How did Jack Nicholson get into character? We go behind the scenes & into the pre-production of Tim Burton’s Batman of 1989. What made this Joker so iconic? We break down the historical significance, most memorable scenes, and how evil & hilarious Jack’s Joker really was. What is This Episode/Series? - Top of Show Episode Layout/Index - 4:29 NONSPOILER JOKER ANALYSIS: Getting Into Character - 5:07 Historical Significance - 11:54 SPOILER WARNING - 22:55 SPOILER JOKER ANALYSIS: Most Memorable Quote/Action - 24:12 Secret Spice/What Made It Work - 30:01 How Evil Was the Evil Deed? - 35:20 On a Scale of 1 - Joker… - 44:46 Your Homework/PLEASE LEAVE US 5*’S - 47:47 What’s Next From MMO/Words of Wisdom - 49:06 This is our 4th episode of The Joker Character Study. Episode 1 chronicled the history of the Joker character from his 1940 inception via the comics through all the movies, cartoons, & video games leading up to the Joaquin Phoenix portrayal coming this October 4th. Ep. 2 dove into Cesar Romero’s performance in Batman: The Movie of 1966, and for ep. 3, we did a crossover between the Joker & Pennywise, staging a fantasy fight and writing the plot for that dream crossover film. We also discussed the history of evil clowns in all of entertainment from Poltergeist to Rob Zombie & in real life with the 2016 Clown Sightings & John Wayne Gacy. Now we dive into 1989’s Batman and Jack Nicholson’s iconic turn as Jack Napier / the Joker. Our format is fun & simple, and yes, there’s a non-spoiler section first before we dive into the plot in spoilers. To kick things off, we go behind the scenes to describe how Jack Nicholson got into character. Then we have perhaps too much fun with the historical significance of the performance and the movie at large. In spoilers, we relive all of the most memorable quotes and actions before breaking down how evil was the deed, our section on the plots & traps & gags & laughs Jack’s Joker planned for Gotham & it’s Dark Knight. To finish, we debate on a scale of 1 to Joker, how Joker was Jack Nicholson? If you’re enjoying the show, do please leave us 5 stars on Apple Podcasts. Click on our show, scroll down a few seconds, and then you’ll be able to rate us. Coming up next, we’ll have a guest on Oscar Race Checkpoint to break down the Telluride Film Festival & all the Oscar contenders debuting this fall. Then we’ll have a movie event review of It: Chapter 2 for the weekend. As for this series, we’re doing Mark Hamill’s many iterations of the Clown Prince next week. Let us know what you think of Jack Nicholson’s Joker. Tell us where he ranks on that scale of 1 to Joker for you. We’re at MMandOscar on Twitter, and we are on Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, and Gmail. You can subscribe / rate / review / like / share / & listen to us on iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Google Play, Tune In, Spotify, and just about wherever you listen to podcasts. When reality sucks, keep watching movies with us. We’re Mike, Mike, & Oscar!