1 00:00:02,078 --> 00:00:05,081 - "Batman: The Audio Adventures." 2 00:00:06,416 --> 00:00:09,352 [dramatic music] 3 00:00:09,419 --> 00:00:13,089 ♪ ♪ 4 00:00:13,189 --> 00:00:14,957 [person screams] 5 00:00:15,058 --> 00:00:17,360 Who knows what evil dwells 6 00:00:17,427 --> 00:00:19,629 in the heart of the dark of the city? 7 00:00:19,729 --> 00:00:21,964 One lone defender of the night-- 8 00:00:22,065 --> 00:00:23,132 [air whooshes] 9 00:00:23,232 --> 00:00:24,867 Look. In the shadows. 10 00:00:24,934 --> 00:00:26,102 On the rooftops. 11 00:00:26,202 --> 00:00:27,804 [air whooshes] 12 00:00:27,904 --> 00:00:29,572 It's a specter. It's a shade. 13 00:00:29,639 --> 00:00:31,441 It's-- announcer: Fair ball! 14 00:00:31,541 --> 00:00:33,609 Central City takes a 3-1-- 15 00:00:33,709 --> 00:00:35,978 [upbeat music] 16 00:00:36,079 --> 00:00:39,048 ♪ Gotham City One ♪ 17 00:00:39,115 --> 00:00:40,550 Good evening, folks. 18 00:00:40,616 --> 00:00:43,319 This is Jack Ryder here in downtown Gotham City's 19 00:00:43,419 --> 00:00:44,987 fabulous Restaurant Row, 20 00:00:45,088 --> 00:00:47,223 formerly known as the rendering district. 21 00:00:47,290 --> 00:00:49,892 It looks like the whole city has turned out tonight 22 00:00:49,959 --> 00:00:52,161 for the Taste of Gotham festival, 23 00:00:52,261 --> 00:00:55,431 an annual outdoor celebration of all the yummy things 24 00:00:55,498 --> 00:00:56,833 cooking in Gotham-- 25 00:00:56,933 --> 00:00:59,569 and the Bat-Signal just lit up. 26 00:00:59,635 --> 00:01:01,904 [distant siren blaring] That's always comforting. 27 00:01:01,971 --> 00:01:03,506 Nothing says "everything is okay" 28 00:01:03,606 --> 00:01:06,008 like seeing the ol' Bat-Signal in the sky. 29 00:01:06,109 --> 00:01:07,910 Just gonna continue on here as if I'm sure 30 00:01:07,977 --> 00:01:09,946 a gang of clowns with Tommy guns is not about 31 00:01:10,012 --> 00:01:11,347 to come tearing out of the alley. 32 00:01:11,447 --> 00:01:12,782 It's called being a pro in this town. 33 00:01:12,849 --> 00:01:14,917 Okay, so as I say, it's the annual 34 00:01:14,984 --> 00:01:17,753 Taste of Gotham festival, and we're just in time 35 00:01:17,820 --> 00:01:19,489 for one of its most delicious--whoa! 36 00:01:19,589 --> 00:01:21,157 - Comin' through! - My bad. 37 00:01:21,257 --> 00:01:23,993 One of its most delicious and time-honored traditions. 38 00:01:24,093 --> 00:01:25,862 - No, no, no. You can't stand there, Mac. 39 00:01:25,962 --> 00:01:28,498 There's gonna be pierogis coming through here. 40 00:01:28,598 --> 00:01:30,199 Hot pierogis! 41 00:01:30,299 --> 00:01:31,534 Okay, here? Okay. 42 00:01:31,634 --> 00:01:33,035 Yes, that's right--pierogis. 43 00:01:33,136 --> 00:01:35,805 We're here outside Mama Dagmar's Famous Diner 44 00:01:35,872 --> 00:01:37,773 for the infamous pierogis pig-out. 45 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:39,275 Let's hear that jingle, ladies 46 00:01:39,342 --> 00:01:42,211 singers: ♪ Mama Dagmar's Famous Pierogis ♪ 47 00:01:42,311 --> 00:01:46,115 ♪ The dough is just so and the meat is sweet ♪ 48 00:01:46,182 --> 00:01:47,483 ♪ Hey ♪ 49 00:01:47,550 --> 00:01:49,619 - That's right, Gotham loves her pierogis, 50 00:01:49,685 --> 00:01:50,853 and none more so than-- 51 00:01:50,953 --> 00:01:52,488 - You're right in my way, pally. 52 00:01:52,555 --> 00:01:53,890 - Hot pierogis! - Sorry. 53 00:01:53,990 --> 00:01:55,725 Look, I'm trying to cooperate. 54 00:01:55,825 --> 00:01:59,228 - Mama Dagmar says the pierogis gotta be hot. 55 00:01:59,328 --> 00:02:01,397 - All right. The rules are simple. 56 00:02:01,497 --> 00:02:03,366 The hungry Gothamite who wolfs down 57 00:02:03,466 --> 00:02:06,335 or gobbles up the most Mama Dagmar pierogis 58 00:02:06,402 --> 00:02:07,904 in just five minutes wins. 59 00:02:08,004 --> 00:02:10,206 And waiting right here to crown this year's winner 60 00:02:10,306 --> 00:02:12,575 is Gotham's pierogi Queen herself, 61 00:02:12,675 --> 00:02:14,911 Mama Dagma--oh, she's late? 62 00:02:15,011 --> 00:02:16,579 So no Mama Dagmar. 63 00:02:16,679 --> 00:02:19,148 Do we do any prep work on this show or do you just 64 00:02:19,215 --> 00:02:21,017 send me out here to dangle like a jerk? 65 00:02:21,083 --> 00:02:22,652 All right, fantastic. 66 00:02:22,718 --> 00:02:25,021 Then let's meet our five hungry contestants. 67 00:02:25,087 --> 00:02:26,822 Contestant number one, how are you feeling? 68 00:02:26,889 --> 00:02:28,257 - Feeling good, Jack. [chuckles] 69 00:02:28,357 --> 00:02:30,359 Well, a little nervous, actually. 70 00:02:30,426 --> 00:02:32,094 Uh, at least I hope it's nerves. 71 00:02:32,195 --> 00:02:33,763 Could be Scarecrow drugs. [chuckles] 72 00:02:33,863 --> 00:02:35,731 I mean, if I was dosed with Scarecrow drugs 73 00:02:35,831 --> 00:02:37,400 wouldn't it feel exactly like this? 74 00:02:37,500 --> 00:02:39,402 No, but I'm good...I think. 75 00:02:39,502 --> 00:02:41,437 - Great, so-- - You kn--I know it's been 76 00:02:41,537 --> 00:02:43,105 almost two weeks since Valentine's Day 77 00:02:43,206 --> 00:02:44,907 and the police say the Batman is on it... 78 00:02:45,007 --> 00:02:46,909 but the Joker is still out there, and-- 79 00:02:47,009 --> 00:02:48,377 - Okay, we don't really use the J-word 80 00:02:48,444 --> 00:02:49,946 on this program anymore. It's a new policy. 