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#182 Eartha and LBJ
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On January 18, 1968 — just two weeks after her final appearance on Batman was broadcast — Eartha Kitt attended a White House ladies’ luncheon held by Lady Bird Johnson. After a brief, unsatisfying conversation with Lyndon Johnson, Kitt, annoyed, stood up and denounced the Vietnam War. This prompted an apparent effort by the President to kill her career in the US. We discuss a recent video from the New Yorker that explores this incident, with clever tie-ins to her Batman appearances.
Also, we dust off our Batman ’66 comics collections and take a look at issue 8, featuring the story King Tut Barges In.
PLUS: A Japanese surf band tackles that Batman theme, we complete our listen to the “Featurette” interview of Adam and Burt from the Batman: The Movie DVD, and read your mail on … various past episodes!
New Yorker documentary: When the Government Tried -- and Failed -- to Silence Catwoman
The Washington Post looks back 50 years later
Eartha Kitt vs. LBJ: Newly Found Audio
Next script: "Hizzoner the Penguin"
229 episodes
Manage episode 325583909 series 95106
On January 18, 1968 — just two weeks after her final appearance on Batman was broadcast — Eartha Kitt attended a White House ladies’ luncheon held by Lady Bird Johnson. After a brief, unsatisfying conversation with Lyndon Johnson, Kitt, annoyed, stood up and denounced the Vietnam War. This prompted an apparent effort by the President to kill her career in the US. We discuss a recent video from the New Yorker that explores this incident, with clever tie-ins to her Batman appearances.
Also, we dust off our Batman ’66 comics collections and take a look at issue 8, featuring the story King Tut Barges In.
PLUS: A Japanese surf band tackles that Batman theme, we complete our listen to the “Featurette” interview of Adam and Burt from the Batman: The Movie DVD, and read your mail on … various past episodes!
New Yorker documentary: When the Government Tried -- and Failed -- to Silence Catwoman
The Washington Post looks back 50 years later
Eartha Kitt vs. LBJ: Newly Found Audio
Next script: "Hizzoner the Penguin"
229 episodes
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