1 00:00:01,066 --> 00:00:02,733 ¶ Batman 2 00:00:07,004 --> 00:00:09,438 (male narrator) As we last took leave of Batman and Robin 3 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:13,008 The Green Hornet had been made into a rare stamp 4 00:00:13,010 --> 00:00:14,776 and then thumbtacked to a wall 5 00:00:14,778 --> 00:00:17,011 by the corrupt Colonel Gumm. 6 00:00:17,013 --> 00:00:19,513 With Kato still being blocked and perforated 7 00:00:19,515 --> 00:00:22,215 in Gumm's shameful stamping machine 8 00:00:22,217 --> 00:00:24,650 and the Dynamic Duo to follow 9 00:00:24,652 --> 00:00:27,719 once they're unglued from Gumm's glue-pad. 10 00:00:27,721 --> 00:00:31,756 For you who've breathlessly waited and wondered 11 00:00:31,758 --> 00:00:33,724 some man hours have passed. 12 00:00:33,726 --> 00:00:37,661 For the Caped Crusaders, mere moments 13 00:00:37,663 --> 00:00:41,131 as we shall see in a moment. 14 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:45,067 [theme music] 15 00:00:53,509 --> 00:00:56,577 ¶ Batman 16 00:00:56,579 --> 00:00:59,146 ¶ Batman 17 00:01:00,081 --> 00:01:02,115 ¶ Batman 18 00:01:03,083 --> 00:01:06,185 ¶ Batman 19 00:01:06,187 --> 00:01:07,753 ¶ Batman 20 00:01:07,755 --> 00:01:09,387 ¶ Batman 21 00:01:09,389 --> 00:01:11,455 ¶ Batman 22 00:01:12,523 --> 00:01:14,290 ¶ Batman 23 00:01:14,292 --> 00:01:15,658 ¶ Batman 24 00:01:15,660 --> 00:01:17,226 ¶ Batman 25 00:01:17,228 --> 00:01:21,196 ¶ Na-na na-na na-na na-na na-na na-na na ¶ 26 00:01:21,198 --> 00:01:23,798 ¶ Batman 27 00:01:59,367 --> 00:02:03,436 Kato too, made into a man size stamp 28 00:02:03,438 --> 00:02:05,738 and thumbtacked to the wall! 29 00:02:05,740 --> 00:02:09,208 What monster of a man is Colonel Gumm? 30 00:02:09,210 --> 00:02:15,881 And what monstrous mutilation faces our mantled man hunters. 31 00:02:15,883 --> 00:02:22,220 Well, Dynamic Duo, your turn. 32 00:02:24,590 --> 00:02:27,825 I think you'll find us a much stickier proposition, Gumm. 33 00:02:27,827 --> 00:02:30,427 Not with another little invention of mine. 34 00:02:30,429 --> 00:02:33,229 Colonel Gumm's Super-instant Glue Gone. 35 00:02:33,231 --> 00:02:37,533 The invisible dissolving agent contained in this spray can 36 00:02:37,535 --> 00:02:39,835 will penetrate anything and anybody 37 00:02:39,837 --> 00:02:43,572 and will dissolve glue in an instant. 38 00:02:46,609 --> 00:02:50,278 Now, into the Enlarged Perforating 39 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:51,312 and Coiling Machine with them. 40 00:02:51,314 --> 00:02:54,815 To be stamped with my disapproval. 41 00:02:56,617 --> 00:02:59,285 Robin, the switch. 42 00:03:06,559 --> 00:03:08,259 Now, to remove this panel. 43 00:03:08,261 --> 00:03:08,926 Why the panel? 44 00:03:08,928 --> 00:03:10,661 Because The Green Hornet and Kato 45 00:03:10,663 --> 00:03:12,829 are still alive inside this machine 46 00:03:12,831 --> 00:03:13,563 Still alive? 47 00:03:13,565 --> 00:03:16,732 How could they be? They're thumbtacked to the wall. 48 00:03:16,734 --> 00:03:19,301 Shush! 49 00:03:20,870 --> 00:03:21,669 Ah! 50 00:03:21,671 --> 00:03:24,605 That should give them a chance to use their Hornet-sting. 51 00:03:24,607 --> 00:03:29,242 Quick, into the truck with these cases of stamps. 52 00:03:29,244 --> 00:03:30,443 I'll get Miss Pinkston. 53 00:03:30,445 --> 00:03:31,744 We'll hold her as hostage. 54 00:03:31,746 --> 00:03:33,178 Meet me in the garage. 55 00:03:33,180 --> 00:03:34,612 Gumm and his goons are getting away. 56 00:03:34,614 --> 00:03:39,483 No, Robin, they had it and they know it. They won't get far. 57 00:03:44,889 --> 00:03:45,622 Holy living end! 58 00:03:45,624 --> 00:03:48,257 Looked like the end there for a minute, Boy Wonder. 59 00:03:48,259 --> 00:03:52,294 But there was a small niche between the gum applier 60 00:03:52,296 --> 00:03:53,561 and the perforating needles 61 00:03:53,563 --> 00:03:56,330 And we are both quite flexible. 