81 00:02:50,046 --> 00:02:51,681 Also, we're discouraging mentioning the Scarecrow 82 00:02:51,747 --> 00:02:53,749 or any of his escalating narcoterrorism. Thank you. 83 00:02:53,849 --> 00:02:55,685 People are trying to enjoy an eating competition. 84 00:02:55,751 --> 00:02:57,053 So moving on. 85 00:02:57,119 --> 00:02:58,621 Contestant number two, are you ready for-- 86 00:02:58,721 --> 00:03:01,624 is someone supposed to be sitting in this chair? 87 00:03:01,724 --> 00:03:03,226 Anyone? 88 00:03:03,292 --> 00:03:05,294 Contestant number two left when the bat signal lit up. 89 00:03:05,394 --> 00:03:07,730 Okay, great. This is going great. 90 00:03:07,797 --> 00:03:09,198 "It's not too soon Jack. 91 00:03:09,265 --> 00:03:11,133 "Gotham is ready for a nighttime outdoor 92 00:03:11,234 --> 00:03:12,401 competitive eating contest." 93 00:03:12,468 --> 00:03:14,203 - Move it, Jackson! - Gah! 94 00:03:14,270 --> 00:03:16,138 Last load of pierogis. 95 00:03:16,239 --> 00:03:18,608 Mama Dagmar says the dough's just so 96 00:03:18,708 --> 00:03:20,076 and the meat is sweet. 97 00:03:20,142 --> 00:03:23,112 singers: ♪ Mama Dagmar's famous pierogis ♪ 98 00:03:23,212 --> 00:03:26,816 ♪ The dough's just so and the meat is sweet ♪ 99 00:03:26,916 --> 00:03:27,984 ♪ Hey! ♪ 100 00:03:28,084 --> 00:03:29,585 Gah. Wow, that was loud. 101 00:03:29,652 --> 00:03:32,488 Ladies, I'm gonna be the one that cues you, okay? 102 00:03:32,588 --> 00:03:33,823 Not the waitress. 103 00:03:33,923 --> 00:03:35,258 Still no Mama Dagmar? 104 00:03:35,324 --> 00:03:37,260 Okay, look, let's just start this thing, okay? 105 00:03:37,326 --> 00:03:38,995 It's only a ninety minute broadcast. 106 00:03:39,095 --> 00:03:42,331 Okay, contestants, on your marks, get set, 107 00:03:42,431 --> 00:03:45,501 let the pierogi pig-out begin. [starting gun fires] 108 00:03:45,601 --> 00:03:48,337 - And they're off! Look at em go. 109 00:03:48,437 --> 00:03:51,274 [contestants munching] Look at...ugh, yuck. 110 00:03:51,340 --> 00:03:53,276 Mickey, where is she? 111 00:03:53,342 --> 00:03:54,777 Mama Dagmar. 112 00:03:54,844 --> 00:03:56,078 Well what am I supposed to do, 113 00:03:56,145 --> 00:03:57,413 just watch them eat? 114 00:03:57,480 --> 00:03:59,148 Okay, here, get that waitress. Miss? 115 00:03:59,248 --> 00:04:01,584 - My name is Harleen Quinzel, Jackson! 116 00:04:01,651 --> 00:04:05,154 I'm new in town but I'm already a big fan of yours. 117 00:04:05,254 --> 00:04:07,523 - Well, that's great. Harleen, did you say? 118 00:04:07,623 --> 00:04:10,526 What can you tell us about these famous pierogis, Harleen? 119 00:04:10,626 --> 00:04:14,363 - Oh, well, Mama Dagmar says the meat is key. 120 00:04:14,463 --> 00:04:15,698 Amen to that. 121 00:04:15,798 --> 00:04:17,867 - Which is weird, 'cause she'd do anything 122 00:04:17,967 --> 00:04:20,536 to avoid paying top dollar for the stuff. 123 00:04:20,636 --> 00:04:22,204 - She what? - Oh, yeah. 124 00:04:22,305 --> 00:04:24,006 - Oh yeah, she's all up in the meat-packing racket. 125 00:04:24,106 --> 00:04:26,208 If it's cheap, it goes in the pierogis. 126 00:04:26,309 --> 00:04:29,545 We're not talking Grade-A meat. No, doctor. 127 00:04:29,645 --> 00:04:31,647 More like Grade "ay chihuahua." 128 00:04:31,714 --> 00:04:34,517 - [laughs] I'm sure you're not-- 129 00:04:34,617 --> 00:04:37,887 - Anyway, about a week ago she tried to get cute. 130 00:04:37,987 --> 00:04:40,022 She thought she saw an opportunity 131 00:04:40,122 --> 00:04:42,858 to undercut her wholesaler in the chaos. 132 00:04:42,958 --> 00:04:44,460 Chaos? What chaos? 133 00:04:44,527 --> 00:04:46,729 - Ah, you know how it is since the Penguin 134 00:04:46,829 --> 00:04:49,065 and Two-Face crime syndicates merged. 135 00:04:49,165 --> 00:04:51,500 - I really don't. - Ah, come on. 136 00:04:51,567 --> 00:04:54,737 If you don't see what's going on you must be sellin' pencils. 137 00:04:54,837 --> 00:04:57,907 See, Mama D figured since Penguin and Two-Face were 138 00:04:58,007 --> 00:05:00,343 teamed up, she didn't need to pay out twice. 139 00:05:00,409 --> 00:05:02,745 I guess Two face didn't like her getting wise, 140 00:05:02,845 --> 00:05:05,481 so long story short, Two-Face sent his boys 141 00:05:05,548 --> 00:05:07,350 over here late last night after closing 142 00:05:07,416 --> 00:05:10,586 and you know, looks like Mama Dagmar went 143 00:05:10,686 --> 00:05:13,422 into the kitchen and pierogis came out, 144 00:05:13,522 --> 00:05:16,492 - if you catch my drift. - I definitely don't. 145 00:05:16,559 --> 00:05:20,930 - I'm just saying there was no meat in the freezer 146 00:05:21,030 --> 00:05:26,168 when I closed up last night, and now there's pierogis. 147 00:05:26,235 --> 00:05:27,603 - Oh, my God. - So, yeah. 148 00:05:27,703 --> 00:05:29,872 I don't think Mama Dagmar's gonna show up. 149 00:05:29,939 --> 00:05:32,541 Or she's already here, I guess. 150 00:05:32,608 --> 00:05:34,910 I don't know. This is why I'm vegan. 151 00:05:35,010 --> 00:05:37,413 - Stop eating. Stop. Get that out of your mouth! 152 00:05:37,513 --> 00:05:38,781 Don't eat the pierogis! 153 00:05:38,881 --> 00:05:40,750 singers: ♪ Mama Dagmar's famous pierogis ♪ 154 00:05:40,850 --> 00:05:43,386 - Don't! singers: ♪ The dough's just so 155 00:05:43,452 --> 00:05:45,187 ♪ And the meat is sweet ♪ 156 00:05:45,254 --> 00:05:47,390 - ♪ Hey! ♪ - That was not your cue! 157 00:05:47,456 --> 00:05:49,525 - I guess I'll take over from here, Jack. 158 00:05:49,592 --> 00:05:52,728 Hi, Gotham City. I'm Harleen Quinzel. 