September 29, 2014 - Jamie Oliver

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EPISODE NUMBER: 10161 (September 29, 2014)
GUESTS: Jamie Oliver
SEGMENTS: Obama’s Rip-Off of Bush | Hillary Clinton and the Grandmother of All Scandals | Kim Jong Un’s Massive Cheese Consumption | Jamie Oliver | Sign Off - Cake and Cheese
SUIT REPORT: Navy Pinstriped Suit | White Shirt | Light blue patterned tie
VIDEOS: Monday, September 29, 2014

Nice kick-off to the week, with a pretty strong segment on the media’s comparing President Obama’s recent terror rhetoric to that of former Pres. Bush. Also, we enjoyed Stephen’s unique way of saying congratulations to the Clinton family in welcoming their first grandchild. Speaking of the Clintons, I read an interesting article in NYT about Bill Clinton - remarking on how he has relentlessly pushed on 20 years since he was first elected president, to still remain a prominent, vibrant figure in American politics, love him or not. And no, he has not taken up painting.

Then the ep turned to all things epicurean, with Kim Jong-Un’s debilitating cheese addiction featured. He can keep the U.S. at bay, and tell China what’s up, but cheese shall be his downfall. Also enjoyed Stephen just going off on his love of Nazi jokes. A delightful and unexpected reaction.

Finally, Jamie Oliver. Stephen loves food so any guest who is going to bring yummy desserts is A-Ok with our host. Oliver is on CBS, so I wonder if these two will do more cooking up together on the new program.

What did you guys think of the ep? Be sure to sound off in the comments!

Obama’s Rip-Off of Bush

Steve Kroft: how did they end up wherethey are in control of so much territory? Was that a complete surprise to you? Obama: Well, I think our head of the intelligence community, Jim Clapper, has acknowledged that I think they underestimated what had been taking place in Syria.

S’cuse me! Bombing the Middle East and then throwing the C.I.A. under the bus is kinda George Bush’s thing.

It is true that much of the intelligence turned out to be wrong.

Yes, “much” of the intelligence turned out to be wrong. But not all of it. There was a country called Iraq. It will be missed.

President Obama sure sounded a lot like President Bush yesterday. He’s sounding a lot like him these days. Did you hear the speech at the U.N.? Was that voice more like President Bush than President Obama? This is a speech where if you closed your eyes, you could have heard George W. Bush giving this speech.

Stephen Eyes Closed with President Bush and President Obama

“Yes, every time I close my eyes, I can hear George Bush giving a speech. Hold on… shhh, he’s talking again. What’s that, sir? Why, yes, Mr. President, I would love to get a segway ride with you and go get a hot dog. Look out for that tree! Ooh! Look, sir, I got to go back to the show and do the thing. My eyes are closed. I can’t read the scrolly words they have up here. Ok, I’ll see you later. Bye.”

Even Politico pointed out that if you type Obama’s money phrase — “network of death”- into thesaurus.com, George W. Bush’s “Axis of Evill”could very well come out. Yes, it could very well come out. No, I tried it and it doesn’t come out, but if I didn’t, it might have.

“Clearly, President Kumbaya is just trying to look tough in the Middle East by mad-libbing the greatest hits of the Bush Administration. I dread the day when ‘Mission Accomplished’ becomes ‘Job Did.'”

Hillary Clinton and the Grandmother of All Scandals

Stephen Colbert with Chelsea Clinton and Fried Elephant

“Right before her baby was born, Chelsea Clinton conveniently helped launch a line of elephant-themed gifts to benefit groups working to stop the poaching of African elephants. A likely story. No one poaches African elephants. They’re so much better fried.”

“A nursery decorated with adorable Republican elephants. They borrowed the design from Paul Ryan’s bedroom.”

Kim Jong Un’s Massive Cheese Consumption

North Korea’s leader hasn’t been seen in public for three weeks. State TV reports Kim Jong-Un is suffering from discomfort. Some are speculating the 31-year-old is suffering from some sort of health problem, according to his weight gain as well as a recent limp. The “brilliant comrade,” as he is known, has gout, which is caused by too much booze and rich food.

Which has the people of North Korea in a state of utter confusion because their language has no word for “too much food.”

The 31-year-old has packed on a lot of weight in a short period of time due to the large amount of imported Swiss cheese he keeps eating. The dictator is apparently obsessed with cheese. There’s word he fell in love with Swiss cheese when he studied in Switzerland.

“Kim’s favorite cheese is ‘Emmental, a cheese made in Switzerland.’ You can tell it’s Swiss because it tastes neutral, and the holes can be used for storing Nazi gold. And now it looks like Kim is — really? You’re Nazi gold fans? Really? Don’t tease him about the Nazi gold! Where were the Nazis supposed to put it? ‘You’re so hard on the Nazis, Stephen. It’s been a long time.’ And now — and now ‘-they lost the war. Isn’t that bad enough?'”

I know we are sworn enemies, but still, I can’t help but feel bad that someone has cut your cheese. Especially since, here in America, cheese is everywhere! We have blocks of cheese, strings of cheese, doodles of cheese, creams of cheese, cansof cheese, fountains of cheese, cakes of cheese, and “it’s” of cheese. On Sundays, Americans watch sports while eating cheese balls and wearing cheese hats, and the next day at work we discuss the game while gathering around the cheese cooler Hey, what’s this? Oh, it’s the rest of my lunch, a 20-pound wedge of emmental cheese.

Interview — Jamie Oliver

Stephen: Before we get to Comfort Food, aren’t you Mr. Eat Healthy, “let me go to your school and ruin Mcnuggets for you?” If you’re a healthy guy, how can you write Comfort Food because this has got some calories in it.

Jamie: I’ve always celebrated the joy of cooking real food. Definitely in this day and age, you have to watch what you eat for sure. There’s enough stuff in here that’s nice and healthy, but the indulgent stuff, you can’t make a healthy pie — it’s impossible. You can’t. You can’t make a healthy dessert. It’s impossible. But for the love of God, you’ve got to eat that stuff!