)
Fuzzy Knight (Blind News Dealer)
James O'Hara (Cop)
John Indrisano (Prisoner)
Newell Oestreich (GOON #3)
Tony Epper (GOON #2)
Pat Tidy (Little Old Lady)
Joey Tata (GOON #1)
Benny Rubin (man)

INTERESTING NOTES:
- Joe Besser was best remembered for being the second Curly replacement, Joe, in The Three Stooges.

- The idea of The Penguin's running for mayor would later be reused in the 1992 Batman Returns starring Micheal Keaton, Michelle Pfeiffer & Danny DeVito.

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