TLDR: 52 weeks of Sunday Funnies Intros

For longer than I can remember, Uncle Fester has been Posting "The Sunday Funnies" aka "The Week In Pictures" from the Powerline blog. Originally created by Steve Hayward, the weekly serial was taken over by John Hinderaker when Hayward left Powerline sometime in March, I think.

Hayward was a real frog, a meme guy who understood memery and the nature of the memetic zeitgeist. Hinderaker is OK, but as one person commented on Hayward's Substack under an April "The News in Pictures" post, "Hinderaker's not bad, but he's no Steven Hayward".

(You can access Hayward's substack "Political Questions" here. He seems to be still posting meme collections, although I'm not sure if this is a regular weekly thing.)

In any case, The Sunday Funnies has become a true GAW staple, one that many of us look forward to, especially after a tough week of trusting plans, analyzing DS disinformation drops, and assorted Reees and "Oops, Precipice Incoming!"s, etc.

But, for me, what makes the Sunday Funnies iconic is Uncle Fester's unique intros, which have the knack of making the Funnies enticing even as he sums up the essence of the preceding week of Our Times.

So, in case you missed it, here is a year's worth* of Sunday Funnies Intros, all in sequence, starting from July 2024** until this very week, care of your favorite Uncle on the Board.

*(Technically 54 weeks, but whose counting?)

**(+ Bonus June Intro)

BONUS

• If you Think the Country is about to get a Media driven crash course in the stages of Dementia, you need The Sunday Funnies.

JULY 2024

• If you Think the Country can survive Kamala as Potus #47, you need The Sunday Funnies.

• If you Think "...missed it by that much..." is appropriate, you need The Sunday Funnies.

• If you Think the Winning in August will be Glorious, you need The Sunday Funnies.

• If you Think it is all Over but the Hysterical laughing, you need The Sunday Funnies.

AUGUST

• If you Think "Weird" is in the Eye of the Beholder, you need The Sunday Funnies.

• If you Think August isn't Hot enough yet, you need The Sunday Funnies.

• If you Think the first American Revolution is about to be labeled as the next Global Virus, you need The Sunday Funnies.

• If you Think the Trump-Kennedy alliance will lead to a schism in the Space-Time continuum, you need The Sunday Funnies.

• If you Think September will be a Tranquil month after August's heat, you need the Sunday Funnies.

SEPTEMBER

• If you Think you would like some Encouragement for these next Sixty days, you need The Sunday Funnies.

• If you Think Cats are an Endangered Species, you need The Sunday Funnies.

• If you Think the Pagerites were a people from the Bible that lived in Caanan, you need the Sunday Funnies.

• If you Think a little more "Joy" in your life would be nice, you need The Sunday Funnies.

OCTOBER

• If you Think there should be a Second vice-presidential Debate, you need The Sunday Funnies.

• If you Think this Movie is starting to need a NSFW/NC-17 label, you need The Sunday Funnies.

• If you Think the quality of the October Surprises has diminished lately, you need The Sunday Funnies.

• If you Think it might be too early to start singing "Springtime for Hitler" you need The Sunday Funnies.

NOVEMBER

• If you Think taking out the Trash has a whole new meaning now, you need The Sunday Funnies.

• If you Think MAGA v2.0, MAHA v1.0 and DOGE v1.0 are the active ingredients in Swamp Draino, you need The Sunday Funnies.

• If you Think President Trump's nominees resemble Chess pieces, you need The Sunday Funnies.

• If you Think the next 57 days will be a Dance in the Park, you need The Sunday Funnies.

• If you Think another Turkey Sandwich sounds good, you need The Sunday Funnies.

DECEMBER

• If you Think DOGE is beginning to resemble a scene from "The Three Amigos", you need The Sunday Funnies.

• If you Think the Lights in the Sky are Drones from another world, you need The Sunday Funnies.

• If you Think Santa Claus is worried about a mid-air with Drones, you need The Sunday Funnies.

• If you Think there are only three days left before stores stop selling Egg Nog, you need The Sunday Funnies.

JANUARY

• If you Think a Snowstorm hitting DC on January 6 is God being funny, you need The Sunday Funnies.

• If you Think the HelL A fire was started by Drew Barrymore, you need The Sunday Funnies.

• If you Think last night's Fireworks looked like they were done on a movie set, you need The Sunday Funnies.

• If you Think there is too much "Winning" going on right now, you need The Sunday Funnies.

FEBRUARY

• If you Think the last two weeks have been a wild ride, you need The Sunday Funnies.

• If you Think receiving a tax refund instead of paying taxes this year is only fair, you need the Sunday Funnies.

• If you Think starting an NGO to advocate for polar vortexes sounds like a good idea, you need The Sunday Funnies.

• If you Think the Pope didn't kill himself, you need The Sunday Funnies.

MARCH

• If you Think a three potato omelette sounds good for breakfast, you need The Sunday Funnies.

• If you Think "springing forward" is part of a Deep State plot, you need The Sunday Funnies.

• If you Think the "Green New Deal" is a St. Patrick's Day marketing promotion, you need The Sunday Funnies.

• If you Think "Justice is the Handmaiden of the Law", you need The Sunday Funnies.

• If you Think four Jets flying low over a Graveyard sounds like a good idea, you need The Sunday Funnies.

APRIL

• If you Think Penguins don't have a sense of humor, you need The Sunday Funnies.

• If you Think Eggs are back on the Menu, you need The Sunday Funnies.

• If you Think locking six women inside a penis shaped rocket and shooting them into space isn't a depiction of a sexual act, you and Jeff Bezos need The Sunday Funnies.

• If you Think Judicial Discretion includes Breaking the Law, you and Monica Isham need The Sunday Funnies.

MAY

• If you Think Real ID will make voting more secure, you need The Sunday Funnies.

• If you Think the Blue Origin Rocket is the latest ride at the Amusement Park, you need The Sunday Funnies.

• If you Think the Mexican Navy performed a terrorist attack on the Brooklyn Bridge, you need The Sunday Funnies.

• If you Think record low Memorial Day Temperatures means six more weeks of Spring, you need The Sunday Funnies.

• If you Think you heard Elon say "I'll be back", you need The Sunday Funnies.

JUNE

• If you Think Los Angeles is an appetizer for the National Guard, you need The Sunday Funnies.

• If you Think "promoted suddenly" is about to become a "thing" in Iran, you need The Sunday Funnies.

• If you Think last night was a good night for popcorn, you need The Sunday Funnies.

• If you Think President Trump should build a staircase out of District Court judges, you need The Sunday Funnies.

JULY 2025

• If you Think it is too late to make reservations at Mount Rushmore for July 4, 2026, you need The Sunday Funnies.

• If you Think "Alligator Alcatraz" is a new Disney theme park, you need The Sunday Funnies.

TY, Uncle Fester!