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♪
>> Announcer: START THE CLOCK.
♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: THANK YOU, PEOPLE,
HOW ARE YOU?
ALL RIGHT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
COMING.
OH, LOOK AT THIS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I THINK I KNOW WHY YOU ARE HAPPY
TODAY.
I KNOW I ALWAYS SAY THAT.
BECAUSE YOU'RE GETTING MONEY.
IT'S THREE WEEKS UNTIL THE
MIDTERMS.
IT'S THAT TIME WHEN WE GIVE OUT
MONEY.
TRUMP IS HANDING OUT $90 CHECKS
TO PEOPLE ON MEDICARE OKAY.
AND PEOPLE ON OBAMACARE, THEY'RE
GETTING A $500 CHECK BECAUSE HE
SAID BIDEN OVERCHARGED YOU.
NEVER HEARD THAT.
AMAZING TIMING.
AND OF COURSE EVERY ADULT IS
ABOUT TO GET $5000.
I THINK THIS IS WHAT THE KIDS
CALL BEING THIRSTY.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
OH, YEAH, NO, THIS IS LOOKING
BAD FOR THE REPUBLICANS.
TRUMP IS CAMPAIGNING IN RED
STATES THAT NO REPUBLICAN
USUALLY HAS TO CAMPAIGN IN AND
IT'S GETTING NASTY.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA, HE'S BEEN
CALLING HER ANNIE.
SHE'S NOT TRANSGENDER.
BUT SHE'S A DEMOCRAT CLOSE
ENOUGH.
SO.
BUT YOU KNOW.
YOU KNOW, TRUMP, HE LOVES ANY
NICKNAME THAT RHYMES.
LUCKY WE ARE JUST LUCKY THAT HER
NAME WASN'T ANNIE MUNDT.
THAT WAS NOT EVEN THE MOST
CONTROVERSIAL THING THE
PRESIDENT SAID THIS WEEK.
WE KNOW IN LAST WEEK WHAT THAT
WAS.
LET'S BE FAIR, HE WASN'T TRYING
TO SAY, HE SAID LET THEM TAKE
OUT LOS ANGELES.
HE WAS SAYING GAS PRICES ARE TOO
HIGH, IT'S A SMALL PRICE.
HE WASN'T SAYING THAT.
ENCOURAGING IRAN BUT STILL YOU
DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT TO THE
PEOPLE IN THIS CITY.
KAREN BASS OUR MAYOR WAS VERY
UPSET.
SHE GOT ON THE PHONE WITH HER
TRAVEL AGENT.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
OH, I KID.
LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK ALSO HAVE
PROBLEMS YOU KNOW.
IT WAS THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF
THE HORRIBLE ATTACK IN ISRAEL ON
OCTOBER 7TH 4 YEARS AGO.
MAY YOUR MAMDANI, HE DID MAKE
SOME NICE REMARKS ABOUT IT.
ISRAEL MADE HIM DO IT.
YOU KNOW, HE USED TO BE A
RAPPER.
HIS NAME WAS TONE-DEAF.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
BUT YOU KNOW.
ALL OF THIS IS NOT WHAT'S BIG
GOING ON THIS WEEK.
THIS WEEK THAT'S GOING ON.
EXECUTIONS!
THAT'S WHAT EVERYONE IS TALKING
ABOUT.
LETHAL INJECTIONS, FIRING
SQUADS, LETHAL INJECTIONS.
THAT'S HOW WE MOSTLY DO IT IN
THIS COUNTRY.
IT NEVER WORKS.
BUT WE KEEP DOING IT AND IN
TENNESSEE LAST WEEK THEY TRIED
IT ON A LADY AND IT DIDN'T WORK.
SO THEY SAVED HER LIFE SO THAT
WE COULD HAVE ANOTHER SHOT AT
KILLING HER.
REALLY.
SO NOW SHE IS CONSCIOUS AND
TALKING-- OR WHAT
MITCH McCONNELL CALLS SHOWING
OFF.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
BUT I TELL YOU.
THIS IS ONE TOUGH LADY.
WHEN SHE WOKE UP SHE SAID WOW,
THAT IS SOME GOOD SHIT.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
MAN, TENNESSEE, THAT'S A HARD
ASS STATE.
THEY ARE COLD IN TENNESSEE.
AND NOW THEY ARE CHARGING HER
WITH RESISTING CARDIAC ARREST.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
ANYWAY.
IT DOESN'T MATTER, PEOPLE.
PROBLEM SOLVED BECAUSE WE ARE
NOT DOING THE INJECTIONS
ANYMORE.
WE ARE GOING TO THE FIRING
SQUAD.
BACK TO THE FIRING SQUAD.
IT WAS A HORRIBLE JIHADIST
TERRORISM ATTACK ABSOLUTELY IN
2009.
THE FORT HOOD SHOOTER.
HE'S BEEN IN BARS SINCE THEN.
NOW WE ARE GOING TO KILL HIM BY
FIRING SQUAD.
PETE HEGSETH WANTS TO DO THIS.
HE WANTS IT LIVE STREAMED SO
THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO WATCH.
SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO SMASH THAT
LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE BUTTON.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
MAN, THIS ADMINISTRATION.
ESPECIALLY PETE.
THEY ALWAYS WANT YOU TO KNOW
WE'LL SHOW NO MERCY TO PEOPLE
LIKE THIS.
IN FACT BEFORE THEY SHOOT HIM
THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE
WILL SMITH COME OUT AND SLAP HI
HIM.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
AND I CAN TELL, I CAN TELL THIS
IS A TRUMP PRODUCTION BECAUSE
THEY TOLD THE SERGEANT IN CHARGE
OF THE FIRING SQUAD.
WHEN HE GIVES THE COMMAND TO,
READY, AIM, YOU'RE FIRED.
OKAY, WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW,
SENATOR THOM TILLIS AND
SARA EISEN ARE HERE, BUT FIRST
UP, MY FIRST GUEST.
HE'S AN AWARD-WINNING ACTOR AND
PRODUCER, AND HIS NEW MEMOIR OUT
THIS WEEK, IS CALLED
"ONE HELLUVA RIDE":
MAN, WAS IT.
MICHAEL DOUGLAS.
HOW ARE YOU?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
ALL RIGHT.
HOW ARE YOU?
WELL, YOU LOOK MORE AND MORE
LIKE YOUR FATHER.
DID YOU NOTICE THAT?
>> IT'S WEIRD.
>> Bill: IT REALLY WASN'T THE
CASE WHEN YOU WERE 35 SO MUCH.
>> MY FATHER, MY DAD ONE DAY WAS
SAYING, YOU KNOW, SON.
I WAS WATCHING ONE OF MY MOVIES
ON TELEVISION THE OTHER DAY.
AND I COULDN'T REMEMBER THE
MOVIE.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU KNOW WHAT I
SAID?
I KEPT LOOKING AT IT AND THEN I
REALIZED THAT'S NOT ME.
THAT WAS YOU.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: WELL, I'VE GOT TO
SAY.
YOUR BOOK LITERALLY I PICKED IT
UP AND I COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN.
I WAS FIGHTING SLEEP TWO NIGHTS
IN A ROW.
I'D ONLY GOTTEN A COUPLE DAYS
AGO.
IT'S AMAZING.
IT'S ABSOLUTELY YOUR VOICE.
AND YOU KNOW THE WHOLE BOOK IS
GREAT BUT SOME BOOKS HAVE GREAT
FIRST LINES LIKE IT WAS THE BEST
OF TIMES, IT WAS THE WORST OF
TIMES.
THE FAMOUS FIRST LINES.
THE FIRST LINE OF YOUR BOOK.
WHEN I WAS A KID, I WATCHED MY
FATHER LEAD A SLAVE REVOLT
AGAINST THE ROMAN EMPIRE.
I GUESS EVERYONE ELSE IS GOING
TO--
I ONLY HAVE 12 MINUTES SO I
CAN'T GO INTO EVERY STORY.
THE PEOPLE COME AT THE DRUGS
COME AT THE WOMEN.
I JUST-- THE SMALL TIME I HAVE,
I WANT TO GO INTO THE BEGINNING.
THAT'S THE MOST INTERESTING PART
I KNOW LEAST ABOUT.
HOW A CHILD BECOMES A MAN.
MAYBE IT'S YOU BUT SOMEBODY
DESCRIBED YOUR FATHER AS BEING
NEAR A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN THAT
ALSO HAD A VOLCANO.
>> AND MY STEP MOTHER.
>> Bill: BECAUSE HE HAD A
TERRIBLE TEMPER.
AND IT'S SO MOVING THE WAY YOU
TALK ABOUT AS A KID YOU HAVE TO
BE ON EGGSHELLS AND I REMEMBER
AS A KID MY FATHER WASN'T THAT
GUY BUT I KNEW FATHERS WHO WERE
AND A UNCLE LIKE THAT.
I WAS EGGSHELLS AROUND HIM AND
HE WASN'T EVEN MY FATHER.
