Naming Sarah Palin (and not a word in this article about lipstick, dogs or any other creatures by the way!) senator John McCains vice-presidential candidate, McCain coupled up with a woman, seeming to fulfill what to me looks like an American archetype of a couple of persons radiating safety and cosiness.
I began wondering what was so familiar about the whole look and appearance of John McCain side-by-side with Sarah Plain (forgive me, that was an unintended typo, I discovered reading through again – and then, I kind of liked it) Palin.
The answer much to my surprise, was Candid Camera!
In this all-time, cosy, funny, and slightly daring tv-show, we see the same pattern, regarding the show-hosts: A mature, slightly distinguished, but not too intellectual elderly male, side-by-side a clearly younger, good-looking, or at least attempting-to-look-good, type-casted female. (E.g. Peter Funt/Suzanne Somers)
Et voilà! There you have it, my dear friends – I bet a dollar, that McCain-Palin will win the election, because they remind the most of what is cosy, safe, yet slightly daring, and most importantly perhaps; not to be taking all too seriously: The future hosts of The White House in Washington D.C. – the cloned hosts of Smile… you’re on Candid Camera!
(Please refer to this text, in the same context as you would refer to the Jon Stewart Daily Show.)
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