159 00:05:52,795 --> 00:05:54,697 I think I used to be a doctor? 160 00:05:54,764 --> 00:05:56,799 I'll be honest, the last two weeks have been 161 00:05:56,899 --> 00:05:58,968 really screwy in the dome piece. 162 00:05:59,068 --> 00:06:02,037 I took this job 'cause I didn't know what else to do. 163 00:06:02,104 --> 00:06:03,706 I'm just trying to stay alive 164 00:06:03,773 --> 00:06:05,641 till he gives me a sign, you know? 165 00:06:05,741 --> 00:06:08,644 My darling baby sweet puddin'. 166 00:06:08,744 --> 00:06:11,046 My sweet Mr. J. 167 00:06:11,113 --> 00:06:14,049 If you're watching, puddin' please. 168 00:06:14,116 --> 00:06:17,319 Tell me how to find you. Tell me what to do. 169 00:06:17,420 --> 00:06:19,822 I know we're meant to be together. 170 00:06:19,922 --> 00:06:22,925 Tell me what you want me to do or else... 171 00:06:22,992 --> 00:06:25,728 [husky voice] I'm gonna start guessing. 172 00:06:25,795 --> 00:06:28,564 narrator: Gotham. In a starless sky, 173 00:06:28,631 --> 00:06:30,900 anvils hang over the asphalt. 174 00:06:30,966 --> 00:06:34,103 Join us now for another tale of life and death 175 00:06:34,170 --> 00:06:35,671 in Gotham City. 176 00:06:35,771 --> 00:06:39,508 February 27th, two weeks after the Joker's failed 177 00:06:39,608 --> 00:06:41,777 Valentine's Day catastrophe, 178 00:06:41,844 --> 00:06:44,180 Gotham City stirs to life again. 179 00:06:44,280 --> 00:06:47,149 But sometimes when you live to fight another day, 180 00:06:47,249 --> 00:06:50,019 all that's promised is another beating. 181 00:06:50,119 --> 00:06:52,855 Or in Batman's case, several. 182 00:06:52,955 --> 00:06:56,625 While the Joker remains at large, gangster kingpins 183 00:06:56,692 --> 00:06:59,361 and former rivals the Penguin and Two-Face 184 00:06:59,462 --> 00:07:01,430 have combined their criminal might, 185 00:07:01,497 --> 00:07:03,766 and the mysterious narco-terrorist known 186 00:07:03,833 --> 00:07:07,036 as the Scarecrow remains unidentified, 187 00:07:07,136 --> 00:07:10,940 even as his fear drugs plague the city. 188 00:07:12,475 --> 00:07:14,977 [muffled] But while the city seethes outside, 189 00:07:15,044 --> 00:07:17,947 we rejoin our adventures safe in here. 190 00:07:18,013 --> 00:07:19,949 Apologies for the close quarters. 191 00:07:20,015 --> 00:07:23,552 And don't breathe too deeply, there is limited oxygen. 192 00:07:23,652 --> 00:07:26,222 We are presently inside the cramped confines 193 00:07:26,322 --> 00:07:27,890 of a private safe, 194 00:07:27,990 --> 00:07:31,560 and not just any private safe, but a private safe in the home 195 00:07:31,660 --> 00:07:33,796 of one of Gotham City's wealthiest 196 00:07:33,863 --> 00:07:35,731 and most prominent citizens. 197 00:07:35,831 --> 00:07:38,567 Its twin-dial locking mechanism will only open 198 00:07:38,667 --> 00:07:41,203 for one of three trillion combinations. 199 00:07:41,303 --> 00:07:44,573 There is quite possibly no more secure location 200 00:07:44,673 --> 00:07:46,509 in all of Gotham City. 201 00:07:46,575 --> 00:07:48,377 - [creaking] - [chuckling] 202 00:07:48,477 --> 00:07:51,747 - That is, unless Catwoman is on the premises. 203 00:07:51,847 --> 00:07:54,416 - Well, now, what goodies have we got? 204 00:07:54,517 --> 00:07:57,186 narrator: Goodies too numerous to mention. 205 00:07:57,253 --> 00:07:59,688 A heaping mound of lucre. Gold. 206 00:07:59,755 --> 00:08:03,025 Stock certificates. Jade. Emeralds. 207 00:08:03,092 --> 00:08:05,895 A length of impossibly flawless pearls. 208 00:08:05,995 --> 00:08:09,031 And as Catwoman paws through a cool trillion, 209 00:08:09,098 --> 00:08:12,101 - she is irrepressibly... - Disappointed. [sighs] 210 00:08:12,201 --> 00:08:14,603 narrator: Yes, despite the beguiling treasures 211 00:08:14,703 --> 00:08:17,406 on offer, Catwoman is looking for something 212 00:08:17,506 --> 00:08:19,108 she has not found. 213 00:08:19,208 --> 00:08:21,577 The question of its vexing absence would be 214 00:08:21,677 --> 00:08:23,512 an excellent one for a resident 215 00:08:23,579 --> 00:08:24,747 of the household. 216 00:08:24,847 --> 00:08:26,215 And as luck would have it, 217 00:08:26,282 --> 00:08:28,183 one is waiting patiently nearby. 218 00:08:28,250 --> 00:08:30,085 - You got a fortune in here, cookie. 219 00:08:30,185 --> 00:08:33,122 But I'm known for my particular tastes. 220 00:08:33,222 --> 00:08:34,456 Where is the Ocelot? 221 00:08:34,557 --> 00:08:36,759 [muffled grumbling] 222 00:08:36,859 --> 00:08:38,360 Too loose? 223 00:08:38,427 --> 00:08:41,096 Boy, I thought I tied you up pretty good there, 224 00:08:41,196 --> 00:08:43,065 - but if you say so... - [grunts] 225 00:08:43,132 --> 00:08:45,768 - Let me know when this gets too tight. 226 00:08:45,868 --> 00:08:48,804 - [grunts, yelps] - Thank you. 227 00:08:48,904 --> 00:08:50,940 Now then, I'll take the gag off, 228 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:52,808 but only after we get a couple things 229 00:08:52,908 --> 00:08:54,443 - ducky between us. - [grunts] 230 00:08:54,543 --> 00:08:57,046 - I'm here for the Ocelot of Paradise. 231 00:08:57,112 --> 00:08:58,314 - [grunts] - Ring a bell? 232 00:08:58,414 --> 00:08:59,782 It's about the size of a grapefruit, 233 00:08:59,882 --> 00:09:01,116 weighs about 10,000 carats 234 00:09:01,216 --> 00:09:03,552 and looks like a big, blue cat's eye? 235 00:09:03,619 --> 00:09:05,788 Now, that'd get my attention any day of the week. 236 00:09:05,888 --> 00:09:07,489 But here's what brought me all the way 237 00:09:07,590 --> 00:09:09,091 out here to the suburbs. 