AND IT WAS LIKE MAD ABOUT
NOTHING.
IT SEEMS LIKE THAT WAS SUCH AN
IMPORTANT PART OF YOUR CHILD
CHILDHOOD.
>> THE QUESTION AT THE START AND
ULTIMATELY I HAD THIS
COMBINATION OF A. RUSSIAN
IMMIGRANT.
MY GRANDFATHER I ALWAYS THOUGHT
CAME OVER FROM BELARUS IN 1914
THE TIME OF RUSSIAN REVOLUTION.
THE HOWARD GATES SHOW ON
TELEVISION.
AND I THOUGHT MY GRANDFATHER
CAME OVER FROM RUSSIA IN 2000 IN
1902.
HE CAME OVER BECAUSE HE HAD TWO
OTHER BROTHERS THAT WERE BANK
ROBBERS IN RUSSIA.
HE WAS PART OF IT AND HE GOT
OUT.
SO THE WHOLE STORY ABOUT THE
REVOLUTION.
HE CAME OVER HERE, HE CHANGED
HIS NAME AND EVERYTHING.
[APPLAUSE]
ILLITERATE, ILLITERATE.
MY FATHER WAS MORE THAN SIX.
HE WAS THE ONLY BOY.
HE HAD SIX GIRLS IN THE HOUSE, A
FATHER WHO DIDN'T GIVE A SHIT
ABOUT ANYTHING.
HE USED TO TELL ME.
MY STORY WAS FULL ARC.
OF COURSE YOURS IS A LITTLE
TOUGHER TO EXPLAIN.
HE HAD THIS RAGE.
THIS INCREDIBLE KIND OF RAGE AND
STAMINA AND ENDURANCE AND
PASSION AND THEN WHEN HE STARTED
GETTING WORK HIS CAREER TOOK
OVER A.
THOSE ARE THE DAYS WHEN WE WERE
MAKING FIVE, SIX MOVIES A YEAR,
TELEVISION WASN'T THERE.
AND THEN I WAS COMPLIMENTED.
HOW OPPOSITES ATTRACT.
IN ACTING SCHOOL HE FELL IN LOVE
WITH THIS LOVELY BRITISH LADY
DIANA.
WELL EDUCATED AND ALL THAT.
AND SHE WAS A DIPLOMAT.
THE TWO OF THEM KIND OF CAME
TOGETHER AND BROUGHT THOSE-- I
THINK IT BALANCED ME OUT.
AND THEN DIVORCED WHEN I WAS
ONLY FIVE.
THEY HAD HOLLYWOOD GROWING UP
AND ON THE OTHER SIDE I WAS
LIVING WITH MY MOTHER.
AND THEN MY STEP FATHER IN
MIDDLE CLASS LIFE IN
CONNECTICUT.
>> Bill: YEAH, IT SEEMS LIKE
THE BOOK IS LIBERATING.
WHY WRITE IT?
YOU LIVED IT.
BUT YOU KNOW WE ALL KEEP SECRETS
OUR WHOLE LIFE.
AND THEN I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A
GUY GOING WHY ANY MORE?
YEAH, I FUCKED KATHLEEN TURNER,
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT
IT?
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
>> SO I STARTED OUT.
BEING A PRODUCER, THE BIGGEST
INFLUENCE IN TERMS OF LEARNING
ABOUT PRODUCING WAS A BOOK
CALLED MEMO BY DAVID OLSZYK.
A BOOK OF ALL HIS MEMOS AND
SHOWS WHAT A PRODUCER DOES.
HE SAID OKAY.
I'M GOING TO SAY TEN CHAPTERS
AND I'M GOING TO WRITE TEN IN MY
MOVIES AND TELL THE WHOLE
BACKGROUND AND EVERYTHING.
AND I SAID FUCK THAT, SEX,
DRUGS, AND ROCK AND ROLL.
OF COURSE YOU'VE GOT TO MIX IT
UP WITH A LITTLE OF YOUR EARLIER
LIFE.
>> Bill: I LOVE THE EARLY
PART.
>> YOU AND I SHARE SOMETHING IN
COMMON ABOUT GETTING THROUGH
COLLEGE TOGETHER.
>> Bill: YEAH, WHAT IT IS IS
WE DISCOVERED THAT IF YOU BUY
POT IN ONE PLACE AND SELL IT IN
A DIFFERENT PLACE, THE
DIFFERENCE IN THOSE TWO AMOUNTS
CAN BE VERY GOOD FOR LIVING YOUR
LIFE.
>> EAST COAST AND WEST COAST.
>> Bill: I HAD A GREAT POT
DEALER.
YOU BUY 2 POUNDS AND THEN YOU
DIVIDE IT INTO A POUND OF
16 OUNCES.
FAITHFULLY DIVIDED INTO
17 OUNCES.
THAT WAS CALLED THE HEAD TAX.
YOU TOOK ACTUAL SUITCASES,
ENTIRE SUITCASES ON A PLANE.
>> WHAT HAPPENED WHEN I TURNED
21, WHEN I TURNED 21.
DAD WROTE ME A CHECK.
HE SAID $10,000.
THIS IS GREAT, SON, YOU'RE ON
YOUR OWN.
I SAID DAD, THIS IS WONDERFUL
BUT I'VE GOT A COUPLE YEARS OF
TUITION LEFT AT SCHOOL.
AND THEN HE STARTS SAYING--
AGAIN I'M HAPPY ABOUT IT.
IT'S OKAY.
AND THEN FOR YEARS AFTERWARDS I
HAD THREE BROTHERS WHO HAD TO
LISTEN TO THE STORIES ABOUT YOUR
OLDER BROTHER, HE NEVER ASKED ME
FOR ANYTHING.
ANYTHING AT 31 YEARS OLD.
NOTHING.
AND THEN ONE TIME I SAID DAD, DO
YOU REMEMBER ONE CHRISTMAS YOU
BOUGHT ME TWO BEAUTIFUL ITALIAN
SOFT LEATHER SUITCASES.
AND HE SAYS YEAH.
WELL COME I FOUND OUT THAT EACH
ONE OF THOSE CASES COULD HOLD 22
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
SO.
I HAVE TO GO BACK.
USED TO SEE MY MOM WITH CLOTHES
ON MY BACK AND TWO SUITCASES.
THIS IS BEFORE DOGS.
>> Bill: THIS IS ALSO AT A
TIME WHEN NEPO BABIES, MAY BE
NEPO BUT NOT SPOILED.
$10,000.
THAT'S WHAT THEY GET A WEEK NOW
FROM MOM AND DAD.
ARE YOU KIDDING?
I WAS SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT
YOU WORKED AT THE MOBIL GAS
STATION.
>> MOBIL MAN OF THE MONTH.
I WON THE MOBIL MAN.
>> Bill: REALLY?
>> THE NEPO BABY THING.
THAT'S EVERY SINGLE BUSINESS
BECAUSE THE FATHER OR MOTHER
WANTS THEIR SON OR DAUGHTER TO
GO INTO THE BUSINESS.
IT'S SO-AND-SO SONS.
WHY PICK ON SHOW BUSINESS?
>> Bill: I'M NOT PICKING.
>> I KNOW YOU'RE NOT BUT THE
LOGO IS.
>> Bill: THE ONLY PLACE IT
DOESN'T EXIST IS IN SPORTS
EXCEPT FOR CURLING.
THAT'S WHY I THINK PEOPLE LOVE
SPORTS.
YOU DO NOT GET A JOB ON THE TEAM
NO MATTER WHO YOUR FATHER IS.
THERE ARE SONS OF PLAYERS, BUT
IT'S NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE THE
SON.
IT'S BECAUSE THEY CAN DO THE
JOB.
>> AND THERE'S NO REPLAYS.
>> Bill: YOUR PATH WAS NOT
EASY AT ALL.
YOU HAD TO AUDITION.
YOU GOT THAT WHOLE CHAPTER ABOUT
YOU LIVING WITH DANNY DeVITO
IN NEW YORK.
BASICALLY RIGHT AROUND WHERE I
LIVED IN HELL'S KITCHEN.
THESE WERE NOT EASY TIMES.
>> AT LEAST YOU HAD A CASTING
AGENTS.
BUT NOW, YOU'D GO TO A CASTING
AGENT OFFICER.
NOW THE CASTING OFFICES ARE
CLOSED AND YOU HAVE TO SEND YOUR
FILM--
>> Bill: ARE YOU STILL
AUDITIONING?
>> YEAH.
>> Bill: IT IS SO WRONG.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
>> SECOND TIME HERE.
>> Bill: IT'S RIDICULOUS BUT
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE LIKE YOU
DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO GO INTO
IT.
YOU HAD TERRIBLE STAGE FRIGHT.
YOU DIDN'T THINK YOU WOULD
FOLLOW YOUR FATHER'S PASSED.
>> I HATED IT.
THE LAST THING IS I RESENTED IT
BECAUSE THE BUSINESS TOOK IN A
WAY SO MUCH OF THE LAST THING I
WANTED.
