There was a show on television for one year back in the 1960’s called That Was The Week That Was. it was a satirical show and the precursor to Saturday Night Live, which came on in the 70’s. It was the American version of a show with the same name on the BBC and its host, David Frost, was imported for the yank version.
The setting and atmosphere was cabaret style and the live broadcast format was the same as SNL later utilized. The emphasis was on speaking truth to power via comedy, using sketches, blackouts, musical production numbers, and news reports. At its best, it was sidesplitting. It was apparently ahead of its time but the world was ready for it in the 70’s as the decades long reign of SNL has amply proven. But nowadays, all you need is an editing tool to produce comedy more hilarious still, because all of the news makers are doing the heavy lifting for you. This is the week that just was, in seven minutes.
Good boy! 🐶 pic.twitter.com/Gt2odPjPm1
— Tell Me More Facts (@TellMeMoreFacts) October 14, 2023
Again, I remind you, broadcast signals go out into space. Some species 50 or 50 million lightyears away could be watching this in in the future and wondering who the hell are these people and writing their legislators to make sure the galactic shipping lanes never go anywhere near this place. I know that’s what I would do on these facts.
And again, the GOP has lost in the past three elections. This level of lunacy is not likely to win over people who have voted against them in the past, but it is likely to persuade more Independents to vote against them and more people to become anti-Trump.
Can we get that in writing?
— Brenda of the Boreal Forest (@LittleBrendaE) October 14, 2023
— Grace With A Cat (@grace0715) October 14, 2023
The above GIF reminds me of the only line worth quoting that Ronny Jackson has ever spoken: “If you see smoke, that doesn’t mean there’s a Speaker it means somebody set the place on fire.”
And a partridge in a pear tree.
— Ursula Faw (@ursulafaw56) October 14, 2023
— Captain Grey Beard (@toddlambert) October 14, 2023
Nancy Mace is the new Lauren Boebert because MAGA needed a right-wing sex mascot and Bobo went too far and got herself canceled by the religious folks in Texas. Bobo also voted to keep McCarthy, which means Matt Gaetz is no longer her BFF and then lo and behold Mace shows up to vote against McCarthy. Point being: if you don’t want to play the part as written, Matt Gaetz will recast, no problemo. He’s the one directing this show.
And what I wouldn’t give to hear the conversation that Gaetz and Bobo had over that vote. I’ll be it was a doozy. She and her ex were screaming in court and I doubt if she and Matty were getting along too well this week, either.
Here’s the perfect theme song for the GOP-led 118th Congress of the United States of America.
Wow! The mango Mussolini – the ‘red light’ flashing danger to democracy has chalked up a list of ‘stink fingers’ hasn’t he. The malodorous grub. All this while attempting to fracture the very foundation of Americas democracy, and create create chaos. He’s at the point now where he’s hoping his desperate, manoeuvres will miraculously deliver. Not. He’s failing, continues to fail, and is a failure. In keeping the focus on their antics, as revealed above, it’s culminated in, as you say in your article heading and content, an “… Insane … priceless mashup.” All because he and they don’t care, other than abusing office and debating themselves. True use of power resides within the American people – use it transparently and effectively, if you do not want to lose it.
Fail.
Truly the Repubs are the Lunatic Fringe. Great pick for their theme song.
I remember TW3 very well indeed. Did you know Tom Lehrer has made all his wor available for download for free? Including recordings if any were ever made, which unclude a good deal of stuff from The Electric Company?