1 00:00:01,502 --> 00:00:03,546 announcer: Blue Ribbon Content presents: 2 00:00:03,629 --> 00:00:07,008 "Batman: The Audio Adventures." 3 00:00:07,884 --> 00:00:09,343 [soft music] 4 00:00:09,427 --> 00:00:11,763 narrator: An alley... [safety clicks] 5 00:00:11,846 --> 00:00:15,808 A pistol... [thumping] 6 00:00:15,892 --> 00:00:17,185 - No! 7 00:00:17,268 --> 00:00:18,686 narrator: An orphan. 8 00:00:18,770 --> 00:00:20,688 This Sunday night on Gotham City One's 9 00:00:20,772 --> 00:00:23,733 award winning docuseries "Ghosts of Gotham: 10 00:00:23,816 --> 00:00:27,612 The Thomas and Martha Wayne Murders 20 Years Later." 11 00:00:27,695 --> 00:00:29,572 Relive the night that has been called 12 00:00:29,655 --> 00:00:32,241 "Our rude awakening from the dream of a better Goth"-- 13 00:00:32,325 --> 00:00:34,577 [static buzzes, electronic musical trill] 14 00:00:34,660 --> 00:00:37,497 - We interrupt this broadcast for a breaking news report 15 00:00:37,580 --> 00:00:38,998 from Gotham City One. 16 00:00:39,081 --> 00:00:41,542 [upbeat music] 17 00:00:41,626 --> 00:00:45,713 - ♪ Gotham City One ♪ 18 00:00:45,797 --> 00:00:47,381 - This is Jack Ryder... [crowd cheering] 19 00:00:47,465 --> 00:00:49,217 [dance music playing] Live in downtown Gotham 20 00:00:49,300 --> 00:00:51,385 outside GCPD headquarters. 21 00:00:51,469 --> 00:00:53,513 It is hard to describe the scene. 22 00:00:53,596 --> 00:00:56,974 Is it a street party? Is it a terrorist mob? 23 00:00:57,058 --> 00:00:58,851 The so-called Bat-Signal on the roof 24 00:00:58,935 --> 00:01:01,896 of police HQ is wheeling and gyrating 25 00:01:01,979 --> 00:01:04,857 in a multicolor display to the throbbing beat 26 00:01:04,941 --> 00:01:09,695 of an incredibly loud electronic dance track. 27 00:01:09,779 --> 00:01:12,031 [crowd cheering wildly] 28 00:01:12,114 --> 00:01:15,576 [electronic dance music continues] 29 00:01:15,660 --> 00:01:18,037 All the lights in the GCPD tower 30 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:19,872 are pulsing and strobing. 31 00:01:19,956 --> 00:01:23,668 Is it a mere malfunction, or is it sinister sabotage? 32 00:01:23,751 --> 00:01:26,045 Whatever it is, it's inspired a mob 33 00:01:26,128 --> 00:01:27,880 of apparently intoxicated young people 34 00:01:27,964 --> 00:01:31,092 to have a violent dance party in the street out front. 35 00:01:31,175 --> 00:01:33,636 Let's talk to--excuse me, excuse me. 36 00:01:33,719 --> 00:01:35,596 Would you say a few words for the-- 37 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:37,807 - Hey, man, you're Jack Ryder. 38 00:01:37,890 --> 00:01:39,392 - Yes, yes, can you tell us why-- 39 00:01:39,475 --> 00:01:41,227 - Oh, have you heard? - [laughing] 40 00:01:41,310 --> 00:01:43,729 - Joker is love, baby. - Excuse me, what did you-- 41 00:01:43,813 --> 00:01:45,898 - The Joker is love, daddy-o. 42 00:01:45,982 --> 00:01:49,777 Joker loves Gotham City. Joker loves me. 43 00:01:49,861 --> 00:01:53,406 [laughing] Joker loves you. 44 00:01:53,489 --> 00:01:56,117 - Joker loves Jack Ryder! 45 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:58,119 - Well, no, don't say-- [microphone feedback] 46 00:01:58,202 --> 00:02:01,205 - ♪ The Joker loves Jack Ryder and Gotham City One ♪ 47 00:02:01,289 --> 00:02:02,582 - Please don't say that. 48 00:02:02,665 --> 00:02:04,584 That is not an official endorsement. 49 00:02:04,667 --> 00:02:05,960 I do not accept 50 00:02:06,043 --> 00:02:07,879 the endorsements of any mass murderers. 51 00:02:07,962 --> 00:02:10,631 People know that about me. - Hey, Gotham City, good news! 52 00:02:10,715 --> 00:02:12,133 [microphone feedback] - Don't take-- 53 00:02:12,216 --> 00:02:14,176 - You'll never be lonely again. 54 00:02:14,260 --> 00:02:16,721 - Give me-- - This Valentine's Day... 55 00:02:16,804 --> 00:02:19,599 - In the dark purple dawn... - Okay-- 56 00:02:19,682 --> 00:02:22,727 - Joker takes me. He takes you. 57 00:02:22,810 --> 00:02:25,980 He takes the whole dang city in... 58 00:02:26,063 --> 00:02:29,317 [together] Holy matrimony, Batman! 59 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:30,943 [wild laughter] - Give me that! 60 00:02:31,027 --> 00:02:33,446 Ugh, mania! There's no other word for it, 61 00:02:33,529 --> 00:02:36,282 and I think we all know who is responsible. 62 00:02:36,365 --> 00:02:39,118 This reporter can now confirm that the rumors are true. 63 00:02:39,201 --> 00:02:42,121 The city is on alert for an impending attack 64 00:02:42,204 --> 00:02:44,290 by the Joker on Valentine's Day. 65 00:02:44,373 --> 00:02:46,000 [sinister laughter] Stay tuned 66 00:02:46,083 --> 00:02:48,544 to Gotham City One for the latest developments. 67 00:02:48,628 --> 00:02:50,963 ♪ ♪ 68 00:02:51,047 --> 00:02:53,966 narrator: Gotham, a city of 12 million devils 69 00:02:54,050 --> 00:02:56,385 dancing on the head of a pin. 70 00:02:56,469 --> 00:02:57,845 Join us now for a tale of 71 00:02:57,929 --> 00:03:00,181 "Life and Death in Gotham City." 72 00:03:00,264 --> 00:03:01,974 February 8th. 73 00:03:02,058 --> 00:03:04,810 After a few days' return to the state of siege 74 00:03:04,894 --> 00:03:06,354 that passes for normalcy, 75 00:03:06,437 --> 00:03:08,648 Gotham City is reminded once more 76 00:03:08,731 --> 00:03:12,485 that on Valentine's Day, the Joker has vowed to strike. 77 00:03:12,568 --> 00:03:15,821 With Two-Face and Penguin engaged in open warfare 78 00:03:15,905 --> 00:03:17,615 and the Riddler still at large, 79 00:03:17,698 --> 00:03:20,660 the Batman ricochets from crisis to crisis, 80 00:03:20,743 --> 00:03:25,081 wondering why exactly Catwoman has been so quiet lately. 81 00:03:26,916 --> 00:03:30,169 We resume our adventures as the sabotaged Bat-Signal 82 00:03:30,252 --> 00:03:33,089 continues to spasm in polychromatic fits 83 00:03:33,172 --> 00:03:35,091 across the ink-dark sky. 84 00:03:35,174 --> 00:03:39,303 Far below, a writhing mass of drugged teenagers gyrates 85 00:03:39,387 --> 00:03:40,846 to the beat in front of 86 00:03:40,930 --> 00:03:44,058 the Gotham City Police Department HQ. 87 00:03:44,141 --> 00:03:46,352 As the music becomes more frenetic, 88 00:03:46,435 --> 00:03:48,187 the terpsichorean riot threatens 89 00:03:48,270 --> 00:03:50,106 to descend into violence. [sinister laughter] 90 00:03:50,189 --> 00:03:54,193 - Back off! We will use tear gas! 91 00:03:54,276 --> 00:03:59,198 - He said tear gas. [laughs hysterically] 92 00:03:59,281 --> 00:04:03,119 all: [chanting] GCPD, pudding and pie, 93 00:04:03,202 --> 00:04:06,455 gas the kids and make them cry! 94 00:04:06,539 --> 00:04:07,748 [hysterical giggling] 95 00:04:07,832 --> 00:04:09,542 [sirens wailing, tires squealing] 96 00:04:09,625 --> 00:04:11,502 narrator: A squad car pulls up on the curb 97 00:04:11,585 --> 00:04:13,754 to deliver Commissioner Gordon to the scene 98 00:04:13,838 --> 00:04:15,381 of mounting mayhem. 99 00:04:15,464 --> 00:04:17,633 - Muldoon, what the hell is this? 100 00:04:17,717 --> 00:04:19,844 - It's some kind of prank, Commissioner. 101 00:04:19,927 --> 00:04:22,722 Someone put the word out that a flash mob dance party 102 00:04:22,805 --> 00:04:25,725 was going down tonight outside the GCPD building. 103 00:04:25,808 --> 00:04:27,268 - Dance party? 104 00:04:27,351 --> 00:04:28,811 - Here's a flyer. Look for yourself. 105 00:04:28,894 --> 00:04:31,188 "Dance until the dark purple dawn." 106 00:04:31,272 --> 00:04:32,898 They promised the kids free drugs 107 00:04:32,982 --> 00:04:35,359 and a laser light show courtesy of the Joker. 108 00:04:35,443 --> 00:04:36,777 - Oh, for the love of-- 109 00:04:36,861 --> 00:04:38,904 - Sure enough, Joker's crew hacked all 110 00:04:38,988 --> 00:04:40,865 the building's automated systems, 111 00:04:40,948 --> 00:04:42,992 cranked the music through our own PA. 112 00:04:43,075 --> 00:04:45,911 When the crowd gathered, two goons in clown masks 113 00:04:45,995 --> 00:04:48,956 sprayed 'em down good with God knows what chemicals. 