SUPERCUT The Riddler's Riddles in Batman (1966-1968)

[@camerondodge2070]

Fun fact, when the show started, Frank Gorshin was the only cast member who read comic books, and in fact had read the appearances of the Riddler, making him one of the first comic fans to work on a comic book movie or show. He was also the one who designed the now classic question mark business suit and bowler hat for the character, as opposed to the original spandex costume.

[@aag2139]

the og rizzler

[@babylonhasfallen5338]

I know Batman is supposed to be the World’s Greatest Detective, but it sure as hell looks like Robin is the one solving damn near ALL these riddles

[@rikiishitoru8885]

They didn't want Robin to be easily forgettable But if you want to get meta about it, maybe Batman is just the kind of person who's too smart; he can't wrap his head around the stupidity of Riddler's ridiculous riddles, so the Boy Wonder does it for him.

[@robbiewalker2831]

@@rikiishitoru8885 Smart idea, if you ask me. Robin plays the audience surrogate, so his child-like innocence can connect with kids, because when you have Robin solving the silly riddles, it makes kids feel empowered, because even they can understand the humor.

[@andreijsternstunden5268]

That is why the riddler episodes always made Robin more important.

[@andersart1001]

Obviously, Batman wants Robin to solve the riddles because he has high expectations and knows Dick's smart enough to do it 😜

[@AquariusLeviathanProphecy]

Don't say that😢😢😢

[@bryanhead2670]

An actor clearly having the time of his life in his role as the riddler,,,pleasure to watch!

[@tommywestphallssnowglobe164]

Indeed!

[@Purple_Lego_stud]

I’m being riddler for halloween and I’m gonna practice remembering riddles so if I see someone dressed up as Batman I shall run up to them and say “RIDDLE ME THIS BATMAN, I HAVE CITIES BUT NO HOUSES I HAVE MOUNTAINS BUT NO TREES, I HAVE WATER BUT NO FISH! WHAT AM I?” Sorry for all caps but he speaks rather loudly lol

[@Josh_Fredman]

@@Purple_Lego_stud A globe!

[@Mysterio013]

Robin is Riddlers’ nemesis

[@palindrome1959]

Good one!!!

[@talariswatts-el9196]

I like that Robin's was good at Riddles, or otherwise he'll be useless.

[@REDRAIDER-jt6dg]

Yep Robin is always smart with riddles

[@Neurodivergent-j1f]

Are we sure he’s not the Tim Drake Robin?

[@mechanwhal6590]

I love how freaking casual this show is.

[@BryonYoungblood]

I like to think Frank Gorshin had so much fun with his work as Riddler in Batman '66. And you can feel too how the riddles were something interesting for the writers to work on besides some that are obviously done.

[@tommywestphallssnowglobe164]

He's having a blast!

[@cganimefan1267]

Frank Gorshin is the best Riddler ever.

[@josephparker2808]

The Riddler. I believe he born to play the Riddler.

[@FreshRose-z3s]

He was genius 😄

[@oldscoolgaming6700]

Agreed

[@oldscoolgaming6700]

Cesar Romero is the best Joker, and Burgess Meredith is the best Penguin.

[@willcalverley8741]

He is the greatest dc super villain ever in the 60s

[@MyDixieWrecked]

Robin is the mind in these cuts. My man. #TeamGrayson

[@oldscoolgaming6700]

1:25 A person is also a piece of wood when he’s bored.

[@mechanwhal6590]

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@greenmatrix30seven]

Its not ruler? 🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@robertdesantis729]

That was my answer

[@robinhood480]

A piece of wood when he splits.

[@CyberQueen2004]

You’re not wrong.

[@nelsoncruz8191]

It's a shame that Frank Gorshin didn't appear once in the whole second season of Batman. It's been said that he asked for a raise because he won an Emmy but was denied the raise so he chose not to do the second season. He was so missed but they agreed to give him the raise for the third season so he appeared again but it's so sad that they only gave him 1 episode. I don't think it was fair considering the fact that both Joker and Penguin each did 3 episodes in the third season!

