"BUSTED" Update: A reader, and fellow blogger, Paul Sand, at Pun Salad, sent me this Reason.net spoof of Mythbusters and Obama – sort of what I hoped they would do!!
(H/T: Reason.TV, Pun Salad)
On Wednesday, December 8, Mythbusters will air an episode called "The President’s Challenge – Archimedes Solar Ray", to try busting the myth that the Greek inventor built a solar-based mirror that could set attacking Roman ships ablaze.
What’s notable about this episode is that President Barack Hussein Obama, himself, appears in it. Come again?
Filmed in October, Obama must have read the tea leaves (get it?), predicting his coming demise and took Clintonian steps improve his public image.
This is the conversation that took place between the President, and his advisor David Axelrod…
Axelrod: Mr. President, we need to work on your public image…quite frankly, it sucks.
Obama: Well, I’ve thrown out the first pitch at the World Series, went on The View, did Oprah a few times, went on Jay Leno, eventually went to New Orleans, and played some really cool Golf and Basketball. Hell, I even went on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart. What else can I do?
Axelrod: First of all, don’t say you "did Oprah", ok?
Obama: Oops, ok!
Axelrod: Well, there’s one more appearance you can make and, between us, I think it’s the icing on the cake to make you look so hip and cool. I say you should do it!
Obama: Great! Great! What is it?
Axelrod: Mythbusters! Everyone loves that show and, besides, Adam Savage is in love with you, and he DID contribute to your campaign!
Obama: Well, he contributed to Al Franken’s campaign too – should we be associated with him?
Axelrod: Yeah, yeah, well, the American people aren’t paying attention to that stuff anyhow.
Obama: Ok, ok, so…so what myth do I bust?…I know, how about "Supply Side Economics"?
Axelrod: Sure, I don’t care, as long as they don’t try to prove your citizenship.
Obama: Ouch, yeah, I didn’t think of that.
Well, the mythbusters dudes didn’t let the President try to bust "Supply Side Economics" (which they decided would be a bad, bad choice), or the President’s citizenship, but they did choose Archimedes Death Ray. What the hell were they thinking? I guess they didn’t want to waste a good myth, since they ALREADY BUSTED that one TWICE, in 2006, and in 2004.
Good choice Obama! Even "sassy" Perez Hilton thinks you’re a moron (and that’s saying something). It’s so ironic that they chose this myth, since Obama soon experienced his own political Death Ray on Nov 2 – no myth there.