114 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:51,125 - This is childish. What's he playing at? 115 00:04:51,208 --> 00:04:52,668 - It's a real headache, sir. 116 00:04:52,752 --> 00:04:54,879 Half the force is basically barricaded 117 00:04:54,962 --> 00:04:56,547 in the building by the crowd. 118 00:04:56,630 --> 00:04:58,799 - Well, can somebody get the-- [phone rings] 119 00:04:58,883 --> 00:05:00,926 - I've got the Batman on the line, sir! 120 00:05:01,010 --> 00:05:03,888 - Incredible. That guy is always available. 121 00:05:03,971 --> 00:05:05,514 I don't know how he does it. [clears throat] 122 00:05:05,598 --> 00:05:07,850 Batman, well, I guess you heard. 123 00:05:07,933 --> 00:05:09,727 - Yes, I know about the flash mob, Commissioner. 124 00:05:09,810 --> 00:05:11,103 Manage the situation, 125 00:05:11,187 --> 00:05:12,730 but don't overextend resources. 126 00:05:12,813 --> 00:05:14,774 It's a distraction. [tires squealing] 127 00:05:14,857 --> 00:05:16,275 I'm in pursuit of an armored car 128 00:05:16,358 --> 00:05:17,860 from the Center for Disease Control. 129 00:05:17,943 --> 00:05:19,820 It's been hijacked by an armed assault team 130 00:05:19,904 --> 00:05:22,156 led by Joker's handyman, Charlie Charliehorse. 131 00:05:22,239 --> 00:05:24,867 - Eat lead, Batman! [rapid gunfire] 132 00:05:24,950 --> 00:05:27,286 - Batmobile, deploy battering ram. 133 00:05:27,369 --> 00:05:29,205 [mechanical whirring] 134 00:05:29,288 --> 00:05:31,582 [explosion and crashing] 135 00:05:31,665 --> 00:05:33,125 - Uh, Batman, 136 00:05:33,209 --> 00:05:34,752 you sure you should be on the phone right now? 137 00:05:34,835 --> 00:05:36,170 - The armored car is carrying a sample 138 00:05:36,253 --> 00:05:37,713 of weaponized tetanus. 139 00:05:37,797 --> 00:05:39,256 They were en route to a military facility 140 00:05:39,340 --> 00:05:40,716 outside town. 141 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:42,676 - What the hell is weaponized tetanus? 142 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:45,638 - It's a highly contagious and fatal form of lockjaw, 143 00:05:45,721 --> 00:05:47,389 makes you grin yourself to death. 144 00:05:47,473 --> 00:05:49,183 The Joker is shopping for ingredients 145 00:05:49,266 --> 00:05:50,976 for one of his designer poisons. 146 00:05:51,060 --> 00:05:52,603 His understanding of neurotoxins 147 00:05:52,686 --> 00:05:54,522 and psychedelics makes the Scarecrow look 148 00:05:54,605 --> 00:05:57,650 like a lab assistant. - So come Valentine's day, 149 00:05:57,733 --> 00:06:00,277 we can expect more indiscriminate mass murder. 150 00:06:00,361 --> 00:06:01,987 - The Joker doesn't see it that way. 151 00:06:02,071 --> 00:06:04,406 He considers himself an entertainer, 152 00:06:04,490 --> 00:06:06,826 an educator, a public service. 153 00:06:06,909 --> 00:06:08,452 [tires squealing] - Hilarious. 154 00:06:08,536 --> 00:06:09,954 - Don't dismiss it. 155 00:06:10,037 --> 00:06:11,997 The Joker has figured out a potent truth: 156 00:06:12,081 --> 00:06:14,834 everyone's going to die, and if they have a choice, 157 00:06:14,917 --> 00:06:16,752 they prefer to die laughing. 158 00:06:16,836 --> 00:06:19,839 Religions have been founded on shallower insight. 159 00:06:19,922 --> 00:06:21,715 Full reverse and engage strobe cannon. 160 00:06:21,799 --> 00:06:25,219 - Batman, maybe we can debrief after you're safely-- 161 00:06:25,302 --> 00:06:26,846 - No, it's fine. I can talk. 162 00:06:26,929 --> 00:06:29,181 Flamethrower, target auto-lock. 163 00:06:29,265 --> 00:06:31,809 - Yeah, it really sounds like you should be 164 00:06:31,892 --> 00:06:34,687 concentrating right now. - It's fine, Commissioner. 165 00:06:34,770 --> 00:06:36,230 - But is it though? [flames whooshing] 166 00:06:36,313 --> 00:06:38,482 - Yes. Deploy parachute. 167 00:06:38,566 --> 00:06:40,359 [tires squealing] 168 00:06:40,442 --> 00:06:43,237 [water splashing loudly] Okay, no, you're right. 169 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:45,281 We should continue this conversation later. 170 00:06:45,364 --> 00:06:46,740 I'm currently in freefall, 171 00:06:46,824 --> 00:06:48,701 but remember the clock is ticking. 172 00:06:48,784 --> 00:06:50,202 Whatever the Joker is planning, 173 00:06:50,286 --> 00:06:52,204 Valentine's Day is coming up fast. 174 00:06:52,288 --> 00:06:54,373 Batman out. 175 00:06:54,456 --> 00:06:57,209 narrator: With a weary sigh, the commissioner of police 176 00:06:57,293 --> 00:07:00,963 feels the insistent tug of his slumbering nicotine addiction. 177 00:07:01,046 --> 00:07:02,506 - Muldoon, let's work on 178 00:07:02,590 --> 00:07:04,675 evacuating the central personnel from HQ. 179 00:07:04,758 --> 00:07:07,011 We need badges on the street, even the crooked ones. 180 00:07:07,094 --> 00:07:08,846 - But what about this crowd, sir? 181 00:07:08,929 --> 00:07:11,682 Do we force them to disperse? - Absolutely not. 182 00:07:11,765 --> 00:07:13,517 Let them tire themselves out here 183 00:07:13,601 --> 00:07:16,270 rather than spreading all over the city in that state. 184 00:07:16,353 --> 00:07:17,813 And have blankets ready 185 00:07:17,897 --> 00:07:19,565 and a cardiac response team standing by. 186 00:07:19,648 --> 00:07:21,358 They're having fun now, 187 00:07:21,442 --> 00:07:23,736 but I'm sad to say these kids probably haven't yet heard 188 00:07:23,819 --> 00:07:26,113 the punchline to the joke. 189 00:07:26,197 --> 00:07:29,408 narrator: In Gotham City, the Joker draws Cupid's bow 190 00:07:29,491 --> 00:07:30,993 and aims for the kill. 191 00:07:31,076 --> 00:07:33,746 Will this fiended archer of hearts drop his prey 192 00:07:33,829 --> 00:07:34,955 where it stands? 193 00:07:35,039 --> 00:07:36,916 The answer in a future tale 194 00:07:36,999 --> 00:07:39,460 of "Life and Death in Gotham City." 195 00:07:39,543 --> 00:07:41,503 [radio static] 196 00:07:41,587 --> 00:07:44,757 - Ha, ha, ha! Ahoy there, me hearties! 197 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:46,634 If you got a whale of an appetite, 198 00:07:46,717 --> 00:07:50,262 the sail on down to the Bounding Main Seafood Shanty 199 00:07:50,346 --> 00:07:53,474 for Gotham City's finest seafood and chops, 200 00:07:53,557 --> 00:07:57,061 home of the bottomless basket of hush puppies, 201 00:07:57,144 --> 00:07:59,605 and that's as many hush puppies as you can eat 202 00:07:59,688 --> 00:08:01,440 within reason, people. 203 00:08:01,523 --> 00:08:03,108 Don't be the guy who ruins it for everyone. 204 00:08:03,192 --> 00:08:04,526 And for a limited-- [static squealing] 205 00:08:04,610 --> 00:08:06,111 - We interrupt this broadcast-- 206 00:08:06,195 --> 00:08:07,821 [warping] We interrupt this broadcast-- 207 00:08:07,905 --> 00:08:10,282 - We interrupt-- - We interrupt this broadca-- 208 00:08:10,366 --> 00:08:12,785 [distorted echoing] 209 00:08:12,868 --> 00:08:14,245 - [laughing] 210 00:08:14,328 --> 00:08:15,913 [placid classical music] What's up, Gotham? 211 00:08:15,996 --> 00:08:19,416 Riddler here, AKA Edward Nygma. 212 00:08:19,500 --> 00:08:21,377 Not my real name of course, people, 213 00:08:21,460 --> 00:08:23,212 it's a nom de guerre. 214 00:08:23,295 --> 00:08:24,630 Thought that was obvious, 215 00:08:24,713 --> 00:08:26,590 but it's the number one question I get, 216 00:08:26,674 --> 00:08:29,510 not "Hey, what's it like to be the most powerful intellect 217 00:08:29,593 --> 00:08:31,095 on the planet?" 218 00:08:31,178 --> 00:08:33,472 Nah, it's usually, "Hey, Riddler, did you know 219 00:08:33,555 --> 00:08:36,809 your name is E. Nygma, huh, huh, huh?" 220 00:08:36,892 --> 00:08:39,478 Like they thought of it or something. 221 00:08:39,562 --> 00:08:41,146 [laughs] 222 00:08:41,230 --> 00:08:43,732 Pet peeve, okay? 223 00:08:43,816 --> 00:08:46,944 Anyway, I have a special message for the Batman. 