I guess there was a huge legal fight that he eventually won through argument and opponent apathy, so as long as he doesn’t let the character sit completely idle, he keeps the rights despite no longer giving a fuck either. It’s utterly petty, and if I cared more about Dick Tracy I’d probably find it infuriating rather than hilarious.
Yep, it’s super weird. No one gives a shit about Dick Tracy anymore. And I even liked the Dick Tracy movie. Also, even if they did, no one is going to want to see an 87-year-old Dick Tracy.
What’s been fun is buying my first smartwatch, Samsung, and calling my wife from my watch and talking to he like Dick Tracy.
I felt the same way when I got a smartwatch! And then I thought, “my god I’m old.”
I think he knows that as well as anybody. That’s why it’s so delightfully stupid and petty.
I wouldn’t be so sure he does. There’s a good reason a lot of people suspect Carly Simon’s Your So Vain was written about him.
That song was clearly written about Jack Donaghy.
common misconception, actually that song is about me
It’s beyond suspicion now. In 2015, Carly Simon said the second verse is about him. But to your point of his vanity:
I hadn’t read that before. That’s great, I love it!