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We continue our look at actors who played villains in the 1966 Batman TV series. This week, we turn to Cesar Romero, who played the Clown Prince of Crime, The Joker.



For this week's episode, we're joined by the lawyer Tom Fox of the Compliance Podcast Network.



We takea look at Sangaree from the Lux Radio Theatre, where Romero plays an ex-indentured servant and doctor who returns from the Revolutionary War to fulfill the dying wish of his benefactor, and goes to Georgia to run the family plantation over the objection of the deceased's headstrong daughter (Anne Blythe) and has to deal with lawsuits, pirates, and plague.



Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 25, 1955



Cast: Cesar Romero as Dr. Carlos Morales; Arlene Dahl as Nancy Darby, Lamont Johnson, William Conrad, Carleton Young, John Sutton, Herb Butterfield, Frances Robinson, Edward Marr, William Walker, Jack Kruschen, Leo Britt, Bill Bouchey



After listening to and discussing the program, we talk about the Joker two-part episode from season one: "The Joker Trumps an Ace' and "Batman sets the Pace."



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We continue our look at actors who played villains in the 1966 Batman TV series.



For this week's episode, we're taking a look at Van Johnson who played the role of the Musical/Electronics Genius, The Minstrel.



For our Old Time Radio program, we present the Screen Guild Theater presentation of The Devil and Ms. Jones. 



The richest man in the world, Merrick (Guy Kibbe) goes undercover in a department store he owns where employees led by a forceful charismatic young man named Joe (Johnson) burned him in effigy. Merrick hopes to use Joe's kindly girlfriend (Donna Reed) to find out the names of those involved in the action.



Also features Howard Duff



Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 12, 1946



After the podcast, we talk about the Season 2 Batman two-parter "The Minstrel's Shakedown" and "Barbequed Batman" from September 21 and 22, 1966



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We continue our look at actors who played villains in the 1966 "Batman" TV series. This week we feature Ethel Merman, who played Lola Lasagna.



We feature an episode of Supsense, "Never Follow a Banjo Act," where Merman plays a mature singer paired up with a hot young male talent, whose previous partner died under mysterious circumstances. When she discovers a dark side to the young star, will she be the next to go?



Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 1, 1954



Cast: Ethel Merman as Rosie; Paul Frees; Jerry Hausner; Joseph Kearns; Shepard Menken; Jess Kirkpatrick; Ben Wright



After listening to discussing the program, we talk about the Season 3 two-part story, "The Sport of Penguins" and "A Horse of Another Color," featuring Ethel Merman as Lola Lasagna.



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We continue our look at actors who portrayed villains in the 1966 Batman TV series. This week we turn to Burgess Meredith, who played the Penguin and we present an episode of Theater Guild on the Air.



In this episode, we step back in time to the bustling streets of pre-war London and the peculiar happenings at Mrs. Beam's boarding house. Paulette Goddard and Burgess Meredith star in a comedic caper that twists and turns through the lives of romantic crooks and their unwitting hosts. From high-society scandals to the threat of the infamous Bluebeard, join us for an adventure that's as charming as it is chaotic.



Original Radio Broadcast: October 28, 1945



Cast: Burgess Meredith,Paulette Goddard, Brenda Forbes



After talking about the episode, we discuss the Batman two-parter, "Hizzonner the Penguin" and "Dizzoner the Penguin" from Season 2.



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We begin a series looking at radio performances by actors who played villains in the 1960s Batman TV series. This week, we focus on Barbara Rush, who was the guest villain in the Season 3 episode "Nora Clavicle and the Ladies' Crime Club".



For this week's old time radio program, we bring you the Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of Great Expectations, in which Barbara Rush plays a featured role.



An eccentric and twisted elderly woman takes an interest in an orphaned boy. When he grows up, he receives an unexpected inheritance.



Starring: Rock Hudson as Pip; Barbara Rush as Estella; William Conrad; Jeanette Nolan; Alan Reed; Peter Votrian; Susan Seaforth; Christopher Cook; Parley Baer, Vivi Janis; James McCallion; Lillian Buyeff; Norman Field; Howard McNear; Leo Britt; Edward Marr



Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 12, 1954



We then discuss the controversial "Nora Clavicle and the Ladies' Crime Club".



Discussed: Podcast episode: To the Batpoles: Tying Ourselves in Knots.



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An adaptation of Lew Wallace's classic novel of Judah Ben-Hur, a 1st Century Jewish man unjustly imprisoned by the decree of his ambitious best friend.



Original Radio Broadcast: April 10, 1952



Originating in Hollywood



Starring: Jeff Chandler as Ben-Hur; William Conrad; Virginia Gregg; Lurene Tuttle; Herb Butterfield; Richard Beals



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