[@jasonkoch3182]

Season 3 had a massively cut budget. I’m not sure they could’ve afforded Frank Gorshin for more than one episode at the increase pay.

[@michaellucejr.6374]

Either way, John Astin was a good substitute actor for playing the Riddler

[@T4K2000]

It's a massive shame Frank Gorshin wasn't also the Riddler for the Puzzler episodes, too, since that episode was also written for him. I still think to this day he would've killed the actual Riddler episode in season 2, simply because that script had the most Riddler related stuff in it, namely his lair, his henchmen costumes, and his female sidekick costume, too! He could have easily used that cane twirl, and have that as an additional influence on the character post the show! Look, I like John Astin as an actor, but he ain't no Riddler. Nothing to do with his acting, but he just didn't resemble the character as much as Frank did. I also wish he had at least as many appearances on the show as the Joker, the Penguin, and Catwoman (I also wish the same for Mr. Freeze and Mad Hatter). On an unrelated note, if only the "That Darn Catwoman/Scat! Darn Catwoman" episode was the title of another Catwoman episode where she was partnered with the Riddler and the Bookworm, since both Frank and Roddy McDowell were in "That Darn Cat" in 1965, which was a Disney release by the director of Mary Poppins.

[@GravityBoy72]

"What squeals louder than a caught rat?... Several caught rats". That wasn't one of his own.

[@SOZOMUCIMAD]

And that’s why I loved this scene. Batman making a bad riddle just to tease the Riddler, and then using Riddler’s tricks against him made this scene my favorite of all the 1966 Batman episodes.

[@omnientertainment5852]

This, this is the greatest incarnation of the Riddler.

[@williamhaynes4800]

The answer to the riddle at 1:30 was not revealed. The answer is 'the letter E'.

[@Foebane72]

I particularly loved the "cigarette lighter" riddle, I've heard it in a Demoscene production ("Smoke Bomb" by Ozone)

[@MarcusFigueras]

I love how some of these answers aren't even riddle answers. "What squeals louder than a caught rat? Several caught rats"

[@NXS09848]

Man Robin is good a riddles!

[@slam-ittthehedgehog8723]

5:24 When is a floor like a puzzle. (When it's crumbling in pieces)

[@koreanelvis]

RIP to the greatest person who played The Riddler: Frank Gorshin!!

[@merlynsy7076]

When is a door not a door? When its ajar!

[@artguti1551]

That was in the cartoon version of Batman. And the Riddler ended it with "you idiot"!

[@fernansanchez6331]

2:00 "What is it that's always coming, but never arrives?" The last books of "Song of Fire and Ice".

[@iankopeski2831]

Half-Life 3

[@martins.8134]

My fave riddle solved is the one about the quicksand. They were so happy to solve it “excellent, you’ve done it again old chum!” while drowning in it. Classic Batman satire, loved that show!

[@muradali1231]

The Batman suit looks more comfortable and light weight than the ones worn in the modern films.

[@Dododeath]

of course, its literally a t shirt

[@legoben98productions]

not exactly, the dyes in the spandex made it very hot and stuffy on set to have air breathing though.

[@Naminski1a]

1:16 - It’s from Batman 1966 episode, “A Riddle a Day Keeps the Riddler Away” and this Batman 1966 episode was featured briefly on TV when time-lapse shot of a woman in floral housewife dress cleaning the living room with her vacuum while TV is playing. Taken from Footage No. V-0076I_008 from Producers Library website.

[@DigiAkuma]

Most of the Riddles have silly answers, but is it fair to say that there are some good riddles in these like 2:00 ? For when tomorrow comes, it becomes today.

[@SOZOMUCIMAD]

There was also a riddle in season 3: “When is a jetstream like a daffodil.” However, the answer was never aired. For those wondering the answer to the riddle, it was revealed that the answer was: “They can both be yellow.”

[@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive]

Was the pee joke too risque for Standards in Broadcast?

[@jonathancampbell5231]

Batman broke his back because of Bane. Robin broke his back carrying Batman all these years.

[@batmaniac66]

Love Gorshin as the Ridldler

[@CYB3R2K]

People say these are simple... I wouldn't be able to guess a single one lmao

[@welcometogreenaquasglen1846]

The Riddle was my favourite Batman villain, and Frank Gorshin played him brilliantly.

