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Imagining 'Joe The Plumber: The Epic'

Oct 16th, 2008 · Sometimes that 15 minutes of fame turns into an hour. Satirists Bruce Kluger and David Slavin present the promo for a fictional epic called Joe the Plumber — it's the story about the one man equipped to fix the nation's plugged up economy.

Keywords: national · Economy · fame · fictional · Joe · imagination · David Slavin · Satirists Bruce Kluger · Plumbers · promo · emJoe

Even God Appreciates a Home Run ***

Oct 26th, 2007 · Satirists Bruce Kluger and David Slavin ponder how baseball teams' prayers are received in heaven during this World Series season.

Keywords: God · baseball · prayers · World Series · Heaven · David Slavin · Satirists Bruce Kluger

Courting Justice Kennedy's 'Swing' Vote *

Oct 1st, 2007 · As the "swing" judge on the Supreme Court, Justice Anthony Kennedy has to fend off people from the left and the right who wish to influence his thinking. Satirists Bruce Kluger and David Slavin imagine how that might play out.

Keywords: Justice · Supreme Court · Kennedy · David Slavin · Satirists Bruce Kluger · Justice Anthony Kennedy

Imagining Barry Bond's Record-Breaking Moment ****

Jun 21st, 2007 · Satirists Bruce Kluger and David Slavin take aim at slugger Barry Bonds. They illustrate a scenario in which Bonds breaks Hank Aaron's home run record, but the crowd doesn't care.

Keywords: scenarios · bonds · imagination · illustrator · Barry · slugger · David Slavin · Barry Bonds · Satirists Bruce Kluger · Hank Aaron

Sympathy for the Undecided Voter *

Oct 29th, 2004 · Tragedy struck Sarah as a child when she couldn't pick a single color crayon. In college, she couldn't rate Hegel or Marx. She went nuts when offered caffeinated or decaf coffee. Now the 2004 election: she loses it. Satirists Bruce Kluger and David Slavin offer a dramatic portrait of indecision.

Keywords: elections · Child · voters · Colleges · 2004 · Tragedy · sarah · portrait · nuts · Indecision · coffee · loses

Satirical View of FDA's Approval of Marketing Leeches

Jun 29th, 2004 · Satirists Bruce Kluger and David Slavin find humor in the announcement that a French company is the first since 1976 to receive clearance to market leeches as medical devices in the United States. Leeches are already widely used in American hospitals, and companies that sold them before 1976 were allowed to continue doing so. Kluger and Slavin create a commercial for the product.

Keywords: hospital · satirical · FDA · products · Americans · United States · company · commercial · French · companies · medical · markets