Showing posts with label Robert Vaughn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Robert Vaughn. Show all posts
Thursday, November 28, 2024

A time of unity, and mockery (The Thanksgiving Ritual)

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It’s a time of division in our country. The recent election illustrated quite clearly how this country is moving along on parallel tracks, s...
Thursday, November 23, 2023

An annual moment of reflection (or, Send in the Clowns)

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Every year around the holiday season, we take stock of where we’re at. Currently the U.S. is in an absolute mess — the economy sucks, we are...
Wednesday, November 23, 2022

The annual viewing of Robert Vaughn mocked by clowns (A Thanksgiving ritual)

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I have introduced this clip for nearly 30 years now, on the Funhouse TV show (which celebrated its 29th anniversary back in September of thi...
Thursday, November 25, 2021

WWRVD? Thoughts on a second pandemic Thanksgiving

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Every year without fail I present the clip at the bottom of this entry. It’s one of those seasonal displays of joy that only gets better wit...
Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Now More Than Ever!

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When discussing American politics over the last three years I’ve often simply framed things this way: “America is a fictional country.” B...
Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Cry U.N.C.L.E.: a Thanksgiving ritual

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Live TV is a lost phenomenon. It still exists on local newscasts, but for the most part, even live awards shows and that most heinous of ...
Thursday, November 23, 2017

The clowns will save America

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"Do you have the cards?" It's that time, again, folks! Let us celebrate this grand country of ours with the one thing that...
Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Breaking news: Deceased Artiste mocked by clowns

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Sometimes two events collide in the Funhouse. This year the most interesting collision is the fact that Thanksgiving has arrived once mor...
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Thursday, November 26, 2015

What time of year is it, kiddies?

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America is at a crossroads. (Then again, America's been at the same crossroads since the Fifties.) Terrorist attacks are dreaded in ev...
Thursday, November 27, 2014

Now more than ever!

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In this time of unrest, indecision, civil rights violations, over-militarized police, governmental surveillance, and involvement in Middl...
Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Red States + Blue States = this video clip

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Each year at this time I discuss what America means to me and point to this clip as pretty much summing up the country in the shortest time ...
Wednesday, November 21, 2012

The true essence of America: Robert Vaughn and his clown friends

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Each year at this time I return to a piece of footage that really sums up America for me. Herewith, the annual presentation of Robert Va...
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Thursday, November 24, 2011

It’s That Time of Year Again (turkey talk)

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Each year since the early Nineties I have hauled out this clip on either the Funhouse TV show or the blog. I caught it on VHS back in the la...
Wednesday, November 24, 2010

What is America to Me? The annual viewing of Robert Vaughn and Macy's clowns

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Every year around this time I start thinking about one clip that I caught by chance back in 1986 because I am an avid fan of star-filled poi...
Friday, November 20, 2009

What is America to Me? (One of my all-time favorite clips)

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Every year around this time I start thinking about one clip that I caught by chance back in 1986 because I am an avid fan of star-filled poi...