Batman Logo 'The Sport of Penguins'
Story Code '1703-Part 1'

by Charles Hoffman
Batman Cast

Holy Obsessions! The Penguin goes umbrella crazy. At the Gotham race track, he pilfers a priceless parasol from Lola Lasagna during a photo session with her prize-winning horse, Parasol; he then attempts to pinch a precious folio of famous parasols from the Gotham Library, but when Barbara Gordon stops him, the feathery fowl forgets the folio and flees, leaving behind a time-bomb umbrella in a nearby umbrella stand. Luckily Batman and Robin are alerted in time to dispatch the deadly destructive before it detonates. Disguised as fortune hunter Lulu Schulz, Lola visits Penguin's Book Shop, only to learn that the valuable umbrella the fowl felon filched is a fake; she decides to team up with the Penguin, who hatches a scheme to firstly fix the Bruce Wayne Handicap Race to ensure that Parasol wins, and then to make off with the winnings, which are supposed to be donated to the Wayne Foundation charity. At Glu Gluten's Glue Factory, the twisted twosome attempt to buy a knackered nag which looks like Parasol, only to be interrupted by Batman and Robin, and then Batgirl. While the Penguin’s henchmen battle the heroes, the Penguin sneaks outside and applies glue to all the seats in the Batmobile…

Adam West (Bruce Wayne / Batman), Burt Ward (Dick Grayson / Robin), Yvonne Craig ( Barbara Gordon / Batgirl), Alan Napier (Alfred Pennyworth), Madge Blake (Aunt Harriet Cooper), James Hamilton (Police Commissioner Gordon), Stafford Repp (Police Chief O’Hara), William Dozier (Narrator), Ethel Merman (Lola Lasagne), Burgess Meredith (The Penguin), Horace McMahon (Glu Gluten), Lewis Charles (Armband), Herbert Anderson (Racing Secretary), Constance Davis (Myrtle), Allen Emerson (Photographer)

Directed by Sam Strangis
Produced by Howie Horwitz
Executive Producer William Dozier
Batman Created by Bob Kane


TX (US):
5th October 1967

Bat-Notes:
*Featuring Bruce Wayne (a.k.a. Batman), Dick Grayson (a.k.a. Robin), Barbara Gordon (a.k.a. Batgirl), Alfred Pennyworth, Aunt Harriet Cooper, Police Commissioner Gordon and Police Chief O’Hara