The adventures of many of DC Comics greatest superheroes and villians. In the first episode, The Challenge, the superheroes must race against time to stop the diabolical supervillians' plot to destroy the world. In the second episode, The Roast, the superheroes pay tribute to Batman and Robin in the form of a roast which even the villians attend.

"The Challenge"

Batman, Robin Captain Marvel, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Huntress, Flash and the Black Canary. Each of these heroes gets their own introduction; whether they're beamed down or appear out of fog then the desecration really begins -- Adam West and Burt Ward reprise their roles as Batman and Robin. Robin shows off his gymnastic skills during his introduction by doing a couple of back flips. It's goofy as hell, but at least he seems in-shape. Then Batman gets his turn in the spotlight with Adam West just standing there with his thumbs hooked into his utility belt. .We're then introduced to the show's villains as they sit around in some foggy cave during villain roll call. And taking roll is Frank Gorshin as the Riddler. Joining him are Solomon Grundy, Mordru, Dr. Sivannah, Sinestro, Giganta and the Weather Wizard. What's particularly funny here is that, for some reason, whenever a villain's name is called, they cut loose on the Riddler and zap him with their special powers.

So, what are of all these villains gathered for? A plot to destroy the world, what else? And this plot involves a Doomsday Device built by Dr. Sivannah, with clues leading to the device concocted by the Riddler.Later, at the Hall of Heroes, during a ceremony celebrating the past accomplishments of Retired Man the superheroes are dropped a note informing them that somewhere there is a Doomsday Device, waiting to go off. The heroes split up to find it, but not before Batman tells everyone that if they find it, they should leave a message at the gas station down the road. The gas station down the road. Unbeknownst to Batman and Robin, their car has been tampered with by Sinestro, so not long after they depart the Hall of Heroes, they're forced to pull over to that gas station mentioned earlier. Solomon Grundy, disguised as a gas station attendant, is there to greet them. It doesn't take long before his cover is blown and a fight erupts. Solomon Grundy wrecks the Batmobile, beats up Batman and sends him packing on foot with his tail between his legs.

From here on, the superheroes all encounter little traps laid by the villains. For example, the Green Lantern comes across a gypsy (Sinestro) who tries to steal his ring and Batman and Robin jog into a phony used car lot to try and score a new set of wheels. Hawkman and the Black Canary get themselves captured by Grundy when they stop by the gas station. How do Hawkman and Black Canary get out of this situation? Well, Captain Marvel stops by and decides to have a little tire throwing contest with Grundy. The results of the contest find Marvel freeing his friends.

Discovering they've been had, the villains make a couple of last ditch efforts to stop the superheroes from reaching their lair to switch off the Doomsday Device. One of these last ditch efforts is to set up a lemonade stand where tainted lemonade will be handed out to the heroes, thereby draining their powers. The plan works alright (on Captain Marvel anyways) but Grundy accidentally serves his villainous cohorts the tainted lemonade as a victory toast. Of course, this is where the heroes enter the lair, and turn off the Doomsday Device.

"The Roast"

That's right, it's a superhero roast! And what's a roast without a proper MC? And that MC is Ed McMahon. What's special about this roast, is that it's a bunch of people in the hot seat, not just one guy. All of the heroes from the previous episode get their turn to be ripped on. And so the roast proceeds like any other. Weatherman shows up to berate the heroes as does Hawkman's mother to take apart her own son, but it's not until Ed introduces a not-so-well-known superhero in the minority that the train derails. Ed calls out...Ghetto Man. A black guy in '70s attire comes out to bash the heroes before flying away with the cry of -- KAREEM!

The derailment continues as the show starts to become more sketch-based rather than just having unfunny comics come on to rip the superheroes. One such sketch has Robin bummed because he totaled the Batmobile. Captain Marvel assures him that everything's cool...that is until right at that moment, Batman gets a distress signal and calls on Robin to follow him to the Batmobile. Robin does his best to avert Batman's attention from his car but being the detective that he is, Batman determines that the Batmobile is in fact totaled. And then the train finally goes off the cliff as the roast continues with appearances by Solomon Grundy, Sinestro and a musical finale by Mordru.

CAST:

Jeff Altman .... Weather Wizard
A'leisha Brevard .... Giganta
Charlie Callas .... Sinestro
Garrett Craig (II) .... Captain Marvel
Danuta .... Black Canary
Gabriel Dell .... Mordru
Frank Gorshin .... The Riddler
Rod Haase .... The Flash
Barbara Joyce (I) .... The Huntress
Ed McMahon .... Host
Howard Morris .... Dr. Sivana
Mickey Morton .... Solomon Grundy
Howard Murphy .... Green Lantern
Bill Nuckols .... Hawkman
Gary Owens (I) .... Narrator (voice)
Brad Sanders (I) .... Ghetto Man
William Schallert .... Retired Man/Scarlet Cyclone
Burt Ward .... Robin
Marsha Warfield .... Woman in phone booth (uncredited)
Adam West .... Batman
Alfie Wise .... The Atom