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BATMAN: The Big Joke
This milestone in the Lloydel Pictures catalogue was one of our proudest accomplishments. It's essentially a parody of the old 1960s Batman TV series that starred Adam West and Burt Ward. We were massive fans the Batman comics, and I had personally harbored a deep love of the corny TV series. Interestingly, the show wasn't really all that different from what we created here, so it's hard to say whether or not it actually functions as a "parody." Our Batman is decidedly more stupid and our Robin is clearly more foolish, so I guess you could say we took what already existed in the original series and turned up the knobs a bit.
Jon Lee takes on the role as the fearless caped crusader and Kevin Driscoll performs double-duty as both Robin and the Joker. Mark Brinkman delivers a stoic (and maybe a little unfaithful) Commissioner Gordon. The rest of the cast is rounded out by some Lloydel Pictures casting favorites like Sean Fontaine and Sean Callaghan.
This film came about at a very exciting time for us as teenagers. The first Tim Burton Batman film starring Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson released shortly after we finished shooting and most of us were entering into our final year of High School in 1988-1989. It also marked a period of time when our connection to the local cable TV network started to form, and we were allowed to show our creation over the course of two nights as part of their scheduled community programming. This allowed us to advertise it around our school and elsewhere in the town so people could tune in to watch it. We ended the first half on a cliffhanger, of course, where Batman finds himself trapped by his fiendish adversary, leaving the viewers to breathlessly wait to find out if he manages to escape in the second episode. This also matched the formula of the original TV series.
Unfortunately, the quality of the original tape had eroded in various ways, including the sound. You'll likely notice some visual and audio anomalies as you watch. I did the best I could restoring or concealing some of these flaws, but you're likely to still notice a few.
And if viewers find themselves upset by the untimely demise of a particular beloved character, they needn't fret. He awakens sometime later and appears in the sequel safe and sound.
Enjoy!
Approximate Film Date: Fall 1988 through Spring 1989
BATMAN: The Big Joke
This milestone in the Lloydel Pictures catalogue was one of our proudest accomplishments. It's essentially a parody of the old 1960s Batman TV series that starred Adam West and Burt Ward. We were massive fans the Batman comics, and I had personally harbored a deep love of the corny TV series. Interestingly, the show wasn't really all that different from what we created here, so it's hard to say whether or not it actually functions as a "parody." Our Batman is decidedly more stupid and our Robin is clearly more foolish, so I guess you could say we took what already existed in the original series and turned up the knobs a bit.
Jon Lee takes on the role as the fearless caped crusader and Kevin Driscoll performs double-duty as both Robin and the Joker. Mark Brinkman delivers a stoic (and maybe a little unfaithful) Commissioner Gordon. The rest of the cast is rounded out by some Lloydel Pictures casting favorites like Sean Fontaine and Sean Callaghan.
This film came about at a very exciting time for us as teenagers. The first Tim Burton Batman film starring Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson released shortly after we finished shooting and most of us were entering into our final year of High School in 1988-1989. It also marked a period of time when our connection to the local cable TV network started to form, and we were allowed to show our creation over the course of two nights as part of their scheduled community programming. This allowed us to advertise it around our school and elsewhere in the town so people could tune in to watch it. We ended the first half on a cliffhanger, of course, where Batman finds himself trapped by his fiendish adversary, leaving the viewers to breathlessly wait to find out if he manages to escape in the second episode. This also matched the formula of the original TV series.
Unfortunately, the quality of the original tape had eroded in various ways, including the sound. You'll likely notice some visual and audio anomalies as you watch. I did the best I could restoring or concealing some of these flaws, but you're likely to still notice a few.
And if viewers find themselves upset by the untimely demise of a particular beloved character, they needn't fret. He awakens sometime later and appears in the sequel safe and sound.
Enjoy!
Approximate Film Date: Fall 1988 through Spring 1989
