TMC
11-25-2016, 07:42 PM
https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/498d8660-ed70-3680-869f-507d8b195a6c/the-campaign-that-predicted.html
At some point shortly before this year's presidential election, a tweet popped up from Bat Labels, a terrific account that does little more than highlight the superfluous signage that peppers the classic, campy Batman television series. During the second season of that series, it turns out, Batman ran for mayor of Gotham City over the course of two episodes, "Hizzoner the Penguin" and "Dizonner the Penguin." When I reached out to Aaron Reynolds, the guy behind @BatLabels, it turned out that the parallels to this year's election were hard to miss. In the episodes, which aired precisely 50 years ago during the administration of Lyndon Johnson, there was none of the "dark knight" nonsense where Batman was an outside force working to save Gotham. This was well after that: Batman can walk into city hall for a confab with Mayor Linseed with no one blinking an eye.
At some point shortly before this year's presidential election, a tweet popped up from Bat Labels, a terrific account that does little more than highlight the superfluous signage that peppers the classic, campy Batman television series. During the second season of that series, it turns out, Batman ran for mayor of Gotham City over the course of two episodes, "Hizzoner the Penguin" and "Dizonner the Penguin." When I reached out to Aaron Reynolds, the guy behind @BatLabels, it turned out that the parallels to this year's election were hard to miss. In the episodes, which aired precisely 50 years ago during the administration of Lyndon Johnson, there was none of the "dark knight" nonsense where Batman was an outside force working to save Gotham. This was well after that: Batman can walk into city hall for a confab with Mayor Linseed with no one blinking an eye.