238 00:09:09,158 --> 00:09:12,161 The Ocelot ain't just a honey of a sparkler, 239 00:09:12,261 --> 00:09:14,997 it's a pure Santa Priscan Larimar. 240 00:09:15,097 --> 00:09:16,899 - [grunts] - Yes, that's right. 241 00:09:16,966 --> 00:09:20,836 It's illegal to import it-- really illegal. 242 00:09:20,936 --> 00:09:24,840 Santa Priscan Larimar gives blood diamonds a good name. 243 00:09:24,940 --> 00:09:27,343 Now, you ready for that gag to come off 244 00:09:27,443 --> 00:09:29,678 so you can tell me about your supplier? 245 00:09:29,778 --> 00:09:30,980 [grunts] 246 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:33,182 I...disagree. 247 00:09:33,282 --> 00:09:35,284 I think you need some extra convincing. 248 00:09:35,351 --> 00:09:37,252 - You know what's good for that? - Hmm? 249 00:09:37,319 --> 00:09:39,588 Hmm. Fireplace tools. 250 00:09:39,655 --> 00:09:40,923 - [yelps] [metal shings] 251 00:09:40,990 --> 00:09:43,258 - Now, then, do you have any idea 252 00:09:43,325 --> 00:09:45,427 why they call this thing a poker? 253 00:09:45,494 --> 00:09:47,196 Let's find out together, shall we? 254 00:09:47,296 --> 00:09:48,697 [rumbling] What the-- 255 00:09:48,797 --> 00:09:50,699 narrator: Suddenly as Catwoman stumbles away 256 00:09:50,799 --> 00:09:52,134 from the vast fireplace, 257 00:09:52,201 --> 00:09:54,703 the room fills with a massive cloud of soot. 258 00:09:54,803 --> 00:09:55,971 [coughs] 259 00:09:56,038 --> 00:09:57,773 narrator: As the black cloud billows, 260 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:00,109 it seems to take solid form. 261 00:10:00,175 --> 00:10:01,276 - [thud] - [coughs] 262 00:10:01,343 --> 00:10:02,778 Put the poker down, Catwoman. 263 00:10:02,845 --> 00:10:04,880 You're not going to hurt that old man. 264 00:10:04,980 --> 00:10:06,615 [coughs] Batman? 265 00:10:06,682 --> 00:10:09,318 Did you just literally drop out of a chimney 266 00:10:09,385 --> 00:10:11,053 like an actual bat? 267 00:10:11,153 --> 00:10:12,821 You are really going method with this thing. 268 00:10:12,888 --> 00:10:14,390 - Catwoman-- - Where does it end? 269 00:10:14,490 --> 00:10:16,058 You already live in a cave. 270 00:10:16,158 --> 00:10:17,793 Tell me you haven't become an insectivore 271 00:10:17,860 --> 00:10:20,062 - Catwoman, this has to stop. - I agree. 272 00:10:20,162 --> 00:10:21,830 Why am I seeing more of you 273 00:10:21,897 --> 00:10:23,298 since I iced you out of my life? 274 00:10:23,365 --> 00:10:24,833 - You're interfering with a situation 275 00:10:24,900 --> 00:10:26,235 I have under surveillance. 276 00:10:26,335 --> 00:10:27,803 It's not the first time. 277 00:10:27,870 --> 00:10:30,906 - You know this guy is moving Santa Priscan Larimar? 278 00:10:31,006 --> 00:10:33,842 - He's not, but he's in contact with people who are-- 279 00:10:33,909 --> 00:10:35,377 under my supervision. 280 00:10:35,477 --> 00:10:37,746 - A sting operation? - In progress. 281 00:10:37,846 --> 00:10:39,048 But you jumped the gun. 282 00:10:39,148 --> 00:10:40,549 - Oh, what do you know about guns? 283 00:10:40,649 --> 00:10:42,484 You fight with a boomerang like a weirdo. 284 00:10:42,551 --> 00:10:45,187 But if you want to talk about interference, 285 00:10:45,254 --> 00:10:46,755 let's have that conversation. 286 00:10:46,855 --> 00:10:49,224 You laid out Tooth Gumford last week 287 00:10:49,324 --> 00:10:52,027 - He ran black market guns. - He was my fence, 288 00:10:52,094 --> 00:10:53,929 and he didn't truck with the psychos. 289 00:10:54,029 --> 00:10:56,165 We need that kind of crook on the street. 290 00:10:56,231 --> 00:10:58,100 - No, you need crooks on the street. 291 00:10:58,200 --> 00:10:59,835 I'm sworn to uphold the law. 292 00:10:59,902 --> 00:11:02,237 It's not a judgment call for me anymore, Catwoman. 293 00:11:02,337 --> 00:11:04,339 It's the only sustainable way forward. 294 00:11:04,406 --> 00:11:05,607 Look around. 295 00:11:05,708 --> 00:11:07,276 The combined might of the Penguin 296 00:11:07,376 --> 00:11:09,211 and Two-Face syndicates has driven the small timers 297 00:11:09,278 --> 00:11:10,512 into survival mode. 298 00:11:10,579 --> 00:11:12,414 The ganglands have gone feral. 299 00:11:12,514 --> 00:11:14,049 Gotham is at the tipping point. 300 00:11:14,116 --> 00:11:16,285 - Hey, I stopped doing this because it was fun 301 00:11:16,385 --> 00:11:17,586 a long time ago. 302 00:11:17,686 --> 00:11:19,521 - Then join me. This can't go on. 303 00:11:19,588 --> 00:11:21,757 Why, because you say so? 304 00:11:21,857 --> 00:11:23,726 - In the last two weeks I've cleaned out more 305 00:11:23,792 --> 00:11:26,028 of those small-timers than you'll legally arrest 306 00:11:26,095 --> 00:11:27,229 in two months. 307 00:11:27,296 --> 00:11:28,630 So here's a counteroffer: 308 00:11:28,731 --> 00:11:31,767 stop playing cops and robbers. It's lame. 309 00:11:31,867 --> 00:11:33,969 And it's hopelessly naive. 310 00:11:34,069 --> 00:11:35,704 I'm trying to save the city. 311 00:11:35,771 --> 00:11:37,139 [chuckles] So am I. 312 00:11:37,239 --> 00:11:39,608 I just get paid for it better than you do. 313 00:11:39,708 --> 00:11:41,410 [hostage laughs] 314 00:11:41,477 --> 00:11:43,612 See? Thank you. Exactly. 