THE FIRST ANIMATED JOKERS 

Finally someone is talking with these versions of the joker

I think Mark Hamill's depiction of the character has left such A lasting impression that the other iterations have fallen into obscurity as A result.

“What a joker” indeed. I’d love to see you talk about The Batman (2004) Joker and The Brave Bold Joker. That second one in particular is very underrated in my opinion.

7:12 always cracks me up. It’s all in the hammy delivery. What a Joker.

These Jokers sounds like Dave Chapelle when he does his old gangster impersonation.

It's funny to me how these classic cartoon jokers felt like they inspired the original look of lego Joker which was my first exposure to the character outside of the Scooby-Doo/Batman crossover. Lennie gives a bizarre performance for Joker.

this makes you appreciate what mark hamill did for the character. just amazing

3:55 Awww hell nahh the triple K microphone.

They're not the best but they have a soft spot in my heart

I'll say, I do like the design of the Adventures of Batman Joker. It has a solid Silver Age look, and I think it must've had nearly as much of an influence on the Legends of the Dark Knight episode of The New Batman Adventures as Dick Sprang's comic art did.

2:03 You know American kids are built different because when these kinds of visuals were on Japanese TVs, a whole Pokemon episode got banned forever and Porygon never made an appearance in the anime again.

I’d love to see you do videos on more on these older cartoon villains

Now while I do agree these Joker's aren't memorable, but the gangster style voice kind of goes with the original version. The original had that gangster look. But what makes it bad in my opinion is he laughs at everything, that's not The Joker. Now maybe there's a version out there where he laughs at everything but I haven't read it and I've read a little from each era outside of my preferred eras (Golden Age, Post Crisis, New 52). But Joker tends to do his laughter for things he actually finds morbidly funny. The Joker was only seen once in the SuperFriends universe because of the legal issues. I believe Scarecrow and other Batman villains had the same issue. I actually liked the episode he was in as Joker does like chaos and I can see him teaming up with Darkseid and leading the Royal Flush Gang during this time.

Old School Cool 😎 👍

The Scooby-Doo version was my first animated Joker. When he came along in Galactic Guardians, I was happy to see him. I love that voice and how Jeff Bennet paid tribute to it in Brave and the Bold.

To put in historical context the first animated Joker should be referred as "Filmation Joker"

that aint the jokers, thats the jonkler and jinkler

To be fair, none of the animated Jokers were trying to be like Caesar Romero, they were just trying to be like the comics at the time, hence the different designs.

_"A far cry from the days where we'd wind up getting several versions of the villain on the big and small screen within the same year"_ 2019 indeed kicked ass, between Cameron Monaghan's last take on Mr J & Joaquin Phoenix's Joker each knocking it out of the park... And for completion's sake just a few days before 2019 started, the Joker would make a live action cameo in the last episode of the first season of *Titans* , which aired on December 21, 2018 (he would have a much bigger role in the first episode of season 3, which came out in August 2021) ... and just a couple years later in 2021 we'd get a much better performance by Jared Leto in Justice League Snyder Cut, accompanied by the shitty Joker 2.0 from *Batwoman* season 3, that aired between 2021 & 2022 (Marquis Jet, played by Nick Creegan, in a bad homage to the "Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker" movie... if someone reading this is interested in watching a comparison, I recommend cheking out the video *Batwoman S3: A poor man's Return of the Joker* by youtuber Michael Harlan) ... followed a year later by Barry Keoghan doing a great job for "The Batman" (2022) Fittingly, 2020 was also the year in which the highly anticipated *Batman: 3 Jokers* would come out (I know a lot of people were disappointed, but I adored the conclusion, and the scenes with Joe Chill gave me misty eyes) Nowadays were still have one more Leto Joker performance to look forward to in the Ayer Cut (in which he's, in a roundabout way, a Darkseid henchman, "not really the place of the prince of chaos that we know today" but he apparently has a good reason to work with Enchantress, who works for Steppenwolf, sooo?) plus Barry Koeghan likely getting another cameo in Batman 2, and of course we'll have the privilege of watching Joaquin Phoenix in his 2024 *"Folie à Deux"* Yep, fans of the Joker and Lex Luthor have been spoilt to death recently, both in live action and animation (currently, Alan Tudyk is doing a fine job as the Joker in the HBO "Harley Quinn" cartoon... and he'll probably also be in the spin-of "Kite-Man: Hell Yeah!") the Kite-Man/Golden Glider spin-of ["Kite-Man:Hell Yeah!" previously known as "Noonan's"] should be good, with so many references to Garth Ennis' *Hitman* it can't possibly be bad! Noonan's sleazy bar, and the con jointed twins Joe & Moe Dubelz It's crazy how we're finally getting an adaptation of these guys, it gives me hope for a *Hitman* adaptation some day... with "the Boys" getting so much praise, and "Preacher" before that not having as much success but still getting 4 seasons, and of course the TV show "Daredevil" being such a huge success, which is relevant since a good chunk of the most popular scenes of the show come from Garth Ennis Punisher runs... Even if we don't get a full Hitman adaptation, at least making a short animated film, DC Nation style, about the most popular Hitman issue (#34), the Superman crossover _"Of Thee I Sing"_ would be really nice; Gee, I did it again didn't I, went on another wild tangent? Well if you've read that far, props to you random stranger, and cheers from France! May your days be long and your nights pleasant, Sai. Rudin Filaro aka Randall Flagg aka Richard Fannin aka Raymond Fiegler aka Russel Faraday aka..........

