I wish the men of today gleefully bounced their legs around like that when they were trying to get with a lady. It'd certainly make bars more interesting.

Reminds me of one of Stephen Tobolowsky's podcast stories, about how a bull explosively crapped on him during the shooting of "Deadwood," and David Milch gleefully informed him that for reasons of verisimilitude, none of the costumes were being washed at all during shooting, so he could look forward to regularly…

Reminds me of one of Stephen Tobolowsky's podcast stories, about how a bull explosively crapped on him during the shooting of "Deadwood," and David Milch gleefully informed him that for reasons of verisimilitude, none of the costumes were being washed at all during shooting, so he could look forward to regularly…

I don't know, that Cabbage Babies film seems to document child abuse to me. Let's just pile up all the flailing, unhappy babies over HERE for effect…

I don't know, that Cabbage Babies film seems to document child abuse to me. Let's just pile up all the flailing, unhappy babies over HERE for effect…

We're having a wax phonograph cylinder mixtape prepared even as we speak.

We're having a wax phonograph cylinder mixtape prepared even as we speak.

The Dickson Experimental Sound Film is on there, thou lumpish, knotty-pated joithead.

The Dickson Experimental Sound Film is on there, thou lumpish, knotty-pated joithead.

He does really, really love his dog Iris.

He does really, really love his dog Iris.

She's really good in this, though I could do without her thick Boston accent, which occasionally seems fakey to me.

She's really good in this, though I could do without her thick Boston accent, which occasionally seems fakey to me.

Totally apocryphal. Everyone knows Alan Moore's giant beard would protect his neck to such an extent that he fears the knives of no man.

Totally apocryphal. Everyone knows Alan Moore's giant beard would protect his neck to such an extent that he fears the knives of no man.

Oh, neat. Have to say, I like it better as is — Scarecrow seems so much more like a Gaiman character than Joker does.

Oh, neat. Have to say, I like it better as is — Scarecrow seems so much more like a Gaiman character than Joker does.

Someone's assigned to do the kickoff, and they write the first entry. Then the writers email the file back and forth, adding to it. A transcribed in-person discussion would get unwieldy-long VERY quickly.

Someone's assigned to do the kickoff, and they write the first entry. Then the writers email the file back and forth, adding to it. A transcribed in-person discussion would get unwieldy-long VERY quickly.

From what I've read most recently, they weren't constantly hounding him, he asked them if there was anything they'd like to do, and they both separately said they wanted a character based on Sting. So he created one. They provided the impetus, but he still created the character.