This was the first episode of Season 3 and quite important as BATRGIRL made her official debut.
Yvonne Craig, originally a ballet dancer, was the perfect choice for the role as her experience as a dancer came in handy when it came to her being bounced around the set! Even Craig had to do her own stunts, which were challenging, as Burt Ward later commented, and one who experienced many trips to the ER during the series run! Prior to her role as Batgirl, Craig was also well known as the girlfriend to tv's Dobie Gillis in the early 1960s. One thing for certain, she was fun to watch and a tremendous boost to the series. Also a neat challenger to female baddies, notably Catwoman. Here she plays Commissioner Gordon's lovely daughter who becomes a pawn of the nasty Penguin (Burgess Meredith) as he plans to marry her to avoid criminal prosecution! The Penguin immediately kidnaps Batgirl (through a hatch in an elevator!) He makes her an offer she can't refuse. "Marry me, or be an orphan!" He directs his goons to shoot down a cardboard figure of Commissioner Gordon. This was a well acted and written episode, and with some clever touches; not to mention high camp! Watching the Penguin jump out of a window with his trusty umbrella is a hoot! Many of the episodes have been restored and the color is outstanding. Its too bad most of us kids back in the day only had black and white tvs! OMG! Yvonne Craig later became a real estate agent, leaving acting behind, but would always be Batgirl and in demand for personal appearances up until her death in 2015. MUST SEE TV for all of us DC comic book addicts!
Yvonne Craig, originally a ballet dancer, was the perfect choice for the role as her experience as a dancer came in handy when it came to her being bounced around the set! Even Craig had to do her own stunts, which were challenging, as Burt Ward later commented, and one who experienced many trips to the ER during the series run! Prior to her role as Batgirl, Craig was also well known as the girlfriend to tv's Dobie Gillis in the early 1960s. One thing for certain, she was fun to watch and a tremendous boost to the series. Also a neat challenger to female baddies, notably Catwoman. Here she plays Commissioner Gordon's lovely daughter who becomes a pawn of the nasty Penguin (Burgess Meredith) as he plans to marry her to avoid criminal prosecution! The Penguin immediately kidnaps Batgirl (through a hatch in an elevator!) He makes her an offer she can't refuse. "Marry me, or be an orphan!" He directs his goons to shoot down a cardboard figure of Commissioner Gordon. This was a well acted and written episode, and with some clever touches; not to mention high camp! Watching the Penguin jump out of a window with his trusty umbrella is a hoot! Many of the episodes have been restored and the color is outstanding. Its too bad most of us kids back in the day only had black and white tvs! OMG! Yvonne Craig later became a real estate agent, leaving acting behind, but would always be Batgirl and in demand for personal appearances up until her death in 2015. MUST SEE TV for all of us DC comic book addicts!