TW3

TW3 (That Was The Week That Was)
Acknowledgement to BBC and David Frost’s British Satirical Review from the 60s

*Iraqi cities were free of US troops (now we need to get out of the country)
*Sara Palin resigned her position of Governor of Alaska (run Sara, run)
*VP Biden says the Obama administration misread the depth of this recession
(we could have told them that)
*Stocks are in freefall (duh)
*N Korea keeps firing missiles (maybe they will use them all up)
*Madoff gets 150 years at hard labor (not really long enough?)
*Unemployment hasn’t been this high since the 80s (how high will it go?)
*Al Frankin finally is declared winner of MN senate race (#60)
*Statue of Liberty reopens for the first time since 911
(I was up in the crown back in the 90s after Lee Iacoca and crew
had rehabed the deteriorating statue with donated funds,
what a view, what a climb!)
*And once again MS takes first prize for fattest state in US (I’m going on a diet now!!)
Two passings in one day just before this TW3. Makes me remember that we are all mortal.
*Michael Jackson died (RIP Michael, I still have my original Thriller Album in vinyl of course)
*Farrah Fawcett died (she was in my sculpture class at UT, RIP Farrah)

I’m sure there’s lots more, but this has been a really busy week with just the few events cited above. Current late nite comedians are relishing the fresh material (and I can’t wait to see what David Letterman makes out of Sara’s latest stunt). I know David Frost would have been pleased to put a British spin on this week if he still had his TW3 show. If you have never seen TW3, it is worth a look-see. The comedic perspective from GB was always my reason for not taking anything too seriously, even my own mortality.