315 00:11:43,712 --> 00:11:46,415 The GCPD is overwhelmingly corrupt. 316 00:11:46,482 --> 00:11:48,450 You know that, you ridiculous man. 317 00:11:48,550 --> 00:11:50,986 - I have my people. And the resources are more-- 318 00:11:51,086 --> 00:11:53,322 - If you think you're in control of the situation 319 00:11:53,422 --> 00:11:55,324 'cause you have your little rooftop pow-wows 320 00:11:55,424 --> 00:11:58,160 with Commissioner Useless, you're Joker crazy. 321 00:11:58,260 --> 00:12:00,829 - Catwoman, this isn't a request. 322 00:12:00,929 --> 00:12:02,331 That does it. 323 00:12:02,431 --> 00:12:04,633 I swore the next time you talked to me like that 324 00:12:04,733 --> 00:12:06,168 would be the last. 325 00:12:06,268 --> 00:12:09,271 You think you're the only one who cares about this city? 326 00:12:09,338 --> 00:12:11,240 - Where are you going? - Back to work. 327 00:12:11,306 --> 00:12:12,908 - You know this means I'll have to p-- 328 00:12:12,975 --> 00:12:15,144 No. Here's what this means. 329 00:12:15,244 --> 00:12:17,513 This means war. 330 00:12:17,613 --> 00:12:19,515 Make wise choices, Catwoman. 331 00:12:19,615 --> 00:12:20,849 The next time I see you, 332 00:12:20,949 --> 00:12:22,684 it will be as an officer of the law. 333 00:12:22,785 --> 00:12:24,353 - And that's a close to a threat 334 00:12:24,453 --> 00:12:26,688 as you will ever get with me, Batman. 335 00:12:26,789 --> 00:12:28,090 [window ledge clatters] Oh. 336 00:12:28,157 --> 00:12:30,092 And this is some house, isn't it? 337 00:12:30,159 --> 00:12:32,261 - Be sure to tell your friend Bruce Wayne 338 00:12:32,327 --> 00:12:33,929 he knows how to live. 339 00:12:33,996 --> 00:12:36,031 But he should really invest in a decent security system 340 00:12:36,131 --> 00:12:38,801 if he's going to always be out of town. 341 00:12:38,867 --> 00:12:40,669 - Hmm. I'll make sure to mention it. 342 00:12:40,769 --> 00:12:42,337 - And tell him I'm sorry if I was rough 343 00:12:42,437 --> 00:12:43,872 on his man Jeeves there. 344 00:12:43,972 --> 00:12:45,474 Sorry, Jeeves. [Alfred grunts] 345 00:12:45,541 --> 00:12:47,810 narrator: As Catwoman disappears into the night, 346 00:12:47,876 --> 00:12:49,945 Batman crosses his father's study 347 00:12:50,012 --> 00:12:52,981 to untie poor, faithful Alfred Pennyworth. 348 00:12:53,048 --> 00:12:54,550 - I'm sorry, Alfred. I-- 349 00:12:54,650 --> 00:12:56,985 - Old man? - Oh, come, now. 350 00:12:57,052 --> 00:12:58,487 It's theater, Alfred. You appreciate-- 351 00:12:58,554 --> 00:13:01,323 - "You're not going to hurt that old man." 352 00:13:01,390 --> 00:13:02,891 - Alfred. - And dropping out 353 00:13:02,991 --> 00:13:04,893 of the chimney-- who do you think 354 00:13:04,993 --> 00:13:07,029 is going to clean up all of that soot? 355 00:13:07,129 --> 00:13:08,697 - I was downstairs when Catwoman finally 356 00:13:08,797 --> 00:13:09,798 made her appearance. 357 00:13:09,865 --> 00:13:11,533 How did you want me to get in? 358 00:13:11,633 --> 00:13:13,635 You would have preferred I crashed in through the windows? 359 00:13:13,702 --> 00:13:16,238 Your precious leaded glass windows? 360 00:13:16,338 --> 00:13:18,974 - I would prefer it if you didn't have Catwoman in 361 00:13:19,041 --> 00:13:20,976 to hash out your differences. 362 00:13:21,043 --> 00:13:23,078 She makes good points. You know this. 363 00:13:23,178 --> 00:13:25,214 - Catwoman may think her street-level chaos 364 00:13:25,314 --> 00:13:26,582 is making a difference, 365 00:13:26,682 --> 00:13:29,084 but it's nothing but crime redistribution. 366 00:13:29,184 --> 00:13:30,519 The city still burns. 367 00:13:30,586 --> 00:13:33,822 - Even so, Catwoman is no ordinary adversary. 368 00:13:33,889 --> 00:13:35,424 And if you insist on having it out 369 00:13:35,524 --> 00:13:37,359 in the alley with her, you might do well to remember 370 00:13:37,426 --> 00:13:39,394 the tale of the Kilkenny Cats. 371 00:13:39,494 --> 00:13:41,563 - Thank you, Alfred. I take your point. 372 00:13:41,663 --> 00:13:45,033 - Because we all remember what happened to the Kilkenny Cats. 373 00:13:45,100 --> 00:13:47,536 - Yes, we do. So there's no need to-- 374 00:13:47,603 --> 00:13:50,005 - "There once were two cats from Kilkenny 375 00:13:50,072 --> 00:13:51,940 who each thought there one cat too many." 376 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:53,442 - Alfred. - "So they scratched 377 00:13:53,542 --> 00:13:55,210 "and they bit and they fought and they fit 378 00:13:55,277 --> 00:13:57,846 "till excepting their nails and the tips of their tails, 379 00:13:57,913 --> 00:14:00,782 instead of two cats, there weren't any." 380 00:14:00,883 --> 00:14:02,284 Excellent recitation. 381 00:14:02,384 --> 00:14:04,052 Thank you. It was. 382 00:14:04,119 --> 00:14:05,921 - But if two cats are your problem, 383 00:14:06,021 --> 00:14:07,623 there's an easy solution. 384 00:14:07,723 --> 00:14:09,458 One has to go back in the bag. 385 00:14:09,558 --> 00:14:11,059 [mysterious music] 386 00:14:11,126 --> 00:14:14,963 narrator: It is said the enemy of my enemy is my friend. 387 00:14:15,063 --> 00:14:18,033 what then is the rival of my adversary? 