“Last Blog Standing” starts riiight….now!
Yes, it’s time to steal a few more jokes from my father-in-law (F.I.L.). His blog posts range from political comedy to humorous commentary on pop culture.
For those of you who might be new here, he used to write for Alan King, Milton Berle and Jonathan Winters, just to name a few. And all those Dean Martin Roasts, too: Don Rickles, Red Buttons, Phyllis Diller, Sammy Davis, Jr., etc.
A tiny respite from all the frustrating events of the day:
A forthcoming book by PETER SCHWEIZER, “Clinton Cash,” accuses the CLINTON’S of getting donations from foreign governments and businesses by using HILLARY’S influence as Secretary of State to help them become rich. Republicans have gone as far as trying to persuade Mattel to come out with a HILLARY and BILL doll. “You pull the string and it pulls strings.”
Author PETER SCHWEIZER has a history of wrong reporting marked by errors, retractions and questionable sources. For instance, in writing about GEORGE W. BUSH, he told how the former President did a great job wiping out the Viet Cong during his stint in the Texas National Guard. When someone pointed out that there were no Viet Cong in Texas SCHWEIZER replied, “Sure, now!
Another fence jumper was caught trying to get into the White House. Authorities aren’t releasing the fence jumper’s identity, but they did say that she tore a hole in her pantsuit.
Why are so many people suddenly trying to jump the fence to get into the White House? Why don’t they just find themselves a billionaire like Republican candidates are doing, receive a huge donation and get in legally — And with the Supreme Court’s blessing.
Once again former Texas GOV. RICK PERRY says he’ll be running for President. If you’d like to contact him I believe his website is WWW.FATCHANCE.COM
Gays were so incensed by HUCKABEE’s homophobic stance on Gay Marriage, when he stepped out of his limousine last week, he was the victim of a “drive-by-slapping.”
This time around Republican nominees say they’ll campaign almost entirely on the internet. Sorry to tell you this guys, but the polls say if the election were held today, based on what people were watching on the internet, you’d lose to BRUCE JENNER.
This week was “Earth Day.” I celebrated by taking a tree to lunch.
In a gesture of good faith, DONALD TRUMP announced he’s going to set his hair free and send it back into the wild.
“Earth Day” is a time when we can all do our part by recycling. And there’s a lot of recycling being done this year. For example: the BUSHes and the CLINTONs.
According to a new study each one of us, on the average, create about 15 pounds of garbage every week. Of course, that number goes up drastically during the summer when we go to buy a bathing suit, see our bodies in one of those three-way mirrors and try to dispose of it.
BMW’s new Deluxe 7 Series will allow drivers to simply press a button on their key fob to make the car park itself. But because it’s an expensive BMW it’ll only park itself in “the correct” neighborhood.
The city of San Francisco announced that on January 1st tobacco of any kind will be illegal. Finally we’ll be able to say, “No officer, this is not a Marlboro I’m smoking — It’s just a joint.”
I guess comedy and joke writers in America really look forward to election season….if nobody else does.
I get the feeling that your father-in-law (and every other comedy writer in America) is hoping that Donal Trump joins the Clown Car while there’s still time. I know….it’s pretty full already, but there’s something about Trump that’s different from the pack. They all say the same crazy bullshit talking points, but there seems to be a snide, cynical edge to the way guys like Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz or shape-shifting Rand Paul say the words. It’s like they know better, but just want to find the hook to really draw in their dimwitted, xenophobic followers. But, Trump…..it’s like he really believes all of the stupid things he says!
I don’t know if your F I L would be able to answer this question, but something has been bugging me for years when I see those late night infomercial ads for the Dean Martin Roasts on TV. I have watched through to the end of the infomercials a couple of times looking for Georgia Engel among the lineup, and she’s never mentioned. I don’t know if I’ve been living in an alternate universe or something, but I clearly remember her playing her MTM character “Georgette” when she did appearances on the Roast. She would come on the stage using a high, sweet voice and unload some of the most cutting remarks while remaining in character, and many times getting the biggest laughs.
I remember her on several roasts, and it’s been bugging me for some time that I don’t see her mentioned in any of the Roast compilation videos nor could I find any Youtube roast clips that included her. I clicked on IMDB a few minutes ago, and Georgia Engel’s TV bio includes everything from the Mary Tyler Moore Show to the recent – Hot In Cleveland, and nothing about the Dean Martin Roast appearances! There’s got to be a story about this somewhere….or I was in that alternate universe back then.
I think you’re right. I forwarded this to FIL.
Okay, here’s your reply from FIL:
Georgia Engel was on a couple of Roasts. I can’t remember which ones, but they were minor and they probably don’t use them when they’re doing infomercials for the Roasts.
We did a Roast of Ted Knight and I’m sure she was on that one.
Yes she was funny and I’ve seen her on recent shows. She needs a better agent.
Thanks for checking on it with your father-in-law. I’m not going to contradict him, since he was in the room with these people, but I can’t believe Georgia Engel was only on two of the roasts.
If the Ted Knight Roast was one, the other was Valerie Harper, because I do recall her at that one, which was at a time when Harper’s MTM spinoff show – Rhoda was high in the TV ratings. But I can’t believe there weren’t others!
Maybe part of the reason why she stayed in my memory of the Dean Martin Roasts was because she was so different from the other panelists. Most of them were loud, over-the-top standup comics and VIP’s trying to imitate that style. The few women I recall on the roasts were similar over-the-top clown characters, like Ruth Buzzi’s “Gladys” old maid character from Laugh In. Georgia Engel always looked like she was in the wrong room and wasn’t really supposed to be on a roast panel. Her quiet, subdued delivery made her lines stand out among the crowd usually.
But anyway, it really surprises me that there’s nothing under her IMDB bio about the roasts. Those movie and TV star biographies usually included everything they ever appeared in….even cameo appearances. So, I am still left wondering a little, if there’s a story behind what looks like a wall of silence.
Regardless, those were good times back then. I just wish Comedy Central could do something half as good with their celebrity roasts.
Don’t trust IMDB. I deleted mine it was so inaccurate. They put up credits that weren’t mine, they failed to put up most of my credits, they conflated my husband’s with another guy’s… just a mess. And there was no response or way to correct.