224 00:08:47,027 --> 00:08:50,155 I'd like to generously propose a brief cessation 225 00:08:50,239 --> 00:08:51,824 of hostilities between us. 226 00:08:51,907 --> 00:08:56,120 Oh, not for me, but for your sake, you moron. 227 00:08:56,203 --> 00:08:58,706 Thought I'd give your overheated skull meat 228 00:08:58,789 --> 00:09:00,124 a chance to cool down. 229 00:09:00,207 --> 00:09:01,959 It's the only humane thing to do. 230 00:09:02,042 --> 00:09:03,627 I can tell after my last riddle, 231 00:09:03,711 --> 00:09:06,672 it's just a pig roast above your eyebrows. 232 00:09:06,755 --> 00:09:08,340 [laughs] 233 00:09:08,424 --> 00:09:11,093 [laidback ukulele music] A real cerebral luau 234 00:09:11,176 --> 00:09:13,012 upstairs at Batman's house, 235 00:09:13,095 --> 00:09:14,680 you know what I mean? 236 00:09:14,763 --> 00:09:19,101 So enjoy a very brief break courtesy of the Riddler 237 00:09:19,184 --> 00:09:20,561 because I assure you, 238 00:09:20,644 --> 00:09:24,356 my next quiz is scheduled for soon. 239 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:28,235 Hasta la pasta, you dumb ding-dong-- 240 00:09:28,319 --> 00:09:30,988 - In conclusion, a good rule of thumb is, 241 00:09:31,071 --> 00:09:34,616 if you think maybe you took too many hush puppies, 242 00:09:34,700 --> 00:09:35,993 you probably did. 243 00:09:36,076 --> 00:09:37,745 Put a few back, you glutton. 244 00:09:37,828 --> 00:09:39,371 Just because it has calories doesn't mean 245 00:09:39,455 --> 00:09:41,040 you have to stuff it down your gullet. 246 00:09:41,123 --> 00:09:44,418 Aye, that's the Bounding Main Seafood Shanty, 247 00:09:44,501 --> 00:09:46,962 the freshest seafood in Gotham 248 00:09:47,046 --> 00:09:51,216 on the waterfront next door to the fish cannery. 249 00:09:51,300 --> 00:09:53,052 Ha-ha-argh! 250 00:09:53,135 --> 00:09:55,179 [upbeat music] 251 00:09:55,888 --> 00:09:58,474 [soft music] 252 00:09:58,557 --> 00:10:00,100 narrator: Gotham, a city 253 00:10:00,184 --> 00:10:02,895 whose bricks are mortared with mystery. 254 00:10:02,978 --> 00:10:04,688 Join us now for a tale 255 00:10:04,772 --> 00:10:07,858 of "Life and Death in Gotham City." 256 00:10:07,941 --> 00:10:11,236 ♪ ♪ 257 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:14,073 It has been more than a day since Gotham City 258 00:10:14,156 --> 00:10:16,075 last suffered a catastrophic conundrum 259 00:10:16,158 --> 00:10:19,411 as posed by that poisonous puzzle man the Riddler. 260 00:10:19,495 --> 00:10:22,247 Whatever erudite excuse he may give you, 261 00:10:22,331 --> 00:10:25,125 the reason for the pause in his crime wave is simple. 262 00:10:25,209 --> 00:10:26,960 He suffers from a grave malady. 263 00:10:27,044 --> 00:10:28,754 - No! - One that befalls genius 264 00:10:28,837 --> 00:10:30,672 and idiot alike, and for which 265 00:10:30,756 --> 00:10:32,424 there is no reliable cure. 266 00:10:32,508 --> 00:10:36,136 This terrible affliction is called writer's block. 267 00:10:36,220 --> 00:10:40,265 - No, no, no, no, no, no, zilch, nada, zero, zero. 268 00:10:40,349 --> 00:10:42,601 - Secreted in the abandoned book depository 269 00:10:42,684 --> 00:10:44,436 he calls the Riddle Lair, 270 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:47,606 Edward Nygma tries in vain to find a criminal enterprise 271 00:10:47,689 --> 00:10:51,860 worthy of his genius in a box of random wires and diodes. 272 00:10:51,944 --> 00:10:54,321 - Nope, that's done to death. [groans] 273 00:10:54,405 --> 00:10:56,824 No, no, hack city, hack city. Face it, Eddie. 274 00:10:56,907 --> 00:10:59,243 You got nothing again today. [groans] 275 00:10:59,326 --> 00:11:02,955 Inspiration, my nine lovelies, ubi sunt? 276 00:11:03,038 --> 00:11:04,623 narrator: Setting aside the jumbled box 277 00:11:04,706 --> 00:11:06,208 of cybernetic knickknacks, 278 00:11:06,291 --> 00:11:09,169 the Riddler calls his acquisitions man. 279 00:11:09,253 --> 00:11:10,796 [dial clicking, line trilling] 280 00:11:10,879 --> 00:11:13,632 - [distorted chatter] - Yeah, Mr. Fiddler? 281 00:11:13,716 --> 00:11:15,342 It's Eddie Nygma. 282 00:11:15,426 --> 00:11:17,428 Yeah, well, I'm fine, Mr. F., 283 00:11:17,511 --> 00:11:20,180 but I'd trade it all to mash my boot heel down 284 00:11:20,264 --> 00:11:22,975 on the throats of 8 million ignoramuses! 285 00:11:23,058 --> 00:11:24,643 - [distorted chatter] 286 00:11:24,726 --> 00:11:27,104 - You really want to argue Latin with me, Mr. F? 287 00:11:27,187 --> 00:11:31,400 Okay, it's ignoramuses. - [distorted chatter] 288 00:11:31,483 --> 00:11:32,985 - It is ignoramuses. 289 00:11:33,068 --> 00:11:35,154 So listen, I need you to deliver another load 290 00:11:35,237 --> 00:11:37,322 of high-tech whatnot 'cause your last batch 291 00:11:37,406 --> 00:11:39,741 of stuff is not doing it for me today. 292 00:11:39,825 --> 00:11:42,578 - [distorted chatter] - What? 293 00:11:42,661 --> 00:11:45,164 Oh, no, no, it's my problem, not yours. 294 00:11:45,247 --> 00:11:46,999 You do great work, all right? 295 00:11:47,082 --> 00:11:49,376 So how 'bout this-- can you get ahold 296 00:11:49,460 --> 00:11:51,628 of some full spectrum night vision goggles, 297 00:11:51,712 --> 00:11:54,423 an ultraviolet laser torch, and let's just say, 298 00:11:54,506 --> 00:11:56,300 the guidance system for a nuclear warhead? 299 00:11:56,383 --> 00:11:59,094 - [distorted chatter] - Yeah, hydrogen bomb can work 300 00:11:59,178 --> 00:12:01,305 if that's what you got. Take those items 301 00:12:01,388 --> 00:12:03,682 completely apart for me and send a random mixture 302 00:12:03,765 --> 00:12:06,018 of the resulting pile of bits and pieces as usual. 303 00:12:06,101 --> 00:12:07,603 - [distorted chatter] 304 00:12:07,686 --> 00:12:09,688 - No, surprise me. [chuckles] 305 00:12:09,771 --> 00:12:11,565 I'll wire the cash from the Caymans account. 306 00:12:11,648 --> 00:12:13,484 You can leave the delivery with Ms. Tuesday. 307 00:12:13,567 --> 00:12:16,278 - [distorted chatter] - Yeah, she's my girl Friday. 308 00:12:16,361 --> 00:12:17,863 [phone clicks] Ms. Tuesday? 309 00:12:17,946 --> 00:12:19,490 Oh, Ms. Tuesday! 310 00:12:19,573 --> 00:12:21,617 When you have a moment please! 311 00:12:21,700 --> 00:12:23,785 - The Riddler's young executive assistant 312 00:12:23,869 --> 00:12:26,205 enters the room, preceded by the sounds 313 00:12:26,288 --> 00:12:27,789 of an ongoing technical discussion 314 00:12:27,873 --> 00:12:29,500 concerning another issue. 315 00:12:29,583 --> 00:12:32,961 - It's, like, pleated, like, an accordion pleat. 316 00:12:33,045 --> 00:12:35,214 No, it's a skirt. I said that. 317 00:12:35,297 --> 00:12:37,591 - Who are you on the phone with? 318 00:12:37,674 --> 00:12:39,551 - What? Autumn. 319 00:12:39,635 --> 00:12:42,513 - Who on earth is Autumn? 320 00:12:42,596 --> 00:12:45,474 - My friend. She works for Scarecrow gang. 321 00:12:45,557 --> 00:12:48,477 - Could you hang up the phone please, Ms. Tuesday? 322 00:12:48,560 --> 00:12:50,562 I need your help. 323 00:12:50,646 --> 00:12:52,731 - Okay, I gotta go, Autumn. Call you back. 324 00:12:52,814 --> 00:12:54,733 Okay, so what? - What? 325 00:12:54,817 --> 00:12:57,569 That's your response to my request for assistance? 326 00:12:57,653 --> 00:12:59,196 - Yeah, what? 327 00:12:59,279 --> 00:13:02,074 - I feel like the employer-employee relationship 328 00:13:02,157 --> 00:13:05,244 has degraded a bit between us, Ms. Tuesday. 329 00:13:05,327 --> 00:13:07,162 - Okay? - [sighs] 330 00:13:07,246 --> 00:13:08,789 Okay, expect the delivery 331 00:13:08,872 --> 00:13:10,749 of assorted high-tech electronic components 332 00:13:10,832 --> 00:13:13,126 from Mr. Fiddler this afternoon, Ms. Tuesday, 333 00:13:13,210 --> 00:13:15,045 and get rid of those old items. 334 00:13:15,128 --> 00:13:16,838 I'm done with them. 335 00:13:16,922 --> 00:13:20,259 - Even little kids can clean up after themselves, Eddie. 336 00:13:20,342 --> 00:13:23,011 - Please, please don't call me Eddie. 