Best Series " Stunt"

[rsaffle]

I was watching S101 E7 Instant Freeze and saw the police officer lay his bike down when Mr Freeze froze the ice.

Made me wonder what the best stunt was in the entire series? Anybody have an opinion or want to share a cool stunt with us?

[AndyFish]

I always thought the Batman rope swings were pretty good-- in the Pilot when he swoops up to the Atomic Pile-- in the first Catwoman episode when he swings over the tiger pit-- and I think there are a few other instances including the first Joker episode when he swoops up to the catwalk.

When Batman throws the batarang and catches the Riddler in the pilot I think they filmed it backwards but it was a neat effect. The Batmobile blowing up and turning into whatever it's turned into in the False face episode-- is that a stunt? I would think it qualifies.

Great question Randy.

[Yellow Oval]

I'm in agreement with all the ones Andy mentioned. I would also add from the first Joker appearance when Batman and Robin swoop down on Bat-ropes to grab Joker after his Pagliacci song. That was pure 'straight outta the comics' stuff.

[AndyFish]

I was always impressed with all the rope work-- they pulled it off really well, and I think that was completely missing from later seasons?

[Jim Akin]

I agree with Andy -- the first instance I thought of was the rope-swing to the giant umbrella handle in Fine Feathered Finks -- followed by what may have been the only bat-climb that didn't use the standard side-of-the-building set.

Other stunts I like:

Blaze's jump from Commissioner Gordon's window.

Pengy escaping from Joker's cherry picker by hooking his umbrella to a street banner.

Ma Parker's rocket-powered wheelchair crashing into the nursing home wall.

Dishonorable mention: "Commissioner Gordon" plummeting from the Amerigo Columbus Bridge.

[Jimmy L. 66]

Bruce Wayne strapped to a gurney hurtling down the street towards a cliff?
Anyone?

[SprangFan]

Bruce Wayne strapped to a gurney hurtling down the street towards a cliff?
Anyone?

Well, it was one of the few cliffhangers that had me sweating the 24-hour wait for a resolution. That and Robin getting eaten by that giant clam!

I second the vote for the "giant umbrella" climb. And if we're counting the movie, Bruce does an impressive dive off that warfside rooftop into the water.

[BATWINGED HORNET]

Blaze's jump from Commissioner Gordon's window.

Arguably the best stunt in the series. Perfectly executed.

The next would be what appeared to be the wire-controlled Batman swing to save Robin from the plank set over the tiger pit (then immediately jump into action).

[BiffPow]

Burt Ward recently recounted how he and Adam had to make a one-off bat pole jump from a high catwalk to grab and slide down about 80 feet (they had to alternate gripping and releasing to keep from burning the gloves and boots), which they executed for the movie. I think he was quoted as saying that was, in his opinion, the most dangerous stunt because if they missed the pole or slipped, it was an 80 foot drop to a concrete floor.

[A. Pennyworth]

In "Instant Freeze", Adam as Batman snuffs out the curtain fire with a throw rug. It is him, not a stuntman and not sure how flammable that cape was but it easily could have caught fire looking at the scene again!

[Batfanman]

I think one of the coolest stunts was the Batmobile driving itself in the Penguin episode. What would have made it cooler was if they could have had them land in the Batmobile seats instead of the net. Wonder if they considered filming that scenario backwards?

[AndyFish]

Absolutely the gurney! Great one!
I don't know if I'd believe the 80 foot pole plunge-- that sounds like a bit of hogwash brought on by trying to sound interesting after countless interviews. I can't imagine them risking the series stars-- especially in the early years when the show was expensive. And yes I know about the explosion in the pilot that found Burt in the hospital-- sorry folks, more nonsense in my opinion. I know Burt got hurt-- he's wearing a bandage if I remember correctly but I seriously doubt it was as dramatic as we're told.

When Adam read Burt's biography he said there was so much baloney in it Burt could open his own deli.

Adam Interview

[BATWINGED HORNET]

Someone needed to look into the Bat-mirror after claiming the account of another was "baloney", especially regarding his 1970s car show/county fair/convention period revisionist tales of the intent of the series, how sexualized the content was, the eye-roll-inducing "stirrings in my utility belt" claim (along with similar stories) and on and on and on.

Regarding Ward: yes, he was hurt in the pilot in a scene any responsible production company would have insisted on using a stuntman for the scene, and he was wearing a bandage on his forearm in the 1st Mr. Freeze episode of season two--clear evidence of how grossly irresponsible the Greenway production had been with their actors.

[Jimmy L. 66]

I feel like we analyzed the bat pole claim a few years back, noting that the set is may 30 feet in height. Anyone else remember this conversation?
Here is a quite lengthy interview I had with Burt, covering multiple topics. Including ore than you ever wanted to know about dog food.
Batman topics start about 28 minutes in. I ask him about the tiger pit stunt at approximately 105 minutes, and at 131 he talks about that pole drop. At this time it was 65-70 feet. There are A few other stunt stories sprinkled through the conversation.
I have probably shared this before, but it might be interesting again since he mentions quite a few stunts.

[BiffPow]

Here’s Burt’s quote from last year:

“The problem is when we got up there and there were the two poles and nothing for us to walk out to get to the pole. So, Adam and I had to jump from the catwalk onto the pole. What if we missed? There was nothing but a cement floor 80 feet down!”

The link:

https://www.remindmagazine.com/article/ ... interview/

Just FYI.