Review of Fine Feathered Finks

"Fine Feathered Finks" sets up the introduction of Burgess Meredith's iconic interpretation of the dastardly Penguin, a penguin-suited, cigarette smoking, monocle-wearing, umbrella-carrying nuisance of the Caped Crusader and the Boy Wonder. Penguin is released from the Gotham penitentiary after time served, but he's not suddenly rehabilitated. Nope, he plans to weave a plan that influences Batman to help him in a crime! Bizarre as it may sound, he has a goose cooking in a planted listening device, hidden in the handle of an umbrella Batman and Robin take back to the Batcave to examine and investigate. This episode ends with Bruce Wayne caught in a net and bound for the furnace of Penguin's umbrella store (calling it the KG Bird…get it???). Opens with exploding umbrellas in a jewelry store, as the police attempt, with the Dynamic Duo's help, to uncover Penguin's elusive scheme. This episode is a nice opening for Meredith to "wack, wack, wack", hobble along, and smile sinisterly as he plots the next big crime and way to trick Batman. It also has Robin unwisely challenging the law regarding Penguin's release and Batman having to correct him in such an opinion. Holy, Popcorn, will Bruce escape the furnace!