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Yeah, this is one of the stories I was talking about in the first issue. The basic plot of this one (Joker helps a down on his luck crook who has a sadness gimmick) was recycled for an episode of Batman the Brave and the Bold, "Joker, the Vile and the Villainous", which focuses on the Joker trying to stop Batman from building an early crime detection device which can sense crimes the second they happen and alert him or the cops. In that episode,

Weeping Willy is replaced by Mortimer Gloom, AKA the Weeper, an actual Golden Age fawcett villain who fought Bulletman (As seen in the episode in question). There, Weeper as depicted as a washed up former villain who Joker nevertheless idolized as starting the trend of gimmick villainy, and actually inspired the Jokers motif (Although he took it in an "different direction"). In the end, Joker and Weeper succeed in destroying Batman's crime detector, and Weeper tries to doublecross and kill Joker, which Batman prevents. However this causes Joker to cry because Batman prevented Weeper from realizing his true villainous potential, and the sight of Joker crying makes Weeper laugh (an obvious homage to the ending of this, although this time the Jokers tears are genuine).

Also this illustrates one of my points from the first episode: Joker takes his arrest and the failure of the Platinum heist in stride, laughing internally at the fact he's gonna finger Willie for planning the heist. He's even a good enough sport to give Willie a good laugh. But it also illustrates that Joker doesn't consider being arrested all that big a deal.