388 00:14:18,100 --> 00:14:20,969 A question Batman has given himself to answer 389 00:14:21,069 --> 00:14:25,908 in his ongoing exegesis of life and death in Gotham City. 390 00:14:25,974 --> 00:14:28,277 ♪ ♪ 391 00:14:28,377 --> 00:14:30,445 - Ladies and gentlemen Oswald Cobblepot 392 00:14:30,545 --> 00:14:31,780 could not be here tonight, 393 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:33,615 but on his behalf, may I welcome you 394 00:14:33,715 --> 00:14:36,451 to the fabulous Iceberg Lounge. [applause] 395 00:14:36,551 --> 00:14:39,254 Now this next number is all about numbers. 396 00:14:39,321 --> 00:14:43,058 please welcome the Count and his "Arithmetic Swing." 397 00:14:43,125 --> 00:14:46,261 - ♪ Now let's sing a song of six guns ♪ 398 00:14:46,328 --> 00:14:48,263 ♪ A gullet full of rye ♪ 399 00:14:48,330 --> 00:14:52,167 ♪ Four and 20 blackbirds jute in the pines ♪ 400 00:14:52,267 --> 00:14:54,236 ♪ And when the pines are rolling ♪ 401 00:14:54,303 --> 00:14:55,971 ♪ The bats begin to swing ♪ 402 00:14:56,071 --> 00:15:00,475 ♪ Now, wasn't that a seedy chip to sweat the 403? ♪ 403 00:15:00,575 --> 00:15:01,777 [jazzy music] 404 00:15:01,843 --> 00:15:03,078 ♪ Whoa ♪ [gunshot bangs] 405 00:15:03,145 --> 00:15:05,347 [music stops] [people screaming] 406 00:15:05,447 --> 00:15:07,816 - Uh, it's okay. It's all right, folks. 407 00:15:07,916 --> 00:15:10,185 Nothing to worry about. I'm sure he'll be fine. 408 00:15:10,285 --> 00:15:12,187 It's just minor flesh wounds. 409 00:15:12,287 --> 00:15:14,323 The Count is not mortally injured. 410 00:15:14,423 --> 00:15:15,791 [off-mic] Gigi, run upstairs 411 00:15:15,857 --> 00:15:18,427 and tell Mr. Cobblepot this has to stop. 412 00:15:18,493 --> 00:15:21,663 Two-Face just shot another one of his nightclub acts. 413 00:15:21,763 --> 00:15:23,598 [on-mic] We're just gonna take a short break folks, 414 00:15:23,665 --> 00:15:26,501 and, uh, the next round is on the house. 415 00:15:27,636 --> 00:15:30,205 - ♪ It is then that I think of y-- ♪ 416 00:15:30,305 --> 00:15:31,873 - ...anniversary of the mysterious disappearance 417 00:15:31,974 --> 00:15:33,875 of WayneTech executive Lucius Fox-- 418 00:15:33,976 --> 00:15:36,611 - Stock in Janus Cosmetics fell to a market low of-- 419 00:15:36,678 --> 00:15:39,214 announcer: [mysterious voice] Prepare yourself 420 00:15:39,314 --> 00:15:42,484 - for the enigmatic... - [whispered] Harlequin. 421 00:15:42,551 --> 00:15:45,387 - The absurd... - [whispered] Harlequin. 422 00:15:45,487 --> 00:15:48,957 - The irrepressible. [laughter] 423 00:15:49,024 --> 00:15:53,061 The Harlequin is coming to Gotham City. 424 00:15:53,161 --> 00:15:54,229 [whispered] Harlequin. 425 00:15:54,329 --> 00:15:58,066 The Harlequin. Coming soon. 426 00:15:58,166 --> 00:15:59,568 ♪ ♪ 427 00:15:59,668 --> 00:16:03,038 narrator: "Life and Death in Gotham City: Epilogue." 428 00:16:03,138 --> 00:16:04,306 [glass smashes] [cat meows] 429 00:16:04,373 --> 00:16:05,507 On a lonely fire escape 430 00:16:05,574 --> 00:16:07,809 over a grimy South Gotham alleyway, 431 00:16:07,876 --> 00:16:11,380 a lovelorn woman pours her heart into plaintive song. 432 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:14,850 ♪ In the dark, purple dawn ♪ 433 00:16:14,916 --> 00:16:18,754 ♪ Yes, the sun shall rise anon ♪ 434 00:16:18,854 --> 00:16:25,160 ♪ And the golden light will play upon my mood ♪ 435 00:16:25,227 --> 00:16:27,662 narrator: Two weeks ago Harleen Quinzel met 436 00:16:27,729 --> 00:16:29,398 the man of her dreams. 437 00:16:29,498 --> 00:16:33,502 Maybe it was his smile. Maybe it was his savoir-faire. 438 00:16:33,568 --> 00:16:37,039 Maybe it was a megadose of his psychotropic aphrodisiac 439 00:16:37,105 --> 00:16:39,941 rampaging across her blood-brain barrier. 440 00:16:40,042 --> 00:16:41,610 Love's a mystery. 441 00:16:41,710 --> 00:16:45,347 All Harleen knows is that day she felt brand new, 442 00:16:45,414 --> 00:16:49,017 a freshly stropped razor honed to a perfect edge. 443 00:16:49,084 --> 00:16:51,453 And every day since then she's felt like 444 00:16:51,553 --> 00:16:54,589 a lone shoe dangling from a telephone line-- 445 00:16:54,689 --> 00:16:57,292 a wayward half of a necessary pair, 446 00:16:57,392 --> 00:17:00,929 abandoned, precarious, and without purpose. 447 00:17:01,029 --> 00:17:05,066 - ♪ When the rooster does bid me rise ♪ 448 00:17:05,133 --> 00:17:09,237 ♪ I'll gently shut my eyes ♪ 449 00:17:09,304 --> 00:17:11,973 ♪ Till the dark purple ♪ 450 00:17:12,074 --> 00:17:16,645 ♪ Reappears ♪ 451 00:17:16,745 --> 00:17:18,780 - Oh, thank you. Thank you. - Boo. 452 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:21,616 - Now, for my next number, same as the last number. 453 00:17:21,716 --> 00:17:23,718 - Boo. No. - Let's all sing along 454 00:17:23,785 --> 00:17:28,156 to Mr. J's favorite ditty, "Dark Purple Dawn." 455 00:17:28,256 --> 00:17:29,791 - [crowd jeering] - No. Not again. 456 00:17:29,891 --> 00:17:33,261 - ♪ In the dark, purple dawn ♪ [object clatters] 457 00:17:33,328 --> 00:17:35,664 ♪ When the moon's g-- ♪ Ow! 458 00:17:35,764 --> 00:17:38,266 Oh, hey, thanks. I actually did want a shoe. 459 00:17:38,333 --> 00:17:39,568 Thank y--ow! 460 00:17:39,634 --> 00:17:40,802 Hey! Hey! [objects clatter] 461 00:17:40,902 --> 00:17:42,070 Who's throwing batteries? 462 00:17:42,137 --> 00:17:43,738 Now that's low class. 463 00:17:43,805 --> 00:17:45,407 Learn a new song! 464 00:17:45,474 --> 00:17:47,509 And sing it in the daytime! 