While out for an early morning stroll, sunshine and the first day above freezing in a while, I was thinking of James Comer. Yeah, I know, why in the hell would I want to mess up a beautiful day and walk with him on my mind.
I was thinking about how he throws a ton of shit at the wall to see what sticks and when nothing does he just smiles, sweeps it up, adds what he thinks is super glue and throws it at another wall. Same result but he keeps smiling and spinning and trying to make anything stick. Then it hit me, a blast from the past!
He exemplifies Mr. Haney from the sit/com Green Acres which ran from 1965 to 1971. Mr. Haney was the perfect personification of what grifting conman and snake oil salesman are. Not unlike his master!
I read that some compare him to Gomer Pyle, as in this excellent article by Berry Craig ‘Bluegrass Dems are abuzz over single mom who’s taking on Gomer Comer’. It is still a top trending story on DK so no link necessary. After reading this I felt I needed to protect Gomer’s good name and not piss on Berry’s article while doing so. Instead of adding comments I decided on a stand alone diary to add some humor to an otherwise very serious story.
Now I love Gomer Pyle, he was a funny innocent compassionate rube. Comer/Mr. Haney is anything but and more to the point the exact opposite.
So without further ado I present to you a couple of short video’s from Green Acres that I think make my point.
Watch how easily Mr. Haney sidesteps and switches gears when confronted with his BS!
The second take is about Jimmy Stewart coming to town to make a Hollywood movie and like Comer’s impeachment witnesses, things don’t work out as expected! Think of the first part as if he is setting up his inquiry and the last part as, well what inevitably happens.
As an added bonus I have included the opening theme song. Please exchange the opening line “Green Acres is the place to be. Farm living is the life for me” with “Mara logo is the place to be, scam’n and grift’n is the life for me”. Seems to work better that way.
The real joy comes when Eva Gabor, sister to Zsa Zsa, sings her part (she is from Hungary so has a heavy Eastern European accent not dissimilar to Melania) where she doesn’t want to leave her Penthouse life in New York but is dragged away none the less. Truth is I think Eva is what Melania would look like in the 60’s, it’s scary!
Cheers and have a great day!