Archive for April, 2010

Top 10 Reasons Why Scott Lee Cohen Should Run for IL Governor

We're with Coho!

He’s baack! Months after being forced off the Illinois ballot, former Democratic lieutenant governor nominee Scott Lee “Coho” Cohen is eyeing a political comeback. This week, Cohen will announce whether he’s running for governor – something we at The Wack strongly support because, frankly, we could use the material.

Below are the Top 10 reasons why Scott Lee Cohen should run for governor!

10. Knife-wielding pawnbrokers dangerously under-represented among nation’s governors

9. Plans to take the oath of office by swearing on a stack of Hustlers

8. Fulfills Illinois’ Constitutional requirement that the governor be a “pasty-faced white guy”

7. Of all the Scott Lee Cohens in the world, he’s the Scott Lee Coheniest.

6. Bold plan to tackle rising Chicago crime by deploying a contingent of hookers armed with whips to patrol the streets

5. If he’s crazy enough, will likely appear a future season of Celebrity: Apprentice.

4. To the best of our knowledge, he hasn’t clubbed any baby seals or anything.

3. Probably the only guy above Interstate 80 who uses all three of his names

2. Shady past a good indication he’ll continue Illinois’ proud winning streak of sending governors to jail

1. Seriously – could Illinois do any worse?

This Week in Wacky Battlestar Galactica History

April 22, 150,003 BC – Laura Roslin, President of the 12 Colonies of Kobol, launches her re-election bid, unveiling her catchy “A Cylon in Every Airlock”  campaign slogan.

Columbo sent to investigate Poland air crash, annoys Putin with badgering questions

"Um, Mr. Putin...just one more thing..."

BY DEREMY UNDERHILL, ON THE SCENE

SMOLENSK, RUSSIA – In a development that’s drawing the ire of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the United States has sent one of its top investigators to assist with the inquiry into the mysterious air crash that took the life of Poland’s President and top military brass.

Lieutenant Columbo of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Homicide Division arrived at the scene of the plane crash near Smolensk, Russia on Monday. His presence has raised eyebrows in the Kremlin, given his work on high-profile celebrity murder cases since the 1970s that resulted in the arrest of dozens of actors, writers, socialites and politicians.

“See that’s the thing, when people hear you’re from Homicide they immediately jump to the conclusion you’re looking for foul play,” Columbo said in an exclusive interview. “I’m just here at the request of my superiors and the Polish government to ask some routine questions, that’s all. Frankly, I’d rather be back in the States helping Mrs. Columbo take care of the dog. He’s been pretty depressed lately. We’ve been feeding him chili to snap him out of it, but that hasn’t helped.”

While insiders close to the inquiry say Columbo has gone out of his way to put Russian leaders and investigators at ease with his laid-back demeanor and folksy stories they say he has also been asking pointed questions regarding Prime Minister Putin’s actions in the time leading up to the plane crash.

“Initially, we all thought he was pretty harmless,” said a Russian source close to the investigation. “He came into the Kremlin wearing this rumpled rain coat and smoking a cigar, and seemed pretty overwhelmed by everything going on. Then, after spending a few minutes admiring the giant chandeliers, he suddenly asked me if Prime Minister Putin had ever bombed any planes during his time as a KGB agent. When I asked him why that was important, he just shrugged and said ‘oh, it’s nothing, just trying to tie up a few loose ends.’”

Sources say Putin himself has seen the brunt of Columbo’s questioning. In recent days, the Lieutenant has popped up at various cabinet meetings, Orthodox church services and stroganoff tasting contests attended by the Russian leader, peppering him with pesky questions about his knowledge of surface-to-air missiles and his administration’s tense ties with the deceased Polish president.

“Columbo’s toughest questions come right when you think he’s about to leave,” a Putin aide tells Wacky Deli. “For instance, yesterday he unexpectedly showed up to a moose fight attended by the Prime Minister. After a few minutes of innocuous small talk between them about ice fishing, Columbo got up to go, then stopped, slapped his hand against his forehead and said “Oh, Mr. Putin, just one more thing – on the night of the plane crash, when you say you were handing out lollipops to Moscow street urchins…did anyone happen to see you who could verify that?”

While Putin had no official comment regarding Columbo’s investigation, witnesses say he’s clearly been annoyed by the questioning. On numerous occasions, he’s been seen rolling his eyes and saying “Vell, vhat do you vant now, COLUMBO?” when the veteran lawman unexpectedly shows up at his functions.

For his part, the Lieutenant denies Putin is the target of his investigation.