BUT I GREW UP ON THE EAST COAST.
I WAS SENT TO ALL BOYS PREP
SCHOOLS AND THIS AND THAT AND
THE BEST AND FIRST DECISION I
MADE IN MY LIFE WAS TO GO TO
COLLEGE IN CALIFORNIA IN 1963.
IT WAS AN EXCITING TIME.
I WENT FROM A PREPPY TO A
HIPPIE.
>> Bill: ONE YEAR.
OF.
>> AND THAT'S WHAT CHANGED
EVERYTHING.
>> Bill: IT'S SO FUNNY HOW
WHEN WE'RE YOUNG WE THINK WE
KNOW EVERYTHING AND WHEN YOU
LOOK BACK YOU REALIZE OH, MY
GOD.
IT WAS SO OBVIOUS WHAT MY
DESTINY WAS GOING TO BE.
YOUR FIRST JOB YOU SAID WAS
GOFER ON SPARTACUS, GETTING
COFFEE FOR THE MOVIE.
YOU WERE IN THE EDITING ROOM
DURING PSYCHO.
>> IT WAS JUST PSYCHO, IT WAS
THE OUTTAKES OF JANET LEIGH IN
THE SHOWER.
>> Bill: RIGHT.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, IT JUST SHOWS YOU.
YOU WERE LEARNING IT, YOU WERE
OBSERVING IT.
IT WAS ALWAYS MEANT TO BE.
YOU WEREN'T ALWAYS GOING TO BE A
GREAT ACTOR AND A GREAT
MOVIE STAR, BUT ALSO A GREAT
PRODUCER.
THAT'S A TRIPLE FACTOR THAT
PEOPLE DON'T HIT.
>> IT'S HARDER TO KNOW NOW
BECAUSE OF STREAMING.
THE TRACK OF TELEVISION ACTING
VERSUS FILM ACTING WAS SO
SEPARATE.
IT'S SO INTERESTING THAT WHEN I
LEFT THE STREETS OF SAN
FRANCISCO, THEY HAD THE ROMANCE
SCENE.
I HAD THREE OR FOUR HITS BUT I
COULD NOT GET A JOB IN THE
MOVIES.
IT WAS REALLY HARD.
SO I PRODUCED WHAT YOU CALLED
STAR CHAMBER WITH JEFF BRIDGES.
I WANTED TO PLAY THE PART BUT I
WAS NOT APPROVED BY THE STUDIO.
IT WAS A TELEVISION ACT BURIED
AT.
>> Bill: WELL, YOU ARE A FILM
ACTOR NOW.
I'LL SEE YOU LATER.
MICHAEL DOUGLAS, THE BOOK IS
AMAZING.
THANK YOU, MICHAEL.
LET'S MEET OUR PANEL.
HELLO.
HEY, HOW ARE YOU DOING?
HE'S A REPUBLICAN SENATOR FROM
NORTH CAROLINA AND AUTHOR OF
"HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS AND
ANTAGONIZE PRESIDENTS: THE
TROUBLE WITH SYCOPHANTS, COURAGE
OUTSOURCING, AND PARTISAN
GROUPTHINK": SENATOR
THOM TILLIS.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
WOW.
AND SHE'S CO-ANCHOR OF CNBC'S
"SQUAWK ON THE STREET":
SARA EISEN.
SARA, HOW ARE YOU DOING?
I MENTIONED YOU'RE A RETIRING
SENATOR.
>> 85.
>> Bill: NOT THAT YOU'RE
COUNTING.
I LOVE IT WHEN PEOPLE ARE
RETIRING POLITICIANS BECAUSE YOU
JUST GET A LOT MORE HONEST
ANSWERS.
YOU'VE BEEN QUITE A MAVERICK
LATELY.
CERTAINLY SINCE YOU KNEW YOU
WERE TIRED.
IT'S JUST THE BEST THING A
POLITICIAN CAN DO IS QUIT
BECAUSE THE HONESTY COMES OUT.
SO LET'S BE HONEST LET'S TALK
ABOUT THIS EXECUTION THAT
THEY'RE PLANNING BECAUSE I HEARD
YOU COMMENT ON IT TODAY.
I'M SURE YOU HAVE THOUGHTS.
IT'S DECEMBER 3RD AND THIS IS--
NO ONE WOULD EVER DEFEND
ANYTHING CLOSE TO WHAT HE DID.
IT'S ONE OF THE MOST EGREGIOUS
ATTACKS EVER.
HE DID YELL ALLAHU AKBAR.
OKAY.
PETE HEGSETH WANTS TO AND
THEY'RE GOING TO SHOOT HIM.
I GUESS I HAVE TO GET HULU
BECAUSE IT'S ON STREAMING.
IT'S ON DECEMBER 3RD RIGHT
BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
YOU CAN WATCH IT AND GO TO THE
MALL AND SEE SANTA.
YOU SAY YES FOR THE EXECUTION
ITSELF.
YOU JUST DON'T LIKE THAT IT'S
PUBLIC--
>> YEAH, NO, WE HAVE TO STOP
THAT.
THIS IS BULLSHIT.
THERE'S NO WAY WE SHOULD DO TH
THAT.
>> Bill: SHOOT HIM BUT IN
PRIVATE.
>> HE MURDERED A NUMBER OF
PEOPLE.
YOU CAN ARGUE BACK AND FORTH
ABOUT THE DEATH PENALTY BUT THIS
IS NOT WHO WE ARE.
PETE HEGSETH HAS TO BE ONE OF
THE PEOPLE WITH THE RIFLE.
THIS IS PERFORMATIVE AT THE
WORST LEVEL AND IT HAS TO BE
REVERSED.
[APPLAUSE]
NOT EVEN CLOSE.
>> IT'S ALSO WHAT OUR ENEMIES
DO.
WHEN I SAW A QUOTE FROM YOU,
SENATOR, TALKING ABOUT HOW YOU
SEE THIS IN IRAN OR YOU SEE THIS
IN AFGHANISTAN.
I WENT TO GRAD SCHOOL FOR
JOURNALISM SCHOOL FOR A MAN
NAMED JAMES FOLEY.
HE WAS A JOURNALIST WHO I DON'T
KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THE STORY
COME A TERRIBLE STORY.
HE WAS TAKEN HOSTAGE BY ISIS IN
SYRIA.
THEY BEHEADED HIM.
AND THEY SENT THE VIDEO OUT TO
EVERYONE, A MESSAGE TO AMERICA.
AND I NEVER WANT TO WATCH
ANOTHER EXECUTION AGAIN.
IT WAS TRAUMATIZING.
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT.
IT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT WORLD
THAN STORY AS YOU KNOW BUT THIS
IS SOMEONE THAT'S CONVICTED OF
KILLING U.S. TROOPS.
BUT I THINK NO ONE SHOULD HAVE
TO WATCH--
>> IT'S NOT EVEN CLOSE.
>> Bill: SO THEY'RE--
[APPLAUSE]
THEIR ARGUMENT WOULD BE IF I
COULD PLAY DEVIL'S ADVOCATE, IF
YOU WANT TO IMPRESS THESE KIND
OF PEOPLE YOU HAVE TO BE AS
BRUTAL AS THEY ARE.
YOU FOOL AROUND--
FUCK AROUND AND YOU'RE GOING TO
FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT?
I WISH PETE HEGSETH WOULD
REMEMBER BACK WHEN HE WAS
DEPLOYED, ONE OF THE FEW
MANAGEMENT POSITIONS HE HAD I
THINK.
THAT YOU ARE PUTTING OUR SPECIAL
OPERATORS AT RISK.
YOU'RE PUTTING AMERICANS AT RISK
AND YOU ARE BUILDING A
RECRUITING VIDEO FOR MORE PEOPLE
TO DO WHAT THEY DID AT
FORT HOOD.
IT'S STUPID ON STILTS AND HE'S
GOOD AT THAT.
[APPLAUSE]
IT REALLY MAKES ME ANGRY THAT
THIS IS NOT WHO WE ARE.
THIS IS NOT THE WARRIOR ETHOS
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE EXPECTED AND
CERTAINLY NOT WHAT A LOT OF
PEOPLE I TALKED TO WANT.
>> Bill: I COULD SEE IT LIKE
BURNING A KORAN LIKE IT COULD
INFLAME THE MUSLIM WORLD--
>> IT WILL.
>> OR MAKE HIM A MARTYR.
PROPAGANDA VIDEO.
>> WE HAVE TO WORK ON ENDING IT.
LOOK, IT'S A BAD DECISION AND IT
CANNOT HAPPEN.
THE EXECUTION--
>> EVEN VICE PRESIDENT VANCE WAS
ACTUALLY LIKE I DON'T KNOW IF
THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
I'M NOT GOING TO WATCH IT.
>> Bill: A LOT OF THE WORLD IS
INFLAMED TO BEGIN WITH.
DID YOU SEE FRANCE THIS WEEK?
