From Batclimbs to walk-ons… Our buddy and pal Jim Beard is back with another groovy TOP 13 Batman ’66 list — this time tackling those wonderfully wacky cameos, from Batclimbs to straight-up walk-ons. Oh, and don’t forget: Since it’s the holiday shopping season — I highly recommend Zlonk! Zok! Zowie! The Subterranean Blue Grotto Essays on Batman ’66 – Season One, an in-depth episode guide edited by Jim, with Rich Handley. There’s also the sequel — Biff! Bam! Eee-Yow! The Subterranean Blue Grotto Essays on Batman ’66 – Season Two — and both editions feature courageous chroniclers such as 13th Dimension columnist Paul Kupperberg, The Batcave Podcast host John S. Drew, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Chris Franklin, Ed Catto, and yours truly, among many others. So dig the 13 GROOVIEST BATMAN ’66 CAMEO APPEARANCES — in no particular order: — By JIM BEARD If it weren’t enough that Batman boasted of a bevy of stars in its firmament as Special Guest Villains week in and week out, the famous 1966-68 show captured even more luminaries for extra-special cameos sprinkled among episodes. It became a “thing”—who would show up on Batman next? The sky was often the limit. I’ve gathered together some of my favorite cameos here, not only the well-known, at-the-window Batclimb guests, but a few other walk-ons that are nonetheless pretty damn cool… or weird. — Didja know the first season only sported one window cameo? It wasn’t until the Season 2 opener, “Shoot a Crooked Arrow/Walk the Straight & Narrow,” that the idea hit home and TV host Dick Clark got off his bandstand to “dip his diphthong” to the Caped Crusaders. — It was an incredible moment for television super heroes—or at least an incredible example of product placement—when none other than the Green Hornet and Kato wagged their masked faces at Batman in “The Spell of Tut/Tut’s Case is Shut,” months ahead of their famed full crossover on the show. Holy hatted Hornet! — Here’s where things start to get strange: In the middle of 1966’s “Come Back, Shame/It’s the Way You Play the Game,” the Dynamic Duo meet a German army colonel who still thinks it’s World War II… and Batman plays along with the delusion. The weirdest thing of all is Werner Klemperer was Klink-ing around on a different network at the time. —...