EPISODE NUMBER: 9095 (May 1, 2013)
GUEST: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
SEGMENTS: Over-the-Counter Plan B | Background Check Backlash | The Word - N.R.A.-vana | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - “Same Love” | Sign Off - “The Heist”
EXCLUSIVE: “Can’t Hold Us”
SUIT REPORT: Dark Suit | Light Blue Shirt | Navy/Purple Stripped Tie
VIDEOS: Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
Now I never trusted these clowns [FDA]. Who are they to tell me how many Flintstones vitamins I can eat. I say it’s a great breakfast cereal. And because it already contains so much calcium, I can use soda instead of milk.
Well Nation, today they proved that FDA really stands for the ‘Fornication Distribution Agenda’.
Oh so they’re handing out hussy pills to 15-year-old girls like chiclets, but I still need to show my passport and provide a DNA sample to buy some damn Sudafed. How am I supposed to make my meth?
For more on this scandal, we turn to America’s foremost experts on young women’s reproductive health, conservative men in their 60′s.
These days, every time you turn on the news, there’s another heartbreaking story about victims of gun violence targeting innocent members of Congress. It has to end. And I know I’m not gonna win any awards for saying that. Unless the NRA gives out awards. They do? Oh! It’s a seat in the Senate.
And made American’s wait thirty minutes after eating before firing a gun in a pool.
Is it over?
Not to mention ‘Nacho Reacharounds’, which incidentally is the worst Doritos flavour ever.
Oh, it is noted. Experiencing massive head trauma does not five you special insight. For instance, judging by his column, there’s something wrong with Kevin Williamson’s head.
Hey Newtown parents, stop making Rand Paul sad. He’s extremely sensitive … to his own feelings. I think, what Rand Paul reminds us here, is that grieving parents are not the real victims here, gun owners are.
I know the feeling. I’ll be like, at the plant store getting some mulch. One of the guys will say to me like, ‘Hey, aren’t you that guy who used to work for Jon Stewart?’ and I’m like, ‘Please, leave me alone’.
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis perform ‘Same Love’.
I’m flabbergasted, amazed, and blown away. Three WORDS in a row? Has that EVER happened before? I can’t remember that it has. And once again, this was savagely funny and powerful. Blew me away (no gun pun intended).
And once again, kudos to Jon for being on moral fire about Guantanamo. Fabulous opening to the show.
I love these guys.
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@Karenatasha: There have never been 3 words in a row! What’s going on here. Ok, I demand three Monkey on the lams in a row! Followed by 3 Colbert Platinums. Or, how about 1 Formidable Opponent, it’s been a loooong time. And Mr. Arkadin got another “Greg” shout out last night too.
I was glad Stephen covered the gun issue, because sometimes I don’t have the stomach to listen to these shock jock and their second amendment tirades, but when Stephen presents it, I can cope with listening to the “incoherence” of the other side.
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@CN Helper: “There have never been 3 words in a row!”
I don’t think that’s right. Didn’t they do “The Word” every night for the first year or so? It was much shorter and not as profound or searing as it is now. And often more on the silly side. But I’m pretty sure they did them. Because I remember being in awe of how they could crank them out like that.
And yes. That shout out to me was awesome. ( And quite deserved too!)
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I’m liking these musical performances that involve the audience. Just seems so much more refreshing, I guess.
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Okay, now I know who Macklemore are, well sort of. I know the songs, but only the back-up singers parts. No idea how I have managed to block out the lead singers voice from my head.
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“No idea how I have managed to block out the lead singers voice from my head.”
Good fortune?
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