"The Minstrel's Shakedown" features an intriguing new villain, a musician and electronics genius calling himself The Minstrel, successfully wreaking havoc on the Gotham City Stock Exchange, a plot to extort $1000 per week from each Stock Exchange member. All of his prerecorded messages show him on a television screen, strumming a lute and singing his demands to the tune of "A Wandering Minstrel I." The biggest drawback for this two parter is the unfortunate casting of former screen heartthrob Van Johnson as Special Guest Villain, at age 50 far too old to play what is described as a 'nice looking young man,' his questionable singing sinking even further the character's credibility as a menace. There is a memorable cameo from Phyllis Diller as a whistling scrubwoman, before the Dynamic Duo find themselves tied to a rotating spit, their respective gooses ready to be thoroughly cooked.
Review of The Minstrel's Shakedown
