Double Talk

Double Talk

November 22, 1997 TV Episode The New Batman Adventures

Studio
Warner Bros. Television Animation
Animation studio
Tollin-Robbins Productions.
Distributor
Warner Bros. Television Animation

Synopsis

Arnold Wesker, a.k.a. The Ventriloquist is released from Arkham Asylum. Bruce Wayne gives him a job at Wayne Enterprises in order to help his old adversary get back on his feet. Unbeknown to Arnold, outside influences are forcing his old demon, Scarface back into his life.

Characters

Batman/Bruce Wayne, Batgirl/Barbara Gordon, Ventriloquist/Scarface, Lucius Fox, Dr. Joan Leland, Musgy, Rhino, Hips McManus

Credits

Directing

Director
Curt Geda

Producing

Producer
Alan Burnett, Bruce Timm, Paul Dini
Executive Producer
Jean MacCurdy
Associate Producer
Haven Alexander

Writing

Writer
Robert Goodman

Voices

Voice
Kevin Conroy (Batman/Bruce Wayne), Tara Charendoff (Batgirl/Barbara Gordon), George Dzundza (Ventriloquist/Scarface), Mel Winkler (Lucius Fox), Suzanne Stone (Dr. Joan Leland), Townsead Coleman (Musgy), Earl Boen (Rhino), Patty Maloney (Hips McManus)

Music

Music
Shirley Walker

Editing

Editor
Joe Gall
Assistant Editor
Steve Siracusa

Crew

Production Manager
Shaun McLaughlin
Series Story Editors
Stan Berkowitz, Alan Burnett, Paul Dini, Rich Fogel
Series Writers
Hilary J. Bader, Stan Berkowitz, Alan Burnett, Paul Dini, Rich Fogel, Robert Goodman
Series Directors
Hiroyuko Aoyama, Curt Geda, Kenji Hachizaki, Butch Lukic, Toshiniko Masuda, Dan Riba, Yuichiro Yano
Theme
Shirley Walker
Casting and Voice Direction
Andrea Romero
Art Director
Glen Murakami
Color Key
Artin Aghamalain
Character Design
Shane Glines, Steve Jones, Glen Murakami, Dexter Smith, Tommy Tejeda, Bruce Timm, Brandon Viette
Prop Design
Jonathan Fisher, Robert Fletcher, Blair Jensen, Sandra D. Lara, Shayne Poindexter
Animation Timing
Vincent Bassols
Storyboards
David Bullock, Darwin Cooke, Michael Manley
BG Design Supervisor
George W. Stokes
BG Key Design
Michelle Graybeal, Robert Haverland, Shayne Poindexter, Paul Rivoche, Alan M. W. Simmons, Keith Weesner
BG Paint
Joe Binggeli, Chris Brock, Ken Dampier, Richard Daskas, Hector Martinez, David McBride, Ellen Sun
Ink and Paint Supervisor
Geno DuBois
Mark-Up/Painters
Kim Brown, Michael Chutuk, Kim Dahl, Lisa Leonardi-Knight, Eric Nordberg, Bill Ohanesian
Animation Checkers
Jan Browning, Brenda Brummett, Eleanor Dahlen, Gregory Hinde, Karl Jacobs
Copying and Shipping
Ana Arce, Bill Ryan
Director of Post Production
Joe Sandusky
Editorial/Technical Supervisor
Bradford Keatts
Post Production Supervisor
Bonnie Buckner
ADR Supervisor
Kelly Ann Foley
Sound Reading
Randy Paton, Fred Salinas, Joe Trueba
Post Production Coordinator
Tracy Clark
Re-Recording Engineers
Robert Hargreaves, Thomas J. Maydeck
Supervising Sound Effects Editor
Robert Hargreaves
Sound Effects Editor
George Brooks
Supervising Dialogue/ADR Editor
Mark A. Keatts
Dialogue/ADR Engineers
John Hedges, Patrick Rodman
Foley Artist
Gary Marullo
Foley Mixer
Patrick Rodman
Production Administrators
Chuck Ansell, Frances Mencia, Sarah Tomassi, Maria Womack
Production Coordinators
Scott Bernstein, Evan Castillo, Linda Peterson, A.J. Vargas
Assistants to the Producers
David Dorion, Thomas Zellers
Talent Coordinator
Leslie Lamers
Recording Administrator
Erin Keeler Hufford
Staff Assistants
Everett Booth, Jenny Lynn Burnett, Athena Christianakis, Dario Fagnani, Heather Isaacs, Julie Poulson
Production Supervision
Ken Duer, Joey Franks, Christopher Keenan, Clive Nakayshiki, Howard Schwartz, Liza-Ann Warren
Production Management
Andy Lewis
Crew
Batman Created By Bob Kane

Companies and other credits

  • Recording Post Production Facility: Monterey Post Production
  • Based on DC Comics Characters

Production notes

Batman jumps networks from Fox to Kids WB in this continuation of the Warner Bros. Batman franchise.

The series took place a few years after the time of Batman: The Animated Series, and Dick Grayson and Barbara Gordon were now college graduates living back in Gotham City. Dick decided not to return to his role as Robin, opting instead to forge his own crimefighting career as Nightwing. Barbara split her time between her job with the Gotham P.D. and her side career as Batgirl.

New blood came in the form of 13-year-old Tim Drake, another ward adopted by Batman's alter ego, Bruce Wayne, when the boy's father abandoned him for a life of crime. Wayne trained young Tim as he new Robin, and the four heroes- Batman, Robin, Batgirl and Nightwing- team up to keep the streets of Gotham safe for average citizens everywhere. Popular villains from the previous series and from the DC Comics line returned in this installment, including The Joker, Catwoman, Bane, Killer Croc, Harley Quinn, Ra's Al Ghul, Clayface, Talia, and Two-Face.

The New Batman Adventures was combined with another DC Comics legend as half of WB's The New Superman Adventures, in a new block entitled "The New Batman/Superman Adventures."

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