62 00:03:56,332 --> 00:03:57,731 But there wasn't enough room 63 00:03:57,733 --> 00:03:58,631 to use my Hornet-sting 64 00:03:58,633 --> 00:04:01,767 to blast us out until that panel was loosened. 65 00:04:01,769 --> 00:04:03,702 But how did the machine take your picture? 66 00:04:03,704 --> 00:04:07,906 No doubt an automatic image orthicon of some kind. 67 00:04:07,908 --> 00:04:08,740 Wrong, Green Hornet. 68 00:04:08,742 --> 00:04:11,576 It was a high velocity spectrobiscopic 69 00:04:11,578 --> 00:04:14,445 range reflector mini unit. 70 00:04:18,750 --> 00:04:24,421 Why, are you feeding that pink mutt my alphabet soup? 71 00:04:24,423 --> 00:04:28,758 Well, Apricot was hungry and she's only down to the Ds. 72 00:04:29,292 --> 00:04:30,258 - Come on. - No. 73 00:04:30,260 --> 00:04:33,761 - Yes, and blindfolded too. - Oh! 74 00:04:34,295 --> 00:04:34,861 Ah-h! 75 00:04:34,863 --> 00:04:37,630 But how could you know they were alive in there, Batman? 76 00:04:37,632 --> 00:04:40,366 When this masked meddler was tossed into that machine 77 00:04:40,368 --> 00:04:42,568 he had this gruesome gizmo with him 78 00:04:42,570 --> 00:04:46,939 but you will notice, Robin, it is conspicuously missing 79 00:04:46,941 --> 00:04:48,573 from that giant stamp. 80 00:04:48,575 --> 00:04:53,377 Ergo, the high velocity spectrobiscopic 81 00:04:53,379 --> 00:04:55,812 range reflector mini unit 82 00:04:55,814 --> 00:04:58,648 failed to produce a true fact simile. 83 00:04:58,650 --> 00:05:00,483 Gosh, that's some ergo, Batman. 84 00:05:00,485 --> 00:05:07,256 Yes, Batman, that's very clever but it seems as if in saving us 85 00:05:07,258 --> 00:05:09,358 you've allowed our assailants to escape. 86 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:15,297 None too smart for a smart crime fighter. 87 00:05:15,831 --> 00:05:17,765 Are we just letting them go, Batman? 88 00:05:17,767 --> 00:05:19,733 As a duly deputized officer of the law 89 00:05:19,735 --> 00:05:21,935 I had no tangible evidence to hold them on 90 00:05:21,937 --> 00:05:24,537 but in giving them their heads, so to speak 91 00:05:24,539 --> 00:05:29,942 perhaps we can provide some tangible evidence shortly. 92 00:05:29,944 --> 00:05:32,044 Come on, Robin. 93 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:37,448 - What's the matter? - I smell pink. 94 00:05:37,450 --> 00:05:38,449 You're just tired. 95 00:05:38,451 --> 00:05:40,584 No, I mean I really smell pink. 96 00:05:40,586 --> 00:05:42,852 The color pink. 97 00:05:42,854 --> 00:05:43,586 Pinky Pinkston. 98 00:05:43,588 --> 00:05:48,624 She wears Odeur Carnation, an expensive pink perfume. 99 00:05:48,626 --> 00:05:51,860 And she's been.. 100 00:05:51,862 --> 00:05:52,694 ...in here. 101 00:05:52,696 --> 00:05:53,594 There's no doubt about it. 102 00:05:53,596 --> 00:05:57,564 Probably locked up by her foreman before we arrived. 103 00:05:57,566 --> 00:05:58,998 What's that? 104 00:05:59,000 --> 00:05:59,999 I guess I'm tired 105 00:06:00,001 --> 00:06:03,869 but it looks like a bowl of alphabet soup 106 00:06:03,871 --> 00:06:07,672 Robin, have you noticed? The Js, Qs and Zs are missing. 107 00:06:07,674 --> 00:06:10,875 Holy uncanny photographic mental processes! 108 00:06:10,877 --> 00:06:14,311 Miss Pinkston expected Batman here tonight. 109 00:06:14,313 --> 00:06:17,814 No doubt she contrived to leave a message. 110 00:06:18,015 --> 00:06:20,316 In the soup? 111 00:06:24,654 --> 00:06:25,387 'Gosh, Batman.' 112 00:06:25,389 --> 00:06:27,088 It's sure a good thing you brought 113 00:06:27,090 --> 00:06:29,824 that empty Alphabet-soup Bat-container. 114 00:06:29,826 --> 00:06:32,526 Right, Robin. 115 00:06:32,528 --> 00:06:36,062 The right tool for the right job. 116 00:06:48,108 --> 00:06:50,442 To the Bat-cave. 117 00:06:51,677 --> 00:06:55,112 Gosh, I never knew there were no punctuation marks 118 00:06:55,114 --> 00:06:56,680 in alphabet soup. 119 00:06:56,682 --> 00:06:58,982 [beeping] 120 00:06:58,984 --> 00:06:59,882 Yes, commissioner. 