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After defeating the Penguin, the Joker, and the Riddler, Batman fell to his most powerful, insidious enemy: Lorenzo Semple Jr., the Television Script Writer. Semple was responsible for the TV series Batman, which demoted the Caped Crusader to Campy Clown. Fans of the printed page Batman protested the desecration of their hero, but the cries of outrage were lost amid the nation's giggles...
...questions; in this century, J.R.R. Tolkien in The Hobbit offered a few original puzzles: "A box without hinges, key or lid. Yet golden treasure inside is hid." Answer: An egg. The sport trickled down to Gotham City, home of Batman and Robin; in a recent comic-book adventure, the Riddler leaves a clue to the locale of his next crime: "When is a horse most like a stamp collection?" Answer: When it's a hobby horse (a reference to Hobby Airport in Houston...
...finally, BATMAN and ROBIN outwit the RIDDLER and the CAT-WOMAN this morning at 7. But then, you've probably already missed that...
...first couple of episodes, at least, the Dynamic Duo will be matching wits with The Riddler (Three men are in a boat with four cigarettes and no matches ... How can they smoke? Toss a cigarette overboard and make the boat a cigarette lighter). Maniacally played by Frank Gorshin, he "contrives his plots like artichokes ... you must pull apart the spiny leaves to get to the heart." Alfred, Batman's butler, does not look at all like he should, the police commissioner has no moustache, and somehow an Aunt Harriet has sneaked into the Batman's life; other than that...