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==First film adaptions==
==First film adaptions==
But the Joker wouldn't die so quickly, as producer William Dozier placed the Joker in the fifth episode of his 1966-69 television series ''Batman''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059968/]. Played by veteran actor Caesar Romero[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003110/], this new film version kept in line with the campyness of the comic character. One of the big-name stars who was attracted to film guest appearences in the series (Burgess Meredith, Julie Newmar, Frank Gorshin, Vincent Price among others), Romero had an unusual trait which he insisted not be touched: a well-groomed mustache, which was hidden under his white make up.
But the Joker wouldn't die so quickly, as producer William Dozier placed the Joker in the fifth episode of his 1966-69 television series ''Batman''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059968/]. Played by veteran actor Caesar Romero[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003110/], this new film version kept in line with the campyness of the comic character. One of the big-name stars who was attracted to film guest appearences in the series ([[Burgess Meredith]], Julie Newmar, [[Frank Gorshin]], [[Vincent Price]] among others), Romero had an unusual trait which he insisted not be touched: a well-groomed mustache, which was hidden under his white make up.
With ''Batman'' still in primetime as a live-action series for ABC in 1968, the animation company Filmation brought to CBS Saturday mornings ''The Batman/Superman Hour'', a cartoon series featuring the main DC superheroes in various seven-minute shorts; Joker appeared in several and was voiced by veteran comic actor Larry Storch. This very-tame version of the Joker was carried over to an episode of Hanna-Barbera's ''New Scooby Doo Movies'' in 1972, where he and fellow villain Penguin run a counterfeiting ring while enjoying their new stolen "ride": the Batmobile. [http://web.archive.org/web/20010330091127/www.cartoonnetwork.com/doc/newscoobydoo/fe.html]
With ''Batman'' still in primetime as a live-action series for ABC in 1968, the animation company Filmation brought to CBS Saturday mornings ''The Batman/Superman Hour'', a cartoon series featuring the main DC superheroes in various seven-minute shorts; Joker appeared in several and was voiced by veteran comic actor Larry Storch. This very-tame version of the Joker was carried over to an episode of Hanna-Barbera's ''New Scooby Doo Movies'' in 1972, where he and fellow villain Penguin run a counterfeiting ring while enjoying their new stolen "ride": the Batmobile. [http://web.archive.org/web/20010330091127/www.cartoonnetwork.com/doc/newscoobydoo/fe.html]