And orange you glad that he didn’t?

Over the years, the LEGO Group has released a number of Batman sets, including a couple from the original television series which, among its many guest villains, included the great Latin Lover, Caesar Romero, as the Joker.

     Now, Romero was a vain man, and he refused to shave off his signature moustache for the role, but in those days of lo-res TV, this actually wasn’t much of a problem at all. They just slathered on the white pancake make-up, and nobody noticed. Decades later, though, when they finally released Batman on DVD, well . . . everyone noticed.

     Including the good folks at LEGO.

Inspired by Andy Reed’s stolen comic collection. Photo by the author. Orange wedge inspired by the late, great Gilbert Gottfried.