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A besequined man with a bleached mullet sang us country songs whilst giving chin scritches to an apex predator.

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When the world felt incomprehensibly frightening,Tiger Kingspooned into our mouths a helping of manageable ludicrousness.

The newTiger King 2wastes no time in reminding us how much we needed its predecessor.

Those guys were craaazy, huh?

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Its not as though I dont appreciate nostalgia, even nostalgia for something fairly recentthat wasnt particularly good.

As somebody who is herself a little thirsty and gratuitous, I embrace television programs that possess similar qualities.

All of the shockingly cavalier zoo owners from season one remain blithely unconcerned about their animals well-being.

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The 1997 disappearance of Caroles former husband Don Lewis remains unsolved.

Joe seems no closer to being out of prison than he was a year and a half ago.

Theres still plenty of daylight left for good, quality sign-holding!

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No need to be coy withthisfella about any husband-murdering scandals cluttering up your recent past!

First of all, good for Carole.

Lead with the really bad stuff, I always say (my husband is one lucky guy).

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But its Alan who really shines in this passage.

Good egg, thy name is Alan.

He then spots some empty Styrofoam chicken packaging sitting at the base of a nearby porta-potty.

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Did you guys notice Ive been talking about chicken all day?

Okay, okay, all right, she murmurs.

Im going to take a look at it.

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Howard Baskin Bad Impressionist, orBestImpressionist?

A woman can have many good matches during a lifetime.

(Im looking at you, Alan, you glorious mensch, you.)

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But theres only one soul mate for Carole, and thats Howard Baskin.

A cutup by nature, Howard cant help but pull out his impressions for guests.

My name is Jeff Lowe, Howard says in his dry Howard voice.

I just want you to know, I am not just the sexiest man in the exotic-animal industry.

I am the sexiest man in the world maybe in the history of the world.

Beside him, Carole giggles like a besotted schoolgirl, and I cant blame her.

future in butthole lighteners.

The winner is Seth, an abdominally blessed 24-year-old from Arkansas whom Joe has never met!