the joker

I spent the last 20 years without a clue that Mark Hamill has been the voice of The Joker this whole time. Now that he's just the other side of his 62nd birthday this past month, he's decided for reasons unknown to step down and give someone else the chance to fill his very large shoes.

Hey Star Wars fans! Mark Hamill, that once spritely 26 year old rookie actor whose name we all know today because he was encouraged by his buddy Robert Englund (Yup, Freddy) to audition for that little low-budget film that no movie studio would touch back in the day has a birthday today.

The Steve Miller band held the number one song in the nation on this date, January 12th, 1974. Watch Steve perform The Joker live from a show in Chicago.