Frazz by Jef Mallett for May 20, 2014
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Transcript:
Girl: In the 1920s, Alvin "Shipwreck" Kelly made a modest living sitting atop flagpoles for days on end for the public's amusement. Proving in advance that something could, in fact, be more pointless than reality TV. History without insight is mere trivia. Frazz: That's worth remembering.
I’m not sure what history with insight would be, but at least I wouldn’t repeat it.
Based loosely on the quote from George Santayana, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”.
With Google, even I can look like a brainiac.