I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman "I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman" was a hit single in 1967 composed by British songwriters Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway. It was a novelty record, performed mostly by whistling. The name Whistling Jack Smith, credited on the most commercially successful recording, was a play on the name of the baritone singer of the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, Whispering Jack Smith. The tune was written by Greenaway and Cook and was originally titled "Too Much Birdseed". It was recorded as a single for Deram Records by record producer Noel Walker, using studio musicians together with the
Von Kaiser "making that last one up, but just barely." In an interview, German edition of "GamePro "brought up the ethnic stereotypes of "Punch-Out!!", noting the stereotype of the "ambitious German." "GamePro" Germany called him a "mustachioed "Deutschman"," describing him as a disciplined boxer. He added that the only thing missing in his character was a spiked helmet. Von Kaiser Von Kaiser is a German boxer, hailing from Berlin, Germany. He first appeared in "Punch-Out!!" for the NES, and again in the Wii video game of the same name. While he speaks in English in the NES game, he speaks in German