This has been a humbling day. First, one George Wilson wrote a classic comment on the oafs in Congress. (See, Comments, Below.) Second, our oldest kid, Laura Vecsey wrote a masterpiece about her personal attachment to sports, going from high-school point guard to reading about the humiliation of her college alma mater. Let me testify that Laura was very good at delivering the basketball -- and let me add that Mr. Beckford was absolutely correct when he urged Laura and teammates to get the ball to her future college star teammate, Debbie Beckford, Here is Laura's essay: https://lauravecsey.substack.com/p/the-agony-of-victory-and-the-thrill By GV, with comment by George Wilson:
Remember when this was funny? I mean, when John Mulaney cavorted in Radio City Music Hall, proclaiming, “There’s a horse in the hospital.” Now, the question is where is John Mulaney? Because the horse has transformed into a prehistoric monster, frothing at the mouth, proclaiming anti-Semitic code words that we all know never went away. I bring this up because on Wednesday there was a horse loose in a cargo plane heading from JFK to Liege, Belgium, and it got loose from its stall, or first-class cabin: I never did get all the details. (Why was the horse going to Liege? Dunno. Doesn’t matter.) My point is, the predicament of a horse stomping around a jet transport captivated the web world, momentarily diverting our attention from the horrible spectacle of half this endangered country rooting for the emboldened beast stomping outside the hospital, with a freaking rooting section. Where are our priorities? Where are mine? For that matter, where is John Mulaney? He used to be so funny on his Saturday Night Live visits, when I used to watch. Nothing’s funny anymore.
Andy Tansey
11/16/2023 10:11:13 am
I agree. I have lost my muse and find it much harder to laugh and smile now.
Jean
11/16/2023 11:30:57 am
I think the rhetoric has just gotten worse. People have gotten that humanitarian requires understanding . Sorry George. I’m still hoping for peace in our time before it’s to late for humanity
Ed Martin
11/16/2023 12:41:07 pm
Quakers have a saying, a blessing of a type, “In The Light.”
GV
11/16/2023 08:26:59 pm
Andy, Jean, Ed: I agree, good vibrations can be catching But I go back to knowing Trump and family...and being stunned at seeing "educated" people lean to him because he was "good for the economy." And as the son of a crooked builder who attended Bund meetings in NY area, Trump knew the language from birth. This country has failed to insulated and educate against this stuff.
George Wilson
11/16/2023 01:03:27 pm
If it is any consolation I do think there is still humor in the world, with the caveat being that humor is mainly derived from how absurd and surreal most things seem now. I would point to the recent clip ( https://apnews.com/article/senate-mullin-obrien-teamsters-fight-hearing-153e28d131973d1e10b539491c9e94a6 ) of Senator Markwayne (hilarious name by the way) Mullin challenging Sean O’Brien, the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, to a fight during a senate hearing.
GEORGE VECSEY
11/16/2023 08:30:31 pm
Geo: Thank you for your enlightening analysis of our current elected officals. I laughed and marveled at how much you know, and see into, this cast of characters. I wish humor could expose/minimize these people...but when I see a stupid thug of a football coach like Tuberville able to paralyze military appointments, I can't laugh. You write so well, and teach with that sense of humor. Please write more....GV
Laura Vecsey
11/17/2023 08:30:32 am
Spot on, George Wilson! You nailed it. Real life in America is now a parody of a parody.
Altenir Silva
11/16/2023 01:18:48 pm
Dear George,
GV
11/16/2023 08:36:08 pm
Altenir: good to see SNL is reaching southern Brazil....Yes, humor exposed even Hitler to ridicule....But it seems humans tend toward the thuggish....As for SNL, I had a decade or so of a return to SNL...From the end of Tina Fey to the prime of Kate McKinnon...but I have to say, when Kate left, and so did Pete Davidson (SNL's pet reclamation project), I stopped watching., Part of it is that the music and the humor may be beyod me....another generation....I have no idea what they are singing...or satirizing. One generation too far.GV Comments are closed.
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