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Earlier today, Mediaite Managing Editor Colby Hall gleefully reported that ESPN had pulled Hank Williams Jr.’s iconic “Are You Ready For Some Football” song from last night’s Monday Night Football broadcast, in response to remarks that Hank made, on Fox and Friends, in which he compared President Obama’s golf outing with Speaker John Boehner to an outing [...]

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Country music singer Hank Williams Jr. compared President Obama to Adolph Hitler in an awkward interview Monday morning on Fox and Friends. Williams called the golf summit the president had with Speaker of the House John Boehner “one of the biggest political mistakes ever.” “It would be like Hitler playing golf with Netanyahu, OK?”

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On Hardball earlier, Chris Matthews was demonstrating how extreme Sharron Angle is by showcasing the infamous clips of the Nevada candidate discussing the “Second Amendment remedies” which could cure the country of its Harry Reid problems. Matthews was correct in saying that there’s really no way of interpreting the quotes other than that Angle was talking physical intimidation, one of the most extreme ways to win any argument. Matthews then proceded to helpfully demonstrate the second most extreme way by (kind of, sort of, maybe, a little bit) comparing Angle to Hitler.

The latest issue of the UK edition of Esquire features actor/comedian Ricky Gervais shot with arrows. It’s a visual reference to the famous Muhammad Ali Esquire cover from April 1966, and that cover is, of course, a clever visual nod to the famous paintings of St. Sebastian. And although it may be time to give that particular homage a well-deserved rest, this got us thinking about other magazine covers that have referenced magazine covers. Here’s a brief recent history.