Batman (1966): The Joker Is Wild
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The Joker Is Wild
- 5.
- Season: 1
- Episode: 5
- First Aired: 1/26/1966
- As Chief of Police, O'Hara should know better than to give away evidence as souveniors, even if he didn't like the look of it. edit »
- Jose Ferrer and Gig Young were considered for the role of The Joker. edit »
- Cesar Romero refused to shave his moustache which gave him his career, so they had to cover it with makeup as well. edit »
- Notice that The Joker's henchmen are named after legendary comedians: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, W.C. Fields and Ernie Kovacs. edit »
- The Joker: (Laughing) And now, people of Gotham City, the moment you have all been waiting for. (Still laughing) The grand finale! The climax of my performance! The zenith of my career! The unmasking of Batman and Robin the boy wonder!
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- Heath Ledger would go on to portray the Joker in the 2008 movie Batman: The Dark Knight prior to his death on January 22, 2008. edit »
- Jack Nicholson played the Joker in the 1989 movie Batman. edit »
- The Joker's henchwoman Queenie originated in the comic books in the 1940s. In that story, as the Joker's cohort, she learned Bruce Wayne was Batman but was killed, taking the information with her. edit »
- This is the first appearance of the Joker.
edit » - This was the first Bat-episode to be adapted as a ViewMaster (#1003). edit »
- Writer Robert Dozier is the son of Batman Executive Producer William Dozier. edit »
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