BATMAN THE ANIMATED SERIES EPISODE ‘READ MY LIPS’ RETRO REVIEW | Double Toasted – Today at Double Toasted we are talking about Batman The Animated series. We are looking at Episode 59 called ‘Read My Lips’. We discuss the style of the show, why this episode is great and why Batman made the over exaggerated face you see in the thumbnail. What did you think of this episode? Let us know in. the comment section below.
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D Toons! Will this be a thing? If so I look forward to it, would like to see more anime reviews there is so much gold out there.JoJos Bizarre Adventure is one that comes to mind, it’s insaaaane 😂
Still The Greatest BATMAN Animated Series HANDS DOWN,,,,Honorable Mention goes to BATMAN BEYOND 😃🤘👍
One thing I love about Batman the Animated series is Bruce and Batman don't feel separate. We see Bruce react to messed up stiff as Batman and it humanizes him. This version of Batman will be timeless because it's him at his best, a human (with minimal plot armor) who has to use his brain to deal with any and all threats to Gotham.
Series didn't feel like anything else on TV. I remember when new episodes used to premier on Sunday nights on Fox.
Of all the episodes this is one of a few that really stuck with me and I still remember, even though I haven’t seen the episode in a couple decades.
I just went to watch this episode. The scene of Batman showcasing his ventriloquist act was just corny and funny.
I must be old and forgetful. I thought that this cartoon was originally on Fox. I think I remember it originally being a daytime, daily cartoon that gained an adult following and became part of Fox's Sunday night lineup. I remember loving that, for the non-batman comic book reader, this show answered questions regarding Batman that you always wondered about (who makes his amazing toys, from who did Batman learn to do what he does, how does he seem to move so stealthily and get out of no win situations [training with samauri, ninjas, magicians], etc.). Two of my favorite episodes were "Feat of Clay" and "Almost Got'em" and I think "Demon's Quest".
Omg! The ad which played right before this video started was the BetterHelp "Pad Thai" commercial, and your guest in this clip looks SOOO much like the actor from that ad (right down to wearing a hat), that for a moment, I honestly believed I was either hallucinating or that the ad somehow bled into your video! 😅 I mean, side-by-side they do look different, but I definitely did a double take! That's not a knock on your guest though, since both he and the dude from the commercial look like cool and decent chaps, it was just kinda jarring for me initially Lol.
Even though it's a puppet, they still moved and positioned him oriented around his handler within the frame like an actor. It's like how actors hit their camera angles to help project emotion and intent. Poor guy really was a hostage to that puppet.
Not to get dark, but it's kind of a similar dynamic to how Korey does his camera switching to frame the other hosts during their exchanges.
I bet Jim turns the lights on to watch porn at this point.
Well in The Batman he got to ledge and he was like, Oh Shit
I forgot how the puppet got lit up at the end 😂
The saddest episode was when Baby Doll was about to blow up herself and all her old co-stars cuz she couldn't be happy trapped in the body of a child(had medical condition that kept her body from aging)
I’ve watched a few episodes of HAP AND LEONARD on Netflix, and saw BUBBA HO-TEP years ago. Both were pretty good.
Ventriloquists with Dissociative Identity Disorder using a puppet as their evil persona is not an original idea for television.
The first time I saw this was the twilight zone episode THE DUMMY. Cliff Robertson played the ventriloquist with George Murdock as the dummy’s voice.
I’m sure that there were a couple of television shows or books or movies that have used the same the same premise.
Off the top of my head
Earle Towne played this type of character in an episode of Barney Miller which is one of his only two IMDb credits.
Jay Thomas probably made a career playing characters like these. Thomas played Bob and Chuck on SOAP but he also played a creepy DID ventriloquist on an episode of the short lived Mrs. Columbo.
There are probably several more in recent TV history.
So, in addition to "Read My Lips", Joe R. Landsdale was also involved in the "Batman: The Animated Series" episode "Perchance to Dream", where he wrote the teleplay for the episode based on a story credited to Laren Bright and Michael Reaves. "Perchance to Dream" is widely considered one of the best — if not the best — episodes of the series.
Landsdale also co-wrote a Superman episode called "Identity Crisis" with Robert Goodman, which features the introduction of Bizarro and has a lot of fun with all the implications of that character.
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Batman The Animated Series takes me back to my childhood. I would never miss it after school. I miss those days.
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