Wednesday, October 15, 2008
The Great Debate - Batman vs. Penguin
I'm a big fan of the original Batman television series. In 4th grade I had a pet gerbil that I named Burgess, after Burgess Meredith the actor who played the Penguin (and later Rocky's trainer Mickey). In one famous episode, The Penguin runs for mayor of Gotham City and the only candidate who can stop him from stealing the election is Batman himself.
I wasn't the first to notice this correlation, but try to watch the above clip owithout thinking of Obama as Batman and John McCain as the purposefully misleading and aspersion-casting Penguin.
The Penguin experiences a post-debate bump in the polls after his command performance, but Batman ends up winning in a landslide.
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BARACK OBAtMAn
r.i.p. Neil Hefti
Wow, great clip. Fun seeing the show again. Love how the cops had an Irish accent like it's his first gig after dropping by Ellis Island.
Come Matt, Everyone knows that the cops are Irish. I mean they all carry shillelagh's don't they. That means they are Irish. All of them...
Caulin all carrrs...
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