last Friday and 1967

Last Friday, Alec Baldwin satirized President Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live.

In 1967, the Smothers Brothers satirized President Lyndon Johnson on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.

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// contemplating the meanings of words //

Dictionary.com

funny
providing fun; causing amusement or laughter; amusing; comical

retribution
requital according to merits or deserts, especially for evil

     requital
     the act of requiting [ ? ? ! ]

     a retaliation for a wrong, injury, etc.

collusion
a secret agreement, especially for fraudulent or treacherous purposes; conspiracy

   a secret understanding between two or more persons to gain something illegally, to defraud another of his or her rights, or to appear as adversaries though in agreement.

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^^   Last Friday, Alec Baldwin satirized President Trump on Saturday Night Live.  President Trump responded thusly:

     "Nothing funny about tired Saturday Night Live on Fake News NBC!  Question is, how do the Networks get away with these total Republican hit jobs without retribution?  Likewise for many other shows?  Very unfair and should be looked into.  This is the real Collusion!"


^^   In 1967, the Smothers Brothers satirized President Johnson on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.  President Johnson's response:

     "It is part of the price of leadership of this great and free nation to be the target of clever satirists.  You have given the gift of laughter to our people.  May we never grow so somber or self-important that we fail to appreciate the humor in our lives."

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{Manhattan Murder Mystery}

In darkness, in a scrap-yard, Larry and Carol Lipton run toward the place where they saw the dead body lifted up.

There is a gigantic cauldron with hot melted metal inside.  A huge pair of metal jaws is dropping metal scraps into the cauldron.  Among the metal scraps, we see the body.

CAROL
Oh, my God.

                     The CAMERA ZOOMS to a close shot on the cauldron.

LARRY
(voice over, in wistful awe, and horror)
Good-bye, Mrs. House.

                           REVERSE ANGLE LONG SHOT:  the cauldron.  Sparks fly upward.

                      Larry and Carol see, in the flashingly lit darkness, Mr. House getting into his car and driving away.

LARRY
That was Mr. House!  That was definitely Mr. House.

CAROL
What are we gonna do?

EXT.  Liptons' residence street - Night

Larry has just parked on the street, and he and Carol are getting out of the car.

LARRY
I'm gonna call the police, now.

CAROL
Oh, Larry, and tell them what?

LARRY
And get them...

CAROL
I mean, this guy...

LARRY
What are we --

                    They're walking together, toward their apartment building.

CAROL
You know, he's got proof his wife died of a heart attack two weeks ago.  We've got no body.  We've got nothing, Larry.

                           Larry looks past her, suddenly, and puts his hand over his mouth, startled.  He gasps.

CAROL
What?  What?  What's wrong?  What?  Oh!

                       FULL SHOT:  entrance to the building.

CAROL
Oh, oh.  Oh my God.

                              Paul House and Gladys Dalton, his assistant from the movie house, are coming out of the building.  Paul turns his head and looks, sees Carol and Larry.


PAUL
Hello, there.

CAROL
Hey.

PAUL
How are you?


CAROL
H- how are you?

PAUL
May I introduce Gladys Dalton, my gal Friday?

CAROL
Mrs. Dal- How are you, nice to see you.

                      Carol and Larry shake hands with Gladys.

PAUL
This is Larry and Carol, my neighbors.

CAROL
Yes.

GLADYS
Nice to see you.

PAUL
We were just watching Madame Bovary.  Wonderful.

GLADYS
Such a sad story.

CAROL
Yeah, it is.  We, you know...

LARRY
She-She-She gets cremated.  She gets killed at the end.

CAROL
Yeah.

PAUL
Yeah.  Listen, you gotta stop over for a drink before I go on my trip.

CAROL
Love to.

PAUL
See you later.

CAROL
See you later.

PAUL
Oh, incidentally, if you hear of anybody who needs an apartment, I think I may be moving.

CAROL
Oh, well, it...

PAUL
See you later.  Come on, Gladys.

                           He puts his hand on her shoulder and starts walking away with her.

PAUL
Good night.

CAROL
Good night.

                          CAMERA watches the departing couple; Gladys walks with the help of a cane.

INT.  Liptons' bedroom - Night

MEDIUM SHOT:  Larry and Carol, wearing pajamas, sitting up in bed.

LARRY
What a day, huh?  I can't figure it out.  It's got to be that either he's a...

CAROL
What?

LARRY
Either she's a twin, or he's a twin.

CAROL
He... He's --

LARRY
Or they're multiple personalities, or you're a twin or I'm a twin.

                            Carol bursts out laughing.

LARRY
Because I don't know what's going on.

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