>> YEAH.
>> Bill: I MEAN, THIS IS KIND
OF CRAZY TO ME AND I JUST WANTED
TO ASK.
THIS IDEA THAT EVERY GRIEVANCE
THAT EVERYBODY SEEMS TO HAVE
ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD JUST
ALWAYS PULLS IN THE PEOPLE WITH
THE PALESTINIAN FLAG.
I MEAN COME ON WHAT IS THAT ALL
ABOUT?
THIS STARTED ABOUT SCHOOLS.
APPARENTLY THE SCHOOLS IN FRANCE
ARE IN BAD SHAPE.
SAME THING COULD HAPPEN HERE.
OVERCROWDING, CLASSROOMS, THE
BUILDINGS ARE FALLING APART.
THE SAME STUFF WE HEAR ABOUT
SCHOOLS HERE.
TEACHERS NOT SHOWING UP.
WHAT'S WITH THE FLAGS.
WHAT'S WITH THE SUDDENLY IT IS
ALSO ABOUT THIS OTHER THING?
>> IT'S ANTI-WEST.
>> Bill: ANTI-WEST, EXACTLY.
>> I WOULD SAY FRANCE THOUGH
PARTICULARLY HAS A NUMBER OF
PROBLEMS RIGHT NOW.
I COVER THE MARKETS ON CNBC AND
THE MARKET IS TELLING THAT IF
THEY HAVE A MAJOR DEBT PROBLEM
AND IT'S GETTING WORSE.
WHAT HAPPENS IS THESE PEOPLE ARE
WHAT STARTED AS PROTESTING.
THEY WANT MORE PUBLIC SPENDING.
THE PROBLEM IS FRANCE IS BROKE.
THEY'VE DONE PUBLIC SPENDING FOR
DECADES ON A WELFARE STATE.
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS AND THEN
THEY BRING IN THE PRIME
MINISTERS WHO HAVE TO MAKE
BUDGET CUTS AND GUESS WHAT?
THEY GET RID OF THEM.
VERY SOON AFTER.
IT'S KIND OF A DEBT SPIRAL AND I
THINK THE LESSON FOR AMERICA OUT
OF THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE A DEBT
PROBLEM TOO IS YOU WANT TO
EMBRACE GROWTH.
FRANCE DOESN'T HAVE ECONOMIC
GROWTH.
THEY'RE HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT.
WE HAVE GROWTH IN THIS COUNTRY,
WE HAVE CAPITALISM IN THIS
COUNTRY.
THESE ARE THE THINGS GETTING
FRANCE IN PARTICULAR IN TROUBLE
RIGHT NOW AND SOMETHING THERE'S
A LESSON THERE.
>> Bill: THAT'S THE ECONOMIC
SIDE OF IT.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THIS OTHER SIDE
OF THIS WHAT THEY WOULD CALL THE
RED GREEN ALLIANCE?
>> I THINK PEOPLE ARE HIJACKING.
IT'S FUNDAMENTALLY PARENTS AND
PEOPLE UPSET WITH THEIR SCHOOL
AND THEY'RE TRYING TO HIJACK IT
FOR WHATEVER SORT OF AGENDA THEY
WANT.
I'VE EVEN HEARD THE
ADMINISTRATION SAY IT'S IN
REACTION TO MASS MIGRATION.
I DON'T BUY IT.
>> Bill: YOU DON'T BUY THAT?
WE ARE GETTING OUT OF THE PARTY
OF THE RIGHT TONIGHT.
[LAUGHTER]
>> NO, TO BE CLEAR.
>> Bill: BECAUSE THERE IS AN
ELEMENT OF THAT.
>> OVER THE COURSE OF HISTORY, I
HAVE ALWAYS BEEN UNTETHERED BUT
WHEN I RETIRED JUNE 29TH, I GOT
TO BE UNFILTERED I CAN TALK MORE
LIKE YOU.
BUT BEFORE THEN-- BEFORE THEN,
YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE A
POLITICIAN.
[APPLAUSE]
NO, IF YOU'RE A POLITICIAN AND
YOU'RE RUNNING FOR REELECTION WE
WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS BEFORE
THE SHOW.
THE WAY YOU ARE PERCEIVED, IT
CAN COST YOU FIVE, TEN,
$15 MILLION IN A STATE LIKE
MINE.
>> Bill: BUT YOU THINK THERE
ISN'T AN ELEMENT GOING ON HERE.
EVERYWHERE AROUND THE WORLD OF
MISCASTING ISLAMISM AS SOMEHOW
NATURAL ALLIES OF LIBERALS?
>> OH, NO, I AGREE WITH THAT.
IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TALKING--
>> Bill: THAT IS WHAT I'M
TALKING ABOUT.
>> YOU MENTIONED THE THIRD
ANNIVERSARY OF OCTOBER 7TH THIS
WEEK.
THAT WAS A BIG WAKE-UP CALL FOR
A LOT OF PEOPLE ABOUT THE WAR
THAT WE ARE IN FOR THE WEST.
>> Bill: AND THERE WERE SO
MANY CELEBRATIONS OF IT.
COULD YOU JUST LEAVE THAT ONE
DAY FOR THE VICTIMS?
NO.
THERE WERE CELEBRATIONS ALL OVER
THE WORLD AND THE WESTERN WORLD
IS NOT WORKING FOR A LOT OF
PEOPLE OR AT LEAST THEY PERCEIVE
IT'S NOT WORKING.
AND THEIR ANSWER SEEMS TO BE
SOCIALISM, COMMUNISM, AND
FETISHIZING ISLAM AS SOME SORT
-- I MEAN HAMAS IS A LIBERATION
MOVEMENT?
NOT IN MY WORLD.
>> I THINK UNIVERSITIES ARE TO
BLAME.
I THINK THAT ORGANIZATION IS TO
BLAME FOR THIS.
IT'S THE OCCUPATION SORT OF IDEA
OF THE WORLD, THE OCCUPIER.
AND LOOK, THEY'RE IN A FIGHT.
THIS IS WHAT'S BEEN SO
FRUSTRATING AND PUZZLING FOR
ISRAELIS IS THAT THEY FEEL LIKE
THEY'RE ON THE FOREFRONT OF THE
FIGHT FOR THE WEST.
>> Bill: THEY ARE.
>> AND THE U.S. AND THE
INCREASINGLY PUBLIC OPINION OF
THE WORLD IN THE WEST--
>> Bill: THE PEOPLE WHO SHOULD
BE MOST WITH THEM THE LIBERALS
WHO WOULD NOT REALLY BE
COMFORTABLE LIVING ANYWHERE ELSE
IN THE MIDDLE EAST EXCEPT
TEL AVIV.
>> RIGHT.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: BUT LET ME GO BACK TO
YOUR ECONOMIC POINT BECAUSE
"THE NEW YORK TIMES" WROTE I
THOUGHT WELL, IT ALL GOES BACK
TO A VERY SIMPLE BUT DIFFICULT
REALITY FOR FRANCE WHICH IS THAT
THIS COUNTRY CAN NO LONGER
AFFORD ITS SOCIAL WELFARE STATE.
120% OF THE ECONOMY IS DEAD NOW.
WE ARE FACING THE SAME THING.
THE INTEREST PAYMENT ON THE DEBT
IS GOING TO BE VERY SOON.
ALREADY IN FRANCE.
THE LARGEST PART OF WHAT WE
SPEND MONEY ON AND YES, THEY DO
HAVE A VERY GENEROUS WELFARE
STATE.
I REMEMBER MICHAEL MOORE DOING
THE GREAT MOVIE ABOUT HOW GREAT
THINGS ARE IN SOCIALISM AND SOME
OF IT IS GREAT.
THE PUNCH LINE OF THE WHOLE
MOVIE WAS PEOPLE FROM FRANCE AND
THE GOVERNMENT DOING YOUR
LAUNDRY.
DO YOU REMEMBER THAT?
WELL MAYBE A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH
DOING YOUR LAUNDRY AND THIS IS
WHAT HAPPENS.
>> AND THEN THEY PROTEST WHEN
THEY WANT MORE SPENDING.
>> Bill: NOW IT'S A VICIOUS
CYCLE BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T WANT
TO GIVE UP THEIR PERKS.
NOW YOU HAVE TO BORROW MORE
MONEY.
>> YOU HAVE TO BORROW MONEY TO
SERVICE THE DEBT.
THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL A DEBT
SPIRAL AND THAT'S A PROBLEM.
LUCKILY IN THE U.S. WE STILL
HAVE THE DOLLAR THE WORLD'S
RESERVE CURRENCY SO PEOPLE WANT
TO BUY OUR DEBT BUT I THINK
THERE'S A LESSON HERE.
IF I COULD COME UP PART OF THE
SOLUTION AND I MENTIONED THIS IS
ECONOMIC GROWTH.
IN THIS COUNTRY AND WHAT EUROPE
DOESN'T HAVE IS WE HAVE AN AI
REVOLUTION.
