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♪
>> Announcer: START THE CLOCK.
♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: THANK YOU, PEOPLE.
HOW ARE YOU?
HOW ARE YOU DOWN THERE?
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
ALL RIGHT.
PLEASE.
THERE'S SO MUCH TO GET INTO
TODAY.
IT'S FOUR DAYS BEFORE THE
ELECTION.
ARE YOU EXCITED ABOUT THAT?
THE ELECTION.
EVERYTHING'S COMING OUT.
THE NEW YORK TIMES.
WE'VE HEARD THIS FOR YEARS THEY
SAY THERE'S EVIDENCE NOW THAT
REPRESENTATIVE ILHAN OMAR OF
MINNESOTA MAY HAVE IN FACT
MARRIED HER BROTHER WHICH IS
HURTING HER A LOT IN MINNESOTA.
IN WEST VIRGINIA THE APPROVAL
RATINGS ARE OFF THE CHARTS.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW.
ALL THIS.
YOU SAW THE ONE IN ALASKA.
YOU SEE HOW THAT RACE IS GOING
WITH DAN SULLIVAN AND
DAN J. SULLIVAN.
THE DEMOCRATS.
YEAH, DIRTY TRICK.
IT'S LEGAL, OKAY.
THEY ALL DO IT.
DAN SULLIVAN'S A SENATOR.
HE'S A. REPUBLICAN SO YOU'VE GOT
A GUY NAMED DAN SULLIVAN.
THE REPUBLICANS ARE ARE
OUTRAGED.
THEY SAID THIS WOULD NEVER
HAPPEN IF GEORGE W. BUSH OR
GEORGE H.W. BUSH WAS PRESIDENT.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
AND YOU KNOW IT'S GETTING NASTY.
THERE'S 160 DIFFERENT CAMPAIGN
ADS NOW THAT ARE MENTIONING
JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
THEY SAY HE'S A PEDOPHILE.
THEY SAY HE PARTIED WITH TRUMP.
EPSTEIN?
WHAT KIND OF NAME IS THAT.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
BUT THE BIG SCANDAL OF COURSE IS
WHAT OBAMA SAID.
HE WAS CAMPAIGNING AND HE SAID
THE WHITE HOUSE LOOKS LIKE
SADDAM HUSSEIN WHO IS A FASCIST
DICTATOR WHO GASSED HIS OWN
PEOPLE WAS RUNNING A CHEESECAKE
FACTORY.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
AND THE REPUBLICANS ALL SAID
LEAVE THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY OUT
OF THIS.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
WELL, I MEAN.
I SHOULD KNOW.
I JUST HAD DINNER THERE.
I HEAR IT WENT WELL.
WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD?
NO, DID YOU SEE THE 1300 WORD
TWEET HE SENT OUT?
LONGEST EVER.
KIND OF A FLEX.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
I TELL YOU.
DINING AT THE WHITE HOUSE IS THE
OPPOSITE OF THE CHEESECAKE
FACTORY.
AFTER YOU LEAVE THEY REVIEW YOU.
I MEAN.
[APPLAUSE]
HE WENT OFF ON ME LIKE
KELLY CLARKSON IN A TOY STORE.
[LAUGHTER]
EATING WITH TRUMP WAS LIKE
DATING TAYLOR SWIFT.
IT'S A LOT OF LAUGHS AT THE TIME
BUT IN TIME THEY ARE TEARING YOU
A NEW ASSHOLE.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
I HAVE IT HERE.
LOOK I DON'T WANT IT TO BE THIS
WAY.
THIS WHOLE POINT OF HAVING THESE
DINNERS.
IT IS A LITTLE LONG.
THE WHOLE POINT OF HAVING THESE
DINNERS WAS TALK.
DISAGREE, BUT LISTEN WHICH HE
DOES IN PERSON.
DON'T HATE EACH OTHER.
THEN I GO BACK TO MY JOB HERE
AND THEN THE HEARTACHES BEGIN.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO REFUTE
EVERYTHING BUT I DO HAVE TO
ADDRESS A FEW OF THE
ALLEGATIONS.
IT BEGINS.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE COMPLETE
AND TOTAL LOSER BILL MAHER.
YOU GOT ME THERE.
OKAY.
I WILL OWN THAT.
WHEN I HAVE WATCHED THE SHOW
WHICH ISN'T OFTEN, IT ALWAYS
ENDS WITH DISHONESTY ABOUT
ME BUT WHO CARES?
"YEAH, WHO CARES?
THREE PAGES, WHO CARES.
THIS IS WHAT ME OFF.
HE DOESN'T EVEN NOTICE WHAT I
SAY.
HE DOESN'T THINK IT'S A GOOD
THING.
HE'S TALKING ABOUT ME.
TO TAKE THE NUCLEAR WEAPON AWAY
FROM IRAN WHICH SHOWS YOU THAT
HE'S NOT VERY SMART.
DONE, CAN I SHOW YOU SOMETHING?
WE BOMBED IRAN AND IT'S GOING ON
NOW.
YOU EXPECT ME TO SAY I HATE IT?
I DON'T.
I WAS FOR THE SHOT AT IRAN TO
TAKE OUT THIS REGIME.
YOU SAW THAT WITH IRAN WHICH I
THOUGHT WAS A NECESSARY THING TO
TRY.
ONE PEOPLE OF THE LUNATIC LEFT
WHO'S GLAD YOU HIT IRAN.
AM I SMART NOW?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
PAGE 2.
HE TALKS ABOUT HOW I CALLED HIM
INCESSANTLY.
I'VE NEVER CALLED YOU.
YOU'VE CALLED ME.
I'D BE AFRAID TO CALL YOU.
YOU'RE THE PRESIDENT.
I THINK YOU'RE TOO BUSY.
WELL, PLAINLY NOT.
HE'S TALKING ABOUT ME.
HE INVITED HIMSELF TO THE WHITE
HOUSE.
AS IF YOU COULD DO THAT.
SIR, BILL MAHER IS HERE.
WELL, HE'S NOT INVITED BUT.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING.
BILL WAS VERY NERVOUS.
HE ASKED FOR A DRINK.
HE WAS VERY INSECURE.
HE HAD A SERIOUSLY BRUISED EYE
AND NOSE AREA.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
THERE ARE PICTURES OF IT THAT
YOU GAVE ME!
I DON'T HAVE IT!
IT'S IN THE PICTURES!
AND THEN THIS.
I WANT TO TELL BILL AT THIS
DINNER THAT HE'S A MAJOR.
[LAUGHTER]
WELL.
I GUESS THE CAT IS OUT OF THE
BAG NOW.
BOY, THAT EXPLAINS A LOT.
I THOUGHT I WAS JUST HAPPY.
HE LOOKED LIKE HELL THIS TIME.
BILL WAS AND HAD ALCOHOL IN HIS
HAND.
THAT YOU GAVE ME.
AS HE WALKED THROUGH THE WHITE
HOUSE.
I LOVE THIS.
OVER ALL I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD
MEETING.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
I UNDERSTAND HE'S DOING HIS
THING.
I NEVER TOOK IT PERSONALLY.
[LAUGHTER]
HE'S NOT A NICE GUY.
AND WHAT HE SPOUTS ISN'T WHAT HE
BELIEVED.
HE HAS TO CATER TO HIS BASE
WHICH IS MOSTLY COMPOSED OF
LOSERS.
THAT WOULD BE YOU ASSHOLES.
ALL RIGHT, WE'VE GOT A GREAT
SHOW.
KID ROCK AND JIM VANDEHEI ARE
HERE, BUT FIRST.
HE'S A REPUBLICAN SENATOR FROM
TEXAS AND AUTHOR OF
"GOING FURTHER: THE INCOMPARABLE
CLARENCE THOMAS": SENATOR
TED CRUZ.
IS OVER HERE!
ALL RIGHT!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
SENATOR, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
♪
ALL RIGHT.
SO.
THERE WAS NO PRESSURE ON YOU TO
COME HERE WAS THERE?
>> NONE WHATSOEVER.
BY THE WAY, THAT WAS FUNNY AS
HELL.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING
NOT TO FIGHT.
I'M NOT.
I COULD BE MEANER.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S
POSSIBLE.
>> Bill: ALL RIGHT BUT WE ONLY
HAVE A LIMITED TIME.
I WANT TO GET YOUR BOOK IT'S
IMPORTANT TO YOU.
LOOK, I GOT IT LATE.
I'M NOT GOING TO LIE AND SAY I
HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO READ IT.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU WHAT I THINK
IS A GOOD PLUG.
I WANT TO READ IT AND I'LL TELL
YOU WHY BECAUSE I DON'T TRUST
ANYBODY.
MY WHOLE LIFE I'VE BEEN HEARING
CLARENCE THOMAS IS A HUGE
ASSHOLE.
I'VE BEEN HEARING HE NEVER
SPEAKS.
HE MUST BE RETARDED.
ALL THESE THINGS.
SOMEBODY HE GOES DUCK HUNTING
WITH, HE'S CORRUPT.
I DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING.
MAYBE THAT'S OLD TRUTH.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO TELL ME IN
THIS BOOK THAT MAKES ME THINK
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I WAS BEING LED ASTRAY?
>> AUTOBIOGRAPHY THAT TELLS HIS
LIFE STORY.
