The Social Security spot at right was produced by some folks in the Sharron Angle for U.S. Senate campaign but never aired, as some of the "DC handlers" managed to kill it. I can't imagine why. I also wonder why there is no laugh track....
November 20, 2010

Via the inimitable Jon Ralston:

The Social Security spot at right was produced by some folks in the Sharron Angle for U.S. Senate campaign but never aired, as some of the "DC handlers" managed to kill it. I can't imagine why.

I also wonder why there is no laugh track....

Or as one person put it at Politico in one of the better lines I've seen lately:

It's like Night of the Living Dead crossed with Sponge Bob.

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