Interesting thing to consider: Dr. Daka, the villain from the 1943 serial could *technically* be considered the first on--screen Joker, as the character originally was just The Joker before being changed into a Japanese scientist to aid the U.S propaganda effort. Despite this, the character is still depicted as The Joker on the serials' posters, he has a funhouse lair, and he has slicked-back hair and a string-tie, making him look VERY similar to the original appearances of Joker in the comics.

Supposedly Larry Storch as Filmation Joker was an urban legend, and it's said this was actually Ted Knight.

The Joker from the The Batman animated series was awesome 😎

2:41 I, for one, love his voice. And at the end of the day, the Joker is a gangster.

Have you made a video specifically on Romero's Joker? If so, can't find it, but if not, it's long overdue.

I know these will never compare to Mark Hammel's or Nichelson, Ledgers and others, not even Romero's at the time (who is still MY Joker), but as a kid when these all came out, I thought they were great. And I mean GREAT. Now, Romero even then outshined them, but as kids we just liked getting to have Joker aftually show up. You have to remember, we were watching Superman face a mustachioed uncostumed Parasite, a Prankster that also had no resemblence to his comic counterpart, a green Black Manta, a runty mindless Starro and everyone else not even being from the comics. Even as a teen, the Super Powers one was fun to finally see on the Super Friends (even though he was the least enjoyable of them all) after a several years of griping about his not having been in the Legion of Doom but Riddler and Scarecrow making the cut. Nice to see these guys get at least some credit; they were a generations (cartoon) Jokers.

I'm old so I remember watching all of these Jokers as a kid. They all have a special place in my memory becsuse they were my first exposure to the character of the Joker, even before the comics. I wouldn't mind a look at the next batch of Jokers one bit, but I would really like a look at the early animated Catwomans (Catwomen?). Just the variation in their costumes could be a video in itself.

I remember watching these versions of Joker as a kid, especially the Super Friends iteration, and yeah, they were passable. I think once Mark Hamill and BTAS came about, that became the bar that future iterations needed to cross. Great early work though because we really couldn't expect more from animation in this period.

Fun Fact: Frank Welker also voiced Darkseid and Kalibak as well as Mr. Mxyzptlyk.

what a Joker, see ya

Huh, what a Joker

4:00 the Joker is being interviewed by a precursor to the world wide web and who else 😱

Frank welker is underrated as the joker. He took it to the next level.

10:39 I love Frank Welker's joker 😊😊.

I think the reason Lennie Weinrib's Joker reminds you of a narrator, is because he seems to be doing a voice very similar to Ted Knight. Ted was the narrator on Super Friends. "Meanwhile, at the Hall of Justice".

I’ve been away for a while working on certain projects but it’s nice to come back and see your channel’s doing well. I love the Joker! What a Joker! Definitely do more Joker videos! I would love to see you talk about Kevin Richardson on the 2000s cartoon!

And because of her brief moment in this summation, you should do a similar video on Catwoman too. These characters go through the motions, but the love of seeing the charm still on screen was really the only joy viewers got at the time!

Lennie Weinrib sounds like he's doing a Ted Knight impression.