I ADMIRE HIM.
PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHO HE IS,
PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HIS STORY.
HE WAS BORN 1948 SO THREE YEARS
AFTER WORLD WAR II.
BORN IN ABJECT POVERTY IN RURAL
GEORGIA.
ENGLISH WAS NOT HIS FIRST
LANGUAGE.
HE SPOKE A DIALECT, HE WAS ON
COASTAL ISLAND.
HE SPOKE DIALECT CALLED GEECHEE.
HE LIVED IN A TENEMENT WITH HIS
MOM WITHOUT INDOOR PLUMBING.
HE WAS RAISED BY HIS
GRANDPARENTS.
VERY STRICT DISCIPLINE.
HE FACED MASSIVE RACISM.
YOU KNOW, HE WAS BORN AND GREW
UP BEFORE
- BROWN v. - BOARD OF EDUCATION IN
A TIME OF SEGREGATED SCHOOLS.
HE WENT TO SEMINARY AND HE
STUDIED TO BE A PRIEST.
AND HE ENDED UP GETTING
DISILLUSIONED WITH THE CHURCH
AND IN PARTICULAR OVER RACE AND
CIVIL RIGHTS THAT HE DIDN'T
THINK THE CHURCH WAS SPEAKING UP
ENOUGH AGAINST SEGREGATION,
AGAINST DISCRIMINATION.
A STORY THAT I TELL IN THE BOOK
WHEN HE WAS IN SEMINARY AND THIS
IS WHEN HE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL.
HE DID SEMINARY FOR HIGH SCHOOL
AND COLLEGE.
A KID PASSED HIM THE NOTE.
ONE OF ONLY TWO BLACK KIDS IN
THE SEMINARY.
A KID PASSED HIM A NOTE THAT
SAID I LIKE MARTIN LUTHER KING.
AND HE TURNS THE PAPER OVER AND
ON THE BACK IT SAYS DEAD.
THAT'S THE KIND OF ENVIRONMENT
HE WAS IN AND HE ENDED UP
GETTING ANGRY.
HE WITHDREW FROM SEMINARY, HE
GOT ANGRY AT GOD AND THE CHURCH.
AND HE WENT ACROSS FOR COLLEGE
WHERE HE BECAME A LEFT WING
RADICAL.
CLARENCE THOMAS'S JOURNEY.
WHEN HE WAS IN COLLEGE, HE WORE
CAMO PANTS AND ARMY BOOTS, HE
HAD A POSTER OF MALCOLM X. ON
THE WALL.
HE WENT TO BLACK PANTHER
RALLIES, HE WAS PART OF A RIOT
AND BARBARIC SQUARE.
WHEN I TRIED TO DO IN THE BOOK
IS TRACE HIS PERSONAL JOURNEY.
THERE'S NO JUSTICE THAT HAS NOT
COME FROM ABJECT POVERTY TO THE
PINNACLE OF AMERICAN LAW, BUT
ALSO TRACES IDEOLOGICAL JOURNEY
FROM AN ANGRY LEFT WING RADICAL
TO ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
CONSERVATIVE THINKERS TO HAVE
EVER LIVED.
AND FINALLY TODAY
CLARENCE THOMAS IS THE SECOND
LONGEST SERVING SUPREME COURT
JUSTICE IN HISTORY WITHIN ABOUT
A YEAR AND A HALF HE'LL BECOME
THE LONGEST SERVING JUSTICE EVER
TO SERVE ON THE COURT.
SO I TRY IN THE BOOK TO TAKE HIS
OPINIONS AND MAKE HIM
UNDERSTANDABLE, MAKE HIM SO YOU
DON'T HAVE TO BE A LAWYER OR
EXPERT.
BUT I TELL THE STORY SO THAT IT
IS FUN, IT'S INTERESTING, SO YOU
KNOW WHO HE IS.
I SAT WITH HIM FOR 9.5 HOURS TO
DO ONE ON ONE INTERVIEWS.
>> Bill: IN THE COURT, Y NO.
>> THAT'S ACTUALLY THE OPENING
CHAPTER OF THE BOOK AND THERE'S
LOTS OF DIFFERENT THEORIES.
HOW ON THE LEFT HE'S BEEN
DEMONIZED AND VILIFIED.
WHETHER REPORTERS OR PROFESSORS
OR OTHERS THAT SAID HE'S TOO
STUPID TO SPEAK.
THAT'S WHY HE DIDN'T SPEAK.
OTHERS SAID IT'S BECAUSE ENGLISH
WAS NOT HIS FIRST LANGUAGE AND
HE WAS RELUCTANT TO SPEAK.
SO WHAT'S INTERESTING I ASKED
HIM THAT AND I ARGUED NINE TIMES
IN FRONT.
THAT I CAN TELL YOU THAT NINE
TIMES HE ARGUED HE NEVER ASKED
ME A SINGLE QUESTION.
I ALWAYS HAD A THEORY WHICH WAS
THAT THE OTHER JUSTICES ASKED
TONS OF QUESTIONS.
AND HE IS SOMEONE WHO'S VERY
SYSTEMATIC AND HE WANTS TO
LISTEN TO THE ARGUMENTS.
HE'LL ASK A QUESTION IF HE HAS
ONE BUT HE ALWAYS FELT THE OTHER
JUSTICES WERE SHOWING OFF A
LITTLE BIT.
THEY WERE ASKING TOO MANY
QUESTIONS AND INTERRUPTING THE
ARGUMENT.
HE WANTED TO SIT BACK AND THINK.
WHAT'S INTERESTING NOW WHEN
COVID HAPPENED THEY CHANGED HOW
ARGUMENTS HAPPENED.
IT USED TO BE YOU STOOD AT THE
PODIUM AND THE JUSTICES PEPPERED
QUESTIONS AT YOU.
NOW THEY SET IT UP SO EACH
JUSTICE HAS A PERIOD TO ASK
QUESTIONS AND TODAY
CLARENCE THOMAS ASKED LOTS OF
QUESTIONS BECAUSE IT'S NO LONGER
HIS COLLEAGUES DOMINATING--
>> Bill: ALL RIGHT.
SO I'M GOING TO READ THE BOOK,
FIND OUT WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU.
MAYBE YOU'LL CHANGE MY MIND ON
HIS POLITICS.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE ME ON
ANITA HILL BECAUSE I BELIEVE
HER.
I DO.
LOOK--
[APPLAUSE]
THE IDEA, I MEAN THE ESSENTIAL
PREMISE OF POLITICS THAT
GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS INTENDED TO
HELP BLACK PEOPLE ACTUALLY MAKE
THEM SUBSERVIENT.
THAT'S WORTH LOOKING AT.
THE OTHER THING COME ON.
HE WAS A LOVELY GUY.
PUBIC HAIR ON THE AND?
WHO COULD MAKE THAT UP?
>> LOOK, THERE'S A LOT OF
TRIBALISM IN AMERICA WHERE IF
YOU'RE ON ONE TEAM AND YOU THINK
THE OTHER TEAM'S TERRIBLE AND
VICE VERSA.
>> Bill: NO, JUST HIM.
ON THIS ONE ISSUE.
ON THIS ONE THING.
I DO.
I'M JUST TALKING THIS ONE THING.
AND AGAIN I WASN'T THERE.
YOU NEVER KNOW.
NOBODY WILL EVER KNOW.
>> CAN I POINT OUT AT THAT TIME
TWO-THIRDS OF AMERICANS
DISAGREED WITH YOU?
>> Bill: WHO GIVES A SHIT?
>> I'LL TELL YOU WHO CARES.
SO WHAT HAPPENED, THE COUNTRY
WATCHED ANITA HILL TESTIFY.
THEY WATCHED HIM RESPOND TO IT.
HE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED
THIS IS A DEMOCRAT SENATE THAT
CONFIRMED CLARENCE THOMAS.
>> Bill: THEY WERE DIFFERENT.
>> THEY WERE DIFFERENT BUT AT
THE TIME PEOPLE WATCHED AND BY
2-1 MARGIN THE PEOPLE WATCHING
SAID I BELIEVE THAT GUY AND I
WILL MAKE THIS POINT.
IF YOU LOOK AT PUBLIC LIFE AS
SEXUAL PREDATORS AND THERE HAVE
BEEN SADLY TOO MANY IN THE
POLITICAL WORLD.
TYPICALLY SOMEONE DOESN'T DO IT
JUST ONCE.
IF THEY'RE A SEXUAL PREDATOR,
THERE'S A PATTERN OF IT OVER THE
YEARS.
>> Bill: MAYBE HE DID IT AND
OTHER PEOPLE DIDN'T COME
FORWARD?
OKAY.
WE'LL NEVER KNOW.
I JUST WANT TO SAY TO GIVE ME
SOME STANDING IN THIS I THOUGHT
THE BRETT KAVANAUGH THING WAS
BULLSHIT.
SO IT'S NOT JUST PARTIZAN.
>> I ACTUALLY CONNECTED THOSE
TWO.
THE BRETT KAVANAUGH HEARINGS I
WAS ON THE SENATE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE AND I ACTUALLY
DESCRIBE WHEN THE ALLEGATIONS
CAME OUT AGAINST BRETT KAVANAUGH
WITH A MEETING ALL THE SENATE
REPUBLICANS.
