Batman Cartoon 1968 - A Perfidious Pieman is Simon

[deadman00]

Simon, the one few Batman villain who dosent mind dressing in drag.

[saturn0205]

Serious plot hole here. Dick Grayson's a former circus acrobat. Couldn't he have just pulled himself up on the chains and hovered over the candlestick spinning wheel???

[MAZLOTV]

slim

[Arthus850]

wow. when I think a batman villain, I think either a psychotic murderer with little to no backstory, like the joker, or a misunderstood person with a tragic backstory like mr. freeze or killer croc. I know that batman's dark gothic story line wasn't featured in any of the shows until bruce timm's DCAU, but simon the pieman? seriously?

[ryanbuffet]

The pie man's peter griffin's long lost brother XD

[bobobobo568]

Boy, I'm glad that the narrator explained everything for me!

[fredbob396]

So you wanna play paddycake, GAY BAKERMAN?

[johnnynoirman]

Ted Knight voice here is a sort of imitation of W.C. Fields!

[minhmook]

HAY FRIENDS!!

[ninjajawa2010]

simon says his, simon says that, that's the only thing simon ever says.

[Kagaines]

Batgirl was in the way all the time on this one. Like how many times did she get captured. She should be in the bat kitchen baking a bat pie. lol

[Girardifan]

@Kagaines In these Filmation cartoons, Batgirl is so easy to capture. In this cartoon, she is captured by Simon the pieman 3 times as Batgirl and 1 time as Barbara Gordon. Ironically, when Batgirl is captured in her Barbara Gordon idendity, she is able to escape on her own, but when she's captured as Batgirl, she has to rely on Batman and Robin to rescue her ("Batman! Robin! Help!!!).

[xemmas]

simon should have said fhck u up

[maggmaxxx]

Wow Batman realllllllly has come a loooooooooong way!!! He wasn't much of a detective back then huh?! Does it take a genius to know a tranny off top!?LOL I mean wow.

[Carycomic]

@maggmaxxx

No more unrealistic than Commissioner Gordon not being able to recognize his own daughter's voice behind the mask of Batgirl. Despite the _fiery red_ pig-tails sticking out the side!

Double lol!

[maggmaxxx]

@Carycomic LMAO You aint never lying!!!! As kids we didn't know any better. As an adult I can't lend this show enough willing suspense of disbelief to enjoy this the way it was intended. You beat me with that observation friend! Case closed.lol

[Negrodamus89]

the dramatic announcer is just spot on in this animation

[historian111z]

simon is the only villain to catch 5 supervillains all at once. wow. even batman couldnt do that.

[jadenfangirl961]

LOL! I thought Pieman was fake! ROFL!

[asherleez]

lol dick

[Danc3ParTy]

HOLY PIA MASIA! its a flying saucer!!

[heine71]

"Robin be nimble,

Robin be quick,

Robin jump over the candlestick!"

[fucheduck]

very emasculating performance for Commisioner Gordon.

Great pre-super"friends" Olin Sulet/Casey Kasam(batman/Robin) and I am guessing Linda Gary for Batgirl who was Jane and Judy Jetson.

Simon Says: "LISTEN TO ME!"

Natasha as a blonde bimbo sweed with blonde hair instead of a Rusky.

[ACcountryFan]

Jane Jetson was voiced by Penny Singleton.

Janet Waldo was the voice of Judy Jetson as well as Josie of "Josie and the Pussycats", Penelope Pitstop, and in an unusual twist she was the voice of Granny on the series "Precious Pupp". I say unusual because Janet often voiced teenage girls or young women rather than older women.

[Carycomic]

Jane Webb did the voice of both Barbara Gordon and Simon's hench-wench, Magda. She also did the voice of Dr. Erica Lane for the Filmation spin-off of FANTASTIC VOYAGE, over at ABC. In fact, she and Ted Knight did a lot of voice-over stuff for Filmation during the late 1960's.

[jonnyBB3B]

seems as though everything happens and changes very quickly!!

[sickphil71]

When Pieman said "Operation Turkish Delight," I thought they were all going to sodomize Barbara Gordon and/or Robin (I mean, come on--look at his costume).

[jacktheripoff1888]

Damn they tied her up fast!

Must have been great to be a 60's cartoon villian. You never get killed and you never seem to stay in jail too long after you are caught.

[LarryKoopaRoy]

I can't watch this without thinking of Imaperson's videos.

[waloumi]

well said robin

[AmericanAirlinesRule]

@LarryKoopaRoy THE KIDDIES WILL LOVE IT.

