EPISODE NUMBER: Season 1, Episode 66 (Thursday, January 7, 2016)
GUESTS: Damian Lewis | America Ferrera | Floyd-Little Double Dutch Team
Featuring: Rupert Jee
SEGMENTS: Stephen’s Dark Night of the Sandwich | Damian Lewis | Hungry for Power Games | America Ferrera | Floyd Little Double Dutch Team
SUIT REPORT: Grey Suit | White Shirt | Grey Patterned Tie

Did y’all have fun with this episode? I know we are amped up for Friday’s live show, but we have to appreciate some good stuff about Thursday night’s go ’round. After my request in my recent post for more out-of-studio, locally friendly segments, it was great to see longtime Letterman comedy ally and Deli owner Rupert Jee make his first appearance on LSSC. It wasn’t the solidest bit (I mean, there was tomato in that sandwich, amirite? And Stephen’s faux rage was so strong I thought he might deck poor Rupert) but it’s a start.

Damian Lewis was a charming guest, followed by the crowd pleasing “Hungry for Power Games.” I think HFPG (oh yeah, I’m giving it an acronym) gives Stephen the ability to shred the political candidates to bits while still coming across like a nice guy. Something about him being in character. Hmm…

I would have liked America Ferrera, but she spit out Stephen’s “latchkey kid” snack of Mayonnaise Toast with Unsweetened Kool Aid topping. It looked better than her mess of sugar and cornflakes!

The double dutch girls were cute. Also cute was Stephen hopping along at the end. He is so coordinated, so he was of course great at it.

What did you think of the ep? Let us know in the comments!

Stephen’s Dark Night of the Sandwich

• This morning’s BLT shook me to my core, or what would be my core if I did not have BLTs for breakfast.

• A BLT without the “T” is just a BL, it’s bleh. And if that abomination meets the standard for a BLT, then what did we fight and Lexington and Concord for? Just rip the Constitution off the Statue of Liberty and erase the map on the back because the American experiment has failed. No, you’re the one who’s overreacting!

• If you’ve been paying attention out there then you know that we have reached an important milestone in the 2016 presidential campaign. It is now actually 2016.

• Donald Trump is questioning whether or not his opponent, Ted Cruz, is actually a U.S. citizen. Back in 1970, Cruz was born to a Canadian-Cuban father and an American mother and I’m going to guess a crock of Dippity-Do.

• If Cruz were an American, he would released a video of Celine Dion jumping a Tim Horton’s.

• You know what, I was wrong, I am not over this sandwich situation.

Interview — Damian Lewis

Damian Lewis surprises everyone with his British accent (he is English, after all) while discussing Billions. He also plays coy when asked if he is being considered to the next James Bond.

Damian Lewis: I think there’s a suspicion of rich people in this country that there wasn’t before. That’s why the timing of this show I think is interesting […] “how come I don’t have any?” That’s what people are thinking.

Stephen: I think everyone in America works for 1 of 12 billionaires. I know I do, and I’m not going to say anything bad about my boss. And Showtime is owned by the same company that owns my show […] so you and I love billionaires.

Damian: […] I think billionaires don’t know at what point they have enough, which is why they are billionaires. […] When I spoke to the hedge fund guys…I got the sense from them that the money was incidental to the Game. Playing the Game was the most interesting thing, and winning the game was really what drove them.

Hungry for Power Games

Stephen drinks away two more promising tributes who carry the scourge of actual legislative experience, George Patacki and Lindsay Graham. Ha ha!

• The big story [while the show was off the air] was…Donald Trump. Actually, no wait, I’m looking at the card and it say the biggest story was Steve Harvey announcing the wrong winner of the Miss Universe pageant. Sorry, Donald Trump was a very close runner-up, you could understand my confusion. They both seem like horrible mistakes.

• The American people want their next President to be a fire-haired, red-faced embodiment of pure rage, and Anger from Inside Out isn’t running. The other Republican candidates will do anything to pull ahead, and with the Iowa caucuses just a few weeks away, things are going to get ugly, and for people who cover it that is beautiful.

• Look at those shiny, hopeful faces, each of them eager to take on the toughest job in the world: decorating the Oval Office. The room has no corners! It’s a Feng Shui nightmare! Ni hao.

• Sadly, only one person can be President. Even more sadly, it will be one of these people. Ha ha! Lowered expectations. Over the holidays, Americans got the greatest gift of all: slightly fewer candidates.

• Yes two more tributes have fallen, longtime Senator Lindsay Graham, and three term NY Governor George Patacki. They were both brought low by a shameful chapter in their past: government experience. Ha ha! You did stuff, and that’s just not done, bye bye!

• Yay! Sugar Daddy is going to buy baby a bomb! (To Trump) I love you so.

• So Tribute Graham has been dragged down by the albatross of his own qualifications. And it’s no surprise, it would be difficult to imagine anyone polling less than one half of one percent. Luckily we don’t have to, because Patacki was polling at 0.0%! Ha ha! Which technically means George Patacki wasn’t even voting for George Patacki.

• Shh! Children, no sudden movements, it’s the last Republican moderate. If you listen carefully, you can hear his haunting mating call (imitates a crow): “Let’s compromise! Let’s compromise!”

• Sadly, for these tributes, it’s time to bid farewell. And even more sadly for me, this is part of the show where I am allowed to drink champagne. (laughs bitterly) I have a problem. Let’s pay tribute to the fallen.

Interview — America Ferrara

America discusses her return to TV, and toasts Stephen with his own toast concoction - Latchkey Kid Mayo-Koolaid. Yum! They also discuss both being from large families.

Stephen: Did you fight?

America: Oh yeah.

Stephen: I saw my sister push my brother down a flight of stairs once. And I cried. And I was still crying when my parents came home, and they said, “if you’re gonna cry when Mom and Dad come home you can’t hang out with us anymore,” and I had to toughen up and watch them fight each other.

Floyd Little Double Dutch Team

This world champion team is on hand with their founders, Laila Little and Shaquannah Floyd, to demonstrate how you double dutch with all means of jumps, flips and splits. Stephen also joins in at the end to close out the show.

Stephen: Why did you found this team?

Laila: [We] started jumping together as children - five years old […] we loved it so much kept jumping through elementary school, high school and college, and had a great affection for it so we started our own thing and called it “Floyd Little Double Dutch.”