BY THE WAY IN BOTH INSTANCES THE
DEMOCRATS HAD THE ALLEGATIONS
WEEKS AHEAD OF TIME.
THEY DIDN'T RELEASE THEM AND
THEY RELEASED THEM ON THE EVE OF
THE VOTE TO TRY TO SANDBAG THE
NOMINEE.
BUT WHAT I DESCRIBED IS SOME OF
MY REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES SAID WE
ARE NOT GOING TO HEAR THE
ALLEGATIONS.
LET'S GO FORWARD.
AND LOOK THAT'S NUTS.
BRETT KAVANAUGH IS NOT GETTING
CONFIRMED UNLESS THE SAME THING
THAT HAPPENS WITH
CLARENCE THOMAS HAPPENS WITH HIM
WHICH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE NEED
TO HEAR HIS ACCUSER AND THEY
NEED TO HEAR HIM AND MAKE A
JUDGMENT.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE LISTEN TO
THE TWO OF THEM AND SAY THEY
BELIEVE HIM THAT'LL IT'LL GET
CONFIRMED.
>> Bill: WE HAVE AN ELECTION
COMING UP.
ARE YOU CONFIDENT THAT IT'S
GOING TO GO FAIR AND SQUARE?
I REMEMBER WHEN YOU WON IOWA
AGAINST TRUMP IN 2016.
THE FIRST THING HE SAID IS YOU
CHEATED.
IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LITTLE
PATTERN.
[LAUGHTER]
THAT WHEN HE LOSES HE JUST SAYS
THE VOTE ISN'T THERE.
[LAUGHTER]
THAT'S WHERE YOUR PARTY IS NOW.
ARE YOU GOING TO FIGHT AGAINST
THAT?
>> LOOK, TO BE FAIR.
THE DEMOCRAT PARTY IS THERE TOO.
I ALSO PART OF GEORGE W. BUSH'S
CAMPAIGN WHEN AL GORE BROUGHT
LITIGATION CHALLENGING FLORIDA
IN 2000--
>> Bill: FOR A GOOD REASON.
>> WHY, HE LOST?
>> Bill: THE SUPREME COURT
SAID HE LOST.
>> SO DID EVERY TOWN IN THE
COUNTY BALLOTS--
>> Bill: THEY STOPPED.
THEY STOPPED COUNTING THE
BALLOTS BECAUSE THE
SUPREME COURT TOLD THEM TO.
>> I WAS PART OF THE LITIGATION
TEAM SO I WAS IN FLORIDA 36 DAYS
LITIGATING--
>> Bill: LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT
THE FLORIDA ELECTION.
LET'S TALK ABOUT YOU CAME AS A
TEA PARTY GUY.
WE HAVE TO STOP THE
OUT-OF-CONTROL SPENDING.
HOW'S THAT GOING?
>> NOT WELL.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
LOOK, BOTH PARTIES ARE A
TRAIN WRECK ON SPENDING.
>> Bill: BUT YOUR PARTY IS
SUPPOSED TO BE THE ONE--
>> WE ARE.
I JOKED WE SHOULD MAKE A
BUMPER STICKER THAT SAYS
"REPUBLICANS:WE WASTE LESS."
YOU HAVE A MULTI-TRILLION DOLLAR
SPENDING BILL YOU'LL GET EVERY
DEMOCRAT AND HALF THE
REPUBLICANS.
THERE'S ABOUT 20 OF US WHO WILL
VOTE "NO."
I PRAY THAT CHANGES.
WHAT WE ARE DOING TO OUR KIDS IS
IRRESPONSIBLE AND WRONG.
RIGHT NOW A SUPERMAJORITY OF THE
SENATE WANTS TO KEEP DONATING.
>> Bill: I NOTICED THAT TRUMP
IS GOING AFTER JAMES COMEY FOR
THE THIRD TIME.
THE FIRST TIME WAS BECAUSE HE
WAS ON A BEACH.
AND HE PUT OUT YOU KNOW THIS
STORY.
HE WROTE IN SEASHELLS,
SEASHELLS, TED.
47-86 MEANING TRUMP THE 47, THEY
TRIED TO SAY IT WAS LIKE HE
WANTED TO KILL HIM OR SOMETHING?
I JUST WANT TO ASK THE AUTHOR OF
"JUSTICE CORRUPTED" WHAT YOU
THINK OF THIS?
>> I WILL SAY I THOUGHT IT WAS
LOOK, THE CASE WILL GO ANYWHERE
OR NOT.
IT WAS PRETTY ASTONISHING FOR A
FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE FBI TO
SAY TO 86 SOMEONE IS NOT TO GET
RID OF THEM.
IT'S TO KILL THEM.
>> Bill: NO, IT ISN'T.
WHERE DID YOU EVER HEAR THAT?
>> FROM EVERY MOB MOVIE I'VE
EVER WATCHED.
I DON'T GENERALLY SPEAKING IN
THE TERMS OF 86 SEEING SOMEONE.
AND EVERY PERSON WHO SAW--
>> Bill: WAIT, WO, WO.
I'VE WATCHED ALL THE MOB MOVIES
TOO.
THEY DON'T SAY 86, THEY SAY
WHACK A GUY.
THEY SAY HE'S GONE.
>> HE SLEEPS WITH THE FISHES.
>> Bill: DID YOU TAKE CARE OF
THAT THING?
YEAH, WE 86 TIM
>> OKAY.
HE DIDN'T SAY ABRUZZI SLEEPS
WITH THE FISH SO THAT'S AT LEAST
SOMETHING.
>> Bill: BUT DO YOU ACTUALLY
THINK JAMES COMEY WAS TRYING TO
FOMENT A PLOT TO ACTUALLY
ASSASSINATE TRUMP?
THAT WAS A MESSAGE IN SEASHELLS
TO THE ASSASSINS?
>> I CAN TELL YOU I DON'T THINK
I'VE EVER SEEN THE HEAD OF AN
FBI OR FORMER FBI CALLING FOR
KILLING A PRESIDENT.
THIS IS A PRESIDENT WHO HAS HAD
TWO ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS.
HE WAS SHOT SO IT'S NOT A MILD
THING.
SO LOOK.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE CASE WILL GO
ANYWHERE BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS
DISGUSTING FOR THE HEAD OF THE
FBI/LISTEN.
I AGREED WITH BARACK OBAMA.
I DISAGREE WITH JOE BIDEN.
I NEVER ADVOCATED VIOLENCE
AGAINST BOTH OF THEM AND THERE'S
TOO MUCH VIOLENCE IN OUR
POLITICAL SYSTEM.
THERE'S A CULTURE OF VIOLENCE
AND SO WHAT I THOUGHT
JAMES COMEY DID WAS DISGUSTING.
>> Bill: I THOUGHT IT WAS A
BIT OF A STRETCH BUT LET'S AGREE
TO DISAGREE.
I'M ALWAYS HAPPY THAT YOU'RE
WILLING TO COME ON THE SHOW AND
TALK TO ME.
>> LOOK BILL, EVERY DAY I FIND
MYSELF AGREEING WITH YOU MORE
AND MORE AND I DON'T KNOW IF
THAT SCARES ME MORE OR YOU MORE
BUT I'M GLAD TO BE HERE AND I'VE
NEVER HAD A PUMPKIN HEAD WITH MY
FACE ON IT.
>> Bill: TED, THANK YOU.
SENATOR TED CRUZ.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, TED.
LET'S MEET OUR PANEL.
ALL RIGHT.
HEY!
ALL RIGHT, HERE THEY ARE.
HE'S THE CO-FOUNDER AND
CEO OF AXIOS WHO CO-WROTE THE
BOOK "SIMPLIFY: DO 50% MORE WITH
50% LESS": JIM VANDEHEI.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
HE'S A GIANT ROCKSTAR
WHOSE NEW ALBUM IS CALLED
"HALFWAY 2 JESUS": KID ROCK.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
ALL RIGHT COME ON BOYS COME ON
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE
IT'S ELECTION SEASON.
LAST CHANCE TO GO ON THE RECORD
AND MAKE OUR PREDICTION.
LET'S DO IT BECAUSE YOU KNOW
AFTER THIS IT'LL JUST BE
HISTORY.
I'M STICKING WITH MY PREDICTION
THAT THIS WILL BE A HISTORIC
THUMPING OF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY.
I'VE HEARD A LOT RECENTLY THAT
SAID OH, NO.
LET'S NOT COUNT OUR CHICKENS.
WELL I'M COUNTING OUR CHICKENS.
PEOPLE ARE VERY, VERY MAD AT THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY IN THE TRUMP
PRESIDENCY AND THIS IS THEIR WAY
I SEE FOX NEWS VIEWERSHIP IS
DOWN 27%.
THAT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT THE
ENTHUSIASM GOING ON IN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY.
KANSAS, THEY HAVE NOT ELECTED A
REPUBLICAN SENATOR SINCE 1932
WHEN DOROTHY BEAT THE WITCH.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
THE DEMOCRAT IS UP BY TEN
POINTS.
WHAT'S YOUR PREDICTION?
>> I THINK I'M WITH YOU.
WITH THE CAVEAT IT'S A 50/50
COUNTRY WE ARE SURPRISED ALL THE
TIME BY EVERY SINGLE INDICATOR
PEOPLE ARE SO HACKED OFF AT THE
PRESIDENT AND REPUBLICANS.
