It’s time for another script! This time it’s the first draft of the Green Hornet guest shot arc A Piece of the Action/Batman’s Satisfaction, featuring a much more assertive Robin than perhaps we ever saw Burt Ward play, and a greater focus on the secret identities of Batman and the Hornet!
Plus, more of Adam and Burt’s Sept 1, 1966, Merv Griffin appearance, the L'Orchestra Cinématique "EPIC" version of the theme, and your mail on our Madge Blake episode!
I don't have the movie close at hand, but am I wrong in remembering that Aunt Harriet has a second appearance in the movie, near the end while Batman is preparing to rehydrate the representatives? She may not have a line but I was sure she and Alfred are shown watching TV.
Tim, I believe O’Hara’s “overrated” line meant the Green Hornet had a big / notorious reputation known far and wide (recall Commissioner Gordon’s shocked reaction to Pinky’s 1st call about the GH), but said reputation would be cut down if GH & K faced off against the Dynamic Duo. In other words, the Green Hornet—as opposed to Batman—was overrated, or would be soon enough.
I had to read this line of dialogue again:
HORNET:“No use in interrupting another Bat-climb.”
Another Bat-climb? The Green Hornet had to be referring to the only time they interrupted the Duo, which was seen in “The Spell of Tut”. If that was Hoffman being continuity-minded, then he earned a credit for being so aware of the series to the degree that he did not see all episodes as unrelated one-offs, but a continuing story for the characters.
I must assume someone probably reminded him that in the Tut arc, Batman and Robin recognized the Green Hornet and Kato as fellow crimefighters instead of criminals, so GH’s “another” line had to be dropped.
Paul, I’m not sure I’ve heard you mention Roger C. Carmel not being your cup of tea. Reasons?
Paul, you expressed the wish that Batman and Green Hornet revealed their true identities to each other in order to work together, but that would run counter to the very idea of the contrasting methods and personalities which fuels conflict. Batman and the Green Hornet may be fighting a mutual enemy, but that does not sweep aside the fact Batman and Robin see the Green Hornet and Kato—knowing their history—as the ideological and moral opposites of themselves, thus they are a threat needing to be arrested.
About the treatment of Agnes Moorehead and Marion Lorne on the Bewitched set, my recollection comes from interviews with Elizabeth Montgomery, where she claimed the ladies were treated well, with Moorehead having the kind of personality which would imply she would not tolerate disrespect, while Lorne was seen as sweet. That, and Montgomery had talked about how much she loved Lorne (being broken up at the 1968 Emmy awards where she accepted a posthumous Best Supporting Actress Emmy for Lorne), but she did butt heads with Moorehead from time to time, even getting into heated arguments, yet Montgomery did not harbor any sort of hatred for her senior performer.
artemisknab wrote: ↑Fri Oct 14, 2022 10:39 am
I don't have the movie close at hand, but am I wrong in remembering that Aunt Harriet has a second appearance in the movie, near the end while Batman is preparing to rehydrate the representatives? She may not have a line but I was sure she and Alfred are shown watching TV.
That does ring a bell! Yeah, too bad she had no lines in the film.
"I'm half-demented with whimsical outrage!"
-- The Joker, in a line cut from "The Joker's Epitaph"
