Does the mere idea of stepping into another mall, watching It’s a Wonderful Life for the zillionth
time, or talking to your loved ones make you throw up? Then settle your bowlful
of jelly into the La-Z-Boy® and deck your hall with today’s installment of Psychobabble’s 12 Days of X-Mas Episodes instead!
Merry vegetating!
Series: Batman: The Animated Series
Episode: “Christmas
with the Joker”, in which the cartoon many consider to be the ultimate screen
adaptation of the Dark Knight saga layers on the silliness as assuredly as it
delivers the darkness. The animators and voice actor Mark Hamill have a blast
bringing The Joker to life for the first time in the series. The Clown Prince
of Crime does some fucked up things like kidnapping Commissioner Gordon,
reporter Summer Gleeson, and sleazy Detective Bullock and vowing to slaughter
them if Batman does not intervene by midnight on Christmas. But he also perpetrates some serious silliness when he breaks into a chorus of “Jingle
Bells, Batman Smells”. I’ve always been fascinated with that song, which so
tenaciously spread throughout the world without having an identifiable
composer. A few years ago, Cracked.com attempted to ferret out the true origin
of “Jingle Bells, Batman Smells”. You can read the article here.
