Of course he did! Our Moron-in-Chief stared at the fucking sun during today’s solar eclipse.

Yo, howdy, hi-de-ho and how the hell are you? It’s Monday night here at Howdygram headquarters, and I have to make a ridiculous confession: I FORGOT ABOUT THE SOLAR ECLIPSE TODAY. The error came to my attention about an hour ago when I checked my Facebook page and saw selfies from damn near everybody I know — and all their relatives — with their nerd glasses on. Holy shit.

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However our leaders in Washington certainly didn’t forget the eclipse, because America’s national embarrassment and the Howdygram’s Putz of the Week — Moron-in-Chief Donald Trump — stood on the White House balcony this afternoon with Melania and Barron to witness the festivities for himself.

It will surprise no one, though, that Trump refused to wear his eclipse glasses and STARED DEFIANTLY AT THE FUCKING SUN three times while ignoring shrieks from the crowd … “Don’t do it! Don’t look!” Privileged royal daughter Ivanka was chauffeured to the NASA Air and Space Museum, where she shoved her way past hundreds of ticketed tourists for the best view at the front of the line.

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Hilarious Jerry Lewis, comedian, actor, innovative filmmaker and generous fundraiser for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, died Sunday after a brief illness. He was 91.

Lewis’ career first hit the stratosphere when he paired with singer Dean Martin in the mid-1940s, an act that drew screaming Beatlemania-style crowds in the streets of New York and made them overnight gazillionaires. Along with TV specials and nationwide night club appearances, Martin and Lewis also starred in 16 hit movies during the next decade. When their partnership ended in the mid-1950s, Lewis went solo, and by the early 1960s had become a top draw with movies like The Bellboy, The Nutty Professor and The Patsy. Along the way Lewis also pioneered the use of videotape and closed-circuit monitors in moviemaking, a now-standard technique called “video assist.”

Jerry Lewis first helped raise money for muscular dystrophy in a telethon in 1956. He was so successful, and so devoted to the cause, that children affected by the disease became known as “Jerry's kids.” “The Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon” began airing on Labor Day weekends in 1966, and Lewis served as host until 2011. The Muscular Dystrophy Association said that Jerry Lewis helped them raise more than $2 billion.

As soon as I finish up this Howdygram post Sam and I are going to watch At War with the Army (1950), which is one of our favorite Martin and Lewis movies. And it’s even stored on our DVR.

If you’ve never seen this movie, here’s one of the best reasons to rent it!

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