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1. It was always, "Robin laid an egg, the Batmobile lost a wheel, and the Joker got away."

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Mon Dec 23, 2024, 06:11 PM

Dec 23

That's the way I learned it in elementary school some 50+ years ago. So, that greatly preceded the Simpsons.

These were the days of the Adam West batman.

I stopped watching the video after a minute.

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It was always, "Robin laid an egg, the Batmobile lost a wheel, and the Joker got away." Intractable Dec 23 #1

Right, but that doesn't explain why that version wasn't common in the UK until the 1990s. sl8 Dec 23 #2

"Robin laid an egg." I never saw the Simpsons episode. And I rarely watch videos, but I did watch chia Dec 23 #3

Pretty sure True Dough Dec 23 #4