I KNOW YOU'RE A LITTLE SCARED OF
IT, BILL.
>> Bill: NOT JUST ME.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
THIS NERVOUS NELLIE OVER HERE.
YEAH.
>> I HAVE TO MAKE A POINT.
OKAY, IT IS LEGIT BUT IT'S ALSO
CREATING A LOT OF ECONOMIC
GROWTH AND WE HAVE ALL THESE
COMPANIES BUILDING ALL THIS
INFRASTRUCTURE.
OUR TICKET TO NOT BECOME EUROPE
BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THAT AND
TOO MUCH REGULATION IS THAT AI
CREATES THIS MASSIVE
PRODUCTIVITY BOOM THAT HELPS OUR
ECONOMY GROW AND THAT WE CAN
GROW OUT OF IT.
THEY DON'T HAVE THAT.
>> Bill: MAYBE IT'S PETS.COM.
IT COULD BE A BUBBLE TOO.
WE'VE HAD TECH BUBBLES BEFORE.
WE DON'T KNOW THAT.
IT COULD END THE WORLD AND BE A
BUBBLE.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
>> YOU'RE TALKING AS SOMEONE WHO
HAS THREE ROBOTS AT MY HOUSE.
A VACUUM CLEANER, A VACUUM, AND
LORENZO MY BACKYARD LAWN MOWER.
HE'S WONDERFUL.
HE'S MY FRIEND.
>> Bill: I THINK THAT'S WRONG
BUT I'M NOT SURE IT DOESN'T
MATTER TO ME.
OKAY.
SO YOU MENTIONED PETE HEGSETH
BEFORE.
YOU VOTED FOR HIM.
IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE I SAID
YOU'RE KIND OF A MAVERICK BUT I
DON'T KNOW.
MAVERICK AND RHETORIC BUT NOT
NECESSARILY I SEE IN SOME OF THE
BOATS.
YOU ALSO VOTED FOR TULSI, KRI
KRISTI, THEY DON'T SOUND LIKE
SERIOUS PEOPLE.
TULSI GABBARD, ROBERT KENNEDY,
AND KRISTI NOEM.
YOU HAD RESERVATIONS ABOUT ALL
OF THEM BUT YOU STILL VOTED FOR
THEM.
HOW DO YOU JUSTIFY THAT
DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE RHETORIC
OF THE MAVERICK?
>> YOU TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND I
ALSO PUSH SOME PEOPLE OUT BEFORE
I VOTED ON THEM.
MATT GAETZ IS ONE THAT CAME TO
MIND AND I WORKED WITH HIM TO
MAKE HIM RECOGNIZE HE COULDN'T
DO IT.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST
NOMINEES SENT FORWARD.
AT THE END OF THE DAY I VOTED
FOR A LOT OF I GOT CRITICIZED BY
REPUBLICANS FOR VOTING FOR OBAMA
NOMINEES BACK IN THE LAST YEARS
I WAS WITH OBAMA.
I GOT CRITICIZED FOR VOTING FOR
BIDEN NOMINEES.
I WAS GOING WITH THE BENEFIT OF
THE DOUBT AND I WAS TALKING TO
SOMEBODY EARLIER THIS WEEK.
WELL, YOU VOTED TO CONFIRM THEM.
I VOTED WITH UNANIMOUS VOTE OUT
SITTING ON THE ARMED SERVICES
COMMITTEE AND NOW I'M TELLING
YOU I FUCKED UP AND HE NEEDS TO
GO.
WHAT ELSE ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?
>> Bill: OKAY.
I WILL TELL YOU WHAT ELSE MAY
BE.
ONE OTHER THING.
YOU VOTED TO IMPEACH TRUMP AFTER
JANUARY 6TH.
>> I WISH THE DEMOCRAT HAD TAKEN
THAT PROCESS SERIOUSLY.
IF THEY LAID OUT THE FACTS.
THEY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A TRIAL.
IF YOU GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK
AT IMPEACHMENT, YOU LET THE
DEFENSE--
>> Bill: VERY DETAILED TODAY.
>> I'M A PROCESS NERD.
I WILL ADMIT THAT.
BUT I ALSO THINK CHERISHING
THESE INSTITUTIONS AND
CHERISHING THE SENATE'S A PART
OF WHY THIS COUNTRY HAS LIVED
AND PROSPERED FOR 250 YEARS.
>> TO THE SENATOR'S CREDIT,
SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T GET
TALKED A LOT ABOUT A LOT YOU
MENTIONED HE VOTED FOR ALL THESE
PEOPLE.
HE STOOD UP FOR FED CHAIRMAN
JAY POWELL.
[APPLAUSE]
HE DID NOT PASS THE CURRENT FED
CHAIRMAN.
HE DID NOT GET HIM BEFORE THEY
DROPPED THE DOJ CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION AND THAT WAS A
HUGE DEAL IN OUR WORLD.
>> AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU THE
THINGS I AM MOST PROUD OF YOU
WOULD NEVER KNOW ABOUT.
IT'S USING WHATEVER IS QUIETLY
WITH REPUBLICANS DISAGREEING
WITH REPUBLICANS.
THAT'S HOW YOU GOT THINGS DONE.
THAT'S HOW Y THINGS WERE DONE IN
THE OLD DAYS.
IN THE NEW DAYS, YOU GET A TWEET
OR WHATEVER X CALLS IT FROM
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
>> Bill: SO ANYWAY.
[APPLAUSE]
WE HAVE A BIG ANNIVERSARY THIS
WEEK.
FOX NEWS TURNED 30 AND WE'VE
DONE A BIT ON THIS SHOW.
24 THINGS YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT
ME.
WE'VE NEVER DONE IT ABOUT AN
INSTITUTION BUT WE ARE GOING TO
DO IT TONIGHT.
24 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT
ME: FOX NEWS.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR THEM?
FOR EXAMPLE.
OUR ORIGINAL BUSINESS PLAN WAS
SIMPLE: WHAT IF WE TOOK A.M.
RADIO AND ADDED TITS?
MOST OF OUR UNQUALIFIED
JOURNALISTS GO ON TO BECOME
UNQUALIFIED CABINET MEMBERS.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
OUR ORIGINAL SLOGAN WAS "FAIR
AND BALANCED."
THE RUNNER-UP WAS "WHITE AND
FRIGHTENED."
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
MOST OF OUR PROGRAMMING
ORIGINATES FROM NEW YORK BUT
SEAN HANNITY OCCASIONALLY
BROADCASTS FROM TRUMP'S ASS.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
WE DON'T LIKE TO BRAG, BUT WE'VE
GONE 22 DAYS WITHOUT A SEXUAL
HARASSMENT LAWSUIT.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
10% OF OUR VIEWERSHIP IS YOUNG
PEOPLE TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF
WHAT THEIR GRANDPARENTS SAID AT
THANKSGIVING.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
IN 2019, WE HAD TO EXPLAIN TO
TRUMP THAT WHILE WE TALK
DIRECTLY TO HIM THROUGH THE TV,
WE CAN'T HEAR HIM TALK BACK.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
IF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN US AND
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WAS ANY
MORE A DIRECT PIPELINE THE
HOUTHIS WOULD BOMB IT.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
OUR TYPICAL FOX NEWS VIEWER
WATCHES US SIX HOURS A DAY,
SEVEN IF HOLLYWOOD CASTS A
BLACK MERMAID.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT YOU CAN
LAUGH AT THAT.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING
GOING ON IN YOUR STATE TO MAKE
IT A LITTLE LIGHTER WITH ALL THE
BAD NEWS GOING ON.
ALIENATION OF AFFECTION.
I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS STORY.
I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE KNOW WHAT
THIS IS BUT IN YOUR STATE
NORTH CAROLINA AND FOUR OTHERS
HAVE THIS.
IT ALLOWS SOMEONE TO SUE IF YOUR
SPOUSE IS BANGING SOMEONE ELSE I
GUESS BETTER THAN YOU ARE.
KRYSTEN SINEMA IS THE PERSON WHO
BROUGHT THIS TO THE FOREFRONT.
YOU MUST HAVE SERVED WITH HER.
>> YEAH, I SER.
>> Bill: SHE'S A GOER.
WASN'T SHE BISEXUAL--
WELL, SHE WAS BANGING THE
SECURITY GUY.
THIS IS JUST A VERY COMMON THING
OUT THERE.
ANYWAY.
SOMEHOW I DON'T GET IT.
>> THIS IS INSANE.
>> Bill: BY THE WAY, THEY DID
NOT HAVE SEX IN NORTH CAROLINA
BUT BECAUSE THERE ARE TEXTS
WHILE HE WAS IN NORTH CAROLINA.
THIS CAN GO TO A COURT?
WHY IS THIS A THING TO BEGIN
WITH?
WHY IS THIS IN THE GOVERNMENT'S
PURVIEW?