[@crispico4727]

I'm starting to feel this riddler fellow isn't that good with riddles

[@tommywestphallssnowglobe164]

Hahahaah

[@avalond1193]

Actually they are clever there's too many people would never guess without the show spoiling it

[@oldscoolgaming6700]

1:36 The letter E

[@meaganmoney5990]

THANK YOU I was so confused! 👍

[@Pro_Butcher_Amateur_Human]

I have a headcanon that Batman isn't good at Riddles. He almost always lets Robin answer, then tells him he got it right. I love some of Robin's answers. Completely nonsensical at times. The movie one "what sits in a tree, weighs 10 ounces and is extremely dangerous? A sparrow with a machine gun!" If Riddler expects other people to guess the answer to that, he's the sort of crazy that has probably got a suit made of household pets.

[@arturolaime01]

I'm getting stoned from hearing all those dad jokes 🤣🤣🤣

[@artguti1551]

Dad Jokes are the Best!!!

[@torridd]

Does anyone notice that Robin gets most of these? :)

[@Frogman1212]

Comes from the golden age comics where being in school permitted Robin to know all the random trivia. Now Batman just has all the knowledge in the world or something.

[@Pro_Butcher_Amateur_Human]

I have a headcanon that Batman isn't good at Riddles. He almost always lets Robin answer, then tells him he got it right. I love some of Robin's answers though. Completely nonsensical at times. The movie one "what sits in a tree, weighs 10 ounces and is extremely dangerous? A sparrow with a machine gun!" If Riddler expects other people to guess the answer to that, he's the sort of crazy that has probably got a suit made of household pets. My other headcanon is that they're guessing the completely wrong answer when they come up with something weird, but they get arse-backwards lucky and end up in the right place. One day, Riddler will ask them to show their working out and realise they're lucky idiots.

[@legoben98productions]

My head canon is that Batman just wants Robin to have a part in solving, kinda like a parent getting their kid to be involvement in the group activities , since most of riddlers riddles are often using a various things that were somewhat new in the 60’s, Robin being the one who grew up with most of the things that his older peers had trouble with, kinda how now boomer parents don’t seem to understand how a tablet works despite that they have a longer time to understand it while current middle schoolers can do a slideshow project on the app with little issue. Just seeing Robin getting the upper hand in the adventure would have Batman going “that’s my boy! I thought him that” like a proud parent. While modern Batman can solve them himself (since he has experience with the items that would have been related to the riddles vs his silver age era counterpart & that he could just have gotten his share of hearing them before.

[@I41535D]

Man i would be a disappointment to solve those riddles

[@NSMurley97]

A prize fight like a beautiful lady-WHEN SHE'S A KNOCKOUT!!!! Whoo!!!!!!

[@bustercrabbe8447]

Frank Gorshin as Riddler was tree-mendous.

[@Archfiend_Sushi7746]

Because he stands the test of time lmao (I’m inspired by his puns)

[@Gshellshock]

„A mushroom!” 😂

[@Shadowkey392]

“A sparrow with a machine gun!” Is my favourite 🤣

[@Fafabear8]

0:07 Q: There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes but no matches, how did they manage to smoke? 0:15 A: They threw one cigarette overboard and made the boat a cigarette lighter.

[@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive]

4:02 I never noticed Frank Gorshin’s resemblance with Mark Hamill until he donned that fake mustache.

[@SuperCartiel]

What kind of berry is despised by actors, directors and all who do films? A Raspberry! And that's what Frank Gorshin never got!

[@danielrios3945]

Silence!!!!! Fake Riddler. I eat you with my breakfast cereal raspberry . Frank Gorshin, is the real and only Riddler. Did I hurt you feelings? AW!!! Cry if you want to. LOL With love not malice I reply. PEACE!!!!!!!

[@slam-ittthehedgehog8723]

Or this: What type berries are sad?

[@jonathancampbell5231]

@@slam-ittthehedgehog8723 Blueberries

[@oldscoolgaming6700]

3:43 But it is a good guess.

