Just a Bill...?

I find it curious that I have found two different political visuals referencing the old School House Rock's video of "I'm Just a Bill", one as an image and one in the form of a video. This cute little rolled up document, tied with a red ribbon and a red, white, and blue button representing who he is, is an icon in a sense. Those who have grown up watching School House Rock or seeing these videos shown within the classroom, know who this little guy is, even I remember my parents showing me these videos and using them as a tool to help me learn. The original video can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyeJ55o3El0

It's interesting that this little guy has become represented once again during Obama's presidency, and I feel as though the way in which bills are treated under Obama, since it seems as though his presidency has been a lot of bill passing. The first image that I found was while I was scrolling through the "humor" section on pintrest. I thought that was interesting since politics doesn't seem to play a big roll at all within that website. The image was taken from the original video where the bill and the boy are sitting on the stairs of capital hill talking about how a bill becomes a law, or how it works. The humor behind this image is represented using profanity and large bold letters. Apparently the bill here is stating that no one seems to know how a bill becomes a law anymore in this day and age, however I feel like it goes beyond just this presidency. Society itself seems to not be concerned with politics at all, and they seem to just let it happen without any sort of care. Though this image was taken from the video, the spot at which the video was stopped to take this image is extremely important when it comes to analyzing the visual impact of it. The bill looks hopeless in this image, as he wants to become a law. He sits there, waiting, exhausted from his journey. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKhXxvT9iak : This video is a parody based on the little bill, discussing the health care reform. This video was made back in 2010, and yet it still used this school house imagery. While re-created in both visuals and words, the character remains the same. No matter what the intent of the video, taking the imagery from a classic video always brings our minds towards this video. It's interesting that the video purposed for education could be taken so many ways over, in a way to continue the education of the people. Since people seem to pay more attention to something that is a satire as opposed to something legitimately education, it's smart that parodies are created using an educational basis; especially since the target audience would be anyone who had watched these videos when they were young. Through this it can be understood why this imagery is important, as well as why the imagery continues.