That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for May 18, 2021

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    BE THIS GUY  over 3 years ago

    Even though Jefferson and Franklin couldn’t stand each other, they agreed to go on a joint tour to promote The Declaration of Independence.

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    Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 3 years ago

    They auditioned for the Dumb and Dumber roles, but were turned down.

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    Strob Premium Member over 3 years ago

    No, you can’t get a discount on the Presidents’ Day sales — you’re not a President!

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    Papared25  over 3 years ago

    “Tommy, when I said we should all hang together, I didn’t mean we should actually hangout together…”

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    ronaldspence  over 3 years ago

    Ben and Tom before they were cancelled for keeping slaves and running a news outlet…

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    Bilan  over 3 years ago

    It seems that Melcher took a snippet from a painting of the signing of the declaration.

    https://smarthistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/trumbull-declaration.jpg

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    Helen Frx  over 3 years ago

    Simon & Garfunkel years from today.

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    PO' DAWG  over 3 years ago

    Tom and Ben have just caught a glimpse of the future news.

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    Buzzworld  over 3 years ago

    “The humidity is horrible today”

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    thebashfulone  over 3 years ago

    Abigail Adams told them: “Wear a hat and don’t sail into the wind. And above all, use a minimum SPF 30. But do they listen?”

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    gopher gofer  over 3 years ago

    tom and ben reacting to the news that elon musk will host SNL…

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    Call me Ishmael  over 3 years ago

    ‘Neath the painter’s merciless stare/ with their wrinkles and thinning hair/ who’d ever have thought/ a new world would be wrought/ by this unprepossessing pair ?

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    Call me Ishmael  over 3 years ago

    “Ben, when you said ‘it’s always sunny in Philly in July’, you didn’t mention the Cholera..”

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    jdculhane46  over 3 years ago

    Ben and George watching Betsy do her famous “flag dance”

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    lagoulou  over 3 years ago

    They kinda look spaced out…look at the eyes!

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    Reader  over 3 years ago

    From their looks, the facepalm is about to be “invented” in 3, 2, 1….

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    Ubintold  over 3 years ago

    Do you think George will let me borrow his teeth for the state dinner?

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    wincoach Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Following the very first show in Vegas, Ben and Tom swore they weren’t really hypnotized, but you can see it in their eyes.

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    Blaidd Drwg Premium Member over 3 years ago

    “I’m thinking of starting a hair club, just for men.”

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    aerotica69  over 3 years ago

    This one might just break the internet.

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    Blaidd Drwg Premium Member over 3 years ago

    “George always liked you best!”

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    Linguist  over 3 years ago

    Ben and Tom were in agreement. They’d never go to that Supercuts Salon again!

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    Dove-Bear  over 3 years ago

    We hold these truths to be self-evident.

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    MuddyUSA  Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Ben, if I were you I’d dye my hair. Tom, if You were me you’d be shorter, too.

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    Another Take  over 3 years ago

    BEN: I’d rather have brown hair like the bark on a log than red hair like the d*** of a dog"

    TOM: “Yeah, yeah. I been hearing hat since I was a kid. ANYWAY…You have white hair”

    BEN: “Yeah but you get my point”

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    RichardSwain  over 3 years ago

    So was I!

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    MissScarlet Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Jeez, will you get a load of that Hancock. What a show off!

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    stamps  over 3 years ago

    The beginning of Tom and Ben’s Excellent Adventure.

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    mabrndt Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Drafting the Declaration of Independence, June 28, 1776

    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Trumbull_-_Detail_of_Thomas_Jefferson_and_Benjamin_Franklin.jpg 

    has info and links that point to more info about this detail image of the roughly jumbo envelope size full painting. 

    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Declaration_of_Independence_(1819),_by_John_Trumbull.jpg 

    has another painting showing the event and has been annotated to identify several of the participants.

     

    http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/trumbull_john.html 

    https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-trumbull 

    https://connecticuthistory.org/people/john-trumbull/ 

    https://www.wga.hu/bio_m/t/trumbull/biograph.html 

    https://www.askart.com/artist/John_Colonel_John_Trumbull/23899/John_Colonel_John_Trumbull.aspx 

    http://www.avictorian.com/Trumbull_John.html 

    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7413829/john-trumbull 

    https://prabook.com/web/john.trumbull/1108542 

    https://snaccooperative.org/view/69648089 

    https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/american-literature-biographies/john-trumbull-painter 

    http://hoocher.com/John_Trumbull/John_Trumbull.html 

    all have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist (again, askart.com can be read in full for free on Fridays), perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL. So far, 5 works by him have been used here (4 times, including 1 with 2 works). 

    https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2019/07/04?comments=visible 

    has the prior.

     

    Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2709 (May 17, 2021) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

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    Impkins  Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Now Prince Harry is really confused. :)

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    anomaly  over 3 years ago

    The first recorded hair conditioner endorsement lasted only six hours.

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    d1234dick Premium Member over 3 years ago

    THE TWO OLD MEN, FINELY GOT ENOUGH MONEY TO OPEN THE FIRST GAY BAR IN PHIL.

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    Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo]  over 3 years ago

    Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin.

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