A Passionate Engagement: humor

Friday, June 4, 2010

Funny song about recent scandals

Here's Nancy Anderson singing about recent sex scandals. Lyrics by Stephen McCauley. This is a fund rasier for the group "banned in Boston." Enjoy. (With thanks to Mameve.)

Friday, February 26, 2010

I love Rita Rudner

The terrific blogger of Alfred Lives Here posted a great quote by comedienne Rita Rudner: "My husband and I are either going to buy a dog or have a child. We can't decide whether to ruin our carpet our ruin our lives." It reminded me just how much I love Rita Rudner. I found an early clip of one of her acts. A great way to start the weekend! Back on Monday.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Bert and Ernie: Gay Marriage Heroes!

David Henry Sterry of The Huffington Post has posted a very important piece of news in the battle of same-sex marriage. Here's an edited version:

Bert and Ernie, legendary lovable Sesame Street icons, are in favor of same-sex marriage, sources close to them recently revealed. This hot button topic that has caused raging and flaming controversy all over the United States for years is still dominating headlines. On February 18, 2010, the Archdiocese of Washington announced that they are doing away with their foster care program, because they can't work with the change in the District of Columbia's laws that will allow same-sex marriages to be recognized legally. This is just the latest in a long line of decisions which affect millions of people's lives, legally, socially and morally.

Even though there has been an informal "don't ask-don't tell" policy on Sesame Street for years, Bert and Ernie have not come out publicly advocating for same-sex marriage because they are afraid of the public backlash. An anonymous source overheard Bert and Ernie lamenting to Cookie Monster, Count von Count and Snuffluffigus that they were afraid if people knew, they might be evicted from Sesame Street, shunned by their monster friends and blackballed by the Muppet's Union. Bert and Ernie are reported to have said, "It's ridiculous, why should people pay taxes and not have the same rights as everyone else? It's not about whether you're gay or hetero, or whatever the heck else is out there, it's about whether there's love in the house. And everyone knows there's always been a lot of love in the basement of 123 Sesame Street."

Bert and Ernie have long been rumored to be gay. Many have speculated that Ernie's international hit, "Rubber Ducky", was actually a coded love song to Bert. They have, and continue to be, closed mouth about their personal life. An anonymous source had this to say: "Well, Bert and Ernie were carrying on, like they do, and Ernie said, 'Look, what we do behind closed doors is our business.' And Bert said, 'Hey Ernie, is that a banana in your ear?' And Ernie said, 'What Bert?' And Bert said, 'I said Ernie, is that a banana in your ear?' And Ernie said, 'What's that Bert, I can't hear you, I've got a banana in my ear!' Everybody just fell out. No matter how many times they do it, it's always funny."

Kermit the Frog was the only confidant of Bert and Ernie who would comment about this supercharged situation. And that was only on the condition of being off the record. "Hey, it's not easy being green. And in this case, when I say green, of course I mean gay. Just to be clear, I'm not saying Bert and Ernie are gay. Not that there's anything wrong with it. If two people want to live in the same bedroom together, that's their business. Whatever gets you through the night, right? I mean come on, how many couples have been together for 40 years? I would take my hat off to them, except I am a frog, and I don't wear a hat."

Attempts to contact all Muppets, and their representative, proved fruitless.