#Frank Gorshin

[georgeromeros]

Batman: The Movie (1966) dir. Leslie H. Martinson

#batman #batman 1966 #batman: the movie #batmanedit #dcedit #filmedit #dcmultiverse #classicfilmblr #classicfilmsource #my gifs #movies #dc #superhero #1960s #adam west #burt ward #burgess meredith #cesar romero #frank gorshin #lee meriwether

[maxwell-grant]

I’ve been diving a bit back into Batman 66 for research, and this is the cliffhanger from the very first episode. As such:

Jesus Christ

For context: Batman had his drink spiked by one of Riddler's goons at a bar he was investigating in, and he realized this just in time to call Robin to his aid, but Robin was tranquilized and kidnapped by the Riddler's gang just as he left the car. The scene above is what happens almost directly after Batman does the Batusi, and together they kinda form a microcosm for the whole show: That it is super silly and played for laughs and done with tongue-in-cheek irony, but when you’re a kid or just suspend your disbelief more easily, this is all extremely real and serious, there’s hardly much that funny or campy about the plot here

Adam West is so good here, drugged and despairing and worried bad enough that his composure is gone. The scene is funny in one way, because it’s drunk Batman handing the keys to the Batmobile to the police because he’s too sloshed to drive, but it’s also fucking horrible, because he’s just been roofied and has to stand by as his partner / son is taken by very, very bad people who want to do very bad things to him and he’s completely helpless to do anything about it. I don’t think even the movies (outside of maybe The Batman’s scenes with Falcone) ever got this dark

Frank Gorshin is so fucking good here, so goddamn creepy. The episode itself pivots hard tone-wise to get to this cliffhanger and most of Riddler’s scenes beforehand were all fairly comedic, with him trying to destroy the Batmobile or handing Batman the lawsuit, but he ping-pongs masterfully between affable conversational charm laced with uncurable arrogance, smug satisfaction and high-pitched manic giggling that causes his whole body to spasm and bend and curdle like the laugh is going to leave his body, and then he just as frequently punctuates those with ice-cold homicidal whispering with not one bit of humor in it whatsoever, and he shuffles these three multiple times per scene or even dialogue

I wanted to more personally confirm the stuff people have said about his performance, that he was the only villain in the show who conveyed genuine, chilling menace (not sure if he’s the only one as of yet), that he was the blueprint that 70s-onwards Joker ripped everything from, and yeah, forget just the Joker, he feels like a baseline for so much of modern film supervillains on a scale maybe only matched by Heath Ledger’s Joker (that I can think of right now)

Batman really doesn’t break composure in this show that much and that’s part of the charm, which helps make these two first episodes and his desperation with Robin more notable. I know there’s one major scene in the movie where he goes berserk around the villains to protect his date, but I’m liking how this matches something that's a fairly consistent pattern with Batman media, from the early comics to this show to the cartoons even all the way to The Batman, which is The Riddler’s ability to fucking piss off Batman to the point his composure evaporates and he goes berserk with violence.

#batman #batman 66 #adam west #frank gorshin #the riddler #riddler #robin #burt ward

[unrestrained-balderdash-art-blog]

Finally did 60s Riddler! Even though I barely ever draw him, he is one of my favourite Riddlers, and the King of Riddlers.

Version with just inks because it looks really good :)

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#the riddler #edward nigma #riddler fanart #riddler #dc fanart #dc riddler #the riddler fanart #edward nygma #dc #batman '66 #60s batman #60s riddler #60s riddler fanart #batman 66 fanart #batman 1966 #frank gorshin riddler #frank gorshin #digital fanart #fanart #batman 66 #tw eyestrain #cw eyestrain

[skullislandproductions]

Happy Birthday Daffy! You’re a class act, 87 years young. Apologies to George Hurrell.

