Rubes by Leigh Rubin for January 24, 2023

Mic drop moment.

Oh you nasty fish. You could have at least let him finish his song.

They’re drawn in by the chance to be in the spotlight.

Mercy killing.

everyone’s a critic

Dangle a “Tik-Tok Challenge” sign and you’ll never starve.

the bars all pay him. he sings for scale

Debbie Boone she ain’t.

Now that’s a tough venue!

I really liked that song by Debbie Boone, but somewhat lost a taste for it when I learned it was a religious song directed to god or, you know, the other one.

Anyhow, if you want to hear it, here it is:

https://tinyurl.com/ys22u3ct

Now he is swimming with – I mean in – the fishes.

And now it all went dark

Earworm alert!

That’s nice; dinner and a show.

I’ve heard of killer karaoke but jeeeeez!

burp. :)

every karaoke joint needs one (or more) of those predators…

He got what he deserved. If I heard him sing that lousy song, I’d eat him too (of course, I’d cook him first).