President Bush made a difficult decision. "I was looking forward to doing a little poking myself, but in light of this tragedy at Virginia Tech I decided not to be funny." And so, honorably, did Rich Little. Mr. Little, the scheduled entertainment for the White House Correspondents' Dinner, made a last-minute decision to forgo being even vaguely funny. So, wisely and tragically, he died. Here, preserved for all eternity in digital amber, is the deer tracks joke. Look upon it and weep for humanity. And be thankful we're not making you listen to the song ("Having fun with Washington", which became an existential Beckettian joke after about the second repetition -- you can watch that shit on C-Span if you don't believe us when we say it was intentionally tragic performance art).
Rich Little Died For Our Sins
Rich Little Died For Our Sins
Rich Little Died For Our Sins
President Bush made a difficult decision. "I was looking forward to doing a little poking myself, but in light of this tragedy at Virginia Tech I decided not to be funny." And so, honorably, did Rich Little. Mr. Little, the scheduled entertainment for the White House Correspondents' Dinner, made a last-minute decision to forgo being even vaguely funny. So, wisely and tragically, he died. Here, preserved for all eternity in digital amber, is the deer tracks joke. Look upon it and weep for humanity. And be thankful we're not making you listen to the song ("Having fun with Washington", which became an existential Beckettian joke after about the second repetition -- you can watch that shit on C-Span if you don't believe us when we say it was intentionally tragic performance art).