337 00:13:23,095 --> 00:13:24,721 [frustrated laughter] 338 00:13:24,805 --> 00:13:26,848 And I pay you to assist me. 339 00:13:26,932 --> 00:13:28,934 - What the heck is all that junk anyway? 340 00:13:29,017 --> 00:13:33,355 - All this "junk" is my creative tool, Ms. Tuesday. 341 00:13:33,438 --> 00:13:36,441 I place various unrelated electronic components 342 00:13:36,525 --> 00:13:39,194 in a riddle box, and I shake it up. 343 00:13:39,278 --> 00:13:41,446 I pick a few out at random 344 00:13:41,530 --> 00:13:43,782 and try to invent something new out of them. 345 00:13:43,865 --> 00:13:47,160 It's my process. Oh, please don't touch that! 346 00:13:47,244 --> 00:13:49,246 - What is this thing? Looks weird. 347 00:13:49,329 --> 00:13:52,040 - You have a photographic memory, Ms. Tuesday. 348 00:13:52,124 --> 00:13:54,376 You know pi to 12,000 digits. 349 00:13:54,459 --> 00:13:58,630 Why can't you remember to keep your hands off my-- 350 00:13:58,714 --> 00:14:00,132 [crash] 351 00:14:00,215 --> 00:14:04,136 Ms. Tuesday, that's--that's-- that's fragile. 352 00:14:04,219 --> 00:14:06,722 - It was till you misaligned the diopter 353 00:14:06,805 --> 00:14:08,223 without degaussing it. 354 00:14:08,307 --> 00:14:10,475 Now it's a brick. - [panicked exclamation] 355 00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:12,227 I-- 356 00:14:12,311 --> 00:14:14,771 you're right. You're right, Ms. Tuesday. 357 00:14:14,855 --> 00:14:17,190 That's why it was underperforming. 358 00:14:17,274 --> 00:14:19,401 That's efficient troubleshooting. 359 00:14:19,484 --> 00:14:21,278 - Yeah, well, I grew up in Arkham Asylum 360 00:14:21,361 --> 00:14:23,739 'cause I'm crazy, not 'cause I'm stupid. 361 00:14:23,822 --> 00:14:26,742 So what, you couldn't think of nothing with all this junk? 362 00:14:26,825 --> 00:14:28,493 - Couldn't? 363 00:14:28,577 --> 00:14:32,205 No, don't be ridiculous, Ms. Tuesday. 364 00:14:32,289 --> 00:14:34,249 Since I had my yogurt this morning, 365 00:14:34,333 --> 00:14:37,336 I invented an improved quantum manifold, 366 00:14:37,419 --> 00:14:39,504 a new molecular drill bit, 367 00:14:39,588 --> 00:14:41,506 and a credit card sized television set 368 00:14:41,590 --> 00:14:43,800 that's powered by normal body temperature. 369 00:14:43,884 --> 00:14:46,303 But I didn't invent anything particularly criminal. 370 00:14:46,386 --> 00:14:49,389 That's why I need new inspiration. 371 00:14:49,473 --> 00:14:50,766 - Why don't you just take the junk 372 00:14:50,849 --> 00:14:52,351 you did invent and sell it? 373 00:14:52,434 --> 00:14:54,645 - Oh, I never get tired of this conversation. 374 00:14:54,728 --> 00:14:57,481 - Get rich and call it a day. That's what I'd do. 375 00:14:57,564 --> 00:14:59,149 - Okay, once again, 376 00:14:59,232 --> 00:15:02,194 because money doesn't motivate me, Ms. Tuesday. 377 00:15:02,277 --> 00:15:05,530 I'm an artist. My medium is crime. 378 00:15:05,614 --> 00:15:06,865 [phone dings] 379 00:15:06,948 --> 00:15:08,784 - Yeah, I know you always say that, 380 00:15:08,867 --> 00:15:10,202 but it seems like you're the only one 381 00:15:10,285 --> 00:15:12,037 who ever says that, you know? 382 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:15,374 - Thank you for the insight, Ms. Tuesday; that will be-- 383 00:15:15,457 --> 00:15:16,875 - Like, whatever you're seeing, 384 00:15:16,958 --> 00:15:19,211 the rest of Gotham City ain't seeing it. 385 00:15:19,294 --> 00:15:22,673 - That will be all, Ms. Tuesday. 386 00:15:22,756 --> 00:15:24,174 - Not that you ain't famous, 387 00:15:24,257 --> 00:15:25,759 but it's definitely Edward Nygma, 388 00:15:25,842 --> 00:15:27,636 murderous egotist mostly. 389 00:15:27,719 --> 00:15:29,304 I don't think I ever seen Edward Nygma, 390 00:15:29,388 --> 00:15:30,847 the artist of crime, 391 00:15:30,931 --> 00:15:32,891 and you know you have me clip all your press. 392 00:15:32,974 --> 00:15:38,355 - I need to get back to work, Ms. Tuesday! 393 00:15:38,438 --> 00:15:40,357 - Okay, conniption fit. 394 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:44,027 - No more interruptions please! 395 00:15:44,111 --> 00:15:46,738 I'm laboring at the foot of Parnassus. 396 00:15:46,822 --> 00:15:48,573 - I don't know what that is. 397 00:15:48,657 --> 00:15:53,412 - I need quiet to think of a way to humiliate the Batman. 398 00:15:53,495 --> 00:15:54,913 - Okay, but why? 399 00:15:54,996 --> 00:15:57,249 - Because, Ms. Tuesday, 400 00:15:57,332 --> 00:16:00,836 that slightly above average show-off the Batman has 401 00:16:00,919 --> 00:16:03,338 put me away three times. 402 00:16:03,422 --> 00:16:05,674 That cannot stand! 403 00:16:05,757 --> 00:16:08,135 - Yeah, but if you just cooled it and laid low, 404 00:16:08,218 --> 00:16:09,553 you could probably avoid number four. 405 00:16:09,636 --> 00:16:11,012 Just saying. You're smart. 406 00:16:11,096 --> 00:16:12,597 Why haven't you figured that out? 407 00:16:12,681 --> 00:16:15,684 - Ms. Tuesday, thank you, but I will not 408 00:16:15,767 --> 00:16:19,104 let the Batman's insults go unanswered. 409 00:16:19,187 --> 00:16:24,443 He locked me in that asylum with drooling nincompoops 410 00:16:24,526 --> 00:16:28,280 because he can't stand that I'm smarter than he is. 411 00:16:28,363 --> 00:16:31,908 He put his vile hands on me, 412 00:16:31,992 --> 00:16:35,495 incarcerated me as a means to cope 413 00:16:35,579 --> 00:16:39,666 with his own consuming jealousy of my intellect. 414 00:16:39,750 --> 00:16:42,127 So yes, I'm a little bit driven 415 00:16:42,210 --> 00:16:43,962 at the moment, Ms. Tuesday. 416 00:16:44,045 --> 00:16:47,132 It might not be about doing the logical thing right now, 417 00:16:47,215 --> 00:16:49,843 Ms. Tuesday. [stressed laughter] 418 00:16:49,926 --> 00:16:52,262 - Whatever, guess I'll leave you 419 00:16:52,345 --> 00:16:54,723 to your psycho meltdown then. 420 00:16:54,806 --> 00:16:57,184 - Thanks as ever, Ms. Tuesday. 421 00:16:57,267 --> 00:16:59,311 You really are an indispensable-- 422 00:16:59,394 --> 00:17:00,812 [chimes trill] 423 00:17:00,896 --> 00:17:03,523 - What? - Aha! 424 00:17:03,607 --> 00:17:04,816 - What? 425 00:17:04,900 --> 00:17:09,237 - Eureka, ex nihilo responsum! 426 00:17:09,321 --> 00:17:13,658 Domum dulce domum, eh, Batman? 427 00:17:13,742 --> 00:17:15,994 [laughs] 428 00:17:16,077 --> 00:17:19,664 Contraria contraris curator! 429 00:17:19,748 --> 00:17:22,751 [laughs] 430 00:17:22,834 --> 00:17:24,461 - So weird. 431 00:17:24,544 --> 00:17:26,838 - As the overeducated anarchist scribbles down 432 00:17:26,922 --> 00:17:29,132 his latest fevered mental confection, 433 00:17:29,216 --> 00:17:31,551 his girl Friday, Ms. Tuesday, 434 00:17:31,635 --> 00:17:33,345 watches with a mild expression. 435 00:17:33,428 --> 00:17:35,555 [phone chirping] - Hey, Autumn, I'm back. 436 00:17:35,639 --> 00:17:37,891 Oh, just like typical Eddie Nygma 437 00:17:37,974 --> 00:17:40,268 category five mansplain again. 438 00:17:40,352 --> 00:17:42,312 Oh, I'm so sure. Scarecrow, too? 439 00:17:42,395 --> 00:17:44,481 Funny thing about a super genius though, 440 00:17:44,564 --> 00:17:46,024 they're no different from 441 00:17:46,107 --> 00:17:48,193 any knuckle dragging Gotham glute, really. 442 00:17:48,276 --> 00:17:49,861 I mean, even when they're smart, 443 00:17:49,945 --> 00:17:52,030 they're way dumber than they think they are. 444 00:17:52,113 --> 00:17:54,866 Anyway, it's got, like, an accordion pleat. 445 00:17:54,950 --> 00:17:58,453 No, ugh, it's a skirt. I said that! 446 00:17:58,537 --> 00:18:00,455 ♪ ♪ 447 00:18:00,539 --> 00:18:03,625 narrator: What toxic test of the Batman's mental acuity 448 00:18:03,708 --> 00:18:06,128 is springing forth from the well-chewed pencil 449 00:18:06,211 --> 00:18:07,546 of Edward Nygma? 