[@sonicranger8481]

5:23 Riddler: When is a floor like a puzzle? Answer: When it breaks into pieces!

[@oldscoolgaming6700]

Riddle me this, Riddler! If I say “Everything I tell you is a lie.”, am I telling the truth or lying?

[@djpvma]

It's great to see another Adam West Batman fan. Kudos.

[@thomasbrown7791]

Frank gorshin is the best riddler and that sinester laugh

[@Sundae_Times]

*sinister

[@muradali1231]

Solving way too many riddles Robin is more intelligent than Batman. How?

[@omnientertainment5852]

It’s because riddles are for kids.

[@That_Revenant_Guy]

Always the best Villain

[@NATESOR]

I gotta say it's a little sus how Robin knows all these riddles immediately...

[@blstuff]

Favorite part of the 2022 movie

[@jessicathethreestoogesfan2635]

5:24 Wait a minute, I recognize that Riddler somewhere.

[@pyromaniac709]

Where?

[@ericdunn7352]

John Astin from The Addams Family.

[@spencercox2684]

one riddle was left out and I am still trying to figure out the answer 55 years later the riddle is when is a jet stream like a daffodil? help!

[@GarrisonValentinelli-pk1bf]

They both can be yellow

[@laslalal8451]

Crazy how the Riddler went from a simple trickster in green spandex to the freaking Zodiac

[@김태균-k1f]

2:35 'A Hole...' "What?" ' Grows bigger the more you take away...' -Mimir God of WAr

[@TimothyBall-mv3lp]

12-1-2024. Good writing for these riddles.

[@tommybrown9946]

Awesome 👌

[@SoCoolScience]

What kind of a band plays music but has no people? a rubberband What is it you can see, has no weight, and when put it in a barrel, will make the barrel lighter? a hole What can be broken that can never be touched? a promise

[@chrisomalley1105]

A ship leaves the port, loaded with passengers, but there's not a single person on board. How is that possible? Answer: They're all married!

[@SlickTim9905]

Riddle me this....on top of the Bat-computer was a light display. Was that display taken from Lost in Space?

[@denisgauthier9191]

they forgot "When is a jet stream like a daffodil?"

[@SuperCartiel]

I give up. "When is a jet stream like a daffodil?"

[@denisgauthier9191]

@@SuperCartiel because both can be yellow

[@palindrome1959]

Epic ... just absolutely epic ...

[@chandlerbing1800]

Fun fact in the 2004 animated series The Batman Frank Gorshin voiced Hugo Strange

[@oldscoolgaming6700]

1:29 The answer is the letter E.

[@jaengen]

Robin was a boy wonder. Nice package, too!

[@slam-ittthehedgehog8723]

4:19-4:45

[@maureenoneill2847]

Melrose gardens may have not done it

[@alinaszabowska9692]

Brilliant.

[@RosalbaRusso-j5n]

The riddler was very good at comedy

[@Will-dy6ug]

If you are justice, please do not lie.. what is the price for your blind eyes??

[@abeiscool40]

What about the riddle, “When is a jet stream like a daffodil?”

[@jeremyprice7256]

1:28 - 1:36 I think the REAL answer is "The Letter 'E!'"

[@Unicysis]

Riddle me this. What is played during the day and heard during the night?

[@pauldecoster]

Robin had a brain….who knew? No wonder The Riddler tried to kill him

[@matthewmcvey3494]

They’re were 3 men in a boat with 4 cigarettes and no matches, how did they manage to smoke?

[@maigretus1]

They threw one cigarette overboard and made the boat a cigarette lighter!

[@matthewmcvey3494]

@@maigretus1 what is it that no man wants to have yet no ma wants to lose?

[@maigretus1]

@@matthewmcvey3494 A lawsuit!

[@matthewmcvey3494]

@@maigretus1 correct boy wonder! After you chew on this one look for two more

[@meaganmoney5990]

I don't get this one

[@HOLLYNOELLOBO]

Forgot the ones in the movie

[@meaganmoney5990]

A few of these I don't understand..

