One of the campiest characters of this show-and THAT is saying something. :p Victor Buono, who played King Tut, was a classically-trained actor who starred in Shakespearean productions and received an Oscar nomination for “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?” Despite this pedigree, though, Buono loved the role and came back several times precisely *because* Tut was so ridiculously over the top. He even happily bragged that being on “Batman” gave him the excuse to do something he’d been told never to do-OVERACT! :p Thanks for the laughs, Mr. Buono. :D
I watched Batman during the 1970's. I never realized how 'shakespearian' Buono was. I think the main attraction to batman was how great these classic artists really were. The Penguin, The Joker, The Riddler and the rest. All classic characters put on by superb actors.
Buono could overact with the best of them, but that's what made him likeable in this role. But he was a very versatile actor who could do drama, horror, and comedy with equal aplomb. He was great in Who's Minding The Mint as the Captain--that shot of him going down with the ship is classic--and he was amazing in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? Pity he died so young.
I love the "Now dance for our amusement. Music! BAT Music!!!!". And he just happened to have a Bat Music 33 record on hand. Now that's a well prepared villain lol
My favorite scene is where he abducted Robin , Robin says " You just wait until Batman gets here !!". Tut retorts , " You just wait Nah, nah , nah nah!!!, ...TAKE HIM AWAY !!!". His retort is done in childish tone.
dude. that's the joke. the whole point is that he is far from feasibly being king tut as possible. (tutankhamen was also 18 or 19 when he died). he has this delusion from being bonked on the head too many times.
If there's one series-only villain I would want to see in a movie this would be it. The only problem would be finding someone who could match Buono's performance
While King Tut is series only, in spirit I will always maintain that he was adapted into Maxie Zeus in every other medium because Zeus has Tut's spiel down to a T, sans switching Egypt for Greece
One of my favorite villains from the 60’s Batman TV show… Wish they could have incorporated this character in Batman the Animated series in the early 90’s…
6:18 Yo that Egyptian DJ is the GOAT! He had "BAT" music ALREADY cued up before King Tut even called for it. He knows his crowds 💯 with Spidey sense precision.
My understanding is DC couldn't use Tut since he was created for Fox studios. Maxie was a work-around. I've never seen stories with him but understand he's played seriously. So whoever wanted to utilize Tut clearly missed the point.
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Disney will probably rewrite the series soon enough and make the crime fighting heroes strong black women and a rainbow all- minority cast. Like every classic, every race deserves representation in Batman, so they can "see themselves" in it! 🙄
