Review of Ma Parker

Batman: Ma Parker (1966)
Season 2, Episode 10
7/10
Mr Television Gets No Parole
31 March 2017
Warning: Spoilers
While Ma Parker is a great comedic take off on the real bank robbers of the 1930's, the script here is a little weak. Shelly Winters does have a lot of fun with the role and there are some great moments to make up for the script.

Milton Berle (Uncle Miltie) appears as a guard who is a con, and only has 48 years until he gets parole. This is really funny and look at it now as he would have made it in 2014, with time off for batty behavior possibly. This kind of reminds me about the great strides made recently on Climate Change Agreements which do not take effect until 2050. Of course news reports report these agreements with a straight face, but this kind of stuff is the ultimate bull. It is a funny thing.

Barkers 3 boys and 1 girl are quite the gang, as this conclusion episode ha them take over the jail to use to plunder Gotham City. If not for the dynamic duo, who knows what would have happened.

One more memorable moment has a cameo by Cat Woman at the prison, after Robin makes the statement that Barkers Daughters Legs remind him of Cat Womans. Meow, the cameo is purrfect, again.
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