That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for April 01, 2022

“I told Menelaus not to marry that skank. Now, I have to go war because of my idiot brother.”

In a tyrannical state everyone is forced to watch “Wheel of Fortune”.

Honest judge! She looked 18!

“The world’s greatest deliberative body” – Caligula added the horse later.

After the positive reaction to this painting, “An Audience in Athens during Agamemnon by Aeschylus,” William Blake Richmond decided to tackle “Bare-Breasted Bevy of Beauties in Bora Bora during Beachside Bacchanal.”

I told Andronics we were all wearing black togas, but we all wore red, good April Fools day lol huh?

Why do I suddenly feel very self conscious?

Before Netflix, all had to watch was paint drying.

Why is this painting different from the one in the blog?

The drafting of legislation/

Is a serious occupation/

Which leads one to wonder/

How we so often blunder/

Raising dolts to some lofty station..

Funny thing… Go to the blog, and the art is a different piece of work. (And funny).

“And today, on Athens Got Talent, the first contestant…”

Execute HIM! Bring on the next Late, Late show host.

That feeling you get when you show up at work and realize you’ve forgotten to put your pants on……….and you’re not wearing any underwear either.

the athens audience is really tough…

Maybe of Richmond’s art had been memorable….

“So that’s what it looks like to die of hemlock poisoning, huh.”

Spot the differences between the left side and the right side.

“Is this an audience, or an oil painting ?”- Woody Allen

“I just flew in from Thebes, and boy are my arms tired..” (Athenian stand-up comic)

It’s playgoers such as these/

Who think that a murder’s a “wheeze”/

Who keep comics away./

All the good ones display/

A distaste for the Peloponnese.///

“TripleHorns! Party of TWO!”

If you’re hoping someday to start a/

comedy club try jolly old Sparta../

Or Corinth, perhaps,/

(They’re affable chaps)/

Or London: they’ve got Magna Carta…

As the artist finished the painting he suddenly remembered he forgot to put in Waldo.

Both imperial and -yes – imperious../

And more than a little delirious/

Athens hopes that a drama/

Involves humping Mama/

They really do, folks – yes. I’m serious !

The view from the stage as Comicus the Standup Philosopher plays Caesar’s Palace. (with apologies to Mel)

The guy who brought in the pizza / Was a Greek who then muttered, “Eureka!” / But the coming of food / Made for such a good mood / They all stood up and said, “Pleased to meet ya!”

An April Fool’s Day prank delivery.

I couldn’t see the play.My seat was behind a column.

On three. Say “Cheese”!

Plato High School Class of 346 BCE

“You’ve all performed well, but only one of you can be the mascot for Little Caesar’s….”

“OK, we’ll have to do this again. Somebody blinked.”

What?!? What?!? Do I have TP stuck to my heel?

Pondering one of the great questions in life: what was the greatest thing before sliced bread?

While the classical ethos prevails/

The artist still slyly avails/

Himself of a chance/

(You can see at a glance)

To include matching Chippendales…///

You can see the delectable pair/

On each side of the Geezer’s chair/

They’re a near-perfect match/

But their outfits must scratch/

Since he clothes them in leopard-hair.

This is a different caption for the painting used by the January 21, 2020, strip. See my comment there for info about the painting and artist info links. The first URL has this coloration image (click that to see it larger). The blog has a different painting today, what I spent my time researching (didn’t go here first – my fault).

They all look like hanging Chads.

no one wanted to disrobe and test the water, so they all just stood there like government employees.

Over here!

Beware of the Ides of March….oh sorry April?

Skinny dipping, anyone?

/// Chad had ordered that large pizza pie

to be eaten in class on the fly.

That he’s stoned, it is clear,

or his teachers he’d fear.

It’s Fast Times at Olympus Mont High.

(This was actually my first reaction to Steve Melcher’s caption, but I didn’t write it, assuming that many others would go there.)