Look up “Fiddling While Africa Starves” by P.J. O’Rourke. Excellent essay on this kind of event.
Let’s have an AMERICATHON!
Yesterday’s weak satire is today’s ugly reality.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqYoB6BLOMw
1998, the year American ran out of gas and cash...
This televised event doesn’t even have Meatloaf vs. the last automobile.