{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"#056 "Batman" Jumps the Lizard","description":" On this week\u2019s episode of \u201cBewitched\u201d\u2026 wait, this is \u201cBatman\u201d?? What has become of our beloved played-serious-for-humor show? The tone now feels like a full-on sitcom, and the Dynamic Duo have been reduced to Penguin\u2019s playthings, on the excuse that they have to \u201ckeep an eye on him\u201d but can\u2019t arrest him JUST YET\u2026 Oh, and by the way, there\u2019s a hand puppet in this arc. Still, there\u2019s plenty of interest to talk about in the Penguin-Marsha three-parter: Its reflexivity in presenting the making of a film in a film; how the people on screen can\u2019t see anything we can\u2019t see, even that film crew that\u2019s just ten feet away from them; the way this arc is simultaneously moving ever more aggressively away from the normal formula, and giving us things we haven\u2019t seen since Hi Diddle Riddle! We also get into the background of the Dance of Seven Veils and the \u201cScene 12\u201d milk bath, and ask the question: if the show is becoming more like a sitcom, does that mean it's MORE or LESS campy? Plus, another overflowing Bat-Mailbag, and the Sam Chalpin version of the Batman theme!   Shots of the film crews shown in this arc (click to enlarge) ","author_name":"To The Batpoles! Batman 1966","author_url":"http:\/\/tothebatpoles.libsyn.com\/podcast","html":"