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· May 29, 2026
Political Spotlight Weekly
The Friday Follies
The Capitol Curtain Call
The Friday Follies
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About this episode
The Capitol Curtain Call
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Monday started with a breaking tweet
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A minor scandal on a D.C. street
0:04
The press corps gathered, a chaotic scrum
0:07
Forgetting what last week's crisis was from
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A new bill's drafted, with a catchy name
0:12
Thirteen hundred pages, it's all a game
0:14
They held a hearing, full of righteous sound
0:17
While lobbyists bought another round
0:19
Oh, the overture is loud and clear!
0:22
The same mad show we get each year!
0:24
The teleprompter's glowing with the lines
0:27
Beneath the manufactured, angry signs
0:29
Is this the script? Did someone write this part?
0:32
It's breaking my dramatic, bleeding heart!
0:34
It's the Friday Follies, take a bow!
0:37
We can't believe this is happening now!
0:39
A gaffe was uttered on a hot mic feed
0:42
Fulfilling cable news's desperate need
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They cut the clip and played it on a loop
0:46
A talking head called it a 'major stoop'
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Then came the vote along the party line
0:51
A pointless gesture, but it looked divine
0:54
They posed for photos with a mighty pen
0:56
And then went off to fight it all again
0:59
Oh, the overture is loud and clear!
1:01
The same mad show we get each year!
1:04
The teleprompter's glowing with the lines
1:06
Beneath the manufactured, angry signs
1:09
Is this the script? Did someone write this part?
1:11
It's breaking my dramatic, bleeding heart!
1:14
It's the Friday Follies, take a bow!
1:16
We can't believe this is happening now!
1:19
(Music slows to a dramatic, pensive swell)
1:21
A single voice, in a single spotlight's gleam...
1:24
Are we all just living out a fever dream?
1:26
We learn the words, we play our little role
1:28
While the story spins right out of our control
1:31
(The full cast joins, building to a crescendo)
1:33
But the set is shaking and the lights might fall!
1:36
And no one's listening to the curtain call!
1:38
(Tempo returns, faster and more frantic than before)
1:41
OH, THE OVERTURE IS LOUD AND CLEAR!
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THE SAME MAD SHOW WE GET EACH YEAR!
1:46
THE TELEPROMPTER'S GLOWING WITH THE LINES
1:48
BENEATH THE MANUFACTURED, ANGRY SIGNS!
1:51
IS THIS THE SCRIPT? DID SOMEONE WRITE THIS PART?!
1:53
IT'S BREAKING MY DRAMATIC, BLEEDING HEART!
1:56
IT'S THE FRIDAY FOLLIES, TAKE A BOW!
1:58
WE CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING NOW!
2:01
(Music swells to a huge, final chord, then cuts off abruptly. A single piano plink.)
2:03
...Until next week.
