That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for January 16, 2017

When the audience started to leave, Victor Hugo decided to change his career from opera singer to writer.

Too soon.

When Abe cried “FIRE!”, John Wilkes Booth understood it to be an order.

the opening and closing night of “Haggrid: the Musical”

So, other than that, … how was the play, Mr. Lincoln ?

You up there, sir! Swinging on the chandelier is forbidden in this establishment!

“Well, I can’t say much about the plot, but the special effects sure were realistic.”

1 URL (copy as one line):

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Victor_Hugo-Hernani%282%29.jpg

has info and links that point to info about this painting (best viewed by Google Chrome – can automatically translate linked pages, if necessary).

Again, a larger strip image is shown by clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s blog entry for yesterday (January 15, 2017), accessible by the Check out the blog! box below the last comment; so, I won’t point to it here.

Let’s hear it for the black people in the audience!

The line containing sockdologizing was the cue used by John Wilkes Booth to time the assassination, as the resulting laughter covered Booth’s actions.

If Lincoln had kept his Pinkerton guards he would have lived. Now that was a conspiracy to kill not just Pres. Lincoln but other high politicos in his cabinet.

we will again be a great nation.

If we survive the next four years.