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Frasier Balzov

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3. It's a laugh line from a John Mulaney standup routine.

Reply to applegrove (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 3, 2025, 04:57 PM

Yesterday

In which he compares the Trump presidency to a horse loose in a hospital.

People wanting an end to the crisis begin to hope that the horse catcher will catch the horse.

But then the horse announces that he has fired the horse catcher.

It's funny because of how Trump-like the horse is in his determination not to have the chaos he is causing ended.

And how bizarrely empowered he views himself to be to avoid capture.

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No, they'll fire the horse catcher. Frasier Balzov Yesterday #1

I don't get your analogy. What is a horse catcher? applegrove Yesterday #2

It's a laugh line from a John Mulaney standup routine. Frasier Balzov Yesterday #3

That sounds familiar. Did he do it on SNL? That's the only place I've applegrove Yesterday #4

His Netflix special at Radio City Music Hall. Frasier Balzov 20 hrs ago #5

(Soon to be EX-Acting Inspector General...) nt Buns_of_Fire 20 hrs ago #6