121 00:06:59,884 --> 00:07:02,417 Batman, what a relief! 122 00:07:02,419 --> 00:07:05,520 We were a little afraid there might be some 123 00:07:05,522 --> 00:07:06,721 overdue postage on you. 124 00:07:06,723 --> 00:07:07,755 'You must have found those' 125 00:07:07,757 --> 00:07:09,723 'man sized stamps of The Green Hornet' 126 00:07:09,725 --> 00:07:12,892 and his masked confederate in the stamp factory. 127 00:07:12,894 --> 00:07:15,728 One of our men did on routine duty. 128 00:07:15,730 --> 00:07:17,730 You can tear the stamps up, commissioner 129 00:07:17,732 --> 00:07:19,932 The Green Hornet's still very much alive 130 00:07:19,934 --> 00:07:22,034 and operating in Gotham City. 131 00:07:22,036 --> 00:07:23,568 What's the story, Batman? 132 00:07:23,570 --> 00:07:25,469 It's a long one, commissioner. 133 00:07:25,471 --> 00:07:26,369 I'll explain later. 134 00:07:26,371 --> 00:07:31,107 Right now Robin and I are trying to work out another puzzle. 135 00:07:31,109 --> 00:07:34,577 Well, get back to work by all means. 136 00:07:37,013 --> 00:07:40,882 Forgive the intrusion, sir, but Mr. Reed is upstairs. 137 00:07:40,884 --> 00:07:42,383 He'd like to see you. 138 00:07:42,385 --> 00:07:45,085 Ask Mrs. Cooper to keep him occupied, Alfred. 139 00:07:45,087 --> 00:07:45,885 A few minutes. 140 00:07:45,887 --> 00:07:49,121 She, she's under the hair dryer, sir. 141 00:07:49,123 --> 00:07:50,522 Oh, yes. 142 00:07:50,524 --> 00:07:53,658 I'll be right there, Alfred. Keep trying, old chum. 143 00:07:53,660 --> 00:07:56,527 There's more letters in this alphabet soup 144 00:07:56,529 --> 00:07:59,162 than there are in the alphabet. 145 00:08:01,932 --> 00:08:02,865 - Hello, Britt. - Hi. 146 00:08:02,867 --> 00:08:06,034 I'd known you were in there, I wouldn't have stood on ceremony. 147 00:08:06,036 --> 00:08:09,404 We'll be more comfortable in the living room here anyway. 148 00:08:09,406 --> 00:08:12,707 - Sit down, Britt. - Thanks. 149 00:08:14,076 --> 00:08:17,745 You're up early, aren't you? 150 00:08:17,747 --> 00:08:20,914 Yes, Bruce. I'm worried about Pinky. 151 00:08:20,916 --> 00:08:24,050 'Nobody answered at her apartment or the factory.' 152 00:08:24,052 --> 00:08:26,085 Do you suppose something could've happened 153 00:08:26,087 --> 00:08:26,919 to her last night? 154 00:08:26,921 --> 00:08:31,123 All that talk about The Green Hornet and Batman. 155 00:08:31,125 --> 00:08:34,559 Incidentally, I should've told you this yesterday 156 00:08:34,561 --> 00:08:38,596 I met Batman in Commissioner Gordon's office. 157 00:08:38,598 --> 00:08:40,130 He sends his regards. 158 00:08:40,132 --> 00:08:41,998 Very thoughtful. 159 00:08:42,165 --> 00:08:46,034 What kind of a guy is he, Bruce? 160 00:08:46,201 --> 00:08:47,167 An enigma. 161 00:08:47,169 --> 00:08:50,870 I really don't know him very well, Britt 162 00:08:50,872 --> 00:08:54,006 but if he tangled with Green Hornet last night 163 00:08:54,008 --> 00:08:57,075 The Green Hornet would've gotten the worth of it. 164 00:08:57,077 --> 00:08:59,110 That would be a switch. 165 00:08:59,112 --> 00:09:01,645 Green Hornet usually comes out the winner. 166 00:09:01,647 --> 00:09:05,715 That's because you have no Batman in your city. 167 00:09:05,916 --> 00:09:08,183 Oh, well maybe. 168 00:09:08,584 --> 00:09:09,984 But I'm still worried about Pinky. 169 00:09:09,986 --> 00:09:12,753 Well, Pinky seems to me to be a girl 170 00:09:12,755 --> 00:09:14,488 who can take car of herself. 171 00:09:14,490 --> 00:09:16,056 I wouldn't worry. 172 00:09:16,058 --> 00:09:19,492 How was the convention last night? 173 00:09:19,494 --> 00:09:19,992 Dull. 174 00:09:19,994 --> 00:09:23,562 How was the board meeting at the Wayne Foundation? 175 00:09:23,564 --> 00:09:25,530 Dreary. 