By Shelby Mitchell
Feb 16, 2021
MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) The Mobile parading organization The Comic Cowboys have a unique solution for making their parade happen Tuesday February 16 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Since 1884 the Comic Cowboys have highlighted the missteps and irony of local events and leaders, always without malice, using humor, satire, and sarcasm with signage on board our anything but glamourous floats. It is without question one of the most anticipated parades of Mobile’s famed Mardi Gras, as revelers can’t wait to see who ‘made the parade’ that year.
In the 137 years of our existence, only World War I and World War ll have cancelled our parades.
Comic Cowboys true to Mardi Gras form with first-ever ‘virtual parade’
Updated Feb 16, 2021;
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Note: As in past years, AL.com opts to include images of all the Comic Cowboys floats in order to present an unvarnished account. The accompanying gallery consequently includes material some will find offensive.
Carloads of viewers lined up for the Comic Cowboys’ first “virtual parade” on Tuesday as Mobile’s most distinctive Mardi Gras group found a way to deliver its annual dose of satire despite COVID-19 and freakishly cold weather.
Normally, the group rolls through Mobile with an assortment of satirical gags guaranteed to push the limits of taste. True to form, the accompanying photo gallery includes several non-family-friendly punchlines amid less raunchy shots at vaccination efforts, the woes of the Auburn and University of South Alabama football programs, Councilman Fred Richardson’s mayoral campaign and the likelihood of a new I-10 bridge ever being b