[@Sundae_Times]

Well, you are a girl 🤭

[@robertdesantis729]

I never understood the “tosses sponges” one had the answer “a loser”

[@anthonylowder6687]

There was one riddle I remember but never found out the answer: How is the jet stream like a daffodil ?

[@williamhaynes4800]

I had to Google that one. The answer is, because they both can be yellow. Riddler was calling Batman a coward.

[@Babygirlly555]

I have a riddle when are flowers deadly? Answer When they have a pistol.

[@ashlynn6485]

Riddle me this: I come from a planet made of metal. I rearrange my parts like a rubiks cube. I can transform into what you drive. What am I? Hint: I am loved all over the world in movies, tv shows, toys and merch.

[@ericdunn7352]

Answer: The Transformers.

[@A1ml33y]

Well thr Riddler is a founding member of thr Legion of Doom 😎 for a reason

[@StylesLee]

Frank Gorshin was my favourite villain back in the days & man was he Hypoactive or what" the other Riddlers just didn't have that Riddler spark & zeal to act anything close to DC Comic Character. I'm doing a music video RIDDLER. It's a dedication to Frank Gorshin & God. It's my version of the Riddler & how my life turned me into some stranger, you do something good but to others your a ?

[@whats20buks23]

My Favorite....when's he a mannequin

[@jamalrashad7259]

Why is an orange like a bell

[@matthewmcvey3494]

They both must be peeled

[@jamalrashad7259]

Correct you peel an orange and you peel a bell get it

[@jamalrashad7259]

There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes and no matches how do they manage to smoke

[@celieneohara521]

@@jamalrashad7259 You peal a bell...

[@meaganmoney5990]

@@jamalrashad7259 I didn't understand that one either..

[@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive]

Riddler’s riddles operate on schizophrenic logic and pattern recognition.

[@ericdunn7352]

Riddle Me this: What is black on one side and white on the other, Hijacks a Federation starship, and caves in when the captain of said starship threatens to destroy his ship? He He He!

[@pyromaniac709]

Funny how the nowadays Joker acts more like this riddler than the og joker🤔

[@massapower]

Hopefully your getting lots of COFFEE'S 😝👍🏻

[@clovis_solid_70nm]

Great episode batman66 #AdamWest #BurtWard

[@maureenoneill2847]

When he's gotta be set free somehow from.his step family that more phoney by double uu

[@ashlynn6485]

Here's my riddle about an certain organ in your body: I live on top of your body. I control everything you do. I am the puppetmaster of the body. What am i?

[@GarrisonValentinelli-pk1bf]

Your brain (I'm not sure)

[@nameless5413]

Well writers just decided to go for stupid fun so the absence of any logic or anything that could even pass for logic is unsurprising. shame concept of fun seems to have been since lost in writer's rooms of major movies.

[@danielrios3945]

Delicious, simply delicious. I would join the Riddler's gang. Or the Jokers gang. The other bad guys of Gotham, sort of sucked, simply boring. RIP Frank.

[@anglerclampertheanglerfish3118]

4:20

[@maureenoneill2847]

Maureen finds to relay to Fred Gershwin's. That cigar by itchy brue insert by shkys ground is where Richards name is IRA Gershwin

[@aspiknf]

This riddler and the riddles were better than the stuff in that new garbage Batman movie.

[@AquariusLeviathanProphecy]

Batman 😂😅😅

[@ashlynn6485]

Hear this riddle: I fly to the skies. I have twinkling lights for everyone to see. I have a bowl of overseers. I am a plate who is upside-down. Answer: a UFO.

[@kravenhollin6165]

poor people have it, rich people need it, if you eat it you die what am i?

[@cjsidk719]

Nothing

[@maureenoneill2847]

Dr Greenspan it's says merv didn't do it

[@maureenoneill2847]

Duplicitous activities. They said bert Ward may have not pulled the account wrong by our lady's guilds ignorance and want llantwist

[@funfunpark1849]

They forgot: When is a potato like a carpet Answer: When both are on the gr Read More

[@RobertGoldman-o2p]

3 great.actors played Mr Freeze. 3 great actresses played the Catwoman. But only Frank Gorshin played a great Riddler. John Astin should jusr remain known as Gomez Adams.