176 00:09:25,532 --> 00:09:29,467 If you're going to be in town for a while 177 00:09:29,469 --> 00:09:32,036 maybe we could dig up some excitement? 178 00:09:32,038 --> 00:09:34,872 Yeah, yeah. Like old times. 179 00:09:34,874 --> 00:09:40,777 Before we settled down into our mundane lives. 180 00:09:40,779 --> 00:09:41,744 Like old times. 181 00:09:41,746 --> 00:09:43,713 Hey, we had a few laughs, didn't we? 182 00:09:43,715 --> 00:09:49,318 Before we settled down and became such solid citizens? 183 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:50,018 Yeah. 184 00:09:50,020 --> 00:09:52,920 Yeah, it's guys like The Green Hornet and Batman 185 00:09:52,922 --> 00:09:55,856 that see all the action, get all the kicks. 186 00:09:55,858 --> 00:09:58,258 Would you trade places with them? 187 00:09:58,260 --> 00:10:02,996 Well, not with Batman. 188 00:10:02,998 --> 00:10:08,001 I wouldn't be caught dead in that crazy cowl of his. 189 00:10:11,271 --> 00:10:12,271 It's impossible, Batman. 190 00:10:12,273 --> 00:10:16,041 I'm getting no place fast with this alphabet mish mash. 191 00:10:16,043 --> 00:10:19,711 We were a little off hand with the Bat-computer yesterday. 192 00:10:19,713 --> 00:10:22,213 I suggest we give it another chance. 193 00:10:22,215 --> 00:10:25,916 I'll just scoop these letters up. 194 00:10:30,254 --> 00:10:33,089 I think that's all of them. 195 00:10:38,628 --> 00:10:40,795 Bat-funnel. 196 00:10:43,331 --> 00:10:47,801 Now, the Bat-computer ingester switches. 197 00:10:47,803 --> 00:10:52,939 You mean you're gonna feed those letters to the Bat-computer? 198 00:10:52,941 --> 00:10:54,974 They're made out of noodles. 199 00:10:54,976 --> 00:10:57,209 Easy to digest. 200 00:11:02,081 --> 00:11:02,814 It did it. 201 00:11:02,816 --> 00:11:05,249 "If anyone can decode this message 202 00:11:05,251 --> 00:11:08,885 "Gumm is taking me to warehouse as hostage. 203 00:11:08,887 --> 00:11:12,021 "Watch stamp exhibition tonight. 204 00:11:12,023 --> 00:11:13,255 Pinky Pinkston." 205 00:11:13,257 --> 00:11:16,958 And not a J, Q or Z in the entire message. 206 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:18,326 That's very clever of Miss Pinkston. 207 00:11:18,328 --> 00:11:22,263 I'll wager she fed all the Js, Qs and Zs to Apricot 208 00:11:22,265 --> 00:11:25,799 trusting we'd be able to unravel the clue. 209 00:11:25,801 --> 00:11:27,267 Who's Apricot? 210 00:11:27,269 --> 00:11:29,736 Her Pink Maltese. 211 00:11:30,738 --> 00:11:33,673 Some of Bruce Wayne's female friends 212 00:11:33,675 --> 00:11:34,974 sound a little dizzy to me. 213 00:11:34,976 --> 00:11:37,743 But Miss Pinkston wasn't the only clever one. 214 00:11:37,745 --> 00:11:40,312 The Bat-computer even punctuated this. 215 00:11:40,314 --> 00:11:43,081 Yes, it seems to be back on the beam. 216 00:11:43,083 --> 00:11:45,983 Let's see if it can come up with the warehouse 217 00:11:45,985 --> 00:11:48,685 where Miss Pinkston is being held hostage. 218 00:11:48,687 --> 00:11:50,820 Yellow pages. 219 00:12:15,312 --> 00:12:18,047 Don't tell me it's given up again. 220 00:12:18,049 --> 00:12:22,084 There's no dual identity in a warehouse. 221 00:12:22,086 --> 00:12:24,152 I think it's blown a Bat-fuse. 222 00:12:24,154 --> 00:12:25,953 All those noodle letters. 223 00:12:25,955 --> 00:12:27,220 No master, Robin. 224 00:12:27,222 --> 00:12:29,255 The Bat-computer is not to blame. 225 00:12:29,257 --> 00:12:31,724 It's Mrs. Cooper's hair dryer, sir. 226 00:12:31,726 --> 00:12:33,726 It short-circuited and half the electricity 227 00:12:33,728 --> 00:12:35,494 in the entire establishment is off 228 00:12:35,496 --> 00:12:37,095 and the telephones are out too. 229 00:12:37,097 --> 00:12:39,297 I've sent for a telephone repair man 230 00:12:39,299 --> 00:12:40,998 and an electrician 231 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:43,734 but it may take hours. 