#Spike Brandt #Looney Tunes #Merrie Melodies #Warner Bros #Warner Bros Animation #Daffy #Daffy Duck #Mel Blanc #Joe Alaskey #Jeff Bergman #Eric Bauza #Jeff Bennett #Dee Bradley Baker #Frank Gorshin #birthday #bday #celebration #George Hurrell #Hollywood glamour photography #black and white photo

[citizenscreen]

Frank Gorshin and Julie Newmar reunited in 2003 to battle Batman and Robin in RETURN TO THE BATCAVE: THE MISADVENTURES OF ADAM AND BURT. Director: Paul A. Kaufman

#frank gorshin #julie newmar #the riddler #cat woman #classic tv #batman

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Never Let Her Go and The Riddler - Frank Gorshin (1966)

#frank gorshin #the riddler #batman 66 #batman villains #vintage records #60s songs #45 rpm #a&m records #picture sleeve #vinyl #sixties #1966

[recursive-occlusion]

Frank Gorshin's Riddler

#riddler #edward nygma #frank gorshin #batman #batman 66 #aesthetic not costume #dc

[skye707]

I assume 66 riddler is dead so now I can't stop imagining 66 being the one who took arkham and telltale under his wing and pretty much raised him

He's the granddaddy of all silly Riddlers, so of course he gave them some pointers on how to get your riddle on.

Happy Belated Birthday to the one and only Frank Gorshin

#the riddler #riddler #edward nygma #arkham riddler #btas riddler #frank gorshin #riddlerverse #Skye

[erindraws05]

Couldn’t draw Oswald without Edward — here’s some 1966 Riddler fanart! 💚❔

#batman 1966 #riddler fanart #the riddler #batman fanart #edward nygma #edward nygma fanart #frank gorshin #riddler 1966 #dc riddler #1966 riddler #gorshin riddler #60s riddler #batman 66

[holy-shit-comics]

#dc comics #dc #the challenge of the super heroes #batman #robin #flash #the flash #green lantern #black canary #huntress #hawkman #sinestro #riddler #giganta #weather wizard #solomon grundy #adam west #burt ward #frank gorshin #charlie callas

[green-lantern-corpse]

True friend group goals are Catwoman, The Penguin, The Joker, and The Riddler in the Batman 66 movie… committing crimes and yelling at each other

#the riddler #the joker #batman 66 #catwoman #the penguin #edward nygma #joker #riddler #penguin #oswald copplepot #selina kyle #cesar romero #frank gorshin #lee mariwether #burgess meredith #batman 1966

[georgeromeros]

The Munsters - Season 2, Episode 28 (1966) Herman, The Tire-Kicker

#the munsters #tvedit #retrotvblr #horroredit #comedyedit #classichorrorblog #themunstersedit #my gifs #herman the tire kicker #tv gifs #television #comedy #1960s #b&w #fred gwynne #herman munster #frank gorshin

[melded-galaxy]

Favourite live action batman movie villain poll (1/2)

#polls #tumblr polls #my polls #Batman the movie #batman 66 #Cesar Romero #Lee meriwether #burgess meredith #frank gorshin #catwoman #selina kyle #the penguin #oswald cobblepot #the joker #joker #the riddler #edward nygma #riddler #jack nicholson #danny devito #michelle pfeiffer #jim carrey #tommy lee jones #two face #harvey dent #mr freeze #victor fries #arnold schwarzenegger #poison ivy #pamela isley

[unrestrained-balderdash-art-blog]

Drew him again!

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#the riddler #riddler fanart #edward nigma #riddler #edward nygma #dc fanart #the riddler fanart #dc riddler #dc #frank gorshin riddler #frank gorshin #60s riddler fanart #batman 66 fanart #60s riddler #batman 66 #60s batman #batman '66 #digital fanart #fanart #cw eyestrain #tw eyestrain

[kosmos2999]

For many people, "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield" is one of the boring episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series. I don't judge anyone who think like that, but for me, the performances of both Frank Gorshin and Lou Antonio as Bele and Lokai are a masterpiece!

Just watch their overall, face expressions, body movements and their dialogues.

#space opera #space western #star trek #60s sci fi #star trek tos #60s tv shows #frank gorshin #lou antonio #star trek the original series

[citizenscreen]

Remembering Frank Gorshin on his birthday #botd

#frank gorshin