No such luck:

For this second collaboration, the Wu-Tang Weathertech boot was inspired by the classic Fila boot silhouette and features an oiled suede upper, molded rubberized vamp, d-ring lacing system and padded ankle collars.

So, even though I’ve been a fan for 17 years, I’ve gotta give a boo to the Wu for their latest venture.  (And an extra boo for Rza’s gross-sounding Rza Burger.  Fried egg, mayo, and butter?  Pass.)

Does this screenshot from the latest episode of The Simpsons prove that Lisa’s finally gone vegan? Level 5, maybe?

Yeah, haha.  Nothing like secretly serving a dead animal to a vegetarian for humor!  Tee-hee… so funny!  How about we chop off your arm and serve it back to you, on the sly, tough guy?  Just so we can tease you!  “Haha, you ate your arm!”

I hope Blondie punches them both in the nose in the next panel.

(No, I don’t really take this seriously.  I mean, it’s Blondie.  But after this limp attempt at humor, perhaps I’m a bit touchy.  I am, after all, a humorless vegan.)

The scenario sounds like something we’ve seen on awful shows like Wife Swap, but it’s made more interesting when you remember that Morgan is married to Chef Alex Jamieson, who is vegan (plug: I interviewed her in issue 10 of Herbivore).  I suspect that this, combined with Spurlock’s respectful and non-exploitative tone, should turn out to be relatively balanced, even if they do have the hunter protesting KFC in a chicken outfit.  During the 30 days, he lives with a PeTA staffer and spends time at the Animal Acres Sanctuary (the one run by Farm Sanctuary co-founder Laurie Bauston), even rescuing a calf from a factory farm operation.  Should be interesting.

Another show I’ve been watching is Last Comic Standing, an American Idol for stand-up comedians.  The first few weeks of this season have seen some really, really terrible vegetarian jokes.  They’ve all been really unoriginal or, worse, outright misinformed, like the woman who joked that eating lunch with her vegan friend was annoying because she’d order her tuna sandwich without mayo.

Her tuna sandwich?  Really?  And, no, I don’t think that was part of the joke.

Thankfully, this week there was a comedian who said he was dating a vegetarian.  “A real vegetarian,” he clarified.  “Because it’s amazing to me how many people claim to be vegetarian but then say something like, ‘But I eat a little chicken.’  I respond to them, ‘Oh, so you’re not a vegetarian, then.  You’re a liar.’”  Awesome.

I have no problem with jokes at our expense.  But for heaven’s sake, be original and informed.  There’s plenty that’s funny about us beyond the obvious stuff.

Lastly, Veg Blog reader Brian wrote to let me know about the comic strip Lio, which featured an animal liberation theme at the end of May.  You can read it starting here and going forward through May 30th.

Anyone else spot a veg references in pop culture this month?