232 00:12:46,137 --> 00:12:53,977 And so because of a woman's vanity a battle may be lost. 233 00:12:56,013 --> 00:12:56,512 Lost! 234 00:12:56,514 --> 00:12:58,780 I'm surprised at you, Batman. 235 00:12:58,782 --> 00:13:01,916 Many Battles have been won before electricity 236 00:13:01,918 --> 00:13:05,085 and telephone were ever invented. 237 00:13:05,087 --> 00:13:08,488 Gosh, Robin, you may be right. 238 00:13:08,490 --> 00:13:10,223 Just arrange to have the stamp exhibition 239 00:13:10,225 --> 00:13:13,826 in the constellation room tonight, well publicized. 240 00:13:13,828 --> 00:13:16,461 Then there's bound to be some action 241 00:13:16,463 --> 00:13:20,531 and a Bat-climb up Gotham Towers West will help us 242 00:13:20,533 --> 00:13:23,200 flex our muscles. 243 00:13:23,202 --> 00:13:25,835 Chin up, old chum. 244 00:13:25,837 --> 00:13:27,970 Meanwhile, the scene of battle 245 00:13:27,972 --> 00:13:29,538 shifts to an isolated warehouse 246 00:13:29,540 --> 00:13:35,076 but warfare wages on in a strange and oblique manner. 247 00:13:35,078 --> 00:13:38,145 So, Colonel Gumm is holding me hostage, Apricot. 248 00:13:38,147 --> 00:13:38,979 For what? 249 00:13:38,981 --> 00:13:42,549 Who is even going to know it if he's killed The Green Hornet 250 00:13:42,551 --> 00:13:45,818 his masked companion and Batman and Robin? 251 00:13:45,820 --> 00:13:49,788 Word will get around, Miss Pinkston. 252 00:13:50,456 --> 00:13:54,525 Reprint, this alphabet soup needs more Consonants in it. 253 00:13:54,527 --> 00:13:57,194 Yes, Apricot, word will get around alright 254 00:13:57,196 --> 00:14:00,964 and it won't be composed of letters from alphabet soup. 255 00:14:00,966 --> 00:14:03,032 'You know how it will spelled out?' 256 00:14:03,034 --> 00:14:07,503 Counterfeiter, kidnapper, murderer. 257 00:14:07,871 --> 00:14:11,206 As long as we are spelling things out, Miss Pinkston 258 00:14:11,208 --> 00:14:13,374 Let me spell something out for you. 259 00:14:13,376 --> 00:14:14,475 Bruce Wayne was in the shop 260 00:14:14,477 --> 00:14:16,276 of his stamp dealer yesterday afternoon 261 00:14:16,278 --> 00:14:20,046 making enquiries about that missing stamp of your old man's. 262 00:14:20,048 --> 00:14:23,516 Do you suppose he means the Gotham Gothic, Apricot? 263 00:14:23,518 --> 00:14:25,918 And last night at the factory 264 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:28,987 The Green Hornet mentioned the same stamp 265 00:14:28,989 --> 00:14:30,989 and the same stamp dealer. 266 00:14:30,991 --> 00:14:35,159 Is he trying to tell me that Bruce Wayne is The Green Hornet? 267 00:14:35,161 --> 00:14:39,496 And I strongly suspect that Britt Reed is Batman. 268 00:14:39,498 --> 00:14:41,531 No, I could never believe that. 269 00:14:41,533 --> 00:14:44,100 Besides, how do you know what Bruce Wayne 270 00:14:44,102 --> 00:14:46,435 was telling his stamp dealer? 271 00:14:46,437 --> 00:14:49,004 - Because I-- - Hold it, boss. 272 00:14:49,006 --> 00:14:51,339 Don't spill any more beans. 273 00:14:51,341 --> 00:14:53,307 You're right, Reprint. 274 00:14:53,309 --> 00:14:56,009 Well, goodbye, Miss Pinkston. 275 00:14:56,011 --> 00:14:59,979 By the time you're found, if you're found 276 00:14:59,981 --> 00:15:01,547 I shall be thousands of miles away 277 00:15:01,549 --> 00:15:05,317 with a fortune that will make your Pink Chips Stamps empire 278 00:15:05,319 --> 00:15:07,285 look like pink peanuts. 279 00:15:07,287 --> 00:15:09,387 [laughing] 280 00:15:10,989 --> 00:15:13,557 Apricot, and this time I am talking to you 281 00:15:13,559 --> 00:15:17,227 get to work on the ropes around my wrists. 282 00:15:24,568 --> 00:15:27,069 Bruce Wayne's The Green Hornet? 283 00:15:27,071 --> 00:15:29,404 And Britt Reed is Batman? 284 00:15:29,406 --> 00:15:30,638 Incredible. 285 00:15:30,640 --> 00:15:31,372 Unthinkable. 286 00:15:31,374 --> 00:15:34,475 Inconceivable. I'll call them both up at once. 287 00:15:34,477 --> 00:15:36,910 Call them over here and face them with it. 288 00:15:36,912 --> 00:15:38,611 Then that's good isn't it, Apricot? 