A prank by the Joker?Author John M....

A prank by the Joker?

Author John M. Wilson sent us a correction in Publishers Weekly that said: “Our heartfelt apologies to former ‘Batman’ TV star Burt Ward for recently characterizing his upcoming tell-all, ‘Boy Wonder: My Life in Tights,’ as being ‘swishy’ when what we should have said was ‘dishy.’ (Despite the memoir’s provocative title, reliable sources insist that both Ward and the book are quite straight.) Sorry.”

We always admire a correction that isn’t wishy-washy.

AND THIS IS FISHY: Ted Rogers of West L.A. came upon a menu in Marina del Rey that boasts the only sea creature known to make a “baaaaah” sound. “I’m a native of the northern Colorado sheep country,” says Rogers. “I can still picture the excitement of the sheep trawlers coming in with their nets full.”

THE ALL-TIME FREEWAY TIE-UP: In a discussion of myths about L.A. we forgot to mention the theory that the remains of socialite Evelyn Throsby Scott are buried under the San Diego Freeway, which was under construction when she disappeared from her nearby home in 1955.

Coincidentally, we just received a copy of “Perfect Crimes,” by Marvin J. Wolf and Katherine Mader. The book includes Scott’s murder among its “12 true tales of fiendish schemes that came off without a hitch. Almost...”

L. Ewing Scott, a con man with an affinity for rich women, was convicted of murdering his wife, though neither her body nor the weapon nor a witness were ever found. Obviously, the Dream Team wasn’t around then. (We’re sure the DT could have explained away the eyeglasses and dentures of the victim, which were found near the house.)

Scott, who had quietly tried to seize all her assets, served 20 years in San Quentin.

But, six years after he was released and shortly before his death, he admitted to author Diane Wagner (“Corpus Delicti”) that he had clubbed his wife to death and buried the body not in the freeway, but in the desert near Las Vegas.

Wagner said later: “I think he really wanted to enjoy his last moments--that he really had been smarter than everybody else.”

PERFECT CRIMES II: The Wolf-Mader book was written in early 1994. Wonder if the authors will be able to find any interesting subsequent murders for a sequel?

LESSER OFFENSES: On Wednesday morning, two workers were spotted on the 20th Century Fox lot off Pico Boulevard removing the poster advertising Hugh Grant’s coming movie, “Nine Months.”

ANAGRAM OF THE DAY: Michael Modes of L.A. offers:

KATO KAELIN--TAKE IN L.A., O.K.?

THANKS FOR THE REASSURANCE: The Bixby Knolls Car Wash in Long Beach advertises that it is “open 7 days a week--rain or shine.”

THOSE EASTERNERS: In a piece on L.A. last Sunday, a New York Times writer said: “Throughout the city, it is not uncommon to see signs proclaiming kosher enchiladas.”

Oh come on! There are no signs advertising kosher enchiladas. Kosher burritos--sure. But kosher enchiladas--never. Does the writer think L.A.’s weird or something?

miscelLAny It was just a few months ago that magician David Copperfield got his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Now, Hollywood Boulevard is sinking out of sight. OK, Copperfield, you’ve had your fun. Make the street reappear! Or should we call on dishy Robin?