Andy Williams and the Health Care Bear
Well, here’s Mr. Williams’ house. I hope I have better luck now than I did all those years ago.
And thank you for coming along, Mr. Hope. The boss says I need to have you with me.
I don’t think I’m the “hope” he was talking about.
I thank you for coming along anyway. Here goes.
Knock! Knock!
Why, if it isn’t Bob Hope and … You! What are you doing here! Oh, don’t tell me. You want a cookie. Well, you’re not going to get one! Not now…
Oh, no, Mr. Williams. I’m not begging for a cookie. The president hired me to ask you for your health care.
My health care? I’m 81 years old! Why would I give up my health care?
The president sent me to ask for it. He wants to take over everyone’s health care. Can the president have your health care, Mr. Williams? Please?
No! Absolutely not.
In fact, you get away from my door right now and don’t ever come back! Not you … not the president … no one is going to take my health care. Not now. Not ever! NEVER!
SLAM!
THUNK!
You know, if enough people do that, the president’s health care plan will need end-of-life counseling.
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September 29th, 2009 at 4:22 am
Not clever at all.
[It's not supposed to be clever. It's troll bait. And we caught one. - B.]
September 29th, 2009 at 6:45 am
Well now Andy Williams may not be one of my favorite singers but is now way up there in the entertainment industry. Keep speaking up America. And yeah, like we don’t know Sarah Palin did a drive-by on that bear.
September 29th, 2009 at 8:25 am
There’s that bear I was talkin’ about. Our federal government has become one of them… nasty, demanding, intrusive, surely, possessive… dangerous. Nice imagery, Basil.
September 29th, 2009 at 9:06 am
Bear, as in RUSSIAN bear! We like Andy Williams now. BTW you can’t go wrong with a photoon that has the word THUNK! in it.
[thanks. But, truth be told, I was going to use "KAPLAM" ... but it's under copyright held by the Don Martin estate. - B.]
September 29th, 2009 at 10:11 am
You lie! Bears can’t talk.
[Talking bears can. - B.]
September 29th, 2009 at 10:15 am
That last panel sounds exactly like a Bob Hope joke. Well done.
September 29th, 2009 at 10:21 am
Agreed, DamnCat.
September 29th, 2009 at 10:39 am
That’s not a bi-polar bear is it? ’cause that ain’t covered. *STP hat tip
September 29th, 2009 at 10:39 am
Right-of-center celebs are so very sexy, no matter what their chronological age.
Y’all be sure to visit Mr. Williams’ Moon River Theater next time you’re in Branson, MO.
September 29th, 2009 at 11:45 am
Just happens to be a black bear, huh? Racist.
September 29th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Is troll hunting catch and release, or do you get to eat them?
Dohtimes: Sarah Palin did a ‘fly-by’. That’s how real Alaskans hunt.
September 29th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
Agree with DamnCat and MarkoMancuso, that last line was just like a Bob Hope punch line.
But it was “I don’t think I’m the hope he was talking about.” that made me chuckle.
[Thanks. I originally wanted to keep it between Andy and the Cookie Bear, as was the norm on the Andy Williams Show, but it was too difficult (or I was too lazy) to edit Bob Hope out.
As it turned out, Bob Hope stole the show. He had a knack for doing that. - B.]
September 29th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
I think you should add Chef’s father refusing to give the bear $3.50 to pay for somebody else to have health care, but then I love South Park.