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Before the Joker was a gritty, violent agent of chaos loose on the streets of Gotham he was the Clown Prince of Crime (who was also on the loose on the streets of Gotham). In the first version of Batman that came to the screen, Cesar Romero took on the iconic role and portrayed him as a criminal always on the hunt for a laugh.This shot shows Joker getting ready to escape from prison via spring-loaded pitchers mound (natch), which shows just how inventive this original series was. While speaking about the series Romero was always quick to say how much he loved getting to throw on the grease paint and green hair, even if he never really got to get one over on Batman:Oh you can't win! The villain can't win. We always win on Wednesday night. At the end of the show on Wednesday night we're winning. But then comes Thursday night and we lose. Sure, it's a lot of fun. We have a lot of fun doing this show, and we had a lot of fun making the movie. It's a part that you can do everything that you've always been told not to do as an actor. In other words, you can get as hammy as you like and go all out. It's great fun, I enjoy it.