YOU SEE TV RATINGS.
I SEE IT IN MY OWN FAMILY.
PEOPLE WHO REALLY LIKED TRUMP
AND REPUBLICANS.
THEY'RE PISSED OFF ABOUT THE
WAR, TARIFFS, I WOULD NOT BE
SURPRISED IF IT'S A BIG
LANDSLIDE.
THE FACT WE'VE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT KANSAS, GEORGIA, TEXAS.
PLACES THAT SHOULD BE IN PLAY.
EVEN OHIO, IOWA.
THESE ARE REALLY REPUBLICAN
STATES.
THE FACT THEY'RE IN PLAY SHOWS
SOMETHING IS IN THE AIR.
I'D RATHER IT BE DEMOCRAT THAN
REPUBLICAN.
>> FIRST OF ALL I THINK IT'S
VERY TOUGH-- I CAN LOOK AT THE
FIRST ELECTION WITH
HILLARY CLINTON.
I REMEMBER GOING TO BED THAT
NIGHT LIKE THERE'S NO WAY MY GUY
CAN WIN.
THERE'S NO WAY.
I WAS CONVINCED FROM THE MEDIA
IT COULDN'T HAPPEN.
SPEAKING OF THE MEDIA IT'S VERY
TOUGH.
THE ONLY TIME YOU HEAR ABOUT
THIS MAN'S WINS IS WHEN HE TELLS
YOU ABOUT THEM.
THINK ABOUT YOUR FAVORITE SPORTS
TEAM LIKE YOU JUST WOKE UP EVERY
DAY AND YOU SAW THE METS LOST.
THEY NEVER TOLD YOU THAT THEY
WON.
DO YOU EVER HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT
THE BOARD WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT
THE IRAN WAR WE.
WE DO NOT KNOW HOW THIS IS GOING
TO PLAY OUT.
WILL THIS BE GOOD FOR OUR
COUNTRY IN TEN YEARS?
TIME WILL BE THE ULTIMATE
DETERMINER.
I DON'T TRUST THE POLLS.
I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT MICHIGAN
ESPECIALLY MY FORMER HOME STATE.
I'M NOT SURE ABOUT TEXAS.
I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A
SHELLACKING.
IF IT'S NOT THAT'S KIND OF A
WIN.
YOU KNOW IF THEY DON'T LET TOO
MANY OF THE CRAZIES-- WHICH I
KNOW THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS NOT
HAPPY ABOUT.
I LOOK AT IT LIKE KIND OF THE
TRANS TRANS, GAY THING.
ALL MY GAY FRIENDS ARE NOT HAPPY
ABOUT THE TRANS PEOPLE COMING IN
BRINGING ALL THE BAGGAGE IN TO A
LOT OF MILESTONES THAT THEY'VE
MADE.
AND THE DEMOCRATS ARE LIKE MAN.
WE DIDN'T NEED THIS CRAZY
SOCIALIST IDEOLOGICAL CRAP
COMING IN EITHER.
BUT I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE THE
BACKBONE TO STAND UP TO THEM.
>> Bill: NO, THEY DON'T.
AS OF NOW WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS
WE WANT A BIG TENT.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS
ELECTION IS ABOUT.
THAT'S THE NEXT ELECTION.
THE NEXT ELECTION IS GOING TO BE
ABSOLUTELY ABOUT IS THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY A BIG ENOUGH
TENT TO HAVE THE SOCIALISTS
WHICH A LOT OF TIMES IT'S
ACTUALLY COMMUNIST.
HE'S NOT WRONG ABOUT THAT.
THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT
DONALD TRUMP AND THEY DO NOT
LIKE THE THINGS HE'S DONE.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN THERE.
BUT I THINK THEY FUCKED UP THE
EXECUTION OF IT AS I JUST
SHOWED.
WHY DID HE WRITE THAT I WAS
AGAINST HIM WHAT I COULD SHOW
THE TAPE THERE?
>> HE'S A PRETTY BUSY MAN.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE HAS TIME TO
FACT-CHECK.
[LAUGHTER]
IN REAL TIME.
>> Bill: I DON'T THINK HE'S
FACT-CHECKING.
PLUS HE SAID I WAS DRUNK.
I WAS NOT DRUNK.
OKAY.
>> YOU WERE PRETTY HIGH.
WERE YOU NOT PRETTY HIGH?
>> Bill: WE HAVE A GOOD TIME.
AND IT WAS FOUR HOURS RIGHT?
I HAD TO LEAVE EARLY BUT YES.
OKAY BUT HE SAYS IT WAS TWO
HOURS LIKE WHAT'S THE POINT?
>> TALKING ABOUT DINNER AND THE
WHOLE THING.
>> Bill: OKAY, YEAH, IT
DOESN'T MATTER.
BUT WHY CAN'T ANYONE JUST TAKE A
JOKE?
I THINK YOU HAVE A GREAT SENSE
OF HUMOR.
WE CAN JOKE WITH EACH OTHER.
OBAMA THIS WEEK WHEN HE SAID
SADDAM HUSSEIN-- WHAT WAS IT?
THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY.
DID YOU THINK THAT WAS FUNNY?
>> YEAH.
I'M LAUGHING AT IT.
THIS IS WHAT WE DO IN OUR
SOCIETY.
WE TAKE ONE THING THAT ONE
PERSON SAYS AND WE MAKE-- WHO
DOES THIS?
THE SCUMBAG MEDIA.
THEY POLARIZE EVERYBODY FOR A
CLICK AND VIEW BECAUSE IT'S THE
ADVERTISING DOLLARS.
>> Bill: THE REPUBLICANS WHO
ARE PRETENDING THAT THE
CHEESECAKE FACTORY IS NOW A CORE
VALUE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
>> THEY'VE DONE IT ON BOTH
SIDES.
>> Bill: ABSOLUTELY,
OF COURSE.
BUT THEY'RE PRETENDING THAT
OBAMA IS AN ELITIST.
DO YOU THINK OBAMA IS AN
ELITIST?
I REMEMBER WHEN HE WAS ON
"60 MINUTES" THAT TIME WITH
MICHELLE AND HE WAS TALKING
ABOUT WHEN THEY USED TO DATE AND
THE CAR HE PICKED HER UP IN HAD
A HOLE IN THE FLOOR OF THE CAR.
YOU COULD SEE THE ROAD WHEN
YOU'RE RIDING.
DID TRUMP EVER HAVE AN
EXPERIENCE LIKE THAT?
I JUST.
>> THAT DUDE LIKES McDONALD'S.
HE LIKES IT A LOT.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Bill: OKAY.
SO OBAMA WAS CAMPAIGNING FOR
EL-SAYED.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT ONE.
HE SAID THEY'LL USE LIES AND
FEAR AND DIVISION TO SUGGEST
YOU'RE A LESS DANGEROUS AND LESS
THAN TRUSTWORTHY AND LESS
PATRIOTIC AND AMERICAN THAN THEY
ARE.
WE'VE SEEN THIS MOVIE AND I
STARRED IN IT.
I'M GOING TO CALL BULLSHIT ON
THIS.
I THINK AS FAR AS THIS ISSUE
GOES ABOUT ISLAM IN AMERICA AND
MUSLIM, THE LEFT IS NAIVE AND
THE RIGHT IS HYSTERICAL.
HYSTERICAL.
I MEAN THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE
BEING SAID.
TRUMP SAID IF ABDUL AND THE
DEMOCRATS WIN, THEY'LL OPEN THE
FLOODGATES AND INVITE HORDES OF
JIHADISTS TO OUR SHORES CREATING
A NIGHTMARE OF VIOLENCE AND
TERROR UNTIL YOU CANNOT EVEN
HAVE A CHRISTMAS.
POLITICS.
YOU DON'T REALLY BELIEVE THAT DO
YOU?
I MEAN AGAIN, THEY ARE NAIVE ON
THE LEFT.
ON THIS ISSUE AND WE CAN GET
INTO THAT BUT THIS IS ALSO A
CRAZY.
>> CAN I TELL YOU ABOUT ABDUL
EL-SAYED?
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MUSLIM
BROTHERHOOD THING AND YES HIS
MOTHER IN THE '70s DIDN'T
RAISE HIM FAIR ENOUGH.
BUT THE OP ED HE WROTE WHEN HE
WAS IN COLLEGE WHICH BY THE WAY
I UNDERSTAND HIS EDUCATION WAS
FUNDED BY GEORGE SOROS.
IN COLLEGE SUPPORTING THE
EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT WHO WAS
ABSOLUTELY WITH THE MUSLIM
BROTHERHOOD AND EVEN CALLED ON
HIM TO PURGE THE POLICE AND THE
MEDIA.
IF THAT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR YOU, IN
THE LAST DEBATE IN MICHIGAN WITH
THE CANDIDATE MIKE ROGERS, THEY
WERE ASKED POINT BLANK WHO'S A
BIGGER THREAT TO AMERICA?
IRAN OR ISRAEL?
MIKE ROGERS, IRAN.
ABDUL ASKED HIM TWICE.
COULD NOT ANSWER THE QUESTION.
IF THAT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR YOU
THREW A BIG HELPING OF SOCIALISM
ON TOP.
PEOPLE TALK ABOUT ASSIMILATION
ALL THE TIME.
