BATMAN ’66 WEEK: All the episodes that just didn’t get enough votes — or any at all!
To wrap up BATMAN ’66 WEEK, our 60th anniversary tribute to the great Adam West TV show, we’ve posted our poll of the TOP 13 EPISODES — RANKED.
You can find that list, the names of the voters, how the weighted ballot worked, and how this came together, by clicking here.
But I also wanted to show off how the rest of the episodes fared, the ones that may be favorites to some, but just didn’t make the cut.
So here’s the BEST OF THE REST (the second 13 — actually 14 — vote leaders), plus the also-rans and the episodes that didn’t get even a single vote!
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BEST OF THE REST
(Tie) Fine Feathered Finks/The Batman’s a Jinx and Enter Batgirl, Exit Penguin (27 Points)
(Tie) Hizzoner the Penguin/Dizzoner the Penguin and The Contaminated Cowl/The Mad Hatter Runs Afoul (26)
Pop Goes the Joker/Flop Goes the Joker (23)
The Devil’s Fingers/The Dead Ringers (21)
The Minstrel’s Shakedown/Barbecued Batman? (19)
(Tie) The Curse of Tut/The Pharaoh’s in a Rut and The Spell of Tut/Tut’s Case Is Shut (17)
King Tut’s Coup/Batman’s Waterloo (15)
The Penguin’s Nest/The Bird’s Last Jest (14)
I’ll Be a Mummy’s Uncle (13)
(Tie) Batman’s Anniversary/A Riddling Controversy and The Great Escape/The Great Train Robbery (12)
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THE ALSO-RANS
11 Points
The Greatest Mother of Them All/Ma Parker
Come Back, Shame/It’s How You Play the Game
10 Points
The Penguin Goes Straight/Not Yet He Ain’t
Death in Slow Motion/The Riddler’s False Notion
Green Ice/Deep Freeze
The Cat’s Meow/The Bat’s Kow Tow
Louie, the Lilac
8 Points
Shoot a Crooked Arrow/Walk the Straight and Narrow (8)
7 Points
A Riddle a Day Keeps The Riddler Away/When the Rat’s Away the Mice Will Play
Catwoman Goes to College/Batman Displays His Knowledge
Ring Around the Riddler
6 Points
Hot Off the Griddle/The Cat and the Fiddle
The Clock King’s Crazy Crimes/The Clock King Gets Crowned
The Puzzles Are Coming/The Duo Is Slumming
The Unkindest Tut of All
The Joker’s Flying Saucer
4 Points
The Ring of Wax/Give ‘Em the Axe
The Joker’s Last Laugh/The Joker’s Epitaph
Ice Spy/The Duo Defy
The Wail of the Siren
3 Points
The Sandman Cometh/The Catwoman Goeth (3.5 because of a tie on one ballot)
The Ogg and I/How to Hatch a Dinosaur
2 Points
The Londinium Larcenies/The Foggiest Notion/The Bloody Tower
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ZERO VOTES
Zelda the Great/A Death Worse Than Fate
The Joker Trumps an Ace/Batman Sets the Pace
Fine Finny Fiends/Batman Makes the Scenes
The Impractical Joker/The Joker’s Provokers
Marsha, Queen of Diamonds/Marsha’s Scheme of Diamonds
Penguin Is a Girl’s Best Friend/Penguin Sets a Trend/Penguin’s Disastrous End
Black Widow Strikes Again/Caught in the Spider’s Den
The Sport of Penguins/A Horse of Another Color
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 Entrancing Dr. Cassandra
Minerva, Mayhem and Millionaires
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MORE
— The Complete BATMAN ’66 WEEK INDEX of Features. Click here.
— The TOP 13 BATMAN ’66 EPISODES — RANKED. Click here.
January 12, 2026
A great read and great sentiments!! Cheers!!
January 14, 2026
I like the one where Penguin ran for mayor.
It is funny because of the commentary on politics and Batman’s eternally optimist take on the electoral system.
Also, it was also used in the movie “Batman Returns”.
January 12, 2026
Thanks for having me Mr Greeneield and thanks for everything you do to keep the flag flying for this TV show we all love, sixty long years down the line. In my best Zsa Zsa impression, “Happy Anniversary, Darlings…”
January 12, 2026
I liked Zelda better than Olga… HA! 😀
January 12, 2026
Really enjoyed the whole week of features, and the lists today were fun. It’s too rare to be able to see which episodes are other fans’ favorites. Quick question: did The Penguin Goes Straight/Not Yet He Ain’t not receive any votes either? It’s the only story missing from the lists.
January 12, 2026
It got 10 points! Typo!
January 14, 2026
I don’t recall the episode with Zelda, but after Charlesfroland1970’s recommendation, I’d like to revisit it.
January 14, 2026
When the series made it’s debut, l had just turned 6. At that age, l didn’t know any better, but l actually thought it was real. I was really scared in episode 3 (Fine Feathered Finks) when Bruce came into the Penguin’s umbrella shop (K.G. Bird) to put a homing transmitter in the shop. However Penguin had put an alarm which went off, trapping Bruce in a net. After Bruce got gassed, Penguin had his finks put Bruce on a conveyor belt, sending him down to a waiting furnace. After the heat woke him, he threw a “lifetime supply of butane gas” from a lighter and the furnace explodes, knocking Bruce off the belt and escaped. BTW, Episode 4 was titled “The Penguin’s a Jinx”