The specials are notable for having Adam West, Burt Ward, and Frank Gorshin reprise their respective roles from Batman (1966) as Batman, Robin, and the Riddler. The second special, "The Roast," consists of the heroes being subjected to a roast hosted by Ed McMahon, enduring in good humor heckling and taunting by villains, relatives, and other heroes. In the first special, "The Challenge," the Justice League (Batman, Robin, the Huntress, Black Canary, Hawkman, Green Lantern, the Flash and Captain Marvel) have one hour to deactivate a doomsday device that is used in the latest plan of the Legion of Doom (Mordru, the Riddler, Giganta, Solomon Grundy, Sinestro, Weather Wizard and Dr.
Legends of the Superheroes is a pair of hour-long live-action television specials produced by Hanna-Barbera that aired in January, 1979 on NBC and are loosely based on Hanna-Barbera's Superfriends cartoon.