Last weekend’s Weekend Update from Saturday Night Live featured a brilliant and pointed piece from Tina Fey and Jimmy Fallon. It’s great to finally see some rage at the coming war being expressed on the TV:
Fey: In protest to France’s opposition to a U.S. war in Iraq, the U.S. Congress’ cafeteria has changed French fries and French toast to freedom fries and freedom toast. Afterwards, the congressmen were so pleased with themselves, they all started Freedom kissing each other. In a related story, in France, American cheese is now referred to as Idiot cheese.
Fallon: Trust me, they’re laughing at us, okay? French fries aren’t even French, they’re Belgian. Some American guy named them wrong to begin with. Also, they’re pouring bottles of French wine down the toilet? Stop it! You already paid for the wine, you dopes! Pee in a wine bottle and sell it to some French people — then you’re doing something.
Fey: And don’t think that by eating Freedom fries that you’re being patriotic and helping the war effort. Use less gasoline, read a newspaper. You know what? How about we cool it with the Freedom fries anyway, you fat asses! We are the fattest country in the world. Have you ever walked around an American mall? It’s nothing but Chick-fil-As and Lane Bryant track suits busting at the seams!
Fallon and Fey: Do something!