The Clock King Gets Crowned

The Clock King Gets Crowned
Writer(s)	Bill Finger Charles Sinclair
Director(s)	James Nelson
Season	2
Episode No	12
Series Episode No	46
Air Date	October 13, 1966
Special Guest Star Villain(s)	The Clock King

Plot

Waiting until after The Clock King has left, Batman and Robin topple the hourglass over onto its side by rocking it back and forth. Then run inside the glass until it rolls outside and smash open the glass against a truck, releasing them. The Clock King, meanwhile, is enraged on learning one of his men accidentally planted his Automatic Energy Directional Control Switch, meant for a bomb to be used in his final caper: in a clock bought by Dick Greyson's Aunt Harriet as a birthday present for Bruce Wayne! Clock King and his Second Hands invade Wayne Manor to steal back the mistakenly rigged clock, and proceeds to purloin Bruce Wayne's priceless collection of antique pocket watch collection and Aunt Harriet herself, before being interrupted by Bruce and Dick, who steal back the watches and Aunt Harriet! Working on slim clues, the two crimefighters then act on an earlier remark made by CK, and they race to the Gotham Clock Tower to foil The Clock King's plan to steal a valuable Cesium clock by using the clock's mechancial blacksmith to set off a bomb. With the help of a wild shot fired by one of the Second Hands, Batman and Robin use the intricate mechanism of the clock tower to bring their foes to an untimely end.

NEXT WEEK

Batman and Robin meets Egghead!

Appearances

Individuals

• Batman / Bruce Wayne
• Robin / Dick Grayson
• Alfred
• Commissioner Gordon
• Chief O'Hara
• Mrs. Cooper
• The Clock King
• Millie Second
• Second Hand Three
• Second Hand Five

Locations

• Clock King's hideout
• bell tower
• stately Wayne manor
• Pelle Art Gallery

Behind the Scenes

He's never been done well. The costumes were great. It wasn't that the scripts were terrible, after all I wrote one myself, it's just that they were a lampoon, a burlesque of Batman. They camped it up to the point where it wasnt serious at all. I felt that there were times it could have been more, not grim, but a little more real. Cetrainly with the multitudious villains, you got overwhelmed, and it got boring, there was always one after another.They should have just done some stories with interesting characters. And burlesque it if they want to, but certainly within limits. It was a caricture of a caricture. You can't go on like that. You can carry the burlesque so far that it becomes bad taste.

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– Bill Finger

Bill Finger found writing within the tv show's formula very limiting, though he proposed plans for more possible villains with Howie Horwitz and William Dozier. The exact reason why Finger did not contribute further scripts is unknown. Bob Kane had caused a significant delay in delivery of the Clock King script, holidaying in Florida and using his lawyer to stonewall Finger and his parnnter Charles Sinclair in his absence.

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References

Batman Episodes

Season 1: Hi Diddle Riddle • Smack In The Middle • Fine Feathered Finks • The Penguin's a Jinx • The Joker Is Wild • Batman Is Riled • Instant Freeze • Rats Like Cheese • Zelda the Great • A Death Worse Than Fate • A Riddle a Day Keeps the Riddler Away • When the Rat's Away the Mice Will Play • The Thirteenth Hat • Batman Stands Pat • The Joker Goes to School • He Meets His Match, The Grisly Ghoul • True or False Face • Holy Rat Race • The Purr-Fect Crime • Better Luck Next Time • The Penguin Goes Straight • Not Yet, He Ain't • The Ring of Wax • Give 'Em the Axe • The Joker Trumps An Ace • Batman Sets the Pace • The Curse of Tut • The Pharaoh's in a Rut • The Bookworm Turns • While Gotham City Burns • Death In Slow Motion • The Riddler's False Notion • Fine Finny Fiends • Batman Makes the Scenes Season 2: Shoot A Crooked Arrow • Walk the Straight and Narrow • Hot Off the Griddle • The Cat and the Fiddle • The Minstrel's Shakedown • Barbecued Batman? • The Spell of Tut • Tut's Case is Shut • The Greatest Mother of Them All • Ma Parker • The Clock King's Crazy Crimes • The Clock King Gets Crowned • An Egg Grows In Gotham • The Yegg Foes In Gotham • The Devil's Fingers • The Dead Ringers • Hizzonner the Penguin • Dizzoner the Penguin • Green Ice • Deep Freeze • The Impractical Joker • The Joker's Provokers • Marsha, Queen Of Diamonds • Marsha's Scheme of Diamonds • Come Back, Shame • It's How You Play the Game • The Penguin's Nest • The Bird's Last Jest • The Cat's Meow • The Bat's Kow Tow • The Puzzles Are Coming • The Duo is Slumming • The Sandman Cometh • The Catwoman Goeth (A Stitch in Time) • The Contaminated Cowl • The Mad Hatter Runs Afoul • The Zodiac Crimes • The Joker's Hard Times • The Penguin Declines • That Darn Catwoman • Scat! Darn Catwoman • Penguin is a Girl's Best Friend • Penguin Sets A Trend • Penguin's Disastrous End • Batman's Anniversary • A Riddling Controversy • The Joker's Last Laugh • The Joker's Epitaph • Catwoman Goes to College • Batman Displays His Knowledge • A Piece of the Action • Batman's Satisfaction • King Tut's Coup • Batman's Waterloo • Black Widow Strikes Again • Caught In The Spider's Den • Pop Goes the Joker • Flop Goes the Joker • Ice Spy • The Duo Defy Season 3: Enter Batgirl, Exit Penguin • Ring Around the Riddler • The Wail of the Siren • The Sport of Penguins • A Horse of Another Color • The Unkindest Tut Of All • Louie, the Lilac • The Ogg and I • How To Hatch A Dinosaur • Surf's Up! Joker's Under! • The Londinium Larcenies • The Foggiest Notion • The Bloody Tower • Catwoman's Dressed to Kill • The Ogg Couple • The Funny Feline Felonies • The Joke's on Catwoman • Louie's Lethal Lilac Time • Nora Clavicle And The Ladies' Crime Club • Penguin's Clean Sweep • The Great Escape • The Great Train Robbery • I'll Be a Mummy's Uncle • The Joker's Flying Saucer • The Entrancing Dr. Cassandra • Minerva, Mayhem And Millionaires Other/Tie-In Media: Batman: The Movie • Batman '66 • Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders • Batman vs. Two-Face