“Oh no, I certainly don’t mean to give that impression,” Columbo said, scratching his head in a seemingly absent-minded way. “Prime Minister Putin has been very helpful in the investigation. In fact, Mrs. Columbo is a huge fan of his. A HUGE fan. Why, she even started taking judo classes after reading that book of his.”

** Wacky Deli guest writers Mikhail Gorbachev and Katinka Ingabogovinanana contributed to this story. **

This Week in Wacky History: BUSH DUCKS LEG THROWN BY HEATHER MILLS

APRIL 11, 2008 – During a news conference with some foreign guy (right), then-President George W. Bush (left) deftly ducked a prosthetic leg thrown at him by Paul McCartney ex/PETA advocate Heather Mills. While some speculate she did it to protest the Bush Administration’s animal rights record, most observers concluded she’s just batshit crazy.

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SHOCK: Easter Bunny splits from wife, heads to sex rehab

The Easter Bunny with two young women, neither of whom are his wife. DID they sleep with him - that's for you to decide!

BY DEREMY UNDERHILL, ON THE SCENE!

Millions of fans around the world are asking what “hoppened” after the Easter Bunny and his wife Trixie have separated in the wake of tabloid reports that the egg-bringing bunny has checked himself into a sex rehab clinic.

According to the National Enquirer, Easter’s iconic mascot has engaged in a life of reckless sexual conquests, seeing dozens of harestitutes a night during his frequent travels and checking into hotels under such aliases as “Hoppy McHornyston” and “Thumper Humperland.”

The final straw for Trixie Bunny reportedly came yesterday after her husband returned from his global Easter egg trek. Friends say she discovered thousands of sexually-charged text messages on his cell phone to mistresses describing sex acts involving “the erotic use of lettuce” and “snorting lines of carotene off their asses.”

Shortly after the discovery, a bleeding, disheveled Easter Bunny was seen hopping rapidly from his Malibu mansion as his wife followed suit, screaming obscenities and hurling boxes of Peeps at him. He has since checked himself into Los Angeles’ Rancho Nofornico sex rehab clinic, where he’s sharing a common room with David Duchovny and that jerk who’s married to Sandra Bullock.

In a sign of explosive legal and publicity battles to come, Trixie has retained celebrity attorney Gloria Allred, who released a statement blasting the Easter Bunny.

“This isn’t just a betrayal of Mrs. Bunny” Allred said, “this is a betrayal of their children Flopsy, Mopsy, Snowball, Princess, Topsy, Shopsy, Phil, Cottontail, Trixie Jr., Fluffy, Amber, Max, Hocus Pocus, Buttons, Sunny, Smores, Dopey, Honey, Muffin, Bumper, Bunster, Pepper, Merry, Daisy, Nibbles, Belle, Sneezy, Mittens, Rex, Snuggles, Jar Jar, Hopper, Dash, Hillary, Binky, Hopkins, Harvey, Patches, Tuxedo, Tinkerbell, Willow, Phil 2, Piper, and Puddles. Mrs. Bunny eagerly intends to collect as much restitution as possible to ensure these impressionable youngsters grow up as responsible members of the rabbit community.”

Ms. Allred said her client would be seeking a settlement “somewhere in the $500 million range” – roughly half of the Easter Bunny’s estimated net worth, which he largely gained from lucrative endorsement deals for such products as Viagra, Rogaine and Philip Morris cigarettes.

While most of the Easter Bunny’s friends have remained silent since the news of the affairs broke, at least one high-profile rabbit is stepping forward to defend his pal.

“He’s a rabbit. Rabbits f*ck a lot. It’s nature’s way,” said actor/comedian Bugs Bunny. “Anyway, how can you expect him to keep his zipper up when doesn’t even wear pants?”

REMINDER – Be sure to return your census forms!

And yes, this goes for EVERYONE. Even Sasquatches.

Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know Were in the Health Care Bill

At 2,700 pages long, the health care bill is longer than The Bible, War and Peace, and Sarah Palin's autobiography COMBINED!

10. Vice-Presidents now eligible for taxpayer-subsidized hair plugs.  

9. Death panel cases to be decided by Dancing with the Stars judges

8. From now on, heart transplant recipients will be selected via golden ticket contest.

7. All diabetic testing kits will be delivered to households by Wilford Brimley on horseback.

6. Covered preexisting conditions expanded to include being  punched by Amy Winehouse and bitten by zombies.

5. Medicaid to start providing bedridden fat people with free green slave girls and rancors.

4. Lindsay Lohan’s methadone kits will be delivered to her house by Wilford Brimley on horseback.

3. Hospital waiting room TVs must play non-stop reruns of Becker.

2. Controversial plan to utilize novocaine-laced condoms to stamp out teen pregnancies

1. Medical marijuana brownies will be covered by insurance, but only if they’re sugar-free.