“By reducing the number of young, attractive canines out on the street, we may be able to control the epidemic of man-dog sex currently ravaging our inner-city neighborhoods,” Santorum explained.
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June 27, 2005
WB: Man Bites Dog
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OT, But Seized By an Irrestible Impulse:
Let’s Bite All the Lawyers, Politicians, and TV Producers Too!
Posted by: Groucho | Jun 27 2005 19:02 utc | 1
“I’m tired of spoiling my punchlines. See if you can figure out what’s true and what’s not — it gets harder every day.”
Comics regularly talk about how these kinds of political realities are good for their business, but they fail to mention how difficult things become for the satirist when the news already satirizes itself.
Posted by: Monolycus | Jun 27 2005 19:58 utc | 2
Would you take Bill O’Reilly any less seriously if he wore a bright red prosthetic nose and made his guests wear Groucho glasses while he spritzed them with seltzer water?
I think the logical progression would be for all television news anchors to keep a guy on the set in a cranberry tuxedo behind a snare drum so that they can deliver a rim shot as they rattle off the headline stories.
“And the President remarked in his State of the Union address…”
*pa-dum pum*
Posted by: Monolycus | Jun 27 2005 20:13 utc | 3
Bill Frist here. Pass me another cat! Oh …ah… Rick.. Hi….Yes they make great pets don’t they? (Pets cat. Hides scalpel)
Posted by: Diogenes | Jun 27 2005 22:23 utc | 4
Billmon, if you’re out there reading: I don’t really see the need to post satire alerts. If you’ve been getting flack, *shrugs*: you don’t have a comment section anymore, and it does rather spoil the effect for those who are a little more familiar with your humor.
Posted by: Jackmormon | Jun 28 2005 1:36 utc | 5
Deanna Swift beat you to it:
http://swiftreport.blogs.com/news/2005/06/index.html
June 01, 2005
Group Warns Spaying, Neutering Promote Pet Promiscuity
A growing number of traditionalist pet owners are refusing to have their dogs and cats spayed and neutered, saying that surgical sterilization encourages pets to be sexually active before they are emotionally ready.
Posted by: Kasha | Jun 28 2005 4:13 utc | 6