How Furlough Can You Go?
When I saw the heading for this video of the Conan O'Brien show, "Conan Furloughs Non-Essential Staffers," it seemed like a good one to watch, but as it progressed something struck me as odd. Alone in his office, Conan talks about how we are facing a government crisis and that staff workers who weren't essential would have to be furloughed. All well and good, and a solid foundation for a sketch. But then he wanders around the office, talking to his employees about whether they were essential or not, it seemed off.
And then I noticed -- it was posted in 2013. But how could something current be pre-dated like that? It didn't make sense. Until I realized that this wasn't current at all, but seven years old referring to that government shutdown over the budget.
Pretty darn prescient as comedy bits go.
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