RIGHT?
THIS MAN VERY MUCH IS
ASSIMILATED.
GOOD EDUCATION, WELL-SPOKEN,
GOOD LOOKING GUY.
YOU KNOW WHO ELSE ASSIMILATED
WELL?
THE PIECES OF SHIT WHO FLEW
THOSE PLANES INTO OUR WORLD
TRADE CENTERS.
THIS IS HAPPENING ALL OVER THE
WORLD.
IT SCARES THE HILL OUT OF ME.
ISLAMIC EXTREMISM.
IS HE A WOLF IN SHEEP'S
CLOTHING?
IS HE WOLF IN WOLF'S CLOTHING?
>> Bill: NOT THAT IT MATTERS
SO MUCH BUT THE NINE OVER 11
HIJACKERS WERE NOT HERE
ASSIMILATED.
THEY WERE FROM SAUDI ARABIA.
[APPLAUSE]
YOUR POINT, I THINK YOU'RE
RIGHT.
HE WAS ASKED WHO'S THE BIGGER
THREAT TO AMERICA, IRAN OR
ISRAEL.
ISRAEL JUST HAD AN ELECTION.
YOU MAY NOT LIKE THE OUTCOME BUT
IT WAS A REAL ELECTION.
IRAN DOESN'T HAVE THOSE.
THEY SHOOT PROTESTERS IN THE
STREET.
YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO GET MY
VOTE IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND
THAT FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE.
>> RIGHT, BUT THERE'S A BIG
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ANTI-ISRAEL
AND THEN SAYING SOMEONE IS A
MEMBER OF THE MUSLIM
BROTHERHOOD.
>> Bill: CORRECT, I AGREE.
>> THAT THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE
AWAY CHRISTMAS BECAUSE THEY'RE A
TERRORIST IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING OR
WHATEVER THE LANGUAGE IS.
I THINK THAT'S THE STUFF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE HAD ENOUGH.
THIS STUFF WHERE YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY.
ABOUT MAKING THESE WILD
ACCUSATIONS.
THEY REALLY HAVE NOTHING TO DO
WITH THIS MOMENT IN HISTORY
WHICH IS IF YOU JUST STEP BACK
IT'S KIND OF A BIG MOMENT IN
HISTORY.
YOU HAVE THIS ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE REVOLUTION THAT'S
GOING TO CHANGE OUR LIVES THAN
ANY TECHNOLOGY THAN WE HAVE
SEEN.
YOU'VE GOT A RISE IN CHINA.
YOU'VE GOT A LIVE WAR IN THE
MIDDLE EAST.
YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE WHO ARE
SUFFERING, THEY HAVE TO PAY A
HELL OF A LOT MORE FOR THINGS
THAT SHOULD BE A HELL OF A LOT
CHEAPER AND THAT'S WHY PEOPLE
ARE SO SICK OF POLITICS IN
GENERAL.
WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE ELECTIONS
IS YOU'RE RIGHT.
DEMOCRATS WALK AWAY FROM THE
ELECTION SAYING PEOPLE LOVE
DEMOCRATS, THERE'S NOTHING,
NOTHING IN THE EVIDENCE THAT
SAYS PEOPLE LOVE DEMOCRATS BUT
THEY HATE REPUBLICAN MORE RIGHT
NOW.
THAT'S WHAT THE POLITICS HAS
BECOME.
PLUG YOUR NOSE AND LIKE WHO DO
YOU HATE SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THE
OTHER PARTY?
IF WE KEEP GOING THROUGH THIS
CYCLE YEAR AFTER YEAR, CYCLE
AFTER CYCLE, YOU JUST SIT IN
THIS 20 YEAR PERIOD WHERE WE ARE
NOT DOING THAT MUCH GOOD AT
GOVERNMENT BY EITHER PARTY.
IT'S PARALYSIS.
WE TALKED ABOUT SENATOR CRUZ
WITH HIS DAD.
LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF DEBT WE'VE
PILED UP PARTY AFTER PARTY.
THE ENTIRE PARTY THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY THAT SAYS WE
WANT SMALLER GOVERNMENT.
WHY THE HILL DO YOU KEEP GETTING
BIGGER GOVERNMENT?
YOU HAVE DEMOCRATS WHO ARE GOING
TO BEHAVE DIFFERENTLY AND ALL
THEY DO IS SPEND AS MUCH MONEY
BUT THEY PUT MORE SOCIAL
RESTRICTIONS ON HOW YOU SPEND
THE MONEY.
THEN PEOPLE ARE LIKE TO HELL
WITH IT.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: ALL RIGHT.
IT'S HALLOWEEN TOMORROW.
ARE YOU ALL EXCITED ABOUT
HALLOWEEN?
I WAS LOOKING TO BUY A COSTUME
THIS YEAR AND BOY I WAS
DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE YOU CANNOT
BUY A COSTUME OF A CELEBRITY
BECAUSE THEY WILL SUE YOU.
BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GO AS
SOMEBODY.
>> I WON'T.
>> Bill: LIKE YOU CAN'T GO AS
PRINCE.
YOU CAN'T BUY A COSTUME OF
PRINCE.
SO THEY PUT OUT THINGS CALLED
LIKE THE "PURPLE ARTIST"
WINK-WINK.
THESE ARE REAL.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
YOU CAN'T BUY A MARILYN MONROE
COSTUME BUT YOU CAN GO AS THE
"HOLLYWOOD STARLET."
YOU CAN'T BUY A SUPER MARIO
COSTUME BUT YOU CAN GO AS THE
"RED PLUMBER GUY."
THOSE ARE ALL REAL.
THOSE AREN'T THE ONLY ONES.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR SOME
OTHERS?
I KNEW YOU WOULD.
FOR EXAMPLE.
YOU CAN'T GO AS MADONNA--
"TWERKING GRANNY."
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
YOU CAN'T GO AS MARK ZUCKERBERG
-- "FRIENDLESS MAYONNAISE BOY."
YOU CAN'T BUY A LINDSEY GRAHAM
COSTUME-- "GAY GHOST."
YOU CAN GO AS THAT.
YOU CAN'T BUY A AMBER HEARD
COSTUME, BUT "SEXY BED POOPER."
THEY WILL SELL YOU THAT.
LINDSAY CLANCY, BAD TASTE BUT I
GET IT, BUT YOU CAN GO AS
"MOODY NEW MOTHER."
YOU CAN'T BUY A KID ROCK, BUT
YOU CAN GO AS "BUD LIGHT
MARKSMAN."
MITCH McCONNELL, CAN'T GET
THAT COSTUME.
"BUFFERING LEGISLATOR."
YES.
YOU CAN'T BUY A BRITNEY SPEARS
BUT "KNIFE-JUGGLING MOM."
YES, THEY HAVE THAT.
YOU CAN'T GET PRINCE HARRY BUT
YOU CAN GO AS "GINGER FUCKFACE."
OKAY, SO.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BIGGER
ISSUE OF MAKING AMERICA GREAT
BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WHEN THE
PARTY THAT YOU'RE IN IS NOT IN
THE WHITE HOUSE, AMERICA IS
TOTAL SHIT.
AND THEN NOTHING REALLY CHANGES
THAT MUCH SOMETIMES IN YOUR LIFE
BUT SOMEHOW IN YOUR MIND THE
WORLD IS JUST TERRIBLE WHEN YOUR
PARTY IS OUT OF POWER.
WIRE JUST DID A STORY ABOUT
EXPATS, PEOPLE WHO JUST HAD
ENOUGH WITH THIS COUNTRY AND
THEY COULD NOT STAND IT ONE MORE
DAY WHEN TRUMP GOT ELECTED.
REMEMBER WHEN ALLEN MOVED
BRIEFLY?
THEN THEY HAVE BUYER'S REMORSE.
71% OF THE EXPATS SAID THEY LEFT
BECAUSE OF THE POLITICAL
CLIMATE" BUT WHAT THEY FOUND
WITH EXPATS IS BUYER'S
REMORSE.
THEY FOUND THAT IT REALLY WAS
NOT PARADISE OVER THERE AND THE
THINGS WE TAKE FOR GRANTED.
LIKE AIR CONDITIONING?
LIKE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
DIED IN EUROPE THIS SUMMER
BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE AIR
CONDITIONING.
THINGS LIKE DISHWASHERS WHICH WE
TAKE FOR GRANTED ARE KIND OF A
LUXURY OVER THERE.
WE SAW THIS WHEN WE HAD THE
SOCCER HERE REMEMBER IN THE
SUMMER AND ALL THE PEOPLE FROM
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
ALL OVER THE WORLD PEOPLE WERE
COMING AND LIKE LOSING THEIR
SHIT OVER OUR PIZZA.
SO YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT
THIS?
ABOUT CONVINCING PEOPLE TO NOT
HAVE THIS COGNITIVE DISSONANCE
BETWEEN YOUR ACTUAL LIFE AND
WHAT THE WORLD IS IN YOUR MIND
WHEN THE WRONG PARTY IS IN
POWER?
>> DON'T LOOK AT YOUR SCREEN.
THE TRUTH IS THIS IS MY BELIEF
ABOUT THE COUNTRY.
WHY I AM LONG TERM VERY
OPTIMISTIC.
IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR SCREEN OR
WATCH TV YOU WOULD THINK
EVERYBODY IS BATSHIT BATSHIT
CRAZY.
WHY?
BECAUSE THE ALGORITHMS ELEVATE
THE PEOPLE WHO SAY THE NUTTIEST
CRAZIEST WACKIEST THINGS.
THAT'S NOT THE COUNTRY.
THE COUNTRY IS LIKE 80% NORMAL.
THEY GO TO CHURCH THEY GO TO
LITTLE LEAGUE, THEY RAISE THEIR
KIDS, THEY'RE NORMAL PEOPLE WHO
DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THE RIGHT
REASONS AND THEY JUST DON'T SHOW
UP IN POLITICS.
THEY DON'T SHOW UP IN THEIR
SOCIAL MEDIA FEED, BUT IF YOU
LOOK THROUGHOUT HISTORY IN THE
COUNTRY THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO
REPAIR IT WHEN THE SMARTY PANTS
BREAK IT.
I DO THINK THAT'LL HAPPEN AGAIN.
I THINK THERE'S HAPPENING IN
POLITICS RIGHT NOW WHERE PEOPLE
JUST HAD IT.
THEY FEEL LIKE THEY KEEP BEING
TOLD THEY'RE GOING TO GET ONE
THING AND THEY GET SOMETHING
DIFFERENT.
AND THEY FEEL IT ABOUT BOTH
PARTIES.
YOU SEE THIS RISE IN PEOPLE WHO
DON'T WANT TO AFFILIATE WITH
EITHER PARTY.
THEY'VE JUST HAD IT AND THEY'VE
HAD IT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO LIVE
A NORMAL LIFE.
THEY WANT PEOPLE WHO CAN
CRITIQUE THE COUNTRY BUT LOVE
THE COUNTRY.
LIKE HOW THE HELL-- I THINK
ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME.
WHAT A GREAT COUNTRY.
I GREW UP IN OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN.
YOU GREW UP IN MICHIGAN.
WE ARE ABLE TO DO WHATEVER WE
WANT TO DO.
I WAS ABLE TO START COMPANIES,
MAKE MONEY, INTERVIEW PRESIDENTS
COME AND SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT,
NOT GO TO JAIL FOR DOING IT AND
WHAT OTHER COUNTRY CAN YOU DO
THAT?
>> Bill: THAT IS NOT WHAT A
LOT OF THE YOUNG LEFT THINKS.
>> NO, IT'S CRAZY.
>> Bill: THEY THINK WE NEED A
REVOLUTION.
THEY THINK THINGS ARE SO BAD--
I MEAN SITTING HOME, LETTING
PEOPLE BRING YOUR FOOD TO YOU.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PICK UP
YOUR PHONE AND HIT A FEW
BUTTONS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO SEE THEM.
>> I THINK YOU'RE SPOT ON.
I THINK IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH
THIS DEGREE IN.
ESPECIALLY SOCIAL MEDIA.
ESPECIALLY WITH YOUNG CHILDREN.
MY GRANDDAUGHTER.
IF YOU SCROLL ON THIS THING AND
IT STARTS FEEDING YOU THE
ALGORITHMS.
LIKE THIS IS NOT REAL.
NONE OF THIS IS REAL.
GIRLS LIVES COME ESPECIALLY IF
THEY'RE YOUNG ARE NOT THIS
GREAT.
THEY GET IN TROUBLE TOO.
THEY HAVE TO DO THEIR CHORES,
CLEAN UP THE DOG POOP OR
SOMETHING, I THINK THE OTHER
POINT IS LIKE DEMOCRATS NEVER
SCARE ME.
I THINK DIFFERENTLY.
I SUPPORT CONSERVATIVE VALUES.
ESPECIALLY FISCALLY.
WE ARE SOCIALLY LIBERAL.
BUT DEMOCRATS NEVER SCARED ME
BEING IN OFFICE AND UNTIL
RECENTLY WHEN ALL THE CRAZY
STUFF HAS POPPED UP.
I THINK BILL CLINTON LOVES THE
COUNTRY.
YOU KNOW I BELIEVE EVERYBODY--
NOW THE WHACK JOBS ARE COMING IN
LIKE WAIT A MINUTE EVEN IF THEY
DON'T HATE THE COUNTRY AS A
WHOLE THEY HATE A BIG PORTION OF
IT.
THEY ARE SPEWING THIS AND I
BELIEVE OUR TEACHERS HAVE BEEN A
BIG PROBLEM.
INDOCTRINATING THESE KIDS FOR A
LONG TIME NOW.
WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THE
FRUITION BEING RAISED UP BY THE
VICTIM AND EVERYTHING'S BAD AND
AMERICA IS JUST A BIG RACIST
PIECE OF SHIT COUNTRY.
BAD, BAD AMERICA AND WE ARE NOT
CELEBRATING WHAT MAKES US GREAT
WHICH ALL OF US BEING DIFFERENT
AND BEING TOGETHER.
BEING THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN
THE WORLD.
[APPLAUSE]
>> AND THAT'S A REAL PROBLEM.
IT'S MORE IN GENERAL LIKE WHAT
YOU'RE TAUGHT.
THE ENVIRONMENT, THE BUBBLE THAT
YOU'RE IN.
NOBODY'S APPRECIATING THE FACT
THAT TAKE ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE.
HERE, NOT CHINA.
CHINA IS FIVE TIMES OUR SIZE.
THEY'D LOVE TO HAVE THE
TECHNOLOGY.
WHY IS EVERY NEW INTERESTING
TECHNOLOGY CREATED HERE.
WHY DESPITE THE POLITICAL CROWD
YOU HAVE THE FASTEST GROWING AND
LARGEST ECONOMY?
WHY IS IT THAT EVERY COUNTRY IN
TROUBLE COMES TO US LOOKING FOR
HELP?
I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S
SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT THE
COUNTRY THAT 250 YEARS IN WE GET
A LOT MORE RIGHT THAN WRONG.
THERE IS THIS THING ABOUT OUR
BRAIN AND ABOUT THE MEDIA IN
GENERAL WHICH IS THIS NEGATIVITY
BIAS.
WE AMPLIFY BAD CRAFT.
WE DON'T SPEND ENOUGH TIME YEAH
WE DO BAD THINGS AND SOME PEOPLE
HAVE A BAD LOT IN LIFE.
FOR THE MOST PART WE ALWAYS DO
THE RIGHT THING EVENTUALLY.
WE MIGHT SCREW THINGS UP.
>> Bill: AND WE ACCENT THE
NEGATIVE.
I NOTICE A LOT OF THE
COMPLAINING ABOUT THE ECONOMY IS
THE MIDDLE CLASS HAS SHRUNK.
IT HAS.
McCARTHY NEVER MENTIONED IS
ONE REASON IT HAS IS BECAUSE THE
UPPER MIDDLE CLASS.
NOT THE SUPER RICH BUT THE UPPER
MIDDLE CLASS.
PEOPLE WHO CAN AFFORD FUCKING
DISNEYLAND AND TAYLOR SWIFT
TICKETS.
HAS GROWN ENORMOUSLY.
>> BUT NOBODY KNOWS IT.
WHAT YOU SAID IS A TRUE FACT
THAT THE REASON PEOPLE-- THAT
YOU HAVE FEWER PEOPLE IN THE
MIDDLE CLASS IS THEY'RE GETTING
RICHER AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE
CAN CELEBRATE.
>> Bill: AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN
THERE AREN'T PEOPLE WHO ARE LEFT
BEHIND--
>> WHAT ABOUT THE CORPORATIONS
THOUGH?
WHAT THEY DO WHICH WE SAW DURING
COVID.
THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE THEIR
MONEY ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
ONE DAY I SAT DOWN AND ATE A
WHOLE BAG OF POTATO CHIPS.
I ATE A WHOLE FREAKING BAG OF
POTATO CHIPS.
I WAS IN DRINKING OR NOTHING.
AND I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH AND
I'M LIKE THE CORE OF THE
IVY LEAGUE SCHOLARS WHO WORKED
FOR THE CORPORATIONS FOR
COCA-COLA.
THEY DON'T KNOW I'M MAKING
COCA-COLA.
THE THING IS TO SCREW WITH THE
CONSUMER.
THEY'RE PUTTING LESS IN THERE
AND SELLING IT AT THE SAME PRICE
TRYING TO MAKE THE MONEY BACK
FROM COVID.
I THINK THIS HAS A LOT TO DO
WITH THE FACT OF MIDDLE CLASS
PEOPLE ARE THE ONES BUYING THE
BULK OF THE PRODUCTS.
I COULD BE WRONG BUT THAT'S JUST
WHAT I KNOW HERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY KNOWS
BUT I AM NOT A SCHOLAR.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
I'M IN A BAND.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE HELL I'M
DOING HERE.
>> Bill: YOU'RE MAKING US
LAUGH.
THIS IS A ENTERTAINMENT SHOW ON
A ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK.
WE ARE VERY GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
YOUR PERFECT GUEST FOR HALLO
HALLOWEEN.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
AND YOU'RE MY FRIEND.
YOU SEEM VERY HIGH ON AI.
MUCH MORE THAN I AM.
YOU SEEM TO BE IN THE CAMP THAT
WE ARE WORRYING ABOUT THIS A
LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH?
>> NO.