Nice Video Bro ❤

JOKER GETS THE MASK!!!!! (if you haven't done a video yet, could you please do one on this topic?)

my first Animated joker exposure was that Scooby doo and Batman crossover but since that I seen Btas Joker,The Batman '04 Joker in that dracula vs batman episode,Batman Beyond:Return of the Joker,Batman and The brave in the bold Joker,and the Lego batman movie Joker

Frank Welker's voice for the Joker is only a slight modification of his voice for Mr Mxyzptlk, whom he voiced for the Super Friends from Challenge of the Super Friends in 1978 through Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians in 1985. So, to me, his Joker just sounds like a 5th dimensional imp.

Yep! Thanks for acknowledging 😎👍

The Joker in ‘The New Adventures of Batman’ sounds more like Plankton that the clown prince of crime! 😂😂😂

Nobody got it right until Mark hammil

7:19 Catwoman getting close to Joker? 😰 These were indeed strange times.

The Larry Storch Joker was from a cartoon aimed at kids. What did you expect? They weren't going to make him insane, super evil and de@dly. A more kid friendly clown villain.

What a joker

@7:42 The Batman Who Laughs REAL first appearance!

The Joker in these cartoons was much tamer, he wasn't psychopathic or vicious, just nutty.

Cesar Romeo/60s batman joker is still a very different joker of today. Going back and watching the old batman along with the more recent cartoon movies based on the orginal show it makes you realize how a less physopathic killerjoker was back then. Mainly the only time joker killed someone was when he had a reason to and he got his kicks out of crime itself while new joker gets his kicks more out of killing people and wreck havoc for no reason.

They all sounded like past their prime Borscht Belt comedians working the Catskills.

A friend is the spitting image of Adventures Joker's front look when he laughs 🤭

I remember a dc superhero cartoon tape I rented growing up which had a few of these cartoons on it

To be fair, the Joker wasn't much more developed beyond just being the villain of a story for most of his career-he pretty much sat out the Silver Age except for a handful of cameos, effectively vanishing from comics until Romero reignited interest, but not really coming back into a full story until "The Joker's Five-Way Revenge" in 1973. Even his short-lived comic series did nothing to give him a character, something that really didn't start happening until midway through the Bronze Age. These first animated outings literally played the hand they were dealt, which was a villain with a distinctive appearance and little else.

Larry Storch - pretty notable comedy actor of the day - was def the best of these

What a joker we all know Mark Hamel Is the best

Listening to this, I recognize Ted Knight as the earliest Filmation voice of the Joker. He and Larry Storch voiced almost every male villain on the Filmation shows.

ngl it def feels like lennie weinrib (or the voice director) didn’t want to make the joker an “evil time for timer” in theory (in regards to 70’s filmation joker)

if you were a kid like me growing up in that era you loved all these Jokers.

the art in the Super Powers animated series was really good

11:22 Frank Welker didn't make much of an effort to make Joker sound any different from Mr. MXYZPTLK.

Deep voice Joker sounds like Yogi Bear playing the Joker.

I had completely forgotten how enjoyable these are, they are the 4th best Jokers due to their laughs and writing behind Nicholson, Romero and Hamill.

Look at that Microphone at 3:56 ! No way that would fly today!! I am certain it was only an error. Radio and TV stations west of the Mississippi River had to start with a "K." Considering most animation is done in Korea and Japan; it is more likely to slide/missed by the animators.

It's OK Joker for that cartoon, it was the First Joker for me, before Hamil's (Because i discovered Batman to myself with The New Adventures Of Batman 1977), so Hamill's Joker design was pretty similiar to this one. I glad to see that someone talk about The Adventures Of Batman (1968) & The New Adventures Of Batman (1977). You have my like)

I really enjoyed the Batman: Brave and the Bold version of Joker. He's a good homage to these older Jokers while still remaining somewhat menacing

The scooby doo one is definitely one I remember the most lol we had those movies on…VHS OOOOOOOOOO🤣🤣🤣

Lennie Weinrib Joker: Deep Manly Voice (Cackles in Scrappy Doo)

Oh, come on, the early animated Joker appearances were for kids, and they worked. Larry Storch, sounding like a Miser Brother (well spotted, by the way), was still affecting in the role-or his voice was.

Have to day, I dig the late 1960s Joker -- the look matched his rare comic book appearances of that era. I had big problems, thought, with the Catwoman costume in the 1970s Batman cartoon. The design of the character was fine in and of itself, but it wasn't any Catwoman I had ever seen -- and haven't seen since.

Anyone else see these and always think of the jaboody dubs videos ?

That's Ted Knight as the '60s/Scooby-Doo Joker.