450 00:18:07,629 --> 00:18:10,048 Time will tell, wish though we might 451 00:18:10,131 --> 00:18:11,758 that it would not. 452 00:18:11,842 --> 00:18:13,134 Wishes are for birthday candles 453 00:18:13,218 --> 00:18:14,761 or coins in fountains, 454 00:18:14,845 --> 00:18:16,221 not the cruel custom 455 00:18:16,304 --> 00:18:19,641 of "Life and Death in Gotham City." 456 00:18:19,724 --> 00:18:22,185 ♪ ♪ 457 00:18:22,269 --> 00:18:24,312 - The fanfare... 458 00:18:24,396 --> 00:18:30,360 [trumpets playing the call to post] 459 00:18:30,443 --> 00:18:33,321 The starting bell... [bell rings] 460 00:18:33,405 --> 00:18:35,740 And they're off! 461 00:18:35,824 --> 00:18:37,325 Thoroughbred and harness racing, 462 00:18:37,409 --> 00:18:39,119 the Elliott, the Gotham Gentleman, 463 00:18:39,202 --> 00:18:42,038 the Patrick Wayne Stakes, the Psyonis Handicap. 464 00:18:42,122 --> 00:18:45,458 Ten races a night-- Gotham Downs Racetrack. 465 00:18:45,542 --> 00:18:49,087 Every race has winners. Come get your share. 466 00:18:49,170 --> 00:18:52,007 announcer: And it's neck and neck in the home stretch. 467 00:18:52,090 --> 00:18:53,508 - The jockeys are tiny. 468 00:18:53,592 --> 00:18:56,720 The horses are big-- suspiciously big, 469 00:18:56,803 --> 00:18:58,096 unnaturally big? 470 00:18:58,179 --> 00:18:59,890 Well, let's just say, if you like 471 00:18:59,973 --> 00:19:02,100 your performance enhanced, we've got you covered. 472 00:19:02,183 --> 00:19:03,602 [horse whinnies] 473 00:19:03,685 --> 00:19:06,479 Dramatically fewer fixed races--not none, 474 00:19:06,563 --> 00:19:09,274 but that's why they call it gambling. 475 00:19:09,357 --> 00:19:12,235 [cheers and applause] 476 00:19:12,319 --> 00:19:16,323 This Saturday at Gotham Downs, it's old Kentucky night. 477 00:19:16,406 --> 00:19:19,159 Everyone who gambles gets a free pint of bourbon 478 00:19:19,242 --> 00:19:20,827 and a souvenir riding crop. 479 00:19:20,911 --> 00:19:22,495 We don't foresee any problems, 480 00:19:22,579 --> 00:19:24,581 but we'll admit it was a last-minute decision 481 00:19:24,664 --> 00:19:26,875 that didn't get discussed with the whole team. 482 00:19:26,958 --> 00:19:30,629 Gotham Downs Racetrack! [horse whinnies] 483 00:19:30,712 --> 00:19:34,382 Enjoy them before they're glue! 484 00:19:35,634 --> 00:19:37,761 [soft music] 485 00:19:37,844 --> 00:19:39,304 narrator: Gotham City, 486 00:19:39,387 --> 00:19:42,724 the rainbow in an oil slick on wet pavement. 487 00:19:42,807 --> 00:19:44,309 Join us now for a tale 488 00:19:44,392 --> 00:19:47,312 of "Life and Death in Gotham City." 489 00:19:47,395 --> 00:19:51,399 ♪ ♪ 490 00:19:51,483 --> 00:19:55,362 The Gotham Downs Racetrack, home to equestrian sports 491 00:19:55,445 --> 00:19:58,406 and criminal pursuits of various descriptions. 492 00:19:58,490 --> 00:20:02,160 In his lavish private box, Oswald Cobblepot, 493 00:20:02,244 --> 00:20:05,789 AKA the blackhearted blackbird known as the Penguin, 494 00:20:05,872 --> 00:20:08,249 reclines on an ostrich leather divan 495 00:20:08,333 --> 00:20:09,834 as he waits impatiently 496 00:20:09,918 --> 00:20:13,797 for his latest malicious provocation to unfold. 497 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:16,466 - Look at this, Mr. Decondor! 498 00:20:16,549 --> 00:20:21,513 "The Gotham Museum invites you to waddle on down 499 00:20:21,596 --> 00:20:25,266 to the new Oswald Cobblepot Hall of Penguins"? 500 00:20:25,350 --> 00:20:27,352 [aggravated warbling, paper crumpling] 501 00:20:27,435 --> 00:20:30,271 How dare they! - Apologies, sir. 502 00:20:30,355 --> 00:20:32,691 It is now two minutes until the second race. 503 00:20:32,774 --> 00:20:34,401 - Wha? Finally! 504 00:20:34,484 --> 00:20:37,320 Pass the binoculars, Mr. Decondor. 505 00:20:37,404 --> 00:20:39,572 I want to see if our little pair 506 00:20:39,656 --> 00:20:42,117 of idiot Harvey Dent shows up. 507 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:44,953 Two-Face fell like a dead swallow 508 00:20:45,036 --> 00:20:46,663 for my toucan ruse. 509 00:20:46,746 --> 00:20:49,541 My bet is he'll lose the other half of his mind 510 00:20:49,624 --> 00:20:52,460 when he sees the mischief that I have prepared 511 00:20:52,544 --> 00:20:56,047 for race number two tonight. [squawking laughter] 512 00:20:56,131 --> 00:20:57,841 narrator: As if on cue... [door creaks open] 513 00:20:57,924 --> 00:21:00,468 - Now I say, that is an exquisite pair 514 00:21:00,552 --> 00:21:01,886 of binoculars, Oswald. 515 00:21:01,970 --> 00:21:05,515 - You said it. See, Bob, Bub was right. 516 00:21:05,598 --> 00:21:07,267 We're packing the cheapo kind. 517 00:21:07,350 --> 00:21:10,228 narrator: In waltz Two-Face and his ever-present duo 518 00:21:10,312 --> 00:21:12,480 of handymen Bob and Bub. 519 00:21:12,564 --> 00:21:15,859 They are all turned out for a day at the races. 520 00:21:15,942 --> 00:21:18,570 - Ozzy's binoculars are deluxe. 521 00:21:18,653 --> 00:21:20,864 What's those fancy peepers run you, Ozzy? 522 00:21:20,947 --> 00:21:22,782 - [blubbering] Harvey Dent? 523 00:21:22,866 --> 00:21:25,618 Whatever brings you here? 524 00:21:25,702 --> 00:21:28,413 - Why, it's that second race, Oswald. 525 00:21:28,496 --> 00:21:31,833 We know what you're up to. - I'm sure I don't. 526 00:21:31,916 --> 00:21:34,127 - [chuckles] We don't know why, 527 00:21:34,210 --> 00:21:36,880 but you're trying to rattle our cage, Oswald. 528 00:21:36,963 --> 00:21:38,381 [coin clinks] Be careful. 529 00:21:38,465 --> 00:21:40,508 The bars are there for your safety. 530 00:21:40,592 --> 00:21:42,927 - Spare me the double-talk, Harvey. 531 00:21:43,011 --> 00:21:46,264 I don't speak mental patient. [squawking laughter] 532 00:21:46,347 --> 00:21:47,766 [coin clinks] 533 00:21:47,849 --> 00:21:50,685 [surprised grunt] - Okay, we'll talk slow. 534 00:21:50,769 --> 00:21:54,814 We noticed a funny thing in the racing form today. 535 00:21:54,898 --> 00:21:57,650 Tell him, princess. - Look at this. 536 00:21:57,734 --> 00:22:00,487 In the second race, Two Coins In a Fountain is 537 00:22:00,570 --> 00:22:03,156 running against Second Time's the Charm. 538 00:22:03,239 --> 00:22:06,242 - Two versus two in the second. 539 00:22:06,326 --> 00:22:08,912 What a pickle. Who to bet on? 540 00:22:08,995 --> 00:22:10,622 - That'd be a difficult decision 541 00:22:10,705 --> 00:22:13,124 to make with a coin toss, wouldn't it, Oswald? 542 00:22:13,208 --> 00:22:15,293 - Well, not for me, but I don't see the number two 543 00:22:15,376 --> 00:22:18,296 in every ink blot they show me down at the booby hatch. 544 00:22:18,379 --> 00:22:20,340 - Are you trying to be cute, Oswald? 545 00:22:20,423 --> 00:22:22,300 Because that's doomed to failure. 546 00:22:22,383 --> 00:22:24,844 - [laughs] Try playing quarterback 547 00:22:24,928 --> 00:22:26,471 for the Gotham Gargoyles. 548 00:22:26,554 --> 00:22:28,139 You'd have better luck, stubby. 549 00:22:28,223 --> 00:22:31,226 - But all right, Oswald. The game is shenanigans? 550 00:22:31,309 --> 00:22:32,644 We'll play. 551 00:22:32,727 --> 00:22:36,397 Bob, Bub, trash the joint, boys. 552 00:22:36,481 --> 00:22:38,149 - What? [glass smashing] 553 00:22:38,233 --> 00:22:39,776 You-- [squawking] 554 00:22:39,859 --> 00:22:41,986 Mr. Decondor, do something! 555 00:22:42,070 --> 00:22:45,865 - Yeah, Francisco, buddy, pal. [cocks gun] 556 00:22:45,949 --> 00:22:50,120 Do something, like sit back down and stay down. 557 00:22:50,203 --> 00:22:52,705 That's the whole range of options right now, amigo. 558 00:22:52,789 --> 00:22:55,416 Bub, smash that crystal swan first. 559 00:22:55,500 --> 00:22:57,085 - Then help Bob do a number 560 00:22:57,168 --> 00:23:00,213 on those absolutely stunning antique umbrellas. 561 00:23:00,296 --> 00:23:03,508 I gotta say, opulent little nest you have here. 562 00:23:03,591 --> 00:23:05,051 [crashing] 563 00:23:05,135 --> 00:23:07,470 - Should've said had here. 564 00:23:07,554 --> 00:23:10,223 - Stop it! Put that egg down! 565 00:23:10,306 --> 00:23:11,850 That's priceless! 566 00:23:11,933 --> 00:23:14,644 I'll get the cops down here, Dent, you maniac. 