465 00:17:47,609 --> 00:17:50,579 - It's called a moonlight serenade, ya dink! 466 00:17:50,645 --> 00:17:53,014 It's gotta be at night! Ugh! 467 00:17:53,115 --> 00:17:55,917 I'm singing my heart out here! Fine! 468 00:17:55,984 --> 00:17:59,654 It's 'pearls before swine" night in Losertown anyhow. 469 00:17:59,754 --> 00:18:01,189 See ya at the sock hop. 470 00:18:01,289 --> 00:18:02,591 narrator: Climbing back through the window 471 00:18:02,657 --> 00:18:04,359 into her ten-dollar-a-night room, 472 00:18:04,459 --> 00:18:06,761 Harleen heaves an exhausted sob. 473 00:18:06,828 --> 00:18:08,029 - Ugh. narrator: Whatever brought her 474 00:18:08,130 --> 00:18:09,865 to Gotham City two weeks ago 475 00:18:09,965 --> 00:18:11,466 is long forgotten. 476 00:18:11,533 --> 00:18:14,870 She is now living for a love that's slowly killing her. 477 00:18:14,970 --> 00:18:17,139 She has no way to find her beloved, 478 00:18:17,205 --> 00:18:20,308 no way to reach him, no way to make him hear 479 00:18:20,375 --> 00:18:22,177 how badly she needs him. 480 00:18:22,277 --> 00:18:24,045 All she can do is wail 481 00:18:24,146 --> 00:18:26,047 - into the lonesome night. - Aw. 482 00:18:26,148 --> 00:18:27,549 narrator: Finally, vague feelings 483 00:18:27,649 --> 00:18:31,119 of despair begin to form a tragic plan of action. 484 00:18:31,186 --> 00:18:35,891 - My dearest, sweetest, puddinest Mister J. 485 00:18:35,991 --> 00:18:37,526 If you are reading this, 486 00:18:37,626 --> 00:18:40,228 it means I couldn't bear it no longer, 487 00:18:40,328 --> 00:18:44,332 and I have decided to, uh... 488 00:18:44,399 --> 00:18:47,335 ugh, no. Too messy. 489 00:18:47,402 --> 00:18:52,073 Um, I am headed to the top of Wayne Tower to-- 490 00:18:52,174 --> 00:18:54,809 oh, yeah right. You and what bus fare? 491 00:18:54,876 --> 00:18:56,244 Come on. 492 00:18:56,344 --> 00:18:59,381 I need a way to snuff it out that's cheap and classy. 493 00:18:59,481 --> 00:19:02,217 Oh! Hold up. I got it. 494 00:19:02,317 --> 00:19:03,985 To the Gotham Zoo, 495 00:19:04,052 --> 00:19:07,189 jaybird nekkid in the polar bear cage. 496 00:19:07,255 --> 00:19:09,191 narrator: Fortunately, fate intervenes 497 00:19:09,257 --> 00:19:12,093 to offer a more dignified solution to her heartache. 498 00:19:12,194 --> 00:19:13,762 - Penguin, yeah. [telephone ringing] 499 00:19:13,862 --> 00:19:16,198 What the-- [tense music] 500 00:19:16,264 --> 00:19:19,000 Who on earth could that possibly-- 501 00:19:19,067 --> 00:19:22,070 [phone clicks] Uh, hello? 502 00:19:22,170 --> 00:19:24,206 Hello, Harleen. 503 00:19:24,272 --> 00:19:25,941 This is the Joker. 504 00:19:26,041 --> 00:19:29,177 Oh. My. Galoshes. 505 00:19:29,244 --> 00:19:32,447 - I hope I'm not calling at a bad time. 506 00:19:32,547 --> 00:19:34,849 What? No! Really? Really? 507 00:19:34,916 --> 00:19:37,953 No, it's the absolute best time. 508 00:19:38,053 --> 00:19:39,921 I can't believe this is happening. 509 00:19:40,021 --> 00:19:41,590 Is this really happening? 510 00:19:41,690 --> 00:19:43,792 - No, of course it's not happening. 511 00:19:43,892 --> 00:19:46,361 Aww. It's not? 512 00:19:46,428 --> 00:19:48,029 Don't be ridiculous. 513 00:19:48,096 --> 00:19:50,765 This dump doesn't have a telephone, remember? 514 00:19:50,865 --> 00:19:54,469 Right now you're holding a banana up to your ear. 515 00:19:54,569 --> 00:19:58,306 - Oh, yeah. I did think the reception was awful good 516 00:19:58,406 --> 00:19:59,975 - for a piece of fruit. - Yes. 517 00:20:00,075 --> 00:20:03,211 So obviously, you're quite cuckoo, Harley darlin, 518 00:20:03,278 --> 00:20:05,714 and this call is coming from inside the house, 519 00:20:05,780 --> 00:20:07,315 if you catch my drift. 520 00:20:07,415 --> 00:20:10,118 But that doesn't mean you shouldn't listen to me. 521 00:20:10,218 --> 00:20:14,289 Okay, fine. I'm not the Joker, per se. 522 00:20:14,389 --> 00:20:16,424 I'm your heart's desire. 523 00:20:16,491 --> 00:20:19,160 I'm what's keeping the Harley shark swimming, 524 00:20:19,261 --> 00:20:20,662 you know what I'm getting at? 525 00:20:20,762 --> 00:20:22,998 And I just got the distinct impression 526 00:20:23,098 --> 00:20:26,501 you were tossin' in the towel on me, isn't that right? 527 00:20:26,601 --> 00:20:29,070 Lookin' to bite the big bazooka? 528 00:20:29,137 --> 00:20:32,073 - Ooh, I didn't think of a bazooka. 529 00:20:32,140 --> 00:20:34,843 - Yes you did, because I'm you. 530 00:20:34,943 --> 00:20:36,511 I got a better idea. 531 00:20:36,611 --> 00:20:39,681 I think you can still get what you're after. 532 00:20:39,781 --> 00:20:41,516 - Yeah? - Sure. 533 00:20:41,616 --> 00:20:43,852 Quitting is for smokers, right? 534 00:20:43,952 --> 00:20:46,955 You're a go-getter, I can tell. 535 00:20:47,022 --> 00:20:49,991 So if it's a fella you fancy, 536 00:20:50,091 --> 00:20:52,694 maybe you just need to show a little more interest 537 00:20:52,794 --> 00:20:55,597 - in his hobbies. - His hobbies? 538 00:20:55,664 --> 00:20:58,466 - Just spitballing here, but... 539 00:20:58,533 --> 00:21:02,037 did you ever think of trying your hand at crime? 540 00:21:02,137 --> 00:21:04,205 Crime? Me? 541 00:21:04,306 --> 00:21:05,874 Nah, you're right. 542 00:21:05,974 --> 00:21:08,510 I had you pegged wrong. Forget I said it. 543 00:21:08,610 --> 00:21:09,944 What? No! No! 544 00:21:10,011 --> 00:21:12,881 Wait. You think Mr. J would notice me if I-- 545 00:21:12,981 --> 00:21:15,050 - Hey I don't know nothin' 'bout nothin'. 546 00:21:15,150 --> 00:21:17,886 I'm just nonsense coming out the end of a banana. 