Sphere
of Influence
Yes, this cartoon was from simpler times, when I could
sit back and draw goofy shit while waiting for Obamacare
to become a reality.
Cartoon
is from September 18, 2009.
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Manchin and Sinema: "We're both very critical
of the way Hillary, uh, we mean Biden has handled Benghazi,
uh, we mean the infrastructure bill."
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As usual Facebook half-assed the company's new name.
It should have been "Meta-stasis".
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“If you maintain a consistent political position
long enough you'll eventually be accused of treason.”
-
Mort Sahl (1927-2021)
I recently had a much younger person than myself ask
me who were my favorite comedians. He wasn't expecting
names,
those
whom I consider
seminal to modern comedy, of performers like Jonathan
Winters, Nichols and May, Lenny Bruce, Bob Newhart
or Mort Sahl.
"Who's Mort Sahl?" he asked.
Sigh.
I have a huge collection of over 300 comedy albums,
which of course includes copies of everything Mort
Sahl committed
to vinyl. His performances were unique in that they
offered intimidatingly brilliant social and political
insight that was almost impossible to relate the next
day at the water cooler. He didn't joke about traffic
or his wife's cooking. He challenged preconceived notions
delivered as sly asides, rejecting the punch line,
choosing instead to cause you laugh at the absurdity
inherent
in the chosen premise.
And he never cursed on stage.
He was the first comedian to make a comedy record album,
to first to be featured on the cover of Time magazine,
the first win a Grammy. He was the lynchpin from which
modern comedy revolved and evolved.
And he died Tuesday
at the age of 93.
I could go on but I think I'll leave the final words
to Mr. Saul:
“You haven't lived until you've died in California.”
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Paraphrasing Mr. Saul: "America is the only country
where being a Nazi is still legal."
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This is the final rerun of my 'toons for the month
of October. Thanks for hanging in there and I hope
you enjoyed my choice of recycled goodies. I've already
got ideas for November so have a great
Halloween weekend
and we'll see you on the other side.
=Lefty=
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