567 00:23:14,727 --> 00:23:17,605 I own more of them than you do. 568 00:23:17,689 --> 00:23:19,107 - No, you won't. 569 00:23:19,190 --> 00:23:21,568 This is all perfectly legal, my good man. 570 00:23:21,651 --> 00:23:25,572 - This is my private box! This is an obvious crime! 571 00:23:25,655 --> 00:23:27,532 - Oh, it's astounding what's legal in this town 572 00:23:27,615 --> 00:23:29,409 under the right circumstances. [metal clinking, crashing] 573 00:23:29,492 --> 00:23:32,912 Lot of weird old timey laws still on the books. 574 00:23:32,996 --> 00:23:34,581 Justice is blind. 575 00:23:34,664 --> 00:23:37,041 She's also an eccentric old dame. 576 00:23:37,125 --> 00:23:40,253 Take the 1907 Gotham City Municipal Ordinance 577 00:23:40,336 --> 00:23:42,297 for the Furtherance of Bird Watching. 578 00:23:42,380 --> 00:23:44,799 A Gotham legislator slash amateur bird watcher 579 00:23:44,883 --> 00:23:48,761 named Benjamin Waxworth Pie wanted to encourage people 580 00:23:48,845 --> 00:23:51,598 to take up bird watching in the Gotham countryside. 581 00:23:51,681 --> 00:23:54,475 - Oh, look there, such magnificent plumage! 582 00:23:54,559 --> 00:23:56,019 - But even back then, 583 00:23:56,102 --> 00:23:58,021 your typical Gotham property owner was known 584 00:23:58,104 --> 00:23:59,814 to respond to trespassers with... 585 00:23:59,898 --> 00:24:01,858 [cocks gun] - Say your prayers, city boy. 586 00:24:01,941 --> 00:24:03,443 [gunshot] - [grunts] 587 00:24:03,526 --> 00:24:06,237 - A double barrel bloodbath free of charge. 588 00:24:06,321 --> 00:24:08,406 - I say, you shot me. 589 00:24:08,489 --> 00:24:11,951 - I was gonna say inhospitality, 590 00:24:12,035 --> 00:24:13,745 but he's not wrong. 591 00:24:13,828 --> 00:24:16,039 So to immunize absent-minded ornithologists 592 00:24:16,122 --> 00:24:17,790 who had wandered over a property line 593 00:24:17,874 --> 00:24:20,293 from the consequences of pursuing their passion, 594 00:24:20,376 --> 00:24:23,755 he authored an odd law. 595 00:24:23,838 --> 00:24:26,424 - All in favor? - Aye! 596 00:24:26,507 --> 00:24:28,760 - Any gathering of three or more pairs 597 00:24:28,843 --> 00:24:30,303 of binoculars constitutes 598 00:24:30,386 --> 00:24:32,931 a licensed Gotham City birdwatching society 599 00:24:33,014 --> 00:24:36,100 and is exempt from all trespassing laws. 600 00:24:36,184 --> 00:24:37,393 [glass crashing] 601 00:24:37,477 --> 00:24:39,312 And property damage. 602 00:24:39,395 --> 00:24:41,231 [phone ringing] So see? 603 00:24:41,314 --> 00:24:42,857 You can call the cops, 604 00:24:42,941 --> 00:24:45,902 but we're just a bird watching club, Ozzy. 605 00:24:45,985 --> 00:24:47,862 It's all legal. 606 00:24:47,946 --> 00:24:50,198 We're just here to watch the birdy. 607 00:24:50,281 --> 00:24:53,618 - Well, answer the phone, Mr. Decondor! 608 00:24:53,701 --> 00:24:57,121 I don't know what you thought your exit strategy was 609 00:24:57,205 --> 00:24:58,623 for this stunt, Dent, 610 00:24:58,706 --> 00:25:01,584 but you won't go home upright. 611 00:25:01,668 --> 00:25:05,129 I'm going to-- - Sir, it's the city. 612 00:25:05,213 --> 00:25:07,298 They're shutting down the Iceberg Casino. 613 00:25:07,382 --> 00:25:09,592 - [squawking indignantly] Shutting down? 614 00:25:09,676 --> 00:25:11,261 - Something about-- 615 00:25:11,344 --> 00:25:14,264 - Let us chime in on this one, too, old pip. 616 00:25:14,347 --> 00:25:16,891 Turns out, any house of gambling is required 617 00:25:16,975 --> 00:25:19,769 to have a nondenominational chapel on the premises, 618 00:25:19,852 --> 00:25:22,605 you know, a fighting chance in a house of sin 619 00:25:22,689 --> 00:25:25,149 to keep your soul from perdition. 620 00:25:25,233 --> 00:25:28,444 Now, this obscure criminal infraction dates all the way 621 00:25:28,528 --> 00:25:32,573 back to 1848--can you imagine that? 622 00:25:32,657 --> 00:25:35,535 Now, we didn't find any clergy on your payroll, 623 00:25:35,618 --> 00:25:38,079 so a call was made by a concerned citizen. 624 00:25:38,162 --> 00:25:39,831 - That's outrageous! 625 00:25:39,914 --> 00:25:43,418 - One of thousands of curious and antiquated laws 626 00:25:43,501 --> 00:25:46,462 still in the books in this crazy old town. 627 00:25:46,546 --> 00:25:47,922 And we know them all. 628 00:25:48,006 --> 00:25:49,716 You know, if we was really crazy, 629 00:25:49,799 --> 00:25:52,302 we could bring down the entire Gotham underworld 630 00:25:52,385 --> 00:25:53,720 in the court of law. 631 00:25:53,803 --> 00:25:55,305 You want to try us? 632 00:25:55,388 --> 00:25:57,598 Give us a reason to burn it all down. 633 00:25:57,682 --> 00:26:00,184 Then give us 30 minutes with publicly available records, 634 00:26:00,268 --> 00:26:02,020 and we can pull together a legal strategy 635 00:26:02,103 --> 00:26:04,105 that will squeeze your precious criminal organization 636 00:26:04,188 --> 00:26:07,859 until it's pulp, and juiced, and served on crushed ice 637 00:26:07,942 --> 00:26:09,694 to the federal government. 638 00:26:09,777 --> 00:26:13,156 Ain't no trick umbrella gonna cover your tailfeathers then. 639 00:26:13,239 --> 00:26:15,783 narrator: The birdshot eyes of the Penguin narrow 640 00:26:15,867 --> 00:26:18,244 to two black points of hate. 641 00:26:18,328 --> 00:26:20,621 - This isn't over, Dent. 642 00:26:20,705 --> 00:26:24,876 Right now I need to get my casino back open 643 00:26:24,959 --> 00:26:27,712 before my big event Saturday night, 644 00:26:27,795 --> 00:26:31,883 but very soon when you're in twice the misery 645 00:26:31,966 --> 00:26:33,760 that you ever thought possible, 646 00:26:33,843 --> 00:26:37,722 I want you to remember it was you 647 00:26:37,805 --> 00:26:39,640 who escalated this. 648 00:26:39,724 --> 00:26:43,061 - Enjoy the races, Oswald. We plan to. 649 00:26:43,144 --> 00:26:46,147 Business and pleasure at the track today. 650 00:26:46,230 --> 00:26:48,983 That's what you call killing two birds 651 00:26:49,067 --> 00:26:50,443 with one stone. 652 00:26:50,526 --> 00:26:51,861 [laughs] 653 00:26:51,944 --> 00:26:53,404 ♪ ♪ 654 00:26:53,488 --> 00:26:55,573 narrator: This underworld feud is neck and neck 655 00:26:55,656 --> 00:26:57,408 and heading for a photo finish. 656 00:26:57,492 --> 00:27:02,288 The finale will mingle "Life and Death in Gotham City." 657 00:27:02,372 --> 00:27:05,666 ♪ ♪ 658 00:27:07,126 --> 00:27:09,420 [squeaking and gurgling noises] 659 00:27:09,504 --> 00:27:12,924 [electronic whirring] 660 00:27:16,677 --> 00:27:22,809 - [whistling] 661 00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:33,403 [cackles] 662 00:27:35,488 --> 00:27:38,366 ♪ ♪ 663 00:27:38,449 --> 00:27:40,618 narrator: Gotham, a glass jungle 664 00:27:40,701 --> 00:27:42,912 whose cannibals wear finery. 665 00:27:42,995 --> 00:27:44,455 Join us now for a tale 666 00:27:44,539 --> 00:27:47,750 of "Life and Death in Gotham City." 667 00:27:47,834 --> 00:27:51,796 ♪ ♪ 668 00:27:51,879 --> 00:27:53,840 In a dense overgrowth at one end 669 00:27:53,923 --> 00:27:56,092 of Gotham's derelict Amusement Mile 670 00:27:56,175 --> 00:27:59,262 stands the ruins of the Gotham Zoological Gardens. 671 00:27:59,345 --> 00:28:01,222 Amid the squalor, and the filth, 672 00:28:01,305 --> 00:28:05,518 and the handiwork of vandals, a sign, "House of Large Cats," 673 00:28:05,601 --> 00:28:08,688 Is barely proclaimed beneath an age of neglect. 674 00:28:08,771 --> 00:28:11,649 But the only wildlife present at the moment is 675 00:28:11,732 --> 00:28:13,734 a frightened stool pigeon flying 676 00:28:13,818 --> 00:28:17,947 from the relentless pursuit of a ferocious bat. 677 00:28:18,030 --> 00:28:19,740 - Stop running, Billy. 678 00:28:19,824 --> 00:28:23,327 - Leave me alone, Batman! I don't know nothing, I swear! 679 00:28:23,411 --> 00:28:25,329 - Is that what you told Ms. Tuesday, Billy? 680 00:28:25,413 --> 00:28:27,331 I need to know what Riddler's planning. 