EPISODE NUMBER: 9145 (September 9, 2013)
GUESTS: Billie Jean King
SEGMENTS: Egypt’s Stork Bust | Syrian Conflict Action Plan | Ronald Reagan on Syrian Conflict | Tip/Wag - Iowa, Bigger Pants & Recent Articles | Sign Off - Spider Reagan
CHARACTER BREAK: Ronald Reagan on Syrian Conflict (1:34 - 1:35)
SUIT REPORT: Black suit | White shirt | Maroon tie
VIDEOS: Monday, September 9, 2013
I really loved the interview in this episode. It has to be one of my favorites of the year. Ms. King seemed to be an ultra it-getter, and was more than happy to play along and have a great time with Stephen. We also had a pretty good takedown of the media’s rather pathetic Syria analysis. How do you think the show measured up today? Do share in the comments.
Egypt’s Stork Bust
- And with tensions running high, folks, everyone is suspecting everyone else. And I don’t blame them, because they all look kind of middle eastern.
- And [the Saudis] also arrested a rabbit, for being one letter away from a rabbi.
- Whether he turns out to be a spy or not, I certainly hope Egyptian officials interrogate this stork until it reveals where babies really come from. Vaginas, indeed! How will it fit?
- We’ll have more on this story, because anything beats talking about Syria. Next up…Syria.
Syrian Conflict Action Plan
- Congress knows that the only thing less popular than attacking Syria is Congress, so clearly Congress must approve an attack on Syria.
Yeah, I mean the Constitution is such a hassle. I mean, I know theoretically there are checks and balances and stuff, but if the President asks for war approval, the Congress has to say yes every time he asks, no matter how the American people feel about it, or else the President will stop asking, and then the Congress will never have a chance to say no, which the Congress must never do. It’s like, if your teenage son asks to borrow your car. If this time you say no, next time he’ll bomb Syria. (laughs to himself) Kids.
- So watch out, Bashaar Al-Assad, America is going to bring down the unbelievably small hammer! But to be clear - we’re not looking to affect the course of the nail.
- Yes, Americans are tired of violence in the Middle East, they want violence in the NFL!
Ronald Reagan on Syrian Conflict
- Yes, we conservatives have an uncanny ability to know what Reagan would have done at any time. Syrian conflict, invade. Obamacare, repeal. Soup or salad, jelly beans.
“…the man who never raised taxes, or tripled the deficit, and who knocked down the Berlin Wall using his nut sack as a wrecking ball. True story, by the way, true story.”
Tip/Wag - Iowa, Bigger Pants & Recent Articles
- If you’re against blind Americans wielding deadly weapons in public, then you hate the disabled.
- I’m sure [the blind] will use the guns responsibly and get a shooting eye dog. To bark at danger, and, of course, a spare dog for when they shoot the first one.
Interview - Billie Jean King
- Stephen: Billie Jean, first question: Michael Jackson says you are not his lover.
- You concealed your sexual preference. Did it ever upset you when a line judge would yell, “OUT!”?
Hilarious segments! I really liked “hypothetical contemporary super Reagan.”
The interview with Billy Jean King was wonderful. She is such an inspiring and joyful woman. Also, I got a kick out of the flirty vibe between her and Stephen!
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Short report from the taping:
There was a dark joke about Syria that got cut. It went something like ‘the American people are dead set against it. Syrians? Just dead.”
2 parts of the Billie Jean King interview got cut. One part was kind of challenging her about the Virginia Slims tour and positively promoting smoking. The other part was when she hit her microphone with her hand.
After the show, Stephen took one more question from the audience and I think it went very badly. The audience member asked what he missed the most about South Carolina, if anything. Given how much Stephen loves his South Carolina family and misses his mom I thought it was a pretty bad question. Stephen graciously refused to answer.
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Wow thanks for the shorT reporT!
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Thanks for the mini report. And, yes, that was really bad question.
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Thanks for the mini reporT. Great inside information and much appreciated.
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Welcome to the site benjdm and thank you for the taping report!!
I really wish they would start posting extended interviews on the web.
It’s a shame about the final question, but I guess not everyone knows about events in Stephens life.
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Syria: Stephen got it a thousand times better than Jon Stewart’s infantile put-downs of Assad. Did Assif Mandbi really have to prove his loyalty to Obomba?
(But why didn’t he ask King about recent allegations that Bobby Riggs threw the match?)
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Loved ‘George Lopez of the desert’ and the little Rabbi Rabbit, so cute.
Do those floppy tube things actually have a proper name? I’ve always wondered.
Wow Billie Jean King, what a guest. She was full on, but lots of fun.
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