About this episode
Tune in as we trace the origins of Jingle Bells, Batman Smells , in the 1992 Christmas episode of Batman, the Animated Series . **** 🎙 Guests: Joey O. ( Y-Not Radio , Words with Nerds , @ImGonnaDJ24 ). Jay Ryan ( Sludge Central , the Purple Stuff Podcast , @SludgeCentral ). **** 💬 Topics & Tangents: 1. The crowdsourced origins of Jingle Bells, Batman Smells . 2. More discussion on Christmas with the Joker on Batman, the Animated Podcast’s Batman, the Animated Podcast and The Arkham Sessions . 3. Gotham City is in New Jersey . 4. Mark Hamill’s original performance as Ferris Boyle in Heart of Ice . 5. Comic Book: The Movie . 6. Mark Hamill’s longtime obsession with David Letterman . 7. Charles Manson apparently spent this Christmas at Arkham Asylum before spending a later Christmas in Nebraska on South Park . 8. Joker’s “Laffy” hand puppet reminds us of Señor Wences . 9. His upside-down mouth puppet is even weirder. 10. Betty Blooper looks like Toot from Drawn Together . 11. Of course the Joker is hiding out at the Laffco Toy Factory . Look at it! **** “Batman, the Animated Series” and “Christmas with the Joker” © 1992 Warner Bros. Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house . Say hi on Twitter @adventcalhouse . Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost . Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house .