289 00:15:38,613 --> 00:15:43,415 If either Britt or Bruce arrive, then Colonel Gumm was wrong 290 00:15:43,417 --> 00:15:47,318 for after all, Batman and Green Hornet are dead. 291 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:50,554 (together) Are they? 292 00:15:50,556 --> 00:15:51,454 [laughing] 293 00:15:51,456 --> 00:15:52,955 Oh, no, Miss Pinkston. 294 00:15:52,957 --> 00:15:53,622 No, they're not. 295 00:15:53,624 --> 00:15:55,190 I talked to Batman earlier today. 296 00:15:55,192 --> 00:15:58,259 He said it was a long story and it must be. 297 00:15:58,261 --> 00:15:59,627 And then he asked me to publicize 298 00:15:59,629 --> 00:16:02,496 the International Stamp Exhibition this evening. 299 00:16:02,498 --> 00:16:04,531 He sounded very much alive. 300 00:16:04,533 --> 00:16:06,466 And he said The Green Hornet was too. 301 00:16:06,468 --> 00:16:11,037 Then there's really no use in calling either Britt or Bruce 302 00:16:11,039 --> 00:16:12,938 is there, Apricot? 303 00:16:12,940 --> 00:16:13,505 Why not? 304 00:16:13,507 --> 00:16:15,073 Do you really think, gentlemen 305 00:16:15,075 --> 00:16:18,009 that either Batman or The Green Hornet 306 00:16:18,011 --> 00:16:18,976 would admit to anything 307 00:16:18,978 --> 00:16:22,045 after keeping their dual identities a secret 308 00:16:22,047 --> 00:16:23,613 for so very long? 309 00:16:23,615 --> 00:16:24,680 Begorrah, she's right. 310 00:16:24,682 --> 00:16:27,149 What do we do now, commissioner? 311 00:16:27,151 --> 00:16:29,684 I don't know, Chief O'Hara. 312 00:16:29,686 --> 00:16:32,953 May I make a suggestion, gentlemen? 313 00:16:32,955 --> 00:16:34,287 (together) Of course. 314 00:16:34,289 --> 00:16:36,422 By publicizing the stamp exhibition 315 00:16:36,424 --> 00:16:40,626 Batman, may be intending to smoke The Green Hornet out 316 00:16:40,628 --> 00:16:41,493 as it were. 317 00:16:41,495 --> 00:16:44,662 Well, then let's get over to the Constellation room at once 318 00:16:44,664 --> 00:16:47,164 It'll be interesting to see who arrives 319 00:16:47,166 --> 00:16:50,133 and who wins and who's who. 320 00:16:55,339 --> 00:16:56,672 You seem thoughtful. 321 00:16:56,674 --> 00:17:01,109 We're heading for another clash with the Caped Crusaders 322 00:17:01,111 --> 00:17:03,077 and I don't like it. 323 00:17:03,079 --> 00:17:03,577 Why not? 324 00:17:03,579 --> 00:17:06,046 We've never run away from trouble before. 325 00:17:06,048 --> 00:17:07,614 Yes, but this double identity 326 00:17:07,616 --> 00:17:09,582 poses extra problems this time. 327 00:17:09,584 --> 00:17:12,151 We know they're heroic crime fighters. 328 00:17:12,153 --> 00:17:13,519 They think we're criminals. 329 00:17:13,521 --> 00:17:17,322 We must come out on top, but they mustn't suffer. 330 00:17:17,324 --> 00:17:20,391 Kung Fu is Kung Fu. It's no child's play. 331 00:17:20,393 --> 00:17:25,329 I know but our tricks are gonna have to be tempered with.. 332 00:17:25,331 --> 00:17:27,631 ...good judgment. 333 00:17:27,633 --> 00:17:28,565 You were right, Robin. 334 00:17:28,567 --> 00:17:30,967 This is a great way to limber up. 335 00:17:30,969 --> 00:17:35,137 Yes, there's nothing quite like a Bat-climb. 336 00:17:40,042 --> 00:17:42,376 The Dynamic Duo. 337 00:17:42,378 --> 00:17:45,445 There are other ways of getting into this building, you know? 338 00:17:45,447 --> 00:17:48,448 But none of them provide the element of surprise 339 00:17:48,450 --> 00:17:49,348 that we need. 340 00:17:49,350 --> 00:17:51,149 What are you doing in Gotham City? 341 00:17:51,151 --> 00:17:54,085 There are some of the paintings from my collection 342 00:17:54,087 --> 00:17:56,554 going on exhibit here tomorrow. 343 00:17:56,556 --> 00:17:59,390 I wonder if some creative artist couldn't capture 344 00:17:59,392 --> 00:18:02,292 the two of you on canvas. 345 00:18:02,294 --> 00:18:05,528 Perhaps the cubistic school. 