And As The Clown Prince Of Crime I Decline by Dave Goode
When the Batman television series premiered on ABC-TV, the 8 year old me thought it was cooler than the other side of the
pillow. Largely because the pilot episodes Hi Diddle Riddle and Smack
In The Middle were so much better than the comic book story
The Remarkable Ruse Of The Riddler from Batman No. 171 (May 1965)
they were based on.
During the first season of the show a number of the
episodes were adapted from the comic books. Of these my favorite was
adapted from my favorite Joker story at the time...The
Joker's Utility Belt from Batman No. 73 (Oct. 1952) .
A story that I
first read in reprinted form in 80 Page Giant Batman No. 176 (Dec. 1965).
The Joker Is Wild and Batman Is Riled that originally aired on
January 26 and January 27 of 1966 were not a spot on adaptation of the
comic book story. But the screenplay written by Robert Dozier (the
nephew of the show's producer) is darn close. With
things, like the Joker's escape from prison, a welcome addition.
Dozier's screenplay captures the spirit of the original. Another welcome
addition was Nancy Kovack as the Clown Prince of Crime's moll Queenie.
Also sometimes we also forget just how good Cesar Romero was as the
Joker. Since Jack Nicholson played the role in the 1989 movie
screenwriters have made the character more and more psychotic. And we
forget just how scary Romero was in the role. Especially
in this episode.
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