BACK WHEN COMEDY WAS KING — AND CLEAN

As a member in good standing of the Grammar Police for the past several decades, I love the following comedic take on punctuation. Dean Martin, one of the best straight men in show business, couldn't keep a straight face throughout the segment.

Enjoy:


Laughter is the best medicine! God knows that we could use some laughter during these Orwellian Times.

DEMOCRATS

Spew alert!

HAPPY NATIONAL EMPTY CHAIR DAY!

Labor Day has been replaced because there are no jobs.

HUMOR BREAK

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Of course, much about Occupy Wall Street isn't at all funny.

HILARIOUS VIDEO: OBAMA'S BIRTH CERTIFICATE

With a hat tip to Silverfiddle:


Whether you're a "birther" or not, you should admit that the above video shows up Obama supporters for what they are. Heh.

WEEKEND FUNNY

I love baseball! I come by that love of baseball naturally, I suppose. My father, born in 1911 and denizen of sandlot baseball, was actually offered a job as pitcher for the New York Yankees by a pro-ball scout way back when. Dad turned down the offer as he was such a homebody and the part-time caregiver for his own father.

Anyway, when I saw the video below over at Right Truth, I knew that I just had to post it:


For the record, the original classic poem "Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Lawrence Thayer:

The Outlook wasn't brilliant for the Mudville nine that day:
The score stood four to two, with but one inning more to play.
And then when Cooney died at first, and Barrows did the same,
A sickly silence fell upon the patrons of the game.

A straggling few got up to go in deep despair. The rest
Clung to that hope which springs eternal in the human breast;
They thought, if only Casey could get but a whack at that -
We'd put up even money, now, with Casey at the bat.

But Flynn preceded Casey, as did also Jimmy Blake,
And the former was a lulu and the latter was a cake;
So upon that stricken multitude grim melancholy sat,
For there seemed but little chance of Casey's getting to the bat.

But Flynn let drive a single, to the wonderment of all,
And Blake, the much despis-ed, tore the cover off the ball;
And when the dust had lifted, and the men saw what had occurred,
There was Jimmy safe at second and Flynn a-hugging third.

Then from 5,000 throats and more there rose a lusty yell;
It rumbled through the valley, it rattled in the dell;
It knocked upon the mountain and recoiled upon the flat,
For Casey, mighty Casey, was advancing to the bat.

There was ease in Casey's manner as he stepped into his place;
There was pride in Casey's bearing and a smile on Casey's face.
And when, responding to the cheers, he lightly doffed his hat,
No stranger in the crowd could doubt 'twas Casey at the bat.

Ten thousand eyes were on him as he rubbed his hands with dirt;
Five thousand tongues applauded when he wiped them on his shirt.
Then while the writhing pitcher ground the ball into his hip,
Defiance gleamed in Casey's eye, a sneer curled Casey's lip.

And now the leather-covered sphere came hurtling through the air,
And Casey stood a-watching it in haughty grandeur there.
Close by the sturdy batsman the ball unheeded sped-
"That ain't my style," said Casey. "Strike one," the umpire said.

From the benches, black with people, there went up a muffled roar,
Like the beating of the storm-waves on a stern and distant shore.
"Kill him! Kill the umpire!" shouted someone on the stand;
And its likely they'd a-killed him had not Casey raised his hand.

With a smile of Christian charity great Casey's visage shone;
He stilled the rising tumult; he bade the game go on;
He signaled to the pitcher, and once more the spheroid flew;
But Casey still ignored it, and the umpire said, "Strike two."

"Fraud!" cried the maddened thousands, and echo answered fraud;
But one scornful look from Casey and the audience was awed.
They saw his face grow stern and cold, they saw his muscles strain,
And they knew that Casey wouldn't let that ball go by again.

The sneer is gone from Casey's lip, his teeth are clenched in hate;
He pounds with cruel violence his bat upon the plate.
And now the pitcher holds the ball, and now he lets it go,
And now the air is shattered by the force of Casey's blow.

Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright;
The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light,
And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout;
But there is no joy in Mudville - mighty Casey has struck out.

Read more about the 1888 poem HERE.

HERE'S A TRULY FUNNY ANIMAL VIDEO

SOME MUSICAL HUMOR

At BHO's expense, of course:

DOES MICHELLE OBAMA REMIND YOU OF AUNT ESTHER?

Remember Sandford and Son? According to Wiki:

[Fred] would often [compare] her with King Kong and Godzilla and using colorful metaphors to describe her.

Aunt Esther had such a cold stare - one to freeze the heart of her target. It's the same look that Michelle Obama had on her face in the much-circulated photo of her and Carla Bruni Sarkozy.

I've noticed recently that BHO is getting gray. Maybe all his constant yapping and reading from teleprompters are getting to him.

Here's what BHO and his wife will look like in a subsequent campaign:



Reliapundit adds: Wanna really get sick!? I magine this is a photo of Obama accepting the nomination for his 5th term - the one "for life"... Would Michelle would still feel resentful, or would she finally have some pride in her country!?

Video: "The Twelve Days Of Global Warming"

Or should I say globull warming:

SEPTEMBER COVER OF MAD MAGAZINE

Spotted at PaleoCon Command Center:

Mad Magazine - equal opportunity satire.

THE SIMPLICITY OF OBAMA'S MESSAGE

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Even a birdbrain understands Obama's message. LOL.

SOME GREENIE TROUBLE AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION

(With a hat-tip to Raven, who emailed me the following link)



Sometimes, the Sunday funnies can be found in the news section:

DENVER Throwing the "greenest national political convention to date" is easier said than done, as Democrats are learning the hard way.

Amid much fanfare, Democratic National Convention officials have for months promoted their commitment to an environmentally sustainable event.

They've hired a first-ever "director of greening," set an ambitious recycling goal of 85 percent, and banished plastic water bottles and plastic foam cups from the premises.

[...]

The biggest environmental disaster to befall the convention hit two weeks ago, when the Barack Obama campaign announced that the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee would make his acceptance speech at Invesco Field at Mile High stadium.

The decision to move to the stadium threw a Chernobyl-sized wrench into the sustainability plan. Switching the venue from the Pepsi Center, which seats fewer than 20,000, to Invesco, which holds 78,000, threatens to saddle the convention with the Shaquille O'Neal of carbon footprints.

According to the above-cited article, a blogger has done some numbers crunching:

The Invesco Field speech could, therefore, result in more pollution emissions than all four days and nights combined of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., according to the blogger's estimates.

"Who knew Obama's ego would be so costly ... to the environment?" concluded [blogger] RiNOsaurusRex in an article titled "Obama Speech is Environmental Disaster."

The article in the Washington Times continues:

Things are simpler in St. Paul, where organizers of the Republican National Convention are taking a more laissez-faire approach to the event's environmental sustainability.

Greenies, take note! Obama and his monumental ego are damaging the environment! Not to mention all his hot air pouring carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

PETA AND THE THANKSGIVING-TURKEY PARDON

Amid this "controversy" over a Virginia Thanksgiving, PETA has spoken:

Mr. Bush will go forward with the traditional turkey pardon this morning, a custom thought to have originated with President Truman.

The turkey, as has been the custom since 2005, will then be flown first class, the White House said, to Disney World, where it will star as the marshal of the Thanksgiving Day parade.

This was still bad news for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, who said yesterday that Disney World does not provide proper care for the turkeys.

"Almost all of the turkeys who have received Thanksgiving pardons from the president in recent years have died within a year," a PETA spokeswoman said.

PETA pronounced the turkey's trip to Disney World "a death sentence."

Can't please those PETA people, I guess.

What is the normal life-span for a turkey, anyway?

Have a blessed Thanksgiving, and eat turkey without guilt. I know that I will!

DEMOCRAT CANDIDATES ON SNL

This is hilarious!! A Halloween party with all the different Democrat presidential candidates. There is a lot of truth here disguised with humor.