Roast

The Roast Legends of the Super-Heroes Season 1, episode 2 Television » Other Previous episode The Challenge Next episode N/A Creators Directors(s) Bill Carruthers, Chris Darley Writer(s) Mike Marmer, Chris Darley

Story Synopsis

TV listing

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Expanded synopsis

Batman & Robin are summoned to the Hall of Justice along with their peers, to be good-naturedly roasted by friend and foe alike. Hosted by Ed McMahon, it was a superhero version of the "Dean Martin Roasts" which had been successful for NBC a few years before.

• Friends: Captain Marvel, Black Canary, The Flash, The (Earth-2) Huntress, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Batman, Robin, and The Atom.
• Foes: Weather Wizard, Giganta, Aunt Minerva, Sinestro, Mordru, Riddler, Dr. Sivana, and Solomon Grundy.
• Created just for this series: Ghetto Man, Retired Man

Cast

Legionnaires

No Legionnaires appear in the episode.

Villains

Although other villains appear in this episode, only Mordru's appearance is of interest.

• Mordru

Other Characters

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Miscellaneous

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Locations

• 20th century Metropolis

Trivia about the episode

• This is part 2 of a 2-part live-action series.
• Mordru's appearance here is non-canonical. The episode does not explain how he got to the 20th century or what he is doing there.
• This episode contains following sequence:
  • The show closes with a big song and dance number by Mordru, who favors the crowd with his personal rendition of “That’s Entertainment!”, with all-new, evil lyrics (“I think diseases are nice/A condition that’s chronic/A plague that is bubonic”), that is, until Batman brings out the comedy classic, the pie in the face. [1]
• Original air date: February 10 1979 on NBC

Quotes

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DVD Information

Not available

External Links

• Legends of the Super-Heroes! In lurid videotape!
• IMDB series listing
• Movie Poop Shoot's review (with pictures).
• Video clip #1, Video clip #2, video clip #3, all on YouTube