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Television - Batman: The Series Series - Episodes - Ep. #3-4 - Fine Feathered Finks/The Penguin's a Jinx
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Fine Feathered Finks/The Penguin's a Jinx

ORINGAL AIR DATE: 1/20/66

EPISODE NUMBER: 03/04

PLOT SUMMARY:
Fine Feathered Finks:
Awaiting release from prison, The Penguin, that pompous, waddling master of fowl play, schemes to get his adversary, The Batman, to plan his crimes for him; his first step is to attract The Caped Crusader's attention. Penguin has his Finks Hawkeye and Sparrow distribute free umbrellas to patrons outside The House Of Ali Baba Jewelry Store and a local bank. The men passing them out call it a promotion, but the owners of the jewelry store and bank know that they weren't hired by them. While everyone's inside with the umbrellas, they explode and start spinning and cause a distraction, however even though it was the perfect setup for Hawkeye and Sparrow to commit a robbery, no heist was pulled. When Police Commissioner Gordon hears of it, he knows The Penguin's back in town and calls Batman and Robin in to investigate. Along with Warden Crichton, they view Penguin's survelance tape from prison and were able to find out little on his next crime. The Dynamic Duo decide pay a call on The Penguin, who, under the alias K.G. Bird ("cagey bird!!!") now operates an umbrella store. As soon as they leave, Penguin launches a monster umbrella, featuring a multicolored Batbrella (Complete with Pengy's hidden transmitter) attatched to its handle, from his store's roof! The umbrella lands in the middle of the street, and The Caped Crusader Batclimbs up to the giant handle to retrieve the curious Batbrella. Convinced it's a clue to Penguin's next crime, Batman and Robin take the bumbershoot back with them to The Batcave to further examine it. Unable to discover a significance of The Batbrella, Batman goes in his normal guise as Bruce Wayne inside the umbrella store and, while the Penguin isn't looking, he plants a a tiny transistor microphone (disguised as a spider) there so they can find out what he's up to. Unfortunately, Bruce apparently didn't count on The Penguin actually installing a burglar alarm in his store (?!!!!), and a siren goes off to alert there is a bug being placed in the room! The Penguin, Hawkeye and Sparrow immediately releases a net on Bruce Wayne and, unaware of his identity but mistaking him for a spy from a rival and competing umbrella store, and knocks him out with his Penguingas-umbrella. He then has Hawkeye and Sparrow tie him up and toss him into the furnace. Still entangled in the net, Bruce is placed on a conveyor belt that leads to the 12,000 degree furnace!!

The Penguin's a Jinx :
Bruce Wayne's burning feet revive him just in time, and he retrieves from his pocket his cigarette lighter containing a lifetime supply of butane gas, and throws it into the fire. A sudden blast ensues, eating up the oxygen, putting the furnace out, and throwing Bruce free from the net, far enough to make his escape. Later, at The Batcave, as The Penguin and his Finks cleverly eavesdrop courtesy of a bug he planted on The Batbrella, Batman and Robin decide that the Penguin's scheme is kidnapping the beautiful actress Dawn Robbins who is in town at a hotel in a penthouse apartment. Batman then discusses the whole scheme the Penguin must have, which is what The Fiendish Fowl expected! Batman and Robin go to Dawn Robbins (who is bored from the life of a movie star and wants to experience something exciting). They notify her that they believe she is in danger, and she agrees to let them stay and stake-out the place. The plot goes beautifully. The Penguin, Hawkeye and Sparrow swing across to Dawn Robbin's terrace on giant umbrellas; Penguin enters through the screen door while one of his Finks places a giant magnet by the door. The Pudgy Purveyor Of Perfidy gasses Dawn to sleep with his bewitching bumbershoot. As Batman and Robin try to stop the Penguin from kidnapping, the magnet is turned on and they are pulled to it because of the metal in their utility belts, rendering them powerless. Batman and Robin escape from the magnet with the aid of a passing bellboy and retrn to Wayne Manor to clip Penguin's wings once and for all. Knowing Penguin is listening in through the umbrella's bug, they announce that the ransom will be paid at Wayne Manor and that Batman and Robin will be waiting inside the armor statues immediately inside in the entrance hall. The Penguin goes to Wayne Manor and returns the actress. He then uses his gas-umbrella to knock out anyone inside the statues. He returns to his hideout to find out that Batman and Robin were waiting there--there had been dummies inside the statues all along. The Penguin is apprehended and returns to his cage.

WRITTEN BY: Lorenzo Semple Jr.

DIRECTED BY: Robert Butler

CAST:
Burgess Meredith (The Penguin)
David Lewis (Warren Crichton)
Walter Burke (Sparrow)
Lewis Charles (Hawkeye)
Robert Philips (Swoop)
Alex D'Arcy (Jewelry Shop Owner)
Johnny Jacobs (Assistant Shop Owner)
Leslie Parrish (Dawn Robbins)
Dan Tobin (I) (Mr. Jay)

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