Friday Nite Lite, on a Saturday Morning: Will the dancing Hitlers please wait in the wings! We are only seeing singing Hitlers.
Posted: June 29, 2013 Filed under: Africa, Barack Obama, Congress, Department of Homeland Security, domestic surveillance drones, Foreign Affairs, jobs, just because, metadata, NSA, National Security Agency, open thread, Patriot Act, Political and Editorial Cartoons, PRISM, Russia, toxic waste, U.S. Politics, worker rights | Tags: History Channel, Hitler look a likes 16 Comments
Good Morning Y’all…
Actually, we don’t need dancing or singing Hitlers. Hell, all we need is for you to look like Hitler, no acting experience necessary.
Do You Look Like Hitler? Well, Then The History Channel Wants You
In a new Craigslist ad, the History Channel (a.k.a., the “No History” channel, according to Sen. Chuck Grassley) is searching for Adolf Hitler look-alikes to cast in a new mini-series exploring about the “epic events of WWI and WWII.”
Somehow actual acting experience is not a requirement; neither is a German accent. So basically, the main criteria for the gig is: Look like Hitler.
Do that and the History Channel will fly you out to the U.S. east coast, and then to Germany, to film the unnamed series, which will also feature Winston Churchill and Franklin Delano Roosevelt (whose lookalikes also require no acting experience or convincing accents):
We are currently casting a 6-hour docu-drama mini-series that will tell the story of the key world leaders through the epic events of WWI and WWII, and we are seeking men to play the roles of:
Adolf Hitler (age 25 – 56)
Winston Churchill (age 35 – 65)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (age 30 – 60)The most important thing is a physical resemblance to the actual historical figures. The majority of the cast will be tracked over decades, so we will be exploring the possibility of casting two people to play both “young” and “old” versions, as well as the possibility of casting a single individual who could be aged up & down. Anyone who falls within the age ranges above could submit themselves. Previous acting experience is not required. German accent (for Hitler) and British accent (for Churchill) is also helpful, but also not required.
Looks like this docu-drama is going to be an excellent showcase of talent(/snark)…too bad the audition will not be as enjoyable as this:
Mona will have your Saturday Reads later on…Now for the extra cartoons from last night.
AAEC – Political Cartoon by Signe Wilkinson, Philadelphia Daily News – 06/26/2013
Killer Knock Knock Joke by Political Cartoonist Keith Knight
LOCAL PA McDonalds Unhappy Deal by Political Cartoonist John Cole
To understand this cartoon about McDonalds and the Chase Debit card…Former McDonald’s Worker Sues Franchise for Paying Wages Via Debit Card – ABC News
A former McDonald’s worker in Pennsylvania is suing a franchiser owner saying she was required to receive her wages through a debit card that charged fees, resulting in some hourly employees receiving less than minimum wage.
Natalie Gunshannon, a single mother, 27, said she and other workers were paid through a JPMorgan Chase Payroll Card, which has a $1.50 fee for ATM withdrawals, a $10 inactivity fee after 90 days, and a 75 cent online payment fee per transaction and other fees.
Gunshannon, who filed a lawsuit in the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas, is hoping to have her case certified as a class action on behalf of the other employees who were paid with the Payroll card.
That is going to be a case to keep an eye on…
Paula Deen affirmative action by Political Cartoonist Jeff Darcy
Under the Dome by Political Cartoonist Joe Heller
Nuke Waste Storage by Political Cartoonist Milt Priggee
Obama vs Putin by Political Cartoonist Sean Delonas
Love the “Moose and Squirrel” lurking in the hallway.
Kiss My Ring by Political Cartoonist Chip Bok
The Important Things by Political Cartoonist Gary Varvel
Eroding Rights by Political Cartoonist Nate Beeler
USA Hunting for Snowden – Truthdig
AAEC – Political Cartoon by Randy Bish, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review – 06/26/2013
Prodigal Son by Political Cartoonist Marian Kamensky
Snowden self portrait by Political Cartoonist Dave Granlund
EDWARD SNOWDEN IN MOSCOW by Political Cartoonist Patrick Chappatte
A Little Extra – Political Cartoon by Ted Rall, Universal Press Syndicate – 06/28/2013
Phone Snooping by Political Cartoonist John Deering
Obama in Africa by Political Cartoonist Sergei Tunin
Obama in Africa by Political Cartoonist Damien Glez
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Mona (aka Wonk the Vote)
Morning, I am going back to bed…
Were you up all night? Get some rest, girl!
Dreaming of frozen yogart…………vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate: mango, raspberries, cherries, pineapple, and kiwi on top, with a dallop of magic shell.
Stay cool everybody.
Wayne Slater: Will Lt Gov David Dewhurst have Texas media arrested?
If any members of the media behaved like this is it journalistic malfeasance or does it rise to criminal activity?
It’s called free speech, ace. Reporters don’t give up that right.
Injecting yourself into the story you are tasked with covering by inciting the gallery to become louder makes for a good film clip for airing but isn’t good journalism.
Yeah BB, Dewhurst is pulling some old fashioned techniques here and I find it appalling.
Aren’t Dewhurst and Co. the ones who broke the law by changing the minutes on the legislative clock?
That Varvel cartoon,it’s not just teens and twenty somethings what think like that. (But then for the forty and up somethings I’d replace coffee with stiffy pills.) Most of the people I work with can give you the roster of their favorite sport team but are lost if asked the name of their Senators or Representative. Like Bluto they think the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor. But then that’s why Fox News and the republican party exist.
That cartoon is too right wing for me. What are “stiffy pills?”
Viagra or like that.
I think it is more like…”Who is Pearl Harbor?”
To me the cartoon is about right, remember when people in the street at Times Square could not tell you who a picture of Biden or Boehner was but they knew who The Situation was?
I got an email yesterday from my Rep Tom Graves, he wrote an op/ed in Wired…well it was written on 6/17 with comments going from 12 to 11 to 4 days ago.
It’s Beyond Ridiculous That Email (But Not Mail) Has Been Left Out of Privacy Laws | Wired Opinion | Wired.com
Take a look at those comments…I was surprised that these folks were thinking switching to thunderbird, or using norton would stop the NSA from getting your info…
This is obviously people who are reading a magazine that is geared to tech issues…and they think using different programs or different email configurations is going to keep the gov from getting their data.
I bet there are a lot of people out there who think the same way still…so they update their anti-virus and smile and look for that next article that gives a glimpse of Blue Ivy…or North West.
There are some who may not give a damn, like in the cartoon…
A lot may be pissed off and sick about it, but feel there is nothing that can be done about it either…(I admit, I am more or less in that group myself.)
Then there are some who are actively doing something about it…
Wasn’t she George W. Bush’s nanny?
WSJ: Who Helped Snowden Steal State Secrets?
Very interesting. I did not know that Sarah Harrison was in Hong Kong with Poitras and Greenwald.
Edward Jay Epstein wrote several books on the JFK assassination.