Despite the shutdown showdown, the Ocean State Follies, a long-running, award-winning coup de hoot on the RI politics du jour say they are planning to take the stage despite the mayhem. “It’s what the framers had in mind when they wrote… whatever they wrote, back whenever that was,” said a scholarly Charlie Hall who will play a Buddy Cianci TEEN ANGEL crooning new song parody “City Hall Dropout” in the performances next month.

In other news, Conor O’Rourke who plays Trump in the Follies, said he didn’t care about the Pelosi ban and that he would be appearing in those shows despite a car accident he had with Chevy 1 yesterday that has resulted in major insurance policy problems for O’Rourke, explaining,. “Let me say right now, there was NO COLLISION, ok?…absolutely NO COLLISION. Totaled. But I will be at my Follies gigs anyway. Pelosi sucks gavels.”

Rudy Giulliani suggested on Fox News that the accident by the Trump actor here could have been caused by Russian hackers and might’ve been avoided had a wall had been built in Mexico. The cartoon lawyer then had to go get his lithium refilled.