It’ll be hard for the Senate not to do the same

A bit like Nixon releasing edited written transcripts of the tapes.

Brilliant!

Exactly the answer I’d expect from someone in the files.

Although there is this one that unwittingly hits the nail on the head, with “The Closeted Legends of Jerkules”. No mention of Xena & Gab’s relationship, so this is clearly early days, & the writer is just riffing on the traditional appeal of Steve Reeves’ Hercules movies in the gay community:

Some of the jokes are funny: Xena is Zima, the name of a trendy yet bland 90s beach drink. Hercules as Jerkules still holds up, the odd mishmash of non-Greek props & bellowing sky gods. The panel that hits closest to its target is this one:

Mad’s satire could be on target, but their tv/film spoofs often reflexively mocked the actors’ talent. I usually shrug when they do this; after all, they wouldn’t bother satirizing a show that’s not worth our time. You can tell they’re not familiar with the show, if Herc is the smart one!…

Most of the jokes centered on cleavage & anything related to that. The guys are horny & the gals are bimbos, very much the “Baywatch B.C.” stereotype. In fact, the story ends with them time traveling to the present, ending up on an episode of Baywatch:

The One Ring web domain was already taken so Homer it is

Tbf inheriting is what they’re good at

And the big reveal is that Saruman was smoking like a Mordor chimney

They were essentially asking her to very publicly take the fall for Trump, on the most toxic issue imaginable.

If you aren't fighting, get out of the way.

If you don't get out of the way, you're fighting, just not against fascism.

This year’s turkeys will be the only thing he doesn’t pardon this year

He’ll be using the Shakespearean Insult engine next