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Thursday, October 22, 2015
Bernie Bits / Comedy / Media / Video / Whimsy
Bang the Drum Slowly: HuffPo's Hilarious New Bernie Video
Posted
By Dan Bolles
on Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 1:24 PM
Bernie Sanders Plays The Bongos To Ben Harper's ‘Burn One Down’Bernie breaks it down with "Burn One Down."
Posted by The Huffington Post on Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Obviously, the title of Harper's earnest stoner ballad makes the song rife for a Sanders parody. And that proves doubly true given the weed legislation segment of the debate, which HuffPo video editors Oliver Noble and Ben Craw handle masterfully. But the real brilliance of HuffPo's video is that it tweaks a key Sanders trait that most parodies have thus far overlooked: his emphatically percussive gesticulation. Brilliant.
Click here to watch the video on HuffPo.
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Dan Bolles
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Dan Bolles is Seven Days' assistant arts editor and also edits What's Good, the annual city guide to Burlington. He has received numerous state, regional and national awards for his coverage of the arts, music, sports and culture. He loves dogs, dark beer and the Boston Red Sox.
Dan Bolles is Seven Days' assistant arts editor and also edits What's Good, the annual city guide to Burlington. He has received numerous state, regional and national awards for his coverage of the arts, music, sports and culture. He loves dogs, dark beer and the Boston Red Sox.
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