EPISODE NUMBERS: 91-92, Production Code N/A

PLOT SUMMARIES:

Pop Goes the Joker :
That Harlequin Of Homicidal Humor, The Joker, appears at Park's Gallery, where he sprays pain all over the exhibit of the latest works of artist Oliver Muzzy. Alfred, who coincidentally happened to be present during the proceedings looking for a painting for Bruce Wayne, secretly alerts his employer by phone as to The Joker's antics. The Dynamic Duo speed to the gallery by Batmobile, only to be taken by surprise at Muzzy's delight by Joker's spray paint's pop art effects, and he offers him a partnership! Unable to apprehend The Joker, The Terriffic Twosome depart for The Batcave to await his next move.

Days later, Joker enters and wins an art contest sponsored by Baby Jane Towser, a rich heiress to the paper clip fortune. He then announces that he has formed his own art school for millionaires only. Bruce Wayne decides to sign up in order to keep close watch on the cunning clown, who later kidnaps the entire class and holds them for ransom! Robin suspecting Bruce is in danger, races to the school, where he and Bruce take on Joker's men, fist-wise. But they are quickly defeated, and Bruce is tied to a chair and forced to watch Robin, who is tied to a giant mobile covered with rotating palette knives, which threaten to slice him to ribbons!

Flop Goes The Joker:
As the future seems bleak for our beloved Boy Wonder, Bruce blocks the mechanical works of the mobile with himself and his chair, long enough for Robin to work himself loose and use one of the flailing knives to deactivate the mechanism. Returning to see if the mobile has completed its diabolical duty, The Joker and his crooked cronies are jumped on by Bruce and The Boy Wonder. While they pin the henchmen to a wall with carefully thrown pallette knives, Joker begs for Baby Jane's forgiveness; feeling sorry for him, B.J. arranges for his freedom. She then takes him back home with her, where, during a chicken dinner, Joker covers her antique table with paint and has his henchmen chop it up. He convinces the gullible B.J. that he has turned her table into a work of art, and she lets him replace the priceless Renaissance art collection in her father's wing at the museum with the table's painted remains.

After snatching the collection, The Joker puts through a call to Gordon and demands $10 million in order to ransom the paintings, or he will burn them! Unknown to Joker, The Batman replaced the stolen paintings with rather "childish" fingerpaintings by Alfred. Shocked by the sudden appearance of The Daring Duet, Joker retreats with Baby Jane, while his men take quite a Bat-beating. Planning to revenge himself against Bruce Wayne and hoping to swipe some loot, Joker arrives at Wayne Manor, where he loses a duel with Alfred and runs into Bruce's study; there he trips the switch to The Batpoles, hidden in a bust of William Shakespeare. Mistaking it for a secret passage, he slides down one of the poles---but not before a quick-thinking Alf activates The Emergency Batpole Elevator, sending The Clown Prince Of Crime crashing to the top of the shaft. After a couple of trips up and down the pole, Joker finally gives up. Later, Alfred opens an exhibit of his "childish" paintings, with proceeds donated to The Wayne Foundation Free Nursery.

WRITTEN BY: Stanford Sherman

DIRECTED BY: George Waggner

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)
Cesar Romero (The Joker)
Jerry Catron (1st Henchman)
Jack Perkins (2nd Henchman)
Reginald Gardiner (Bernie Parks)
Fritz Field (Oliver Muzzy)
Jody Gilbert (Mrs. Putney)
Owen McGiveney (Charles)
Gail Ommerle (1st Browser)
Milton Stark (2nd Browser)
Jan Arvan (Judge)
Diana Ivarson (Baby Jane Towser)

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