[667] in Humor
HUMOR: Rush vs. Barney
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew A. Bennett)
Sun Jan 15 20:05:57 1995
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 20:03:18 EST
From: "Andrew A. Bennett" <abennett@MIT.EDU>
From: Espacionaute Spiff domine! <MATOSSIAN@aries.colorado.edu>
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 1995 17:54:18 -0500
From: bostic@CS.Berkeley.EDU (Keith Bostic)
Forwarded-by: Wendell Craig Baker <wbaker@splat.baker.com>
From: skip@igc.apc.org (Skip Vogt)
Keywords: smirk, television
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 95 19:30:03 EST
Someone earlier suggested a striking similarity between Rush
Limbaugh and television wrestlers. On my cable system, however,
Rush occupies the slot next to Barney and, while channel surfing
recently, I began to notice the similarity between the two. For
comparison's sake:
Barney Rush
------ ----
Large clumsy YES YES
animal?
Garish, tight- YES YES
fitting clothes?
Oversized head YES YES
and oversized rump?
Stupid, repeti- "I love you "I hate Bill
tious song that You love me... I hate Hillary
is repeated ad
nauseam?
Idiotic plastic YES YES
grin no matter
what he's saying?
Beloved by some YES YES
but hated by
others?
Appeals mostly to YES YES
those of limited
ability to think
for themselves?
Makes more money YES YES
than is warranted
by talent?
Spawn of Satan? Some say yes Some say yes
I think the evidence is clear!
