Will Dan Quayle Dance the Mashed Potatoe?

Rumors are spreading that ABC is aggressively pursuing Dan Quayle for next season's Dancing With the Stars. Perhaps the former vice president who couldn't spell "potato" will triumphantly dance the mashed potato(e).

One Internet gossip monger says the star is "on the short list" and in final negotiations. Quayle has yet to officially confirm.

This YouTube clip purports that Quayle once tried hosting a dance show to court the youth vote. If so, he should have stuck to his real strength -- butchering the English language.

Turning to crime news, in another case of life imitates art, a 20-year-old dressed as "The Joker" was arrested at a screening of The Dark Knight. He wasn't trying to kill the batman. Rather, he was booked for allegedly stealing memorabilia and ripping down posters.

Of course, Michigan police had to arrest him themselves, since Caped Crusader Christian Bale is facing his own legal troubles.

Will this Joker -- otherwise known as Spencer Taylor of Three Rivers, Mich. -- face a jail sentence? Turn in next week. Same bat time, same bat channel.

Oh, sorry, I'm still hung up on the TV show. Maybe we all have some bats in the belfry.

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• What the F---!: Colorado bans 'WTF' as a letter combination on license plates (Hysterical Prudishness).

Upper Photo © William Wintercross/Getty Images; Lower Photo Courtesy Three Rivers (Mich.) Police Dept.