681 00:28:27,415 --> 00:28:30,293 If you stop running, I swear we can just talk. 682 00:28:30,376 --> 00:28:33,004 - Like fun, Bats! [panting] 683 00:28:33,087 --> 00:28:36,674 Billy Wristwatch is done being dangled off buildings 684 00:28:36,757 --> 00:28:38,176 just 'cause I hear things. 685 00:28:38,259 --> 00:28:40,178 - Okay, Billy, we do this your way. 686 00:28:40,261 --> 00:28:43,139 narrator: Batman makes a selection from his vast array 687 00:28:43,222 --> 00:28:44,640 of nonlethal weaponry. 688 00:28:44,724 --> 00:28:46,726 But just as he lets fly with the attack, 689 00:28:46,809 --> 00:28:50,396 suddenly, a flash of fur and fury from the shadows. 690 00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:51,939 - [growls] 691 00:28:52,023 --> 00:28:54,692 narrator: The batarang misses badly... 692 00:28:54,775 --> 00:28:56,319 [crash] 693 00:28:56,402 --> 00:28:58,988 For the caped crusader finds himself squared off 694 00:28:59,071 --> 00:29:02,200 against a pair of fully grown Bengal tigers. 695 00:29:02,283 --> 00:29:03,534 - [laughs] 696 00:29:03,618 --> 00:29:05,286 See you in the funny papers, Bats! 697 00:29:05,369 --> 00:29:07,955 [tigers growling] narrator: Batman has no choice 698 00:29:08,039 --> 00:29:09,540 but to let Billy Wristwatch escape 699 00:29:09,624 --> 00:29:11,209 in to the night. - [laughs] 700 00:29:11,292 --> 00:29:12,960 narrator: As Batman considers his options 701 00:29:13,044 --> 00:29:15,838 for neutralizing the pair of 700-pound predators, 702 00:29:15,922 --> 00:29:17,965 a voice rings out from the darkness. 703 00:29:18,049 --> 00:29:20,593 - Dagger, Shank, bad kitties. 704 00:29:20,676 --> 00:29:22,929 narrator: At the sound of their mistress's voice, 705 00:29:23,012 --> 00:29:26,557 the giant felids heel like faithful Blueticks. 706 00:29:26,641 --> 00:29:29,560 - No, no, no, we don't eat bats, darlings. 707 00:29:29,644 --> 00:29:34,232 They carry diseases like naivety and sanctimony. 708 00:29:34,315 --> 00:29:37,068 - Catwoman, what are you doing here? 709 00:29:37,151 --> 00:29:39,654 - Minding my own business. I live here. 710 00:29:39,737 --> 00:29:41,489 And you just threw one of your toy bat things 711 00:29:41,572 --> 00:29:43,282 through my window. 712 00:29:43,366 --> 00:29:45,952 narrator: Indeed, Catwoman carries the custom projectile 713 00:29:46,035 --> 00:29:49,747 Batman just threw along with a look of great pique. 714 00:29:49,830 --> 00:29:52,625 - It's called a batarang. Please give it back. 715 00:29:52,708 --> 00:29:55,086 - It's called a batarang? 716 00:29:55,169 --> 00:29:57,922 What are you, 12? Actually, I guess you are. 717 00:29:58,005 --> 00:29:59,757 When you got a crush on a girl, you throw 718 00:29:59,840 --> 00:30:01,217 a rock through her window. 719 00:30:01,300 --> 00:30:03,219 It all tracks. - It's not a rock. 720 00:30:03,302 --> 00:30:06,055 It's a micro lathe titanium airfoil with a razor edge 721 00:30:06,138 --> 00:30:07,557 and near zero friction. 722 00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:09,642 It's expensive, and it was an accident. 723 00:30:09,725 --> 00:30:13,604 Please give it back. - Pfft, accident, please. 724 00:30:13,688 --> 00:30:15,565 - Are you going to give it back, 725 00:30:15,648 --> 00:30:18,234 or do I have to go all the way to my car to get another one? 726 00:30:18,317 --> 00:30:20,194 I've got more work to do tonight. 727 00:30:20,278 --> 00:30:22,780 - No, see, I know you can throw this thing 728 00:30:22,863 --> 00:30:24,615 through the window of a tractor trailer 729 00:30:24,699 --> 00:30:27,285 going 90 miles an hour and change the radio station 730 00:30:27,368 --> 00:30:30,413 with it, so an accident is not plausible. 731 00:30:30,496 --> 00:30:33,457 Why are you really throwing your crap through my window? 732 00:30:33,541 --> 00:30:35,126 You're scaring my cats. 733 00:30:35,209 --> 00:30:36,961 Come here, sweetie. It's okay. 734 00:30:37,044 --> 00:30:38,754 - You have tigers now. 735 00:30:38,838 --> 00:30:41,465 - Hey, there's the world's greatest detective. 736 00:30:41,549 --> 00:30:44,093 Yes, these are tigers. 737 00:30:44,176 --> 00:30:45,886 They used to belong to some schlemiel 738 00:30:45,970 --> 00:30:48,389 with a sword gimmick named King Scimitar. 739 00:30:48,472 --> 00:30:50,600 I heard he's scratching around at back doors 740 00:30:50,683 --> 00:30:52,852 like a stray dog still, but he's on his way 741 00:30:52,935 --> 00:30:55,021 out of town with his tail between his legs. 742 00:30:55,104 --> 00:30:57,732 - I know, King Scimitar's a two-bit mope, 743 00:30:57,815 --> 00:31:00,484 but he had tenacity, and he was cruel. 744 00:31:00,568 --> 00:31:02,069 I appreciate your results, 745 00:31:02,153 --> 00:31:04,905 even if I don't condone your methods. 746 00:31:04,989 --> 00:31:07,241 - So you thank me by spying on me. 747 00:31:07,325 --> 00:31:08,826 - I chased a criminal 748 00:31:08,909 --> 00:31:11,287 into the abandoned zoological park, Catwoman. 749 00:31:11,370 --> 00:31:13,331 I didn't get to pick which way he ran. 750 00:31:13,414 --> 00:31:15,124 That's not how chases work. 751 00:31:15,207 --> 00:31:18,085 - Like you didn't know I moved in here last week. 752 00:31:18,169 --> 00:31:20,254 - I don't monitor your activities. 753 00:31:20,338 --> 00:31:22,173 I have an entire city to protect. 754 00:31:22,256 --> 00:31:24,383 - You know every manhole cover, 755 00:31:24,467 --> 00:31:26,177 storm drain, and mailbox 756 00:31:26,260 --> 00:31:28,429 up and down the length of Adam Street, 757 00:31:28,512 --> 00:31:30,097 and you expect me to believe-- 758 00:31:30,181 --> 00:31:31,849 - There aren't any. - What? 759 00:31:31,932 --> 00:31:34,977 - There aren't any mailboxes on Adam Street anymore. 760 00:31:35,061 --> 00:31:36,646 There were several south of O'Neal, 761 00:31:36,729 --> 00:31:38,481 but postal revenues are struggling, so they-- 762 00:31:38,564 --> 00:31:40,107 - Get off my lawn, okay? 763 00:31:40,191 --> 00:31:42,818 I don't need you keeping an eye on me, Johnny Law. 764 00:31:42,902 --> 00:31:44,278 By the way, I'm pretty sure 765 00:31:44,362 --> 00:31:46,197 that's not a regulation police uniform. 766 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:47,823 - So that's why you're being petulant. 767 00:31:47,907 --> 00:31:50,534 My work with the GCPD is the essential next step 768 00:31:50,618 --> 00:31:52,495 of the mission. - I knew it. 769 00:31:52,578 --> 00:31:54,163 You're really here to sell me tickets 770 00:31:54,246 --> 00:31:55,831 to the policemen's ball. 771 00:31:55,915 --> 00:31:58,292 - This isn't about pet causes and posturing. 772 00:31:58,376 --> 00:32:00,628 This is a war for the soul of Gotham City. 773 00:32:00,711 --> 00:32:03,047 - [laughs] Oh, you dummy. 774 00:32:03,130 --> 00:32:05,049 Souls can't be saved in this town. 775 00:32:05,132 --> 00:32:06,759 Who's saving anyway? 776 00:32:06,842 --> 00:32:09,303 It's a buyer's market, and mama needs folding money, 777 00:32:09,387 --> 00:32:11,055 so scram. 778 00:32:11,138 --> 00:32:13,224 I've got a night ahead of me. - Believe me, I'm leaving. 779 00:32:13,307 --> 00:32:15,351 This delay is threatening my patrol schedule. 780 00:32:15,434 --> 00:32:18,896 But first I want to talk about your new friend Vicki Vale 781 00:32:18,979 --> 00:32:20,398 from the "Gotham Gazette." 782 00:32:20,481 --> 00:32:23,317 - Oh, you don't monitor my activities? 783 00:32:23,401 --> 00:32:25,152 - I know that you've been scheming together, 784 00:32:25,236 --> 00:32:26,612 and I know it's your intention 785 00:32:26,696 --> 00:32:28,406 to make life difficult for Mayor Hill. 786 00:32:28,489 --> 00:32:31,409 I'm asking you to be careful and to request my help 787 00:32:31,492 --> 00:32:33,828 if you need it. - Oh, that's sad. 788 00:32:33,911 --> 00:32:36,747 - No, I mean it, Catwoman. Mayor Hill is not to be 789 00:32:36,831 --> 00:32:38,708 toyed with like King Scimitar. 