>> I HAD SOMEBODY ASK ME THAT
SEVERAL YEARS AGO AFTER SHE WAS
ON A JURY TRIAL FOR FOUR WEEKS
AND SHE SAID YOU'VE GOT TO GET
THIS REPEALED.
IT HAPPENS TO BE MY WIFE.
I THINK IT'S SOME OF THE DUMBEST
POLICY THAT'S STILL ON THE BOOKS
IN NORTH CAROLINA.
THERE'S FOUR STATES SIMILAR TO
OURS, SIX STATES IN TOTAL, BUT
IT IS TIME TO MODERNIZE--
>> BUT DO YOU KNOW WHERE IT
COMES FROM?
18TH CENTURY COMMON LAW IN
BRITAIN.
AND IT JUST SOMEHOW SURVIVED IN
A FEW OF THE STATES.
>> IT'S SILLY.
IN THE CASE MY WIFE SAT ON THE
JURY TRIAL.
THEY GOT AWARDED A DOLLAR.
LISTEN, IF WE WANT GOOD SOLID
DRIVING RELATIONSHIPS LIKE THE
ONE I HAD WITH MY WIFE FOR 40
YEARS.
[APPLAUSE]
YOU DON'T FORCE THIS BY LAW.
IT EITHER WORKS OR IT DOESN'T.
>> Bill: I COULDN'T AGREE
MORE.
[LAUGHTER]
YEAH, IT'S CRAZY.
BECAUSE YOU'RE ASKING A JUDGE TO
RULE ON WHETHER A MARRIAGE HAD
LOVE LEFT IN IT.
REALLY THE JUDGE HAS TO DECIDE
THIS BECAUSE THEN IT'S ABOUT
WHETHER THIS OTHER PERSON STOLE
YOUR HUSBAND?
HE'S NOT A BICYCLE THAT YOU CAN
LOCK UP.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
KRYSTEN SINEMA.
>> SHE'S A WONDERFUL PERSON.
GREAT BILLS THERE AND IT'S A
SHAME THE DEMOCRATS FORSAKED HER
AND RAN THE PRIMARY AGAINST HER
BECAUSE SHE WAS REASONABLE.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT THE LESSON IS.
HOW SOME PEOPLE HAVE TO PAY
ATTENTION TO WHICH STATES
THEY'RE IN FOR TAX PURPOSES.
NOW YOU HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO
WHO YOU'RE TEXTING IF YOU GO TO
CERTAIN STATES.
>> I HADN'T EVEN THOUGHT OF
THAT.
>> YEAH, IT IS AMAZING.
BASED ON NOT WHERE THE FUCKING
TOOK PLACE BUT WHERE YOUR PHONE
IS CHARGING?
OKAY.
LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THE
MIDTERMS.
THREE WEEKS AWAY.
I GET VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS
TIME OF YEAR BEFORE THE
ELECTION.
TRUMP SAID THIS WEEK IF THE
DEMOCRATS WIN YOU HAVE AN
ECONOMIC DEPRESSION MUCH LIKE
1929.
AND I TAKE IT SERIOUSLY BECAUSE
IT'S NOT LIKE HIM TO MAKE
SOMETHING UP.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
JUST EXAGGERATE.
BUT FOR YOU I WANT TO ASK.
PEOPLE THINK THE ECONOMY IS
TERRIBLE.
TRUMP WAS RUNNING AGAINST BIDEN
HE WAS ABLE TO PROSECUTE THE
SAME CASE AND DEMOCRATS ARE LIKE
IT'S REALLY NOT THAT TERRIBLE.
THERE ARE PROBLEMS AND KIND OF
THE PROOF IS THAT CONSUMER
CONFIDENCE IS IN THE TOILET BUT
THEY KEEP SPENDING.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
>> HERE'S WHAT I WOULD SAY.
WATCH WHAT THEY DO BUT NOT WHAT
THEY SAY.
THEY SAY THEY'RE MISERABLE AND
LOUSY BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.
WE LOOK AT CREDIT CARD DATA.
LOOK AT BANK DEPOSIT DATA.
UNEMPLOYMENT IS HISTORICALLY
LOW.
IT'S UP 4.2%.
PEOPLE HAVE JOBS AND THEY
CONTINUE TO SPEND.
WHY DO THEY FEEL SO LOUSY?
THE PRICE OF GAS IS HIGH.
PEOPLE SEE THAT.
YOU FILL UP YOUR TANK EVERY
SINGLE WEEK, YOU WATCH THE
NUMBERS TICK HIGHER SO THAT
AFFECTS YOUR MOOD AND THE
PSYCHOLOGY OF.
THE PRICES ARE STILL HIGH EVEN
THOUGH INFLATION HAS COME DOWN.
SO YOU DO HAVE THIS SCENARIO
WHERE PEOPLE ARE WORRIED AND
THEY DON'T FEEL GOOD BUT
ULTIMATELY A LOT OF THE
FUNDAMENTALS ARE GOOD.
IT'S NOT JUST WALL STREET AND
IT'S NOT JUST AI.
BY THE WAY AI WAS A PART OF IT.
WE HAVE A MASSIVE CONSTRUCTION
BOOM THAT'S GOING ON HELPING
JOBS IN MANUFACTURING,
INFRASTRUCTURE, AND IT'S A MAJOR
INVESTMENT IN OUR ECONOMY.
>> Bill: IT'S NOT POPULAR.
THE BUILDING THE DATA CENTERS IS
REALLY ONE OF THE FEW THINGS
THAT UNITES RED AND BLUE
AMERICA.
PEOPLE DON'T LIKE IT.
PEOPLE DON'T WANT IT.
THEY DON'T THINK THEY NEED IT
AND I THINK THEY'RE GETTING
TIRED.
WHAT I WAS THINKING ORIGINALLY I
DO NOT LIKE WHAT A ASS KISSER
THAT FUCKING THING IS.
I DON'T WANT IT TALKING TO ME.
I TRIED TO PROGRAM IT YOU HAVE
TO SOUND LIKE A ROBOT BECAUSE
YOU ARE A ROBOT.
DON'T TALK TO ME LIKE A HUMAN
BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT.
>> THROUGHOUT HISTORY, THERE
HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FEARS AROUND
MAJOR TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES.
THE INTERNET, THE AUTOMOBILE, I
KNOW THIS IS DIFFERENT.
I KNOW THIS IS DIFFERENT BUT WE
DO NOT WANT TO BE ON THE SIDE OF
PROGRESS AND WE DO NOT WANT TO
LET CHINA GET AHEAD OF US ON
THIS DANGEROUS TECHNOLOGY.
WE WANT TO OWN IT AND WANT THE
BEST PEOPLE DOING IT AND I THINK
IT'S A LITTLE DANGEROUS THAT IT
HAS BECOME SO UNPOPULAR AND NOW
THERE'S LOTS OF MORATORIUMS ON
DATA CENTERS.
WE HAVE TO BUILD DATA CENTERS IN
THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE YOU KNOW
WHAT?
THEY'RE NOT SLOWING DOWN IN
CHINA.
[APPLAUSE]
>> IN ORDER FOR REPUBLICANS NOT
TO SUFFER A SERIOUS SETBACK ON
ELECTION DAY, WE DO HAVE TO
RECOGNIZE THERE'S ALWAYS AN
AFFORDABILITY PROBLEM IN THIS
COUNTRY.
THE QUESTION IS HOW MANY
EXPERIENCE IT AT ANY ONE TIME
AND I'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION
WITH PEOPLE IN THE
ADMINISTRATION.
I VISITED THE TRAILER PARK I
GREW UP IN LAST FRIDAY AND THOSE
FOLKS ARE STRUGGLING.
SO THOSE FOLKS VOTE TOO.
WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT RIGHT
NOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE
FINANCIAL WHEREWITHAL TO INVEST
IF THEY ARE SMART THEY SHOULD BE
MAKING A LOT OF MONEY.
THE LAST TIME I CHECKED I DIDN'T
SEE A WHOLE LOT OF BLUE BIRD
TERMINALS ON WAIKIKI BOULEVARD
WHICH IS ONE OF THE TRAILERS I
LIVED IN IN THE TRAILER PARK.
WE ARE TONE-DEAF IF WE PRETEND
THERE'S NOT A AFFORDABILITY
PROBLEM AND WE'RE ALSO TONE-DEAF
IF WE THINK THE COST OF ENERGY
IS NOT HURTING A LOT OF PEOPLE
AND MAKING PEOPLE THAT ARE
OTHERWISE SECURE OR FEELING A
LITTLE BIT NERVOUS.
BUT WE'RE ALSO TONE-DEAF IF WE
REALIZE WE ARE $40 TRILLION IN
DEBT AND SOONER OR LATER WE EVEN
HAVE TO PAY OUR BILLS AND WE
HAVE TO BE CONSCIOUS OF THAT,
GROW THE ECONOMY, REDUCE
REGULATIONS, TRY TO RETIRE A LOT
OF THAT BUT WE NEED TO BE
FISCALLY RESTRAINT OR WE ARE
GOING TO HASTEN A DEAD DRIVEN
FINANCIAL CRISIS OVER THE NEXT
SIX OR SEVEN YEARS.
