#134 What's My Crime? Bob Dozier's Joker Drafts

Scripts are back! After many months resting our script-research muscles, we're back to tackle the first two drafts of Robert Dozier's The Joker is Wild — originally called The Joker's Utility Belt, after the comics story the script is based on. Oddly, this first draft seems to also have scenes that are based on Lorenzo Semple's Hi Diddle Riddle! Holy carbon copy! As usual, draft first-season batscripts tell us much about the show finding and defining itself, and also help us notice some imperfections in the broadcast episode that we hadn't realized were there. They also lead us to a mini Bat Research Lab on a topic very relevant to this script — news anchors! Also, Snoop Dogg's Batman and Robin, and your mail about episode 131 "1970: Batman Goes Solo and Gets Spooky"! Also: The D'oh Prize is back! SCRIPTS The Joker's Utility Belt (draft) The Joker is Wild (revised draft) Discussion on the '66 Batman message board! 1/27/66 memo from Bill Dozier to Howie Horwitz: More sexy dames! Allan Burns explains the origin of Ted Baxter Batman Lava soap commercial Snoop Dogg: Batman and Robin