Donald Trump Channels Mel Brooks Plot

Happy Sunday morning, Friends,

If you're not aware of the plot of Mel Brooks' 'The Producers', both the film and Broadway musical were essentially about a swindle that completely backfired.

A deep-in-debt producer and his nebbish accountant team up to woo rich widows and sell them shares of a show they were dead-sure would fail. They sold about 10,000 percent of it knowing it would bomb, and they'd keep all the money.

The only thing was, the charismatic but unstable star of  "Springtime for Hitler" turned this completely wretched play into a smash hit of quirky performance art.  So instead of being rich failures, the producers had a big problem on their hands.

I know. I'll write a play where Hitler disguised in crazy blond hair and  a spray-on
tan runs for President of the United States, Nah--no one would ever believe it.

This absurd situation mirrors the one in which we find ourselves with Donald Trump.

Here we have a denigrating, misogynistic, and narcissistic epitome of possibly the world's worst candidate for president...so bad that no one in their right mind would ever vote for him.

But here we are, Friends, watching a play that might be the most revolting in the history of humankind. And it's also a YUGE hit!

The bigger problem is, though, that we're actually living in the play.

This crazy scenario proves something to me.

Did you ever ask yourself if life was real or just a figment of your imagination? What's going on with Donald Trump proves to me that life is FRICKING real, and we'd better WAKE UP now!

Unless this is all just a figment of  my imagination, I don't believe we'd simultaneously be dreaming this all up. So we'd better start acting like genuine Americans and, more importantly, like adults.

Since his presumptive nomination last Tuesday, Donald Trump has not become more presidential in any way, shape or form. His temperament and tone are still that of a nasty schoolyard bully.

We're talking about the potential leader of the free world here, Friends, and we can ill afford to underestimate this man, his erratic behavior, and the genuine danger he poses.

Though this race has been as wacky as any Mel Brooks comedy, this is deadly serious stuff and a situation where we can't just sit back and watch it play out.