A Few Batman Tidbits

Don't worry.  NO spoilers for The Dark Knight Rises follow.  I haven't even seen it yet.

First up, a really sweet Nolan trilogy desktop.  It's 1920 X 1080:

Here's a little something for your "out-of-office" emails tomorrow:

Next, here's an observation I made after seeing an episode of The Twilight Zone:

This is a still from the 1964 Twilight Zone episode “Caesar and Me.” Jackie Cooper plays a down-on-his-luck ventriloquist with an evil (maybe possessed) dummy named “Little Caesar.” Obviously modeled on gangster Al Capone, the dummy even has a scar on its face. The dummy talks the man into committing crimes.

This is a still from an episode of the fantastic Batman: The Animated Series. The man is The Ventriloquist and he first appeared in print in 1988. The dummy is named “Scarface.” Obviously modeled on gangster Al Capone, the dummy even has a scar on its face. The dummy’s personality derives from the cracked psyche of the operator and it convinces him to commit crimes.

Watching Twilight Zone recently, my mind immediately went to pitiful Arnold Wesker. Twenty-four years separate TZ and Batman and I can’t help but think that a seed was planted …



Next up, here's Jill St. John, who played one of the Joker's hench-people in an episode of old school Batman wherein she doubled for Robin:

And here's Carrie Kelly, from Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns:

Coincidence?  Maybe.


Next, here's a great little video:

That's Jimmy Fallon providing the voice of Pee-Wee Herman.


And one last thing:

And I'll see you at the movies!