I'M IN THE CAMP OF LIKE FULL
DISCLOSURE I MADE MYSELF A AI
LAB RAT.
I PULLED WAY MORE INTO THE
TECHNOLOGY MORE THAN ANYBODY
SHOULD BUT I WANT TO DO IT
BECAUSE I WANT TO LEAD MY
COMPANY AND TALK TO READERS
ABOUT IT.
ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS SOMEONE
WHO USES IT WE ARE GOING TO GO
THROUGH MORE CHANGE IN THE NEXT
18 MONTHS THAN WE HAVE IN THE
LAST 20 YEARS.
MY VIEW IS I'M A PRAGMATIST.
IF I HAVE TO RUN A COUNTRY AND
TEACH MY KIDS.
THIS TECHNOLOGY IS COMING.
BERNIE SANDERS IS WRONG.
YOU CAN'T UNPLUG IT AND PUT IT
BACK IN THE BOTTLE.
WHAT I WANT--
>> Bill: NO BUT YOU CAN
REGULATE IT.
>> YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
REGULATE IT.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: BUT THEY'RE NOT DOING
THAT.
>> THEY'RE NOT DOING IT RIGHT
NOW.
THEY MADE THE CHOICE THEY'RE NOT
GOING TO REGULATE IT AT ALL.
THEY WILL BECAUSE SOMETHING BAD
WILL HAPPEN AND THEN PEOPLE WILL
BE PISSED AND YOU HAVE TO
REGULATE IT BUT MY THING IS
PEOPLE NEED TO USE IT.
THEY NEED TO BE AWARE BECAUSE
THIS IS A TECHNOLOGY THAT'S
ALWAYS SEEPED INTO EVERY
INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, PHONE
SCREEN, HOME--
>> Bill:
♪
YOU MUST HAVE THOUGHTS ABOUT
THIS.
THEY CAN PUT OUT A KID ROCK SONG
NOW THAT'S ALMOST
INDISTINGUISHABLE.
>> THAT'S TO BE DETERMINED BUT
YOU KNOW.
WHO KNOWS WHERE THAT EAGLE
LANDS.
I'M NOT SURE.
I CAN SHOW YOU HOW THE PROS DO
IT HERE AND DO A SHAMELESS PLUG
BUT ALSO BE VERY POIGNANT IN THE
TERMS OF AI MUSIC OF MY NEW
ALBUM.
A SONG CALLED SEVEN SINS.
I WANTED A CHOIR ON.
I DID THIS IN THE BODY OF THE
SONG THREE YEARS AGO BEFORE AI
WAS IN THERE.
SO HOW I MADE THE CHOIR IS I HAD
MY TWO FEMALE SINGERS.
ONE MALE BACKGROUND SINGER.
WE KEPT STACKING THE PART.
SWITCHING HARMONY NOTES, DOING
DOUBLE TAKES, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
WHETHER YOU LIKE MY MUSIC OR NOT
IF YOU LISTEN TO THIS YOU THINK
THE CHOIR SOUNDS GREAT.
>> Bill: IT DOES.
>> ANOTHER SONG ON THERE HEAL MY
FAITH WHICH I DID WITH PHIL
NEVILLE.
THANK YOU.
I SING THAT HOOK MYSELF.
I DID THE HARMONIES MYSELF.
MY SINGERS WEREN'T AROUND.
IT'S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY OF
GETTING A CHOIR BUT EVERYTHING I
LOOK AT LIFE NOW IS TIME.
HOW MUCH TIME DO I HAVE?
I CAN SAVE TIME.
SO I GO INTO AI, I PROMPT THE
HARMONY NOTES, I PROMPT THE LEAD
CHOIR, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
I HAVE TO DO THIS SEVERAL TIMES
AND I PUT IT TOGETHER.
I LOVE THAT.
SO THE CHOIR IN THERE IS AI.
>> Bill: SO BASICALLY CHOIRS
ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN A CHOIR
AND WE PUT THEM ALL OUT OF WORK.
ISN'T THAT REALLY WHAT HAPPENED?
>> IS THIS A LOT OF WORK?
>> Bill: YEAH BECAUSE YOU
DIDN'T GET A CHOIR IN THERE.
>> DID WE PUT DRUMMERS OUT OF
WORK WHEN WE--
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
DID WE PUT DRUMMERS OUT OF WORK.
DO WE PUT DRUMMERS OUT OF WORK
WHEN THE DRUM MACHINE WAS
INVENTED?
>> Bill: YEAH.
>> I KNOW AI IS SOMETHING
DIFFERENT BUT I JUST HAVEN'T
SEEN THIS SHIT.
IT'S A TOOL RIGHT NOW.
I SEE THE DANGERS OF IT.
I'M 1000% BELIEVE IT NEEDS TO BE
REGULATED AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS.
BUT I TELL YOU MY FRIENDS LIKE
YOU CAN BUILD A HOUSE WITH A
ROCK, POUND NAILS IN WITH A ROCK
OR SWING THE HAMMER.
THEY'VE GOT A NAIL GUN NOW.
IT COULD SAVE YOU SOME TIME.
UNTIL SOMETHING GOES ON, IT
TELLS ME OTHERWISE I'M GOING TO
USE IT AS A TOOL--
>> Bill: THE RECORD SOUNDS
GREAT.
THE LYRICS I DON'T AGREE WITH
BUT THAT'S OKAY.
I DON'T HAVE TO ALWAYS AGREE.
>> IT'S ABOUT JESUS.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: ALL I CAN THINK OF MY
SWEET LORD, BY GEORGE HARRISON
ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS OF ALL
TIME AND I NEVER THOUGHT HE WAS
MY SWEET LORD.
ALL RIGHT BEARD.
>> THANK GOD WE CAN HAVE A
COUNTRY WHERE WE CAN HAVE ALL
THESE RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.
>> Bill: ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
TIME FOR "NEW RULES."
OKAY.
NEW RULE: NOW THAT VIRGINIA'S
TERRY WARD HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR
TAPING HIS WIFE TO A CHAIR IN
THE BASEMENT SO HE COULD WATCH
THE FOOTBALL GAME IN PEACE, HE
HAS TO ANSWER THE TWO QUESTIONS
ON EVERY MARRIED MAN'S MIND:
ONE, DO YOU HAVE A GOFUNDME?
AND TWO, HOW'D YOU FIND THE TAPE
WITHOUT HER HELP?
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
NEW RULE: ALL THE WOMEN WHO'VE
EVER GOTTEN MAD AT A HUSBAND OR
BOYFRIEND AND CALLED HIM A
NEANDERTHAL MUST ADMIT THAT WHEN
THEY SAW THIS HEADLINE:
"SCIENTISTS JUST DISCOVERED THAT
NEANDERTHALS LOVED EATING
BEAVER," THEY RECONSIDERED.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
NEW RULE: McDONALD'S MUST TELL
US ONCE AND FOR ALL WHAT'S UP
WITH THE McRIB.
IT COMES, IT GOES, IT'S IN YOUR
LIFE, THEN IT'S OUT-- McRIB:
IT'S THE DEADBEAT DAD OF
SANDWICHES.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
THIS PISSES ME OFF AND I WOULD
NEVER EVEN EAT ONE.
BUT MY FRIENDS DO, AND I DON'T
LIKE THEM BEING McFUCKED WITH.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
NEW RULE: THE NAIL SALON IN
PORTLAND THAT GAVE A CUSTOMER
HERPES AND SUED FOR THE SAME
THING AGAIN HAS TO LEAN INTO IT,
ESPECIALLY THE "AGAIN" PART.
PEOPLE KNEW IT GAVE YOU HERPES
AND THEY STILL CAME BACK.
PDX NAILS: A SALON SO GOOD THAT
IT'S WORTH THE BLISTERS ON YOUR
ANUS!
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
NEW RULE: NOW THAT THE PRESIDENT
CONTINUES TO ACCUSE ME OF HAVING
A "LAUGH MACHINE," IT'S TIME I
FESS UP.
HE'S RIGHT.
I DO.
THIS IS IT.
THIS IS THE LAUGH MACHINE.
BY THE WAY, IT'S STATE OF THE
ART.
THE TECHNOLOGY IN THIS THING IS
AMAZING.
ALL I HAVE TO DO IS PUSH THIS
BUTTON.
LET'S TRY IT AGAIN.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
THANKS A LOT, STARLINK!
ALL RIGHT.
AND FINALLY, NEW RULE: THIS
HALLOWEEN, COULD WE GIVE THE
KIDS A BREAK FROM HELICOPTER
PARENTING AND EXCESSIVE
SAFETY-ISM FOR ONE GODDAMN DAY?
I RECENTLY READ THAT SUBURBS ALL
OVER THE COUNTRY ARE IMPOSING
CURFEWS FOR HALLOWEEN NIGHT; MY
HOME STATE IS ONE OF THE WORST:
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY,
SAYS KIDS CAN'T "BE IN ANY
PLACE" AFTER SEVEN;
WINSLOW TOWNSHIP SAYS
TRICK-OR-TREATING ENDS AT 5.
5?
IT'S NOT EVEN DARK AT 5.
THIS IS THE SPOOKY DAY!
NOTHING IN YOUR YARD LOOKS SCARY
DURING THE DAY.
