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Summer Joke # 7
Sep. 3rd, 2009 08:25 pmJon's turn today!
Recently, Professor Glenn Beck, D.F.A. lectured his esteemed viewers on the true value of art history in Rockefeller Center. No, actually, that part is true. I know we bullsh*t around here a lot, but here, see for yourself.
*cut to this video(you don't have to force yourself to watch it all, I know the TDS editors would have picked out the most perfect moments!)*
Glenn, buddy, I appreciate your newfound joy in quote-unquote "researching" the symbolism and imagery of art "hidden in plain sight" but... maybe you wanna try and at least rant and rail against something that actually still exists, ya know, just so you don't look crazy.
For example, that last piece of art you showcased in order to "prove" Rockefeller was communist, the Diego Rivera mural "Man at the Crossroads"... Nelson Rockefeller kinda... destroyed it in 1934. He paid Rivera to paint it in his lobby, he saw the faces of Lenin and Marx(just like you did) and decided it wasn't what he had in mind and he had it destroyed. He paid for it, and then destroyed it. Not exactly the best idea for a long-term investment, but still. He probably got tips from Mad J. Cramer's Stock Jock radio show.
*laughs* But what am I saying? If you couldn't rant about things that didn't exist, why then... you wouldn't have a job. And then what would I have to simultaneously yell and laugh at every night?
*cut to clips of town hall meetings, various congresspeople yelling, stupid clips from reality shows, etc.*
Oh yeah. I guess what I'm saying is... who needs you?
Recently, Professor Glenn Beck, D.F.A. lectured his esteemed viewers on the true value of art history in Rockefeller Center. No, actually, that part is true. I know we bullsh*t around here a lot, but here, see for yourself.
*cut to this video(you don't have to force yourself to watch it all, I know the TDS editors would have picked out the most perfect moments!)*
Glenn, buddy, I appreciate your newfound joy in quote-unquote "researching" the symbolism and imagery of art "hidden in plain sight" but... maybe you wanna try and at least rant and rail against something that actually still exists, ya know, just so you don't look crazy.
For example, that last piece of art you showcased in order to "prove" Rockefeller was communist, the Diego Rivera mural "Man at the Crossroads"... Nelson Rockefeller kinda... destroyed it in 1934. He paid Rivera to paint it in his lobby, he saw the faces of Lenin and Marx(just like you did) and decided it wasn't what he had in mind and he had it destroyed. He paid for it, and then destroyed it. Not exactly the best idea for a long-term investment, but still. He probably got tips from Mad J. Cramer's Stock Jock radio show.
*laughs* But what am I saying? If you couldn't rant about things that didn't exist, why then... you wouldn't have a job. And then what would I have to simultaneously yell and laugh at every night?
*cut to clips of town hall meetings, various congresspeople yelling, stupid clips from reality shows, etc.*
Oh yeah. I guess what I'm saying is... who needs you?