547 00:21:17,986 --> 00:21:21,456 I'm just saying the Clown Prince of Crime 548 00:21:21,523 --> 00:21:25,360 probably only dates other criminal types, you know? 549 00:21:25,460 --> 00:21:27,729 Yeah. Yeah. 550 00:21:27,829 --> 00:21:30,799 Other criminal types. I got it. 551 00:21:30,865 --> 00:21:33,301 - And you got an eye for crime. 552 00:21:33,368 --> 00:21:35,403 Didn't take you long to size up the score 553 00:21:35,503 --> 00:21:37,305 at Mama Dagmar's, did it? 554 00:21:37,372 --> 00:21:40,342 Hey, weren't you even a doctor of crimeology 555 00:21:40,408 --> 00:21:42,577 - or something? - Hey, yeah. 556 00:21:42,677 --> 00:21:44,746 It was something like that. 557 00:21:44,846 --> 00:21:46,681 Well, I better let you go. 558 00:21:46,748 --> 00:21:48,850 You got a lot to think about. 559 00:21:48,917 --> 00:21:51,419 Oh hey, listen, after I hang up, 560 00:21:51,519 --> 00:21:54,389 why don't you go ahead and eat this banana. 561 00:21:54,489 --> 00:21:57,359 They're good for you-- potassium I think. 562 00:21:57,425 --> 00:22:00,428 'Cause trust me, when you finally decide 563 00:22:00,528 --> 00:22:03,732 to go through with what I got in mind, 564 00:22:03,832 --> 00:22:06,401 you're gonna need your strength. 565 00:22:07,602 --> 00:22:10,939 Narrator: As Harleen Quinzel mulls an exciting new career 566 00:22:11,039 --> 00:22:13,375 in the up-and-coming field of villainy, 567 00:22:13,441 --> 00:22:15,610 we mark this page in preparation 568 00:22:15,710 --> 00:22:18,113 for a hasty return to the latest volume 569 00:22:18,213 --> 00:22:21,516 of "Life and Death in Gotham City." 570 00:22:21,583 --> 00:22:24,085 To be continued. 571 00:22:26,688 --> 00:22:28,089 [jazzy music] 572 00:22:28,189 --> 00:22:30,425 "Batman: The Audio Adventures," 573 00:22:30,525 --> 00:22:33,428 written and directed by Dennis McNicholas. 574 00:22:33,528 --> 00:22:36,798 Batman created by Bob Cane with Bill Finger. 575 00:22:36,898 --> 00:22:39,033 Based on characters from DC 576 00:22:39,100 --> 00:22:41,870 with performances by Jeffrey Wright, 577 00:22:41,936 --> 00:22:44,973 Aristotle Athari, Ike Barinholtz, 578 00:22:45,073 --> 00:22:47,909 Rosario Dawson, Steve Higgins, 579 00:22:47,976 --> 00:22:50,645 Toby Huss, Gillian Jacobs, 580 00:22:50,745 --> 00:22:53,548 John Leguizamo, Dennis McNicholas, 581 00:22:53,615 --> 00:22:56,151 Tim Meadows, Seth Meyers, 582 00:22:56,251 --> 00:22:58,887 Bobby Moynihan, Chris Parnell, 583 00:22:58,953 --> 00:23:01,456 Katie Rich, Ben Rodgers, 584 00:23:01,556 --> 00:23:03,992 Paul Scheer, Pete Schultz, 585 00:23:04,092 --> 00:23:06,628 Brooke Shields, Brent Spiner, 586 00:23:06,728 --> 00:23:09,264 Kenan Thompson, Alan Tudyk, 587 00:23:09,330 --> 00:23:12,500 Bradley Whitford, Melissa Villaseñor, 588 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:15,336 Eli Brueggemann, Doug Bossi, 589 00:23:15,437 --> 00:23:18,173 Ranjani Brow, Chris Gibney, 590 00:23:18,273 --> 00:23:20,675 Julie Larson, Erica Phillips, 591 00:23:20,775 --> 00:23:23,178 Rosie Phillips, Tony Phillips, 592 00:23:23,278 --> 00:23:26,114 Zoey Phillips, Deirdre Quinn, 593 00:23:26,181 --> 00:23:27,515 Robbie Wyckoff. 594 00:23:27,615 --> 00:23:31,519 Executive producers Jon Berg, Angela Petrella. 595 00:23:31,619 --> 00:23:33,855 Produced by Dennis McNicholas. 596 00:23:33,955 --> 00:23:36,124 Executives in charge of production, 597 00:23:36,191 --> 00:23:39,127 Shaleen Desai, Peter Girardi. 598 00:23:39,194 --> 00:23:40,829 Producer, Tyler Dorson. 599 00:23:40,929 --> 00:23:43,598 Production services by Kast Media. 600 00:23:43,665 --> 00:23:45,500 Producer, Colin Thompson. 601 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:48,036 Coordinating producer, DJ Labelle. 602 00:23:48,136 --> 00:23:50,338 Music by Doug Bossi. 603 00:23:50,438 --> 00:23:52,707 Sound recording, design, and mixing 604 00:23:52,807 --> 00:23:54,209 by Big Yellow Duck. 605 00:23:54,309 --> 00:23:56,778 Sound design, mixing, dialogue editing, 606 00:23:56,845 --> 00:23:59,347 and rerecording mixing by Chris Gibney. 607 00:23:59,447 --> 00:24:01,983 Dialogue editing and additional post production 608 00:24:02,050 --> 00:24:03,451 by Julie Larson. 609 00:24:03,518 --> 00:24:05,453 Writers' assistants, Trey Woodard 610 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:07,155 and Scott Weinstein. 611 00:24:07,222 --> 00:24:10,391 Original songs by Doug Bossi and Tony Phillips. 612 00:24:10,492 --> 00:24:12,293 The characters and events depicted 613 00:24:12,360 --> 00:24:14,028 in this podcast are fictional. 614 00:24:14,128 --> 00:24:17,699 Any similarity to any actual person living or dead 615 00:24:17,799 --> 00:24:21,870 or to any actual events, firms, places, and institutions 616 00:24:21,970 --> 00:24:24,172 or other entities is coincidental 617 00:24:24,239 --> 00:24:25,473 and unintentional. 618 00:24:25,540 --> 00:24:27,542 This podcast is protected under the laws 619 00:24:27,642 --> 00:24:29,744 of the Unites States and other countries, 620 00:24:29,844 --> 00:24:32,380 and its unauthorized duplication, distribution, 621 00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:35,416 or exhibition may result in civil liability 622 00:24:35,517 --> 00:24:37,085 and criminal prosecution. 623 00:24:37,185 --> 00:24:40,188 Country of first publication: United States of America. 624 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