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A thief appears in a theater room to rob its assistants, the Penguin avoids the robbery and conquers a young billionaire by becoming her bodyguard. Batman suspects that the villain stole the girl's valuable jewelry collection and decides to replace them with imitations, but when discovered he is framed for attempted robbery. Now fugitives from justice, the dynamic duo must use all their ingenuity to prove their innocence, while the Penguin prepares to marry Sophia Starr. A very good episode, with a good script and development, here we see for the first time a villain taking over the batmobile and the dynamic duo aboard the batmotorcycle in a great last sequence. Penguin's whole elaborate plan to just steal the wedding gifts is a little silly.

"Not Yet, He Ain't" begins with Batman and Robin reviving in time to avert being shot through the heart by using the bullet proof soles of their shoes to absorb the bullets fired by Commissioner Gordon and Chief O'Hara. Not finding two corpses where they ought to be, The Penguin (Burgess Meredith) barges into Gordon's office and demands to know why Batman has yet to be arrested, if the red Batphone makes it simple enough to contact him. Batman receives Penguin's challenge over the phone, and promises to be there in 25 minutes. Demanding police protection for the threat on his life, the tricky bird seems to hold all the cards, and when the Dynamic Duo arrive, driven insane by persecution, the two must flee at the sound of police sirens. Riddled by machine gun fire in an alley, the Caped Crusader and Boy Wonder are promised a decent burial by the saddened Commissioner, while Penguin rides around town in the reconfigured Batmobile, now his personal Birdmobile. At this juncture he proposes marriage to Sophia Starr (Kathleen Crowley), with the volume of expensive gifts his ultimate prize all along: "a fortune in wedding gifts and still a bachelor!" Our first look at the Batcycle (a new one seen in the feature film, and four further episodes), and a surprise for the arch villain concludes with a priceless line about one item still to do for Batman: "the Batmobile, we'll have to have it fumigated!" Even after trying to make off with wedding gifts before the ceremony, a still smitten Sophia Starr is convinced that she can help reform the hardened criminal, who wants nothing to do with her: "married, and kept in a bathtub? Great heavenly ice floes, take me to prison!" This match of writer Lorenzo Semple Jr. and director Leslie H. Martinson would be retained for the feature film that began shooting once the first season ended.

Bulletin! Batman and Robin are shot dead because they have turned to a life of crime! Really? Super smoke and mirrors as the Dynamic Duo pretend they're dead to trap the diabolical Penguin, masterminding yet another million dollar heist.

This is sooo much fun. The Penguin, who thinks he's finally done it, is now driving around town in the old Batmobile, now crowned the Bird mobile. Also he proposes marriage to equally crooked Sophia Starr (played by Kathleen Crowley). The wild umbrella scene with snow ( looks like confetti) is a hoot, however --- catch the Bird mobile and the Penguin being chased by Batman and Robin riding their all new ultra Bat Cycle. The cycle was a Harley Davidson with a passenger compartment, and looking pretty cool.

Comedian Harvey Lembeck plays the Penguin's sidekick called Eagle Eye. Harvey was a staple in the campy 60s BEACH music comedies, playing Eric Von Zipper. Not too long after this episode he appeared in the cult film, GHOST IN THE INVISIBLE BIKINI (1966), starring Boris Karloff. A must for fans.

Note: The Batman theme was sung by the Ron Hicklin Singers, but it was the MARKETTS who first topped the charts with the theme in Feb 1966, peaking at 17, for all your armchair DJs.

Sit back and enjoy this kooky caper. SEASON 1 EPISODE 22 restored dvd box set.