Comediva Pick: Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan as Thunderbirds

If you’re at all familiar with the 1960s TV series, Thunderbirds, you may have been thinking to yourself lately, “Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan? Why do I feel like I’ve seen this before?” Well, to answer your question, Amanda Deibert has thrown together this brilliant lip dub of Mitt Romney’s announcement of Paul Ryan as the next President — I mean, VICE President — over some compelling (and ironic) marionette puppetry footage. That’s right — Mitt and Paul are based off of Thunderbird characters. Okay, maybe not literally, but in the show, Jeff Tracey IS a millionaire AND has 5 sons — that has to count for something, right?

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Lisa was born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago where she developed an early admiration of deep dish pizza, sausage, and Da Bears. Shortly after graduating from DePaul University, she decided to pack up and drive across the country to live in LA with her boyfriend and his two friends - because that's what responsible, educated, sensible women do. When Lisa isn't writing & performing comedy, analyzing television shows, or attempting to stay in shape, she spends her time emailing her mother all the reasons why she should still love her. Comediva. Where the funny girls are.

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