Necessary Escape-Ism

It certainly has been a mind-numbing week here in Washington, and I've only just started drinking heavily. TGIF. The last meetings at the Senate with Alberto Gonzales, the White House subpoenaed, found in contempt, now a Homeland Security bill that will probably be shot down just to make the Dems look bad.

Jon Stewart (it takes an outsider) summed it up perfectly by taking much needed hits from an oxygen tank in reaction to Gonzales' nebulous answers before the Judiciary Committee. The air is thin, indeed here. And it is hot and muggy, and we have parties to go to, dressed smartly and talking clever when we need to be home on the couch recuperating. I was at a party last night blathering to people who have to cover the president word for meaningless word, how I could not get through 30 seconds of Bush's speech yesterday on CSPAN radio. It was the hot air of IGNAHEIMOUSNESS. (a by-product of doucheoussness).

In the spirit of escape-ism and the remembrance of good times, courtesy of YouTube I present...not Mike Gravel, he's good though.

Andy Kaufman on Late Night with David Letterman (remember when that show was edgy?)
Kaufman considered himself a song and dance man. Not a comedian or "performance artist" like many will tell you. These are two excellent examples of his work.


and Andy as Tony Clifton on the Dinah Shore Show. This is probably the only clip you will see of Clifton without his sunglasses. As you can see, it is most definitely Kaufman and not Bob Zmuda. Kaufman has a much better falsetto even trying to sing badly.

Tony rocks Dinah