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For a weekly dose of kaleidoscopic, costumed chaos, Batman sure got kind of formulaic, didn't it? Now, the Dynamic Duo would always save the day in new and unexpected ways, but the episodes did fit a certain format.

The show's episodes usually started with a villainous caper of sorts. Maybe a politician was kidnapped, or a well-guarded museum piece was stolen. Next, Commissioner Gordon and Chief O'Hara would be hard at work at headquarters, trying their best to deduce the baddies' identities. When they come up short, Gotham's finest did what they always did: They reached out to Batman. 

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Then, quicker than you can say "Bat-shark repellent," the Caped Crusader was on the case, utilizing his skills as the world's greatest detective to hunt down the perpetrators and right their wrongs.

But what if Batman couldn't get the job done? What if, instead of nabbing the ferocious foe, it was Robin who gets nabbed? Worst of all, what if the episode reached its half-hour mark with Batman and Robin at their lowest, with absolutely no hope of wrapping things up in time?

Well, in those (quite common) cases, Batman would promise the story would conclude... Next week! As if waiting through commercials wasn't bad enough, now kids had to wait for days at a time. While the first two seasons would air episodes on concurrent days, the third offered very little reprieve, sending fans away for seven days before they could know what happened to their beloved heroes.

In those cases of an epic cliffhanger, the show's trusty narrator would tell us to "Tune in tomorrow – same Bat-time, same Bat-channel!"

But who was that narrator, anyhow? Well, although he went uncredited, series creator and executive producer William Dozier lent his voice to the iconic closing of these two-part arcs. As if he hadn't already contributed enough, Dozier gave us that legendary catchphrase, too!