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Pick of the Day: Every President Ever: Together Again: INAUGURATED WITH A VENGEANCE 1/19

January 7, 2021

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Following yesterday’s latest news, it’s kind of hard to look forward to anything while still in the daze of what was one of the darkest days of a long period of dark days in our current history.

Yet, it would seem a comedy show about the darker facts about every U.S. president might be the perfect thing to come about right now. Kate Villa and Alexandria Iona’s Every President Ever: Together Again: INAUGURATED WITH A VENGEANCE is exactly that show. They will feature 46 different comedians presenting things that you might not know about (since, like Andrew Jackson’s presidency, to the victor goes the spoils, right?). Even if you’re suspicious enough of the government that you’ve looked some dirt on POTUS of years past, this still ought to be a rollicking good, satirical time.

This virtual character show is being presented by the lovely folks at Littlefield NYC and is set for right before Joe Biden’s Inauguration as the 46th President of the United States on Tues. Jan. 19th at 5PM PT/8PM ET. Tickets are available for $5 suggested donation and you can and should go get them here.

Robert Smigel Is EP’ing An Election Themed Puppet Special “Let’s Be Real” for Fox

September 15, 2020

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Robert Smigel, the mind (and hand) behind Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, the legendary insult comic dog hand puppet, is going back to puppets for a special satirical election special over at Fox. Smigel is attached as EP for Let’s Be Real, which will seemingly feature Trump and Biden puppets as to slyly suggest their nature as puppets.

As far as we know, there won’t be any Triumph the Insult Comic Dog like there was in 2016 when Smigel used his hand and a copious amount of miniature cigars to follow the campaign trail for Clinton and Trump as well as the DNC and RNC for Triump’s Election Watch Special on Hulu. Thus far, with this teaser, Let’s Be Real seems to be a little reminiscent of No, You Shut Up! on Fusion that featured an all puppet panel that Paul F. Tompkins, in real human form, had to attempt to wrangle as they argued on either side of the political divide a few years ago.

Having all puppets is undoubtedly a safer route than going to an idiotic Trump rally where Trump encourages attendees to enjoy the event without any sort of face covering, but that probably limits the amount of man on the street bits that Smigel has done so expertly over decades with Triumph.

The general election is not too far away, whether you like that or not, and the premiere of this special is also not too far away either. Let’s Be Real will premiere on network television on Fox on Oct. 1st at 9PM ET/PT.