"Zits" updates the Carling Beer commercial

[Joel S. Berson]

Today's "Zits: strip updates the old Carling beer commercial:
http://www.arcamax.com/zits

(Pierce is leading a talking chicken (actually a rooster) on a
string. Jeremy is skeptical.  He asks the chicken, "What's the
president's name?"  The chicken says "Barack!".  Jeremy leaves in
disgust, upon which the chicken, which clearly has a comb, says "And
his wife Michelle is hot!")

The Carling commercial (somewhat altered in my retelling, I suspect,
but it's from half a century ago, before I could legally drink beer
in Massachusetts) had a man walking into a bar and asking if his
talking dog was worth a free beer.  The bartender is skeptical, but
goes along.  The man asks, "What is the top part of my house called?"
The dog says "Roof".  The bartender tells him the dog is just
barking, so the man tries a second question: "How does my face feel
in the morning before I shave?"  The dog answers "Rough".  The
bartender is antagonistic, but permits a third question.  The man
asks "Who was the greatest baseball player who ever lived?" The dog
replies, "Ruth".  The bartender throws them both out into the
street.  The man says resentfully to the dog, "Boy, have you let me
down."  Upon which the dog looks up at the man and asks, "Who did you
want me to say, Ty Cobb?"

Joel

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