>> Bill: ONE MORE QUESTION FOR
YOU.
SINCE YOU ARE RETIRING AND WE
ARE KEEPING IT SUPER REAL RIGHT?
OKAY.
I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT ALITO.
HE'S MAKING NOISES.
THIS IS RELEVANT BECAUSE WE HAVE
A LOT OF SUPREME COURT HISTORY.
SO INTERESTING THE HISTORY.
JUSTICE SCALIA, WHEN HE DIED
THERE WAS 400 TRILLION DAYS LEFT
IN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.
YOUR GREAT MENTOR
MITCH McCONNELL KEPT THAT
DOMINATION UNTIL THE NEXT
PRESIDENT WAS ELECTED.
THEN RUTH RUTH BADER GINSBURG D
IF JUSTICE ALITO QUIT TOMORROW,
YOU WOULD HAVE A JANUARY BEFORE
THE NEW SENATE TAKES PLACE.
YOU'D BE TEMPTED WOULDN'T YOU?
TO RUSH THAT THROUGH JUST IN
CASE THE DEMOCRATS WON THE
SENATE?
I'M JUST ASKING BEARD IT WAS
OKAY WHEN IT WAS BENEFITING YOUR
DAYS BUT THEN 46 DAYS?
THE OTHER SIDE NO GOOD?
YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?
>> IN FULL DISCLOSURE, YOU'RE
LOOKING AT THE PERSON SIGNING
JUDICIARY WE'RE KEEPING THE SEAT
OPEN.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT'S CABINET POSITION AND
HOLDING SOMETHING OPEN BUT I'M
TALKING ABOUT THE THIRD BRANCH.
WE ADVISE THE PRESIDENT WE WERE
GOING TO CONSENT WITH HIS
NOMINEE.
I THINK IT'S DIFFERENT.
I THINK WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
COMPOSITION OF A COEQUAL BRANCH
AND IF THE CONGRESS THAT HAS THE
GAVELS NOW DECIDES THEY DON'T
WANT TO FILL IT AND THEY THINK
OBAMA'S BEST CANDIDATE WILL FIT
THE BILL I WOULDN'T BEGRUDGE THE
DEMOCRATS FOR DOING THE SAME
THING.
IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT--
>> Bill: IS THAT HOW THE
SYSTEM IS SUPPOSED TO WORK?
>> WE CAN GO BACK.
>> Bill: IF YOU WERE PRESIDENT
AND THE GUY DIED YOU GOT THE
PICK.
>> I WILL TELL YOU IF YOU GO TO
THE BOOK AND WE ARE EXPERIENCING
POLITICAL PHYSICS I COULD BUILD
THE ARGUMENT SAYING I FEEL OKAY
DOING THAT BECAUSE HARRY REID
AFTER HE SWORE HE WOULD NEVER
MUTE THE EXECUTIVE FILIBUSTER.
MY OLD BOOK IS ABOUT THE
POLITICAL PHYSICS.
I WON'T BEGRUDGE THE DEMOCRATS
DOING THE SAME THING IF
SIMILARLY SITUATED.
BUT I BELIEVE IN THE 85 DAYS WE
HAVE LEFT WE SHOULD FILL THIS
SEAT.
>> BOTH PARTIES DO THIS.
THEY MAXIMIZE POWER.
>> Bill: I DON'T THINK THE
DEMOCRATS EVER DID THAT TO A
SUPREME COURT NOMINEE.
>> KAMALA HARRIS IS ALREADY
TALKING ABOUT HOW--
>> SHE WANTS TO FILIBUSTER.
>> 13 JUSTICES.
>> TALARICO WANTS IT.
>> Bill: THAT WOULD TAKE A
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AND
NEVER HAPPEN.
>> IT DOESN'T.
THAT'S THE FREAKY THING ABOUT
IT.
YOU MUTE THE FILIBUSTER YOU CAN
ADMIT D.C. IS A STATE AND
PUERTO RICO IS A STATE.
IT'S NOT FOUNDED BY THE
CONSTITUTION.
WE JUST GOVERN OURSELVES WITH
THE CURRENT COMPOSITION.
WHY 400 SUPREME COURT JUSTICES
BEFORE WE'RE DONE IF WE DO THAT.
>> Bill: I STAND CORRECTED.
>> IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT--
>> Bill: THEY'RE SHOWING I'M
WEARING ORTHOPEDIC SHOES.
I'M SORRY.
>> I'M JUST SAYING THIS IS IN
THE REALM WITHIN THE SENATE CAN
DO AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT YOU
SHOULD VOTE.
>> Bill: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU
PANEL.
TIME FOR "NEW RULES."
ALL RIGHT.
NEW RULE: TRUMP MUST ORDER THE
TSA TO OPEN A STORE JUST PAST
SECURITY WHERE THEY TAKE
EVERYTHING THEY'VE SEIZED-- THE
BOTTLED WATER, THE SHAMPOO, THE
SUNSCREEN, THE CORKSCREWS, THE
SNOW GLOBES, THE JARS OF PEANUT
BUTTER-- AND SELL IT BACK TO
US.
WE CAN CALL IT
"TRUMP SEIZE AND SAVE."
OH, LOOK, THERE'S MY FIJI WATER,
ON SALE NOW FOR $12.99.
DO I FEEL RIPPED OFF?
OF COURSE I DO.
BUT HEY, STILL CHEAPER THAN
HUDSON NEWS.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
NEW RULE: MEN MUST ADMIT THAT
WHEN WE'RE SO PROUD OF OURSELVES
FOR TAKING OFF OUR T-SHIRT AND
LANDING IT SUCCESSFULLY IN THE
HAMPER FROM ACROSS THE ROOM, IT
REALLY IS NOTHING COMPARED TO
WHEN WOMEN DO THAT THING WHERE
YOU TAKE YOUR BRA OFF AND
PULL IT OUT YOUR SLEEVE WITHOUT
REMOVING YOUR SHIRT.
HOW DO THEY PULL THAT OFF?
I STILL DON'T KNOW.
NEW RULE: NOW THAT EXECUTION BY
WAY OF LETHAL INJECTION HAS BEEN
BOTCHED 11 TIMES IN THE LAST
FIVE YEARS, WE REALLY DO NEED A
RULE THAT, IF YOU SURVIVE LETHAL
INJECTION, YOU GET TO GO FREE.
IT'S ONLY FAIR.
THE STATE HAD ITS SHOT--
LITERALLY-- AND THEY FUCKED IT
UP.
YOU DON'T GET TO KEEP TRYING
UNTIL YOU FINALLY GET IT.
IT'S NOT WORDLE.
NEW RULE: SOMEONE HAS TO BREAK
IT TO THE MOM IN PARENT DIARIES
WHO LAMENTS THAT BIRTHDAY
PARTIES ARE DISAPPEARING AND
KIDS JUST DON'T SEEM TO BE
HAVING THEM ANYMORE
OH, THEY'RE HAVING THEM.
YOUR KID'S JUST NOT INVITED.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
IT'S KIND OF LIKE HOW YOU ARE
ALSO NOT INVITED TO YOUR
HUSBAND'S "BOYS NIGHT OUT."
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN NO WOMEN
ARE.
NEW RULE: THE MAN WHO WORKS AS
BRAZIL'S TESTICULAR CANCER
AWARENESS MASCOT,
SENHOR TESTICULO, AND THE GUY
WHO WORKS AS BRAZIL'S
COLOPROCTOLOGY MASCOT, ANUS,
THEY COULDN'T COME UP WITH A
BETTER MASCOT NAME THAN ANUS?
MUST MEET UP FOR DRINKS AFTER
WORK.
COME ON, YOU TWO ARE PRACTICALLY
NEIGHBORS.
YOU PROBABLY BUMPED INTO EACH
OTHER BEFORE AND DIDN'T EVEN
KNOW IT.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
AND, I KNOW A GREAT BAR THAT'S
CLOSE TO BOTH OF YOU.
IT'S CALLED "THE TAINT."
OKAY.
AND FINALLY, NEW RULE...
NOW THAT EVERYONE IS TALKING
ABOUT CORNELL, STOP ASKING ME
ABOUT IT JUST BECAUSE I WENT
THERE.
FIRST OF ALL, I GRADUATED ALMOST
10 YEARS AGO, HOW WOULD I KNOW?
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
WHAT I DO KNOW IS THIS ALLEGED
GANG RAPE AT THE CORNELL CHI PHI
FRAT HOUSE IS DEEPLY DISTURBING
-- BUT SINCE IT'S MY ALMA MATER
WHERE I WALKED THOSE HALLOWED
HALLS FOR FOUR YEARS WITH SO
MANY MEMORIES, I DON'T WANT TO
LET MY PERSONAL FEELINGS GET IN
THE WAY.
BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL BAD: CORNELL
SUCKS AND I FUCKING HATED IT AND
I'M GLAD TO SEE THEM EATING A
SHIT SANDWICH.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
IT'S TRUE.
NOW, IN FAIRNESS CORNELL DID
GIVE ME A GOOD EDUCATION, THE
KIND THEY DON'T DO ANYMORE, AND
ALSO: THIS SHIT COULD HAVE
HAPPENED ANYWHERE THERE ARE
FRATERNITIES, BECAUSE IT HAPPENS
EVERYWHERE THERE ARE
FRATERNITIES.
ANY PLACE THAT'S ALL-MALE,
NO-GIRLS ALLOWED THEY JUST DON'T
FUNCTION WITHOUT DEPRAVITY.
ASK THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
ASK THE TALIBAN.
HUMAN NATURE IS BAD, AND THE
BEST WE CAN DO IS CREATE
INSTITUTIONS THAT DON'T MAKE IT
SO EASY TO BE WORSE, AND
A GREAT PLACE TO START WOULD BE
GETTING RID OF "GREEK LIFE."
WHICH, DESPITE THE
TOGAS, IS NOT A PRECIOUS LEGACY
HANDED DOWN FROM ANCIENT GREECE.
IT STARTED IN
1825, 3,000 YEARS AFTER THE
INVENTION OF PANTS.
IN THE CRADLE OF DEMOCRACY,
SCHENECTADY.
THERE'S NO LAW THAT SAYS WE HAVE
TO KEEP SOMETHING ALIVE JUST
BECAUSE IT'S 200 YEARS OLD-- I
MEAN BESIDES CHUCK GRASSLEY.
I KNOW HE IS.
EVERYTHING THAT'S INHERENTLY BAD
ABOUT MEN GETS WORSE IF YOU PUT
THEM IN A FRATERNITY.
THE DRINKING GETS WORSE.
THE CRUELTY.
THE TREATMENT OF WOMEN.
THE TRIBALISM, THE PEER
PRESSURE, ONE-UPMANSHIP,
CONFORMITY, SEGREGATION,
NEPOTISM, BULLYING, ELITISM, AND
JUST GENERAL ASSHOLERY.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
BOAT SHOES, FOR EXAMPLE.
AND, HYPOCRISY.
FRATERNITY MISSION STATEMENTS
LOVE TO USE THE WORD
"GENTLEMAN."
IN THIS CURRENT JANE DOE CASE A
YOUNG WOMAN MADE A BAD DECISION,
AS 20-YEAR-OLDS DO, WHEN SHE
WENT TO A FRAT HOUSE DRUNK AND
DID KETAMINE, AND FOR THAT SHE
CLAIMS TO HAVE PAID A PRICE NO
WOMAN SHOULD HAVE TO PAY.
NO ONE WHO WASN'T THERE KNOWS
WHAT HAPPENED, BUT I DO KNOW
WHAT A GENTLEMAN IS.
A GENTLEMAN, GENTLEMEN, IS
SOMEONE WHO IN THAT SITUATION
DOESN'T EXPLOIT THE WOMAN, HE
SAVES HER.
THAT'S A GENTLEMAN.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
CHI PHI SAYS "OUR MISSION IS TO
BUILD BETTER MEN."
AND YOU THINK WE DO THAT BY
HAZING?
WHY ARE WE STILL ALLOWING THAT
IN 2026?
IN THIS CENTURY SO FAR, THERE
HAVE BEEN 128 COLLEGE HAZING
DEATHS.
DEATHS!
KIDS HAVE DIED FROM BEING
REPEATEDLY PUNCHED IN THE CHEST.
FROM HYPOTHERMIA, ALCOHOL
POISONING, TRAUMATIC BRAIN
INJURY, DEHYDRATION, DROWNING,
INHALING NITROUS OXIDE, ASPHYXIA
CAN YOU IMAGINE IF A PLACE OF
EMPLOYMENT MADE THE CONDITION
FOR A NEW JOB THAT YOU HAD TO
FIRST, I DON'T KNOW, EAT
MAYONNAISE OUT OF A TOILET?
OR BE LOCKED IN A COFFIN?
BUT PUT A BUNCH OF GUYS TOGETHER
IN MATCHING SWEATSHIRTS AND
SUDDENLY IT'S, "RELAX, IT'S A
TRADITION, IT'S COOL BECAUSE THE
OLDER GUYS DID IT TO US!"
YOU KNOW WHAT AN ELEPHANT WALK
IS?
WELL, THERE'S NO HARD EVIDENCE
BUT LOTS OF RUMORS THAT THIS
GOES ON WHEN YOU'RE "RUSHING" A
FRAT-- IT'S WHERE ALL THE GUYS
WALK IN LINE NAKED WITH THEIR
THUMB UP THE ASS OF THE GUY IN
FRONT OF THEM.
YOU KNOW, FOR BONDING.
YOU KNOW HOW MY FRIENDS AND I
BONDED?
BY MAKING FUN OF FRAT GUYS.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
IT WAS A GREAT WAY TO MAKE
FRIENDS, THE TYPE YOU CAN LOOK
IN THE EYE LATER IN LIFE WITHOUT
THINKING ABOUT THE TIME THEY HAD
THEIR THUMB UP YOUR ASS.
[APPLAUSE]
FOR PLACES THAT ARE SO WOKE,
COLLEGES FOSTER A LOT OF SHITTY
BEHAVIOR.
SPEAKING OF WHICH, AS LONG AS
WE'RE GETTING RID OF
FRATERNITIES, LET'S THROW IN THE
SORORITIES TOO, THEY'RE JUST
BITCH FACTORIES PRODUCING THE
"KARENS" OF TOMORROW.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
THEY ALSO TAKE THE BAD
INCLINATIONS OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR,
IN THIS CASE FEMALE BEHAVIOR,
AND MAKE IT WORSE: CLIQUES,
POPULARITY CONTESTS,
MEAN-GIRLISM, SOCIAL CLIMBING,
INSECURITY, BACKSTABBING, BODY
SHAMING.
"WE TOOK A VOTE AND DECIDED YOUR
THIGHS ARE JUST NOT KAPPA KAPPA
THETA MATERIAL, SORRY."
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
HAVE YOU SEEN THOSE SORORITY
RECRUITMENT VIDEOS?
40 STRIPPERS-- I'M SORRY, I
MEAN CO-EDS-- DOING A
SYNCHRONIZED DANCE IN FRONT OF A
MANSION.
WHAT MAJOR IS THIS?
IF THIS WERE MY DAUGHTER, I'D
SAY "I'M GLAD YOU'VE FOUND
FRIENDS AT TIKTOK UNIVERSITY,
HONEY, BUT GIVE ME BACK MY 80
GRAND."
IT'S FUNNY, IN 2023 WHEN THE
SUPREME COURT RULED THAT
COLLEGES CAN'T USE RACE-BASED
ADMISSIONS ANYMORE, THE
COUNTER-ARGUMENT FROM
UNIVERSITIES WAS "HOW CAN YOU,
DIVERSITY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING WE DO HERE!"
THEN WHY ALL THE SEGREGATED
HOUSING ON CAMPUSES?
CORNELL HAS "PROGRAM HOUSES" FOR
EVERY IDENTITY GROUP: BLACK,
HISPANIC, NATIVE AMERICAN,
GAY-- WHICH IS REALLY CRAZY
BECAUSE, AS WE'VE SEEN, YOU
DON'T NEED A GAY FRATERNITY,
FRATERNITIES ARE ALREADY
GAY.
HARVARD SAID "DIVERSITY AND
DIFFERENCE ARE ESSENTIAL TO
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE."
RIGHT, DIVERSITY AND DIFFERENCE
ARE ESSENTIAL-- NOW, IF YOU'LL
EXCUSE ME, I'LL BE JOINING A
HOUSE WITH 40 PEOPLE WHO LOOK
EXACTLY LIKE ME.
NO, COLLEGE IS SUPPOSED TO BE
WHERE YOU GO TO EXPOSE YOUR MIND
TO NEW IDEAS, AND TO DRUGS THAT
GIVE YOU EVEN NEWER IDEAS.
DON'T CODDLE THE KIDS AND PUT
THEM WHERE THEY'RE MOST
COMFORTABLE, WITH THE SAME
PEOPLE THEY GREW UP WITH IN
THEIR HOME TOWNS.
YOUR ROOMMATE SHOULD BE SOMEONE
WHOSE FOOD SMELLS WEIRD TO YOU
FOR THE FIRST THREE WEEKS, AND
BY THANKSGIVING YOU'RE
AT HIS HOUSE EATING IT.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
MAKE THE ATHEIST HAVE A MORMON
ROOMMATE.
GIVE THE REPUBLICAN A LESBIAN.
AND GIVE THE RICH KID SOMEBODY
WHO HAS A JOB.
ALL RIGHT, THAT'S OUR SHOW.
WE'RE OFF NEXT WEEK AND BACK ON
THE 23RD.
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AND MICHAEL DOUGLAS.
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