1x29 The Bookworm Turns (1) - Batman Episode Guide

Batman

- Episode 01x29

Episode: 01x29
Title: The Bookworm Turns (1)
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 8717-Pt. 1
First Aired: Apr. 20, 1966

Season 1 » Episode #29 - The Bookworm Turns (1)

Summary: The Bookworm shows up at the dedication of the new Amergio Bridge with plans of pulling off a fake assassination attempt on the life of Commissioner Gordon. This was just a scheme to get Batman to rush to the police headquarters so a bomb could be placed in, and destroy the batmobile. Bookworm then threatens to blow up the new bridge.

Who appeared in this episode?

Batman
Robin

Guest Stars:

Alfred	played by Alan Napier
Commissioner Gordon	played by Neil Hamilton
Chief O'Hara	played by Stafford Repp
Aunt Harriet Cooper	played by Madge Blake
Lydia Limpet	played by Francine York
Printer's Devil	played by John Crawford
Pressman	played by Tony Aiello
Typesetter	played by Jan Peters (II)
Mayor Linseed	played by Byron Keith

	Season 1 / Episode 29: - The Bookworm Turns (1) Batman: [about to fight the bookworm's gang] You're glasses! [to Robin] Remember: never hit a man with glasses.
	Season 1 / Episode 29: - The Bookworm Turns (1) Jerry Lewis: [sticking his head outside a window to talk to the Dynamic Duo] Holy human flies!

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

CONT: Bruce and Dick watch Commissioner Gordon being shot on their color television, yet the shot of somebody falling off the bridge is in black and white.

TRIVIA

This episode featured the first of the many "head-out-the-window" cameo appearances that would become a hallmark on "Batman" during its' first two seasons. A well-known celebrity would stick their head out the window as Batman and Robin were climbing up the side of a building and exchange a few lines of dialogue with them. In this first case, the celeb was Jerry Lewis. Other celebrities would include Art Linkletter, Sammy Davis, Jr., syndicated newspaper columnist "Suzie Knickerbocker" (Aileen Mehle), Van Williams and Bruce Lee (as the Green Hornet and Kato), and, on Christmas week of 1966, Santa Claus (in the person of Andy Devine).