On April 28, 1988, the then-fledgling Fox Network’s The Late Show with Ross Shafer hosted a Batman reunion. However, due to poor time management and a second-rate host, among other problems, the reunion can be a bit of a tough watch - especially they way Alan Napier was shortchanged on airtime at the end as he and Shafer struggled to communicate with each other. Video of the episode, unavailable when we looked for it years ago, surfaced last year, and this time we discuss the problem as well as the interesting bits that we did pick up from the bat-cast.
ALSO: The WDR Big Band version of the theme, and we read your mail on episodes 208 and 209.
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The Late Show with Ross Shafer's Batman reunion
#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
#213 “Mr. Terrific”: A tough pill to swallow? Pt 1
#212 That’s no bat, boy, that’s Captain Nice!
#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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