[wdc2998]

They need to do a grim and gritty version of Simon for the comics

[Darqlink51]

No, for the third movie.

[retrozim]

Damn puns.

[RazzleDazzle333]

simon says this cartoon is lame

[fucheduck]

yes, "Simons' always have a darn lisp. "SHimon Shez . eh?

[zim83]

Given the inflation rate in Turkey, those coins were probably worth 5 dollars.

[MILFASTOS]

me parece divertidisima la serie, ahora a tomado unos tintes psiquiatricos en sus viñanos dramaticos jejee antes era mas simple en todo, que buenas épocas, el héroe qu invitaba a los niños a ser honsto, valiente y cuidar el ambiente jeje ¿saludos!

[djkfhjfkhdfkhfdkhdfk]

i luvvvv batman!!!

[Gigantasaurus]

O no he didn't @ 6:12! he turned the roof into a flying saucer! These criminals have resources. If he could afford a flying saucer, why bother stealing some stupid coins?

LOL at robin at 3:51! This guy is funny like the Joker. They need to bring Simon into the updated cartoons

LOL @ 4:41! Batgirl got beaten by an apple turnover!

[Fgrandinetti]

What's the deal with Batgirl? Why was she portrayed as such a moron! Caught! Grabbed! Doesn't fight back-c'mon!

[Girardifan]

@Fgrandinetti The amazing thing about this cartoon is that when Batgirl is tied to a chair and gagged in her Barbara Gordon idendity she manages to escape on her own but whenever she's captured as Batgirl she's completely helpless and has to be rescued by Batman and Robin. She should save herself the trouble of changing into Batgirl and fight crime as Barbara Gordon.

[ItachiRaikiri]

Nothing near to the ''Batman-the animated series''

[hcvang]

Why would it be? this is from 1968.

Dont compare the two, that makes no sense. This series is wonderful adventure-show for kids.

[ItachiRaikiri]

I was just expressing an opinion ok? I don't like it's style, it seems too immature for me..

[hcvang]

So am I.

Comparing this to BTAS is ridiculous - this is from 1968 - the very first animated Batman series ever made. In the SIXTIES. You know anything about the comics at all? They were never "dark" until the 80s.

Filmation's Superman and Batman series were the first saturday morning cartoons ever - without these things being the hit they were, we would never have gotten B:TAS...

Show some respect.

[ItachiRaikiri]

Aww man I am perfectly aware that the dark atmosphere till the mid 70's- 80's, I'm saying I don't like this style ok... It belongs to another era that has nothing to say to me, all right?? So gimme a break for not have fallen in love with that era's style, I wasn't born then, I'm not used to it, it doesn't say much to me... It's that simple...

[hcvang]

why are you bothering with it, then? why do you feel the need to slag it off?

[ItachiRaikiri]

I made I comparison man and expressed my preference towards B:TAS ... You somehow felt the urgue to play defender of this show... Not my fault if you're in love with the '60s cartoon style but not evebody likes it you know... Just get over it..

[haigd]

Is this thge Christen Bale ones?

[DoctorExplosion]

@hcvang

Batman was super dark in the 30s.

[Grimbot2]

Of course it's imature. It's campy. :)

[ItachiRaikiri]

I am just saying it doesn't seem fit to me... I am used to a gloomy and dark Batman fighting pychopathetic criminals... This reminds me more of Scooby Doo...

[Knopson]

dick gayson?

[JakePelka]

Robin's real name is Dick? O_o;

[disneyfan81]

Yes.  Dick Grayson.

[hcvang]

Has been since he was created... O_o

[haigd]

That's downright SLAY-TANIC

[haigd]

So tghen this cartoon is from long time ago then? From before they invented BAtman.

[hcvang]

Are you for real?

[haigd]

At 3:00 there is a cow on the catapault.

[EvaSwa]

And at 3:03 it has disappeared! :O

[haigd]

Well. That certainly made alot of sense.  That didn't even sound like Christian Bale as Batman.

[wlzstuff]

batman cartoons always seem so rushed don't they

[ACcountryFan]

Was this villain created just for the cartoon series?

[DesiDoomsday]

Yep!

[ACcountryFan]

grinning Simon, turns into frowning, says "take her downstairs!"

[RDG484]

Thanks for another great classic!

[KingZolem]

Simon says....groan that's wore than Hey Didle Didle time for a Ridle.

[mezzmezmo]

Thanks Desi , its nice to be able to watch these again after many years. A very nice nostalgic trip down memory lane. Much appreciated.