WELL, MAYBE A "VIVEK RAMASWAMY
FOR GOVERNOR" LAWN SIGN,
BUT THAT'S IT.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
AND I KNOW, I KNOW, "BILL, WHY
ARE YOU EVEN TALKING ABOUT IT,
YOU DON'T HAVE KIDS!"
YOU'RE RIGHT, I DON'T: THE
ONLY CONTACT I EVER HAVE WITH
KIDS IS WHEN I TRIP ONE WHO'S
RUNNING AROUND IN A RESTAURANT.
NO.
NO, I DON'T HAVE 'EM, BUT I USED
TO BE ONE, BEFORE I GREW OUT OF
IT, AND I REMEMBER HOW MUCH I
LOVED HALLOWEEN: OH, THE FEEL OF
A CHEAP, SHITTY, HARD PLASTIC
MASK ON YOUR FACE, HELD IN PLACE
WITH A CHEAP RUBBERBAND THAT
SNAPPED 10 MINUTES AFTER YOU
LEFT THE HOUSE.
NO, I DON'T HAVE KIDS, BUT
SOMEHOW I STILL KNOW THAT
UNSTRUCTURED OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS
GOOD: IT SPARKS IMAGINATION,
TEACHES PROBLEM-SOLVING,
PROMOTES FACE-TO-FACE SOCIAL
INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER HUMAN
PEERS.
AND I KNOW THAT ALL CHILDREN
NEED ONE NIGHT A YEAR WHEN THEY
CAN GO FUCKING BATSHIT AND DO
MISCHIEF AND RUN WILD ALL OVER
THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THEIR
FRIENDS, RAISING HELL AND PEEING
IN THE BUSHES BECAUSE "THERE'S
NO TIME TO STOP, NO ONE'S GIVING
AWAY CANDY TOMORROW!"
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
I'M SO GRATEFUL I GREW UP IN A
TIME WHEN PARENTS WERE LIKE,
"GO, HAVE YOUR FUN, BE BACK BY
THANKSGIVING.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
AND PICK ME UP SOME SMOKES WHILE
YOU'RE OUT."
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
I WAS RAISED FREE RANGE.
EVERY DAY, I'D COME HOME FROM
SCHOOL, FLY UP TO MY ROOM,
CHANGE CLOTHES, FLY OUT THE
DOOR, AND MY MOTHER NEVER ONCE
SAID "WHERE ARE YOU GOING?"
WHERE AM I GOING?
KID STUFF, THAT'S WHERE I'M
GOING, WHAT'S IT TO YOU?
NOSY BITCH.
"BUT BILL, IT'S NOT LIKE WHEN WE
WERE KIDS, IT'S MORE DANGEROUS
NOW!
PEOPLE PUT MARIJUANA IN THE
CANDY."
NO, THEY DON'T, NO ONE'S DOING
THAT.
RIGHT, LIKE I'M GOING TO GIVE MY
PRICEY BUD TO YOUR DUMBASS KID.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
"BUT WHAT ABOUT ALL THE CRIME
THESE DAYS?"
WELL, ACTUALLY CRIME IS DOWN,
WAY DOWN, EVERYWHERE.
WE LIVE IN A SURVEILLANCE STATE
WITH A TOUGH-ON-CRIME PRESIDENT
NOW.
THERE AREN'T EVEN SERIAL KILLERS
ANYMORE.
THERE WERE 866 OF THEM OPERATING
IN THE U.S. IN THE 1980s, IT
WAS TERRIBLE.
THEIR VICTIMS COULDN'T ESCAPE,
BECAUSE IT WAS THE '80s AND THEY
WERE ON ROLLER SKATES.
BUT NOW THERE'S LESS THAN 10.
YOU THINK THERE'S A CLOWN WITH
HIS DICK OUT LURKING IN THE
BUSHES?
NO, THE PREDATORS ARE ONLINE
NOW.
THEY DON'T NEED TO RENT A WHITE
VAN ANYMORE.
THEY'RE NOT HIDING IN THE SEWER
WAITING TO SNATCH LITTLE OLIVIA
AND NOAH.
NO ONE WANTS YOUR KIDS.
NOT EVEN YOU.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
NOW THERE ARE, SADLY, STILL
CHILD VICTIMS OF SEX ABUSE, BUT
THAT'S OVERWHELMINGLY NOT FROM A
STRANGER.
93% KNOW THEIR ABUSER:
IT'S NEIGHBORS, COACHES, YOUTH
MINISTERS, SIBLINGS, UNCLES,
STEPPARENTS.
AS THEY SAY IN SCARY HALLOWEEN
MOVIES: THE CALL IS COMING FROM
INSIDE THE HOUSE.
THAT'S THE ENORMOUS IRONY IN ALL
THIS: PARENTS TODAY BELIEVING
THAT OUTSIDE IS THE DANGER ZONE,
AND INSIDE IS WHERE IT'S SAFE.
THAT'S COMPLETELY BACKWARDS.
WITCHES AND GOBLINS AREN'T REAL.
WHAT'S STEALING YOUR KIDS' SOULS
IS THAT LITTLE ELECTRONIC PORTAL
OF ANONYMOUS EVIL THAT'S GLUED
TO THEIR HANDS.
IRAN.
[APPLAUSE]
NO ONE'S PUTTING A RAZOR BLADE
IN AN APPLE.
THE PROBLEM IS APPLE THE
COMPANY.
[APPLAUSE]
THE PROBLEM IS A TEENAGE GIRL
SITTING ALONE IN HER ROOM
WORRYING: AM I A LOSER?
AND THE PHONE TELLING HER: YES,
YES, YOU ARE!
BECAUSE JESSICA'S INSTAGRAM
STORY SHOWS A PARTY YOU WEREN'T
INVITED TO.
THINK YOU'RE FAT?
TUMBLR'S PRO-ANOREXIA FORUMS
WILL CONVINCE YOU: YOU ARE!
AND UGLY?
YEAH, THAT TOO-- I MEAN, DIDN'T
YOU SEE KYLIE JENNER AT THE
VICTORIA'S SECRET FASHION SHOW?
DON'T YOU WANT TO LOOK LIKE HER?
HERE'S A D.I.Y. LIP FILLER KIT
THAT ONLY COSTS $39.95.
AND NO, OF COURSE YOU'RE NOT TOO
YOUNG TO HAVE PLASTIC SURGERY!
GET SOME OF THAT, AND THEN YOU
CAN HAVE AN ONLINE BOYFRIEND
WHO'S DEFINITELY NOT A
45-YEAR-OLD MAN IN MILWAUKEE.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
THE CDC SAYS 1 IN 5 YOUNG
ADULTS HAS AN ANXIETY DISORDER
AND THEY DIDN'T GET IT FROM TOO
MUCH PLAYING IN THE PARK.
THEY GOT IT FROM BEING LOCKED IN
AT HOME, UNDER 24-HOUR
SURVEILLANCE FROM SAFETY MOM.
62% OF AMERICAN CHILDREN UP TO
AGE 12 SAY THEY'VE NEVER WALKED
OR BIKED ANYWHERE WITHOUT AN
ADULT.
50% OF PARENTS WON'T LET THEIR
KIDS GO ALONE TO ANOTHER AISLE
IN THE GROCERY STORE.
FOLKS, YOU'RE CHAPERONING THEM
TO DEATH.
HAVING YOUR MOMMY WITH YOU GOING
OUT ON HALLOWEEN IS LIKE HAVING
YOUR WIFE AT YOUR BACHELOR
PARTY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
PARENTS IN RECENT YEARS HAVE
EVEN STARTED DOING SOMETHING
CALLED "TRUNK OR TREAT," FOR
HALLOWEEN, WHICH IS JUST AS FUN
AS IT SOUNDS.
IT'S WHERE THE ADULTS DRIVE TO A
PARKING LOT AND THEN PARK THEIR
CARS IN A CIRCLE-- YOU KNOW, IN
CASE INDIANS ATTACK-- AND THEN
THE KIDS COLLECT CANDY FROM THE
OPEN TRUNKS OF PARKED CARS.
BECAUSE WHAT SAYS "FUN" MORE
THAN SCOOPING NECCO WAFERS FROM
A SPARE TIRE WELL?
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
THIS STARTED IN CHURCH PARKING
LOTS, SO THE KIDS WOULD FEEL
SAFE AROUND CLERGYMEN.
YEAH, YOU CAN'T LET KIDS GO TO
STRANGE HOUSES!
MY GOD, THE PEOPLE INSIDE COULD
BE PEDOPHILES!
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
FOR FUCK'S SAKE, IF THIS IS WHAT
IT'S COME TO, JUST MOVE
HALLOWEEN TO ZOOM.
OR LOCK THE KIDS IN A SAFE ROOM
AND SLIDE THE CANDY UNDER THE
DOOR.
OR YOU COULD JUST LEAVE
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
HALLOWEEN ALONE.
BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, I'M
TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, I'M JUST
GONNA PUT OFF HAVING A BABY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
ALL RIGHT, THAT'S OUR SHOW.
I WANNA THANK MY GUESTS
JIM VANDEHEI, KID ROCK, AND
SENATOR TED CRUZ.
CLUB RANDOM DROPS EVERY MONDAY
ON YOUTUBE, OR LISTEN WHEREVER
YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS.
NOW GO WATCH "OVERTIME" ON
YOUTUBE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
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