1044: Romney Quiz

This is comic number 1044. It was posted on April 18,2012. [1]

Image text: Charlie actually delivered the Medicare line almost verbatim in the 1971 movie's Fizzy Lifting Drink scene, but it was ultimately cut from the final release.

This comic satirizes "either/or" quizzes seen on websites such as mentalfloss.com. These quizzes normally have an element of challenge by presenting tonally similar quotes, such as "Who Said It: Ted Nugent or Cartman from South Park?"

Mitt Romney is the Republican candidate for President of the United States and as it says above, the former Governor of Massachusetts. Charlie Bucket is the main character of the 1971 children's movie "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory." (Also the 1964 book by Roald Dahl, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," on which the movie was based)

The joke here is that the two categories of quotes are not similar at all, creating no challenge.

In 1965, Congress created Medicare under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide health insurance to people age 65 and older, regardless of income or medical history. So, the quote being used in a movie in 1971 (which is obviously not true) is still feasible.