Sybil Bruncheon's "Breaking News from the CNN News Bureau!"... Putin Might Be Scootin’… (part 1)

Various international news agencies are reporting that Vladimir Putin may not still be in power by the end of this year, and in fact, may already be out of the Kremlin. Several rumors have surfaced as to where he may be and what he may be doing... (clockwise from upper left)...


1) Putin has always been eager to entertain, even as a child. He reportedly was an adept magician for birthday parties at the age of 8, and had learned how to be a ventriloquist from classes offered on the backs of comic books like "Super Comrade" and "Batmanski"... he also has a notoriously "talented" right hand...

2) Putin has always considered himself a sexual dynamo, possibly with either sex. Out of office and the public eye, he may have begun dating international businessmen, especially if they're billionaires. He particularly likes gifts of excellent champagne, top notch caviar, and cashmere jock straps...

3) Rumors have swirled that Hollywood has approached him with a series of Russian bio-pic films about American icons of the past; heroes of US history that he might consider are (in this photo) Dwight Eisenhower. Also possibly Teddy Roosevelt, Paul Revere, Mr. Rogers, and Betty Crocker.

4) Steven Spielberg may have already signed Putin on to a film, tentatively titled ДЕРЖИ МОЮ ЯЩЕРИЦУ ШЛОНГ. Rumors claim that it's the story of a shy, charming paleontologist who can't connect with girls and gradually becomes enamored with a popular raptor from the international jet-set. Despite the difference in their ages, she takes a liking to him. Romance ensues, and a wedding, and she eats him on their Honeymoon... in Minsk.

 5) Putin’s love for his cat, Meow-scow, was very well known until the little Kremlin Kitty ran under the runners of a snow sleigh during the annual Christmas festival cross-country sled race. Putin was devastated and had all 12 competing Santas shot by firing squad right there in Red Square in front of holiday shoppers at Macy’s and all their children. In memory of little Meow-scow, there’s a very good chance he might volunteer at a pet shelter and take a personal interest in homing even the most feral, rabid, and physically grotesque animals in homes of reluctant and unwilling citizens.

 6) Putin’s love of pop-music endeared him to all of Russia, especially the younger “hip” generation! A renowned ballroom dancer and air-guitar player, he may very well pursue a career at a local radio station as DJ, specializing in romantic “love-pad” music. His personal playlist on his 8-track tape deck includes “How Deep Is Your Love”, “Country Road, Take Me Home”, “Only The Lonely”, and “How Much Is That Doggy In The Window”. Putin will want to be really popular at the start of his career, so he will definitely talk with listeners on the phone and take requests… however a song that he doesn’t like may result in his death-squad paying a visit to the home of the requester… during the show!!

 7) Putin has long had business relations with various Chinese businessmen, especially in the food industry. His gourmet aspirations to being a first-class Szechuan chef have been hinted at over the years... often at international conferences where his 火熱的辣椒和小狗濃湯 (Fiery Hot Pepper With Puppy) breath might cause diplomats to faint dead away. Rumor has it that he has set aside a veritable fortune in yen for a string of drive-through, fast-food take-outs called Putin’s Peek-Inns! The menu may include “Egg Foo Yung McMuffins, and a “Moooo-Goo We-Have-The MEAT Burger”…

 8) Putin may end up in a small out of the way wildlife compound just across the Bering Sea in Alaska. There have been reports that an unnamed Russian has been hired by Sarah Palin to manage her “Maverick Moms’ Mammal Mansion”, a combination petting zoo and caged-hunt slaughter-center for millionaire-hunters who want to kill anything they can afford but without the inconvenience of camping out in the chilly weather, canned beans, bear attacks, and wet mittens.

Please stay tuned for upcoming bulletins on Vladimir Putin’s whereabouts and possible career and life choices in the event of his leaving office… voluntarily… or not.

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Sybil Bruncheon's "Hysterical Histories... Follow The Bouncing Ball"...

Ah yes... the famous though tragic Prince Юсипов вонючие шарики (Yusipov Smellibalz). Distantly related to the Czar, he gambled away his own small fortune on horse and dog racing, roulette, and billiards. He was granted a certain amount of leeway by loansharks and disreputable carnival persons because of his Romanov connection, but finally, the more unsavory of them began to use more dangerous threats trying to collect their debts from him. Once his own Fabergé eggs had been pawned along with his collection of luxury automobiles, stable of thoroughbreds, and the family silver, he was forced to join the sad Vaudeville circuit that traveled the entire length of Russia, from the Baltic Sea all the way to Siberia. His extraordinary talent at billiards, especially "novelty shots" was the draw... and of course his young children's acrobatic abilities on the balance beam, even and uneven bars, and the tumbling mats! The family was listed as YUSSY & HIS SMELLIBALLS! (postcript: The Prince and his family escaped the Revolution and emerged in New York City in 1920 as a band of performers "Saluted And Admired By The Crowned Heads Of Europe!)...

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Sybil Bruncheon’s GREAT MOMENTS IN THE ARTS!!... February 25th, 1918...

