Hoping that lightning would strike twice, ABC, 20th Century-Fox and William Dozier gave us The Green Hornet in 1967.With Van Williams as The Green Hornet and Bruce Lee as Kato, Green Hornet played things a little straighter than Batman, though with a similar (but toned-down) Pop Art look. And Al Hirt blew his heart out playing the "Flight Of The Bumblebee," which had also featured in the old radio show.
Dean Jeffries, who'd bowed out of construction of the Batmobile (he felt he needed more than three weeks to cook up a car for the Dynamic Duo), created the Black Beauty, a customized 1966 Chrysler Crown Imperial sedan.
Crossover Batman episodes — "A Piece Of The Action" and "Batman's Satisfaction" — gave the new series a boost, turned Green Hornet and Kato into lifesize postage stamps and treated us to a fight between Burt Ward and Bruce Lee. (Wouldn't you love to see such a bout for real? Enter the Dragon, exit the Boy Wonder.)
It seemed to have so much going for it. Bruce Lee. A Batman plug. The Black Beauty. But, alas, The Green Hornet only lasted a single season.
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