Egghead and Olga continue their robbery journey through the City. They initially steal a golden egg and a historical saber from a museum and later seize a shipment of imported caviar. This episode was originally going to be part of a triple story along with The Ogg and I and How to Hatch a Dinosaur. Incomprehensibly, it was programmed separately at the last moment, with which at the end of the episode the villains manage to escape, this detail was amended with a brief comment in the last block by Chief Ohara where it is implied that they were captured, anyway the ending is quite confusing.
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Yvonne shines, but Batman's not so stellar
tforbes-216 January 2016
Warning: Spoilers
By the time this aired in late 1967, the show was clearly on borrowed time. Still, one treat here is the famous Cossack Dance Batgirl (played by Yvonne Craig) does. Her dance background really kicks in here.
And the pair-up of Egghead and Olga is a good one. In real life, Vincent Price and Anne Baxter. You could tell the two of them liked working with each other.
But one thing that Adam West rightfully had a gripe about was the deteriorating quality of the scripts. This is no exception, since the character of Batman has been reduced to a parody worthy of "Monty Python's Flying Circus." For an 8-year-old kid in 1967, very disappointing. No wonder why I switched to John Steed and Emma Peel.
Today, though, I appreciate Yvonne's performance. All the performers deserved better than this somewhat pedestrian script.
And the pair-up of Egghead and Olga is a good one. In real life, Vincent Price and Anne Baxter. You could tell the two of them liked working with each other.
But one thing that Adam West rightfully had a gripe about was the deteriorating quality of the scripts. This is no exception, since the character of Batman has been reduced to a parody worthy of "Monty Python's Flying Circus." For an 8-year-old kid in 1967, very disappointing. No wonder why I switched to John Steed and Emma Peel.
Today, though, I appreciate Yvonne's performance. All the performers deserved better than this somewhat pedestrian script.
The saber dance
dtucker8620 September 2023
Warning: Spoilers
You know I loved this show as a kid and still enjoy it today. Yes it was silly and campy but it is four star programming compared to a lot of the junk on tv now that is not fit for anyone. Batman was such a hit at the time that it seemed like every big movie star wanted to be one of the villians on the show like Burgress Meredith, Caesar Romero and Frank Gorshin. There were even two catwomans and one was African American. Yvonne Craig was a welcome addition as Batgirl and she was a sort of pioneer showing that a woman superhero could do just as good a job as her male counter parts. Vincent Price and Anne Baxter ham it up delightfully as our two baddies on this episode Egghead and Olga and my favorite is when they capture Batgirl and tie her up and force her to do a saber dance. It is a delight because Yvonne Craig is such a great dancer.
Vincent Price and Anne Baxter, the third and last time
kevinolzak25 April 2016
"The Ogg Couple" was intended to be the second of a three part storyline for Vincent Price as Egghead, plus Anne Baxter as Olga, queen of Bessarovian Cossacks, but wound up as their final appearance some weeks after chapters 1 and 3 aired. Not as dumbfounding as hatching a Neosaurus, the cowardly Egghead riding Batgirl's cycle at his own peril, the golden Egg of Ogg containing the scimitar of Taras Bulba, Yvonne Craig finally allowed to strut her dance steps as Batgirl at swordpoint. An improvement on the previous two, though that's not saying much, hardly an egg-spletive uttered by Price, happily reunited with Baxter from "A Royal Scandal" and "The Ten Commandments."
Batgirl Steals The Episode
StuOz28 July 2018
Egghead (Vincent Price) returns for a single 25 minute adventure.
An episode for Batgirl fans and she gets to dance and work solo instead of following Batman and Robin around all the time.
There is no question that the season two Egghead episodes were better written than the season three ones. Around this time in 1967 Vincent Price did other work at bat-studio 20th Century Fox by appearing in the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea episode titled: The Deadly Dolls (this is a must see for bat-fans!)
Interesting that the other reviewers don't mention the well placed Billy May music cues used in The Ogg Couple. But I find this happens a lot with me...the May music stands out a mile away to me but others are hardly aware that it is even present??
The Ogg Couple is good but not great, but next week we have a knockout episode!
An episode for Batgirl fans and she gets to dance and work solo instead of following Batman and Robin around all the time.
There is no question that the season two Egghead episodes were better written than the season three ones. Around this time in 1967 Vincent Price did other work at bat-studio 20th Century Fox by appearing in the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea episode titled: The Deadly Dolls (this is a must see for bat-fans!)
Interesting that the other reviewers don't mention the well placed Billy May music cues used in The Ogg Couple. But I find this happens a lot with me...the May music stands out a mile away to me but others are hardly aware that it is even present??
The Ogg Couple is good but not great, but next week we have a knockout episode!
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