Those Responsible For The Cartoons Have Been Sacked
Seems the editorial cartoonists at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette had Monty Python on their mind this week. Who can blame them, since "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" is - in my opinion - one of the funniest movies of all time. But in two days, two different cartoonists have made "Grail" references, first with John Deering on Thursday having Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito being put to the ridiculous query about the weight of an unladen African swallow. Then, the next day, David Cox compares the ongoing Republican scandals to the clueless Black Knight.
It's either a funny coincidence, or perhaps the editorial page is now being directed by 40 specially-trained Ecuadorian Mountain Llamas. I do wonder sometimes.
Calls to mind the funny coincidence LT spotted recently when two different editorial cartoonists used the same joke - albeit not Pythonesque - to portray Secretary of State Condeleeza Rice and her denials that the U.S. used torture in interrogations of prisoners in the war on terror.
posted by JP at 6:24 AM
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You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you.
Actually, the Senator should have said, "what is the airspeed of an unladen swallow?". Which Alito would have responded with "An African Swallow or a European Swallow?" Then the Senator would say, "I don't know! Ahhhhh!" and been tossed off the bridge.
Monty Python on the brain, maybe, but they're taking artistic license with the most clever script EVER!
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