# Bob Denver as the joker

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-denver-as-the-joker/841139>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 2, 2019, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-denver-as-the-joker/841139 "2019-10-02T07:41:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-denver-as-the-joker/841139/61 "2019-10-05T19:07:36Z")

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Howard Morris (The actor that played Ernest T Bass) would have made a good Joker.

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**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-denver-as-the-joker/841139/62 "2020-01-19T23:58:20Z")

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Morris had the laugh, but not nearly intimidating enough. The Riddler, maybe.

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**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-denver-as-the-joker/841139/63 "2020-01-20T09:22:38Z")

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> [@markn\_1](#):
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> The authoritative list of actors who would be totally miscast as the Joker:
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> 1. Bob Newhart
> 2. Buster Keaton
> 3. Bob Denver
> 4. Slim Pickens
> 5. Rick Moranis
> 6. Peter Falk
> 7. Don Knotts
> 8. John Wayne
> 9. William Shatner
> 10. Lorne Green
> 
> See, he’s number 3 on the list.

You missed Tom Bosley, Steve Buscemi, and Normal Fell.

By the way, am I the only one who misread the thread title as “ **John** Denver as the joker”?

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**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-denver-as-the-joker/841139/64 "2020-01-20T14:22:45Z")

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> [@ElvisL1ves](#):
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> Mark Hamill makes a fine Joker already.

He already played a supervillain (Cockknocker) in **Jay and Silent Bob Strikes Back**.

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