Jon Stewart of The Daily Show never gets tired of the opportunity to make fun of Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell’s facial resemblance to a turtle and to try out his voice at how a turtle might talk. McConnell’s latest campaign commercial has provided Stewart with another golden opportunity to poke fun at his stiffness.
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left0ver1under says
A turtle? I thought he looked like a deflated balloon, the air sucked out of it.
rq says
That is excellent.
René says
If I grok American spelling rules correctly, it should be spelled “mcconneling”, with a single el.
/nonnative pedant
Timothy says
I love this! On Saturday, there were about 4,000 such videos on YouTube … as of now it’s up to 15,300.
@ Rene -- Nope. Since there are two “L”s in his last name, both stay. Examples: “mcconnelling”, “mcconnelled”, & “mcconnellabus”
René says
Ah, thanks, Timothy! One keeps learning here. That’s actually my reason for visiting FtB. (My atheism was firmly established half a century ago.)
John Horstman says
I still need to make a better version of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme song than either of the ones I found on YouTube.
Some Old Programmer says
Actually I think Jon Stewart is mocking McConnell by imitating a specific Loony Tunes character, Cecil Turtle. I’m in Stewart’s generational cohort, so I recognize the voice from Saturday cartoons.
I didn’t see any ready clips You Tube, no doubt because it’s closely monitored to flag for copyright, but I found a voice clip here.
Trickster Goddess says
Jon’s imitation always reminds me of Droopy, a Hanna-Barbera character created by Tex Avery.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUmusWYw4nM&w=560&h=315%5D
Timothy says
You’re welcome Rene. English has very weird rules. (And, just to set the record straight, there is no such English conjugation such as ‘mcconnellabus’. I was just kidding around.)