An Apple A Day



An Apple A Day is the sixth episode of the first season of The Joker Blogs. It was first uploaded on Youtube on April 4, 2009.

Characters

 * Scott McClure as Joker
 * Kira Westberg as Dr Harleen Quinzel
 * Steven Molony as Dr. Jeremiah Arkham
 * Torrey Halverson as Jonathan Crane

Production Notes

 * This video was uploaded to Youtube on Heath Ledger's birthday.
 * The Joker is wearing a WWJD ("What Would Jesus Do") t-shirt that has been altered to include the word Joker (which changes the phrase to "What Would Joker Do").
 * Jonathan Crane’s asylum patient number 52579 is a tribute to Cillian Murphy who portrayed the character in Batman Begins. The actor’s birthday is May 25, 1979.
 * The sandwich that suddenly appears on the Joker’s food tray is a continuity error. Several takes were done for this episode and the best ones were edited in, resulting in the sandwich that seemingly appeared on the tray out of nowhere. Additionally, a take that wasn't included for the episode was of the Joker handing Crane his Scarecrow mask and taking his sandwich.

Event Chronology

 * The events of "An Apple A Day" occur after "Hypnotized" and before "Artistic Merit".

Episode Connections

 * Harleen Quinzel was removed from her position as the Joker’s therapist in "Hypnotized".
 * Dr. Hugo Strange attacked the Joker in "Hypnotized".
 * The Joker references the introduction that Harleen usually gives at the beginning of every therapy session ("Dr. Quinzel overseeing patient number 4479..."), which Harleen began doing in "Therapy Begins" up until "A Dream Come True".
 * Harleen follows the Joker’s advice about taking what she wants, something she reveals in "Artistic Merit".

Multimedia Connections

 * Jonathan Crane was a former psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum and later took on the identity of Scarecrow as an antagonist in Batman Begins.
 * The magic trick the Joker does by making a fork disappear is a callback to The Dark Knight, where the Joker made a pencil disappear.