Holy Casting Calls! Robin Williams To Team Up With Batman While Boy Wonder Recuperates

I’d totally forgotten I’d written this blog post until last night, when I published the Friday Night Think Tank post about Robin Williams. I thought I’d share the post again as it was meant to honor Williams’ amazing, manic sense of humor. Rest in Peace, Robin…

The Return of the Modern Philosopher

The villains of Gotham City have a new Dynamic Duo to battle (for the next 6-8 weeks, pending the outcome of rehab and a repeat MRI): Batman and Robin Williams!

This exciting pairing was made necessary by the injuries Robin, Batman’s usual sidekick, sustained in a recent dust up with The Penguin and his team of henchman. While doctors won’t reveal what landed the Boy Wonder on the Superhero Disabled List, this Modern Philosopher’s sources say he suffered a concussion, several cracked ribs, a broken arm, a dislocated shoulder, three broken fingers, a pulled groin, and a twisted ankle. Robin gave my source the following quote: “Ow!” and was then heavily sedated to help him deal with the pain.

The Dark Knight, who prefers not to work alone now that he’s getting up there in years, had his man Alfred put in a call to a temp agency to fill…