I am a complete knucklehead for attempting to share a physical impersonation in a poorly written text commentary. So. What else is new? One of my all-time favorite movie scenes was from the classic 1965 slapstick comedy, “The Great Race.
” For the Democratic audience, no. It’s not about white supremacy. Jack Lemmon plays Professor Fate, an early 20th century cartoonish villain and inventor.
The flick is about a car race from New York to Paris. In one scene, Lemmon has outlandishly disguised himself, this time, as a cowboy way out west. In a crowded saloon, Professor Fate, voice cracking and faux Western, interjects himself into a conversation with the line, “Pah-dun me, Mis-tuh Pahd-nuh .
..” To my own annoying self-delight, I’ve been using that for a half-century.
Only recently, the comedic stage line has become hauntingly appropriate in describing the behavior of Joe Biden. Our addled and alleged 46th president, his family and administration have spent the past four years stumbling through Candy Store America, filled with deaf, dumb and blind employees and helping themselves to mouthfuls of Jujubes and sluggoing stolen Dr. Pepper.
Dear Mr. Boston: Cripes. Would it’ve KILLED you to have plugged Abba-Zaba Bars? Sales are nose-diving.
Best wishes for your continued success, The Annabelle Candy Co. Proud Makers of Abba-Zaba Hayward, CA Ten thousand apologies, and, to my six or so readers — please serve your family a healthy portion of Abba-Zaba bars for dinner ton.