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On this date, February 25th, 1918, Vaslav Nijinsky staged his new ballet, “SIS KOOM-BAH!”… the heartbreaking story of a sensitive young man in college who decides against all sound advice to become a cheerleader for the Ladies’ Cross-Country & Obstacle-Course Croquet Team. Although teased and even assaulted mercilessly with oblong vegetables by a gang of traveling salesmen, he becomes the captain and inspires the other cheerleaders to win state competitions. Tragically, in the final act, the young man is struck by a fierce “dambuster shot” and he pitches into a swamp on the grounds of the Key Largo Secretarial Sciences Academy. Nijinsky reused his dying swan choreography to great effect as the drowning cheerleader…. tangled in a treacherous thicket of… um… wickets… The critics were rapturous!

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Sybil Bruncheon’s GREAT MOMENTS IN THE ARTS!!... February 6th, 1918...

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Sybil Bruncheon’s GREAT MOMENTS IN THE ARTS!!... On this date, February 6th, 1918, Vaslav Nijinsky staged his new ballet, “OH CRAP! I MISSED THE BUS!”, the story of a sensitive youth in an urban metropolis who pits his romantic notions against those of a cold and callous modern world. Act 1 takes place in a slum barber shop, a crime ridden billiard hall, and finally in a back-alley where the young man tries to purchase a corsage. Nijinsky later created a sequel to this ballet called “TAXI!, OH, TAXI!”…

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Sybil Bruncheon's "GREAT MOMENTS IN THE ARTS!!"... February 2nd, 1918...

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Sybil Bruncheon’s GREAT MOMENTS IN THE ARTS!!.... On this date, February 2nd, 1918, Vaslav Nijinsky staged his new ballet, “MY PICNIC IS INVISIBLE!”. As the curtain rose he spent the first 20 minutes “finding the perfect spot”, removing twigs, and miming the tablecloth. The first act ended with serving invisible potato salad and bologna sandwiches. Interestingly, he spent the second act slapping away at actual ants which a mischievous stagehand had hidden in his tights.

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Sybil Bruncheon's "GREAT MOMENTS IN THE ARTS!!"... January 30th, 1918...

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Sybil Bruncheon’s GREAT MOMENTS IN THE ARTS!!.... On this date, January 30th, 1918, Vaslav Nijinsky staged his new ballet “NOT NOW! I’M A LADY”. He claimed he had gotten his inspiration after helping his mother with the laundry and trying on all of her clothes fresh out of the dryer. Interestingly, they could both wear the same size in just about everything! Even her… um… “dainties”… if he… uh, arranged himself properly!

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Sybil Bruncheon's "GREAT MOMENTS IN THE ARTS!!".... January 27th, 1918....

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Sybil Bruncheon’s GREAT MOMENTS IN THE ARTS!!.... On this date, January 27th, 1918, Vaslav Nijinsky, after being hospitalized for repeated attacks of bulimia, premiered his delightful new ballet “TOSS ME, I’M A SALAD!”. Other characters in the corps de ballet included Vinnie Grette, Aunt Chovie, Caesar Dressing, and Kiki the Koo Koo Krouton. Sadly, the critics were savage; the New York Times described the whole production as “wilted”… and “brown in spots”… Nijinsky promptly ate two chocolate cakes off the catering table at the opening night party, and then vomited for three hours.

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Sybil Bruncheon's "GREAT MOMENTS IN THE ARTS!!"... January 22nd, 1918...

Sybil Bruncheon’s GREAT MOMENTS IN THE ARTS!!.... On this date, January 22nd, 1918, Vaslav Nijinsky premiered his shockingly provocative ballet/contortionist/juggling/tragi-comic/spectacle: "Chef Grand Jette-Comme-Une-Fille Rencontre L'homme Natif Musculaire." ...He danced the role of Big Chief Throws Like a Girl. The critics were especially outraged by his fourth act entrance "en pointe" in nothing but a beaded pouch shaped like a tee-pee and some strategically placed feathered pasties.... But his tomahawk juggling got him thirteen bows to standing ovations... (although he DID lose two toes...) 

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Sybil Bruncheon's "HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE WORLD!"... Thawing Out!

Spring Weather Update – Moscow, April, 2019: ...and today in the news, even as relations between Russia and the US seemed to be freezing over, Trixitina, the much-beloved circus bear lumbered out of her cave at the Moscow Zoo, and spontaneously began to play what sounded like Stravinsky’s "Rite Of Spring" on a harp standing in the snow. The sight and sound of her playing Igor Stravinsky (with surprising accuracy!!) was enough to draw an ever-growing crowd and finally, Vladimir Putin himself. The Russian president, moved to tears and paroxysms of religious ecstasy, called President Trump and immediately set up a face-to-face conference to rekindle the cooperation and friendship between the two great powers.

Trixitina's playing continued on through the day to greater and greater acclaim, and Spring itself seemed to descend on the city causing flowers and trees to begin blooming in a riot of leaves and colors more reminiscent of Paris or Holland than of chilly Russia.....

It wasn't until feeding time later in the evening that a Mr. Maslo Arakhisovoye Sendvich, the lead harpist for the Minsk "Tippy-Toes" Ballet Academy for Earnest Boys, was reported as missing!!!....and that his penny loafers were found near Trixitina's water bowl.... The next morning, a passing musicologist revealed that the bear was not playing Stravinsky, but was in fact just "banging on the harp.... and scratching it rather badly, isn't she?"... Mr. Sendvich has not been found... as yet...

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