346 00:18:05,530 --> 00:18:06,328 Oh, never. 347 00:18:06,330 --> 00:18:08,096 - Pop art? - No. 348 00:18:08,098 --> 00:18:11,432 I think canned tomato soup is to eat 349 00:18:11,434 --> 00:18:14,301 not to frame and hang on a wall. 350 00:18:14,303 --> 00:18:16,436 Dali?, Picasso? 351 00:18:17,004 --> 00:18:20,473 Bit of an art buff yourself, aren't you, Batman? 352 00:18:20,475 --> 00:18:22,641 I'm afraid that crime fighting allows me 353 00:18:22,643 --> 00:18:25,343 only the luxury of collecting criminals. 354 00:18:25,345 --> 00:18:28,579 But you should see the great mug-shots we've got. 355 00:18:28,581 --> 00:18:31,682 - Robin-- - Now, don't reprimand him. 356 00:18:31,684 --> 00:18:34,117 Who knows who posed for the Mona Lisa? 357 00:18:34,119 --> 00:18:38,788 Maybe one of the wickedest women in the world. 358 00:18:43,093 --> 00:18:45,594 Ah, but what a smile. 359 00:18:47,396 --> 00:18:49,563 While in the Constellation Room 360 00:18:49,565 --> 00:18:54,200 who's this, dominating the stamp exhibition? 361 00:18:54,202 --> 00:18:58,771 It is a rare honor to have you hear, Senor Barbosa. 362 00:18:58,773 --> 00:19:01,106 All the way from the Argentine. 363 00:19:01,108 --> 00:19:05,110 I suppose your renowned Howling Monkey stamp 364 00:19:05,112 --> 00:19:07,679 has been entered for one of the prizes. 365 00:19:07,681 --> 00:19:08,479 Yes, si, si. 366 00:19:08,481 --> 00:19:10,247 Oh, indeed it has, Senor Stample. 367 00:19:10,249 --> 00:19:15,819 In fact, I expect to walk away with everything tonight. 368 00:19:15,821 --> 00:19:17,720 [laughing] 369 00:19:18,354 --> 00:19:20,756 Ah, well, well, it's time to get on 370 00:19:20,758 --> 00:19:22,557 with the judging and the prizes. 371 00:19:22,559 --> 00:19:24,525 Right this way, Senor Barbosa. 372 00:19:24,527 --> 00:19:27,427 Thank you. 373 00:19:27,429 --> 00:19:30,797 'Now, now. Quiet, please. Quiet, please.' 374 00:19:30,799 --> 00:19:33,633 We have here, ladies and gentlemen 375 00:19:33,635 --> 00:19:37,169 that famous stamp from Egypt 376 00:19:37,171 --> 00:19:40,205 the Inverted Blue Nile. 377 00:19:42,308 --> 00:19:43,541 Wonderful! 378 00:19:43,543 --> 00:19:44,675 There's Gumm. 379 00:19:44,677 --> 00:19:45,542 In that phony disguise. 380 00:19:45,544 --> 00:19:48,177 The Green Hornet just came through the surface door. 381 00:19:48,179 --> 00:19:50,879 And the cape crusaders through a window. 382 00:19:50,881 --> 00:19:52,881 I'm ready. 383 00:19:52,883 --> 00:19:54,249 Let's make our move. 384 00:19:54,251 --> 00:19:56,351 It's The Green Hornet! 385 00:19:56,485 --> 00:19:58,185 [screaming] 386 00:19:58,187 --> 00:20:01,321 And the Caped Crusaders. 387 00:20:27,281 --> 00:20:30,316 It's a good thing those guys are on our side 388 00:20:30,318 --> 00:20:33,552 even though they don't know it. 389 00:20:37,690 --> 00:20:42,427 It's a good thing those guys aren't in town every week. 390 00:21:00,279 --> 00:21:01,779 What do we have here? 391 00:21:01,781 --> 00:21:03,947 A Mexican stand off? 392 00:21:04,415 --> 00:21:06,282 A dead heat? 393 00:21:06,284 --> 00:21:07,283 A photo finish? 394 00:21:07,285 --> 00:21:09,451 Alright, stand back. Come on. Now, make way. 395 00:21:09,453 --> 00:21:13,354 Come on, stand back, stand back. 396 00:21:22,697 --> 00:21:27,534 Ah, if it isn't the fuzz and the pink hostage. 397 00:21:27,536 --> 00:21:30,637 She'll come in handy. 398 00:21:30,639 --> 00:21:31,704 Out that window, boys. 399 00:21:31,706 --> 00:21:34,473 'We'll come up behind them.' 400 00:21:37,910 --> 00:21:41,412 Ah, Ms. Pinkston, permit me to introduce myself. 401 00:21:41,414 --> 00:21:41,879 Ah-h! 402 00:21:41,881 --> 00:21:44,514 Don't move, commissioner. Nor you, chief. 403 00:21:44,516 --> 00:21:45,848 It's Gumm. Robin. 