Bill Maher Unbaptizes Romney’s Father-in-Law

You may have heard last week that the Romney family did an extensive conversion job on the family of his future-wife, Ann Davies Romney, before they tied the knot. Her father, Roderick Davies, a Welsh immigrant, engineer, entrepreneur, and mayor of Bloomfield Hills, MI, was a staunch atheist who regarded organized religion as “hogwash” and insisted that his kids be raised without religion—which they were. Roderick was the only holdout in his family and eventually took his non-belief to the grave, but that did not stop the Romneys from baptizing him into the Mormon faith a year later.

Luckily for Roderick, Bill Maher had his magic wand and wizard’s hat handy to undo the spell cast by his in-laws. Last night on Real Time, Maher performed the first atheist unbaptism ceremony so that Mr. Davies could rest in interminable peace:

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President Obama Sings Al Green

Who knew the President could sing? He’s no Al Green, but he did hold a few notes of Let’s Stay Together. Eat your hearts out, Herman Cain and Vladimir Putin:

C-SPAN Caller Wants to Know About Mitt Romney’s Big Penis

C-SPAN is such a good troll target that I’m surprised this doesn’t happen more often. As far as live stunts go, it still falls far short of the jilted lover who gives a speech about his ex-girlfriend while sitting next to her.

Bob Hawke, Former PM of Australia, Drains a Beer in Seconds

This guy, Bob Hawke, former PM of Australia, was also a Rhodes Scholar who allegedly set some sort of drinking record while at Oxford back in his prime. Maybe Clinton is in the books for bedding the most Rhodes coeds, but you’ll never see him, Carter, or the Bushes handle a beer like this:

Rick Perry: Gay Cowboy

Rick Perry has largely talked himself into irrelevance in his bid for the presidency, but this is too good to ignore

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Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill Visits Cheers

Here’s something you don’t see so much these days. The Speaker of the House–and Ronald Reagan’s arch nemesis in statesmanship–Tip O’Neill made a guest appearance on Cheers, circa 1983. O’Neill’s district was in Massachusetts, and Cheers was the hit tv show of the day. Can you imagine Boehner or Pelosi pulling off something this cool without taking a ton of flack? Newt Gingrich was a hot item with SNL a decade later, but not exactly for his swag.

1995: Chris Farley as Newt Gingrich

For those of you too old or young to remember, two very interesting things happened in the 1990s:
1) Newt Gingrich was the Speaker of the House
2) The late Chris Farley was hilarious

With these two facts of history converging upon each other, we got one of Farley’s most memorable SNL characters. At least a decade before Youtube, Farley’s impersonations were popular enough that he made a surprise appearance on the House floor to celebrate Newt’s first 100 days in power.

After the jump, you can see the 10 minute version where Farley passes a few resolutions. And yes, that’s a young John Boehner giving the introduction.

Most notable line: “How’s our wife Marianne?” 0_o

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Schrute = Newt?

Who knew Dwight Schrute is actually the 1976 Newt Gingrich? This totally explains Gingrich’s captivating speeches. Newt toils for you!

H/T Buzzfeed

New Meme: Counting Rick Perry

Those of you who were out of the loop this week missed out on the priceless gem that is Rick Perry. If you don’t follow US politics–he is the current governor of Texas, running for president on the main qualification that he is just like George W. Bush, only dumber.

During a debate this week, he killed any hope of becoming our leader when he could not remember 3 bullet points in a row. Watch his campaign crash and burn in 53 seconds:

Unfortunately for him, most jokes also come in 3s. And a new meme is born:

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Imagine There’s No Pizza

This man could be your president. If Herman Cain does win, he should cut an album of duets with himself singing and Jimmy McMillan, of The Rent is Too Damn High fame, busting the rap verses. Check his melody:

Elizabeth Warren Will Fix This Shit Herself If She Has To

Unfortunately for many of left wing voters in Massachusetts, this is not a real campaign trailer. And that’s too bad, because I can see the real Warren kicking back a 16 oz Coors and letting her Southwestern twang show up.

If you are not a political junkie, the video is based off of this stump speech from a few weeks ago:
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Have You Seen Mike Hunt?

Los Angeles City Councilman Dennis Zine would like to see Mike Hunt in his office right now. He just got word from Hugh Jazz and Harry Balz that there’s a scandal brewing with Amanda Hugginkiss.