I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman "I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman" was a hit single in 1967 composed by British songwriters Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway. It was a novelty record, performed mostly by whistling. The name Whistling Jack Smith, credited on the most commercially successful recording, was a play on the name of the baritone singer of the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, Whispering Jack Smith. The tune was written by Greenaway and Cook and was originally titled "Too Much Birdseed". It was recorded as a single for Deram Records by record producer Noel Walker, using studio musicians together with the
Wir sind Kaiser Wir sind Kaiser Wir sind Kaiser (We are Emperor) is a satirical late-night talk show of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF), which aired between 2007 and 2010 as part of Thursday night. Through 3sat the show could also be seen in Germany and Switzerland. Measured by market share "Wir sind Kaiser" was the most successful self-produced weekly broadcast production on ORF 1 between 2007 and 2010. Since the end of 2010, new special episodes are broadcast on a quarterly basis. The show is a political satire in which the Austrian people have become so disappointed with the politics of their