King Tut's Coup (8 Mar. 1967)

After a blow to the head, Yale's Egyptology professor once again believes he is King Tut. He mistakes Bruce Wayne's friend Lisa for Queen Cleopatra, and kidnaps her so he can bring her to ... See full summary »

Director:

James B. Clark

Writers:

Stanley Ralph Ross (teleplay), Leo Townsend (story),

Stars:

Adam West, Burt Ward, Alan Napier

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Adam West	...	Batman / Bruce Wayne
Burt Ward	...	Robin / Dick Grayson
Alan Napier	...	Alfred
Neil Hamilton	...	Commissioner Gordon
Stafford Repp	...	Chief O'Hara
Madge Blake	...	Aunt Harriet Cooper
Grace Lee Whitney	...	Neila
Lloyd Haynes	...	Lord Chancellor
Tim O'Kelly	...	Royal Jester
James O'Hara	...	Policeman
Richard Bakalyan	...	Fouad Sphinx
Tol Avery	...	Deputy Mayor Zorty
Lee Meriwether	...	Lisa
Victor Buono	...	King Tut

Storyline

After a blow to the head, Yale's Egyptology professor once again believes he is King Tut. He mistakes Bruce Wayne's friend Lisa for Queen Cleopatra, and kidnaps her so he can bring her to Egypt as his bride. Batman and Robin soon locate Tut's hideout, thanks to a hidden tracking device. But soon after entering, they are captured by Tut's cronies, and Batman is submerged in a sarcophagus under five feet of water.

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Plot Keywords:

egyptology

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Family | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 March 1967 (USA)

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Greenway Productions, 20th Century Fox Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

As the recurring role of Mayor Linseed (played by Byron Keith) on "Batman" was a pun on the name of then-New York City Mayor John V. Lindsay (1921 - 2000, mayor 1966 - 1973), so the character of Deputy Mayor Zorty (played by Tol Avery) in this episode was a pun on the name of then-Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty (1909 - 1998, mayor 1961 - 1973)

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Goofs

In the batclimb scene, as Suzy Knickerbocker leans out of the window, her earrings hang to the side rather than downwards, revealing the camera trickery. This may well be deliberate, however, given the show's tendency to poke fun at itself.

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Quotes

Batman: [reading aloud from the Electronic Translator] I, the great King Tut have returned to Gotham City to wreak revenge on Batman and his accursed companion.
Robin: Hey, that's me!

User Reviews

Comedy, Comedy, Comedy, Comedy, Comedy, Comedy

This two-parter is loaded with an incredible number of amazing comedy scenes making it some of the most amusing screen entertainment (small screen or big screen) of all time:

One: At the start of act one Batman's too sophisticated dialogue has the cop at the station confused.

Two: As B&R are climbing a building, a funny woman sticks her head out of a window.

Three: Batman encounters a partly-hanged man and forgets to un-hang him.

Four: King Tut calls Robin "Spunky".

Five: King Tut has an amusing phone conversation with a rich man.

Six: Batman has an amusing conversation with the same rich man.

Seven: Tut makes fun of Robin when Robin gets angry. Tut calls Batman "the cowled cornball".

Eight: Bruce Wayne has a funny closing scene with sexy Lee Meriwether.

On top of the comedy, we have King Tut's two thugs (a black guy, a white guy) who seem to attract more attention than most thugs in this series as these two guys just seem to react to what is going on very well.

We have Lee Meriwether proving she has a lighter side not seen in Irwin Allen's The Time Tunnel.

We have Gordon mentioning his daughter...who is yet to appear in the series.

Granted, the rooftop set looks cheap, but that is the only negative in this simply outstanding two-part episode!