I agree - while the Ledger Joker was a truly inspired villain, he wasn't... well, FUNNY. He didn't tell jokes, and he hardly ever laughed. (True, this made it quite terrifying when he DID, but still.) I mean, why the hell would you call yourself 'the Joker' and garb your henchmen in clown masks if you're not even going to TRY being funny? I would have settled for a few more moments like the 'magic trick' with the pencil - that made me laugh, even if it just in a 'holy CRAP, did he really just do that?' way. In my opinion, the Joker SHOULD be both funny and scary, because that makes for a compelling combination - you're laughing at him because he's being wacky, but at the same time, you're gasping in shock - well, inwardly, anyway - because he's doing such terrible things.