This is arguably the best KING TUT episode. The 'Batman Brawl' is especially well drawn in this episode. I like how Batman frees Robin and Robin jumps into a kick. It's also cool how for once, Robin gets to save Batman in a difficult position. Batman gets to kick one of Tut's henchmen into a pot. And then Robin finishes everything by kicking the last henchman into the gong.
This episode underlines what great acting abilities Victor Buono, Lee Meriwether, and Grace Lee Whitney have. This is one of the few episodes where Batman is not immediately back in action after the cliffhanger deathtrap. And Robin doesn't reenter until the last few minutes. That said, Burt's re-entrance is really dramatic. No sooner is Robin saved, than he springs back into action. Not only does he have the cool hanging light scene, but he gets to knock one the thugs into the gong. And of course, they (one season later) made the episode "Louie's Lethal Lilac Time," where Batman and Robin didn't show up until the last 5 minutes.
Victor Buono was awesome in this role. He enjoyed playing King Tut because he could act as campy as he wanted to. He was also known to improvise on his lines and they kept them in. LOL loved when he called Robin a "big tattle tale!"
@Samurai Momo. How about the episode of the 1966-1969 "Batman" TV series in which King Tut during a phone call refers to Batman as a "blue bean bag"! Lol!
One line I remember from one of his later episodes was when tut was munching on grapes making a comment on "gluttony", and the henchman sitting next to him said " why don't you lose some weight, fatty?" Tut mocked him with that question and threw a grape at the henchman funniest line/scene of all of them
Besides Victor Buono's usual magnificent star turn as King Tut, there are three other notable guest actors in this episode: Lee Meriwether as Lisa Carson, Grace Lee Whitney as Leila, and Lloyd Haynes as the Lord Chancellor. A few years later, Haynes would star in "Room 222," becoming one of the first African-American actors to headlight a television show.
Victor Buono really went to town on his part. Great voice, funny scene. I still remember him as the Captain in Who's Minding The Mint and going down with his ship. Brilliant actor!
Just watched this episode on Me-TV. Saw the upside down STAMP box. And yes, Victor Bueno loved playing King Tut. It gave him the "freedom" to exaggerate the character which could only be done in those 60"s batman episodes.
@ michaellengyel. I have always loved that small piece of instrumental music at the end of this King Tut episode of the 1966-1969 TV series "Batman". One of the very best pieces of instrumental music in the entire series is the one that is played during the ending scene in a False Face (superbly played by actor Malachi Throne who played Commodore Mendez in the "Star Trek" two-part episode, "The Menagerie") episode in which False Face's female henchwoman "Blaze" attends a party at Wayne Manor and the music is a beautifully sad saxophone piece of music! That same piece of saxophone music was played at the end of another"Batman" episode in a scene at a party at Wayne Manor in which someone tells Bruce Wayne that a woman standing next to the fireplace at Wayne Manor is in love with Batman, and Bruce Wayne slowly walks over to where she is standing as the music plays to end the episode. My other favorite piece of music from the "Batman" TV series was the chase music played at the end of two Catwoman episodes in which (1) Catwoman runs through a cave with a heavy bag of jewels on her back as Batman and Robin are chasing her and (2) where she is running away from Batman along a dock. There were 2 separate music compilation albums from the "Batman" TV series released during the 1960's or early 1970's, but unfortunately the very best incidental music from that classic TV series was not released on those 2 albums , which are both ,unfortunately, very disappointing.
M Stephens "A crisp, 'Poly-Unsaturated' bat!", was definitely one of my favorites! And then there was the immortal... "No violence! I can't stand, violence! But I like 'torture'! It's such good, clean fun!!"
@ MaskedMan66. And the dark-haired woman in this King Tut episode of the 1966-1969 "Batman" TV series is beautiful Lee Meriwether who played the Catwoman in the 1966 theatrical movie, "Batman".
The countdown was to build suspense. To make the audience at that time go, "Is Batman going to save him or not? If he is, get off your high horse and do it before it's too late!" If he were to just put him in, the suspense/excitement would die rather quickly. It would kill the drama. You sometimes have to reel the audience in like a fish on the hook. You have to make them feel for the characters and that's what they were trying to do. It's their job.
To Jeff98177, who referred to the box with a question mark: If you were paying even closer attention, you'd have noticed an upside-down box marked STAMPS, which was from the Colonel Gumm episodes.
I’ve seen this episode about 75 times but I never realized until now that they are talking about Batman as if he was alive just after they supposedly drowned him! I know Tut says that Batman usually escapes traps but if he really believed that, why not make sure Batman was dead? Holy hole in the episode!
Wow: 75 times ❤ Lee Meriwether:: she gorgeous looking woman 1960s;; ❤ Robin & crocodile 🐊 escape, except faked 🐊 crocodile & alligators;; ❤ Roger Moore ( James bond) escape live & let die movie escape better
Now, y'see, if you look at when Tut's henchmen pick up Robin, and prepare to drop him in the vat (2:40 - 2:52), he exemplifies the well-rounded young man.
Since King TUT in real life was known as the boy King, because of his young age, Victor Bueno plays his TUT like a spoiled brat smart mouth teenager.who thinks he knows too much. Real identity Prof. Roy Elroy. Egyptologist., one of the better Batman villains of season two.
They left out the scene after Tut made the tattle tale comment he said "don't you think that was funny your king made a yuk, laugh clowns laugh" 2nd funniest line said in any of his episodes
