BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL: It is the week of the election, and this is reality? I am given a show about how one candidate likes Hitler, and is a consensus fascist. What the fuck? I have been making this case ever since a Gawker writer set up a Twitter account in late 2015 only quoting, without attribution, Benito Mussolini. It took three or four months, until Feb. 2016, when the Drumpf Twitter account took the bait, and reTweeted Mussolini. I have been shouting fascist! ever since (this show was called “Donald Drumpf Theatre” for the first five years, and “Turn On The News” the last four), and now the whole world is. And at the same time Donald Drumpf could be elected next week. What the fuck?
This week: "Hitler Fan Re-enacts MSG Nazi Rally." Almost everyone agrees that the former president is a fascist with a fondness for Hitler. Opening theme includes clips from The Conet Project; "Saturday Night Live;" "The Simpsons;" Paul Harvey; "Citizen Kane;" 1010 WINS; Tim Walz; Bill Cosby; Jon Stewart; Larys Strong from "House of the Dragon;" and Andrew Weissmann. Thanks for the songs from Husker Du ("Turn On The News"), Randy Rainbow (“Magadu”), and Neil Diamond (“America”). Clips and excerpts from “Suspense;” Seth Meyers; Donald Drumpf; Hulk Hogan; John Oliver; Wolf Blitzer; Anderson Cooper; Kamala Harris; Larry Wilmore; Roy Wood, Jr.; Michael Ian Black; Amber Ruffin; Kaitlan Collins; John Kelly; Michael S. Schmidt; Stephen Colbert; Ronny Chieng; Kate Bolduan; Mark Levin; Brian Kilmeade; Tony Hinchcliffe; Adam Kinzinger; Tucker Carlson; Karoline Leavitt; and Stephen Miller. Episode 189.
Below, the source material for this show.
"Turn On The News" is the weekly newscast from the fictional Radio Network, with parody radio coverage of the radio and its headlines. Now with computerized news readers, and fewer meddling reporters, plus aggregated reporting, and automated music. Tune in "Turn On The News" each week for the latest news, radio art, and more from our robot reporters, making sure you hear both sides -- good and evil -- every time you "Turn On The News." It is often a mash-up of the week's news, and sometimes a radio news fantasy with song parodies and covers similar to Spike Jones, Dickie Goodman, Dr. Demento, or Richard Foreman with comedy skits, sketches, radio waves, and more. Produced by Tom Roe. Clips and songs are from some of the sources below.
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