Batman franchise media the television show singing in-character were released in 1966: Burgess Meredith as the Penguin in "The Capture" and "The Escape", Frank Gorshin as the Riddler in "The Riddler", and Adam West as Batman in "Miranda". In 1976 West performed a pair of novelty songs, "The Story of Batman" and "Batman and Robin", for Target Records. All six of these recordings (sans the b-sides to Gorshin and West's singles) were later included on the 1997 compilation, "Batmania: Songs Inspired by Batman TV Series". In 1966, Burt Ward also recorded a limited "disc jokey only" release with Frank Zappa called "Boy Wonder,
Clint Eastwood in the 1950s Eastwood did, however, make several guest appearance in the meantime on TV, including a cameo in "Mr Ed" poking fun at himself as a neighbor of Mr. Ed in an episode directed by his old mentor Arthur Lubin and the western comedy series "Maverick", in which he fought James Garner in the "Duel at Sundown" episode. Although "Rawhide" continued to attract notable actors such as Lon Chaney Jr, Mary Astor, Ralph Bellamy, Burgess Meredith, Dean Martin and Barbara Stanwyck, by late 1963 "Rawhide" was beginning to decline in popularity and lacked freshness in the script. In regards to the character