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· Jun 12, 2026
Political Spotlight Weekly
The Friday Follies
This Week's Unbelievable Political Musical
The Friday Follies
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About this episode
This Week's Unbelievable Political Musical
0:00
The overture begins at dawn on Monday's gray-lit stage
0:03
A press release, a minor gaffe, a single, baffling page
0:07
They've passed a bill to regulate the migratory geese
0:11
By Tuesday, that's forgotten for a breach of someone's peace
0:15
A senator gave a speech that lasted seven hours long
0:19
To argue that the color red is technically not wrong
0:23
We checked our notes, we scoured the news, we tried to understand
0:27
It's just another ordinary week across the land!
0:31
Oh, the lights go up on Washington, another mad review!
0:35
We got the script this morning and we can't believe it's true!
0:39
Is this a farce? A tragedy? A brand new, bizarre art?
0:43
We're singing from the diaphragm but screaming from the heart!
0:47
Just smile and sell the headline with a desperate, jazzy hand!
0:51
It's Friday's grand finale in this unbelievable land!
0:55
A spokesperson went on television, smiling with their teeth
0:59
And said the thing they said was false is now their new belief
1:03
The polls went up, the polls went down, a chart was drawn in haste
1:07
To show the nation's feelings on the flavor and the taste
1:11
Of something no one's heard about, but everyone's enraged
1:15
Another minor character has taken center stage!
1:19
He's waving documents around, they're probably just blank
1:23
While someone's getting sworn into a committee on a tank!
1:27
Oh, the lights go up on Washington, another mad review!
1:31
We got the script this morning and we can't believe it's true!
1:35
Is this a farce? A tragedy? A brand new, bizarre art?
1:39
We're singing from the diaphragm but screaming from the heart!
1:43
Just smile and sell the headline with a desperate, jazzy hand!
1:47
It's Friday's grand finale in this unbelievable land!
1:51
The stage directions call for chaos, but a choreographed kind
1:55
A dance of righteous anger, leaving sanity behind
1:59
The writers must be laughing, or they're crying in their beer
2:03
They took the plot from last week and said 'let's get weirder here!'
2:07
The understudy's quit the show, the tenor's lost his voice
2:11
We're looking at each other, we don't think we have a choice!
2:15
One more scene! One final note!
2:19
Oh, the lights go up on Washington, it's our last big review!
2:23
We're begging you, dear audience, please tell us this ain't true!
2:27
Is this a farce? A tragedy? A brand new, bizarre art?
2:31
We're singing from the diaphragm but screaming from the heart!
2:35
Just smile and sell the headline with a desperate, jazzy hand!
2:39
It's Friday's grand finale in this unbelievable land!
2:43
The curtain's falling, thank the stars, just let the curtain fall!
2:47
...Until we're back on Monday to do nothing, and do it all.