404 00:21:45,850 --> 00:21:47,416 If anyone makes the slightest move 405 00:21:47,418 --> 00:21:49,551 Miss Pinkston will be a dead pink duck. 406 00:21:49,553 --> 00:21:53,021 Alright, boys, out with the loot. 407 00:21:55,057 --> 00:21:58,692 Batman can handle this. Let's go. 408 00:21:59,660 --> 00:22:04,063 Out the window, Robin. We'll come up behind Gumm. 409 00:22:11,004 --> 00:22:12,971 Here's your man, commissioner. 410 00:22:12,973 --> 00:22:16,708 Miss Pinkston's foreman with assorted aliases 411 00:22:16,710 --> 00:22:18,776 and some sorted stooges. 412 00:22:18,778 --> 00:22:19,810 We'll run 'em in, commissioner. 413 00:22:19,812 --> 00:22:23,079 - Alright, sergeant. - Goldberg, take him out. 414 00:22:27,984 --> 00:22:29,451 The Green Hornet, he's gone. 415 00:22:29,453 --> 00:22:33,455 He certainly is. I wonder what he wanted in the first place. 416 00:22:33,457 --> 00:22:34,956 Piece of a counterfeit stamp ring, what else? 417 00:22:34,958 --> 00:22:38,759 Oh, he maybe meant to uncover the entire ring, who knows? 418 00:22:38,761 --> 00:22:41,428 The Green Hornet, a crime fighter? 419 00:22:41,430 --> 00:22:43,663 Holy unlikelihood! 420 00:22:48,001 --> 00:22:49,668 Me? Batman? 421 00:22:49,670 --> 00:22:51,603 A lot of people think so, Britt. 422 00:22:51,605 --> 00:22:54,072 And that Bruce is The Green Hornet. 423 00:22:54,074 --> 00:22:56,407 [laughing] 424 00:22:56,574 --> 00:22:59,375 Yes, sir. Immediately. 425 00:23:03,413 --> 00:23:04,079 Yes, Batman. 426 00:23:04,081 --> 00:23:05,080 Commissioner, do me a favor. 427 00:23:05,082 --> 00:23:06,848 Miss Pinkston in the community room. 428 00:23:06,850 --> 00:23:09,784 Would you call her at once on your regular phone 429 00:23:09,786 --> 00:23:12,119 and then hold the two phones together? 430 00:23:12,121 --> 00:23:15,455 Oh, certainly, Batman. 431 00:23:15,622 --> 00:23:18,523 ¶ Di da da du du 432 00:23:20,792 --> 00:23:24,761 Six, nine, two, four, seven. 433 00:23:33,103 --> 00:23:35,104 I wonder what's keeping him. 434 00:23:35,106 --> 00:23:36,839 Call for you, Miss Pinkston. 435 00:23:36,841 --> 00:23:38,674 Thank you. 436 00:23:38,676 --> 00:23:39,641 Hello. 437 00:23:39,643 --> 00:23:41,009 This is Batman. 438 00:23:41,011 --> 00:23:41,809 Batman! 439 00:23:41,811 --> 00:23:44,511 Yes, Miss Pinkston, I want to thank you 440 00:23:44,513 --> 00:23:47,013 for cooperating with me and your police department 441 00:23:47,015 --> 00:23:48,647 and running down your felonious foreman. 442 00:23:48,649 --> 00:23:52,984 And apparently, chasing The Green Hornet out of town. 443 00:23:52,986 --> 00:23:54,719 I did nothing, Batman 444 00:23:54,721 --> 00:23:56,821 but it was sweet of you to call. 445 00:23:56,823 --> 00:23:59,056 - Goodbye. - Goodbye. 446 00:23:59,058 --> 00:24:02,459 Now, does that disprove your ridiculous theory? 447 00:24:02,461 --> 00:24:03,893 I guess it does. 448 00:24:03,895 --> 00:24:05,394 Oh, here comes Bruce now. 449 00:24:05,396 --> 00:24:06,161 Please don't tell him. 450 00:24:06,163 --> 00:24:08,096 He'd think I was an awful fool. 451 00:24:08,098 --> 00:24:09,430 That he would, Pinky. 452 00:24:09,432 --> 00:24:12,800 Sorry, my car keys were in my pocket all the time. 453 00:24:12,802 --> 00:24:15,102 Now, Apricot, you were saying? 454 00:24:15,104 --> 00:24:16,670 Bruce, you nut! 455 00:24:16,672 --> 00:24:18,872 Talking to a dog! 456 00:24:19,073 --> 00:24:21,040 [laughing] 457 00:24:25,945 --> 00:24:30,448 Next week, Victor Buono returns as King Tut. 458 00:24:33,151 --> 00:24:35,085 [theme music] 459 00:24:35,786 --> 00:24:37,953 ¶ Batman 460 00:24:38,955 --> 00:24:41,122 ¶ Batman 461 00:24:42,090 --> 00:24:44,491 ¶ Batman 462 00:24:45,192 --> 00:24:47,593 ¶ Batman 463 00:24:48,561 --> 00:24:49,861 ¶ Batman 464 00:24:49,863 --> 00:24:51,562 ¶ Batman 465 00:24:51,564 --> 00:24:53,964 ¶ Batman 466 00:24:54,699 --> 00:24:56,533 ¶ Batman 467 00:24:56,535 --> 00:24:57,901 ¶ Batman 468 00:24:57,903 --> 00:25:00,536 ¶ Batman 469 00:25:05,441 --> 00:25:07,975 ¶ Na-na na-na na-na na-na na ¶ 470 00:25:07,977 --> 00:25:11,044 ¶ Batman