Where Teddy Rall is concerned, the more things change, the more they stay the same. And I can prove it, too: Having learned of Ted’s being fired by the NYT online (thanks, Jim, and God bless us all, everyone), I decided to search the protein wisdom archives for some of the gentle criticisms I’d leveled at ol’ Rralllph-y Boy over the years. Y’know, because I like to pile on.
Anyway, while I was rummaging through the clutter, I stumbled across this pair of vintage ‘toons — still apt, I think, in light of Teddy Rallgame’s recent predicament. The first re-works Rall’s infamous “Terror Widows” strip (the artwork is Rall’s; I provided the captions and titles); the second dates to March of 2002, which is around the time Rall got the NYT gig in the first place..
Now. Somebody shovel some dirt over this clown and let’s be done with it.
*OK, so one weekend post. But these are special circumstances, and the work was done years ago, anyway. Speaking of which, here’s the original “Terror Prick” entry and commentary.
Heh heh. Ted Bawl’s out of the NYT. I cried one real tear at the news, pinkie swear.
By the way, you need to change my url. The original blog lives only on my personal hard drive (I keep meaning to re-upload it but I lack the nerve); I have a new blog now: Twisted Spinster. You do want to link to my new blog, don’t you? :menacing stare:
More Rall abuse (and altered comics) here.
I got a kick out of Rall’s e-mail guidelines. What a wuss.
Wlecome back, Jeff.
Let’s Rall!, the Anne Coughman emasculation of Teddy boy, is still the greatest thing ever written in the blogosphere.
I read T3d R@ll’s (I refuse to give him the google hits) account of his getting canned. He insisted that the NYT had every right to run whatever they wanted, no problems with the editorial decisions, etc., etc. But he traced his troubles to the VRWC’s letter-writing campaign, in reference to “Terror Widows”. Apparently it never occurred to him that “Terror Widows” was despicable in and of itself, and deserved all the execration it got.
I sent him an email in which I sorta commiserated. I said that Edginess
This is fun! I, too, did a bit of the old ultra-violence on Cousin Teddy.
It’s really too bad about Mr. . I knew he was going…er…soft when I read his lament about the decline and fall of Dean. What can I say? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
I sent e-mails to the NY Times folks congratulating them on doing the right thing in axing that no-talent hack…
Gee, I think Ted Rall is brilliant, and that you guys can’t handle his work. Must be if you have to resort to jock-jokes about his penis.
If you’re looking for a “no-talent hack”, dig Michael Ramirez at the “proof there IS a liberal media” LA Times.
You think Rall is brilliant? Wow. Doesn’t take much to impress you does it?
I think the reason for the “penis” jokes was discussed in the other comments and was a intended as a way to trivialize Rall as he had trivialized the 911 widows. Rall wanted his “statement” about the widows to be taken seriously and the cartoon basically told him to blow it out of his pretentious ass.
That’s “memoriam”, not “memorium”.
Let’s keep up our standards here. . .
Thanks. Stupid schwas…
Here’s the little bit I sent the boy. Based on his “Email Guidelines” I rather think he didn’t read it. But it made me feel good so what the hay.
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The amazing thing is, at least 8% of Americans believe Rall’s twaddle. Even the completely false misstatements of fact, they believe.
In any case, kudos to Anne Coughman, for her masterful fisking of Ted Rall. I agree with John, above, that it is one of the greatest things ever written in the blogosphere. In truth, since there is no way I would ever click on a Ted Rall link (in order to not give him any traffic/encouragement) blogs are the only way that I and others know what Rall’s latest lies are.
Which leads me to my latest dilemma: How is it possible that anyone who grew up in the same world I did could actually believe such crap? Now that he is out looking for work, will he finally realize that the economy is humming along pretty well? I hope not. In any case, he would never admit it. Poison like Rall’s does not acknowledge fact or objective truth, when it goes against his preconceived notions.
very sorry
Karen White
George Robinson
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very sorry