This time we look at the other sitcom that tried to cash in on Batman, CBS’s Mr. Terrific. It’s goofier than Captain Nice and not as funny (although the laugh track clearly doesn’t think that!), but with a surprisingly good cast. We discuss the unaired pilot, and the first 8 episodes of the 17-episode series, which is quite different from the pilot, with an utterly different cast and different situation for Mr. T’s alter ego, Stanley Beamish.
Plus: Max Diaz Music’s “punk” version of the theme, Adam and Burt appearing on Hour Magazine in 1984, and your reponse to our discussion of the Batman cast reunion on Fox’s Late Night with Ross Shafer, in episode 211!
#217 A well-planned bat-reunion: The Wil Shriner Show, 1988
#216 Putting a Finger on the Clock King script
#215 Women in Season 3, pt. 1: Villains (and heroes!) approach gender parity
#214 “Mr. Terrific”: A tough pill to swallow? Pt 2
#212 That’s no bat, boy, that’s Captain Nice!
#211 Holy overbooking! The Late Show’s Batman reunion
#210 The Sandman Cometh Alone (part 2)
#209 The Sandman Cometh Alone (part 1)
#208 The Pilot Audience Report: Why did Batman seem “kind of stupid”?
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#207 The Bat-bible, and Buck Henry’s rejection of camp
#206 Neil Hamilton: From silent film star to Gotham’s top cop
#205 Batman - Star Trek ACT-OFF, pt. 2
#204 “Rembrandt III”: Watching paint dry
#203 “Has TV gone batty?” Snarky press coverage from 1966
#202 British Batmania: A Slow Burn
#201 Chip Kidd’s Book of Bat-Merch
#200 “Batman: The Movie”: The Novel
#199 "Nora Clavicle" scripts and writing in season three
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