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06-02-2005, 02:05 PM
Either that, or Commisioner Gordon gets into a LOT of trouble with the law.
Go back and watch "Make 'em Laugh." After Batman's fight with condiment king, the scene with Batman and Robin in the bat cave discussing Buddy Standler going off the deep end. Robin opens a newspaper to an add for the Laugh off and comments that the "laugh off is tonight." Well, go back a few frames and look at the headline on that newspaper. "Rally to be held for Gordon." Look at the picture of Gordon on the paper, and look at the name of the paper: It's the "Gotham Times."
This should instantly make Shadow of the Bat leap to mind, the episode where Gordon was falsely arrested and a rally was held for him. In fact, boot that episode up on the DVD player too while you're at it. Now, skip to the scene where Two-face, in the shadows, is reading a newspaper and tells his goon "The rally is tommorrow night: You know what to do." Now look at HIS newspaper. It's also and issue of the Gotham times. It's headline is also "Rally to be held for Gordon." It also has the same picture of Gordon on the paper. It's the same issue!
Now, I know what your thinking. "Well, maybe it was another rally." Unlikely. Because Rallies are gatherings "for a common purpose or to bring attention to a common issue." Meaning a rally is held when something is wrong and a group of people want it rectified. If this is truely a second rally for Gordon, then it seems something else awful has happened to him. And the Gotham times decided to reprint it's same front page from the previous rally. That, to me, is unlikely, especially on the second count.
But think of the other possibility: Make 'em laugh occurs concurrently with "Shadow of the Bat." Make 'em laugh occurs over a 24 hour period. From Batman's fight with the Condiment king one night to Batman and Robin's fight with Joker at Laugh off the following night. I already studied the timeline. Shadow of the Bat occurs over the period of like a week or two.
To make this fit, here's how it must have happened: Make 'em Laugh occured the day before the rally. This is the same day Batman looked in on Gordon and visited Barbara to make sure she was okay. It's possible he did both events after the events of Make 'em laugh, because he had his hands full that day. Joker was probably rounded up by 8:00 pm, Batman visited Gordon at like nine, and visited Barbara at ten. The next day, Batman went undercover as "Mugsey Malone," asked Robin to go to the rally, and Barbara impersonated Batman, thus spawning Batgirl.
Fascinating, huh? That two episodes be compressed together like that. Wonder why they put that paper in there? Must have been unintentional, but for whatever reason, those eps are tied together.
EDIT: Dammit! after checking the talkbacks for both eps, I was confident I was the first one to notice this. But just checking the World's Finest review of "Make em laugh" showed that who-ever wrote that reveiw noticed it long before I did. Boy, do I have egg on my face!:o
Go back and watch "Make 'em Laugh." After Batman's fight with condiment king, the scene with Batman and Robin in the bat cave discussing Buddy Standler going off the deep end. Robin opens a newspaper to an add for the Laugh off and comments that the "laugh off is tonight." Well, go back a few frames and look at the headline on that newspaper. "Rally to be held for Gordon." Look at the picture of Gordon on the paper, and look at the name of the paper: It's the "Gotham Times."
This should instantly make Shadow of the Bat leap to mind, the episode where Gordon was falsely arrested and a rally was held for him. In fact, boot that episode up on the DVD player too while you're at it. Now, skip to the scene where Two-face, in the shadows, is reading a newspaper and tells his goon "The rally is tommorrow night: You know what to do." Now look at HIS newspaper. It's also and issue of the Gotham times. It's headline is also "Rally to be held for Gordon." It also has the same picture of Gordon on the paper. It's the same issue!
Now, I know what your thinking. "Well, maybe it was another rally." Unlikely. Because Rallies are gatherings "for a common purpose or to bring attention to a common issue." Meaning a rally is held when something is wrong and a group of people want it rectified. If this is truely a second rally for Gordon, then it seems something else awful has happened to him. And the Gotham times decided to reprint it's same front page from the previous rally. That, to me, is unlikely, especially on the second count.
But think of the other possibility: Make 'em laugh occurs concurrently with "Shadow of the Bat." Make 'em laugh occurs over a 24 hour period. From Batman's fight with the Condiment king one night to Batman and Robin's fight with Joker at Laugh off the following night. I already studied the timeline. Shadow of the Bat occurs over the period of like a week or two.
To make this fit, here's how it must have happened: Make 'em Laugh occured the day before the rally. This is the same day Batman looked in on Gordon and visited Barbara to make sure she was okay. It's possible he did both events after the events of Make 'em laugh, because he had his hands full that day. Joker was probably rounded up by 8:00 pm, Batman visited Gordon at like nine, and visited Barbara at ten. The next day, Batman went undercover as "Mugsey Malone," asked Robin to go to the rally, and Barbara impersonated Batman, thus spawning Batgirl.
Fascinating, huh? That two episodes be compressed together like that. Wonder why they put that paper in there? Must have been unintentional, but for whatever reason, those eps are tied together.
EDIT: Dammit! after checking the talkbacks for both eps, I was confident I was the first one to notice this. But just checking the World's Finest review of "Make em laugh" showed that who-ever wrote that reveiw noticed it long before I did. Boy, do I have egg on my face!:o