Dreaded Purple Master on SuprGlu

Is This an Ex-Candidate?

Wed, 14 May 2008 12:22:00 UTC

Okay, how many ways are there to say "the Clinton campaign is dead" with Monty Python jokes?

Dana Milbank at the Washington Post likes the "dead parrot" sketch.
Customer: "That parrot is definitely deceased, and when I purchased it not half an hour ago, you assured me that its total lack of movement was due to it being tired and shagged out following a prolonged squawk."

Pet-shop owner: "Well, he's, he's, ah, probably pining for the fiords."
He can't spell fjords, but that's okay, who can? And who can resist describing the Clinton campaign as a "prolonged squawk"? (I really like the caption for the accompanying picture of the candidate boarding a plane: "Hillary Clinton, pining for the Rose Garden.")

But as you can see from the cartoon, there are other possibilities. But then you probably read Fark, too.
"But I'm not dead yet!"
"Yes you are. You'll be stone cold dead in a moment."
What I can't figure is why we didn't see this prolonged deathmatch coming. The Democrats are a party of loosely-allied minorities, and here we have two of them set at each other's throats. This could not possibly end well.
"You're black. Republicans will never vote for you."
"You're a woman. Republicans will never vote for you."
"You're too young."
"You're a Clinton."
"I've had the superdelegates locked up from day one."
"Only because they're afraid of your husband."
"Everyone thinks you're a closet Muslim."
"Everyone thinks I'm Tiger Woods."
"Nobody really knows you."
"Everybody knows you, and nobody likes you."
The first candidate to eat a wafer-thin mint will explode. All over the nightly news.

Stuff I Almost Bought

Mon, 12 May 2008 14:28:00 UTC
From: T-Shirt Hell

Why not: Well, it's eighteen dollars! That's an awful lot to spend on a tee shirt, especially for a running joke that is about to outrun its sell-by date.

On the other hand, who expected this race to still be undecided by now?

EXTRA: Last week's thing I almost bought:

From: Dirt Cheap Shirt

Why not: Cost wasn't the issue, since it was one of their one-day specials for $1 (plus shipping). Partly it was the fact that it is, after all, a white tee shirt, and people built like me look like slobs wearing white tees. Mostly, though, it's because it's only funny once a year, and it probably wouldn't have arrived by May 5.

But I admit I did laugh out loud when I saw it.

Doctor...tell me, is he...?

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:02:00 UTC
glumbert - He's Dead Jim

All right already

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:00:00 UTC
Call it a palate cleanser, I guess.

Devious Journal Entry

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:33:00 UTC

Charles Schulz's Watchmen
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The same generation again

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:10:00 UTC

Again, from Balls and Walnuts. I meant to run it last Thursday, but preparations for an out-of-town trip distracted me...

Devious Journal Entry

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:02:00 UTC

Hank Ketcham's Fantastic Four
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One thing we don't always consider is just how much the artist's style dictates the personality and story of the strip...

The challenge is gonna be convincing Kari to wear 'em

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:48:00 UTC

Theme week, day 3: Do girls fart?

Captain on the bridge

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:43:00 UTC

It's good to be the captain.

(Found it at Balls and Walnuts.)

Smells like theme week

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:55:00 UTC

Can't think of anything more appropriate to our National Day of Mourning, April 15.

Shirtless Saturday - [ID Withheld]

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:02:00 UTC
Sorry, revealing today's shirtless subject would constitute a spoiler for Countdown #3, but I have to say I can't remember the last time I was this eager for a throwdown.

Click for the real image, and if you're one of those who'd given up on Countdown... Aren't you sorry now?

Hey, wait a minute

Fri, 4 Apr 2008 12:18:00 UTC
I knew something was wrong with yesterday's clip. I thought Costello was the short one.

I was actually hoping to find the Harry Shearer bit about the concert featuring (I believe) the Who, the Guess Who, Yes, and the Band.

All right, no fooling, I really mean it, this time for sure. From the film "The Gay Nineties" (hey, this bit probably is that old), Abbott and Costello's pick for the definitive performance of "Who's on First".

Sure, here you go

Thu, 3 Apr 2008 17:48:00 UTC
Yesterday's video looks wrong, too. The style is too archaic. Here's a somewhat more modern version of Abbott and Costello's classic "Who's on First">

Say, mister, you got two tens for a five?

Wed, 2 Apr 2008 12:31:00 UTC
Sorry, yesterday's recording doesn't seem to be complete. Here, again, is Abbott and Costello's classic "Who's on First", all the way to the shortstop joke...

I don't believe anything I see in the papers today

Tue, 1 Apr 2008 16:00:00 UTC
So rather than risk it, in honor of the first week of baseball season, enjoy Abbott and Costello's classic "Who's on First".