790 00:32:38,791 --> 00:32:40,751 Hamilton Hill is on one end or the other 791 00:32:40,835 --> 00:32:43,879 of every graft scheme that makes port in Gotham Harbor. 792 00:32:43,963 --> 00:32:46,132 He's not an enemy to be taken lightly. 793 00:32:46,215 --> 00:32:47,717 - Well, I appreciate it, 794 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:49,969 but he's never going to see the end coming. 795 00:32:50,052 --> 00:32:52,430 While he's sweating what I'm gonna do to him, 796 00:32:52,513 --> 00:32:54,140 he has no idea my new girlfriend 797 00:32:54,223 --> 00:32:57,059 at the gazette is all up in his business, 798 00:32:57,143 --> 00:32:59,603 and I'm getting her everything she needs. 799 00:32:59,687 --> 00:33:01,230 - Hmm. 800 00:33:01,313 --> 00:33:03,190 narrator: As the number nine elevated approaches, 801 00:33:03,274 --> 00:33:05,609 the Batman scales the rusted scaffolding 802 00:33:05,693 --> 00:33:07,361 and makes ready to depart. 803 00:33:07,445 --> 00:33:10,781 - Nice talking to you. I knew we'd stay friends. 804 00:33:10,865 --> 00:33:12,992 - Your tigers are exotic wildlife, 805 00:33:13,075 --> 00:33:14,827 and private ownership is a violation 806 00:33:14,910 --> 00:33:16,328 of several city ordinances. 807 00:33:16,412 --> 00:33:18,164 I'm only looking the other way 808 00:33:18,247 --> 00:33:20,416 because I know the animals are receiving excellent care. 809 00:33:20,499 --> 00:33:22,835 Try to take the same care of yourself. 810 00:33:22,918 --> 00:33:25,796 narrator: As Catwoman watches the number nine disappear 811 00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:28,257 into the Narrows on a bitterly cold night 812 00:33:28,340 --> 00:33:29,800 in a forsaken city, 813 00:33:29,884 --> 00:33:33,179 she feels an unexpected lightness in her heart. 814 00:33:33,262 --> 00:33:36,474 - Come on, kitties. Let's go inside. 815 00:33:36,557 --> 00:33:39,727 narrator: In the abandoned zoological garden 816 00:33:39,810 --> 00:33:41,854 stands the remains of a house built for kings. 817 00:33:41,937 --> 00:33:44,690 Tonight its occupant is a queen. 818 00:33:44,774 --> 00:33:46,150 And at this moment, 819 00:33:46,233 --> 00:33:48,527 as she reclines in dilapidated luxury 820 00:33:48,611 --> 00:33:51,947 amid treasures stolen from the wicked and undeserving, 821 00:33:52,031 --> 00:33:54,909 she smiles, a whisper of contentment 822 00:33:54,992 --> 00:33:59,663 amid "Life and Death in Gotham City." 823 00:33:59,747 --> 00:34:02,750 [relaxed bluesy music] 824 00:34:02,833 --> 00:34:08,339 ♪ ♪ 825 00:34:08,422 --> 00:34:10,382 - ♪ Gotham City ♪ 826 00:34:10,466 --> 00:34:12,218 ♪ ♪ 827 00:34:12,301 --> 00:34:16,013 ♪ Gotham City ♪ 828 00:34:16,096 --> 00:34:21,811 ♪ The treasure of the night ♪ 829 00:34:21,894 --> 00:34:28,651 ♪ The gargoyle by the harbor wears jewels ♪ 830 00:34:28,734 --> 00:34:33,489 ♪ Of neon light ♪ 831 00:34:34,573 --> 00:34:38,536 narrator: "Life and Death in Gotham City" Epilogue. 832 00:34:38,619 --> 00:34:44,708 [phone ringing] 833 00:34:51,173 --> 00:34:53,384 [phone clicks, voicemail beeps] 834 00:34:53,467 --> 00:34:55,177 - This isn't Mayor Hamilton Hill, 835 00:34:55,261 --> 00:34:57,429 and you've reached a number you don't have. 836 00:34:57,513 --> 00:34:59,807 You never made this call. Get it? 837 00:34:59,890 --> 00:35:01,892 So just keep it short, and if you're calling to ask 838 00:35:01,976 --> 00:35:04,395 about how much for a no-questions liquor license, 839 00:35:04,478 --> 00:35:07,106 well, you can't afford it. [beep] 840 00:35:07,189 --> 00:35:09,483 - Yeah, your honor, this is Billy Wristwatch. 841 00:35:09,567 --> 00:35:11,902 I'm just a small-time nothing. 842 00:35:11,986 --> 00:35:14,738 You don't know me, but you want to. 843 00:35:14,822 --> 00:35:17,575 See, I just heard there's a nosy reporter lady, 844 00:35:17,658 --> 00:35:19,326 and she's working with the Cat, 845 00:35:19,410 --> 00:35:22,413 and they're both fixing to ring your bell. 846 00:35:22,496 --> 00:35:25,583 I can give you the whole bag of dirt 847 00:35:25,666 --> 00:35:27,585 for a price. 848 00:35:27,668 --> 00:35:30,629 [tense dramatic music] 849 00:35:30,713 --> 00:35:32,006 ♪ ♪ 850 00:35:32,089 --> 00:35:34,008 narrator: To be continued. 851 00:35:34,091 --> 00:35:37,344 ♪ ♪ 852 00:35:38,679 --> 00:35:40,097 [upbeat music] 853 00:35:40,180 --> 00:35:42,266 narrator: "Batman: The Audio Adventures." 854 00:35:42,349 --> 00:35:45,060 Written and directed by Dennis McNicholas. 855 00:35:45,144 --> 00:35:47,605 Based on the DC comic "Batman" 856 00:35:47,688 --> 00:35:50,774 created by Bob Kane with Bill Finger. 857 00:35:50,858 --> 00:35:53,444 Based on characters from DC comics. 858 00:35:53,527 --> 00:35:56,447 With performances by Jeffrey Wright, 859 00:35:56,530 --> 00:36:00,159 Ike Barinholtz, Rosario Dawson, Heidi Gardner, 860 00:36:00,242 --> 00:36:04,288 John Leguizamo, Dennis McNicholas, Seth Meyers, 861 00:36:04,371 --> 00:36:08,876 Bobby Moynihan, Chris Parnell, Paula Pell, Katie Rich, 862 00:36:08,959 --> 00:36:13,213 Ben Rodgers, Paul Scheer, Pete Schultz, Brent Spiner, 863 00:36:13,297 --> 00:36:15,799 Jason Sudeikis, Kenan Thompson, 864 00:36:15,883 --> 00:36:18,010 Ray Wise, Anna Crowe, 865 00:36:18,093 --> 00:36:21,805 Ellis Hall, Tony Phillips, Robbie Wyckoff. 866 00:36:21,889 --> 00:36:24,725 Executive produced by Jon Berg. 867 00:36:24,808 --> 00:36:27,436 Executive produced by Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, 868 00:36:27,519 --> 00:36:30,606 Deborah Henderson, and Jordana Freydberg. 869 00:36:30,689 --> 00:36:32,816 Produced by Dennis McNicholas. 870 00:36:32,900 --> 00:36:35,110 Produced by Angela Petrella. 871 00:36:35,194 --> 00:36:36,820 Music by Doug Bossi. 872 00:36:36,904 --> 00:36:40,741 Sound recording, design, and mixing by Big Yellow Duck. 873 00:36:40,824 --> 00:36:43,035 Sound design, mixing, dialogue editing, 874 00:36:43,118 --> 00:36:45,663 and rerecording mixing by Chris Gibney. 875 00:36:45,746 --> 00:36:47,706 Production manager Kay Tinder. 876 00:36:47,790 --> 00:36:50,668 Post supervisor Deanna Saracino. 877 00:36:50,751 --> 00:36:52,711 Writers' assistants Trey Woodard 878 00:36:52,795 --> 00:36:54,254 and Scott Weinstein. 879 00:36:54,338 --> 00:36:57,216 Additional sound recording by Icemen Audio. 880 00:36:57,299 --> 00:36:59,176 Production legal Jordan Rock. 881 00:36:59,259 --> 00:37:02,429 Production accounting Reva Jones and Steven D. Smith. 882 00:37:02,513 --> 00:37:05,891 Original songs by Doug Bossi and Tony Phillips. 883 00:37:05,975 --> 00:37:09,186 Special thanks Bill Weinstein and Bryan Besser. 884 00:37:09,269 --> 00:37:12,773 Production services provided by Insurrection Media. 885 00:37:12,856 --> 00:37:14,441 The characters and events depicted 886 00:37:14,525 --> 00:37:16,193 in this podcast are fictional. 887 00:37:16,276 --> 00:37:19,488 Any similarity to any actual person living or dead 888 00:37:19,571 --> 00:37:21,532 or to any actual events, firms, 889 00:37:21,615 --> 00:37:24,034 places, and institutions, or other entities 890 00:37:24,118 --> 00:37:26,286 is coincidental and unintentional. 891 00:37:26,370 --> 00:37:28,497 This podcast is protected under the laws 892 00:37:28,580 --> 00:37:30,332 of the United States and other countries, 893 00:37:30,416 --> 00:37:32,251 and its unauthorized duplication, 894 00:37:32,334 --> 00:37:33,919 distribution, or exhibition 895 00:37:34,003 --> 00:37:35,587 may result in civil liability 896 00:37:35,671 --> 00:37:37,381 and criminal prosecution. 897 00:37:37,464 --> 00:37:40,509 Country of first publication United States of America. 898 00:37:40,592 --> 00:37:42,594 "Batman: The Audio Adventures." 899 00:37:42,678 --> 00:37:46,223 Copyright 2019 Warner Brothers Entertainment Incorporated. 900 00:37:46,306 --> 00:37:48,892 Batman and all related characters and elements are 901 00:37:48,976 --> 00:37:51,395 trademark and copyright DC Comics. 902 00:37:51,478 --> 00:37:53,230 All rights reserved. 903 00:37:53,313 --> 00:37:56,150 ♪ ♪