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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts) Sun Jul 22, 2018, 11:01 AM Jul 2018

Oh, the irony: Watching the 1966 Batman episode "Hizzonner the Penguin"...

Penguin decided to run for mayor. Batman tells Robin "I don't think there's any danger of Penguin being elected, Robin...the people of Gotham City aren't as simple-minded as he might think."

The mayor and Commissioner Gordon encourage Batman to run against him because Penguin will smear any of his opponents.

It's like it's November 2016 all over again.

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Oh, the irony: Watching the 1966 Batman episode "Hizzonner the Penguin"... (Original Post) Miles Archer Jul 2018 OP

From a historical perspective "hizzonner" is a negative term for big city mayors mucifer Jul 2018 #1

As in, Hizzonner Da Mare. Gidney N Cloyd Jul 2018 #2

The Penguin campaign's band: sl8 Jul 2018 #3

Yeah, I enjoyed the hell out of that Miles Archer Jul 2018 #4

...and some embryonic rap from Penguin himself! Dennis Donovan Jul 2018 #7

Where was Batman's rebuttal ? DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2018 #5

Look, it's Rudy the penguin. shockey80 Jul 2018 #6

mucifer

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1. From a historical perspective "hizzonner" is a negative term for big city mayors

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Sun Jul 22, 2018, 11:20 AM

Jul 2018

Back in the '60s it was used against Mayor Daley of Chicago who was a democrat and very racist and right wing on pretty much all social issues. Liberals often ran as republicans back then because we had such a corrupt party and it controlled everything in Chicago. There are still some vestiges of all of that under Mayor Rahm. But, it's not as bad.