The Dynamic Duo are tricked into planning the Penguin's next crime, but the supervillain adds his own twist to the plan.The Dynamic Duo are tricked into planning the Penguin's next crime, but the supervillain adds his own twist to the plan.The Dynamic Duo are tricked into planning the Penguin's next crime, but the supervillain adds his own twist to the plan.
William Dozier
- Narrator
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Kathryn Janssen
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Charlie Picerni
- Swoop
- (uncredited)
Tony Santoro
- Bystander
- (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
- Director
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- Lorenzo Semple Jr.(uncredited)
- Bob Kane
- William Dozier(uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaIn the original story in the comic books, it is the meteorite that the Penguin attempts to steal instead of the kidnapping plot he pursues in the TV episode.
- GoofsPenguin's giant magnet traps Batman and Robin by attracting their metal utility belts, but doesn't seem to have any effect on the metal in Penguin's umbrella and cigarette holder.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Pioneers of Television: Superheroes (2013)
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Partners in plunder
"The Penguin's a Jinx" begins with Bruce Wayne caught and tied up on a conveyor belt, about to be roasted in a temperance furnace, until he manages to toss his handy cigarette lighter into the flames, causing an explosion that knocks him off his back, enabling him to make his escape (oddly, neither The Penguin nor his henchmen recognize who they assume to be an industrial spy to be millionaire Bruce Wayne). Monocle glued to his face, cigarette holder between tightly clenched teeth, topped by top hat with spats and gloves, Burgess Meredith is an impressive sight, Penguin using Batman's own inquisitiveness against him, making the Caped Crusader an unknowing partner in plunder by adopting whatever crime that Batman assumes he will commit. Unfortunately, when he carries out the kidnapping of gorgeous starlet Dawn Robbins (Leslie Parrish, later seen as Glacia Glaze opposite Eli Wallach's Mister Freeze), a slip of the tongue proves his undoing. Virtually everything is in place with Meredith having a ball with the character, and with The Joker up next, another longtime Hollywood veteran would give voice to another beloved arch villain.
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- kevinolzak
- May 19, 2016
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- Runtime25 minutes
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