More Carlin ...

Man, it was a gas last night, NBC and Saturday Night Live replaying the very first show, from back in October 1975, in which the recently departed George Carlin was the programs first host.

Numerous references (nervously) made about it being "live" ... Not one, not two, but four musical features (two artists - Billy Preston and Janis Ian - with two sets each) ... A short 'Weekend Update' (and "Generalissimo Franco is still dead" hadn't hit yet) ... The Not Ready For Prime Time Players ... And, of course, the, now legendary, debut of Andy Kaufman, and the hilarious "Mighty Mouse" routine ...

I can remember, very well, those first two years of SNL ... Wherever you were, whatever you were doing on a Saturday night, you made your plans to be at, or near, a televison by 11:30PM ...

But we digress ...

Nick Zaino, otherwise known as The Optimistic Curmudgeon, has, in his last two posts, provided encores of interviews he conducted with George Carlin;

OC Archive: George Carlin 2002

George Carlin: Complete Comedian

Check'em out ... Good stuff!

What If It Came From SNL?

Oh No!

Here we go - again!

They're trying to manufacture another "Pastor" scandal for Barack Obama.

They're trying to say it's another unfair bashing of Hillary.

Father Michael Pfleger, in a guest slot, at the, now infamous, Obama-attended, Trinity United Church, in Chicago, did an over-the-top sermon, mocking Hillary Clinton (it's a matter of interpretation) that has had everyone in a buzz, lamenting that Obama has "another" pastor problem, etc, etc ...

Here the YouTube of it;

Obama's Church: Why Hillary Cried - Father Michael Pfleger



If you can't view it, Melissa, over on Shakesville, one of those in a tizzy over it (and, in general, the misogyny in the campaign) has a transcript;

Transcript from 1:58: I don't really want to make this political, 'cause you know I'm very unpolitical [laughter], but when Hillary was crying, and people said that was put on, I really don't believe it was put on. I really believe that she just always thought: "This is mine." [applause] "I'm Bill's wife; I'm white; and this is mine! I just gotta get up and step into [sic] the plate." And then outta nowhere came: "Hey, I'm Barack Obama." And she said, "Aww, damn! Where did you come from?! I'm white! I'm entitled! There's a black man stealing my show!" [cheers and applause] Waaaaaaaah! [pretends to weep and cry; wipes face with hankie] Waaaaaaaah! She wasn't the only one crying; there was a whole lotta white people crying!"

Okay, what's the problem?

Yeah, he's really into, on a roll, with nothing more than satire.

I speculate, strongly, if this was a Saturday Night Live skit, it would be getting equal play on the cable television programs, but in the manner of praising it, saying how hysterical it was, how sharply satirical it was, and, undoubtedly, leading into the discussions of how SNL was so on top of the campaign.

Here's an earlier example, with SNL veteran writer Jim Downey, on 'Hardball', discussing the "Debate" skit.

Is SNL pro-Hillary?

When the satire is aimed at, and against, Obama, that's okay.

But the Clintonistas, unless it's pure, straight-from-the-heart, adulation and Hillary-worship, it's Hillary Bashing, misogyny, revolting, disgusting, hatred, and dissing of her candidacy, of a woman running for office, blah, blah, blah ...

Obama did the perfunctory distancing and apology.

Yes, there have been low blows and cheap shots leveled at Hillary - and Obama - but everything isn't, and shouldn't be, "Man the Battle Stations".

The Father Pfleger rant was funny, appreciate it for that, just like the above-referenced SNL skit on the debate was funny.

Let funny be funny!

This Father Pfleger thing should be a non-story.

With the big Michigan-Florida resolution coming tomorrow, likely, the Clintonistas will be off, pissing-and-moaning about that, with their crocodile tears and gigantic hankies.


Bonus Hillary Bashing Riffs

Top Ten Cloves: If Hillary Clinton Is A Monster, The Movies That Would Be Made About Her

Tinkerbell Meets Norma Rae - The Daily Kos Strike

"Oh ... THAT Conspiracy ..."

She Was The One She Was Waiting For!

SNL - We Had To Endure Hillary, But Then Came The Obama Files

Last evening, on 'Saturday Night Live' they, yes, surprise, opened with another Hillary-Obama debate sketch.

This was followed by an "Editorial Response" from the 3AM Gal herself; After a rather stilted minute or so, bantering with similar-clothed Amy Poehler, she got to shout out the trademark opening phrase.

(Okay, they had to play on the volcanic publicity generated from the first skit last week, but it's now time to move on.)

What did work, and was hysterically funny, was Robert Smigel's TV Funhouse cartoon, 'The Obama Files'

In it, he has Obama distancing himself away from Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, sending them off on study missions to non-existent countries, and more ...

It is raucously funny and The Raw Story has the video of it (it has already been removed for YouTube).

Check it out!

SNL TV FUNHOUSE CARTOON: The Obama Files

(If it ends up not there, you can go to the SNL site here to view it)


Bonus Links

Lynn Sweet: Clinton, Giuliani, surprise Saturday Night Live gig. Wicked SNL cartoon on Obama sidetracking Sharpton, Jackson. VIDEO

The Huffington Post: Live, From New York...It's Hillary Clinton!

