Review of The Purr-fect Crime

"The Purr-Fect Crime" was the tenth two part episode, the one that introduced the most famous female villain in the comics' history, The Catwoman. While Suzanne Pleshette may have been suggested, only one actress received the call, on very short notice, and luckily for male pulses everywhere it was 32 year old Julie Newmar, seductive, leggy Broadway dancer of great repute, with a form fitting costume of her own design, truly shaping the character in her image, wielding a cat o'nine tails to whip her henchmen into shape, and a feline with claws dipped in a paralyzing drug called catclaw. The opening scene depicts her using her claws to cut a hole through a glass case housing a golden cat belonging to millionaire Mark Andrews (Harry Holcombe), so it stands to reason that its identical twin will be next on her list. In spraying the second cat with radioactive material, Batman is able to track down the Catwoman's lair, become separated from Robin, and forced to choose between two doors, as Julie purrs in her most sensuous tones: "if you choose the right door I'm yours Batman, if you pick the wrong door you're mine...so which is it Batman, the lady or the tiger?" One press of a button and the door slides open to reveal a hungry Bengal tiger, ready to strike!