When Joker is at a press conference podium at 3:57, one of the press microphones is branded 'KKK'.

I like that Dan Aykroyd Penguin.

Interestingly, Larry Storch's Joker (in Scooby Doo) was my introduction to the Joker back when I was a kid. Shortly afterward, during 1999, I saw Batman '89, and it was then that I realized that the Joker could be scary as hell.

I remember the first one fondly from my youth

The creator seems to forget that these Joker's were based on the comic book versions - both visually and dialogue-wise - not Caesar Romero's version.

6:26 in all fairness, he _did_ do some narration on The Super Friends...

Frank Welker is awesome

This was an era when cartoons were babysitters,bad or not it kept the kids quiet

Vee, would you do a Ceasar Romero video?

Larry Storch was actually my favorite out of this group. I used to mistake Lenny Weinrib for Ted Knight.

just DON'T Disrespect Mark Hamill's version of the Clown prince of Crime

So that where they give Joker a pet ever since.

I like the Filmation Joker and Cesar Romero, who was an AWESOME Joker (My favorite live action version and best laugh).

Weinrib's Joker sounds like the late Ted Knight (who had narrated for Filmation in the late 60s, and is probably best known for his role on The Mary Tyler Moore Show). Back in the day, folks were fine with all of this because who knew when something new would come out, so they took what they could get. The only one that was off for me was Welker's performance. I felt that he could have used another voice for the character, as he'd used that particular voice for silly characters on HB comedy cartoons.

Old Joker bit still has some nostaltic charm

You also have to remember cartoons in the 70s were heavily censored for network television,so they could only do so much with the Joker back then.

The Joker in this style works well for Scooby Doo.

May want to throw a photosensitivity warning up before some of those intensely flashing sections.

Well I didn’t know that there was a anime series before the 90s

A very great video and I'm glad to see somebody acknowledge the pre Warner Bros. DC Comics classic animation from the Saturday morning era. I have to point out that you have made one big mistake. In The Adventures of Batman from 1968 and the New Scooby-Doo Movies, the voice of the Joker was NOT Larry Storch. I don't know where you got your information, but it is wrong. The voice of the Joker was actually Ted Knight. Ted was to the Adventures what Lennie Weinrib was to the New Adventures. The resident character voice for the villains and supportive players. I know voices, and I know that Ted Knight was the Joker as well as the Penguin, Riddler, Mr. Freeze, Mad Hatter, Scarecrow, Doll Man, Simon the Pieman and the Judge. What you've said about the Filmation and Hanna Barbera versions of the Joker has some truth, but I personally love the Filmation Batman cartoons and the long running SuperFriends series, which I have written 2 books about. In fact, it was The New Adventures of Batman that first introduced me to not only the Batman characters, but also the Super Hero and Comic Book genres when I was 5 years old in 1977, so The New Adventures of Batman is my personal favorite Batman cartoon. As for the claim that Larry Storch voiced over the Joker, I would need legal proof. Even the Filmation founder Lou Scheimer confirmed that it was Ted Knight and not Larry Storch who voiced over the Joker, and he knew it too. I know that Larry Storch was part of the cast of the New Scooby-Doo Movies, but he wasn't the Joker. As for Lennie Weinrib, his Joker voice was weak, but his best villain voice was the Penguin. Thanks again for the great video

I was born in 71 and these were the first versions of the Joker I became familiar with.

Joker was serving with that blue eyeshadow 💅

What a Joker? There must be quite a few of these, animated and live. Seeing just a couple versions was interesting. If you ever run out of animated Jokers, would you start on the live action versions? And Harley Quinn already has several versions of herself tho she hasn’t been around as long. Even that hyena has numerous versions

3:57 [paused] looks like the Klan has a chapter in Gotham...

Joker is the best villian in fiction.

I feel like the only reason people remember this version of the joker is because of the Scooby Doo Batman Crossover and it’s not because of the joker himself. They even brought back this type of joker for that episode of Brave and the Bold. Jeff Bennant is almost similar but is way better it’s almost a middle ground which made him great but these original jokers are pretty forgettable

Larry Storch's Joker is basically an impression of Frank Morgan as the Wizard of Oz.

First animated Joker surely is the one from the live series at the beginning of the show, an animated theme with the crowd prince of crime. Joker was the first animated appearance in the 1960s? Unless there is an unknown mysterious cartoon in the early? 1945/55? Advertising Detective Comics?