Crooks and Liars - SNL: Live, From New York…It’s Hillary Clinton! Rudy shows up too

Patrick Healy/The Caucus: Clinton and Giuliani, Live From New York

Best-of-Day! ... Crimmins and Rich

The Garlic, ever endeavoring to bring you the best of the World Wide Web, is introducing with this post a new feature - Best of Day!

Be it a line, a headline, a passage, photo, etc, we will strive to bring it to you (which, as disclosure, will be based on available "bests", as well as our time, energy and reading/research).

It will be, as with other offerings (such as Good Post Alerts, or The Laura Bush Bummer Bombing-of-the Day Posts), from time-to-time, not an everyday-thing.

So, to kick it off, we turn to someone very familiar, and many times featured on the pages of The Garlic, satirist Barry Crimmins, who takes away the Best Line of the Day;

"Either Giuliani is waiting for the heat to blow over concerning numerous scandals that his felonious police commissioner, Bernard Kerik somehow neglected or Rudy is protesting the unfairness of his party's decision to hold all its primaries and caucuses on days other than September 11."

This comes from Crimmins' post today, "Crazy Dicks", which also offered another gem;

I can't do that because I understand a basic truth: he or she who wants to be in control is a dick and probably crazy. The premise behind most presidential bids is shockingly simple: I've looked at the entire world and there is one glaring problem-- I'm not in charge!"

And it's a day of riches (pun intended), as NYT columnist Frank Rich rings in with the Headline of the Day;

Ronald Reagan Is Still Dead

We can only hope - fervently - that the Writer's Strike ends at the soonest, and SNL gets back on the air.

What could be a better nod to their illustrious early, great years, then to lead off Weekend Update with Seth Meyers, excitedly exclaiming "President Ronald Reagan is still dead!"

Top Ten Cloves: Things About Fred Thompson Participating In His First Republican Presidential Candidates Debate

News Item: Thompson survives his first debate

10. Very surprised, since CNBC and MSNBC were televising the debate, they didn't throw in the 'Law & Order' sound effect every time he spoke

9. Prepared by taking a nice, long nap

8. Was relieved, seeing the all the other candidates on the stage, that he didn't mistakenly show up at a Black College

7. Was overly-conscious of tapping his foot

6. Kept his cellphone on, hoping his wife would call during the debate

5. Had trouble stifling the urge, to report back to former Nixon Administration staffers, dirt on the other candidates in the debate

4. Lobbied before the debate to allow him to have his red pick-up truck parked behind him on-stage

3. Forgot to give some of his answers in the persona of SNL's Darrell Hammond, doing his imitation of himself

2. Sweating bullets, hoping none of the other candidates caught the news of the Nixon Tapes, and start asking him if he really is "Dumb as Hell"

1. Tired ... Expended too much energy beating away Debate Moderator Chris Matthews, who was drooling, asking if he could lick the Aqua Velva off his neck

Bonus Links

Michael Scherer: What you missed while watching "Oprah"; Salon watches the latest Republican debate (economy special) so you don't have to. Chevron down! Alcoa up! And Fred Thompson goes public.


SNL Skit On Fred Thompson

Of Dead Policies, Boxes in Boxes, Meme's, Links and Lazy Saturday Afternoons ... Around The Garlic Patch

Good Afternoon Garlic Fans

We hope you are all well, as it is a dark, damp, dreary day here in Boston...




Yes, the long-awaited second installment of 'Around The Garlic Patch' and it’s a good one.

For your listening pleasure, about a minute clip of the legandary Bob Dorough, performing 'Lazy Afternoon'


First up is a devastatingly hilarious take-off on our current Court-Appointed President, from Martin Lewis, a British-born, Hollywood-based humorist, commentator, producer and radio host, that was on The Huffington Post earlier this week. Check it out and be prepared to laugh heartily

Bush Meets Monty Python!

Martin Lewis Website



One of the, perhaps, handful (at most) funny bits on Saturday Night Live this season was a video musical spoof of boy bands by Justin Timberlake and Andy Samberg, titled "A Special Christmas Box". Naturally, the broadcast bleeped out the rather descriptive word of the bit (you can see it unedited with the link below).

Coming along very recently, from a few people in Philadelphia was an equally, if not more so, satire of the original spoof, from "Bunny", singing "My Box In A Box", which has drawn nearly a million hits on YouTube, as well as flooding the performers' on-line accounts (MySpace, etc) with emails and such.

Last evening, on MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann, our intrepid anchor-hero had the exclusive of the day - an interview, with the behind-the-story telling of "My Box In A Box" with, not one, but two "Bunnies" ... Links below to all of it ...

Bunny Comes Out of Her Box

Another LonelyGirl? "Box In A Box" Star Actually A Whole Bunch Of People

SNL - Digital Short - A Special Christmas Box *Uncensored Ve

My box in a box



A rather interesting Meme is making its way around the World Wide Web and was discovered over at Michael Stickings fine blog, The Reaction... Check it out and have some fun with it ...

Tagged!



Lastly, we've added some new links, including Red State Son and the Assimilated Press, so scroll down the right column and feast with the entry keys to a wide range of good info ...

Have a great Holiday Weekend!
Peace
JTD