Well, I thought "Cagney" made a pretty shabby Riddler. (In the 1960s Filmation Batman cartoons, Ted Knight did the Riddler's voice as a goofy James Cagney impression; or more precisely, an impression of Cagney's character from Angels With Dirty Faces. He did a lot of voices on that show and had to find ways to make each one sound different, but that really didn't work for me.)

Yeah, but it was not that great an impression of Cagney. Besides which, even before seeing the live-action Batman show, I had an idea of how the Riddler should be, and sure enough, Frank Gorshin did it so well and so close to how I imagined. Admittedly, he did it better then I had imagined.
I think of my eldest brother's thing about Batman characters. Every time a new movie comes out, who ever is playing a role is suddenly his fave in that role, like with Heath Ledger suddenly being the definitive Joker. Previously, it'd been Jack Nicholson. Before that, Cesar Romero. Same thing with all the characters tho. He even loved Clooney's Batman. I don't know how or why, but he does that every time.

I have an answer, but I had to look it up -- neither voice actors nor murdered janitors are in my areas of specific reference.

I'll pipe up tomorrow if no one nails it before then.

--wyld

Was it Brad Pitt?





I've no clue, really.

You're not suppose to look it up then expose the answer. You do that, it'll upset CuCr and the next thing you know the police will find you in the local zoo, tied in a cage with a silerback gorilla giving you some monkey lovin.

Actually, I'm curious to see if Wyld could even look up the right answer, with the clues I gave.

I know that, but it's clear that Custom has stumped the board, and his three days will run by tomorrow.

I remember last time. I'm not likely to forget.

--wyld

I figured it out also but had to look it up. I'll pm u to see if i got it right.

No no no. It's three days if the last person to get an answer correct has not ASKED a question. CuCr did ask. One time there is a differance is if a person posts a question and then isn't heard from in about 6-7 days. CuCr has been a blabber mouth* compared to some people who've been here. That is, when it comes to telling "yes" or "no" as to weither someone may have gotten the correct answer.


* In the regular course of things, however, CuCr is not a blabbermouth compared to me.

I disagree. I think most question askers also observe a three-day rule for determining when they've successfully stumped the chumps. And if I'm mistaken, I think that would be a good guideline to keep the thread moving. Because, as boring as it can be, waiting for someone to realize it's their turn, it's more boring to hear "No that's not who I'm thinking of" for more than three days.

--wyld

I definitely agree with that. And while I usually frown on looking up the answers, if Wyld (or anyone else) is able to successfully look it up with the information I've given, I'll accept it!

It's the rule(s) I've always followed.

Do you owe Wyld some money?

I will guess the Riddler and Felix Faust.

--wyld

Well, Wyld got it right! Robert Englund, best known for playing Freddy Krueger (a school janitor and child molester who was murdered by the parents of his victims), voiced Felix Faust on Justice League and the Riddler on The Batman.

Take it away, Mr. Cherry!

Like I posted earlier, I couldn't think of who would murder a janitor. I mean, that's an unfortunate lot in some respects. Who would kill that guy? Got me thinking to motive, got me thinking foul play. Then I looked up any voice work that Englund had done and hit it shortly thereafter.

I know I cheated, but presumably Custom would be setting the thread loose now, so I'll pick it up:

My Heroclix match today was 500 points, unrestricted, theme-restricted: all figures must use some kind of ring. This includes Green Lanterns (and other color Corps), Legionnaires and their Flight Rings, the Flash family and their super-compressed costume rings. Name two other DC characters who used some kind of extraordinary ring, excluding those I've listed above.

--For bonus points, name four.
wyld