PopeWatch: Who manufactured the bug?
Son of PopeWatch: Clearly of Russian build, Dad.
PopeWatch: Are you sure?
Son of PopeWatch; Scornfully: Come on Dad, anyone would have recognized their technique. Probably done in Saint Petersburg.
PopeWatch; This means the long feared Russian-Jesuit alliance.
Son of PopeWatch: What are we going to do?
PopeWatch: Here is what we will do. We will
Bark, Bark, Bark, Growl!
And with that PopeWatch’s nightmare ended to the sound of the PopeWatch Dog, announcing that it was 4:00 AM and time for her to be let out. PopeWatch made a vow then and there to never again have a supper consisting of borscht, Neapolitan pizza and tonic soda with quinine in it. As he let the dog out the back of stately PopeWatch Manor, PopeWatch breathed a sigh of relief to be back in the sane world of January 2022 where things like a Russian Jesuit alliance presaging some great calamity like the Apocalypse, World War III or a second revival of Dallas could not possibly happen. Life was good.
As T.S. Eliot said, ending ‘not with a bang but a whimper?”
“Son of PopeWatch” sounds like the title of a movie you’d see on Svengoolie:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svengoolie
…who, coincidentally, is portrayed by someone who took on the role of “Son of Svengoolie” previously.
As an example, here’s a write-up for this week’s show (on tonight):
https://svengoolie.com/blog/a-vampiric-vixen-is-fixin-to-try-to-change-her-family-legacy-as-draculas-daughter-tonight