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A new installment of my always timely and always unpredictable YouTube series “It’s Always Scotty” about professional Trump fluffer Scott Adams. In this episode, I deconstruct Scott’s effort to rationalize the weird way President Trump drinks from a bottle.
Alright gang, listen up! I have been ping-ponging for a while between the Kobayashi Maru and Deep Fried strips, but starting next week it’s Deep Fried straight through until I finish the “Costume Drama” story line, about six more installments. That way I can complete the second issue of The Hero’s Journey before the year is out, and conclude the first arc of Kobayashi Maru after that.
That’s how it’s going to be. And if you don’t like it, well, we can just take it outside.
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April 29th, a day that will live in funfamy! That’s a neologism, folks! A mash-up of “fun” and “infamy”! For what better way to describe the cinematic perplexity that is 1974’s sci-fi classic Zardoz?
Buffalo’s North Park Theatre played host to me and my wily shenanigans this past Sarurday as I hosted Zardoz, (because hey, why not?) Family, friends, fans and a few anonymous victims turned up and provided a pretty decent crowd for this film. I donned an Egyptian klaft and did a little song and dance before the show, forever cementing my legacy as Buffalo’s premier showman! (Take a knee, Lance Diamond.)
Here are a few moments from the big night. Thanks again to everyone who came out!
Even the original run of Zardoz did not rate a poster this awesome!
Your host, in full 2293 garb!
Zardoz is everywhere!
Zardoz is everything!!
ALL HAIL ZARDOZ!!
And now, the moment you have all been waiting for: instructions from Zardoz on how to enjoy Zardoz. I created this cartoon (which ran before the movie) as a spoonful of sugar for the audience. It is rich in irony, and most satirical.
Finally, some results! After alerting the public to the cuddly menace of the Zogg years ago, Rob Beschizza, managing editor at Bouncy Bouncy Boing Boing, has heard the call!
Rob is spreading the word about the alien invasion happening under our noses, and he is using his rich, thick, caramely voice to do so! By posting a spoken word version of my original viral hit “Zogg” on Boing Boing, there is hope that our way of life may yet be preserved. Watch it below, and spread the word! With an obvious Zogg hivelord about to be sworn in as President the threat to out spinal nectar has never been closer!
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Yesterday I came across this article from the Daily Beast written  by Tim Mak, a “senior correspondent”  for that organization (I believe this only means that he combs news sites and writes about what other reporters have dug up, like a common blogger). The nub of his story was that Bernie Sanders’ lawyers have asked a T-shirt company, Liberty Maniacs, to stop using the Sanders campaign logo in a T-shirt that the company is selling online. Here’s their artwork, and below it the official Sanders campaign logo:
The T-shirt isn’t that funny, but whatever. It’s nothing a presidential campaign should lose sleep over. But what struck me was how pissy the Daily Beast’s article was, making Sanders out as some kind of trademark troll without a sense of humor. Several times in Mak’s piece the Sanders campaign is referred to as a “bully” using “high-priced lawyers” to intimidate a small business. Isn’t comrade Sanders supposed to be above these things?
As a guy who knows a thing or two about parody and trademark, the fact is that lawyers don’t give a rat’s ass about jokes at the expense of their clients. But if you are going to call their client (who is running for president) a totalitarian dictator, in so many words, you had at least better make an effort to alter the logo that the commie in question is using to sell himself. Liberty Maniacs didn’t really make that effort. In contrast, another, funnier shirt they are selling is an actual parody of the Sanders logo, and one that has not earned them a cease and desist letter.
Like the wise capitalist peegs they are, Liberty Maniacs is using the press to hype their contested shirts and hopefully make a killing. This got me thinking: as long as liberating someone else’s trademark is all in good fun, would Liberty Maniacs libertarians be willing to be the butt of the same joke?
With a self-tighteous boner as hard as steel, I contacted Liberty Maniacs and spoke to a representative named “Dan” through their live chat service. Here is our conversation:
I then sent them a picture of the T-shirt I am now itching to produce, along with my assurance that if they consider this to be some sort of trademark infringement and not rib-tickling parody, I will not print any of them up.
How will Liberty Maniacs deal with this delicious helping of gander sauce? I will report back to you with their response! In the meantime: $18.00 for small through large, $20.00 for 2XL and 3XL.
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Rejoice! Rejoice! You have no choice!! The Peek! Kickstarter has begun!
“What the ever-loving monkeyhell is ‘Peek!‘” you ask, using your most colorful language? It is the new comic book series I am trying to get off the ground that will feature all sorts of new, awful humor, starting with the brand new Clarissa story I have been promising for eternity3!
Unbeknownst to you, I made the decision last year that the Deep Fried comic book will focus exclusively on the Beepo and Roadkill stories. This means that I need a new place to put my assorted humor, and Peek! will be that place–a homeland for cast-off comedy!
My plan is to publish Peek! annually, and bring in other cartoonists to collaborate with as well. But that can’t happen until the first issue squeezes through Kickstarter’s birth canal, getting it’s humor slime all over you!  Please support this Kickstarter, and if it is not asking too much, TELL EVERYONE YOU KNOW ABOUT IT 826 TIMES A DAY!!!
I noticed recently that one of my YouTube clips, a short piece of nothing taken from the program Star Trek: Enterprise, seems to be getting a lot of hits. Seriously, I’m receiving half a dozen comments a week about it!
I’ve decided to roll the dice and base  my entire future on its popularity, so here is an ad to promote it: