1 00:00:04,795 --> 00:00:21,675 Speaker 1: Countdown with Keith Olderman is a production of iHeartRadio. My 2 00:00:21,795 --> 00:00:25,595 Speaker 1: expectation is that before the weekend is out, if President 3 00:00:25,635 --> 00:00:28,915 Speaker 1: Biden has not announced he will withdraw from the Democratic 4 00:00:28,955 --> 00:00:32,955 Speaker 1: ticket to be replaced by an alternate presidential candidate, a 5 00:00:33,155 --> 00:00:37,235 Speaker 1: big collection of party leaders with bigger names and even 6 00:00:37,275 --> 00:00:41,635 Speaker 1: bigger reputations will go public and on the record and 7 00:00:41,755 --> 00:00:46,995 Speaker 1: demand that President Biden drop out. Chuck Schumer, according to 8 00:00:47,035 --> 00:00:50,715 Speaker 1: ABC News last night, went to Rehoboth Beach and in 9 00:00:50,755 --> 00:00:53,915 Speaker 1: a one on one meeting with the president quote forcefully 10 00:00:53,995 --> 00:00:56,115 Speaker 1: made the case that it would be better for Biden, 11 00:00:56,475 --> 00:00:59,355 Speaker 1: better for the Democratic Party, and better for the country 12 00:00:59,635 --> 00:01:03,115 Speaker 1: if he were to bow out of the race. Unquote. 13 00:01:03,275 --> 00:01:05,795 Speaker 1: It is the twenty twenty four version of the Barry 14 00:01:05,795 --> 00:01:08,675 Speaker 1: Goldwater mission to the White House to tell Nixon it 15 00:01:08,715 --> 00:01:11,875 Speaker 1: was time to go. Only it's Biden, and it's not 16 00:01:11,995 --> 00:01:14,475 Speaker 1: a scandal, and it was in Delaware, not DC, and 17 00:01:14,515 --> 00:01:17,875 Speaker 1: it wasn't for them at once, but one at a time, essentially, 18 00:01:18,395 --> 00:01:21,435 Speaker 1: And that the Democratic leadership that has been working behind 19 00:01:21,435 --> 00:01:26,755 Speaker 1: the scenes since the debate to change candidates no longer 20 00:01:26,915 --> 00:01:30,835 Speaker 1: cares whether their efforts are public or not could not 21 00:01:30,955 --> 00:01:33,395 Speaker 1: have been more clear. If they had hired one of 22 00:01:33,395 --> 00:01:37,115 Speaker 1: those moving billboard trucks and flashed the message up and 23 00:01:37,195 --> 00:01:41,715 Speaker 1: down every street near the Capitol. Last night, Schumer's office 24 00:01:41,795 --> 00:01:44,955 Speaker 1: replied to John Carl's report on ABC with something that 25 00:01:45,195 --> 00:01:48,755 Speaker 1: isn't a denial. It isn't even a non denial denial. 26 00:01:48,875 --> 00:01:52,875 Speaker 1: It's quote. Unless ABC source is Senator Chuck Schumer or 27 00:01:52,955 --> 00:01:58,435 Speaker 1: President Joe Biden, the reporting is idle speculation. Leader Schumer 28 00:01:58,555 --> 00:02:01,915 Speaker 1: conveyed the views of his caucus directly to President Biden 29 00:02:02,035 --> 00:02:08,475 Speaker 1: on Saturday. So the meeting happened. You're just keeping a 30 00:02:08,675 --> 00:02:13,635 Speaker 1: fig leaf over announcing publicly what Schumer told the President 31 00:02:14,235 --> 00:02:19,915 Speaker 1: at the meeting. You just confirmed. So what ABC reported 32 00:02:20,235 --> 00:02:25,475 Speaker 1: is what Schumer told the President. Forcefully made the case 33 00:02:25,515 --> 00:02:27,875 Speaker 1: it would be better for Biden, better for the Democratic Party, 34 00:02:27,915 --> 00:02:29,875 Speaker 1: and better for the country if he were to bow out. 35 00:02:31,115 --> 00:02:34,675 Speaker 1: As yesterday unfolded, I had this growing suspicion that the 36 00:02:34,715 --> 00:02:38,755 Speaker 1: behind the scenes Joe must Go drama was about to 37 00:02:38,795 --> 00:02:43,555 Speaker 1: move center stage. I am confident his COVID test yesterday 38 00:02:43,555 --> 00:02:48,555 Speaker 1: in Vegas is no more than ironically timed symbolism. Unless 39 00:02:49,555 --> 00:02:53,115 Speaker 1: this is like President Kennedy developing a severe cold during 40 00:02:53,115 --> 00:02:56,275 Speaker 1: the Cuban missile crisis and having to rush back to Washington, 41 00:02:56,995 --> 00:02:58,835 Speaker 1: although you have to admit it was a hell of 42 00:02:58,835 --> 00:03:01,995 Speaker 1: a way to upstage the JD vance speech and maybe 43 00:03:02,035 --> 00:03:05,835 Speaker 1: Trump's tonight too. And it also set up an expert 44 00:03:05,995 --> 00:03:09,315 Speaker 1: troll on Twitter x when at seven twenty two Eastern 45 00:03:09,395 --> 00:03:14,915 Speaker 1: last night, Biden's account posted I'm sick, then two minutes 46 00:03:14,995 --> 00:03:18,035 Speaker 1: later added of Elon Musk and his rich buddies trying 47 00:03:18,035 --> 00:03:22,835 Speaker 1: to buy this election. Regardless of the singer, regardless of 48 00:03:22,875 --> 00:03:26,475 Speaker 1: the illness, regardless of the Schumer story on ABC, the 49 00:03:26,595 --> 00:03:31,355 Speaker 1: critical mass certainly appears to be building, and in several 50 00:03:31,595 --> 00:03:35,635 Speaker 1: different areas and different chain reactions. The first, you already 51 00:03:35,675 --> 00:03:39,955 Speaker 1: know the ABC Schumer story, which just doesn't have any 52 00:03:39,995 --> 00:03:43,235 Speaker 1: wiggle room to it. You're either right with that story 53 00:03:43,595 --> 00:03:47,155 Speaker 1: or you will never work again. But also yesterday the 54 00:03:47,155 --> 00:03:51,475 Speaker 1: California Congressman Adam Schiff called for the president to retire 55 00:03:51,475 --> 00:03:55,475 Speaker 1: from the ticket publicly, and Schiff Senator in waiting once 56 00:03:55,515 --> 00:03:58,275 Speaker 1: he strikes out Steve Garvey with a curve ball low 57 00:03:58,315 --> 00:04:01,715 Speaker 1: and away carries enough weight on his own. But there's 58 00:04:01,795 --> 00:04:04,995 Speaker 1: also the little matter of him being Nancy Polo sees 59 00:04:04,995 --> 00:04:09,075 Speaker 1: protege and confidante. And now, in addition to the continuing 60 00:04:09,275 --> 00:04:12,995 Speaker 1: swarm of stories around the speaker Emerita and her off 61 00:04:13,035 --> 00:04:16,435 Speaker 1: camera stage management of key players in the Talk Joe 62 00:04:16,555 --> 00:04:21,075 Speaker 1: Down campaign, Politico reports she is serving as a sounding 63 00:04:21,155 --> 00:04:24,355 Speaker 1: board for worried Democratic House members who not only think 64 00:04:24,395 --> 00:04:27,035 Speaker 1: the president will lose, but that he will break their 65 00:04:27,155 --> 00:04:31,075 Speaker 1: chances of reelection as well. One lawmaker told that website 66 00:04:31,115 --> 00:04:34,155 Speaker 1: that Pelosi is taking these calls but not soliciting them, 67 00:04:34,475 --> 00:04:37,675 Speaker 1: hasn't really acted on them, but quoting now, the member 68 00:04:37,875 --> 00:04:40,995 Speaker 1: ended the phone call with the distinct impression that Pelosi 69 00:04:41,075 --> 00:04:45,315 Speaker 1: believed Biden should exit the presidential race. And I think 70 00:04:45,395 --> 00:04:48,595 Speaker 1: that's true. It is highly unlikely shiff would have said 71 00:04:48,635 --> 00:04:51,235 Speaker 1: what he said publicly if Pelosi did not know he 72 00:04:51,315 --> 00:04:55,435 Speaker 1: was going to, and more importantly, if Pelosi did not 73 00:04:55,595 --> 00:05:00,115 Speaker 1: approve of him saying it as strategy. As you know, 74 00:05:00,955 --> 00:05:06,955 Speaker 1: once Democrats actually successfully begin to plan something anything, it 75 00:05:07,075 --> 00:05:10,595 Speaker 1: leaks quickly because they are so pleased with themselves that 76 00:05:10,635 --> 00:05:13,355 Speaker 1: they have finally done something that they can't wait to 77 00:05:13,435 --> 00:05:18,235 Speaker 1: tell everybody. On the other hand, reportedly Pelosi told colleagues 78 00:05:18,435 --> 00:05:20,915 Speaker 1: she knew nothing about what is actually a bigger piece 79 00:05:20,915 --> 00:05:23,835 Speaker 1: in this puzzle than is the shift announcement, which I 80 00:05:23,915 --> 00:05:26,955 Speaker 1: guess serves as a warning shot to Biden that we 81 00:05:27,035 --> 00:05:30,475 Speaker 1: will really go public, so don't make us. As I 82 00:05:30,555 --> 00:05:34,795 Speaker 1: mentioned yesterday that virtual roll call online nomination of the 83 00:05:34,795 --> 00:05:37,675 Speaker 1: president for a second term has been postponed by the 84 00:05:37,755 --> 00:05:41,755 Speaker 1: DNC until around August seventh. They thought it might happen 85 00:05:41,795 --> 00:05:44,755 Speaker 1: as early as August first, and first came the news 86 00:05:44,755 --> 00:05:48,355 Speaker 1: from NBC that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer was behind 87 00:05:48,355 --> 00:05:51,675 Speaker 1: that decision, and that it was ABC and no, it 88 00:05:51,755 --> 00:05:56,235 Speaker 1: was Schumer and House Minority Leader Jeffries each making it happen. 89 00:05:56,275 --> 00:05:58,835 Speaker 1: And then it was punch Bowl News saying yeah, it 90 00:05:58,875 --> 00:06:02,835 Speaker 1: was both of them, and they talked beforehand and coordinated 91 00:06:02,835 --> 00:06:07,315 Speaker 1: their announcements and moves. Interestingly, one of the headlines on 92 00:06:07,355 --> 00:06:11,915 Speaker 1: the ticket dilemma, let's call it a dilemma. I don't 93 00:06:11,955 --> 00:06:14,995 Speaker 1: think it's a crisis yet, though it escalated enough that 94 00:06:15,075 --> 00:06:19,875 Speaker 1: it briefly threatened my ability to remain agnostic. Yesterday, one 95 00:06:19,915 --> 00:06:23,355 Speaker 1: of the ticket dilemma headlines is actually much ado about nothing. 96 00:06:23,835 --> 00:06:27,955 Speaker 1: The Associated Press Nork poll yesterday, three weeks after the debate, 97 00:06:28,235 --> 00:06:31,595 Speaker 1: and nearly two thirds of Democrats say he should withdraw 98 00:06:31,715 --> 00:06:35,235 Speaker 1: in favor of a different candidate sixty five percent, to 99 00:06:35,275 --> 00:06:40,795 Speaker 1: be exact, which is actually an improvement. In April, a 100 00:06:40,915 --> 00:06:44,875 Speaker 1: few research survey asked Biden supporters if they thought either 101 00:06:44,915 --> 00:06:48,115 Speaker 1: he or Trump should drop out or both, and sixty 102 00:06:48,155 --> 00:06:52,515 Speaker 1: two percent said both, and four more of Biden's supporters 103 00:06:53,075 --> 00:06:56,595 Speaker 1: said just Biden. So sixty two plus four is sixty 104 00:06:56,635 --> 00:07:00,595 Speaker 1: six percent. Now it's sixty five percent. And the sixty 105 00:07:00,635 --> 00:07:03,195 Speaker 1: six was after the State of the Union and well 106 00:07:03,235 --> 00:07:05,115 Speaker 1: before the debate. So I don't know why this was 107 00:07:05,155 --> 00:07:07,915 Speaker 1: a big story other than the facts that polls are 108 00:07:07,995 --> 00:07:12,755 Speaker 1: easily digestible fast news food, and most news organizations are 109 00:07:12,795 --> 00:07:14,755 Speaker 1: happy to run them and say, well, it's their polls, 110 00:07:14,835 --> 00:07:19,115 Speaker 1: not ours. Don't blame us. The data for Progress poll, though, 111 00:07:19,195 --> 00:07:23,635 Speaker 1: seems more meaningful. Before the debate, swing voters believed Trump's 112 00:07:23,635 --> 00:07:27,235 Speaker 1: criminal charges were far more important than Biden's age, by 113 00:07:27,315 --> 00:07:30,795 Speaker 1: forty eight percent to forty one percent. Now, a different 114 00:07:30,795 --> 00:07:34,195 Speaker 1: group of swing voters in this poll released yesterday say 115 00:07:34,435 --> 00:07:38,035 Speaker 1: his age is way more important than Trump's criminality and 116 00:07:38,115 --> 00:07:41,235 Speaker 1: fifty three percent to thirty seven percent. That is a swing, 117 00:07:41,955 --> 00:07:47,115 Speaker 1: a swing swing of twenty three points. And I don't 118 00:07:47,155 --> 00:07:51,515 Speaker 1: know how you come back from that. There were other 119 00:07:51,595 --> 00:07:54,835 Speaker 1: developments suggesting something is coming on the Biden front, and 120 00:07:54,955 --> 00:07:58,115 Speaker 1: right soon Pucked News with a lot of insider stuff 121 00:07:58,115 --> 00:08:01,315 Speaker 1: on last Saturday's Biden Congress zoom call, which went so 122 00:08:01,435 --> 00:08:05,315 Speaker 1: badly that one participant said, quote had the iss assassination 123 00:08:05,435 --> 00:08:08,915 Speaker 1: attempt not occurred? An hour later, I imagine fifty people 124 00:08:09,235 --> 00:08:12,955 Speaker 1: on that zoom were ready to come out publicly against him. 125 00:08:13,795 --> 00:08:17,235 Speaker 1: The call seems to have been recorded, and Puck published 126 00:08:17,235 --> 00:08:20,915 Speaker 1: a partial transcript of a loud blow up between Biden 127 00:08:21,195 --> 00:08:24,875 Speaker 1: and the Colorado Democrat Jason Crowe, who said the recent 128 00:08:24,955 --> 00:08:29,035 Speaker 1: campaign emphasis on national security wasn't working. Biden was yelling 129 00:08:29,115 --> 00:08:32,755 Speaker 1: at Crow, quoting Puck quoting Biden on the quote of 130 00:08:32,795 --> 00:08:35,995 Speaker 1: the call, things are in chaos, and I'm bringing some 131 00:08:36,195 --> 00:08:38,715 Speaker 1: order to it. And again, find me a world leader 132 00:08:38,715 --> 00:08:41,315 Speaker 1: who's an ally of ours, who doesn't think I'm the 133 00:08:41,315 --> 00:08:45,475 Speaker 1: most respected person they've ever whereupon Crow interrupts, it's not 134 00:08:45,875 --> 00:08:50,035 Speaker 1: breaking through, mister president, to our voters, and Biden comes 135 00:08:50,075 --> 00:08:53,635 Speaker 1: back with you ought to talk about it on national security. 136 00:08:53,675 --> 00:08:56,035 Speaker 1: Nobody has been a better president than I've been. Name 137 00:08:56,115 --> 00:08:59,715 Speaker 1: me one, name me one exclamation point. So I don't 138 00:08:59,715 --> 00:09:04,395 Speaker 1: want to hear that crap. So that'd be a Democratic 139 00:09:04,475 --> 00:09:08,955 Speaker 1: congressman saying Biden's vitality score is drowning out the party's 140 00:09:09,315 --> 00:09:13,915 Speaker 1: entire message, and Biden replying by screaming at them because 141 00:09:14,715 --> 00:09:20,395 Speaker 1: they're not getting his message across loudly enough. Axios had 142 00:09:20,395 --> 00:09:23,675 Speaker 1: a similar report saying Mark Vzi of Texas and Chrissy 143 00:09:23,715 --> 00:09:27,235 Speaker 1: Hulan of Pennsylvania demanded to know the president's plan to 144 00:09:27,275 --> 00:09:30,555 Speaker 1: turn the campaign around, and Biden responded to vis by 145 00:09:30,555 --> 00:09:33,835 Speaker 1: saying House members weren't doing a good enough job reminding 146 00:09:33,955 --> 00:09:40,355 Speaker 1: voters of the administration's accomplishments. This is fine, zips coffee, 147 00:09:41,275 --> 00:09:45,355 Speaker 1: This is fine. Why is it warm in here? This 148 00:09:45,555 --> 00:09:50,875 Speaker 1: is also fine. Bernie Sanders defending Biden yesterday to Isaac 149 00:09:50,955 --> 00:09:54,395 Speaker 1: Chottner and The New Yorker, and it's well, it's very Bernie, 150 00:09:54,675 --> 00:09:59,475 Speaker 1: and it's not very much help. Chattner to Sanders to 151 00:09:59,515 --> 00:10:02,035 Speaker 1: merge the question about him selling his agenda with the 152 00:10:02,155 --> 00:10:05,395 Speaker 1: question about his age. I watched President Biden with Lester 153 00:10:05,475 --> 00:10:07,675 Speaker 1: Holt Monday night, and I watched him on three point 154 00:10:07,675 --> 00:10:11,075 Speaker 1: sixty with Speedy Mormon, and he is definitely getting out 155 00:10:11,075 --> 00:10:13,075 Speaker 1: there more than he was the night after the debate. 156 00:10:13,315 --> 00:10:15,515 Speaker 1: But just to be honest, Senator, I mean, the guy 157 00:10:15,595 --> 00:10:22,315 Speaker 1: has trouble completing a single sentence, Sanders, he does, Chotner. 158 00:10:22,915 --> 00:10:25,515 Speaker 1: Every time he was attacking Donald Trump's record, he would 159 00:10:25,555 --> 00:10:28,915 Speaker 1: just pause. I mean, the idea that this candidate who's 160 00:10:28,955 --> 00:10:30,915 Speaker 1: going to be eighty two this year is going to 161 00:10:31,315 --> 00:10:37,275 Speaker 1: Sanders may i Chotner, Yeah, please, Sanders. I'm not aware 162 00:10:37,675 --> 00:10:39,875 Speaker 1: that anyone thinks that Joe Biden is the best candidate 163 00:10:39,915 --> 00:10:41,675 Speaker 1: in the history of the world, or that he's an 164 00:10:41,715 --> 00:10:44,715 Speaker 1: ideal candidate. And nobody will argue with you that he 165 00:10:44,835 --> 00:10:50,635 Speaker 1: has a trails off it notes. He admitted it. Sometimes 166 00:10:50,635 --> 00:10:53,395 Speaker 1: he gets confused about names. You're right, sometimes he doesn't 167 00:10:53,435 --> 00:10:56,515 Speaker 1: put three sentences together. It is true. But the reality 168 00:10:56,515 --> 00:10:58,835 Speaker 1: of the moment is, in my view, he is the 169 00:10:58,835 --> 00:11:01,755 Speaker 1: best candidate the Democrats have for a variety of reasons, 170 00:11:01,915 --> 00:11:04,635 Speaker 1: and trying in an unprecedented way to take him off 171 00:11:04,875 --> 00:11:06,715 Speaker 1: the ticket would do a lot more harm than good. 172 00:11:07,835 --> 00:11:11,835 Speaker 1: Schotner to Sanders, and then there's this substantive question about 173 00:11:11,835 --> 00:11:14,795 Speaker 1: whether he can be president for four more years. You 174 00:11:14,875 --> 00:11:19,355 Speaker 1: have no concerns about that, Sanders. Look, I have concerns 175 00:11:19,355 --> 00:11:25,675 Speaker 1: about everything you know, and everybody should have concerns about everything. Okay, 176 00:11:25,715 --> 00:11:30,635 Speaker 1: So that helped circling back to the COVID diagnosis. I 177 00:11:30,715 --> 00:11:33,355 Speaker 1: truly don't think it's anything more or less than a 178 00:11:33,395 --> 00:11:36,675 Speaker 1: COVID diagnosis. Certainly that's enough for an eighty one year 179 00:11:36,715 --> 00:11:41,035 Speaker 1: old man. But here, of all things is a Biden interview, 180 00:11:41,115 --> 00:11:44,555 Speaker 1: a new one with my old colleague from last century 181 00:11:44,595 --> 00:11:49,315 Speaker 1: at MSNBC, Ed Gordon for beet, and the president for 182 00:11:49,355 --> 00:11:52,155 Speaker 1: the first time said in it he could drop out 183 00:11:53,355 --> 00:11:57,155 Speaker 1: if there were compelling health reasons. 184 00:11:57,675 --> 00:12:00,675 Speaker 2: Is there anything that you would look to you personally, 185 00:12:00,715 --> 00:12:04,355 Speaker 2: not anybody else, not other pundits, not even perhaps family 186 00:12:04,395 --> 00:12:07,475 Speaker 2: members that you would look to to say, if I 187 00:12:07,635 --> 00:12:09,955 Speaker 2: see that, I will reevaluate. 188 00:12:10,995 --> 00:12:13,715 Speaker 3: If I had some medical condition that emerged, if somebody, 189 00:12:13,755 --> 00:12:15,395 Speaker 3: if the doctors came to me and said you got 190 00:12:15,435 --> 00:12:18,835 Speaker 3: this problem, that problem. But I made a serious mistake 191 00:12:20,035 --> 00:12:25,555 Speaker 3: in the whole debate. And look, when I originally ran, 192 00:12:25,635 --> 00:12:27,795 Speaker 3: you may remember it, I said I was gonna be again. 193 00:12:28,875 --> 00:12:34,075 Speaker 1: Coincidence. I think interview comes out around two pm Eastern, 194 00:12:34,355 --> 00:12:42,555 Speaker 1: COVID diagnosis around six pm Eastern. That's a coincidence, right, right, 195 00:12:46,875 --> 00:12:50,515 Speaker 1: First two major unforced errors of the official Trump campaign. 196 00:12:50,955 --> 00:12:55,675 Speaker 1: CBS News proposes August twelve for the vice presidential debate. 197 00:12:56,075 --> 00:12:59,675 Speaker 1: Kamala Harris accepts. This is hours before JD. Vance was 198 00:12:59,715 --> 00:13:03,955 Speaker 1: to give his vice presidential acceptance speech, and Vance refused 199 00:13:04,075 --> 00:13:09,035 Speaker 1: to commit, probably the first press release to carry the 200 00:13:09,075 --> 00:13:13,995 Speaker 1: new Trump Vance campaign logo masthead. And it's a snarky 201 00:13:14,155 --> 00:13:16,715 Speaker 1: excuse about how they can't commit to a debate because 202 00:13:16,715 --> 00:13:20,515 Speaker 1: they don't know who the Democratic vice presidential candidate will be. 203 00:13:20,755 --> 00:13:23,675 Speaker 1: And that sounds hilarious, doesn't it. And they mentioned Harris 204 00:13:23,755 --> 00:13:26,915 Speaker 1: choosing Newsom or Pritzker or Whitmer's a running mate at 205 00:13:26,915 --> 00:13:32,395 Speaker 1: Oh what wittiness from a Trump idiot, Except it reads 206 00:13:32,475 --> 00:13:35,995 Speaker 1: like Vance is too afraid of Newsom or Pritzker or 207 00:13:35,995 --> 00:13:38,955 Speaker 1: Whitmer or Harris to just say what you're supposed to 208 00:13:38,995 --> 00:13:44,195 Speaker 1: do in this situation. Yes, that he needed a joke 209 00:13:45,035 --> 00:13:49,475 Speaker 1: and a bad joke to cover up fear hours before 210 00:13:49,515 --> 00:13:53,395 Speaker 1: his acceptance speech. Politics one oh one, JD. And you 211 00:13:53,635 --> 00:13:59,315 Speaker 1: just failed the first exam, beardo the second mistake? Will 212 00:13:59,395 --> 00:14:02,195 Speaker 1: I think move out of the shadows at some point soon, 213 00:14:02,835 --> 00:14:05,915 Speaker 1: just like the Joe must Go thing again. And the 214 00:14:05,995 --> 00:14:09,315 Speaker 1: longer this goes unaddressed, the less sense any of it 215 00:14:09,395 --> 00:14:13,315 Speaker 1: makes to me. In short, we now have to assume 216 00:14:13,715 --> 00:14:18,875 Speaker 1: that Trump is lying about getting shot, that he was 217 00:14:18,915 --> 00:14:22,355 Speaker 1: shot at is not in doubt that the blood came 218 00:14:22,475 --> 00:14:27,355 Speaker 1: from in the unfortunate phrase he himself chose. His ear 219 00:14:27,795 --> 00:14:35,275 Speaker 1: being pierced by a bullet has been verified by absolutely nobody. 220 00:14:36,195 --> 00:14:40,235 Speaker 1: Nothing from Butler Memorial Hospital in Pennsylvania, nothing from the 221 00:14:40,275 --> 00:14:43,995 Speaker 1: Secret Service, nothing from the Department of Justice, nothing from 222 00:14:44,035 --> 00:14:47,755 Speaker 1: any branch of government, nothing from the FBI, even though 223 00:14:47,795 --> 00:14:51,075 Speaker 1: the FBI has gone to unusual lengths of confirming the 224 00:14:51,115 --> 00:14:55,715 Speaker 1: investigation is of an assassination attempt and of domestic terrorism. 225 00:14:55,915 --> 00:14:58,875 Speaker 1: And they've already broken into the shooter's phone, and they 226 00:14:58,875 --> 00:15:01,355 Speaker 1: know there were eight shots, and they know who else 227 00:15:01,515 --> 00:15:05,955 Speaker 1: was shot, and they released their names, And nothing about 228 00:15:05,995 --> 00:15:11,355 Speaker 1: Trump getting shot. Nothing from any news organization, and each 229 00:15:11,435 --> 00:15:16,195 Speaker 1: normans organization has had to cleverly, almost artistically, avoid saying 230 00:15:16,235 --> 00:15:19,995 Speaker 1: Trump was shot and also avoid saying Trump wasn't shot. 231 00:15:21,115 --> 00:15:24,715 Speaker 1: New York Times the former president was holding a rally 232 00:15:24,795 --> 00:15:29,075 Speaker 1: when he said he was shot in his ear. Even 233 00:15:29,195 --> 00:15:32,395 Speaker 1: NBC News, in the middle of a company wide Trump 234 00:15:32,675 --> 00:15:36,075 Speaker 1: suck up, writes not that Trump was hit by a bullock, 235 00:15:36,115 --> 00:15:39,835 Speaker 1: but rather quote. Days since a Pennsylvania shooter opened fire 236 00:15:39,915 --> 00:15:44,955 Speaker 1: at a campaign rally and wounded Trump's ear, the former 237 00:15:44,995 --> 00:15:47,715 Speaker 1: president and his campaign have revealed next to nothing about 238 00:15:47,715 --> 00:15:53,115 Speaker 1: his condition. Well neither did the NBC News story, nothing 239 00:15:53,195 --> 00:15:57,515 Speaker 1: from anybody on Trump's own team, except for his own 240 00:15:57,555 --> 00:16:01,635 Speaker 1: original social media post about the ear piercing, and then 241 00:16:01,675 --> 00:16:06,715 Speaker 1: from Congressman and demoted former Navy di Ronnie glug Glug Jackson, 242 00:16:07,115 --> 00:16:10,755 Speaker 1: who had last been seen publicly swearing like a sailor 243 00:16:10,875 --> 00:16:14,595 Speaker 1: at sheriff's officers as they detained him at a rodeo 244 00:16:14,635 --> 00:16:17,595 Speaker 1: in Amarillo a year and two weeks ago. And even 245 00:16:17,715 --> 00:16:20,675 Speaker 1: Ronnie Jackson says he didn't treat Trump's ear until the 246 00:16:20,755 --> 00:16:24,595 Speaker 1: day after Sunday, and not that he treated it last 247 00:16:24,595 --> 00:16:26,675 Speaker 1: Saturday because he was home in Texas on Saturday. And 248 00:16:26,715 --> 00:16:29,475 Speaker 1: based on how Jackson has described it and what he 249 00:16:29,595 --> 00:16:33,555 Speaker 1: doesn't know about it, it is clear Jackson is assuming 250 00:16:34,275 --> 00:16:37,595 Speaker 1: it was a bullet, but in fact, the superficial damage 251 00:16:37,635 --> 00:16:39,795 Speaker 1: to Trump's ear could have been caused by a bullet 252 00:16:40,315 --> 00:16:43,915 Speaker 1: or inadvertent shrapnel, or a piece of glass, or I 253 00:16:43,915 --> 00:16:50,475 Speaker 1: don't know, by venomous fleas. The entire official medical report 254 00:16:50,515 --> 00:16:53,435 Speaker 1: from the Trump campaign is that he is quote fine, 255 00:16:54,075 --> 00:16:59,875 Speaker 1: unquote Five days later, the entirety of Trump's cult and 256 00:16:59,915 --> 00:17:03,835 Speaker 1: his political gang and militia continue to treat last Saturday 257 00:17:03,875 --> 00:17:07,515 Speaker 1: as if Trump had had been literally saved by a deity. 258 00:17:08,155 --> 00:17:10,835 Speaker 1: They are not only trying to use it to boost 259 00:17:10,875 --> 00:17:15,875 Speaker 1: his polling, but also to boost gods. They have compared 260 00:17:15,955 --> 00:17:19,475 Speaker 1: him to Christ, including the amount of vood loss. They 261 00:17:19,475 --> 00:17:22,595 Speaker 1: have thrown off any hesitation or moderation. They have made 262 00:17:22,595 --> 00:17:26,355 Speaker 1: it if you shoot at the King analogies. A sitting 263 00:17:26,435 --> 00:17:28,995 Speaker 1: senator has demanded that after Trump survived, we must all 264 00:17:28,995 --> 00:17:32,315 Speaker 1: now believe in miracles. And nobody other than Trump will 265 00:17:32,395 --> 00:17:35,475 Speaker 1: even confirm, even without a name attached to it, just 266 00:17:35,515 --> 00:17:39,555 Speaker 1: an organizational name, even just anonymously. No one will confirm 267 00:17:39,555 --> 00:17:44,515 Speaker 1: that what hit Trump really was a bullet? Why the 268 00:17:44,555 --> 00:17:49,395 Speaker 1: hell not? As we crossed the milestone of one hundred 269 00:17:49,435 --> 00:17:53,195 Speaker 1: hours since the assassination attempt, and there's no argument that 270 00:17:53,275 --> 00:17:56,395 Speaker 1: it wasn't one, the fact that nobody has confirmed he 271 00:17:56,555 --> 00:17:59,835 Speaker 1: was shot must now be considered as having transformed into 272 00:17:59,835 --> 00:18:04,115 Speaker 1: the fact that people are deliberately choosing to not confirm it. 273 00:18:05,275 --> 00:18:07,795 Speaker 1: I mean, the full report on Biden's COVID was out 274 00:18:07,835 --> 00:18:10,515 Speaker 1: within an hour of the test, down to the timing 275 00:18:10,595 --> 00:18:14,715 Speaker 1: of his first dose of packslovid. If Trump was shot, 276 00:18:15,435 --> 00:18:18,475 Speaker 1: there is no longer any logical explanation for this hesitation, 277 00:18:18,755 --> 00:18:23,395 Speaker 1: this five day long hesitation. Not even in Trump's world 278 00:18:23,475 --> 00:18:27,795 Speaker 1: of illogic does this make sense. This creature lives to 279 00:18:27,875 --> 00:18:31,715 Speaker 1: be the victim a statement from I don't know the 280 00:18:31,755 --> 00:18:35,475 Speaker 1: Secretary of Homeland Security that he was shot. He would 281 00:18:35,515 --> 00:18:38,795 Speaker 1: frame it, he would put it on his wall, he'd 282 00:18:38,835 --> 00:18:41,515 Speaker 1: move some of the fake Time magazine covers out of 283 00:18:41,515 --> 00:18:44,195 Speaker 1: the way. He'd sell photo copies of it up for 284 00:18:44,355 --> 00:18:48,235 Speaker 1: seventy eight dollars. Hell, the bastard is already selling commemorative 285 00:18:48,275 --> 00:18:51,955 Speaker 1: limited edition assassination sneakers. Your costs two hundred and ninety 286 00:18:52,035 --> 00:18:55,315 Speaker 1: nine dollars and no sense. By the way, you can, 287 00:18:55,355 --> 00:19:02,195 Speaker 1: presumably in your assassination sneakers do the assassination tango. Nobody 288 00:19:02,315 --> 00:19:08,115 Speaker 1: is disputing what was a tempted against Trump Saturday. Nobody 289 00:19:08,195 --> 00:19:12,555 Speaker 1: is disputing what could have happened. If they are not 290 00:19:12,675 --> 00:19:16,435 Speaker 1: saying yes, definitively conclusively, he was shot with a bullet, 291 00:19:16,435 --> 00:19:17,915 Speaker 1: with a bullet that hit his body, even just a 292 00:19:17,955 --> 00:19:20,995 Speaker 1: little at this point we have to assume he was 293 00:19:21,035 --> 00:19:23,835 Speaker 1: not hit by a bullet. And as I said at 294 00:19:23,875 --> 00:19:26,795 Speaker 1: the start, therefore we now have to assume that Trump 295 00:19:26,955 --> 00:19:30,795 Speaker 1: is lying about getting shot. And again, they could clear 296 00:19:30,875 --> 00:19:35,755 Speaker 1: this up in thirty seconds. It's seemingly trivial some investigators, 297 00:19:35,795 --> 00:19:39,675 Speaker 1: some law enforcement official, some doctor other than Glug Glug, 298 00:19:41,155 --> 00:19:45,635 Speaker 1: and they may yet do that. It may yet prove true. 299 00:19:45,795 --> 00:19:48,955 Speaker 1: It is the easiest explanation of all the theories, and 300 00:19:48,995 --> 00:19:52,395 Speaker 1: the most logical one. And the refusal to offer the 301 00:19:52,475 --> 00:19:56,115 Speaker 1: proof has created uncertainty in an area that really shouldn't 302 00:19:56,155 --> 00:20:02,715 Speaker 1: be that uncertain. If he wasn't shot, so what something 303 00:20:02,755 --> 00:20:06,035 Speaker 1: else thrown up by the shit? The shooter's bullet intended 304 00:20:06,075 --> 00:20:08,795 Speaker 1: to kill him, nicked his ear? Well, that's much better 305 00:20:09,635 --> 00:20:13,235 Speaker 1: if he was shot. What's the issue? Is there something 306 00:20:13,275 --> 00:20:17,875 Speaker 1: wrong with the bullets? Has he ever sold limited edition 307 00:20:18,035 --> 00:20:22,595 Speaker 1: Trump bullets? Was he grazed by a bullet that had 308 00:20:22,635 --> 00:20:26,235 Speaker 1: his face on it or his name on it? I 309 00:20:26,275 --> 00:20:28,595 Speaker 1: mean talk about a bullet having your name on it. 310 00:20:30,355 --> 00:20:32,315 Speaker 1: The thing is, the more you look into the coverage 311 00:20:32,315 --> 00:20:35,035 Speaker 1: of exactly what he got hit with, the crazier that 312 00:20:35,115 --> 00:20:38,515 Speaker 1: coverage reads. Go to the local coverage around Pittsburgh in 313 00:20:38,555 --> 00:20:41,355 Speaker 1: the days since, and you will find nobody with direct 314 00:20:41,395 --> 00:20:44,435 Speaker 1: knowledge of how Trump looked, or how he was treated, 315 00:20:44,675 --> 00:20:47,595 Speaker 1: or what he was treated for. You'll find that none 316 00:20:47,595 --> 00:20:51,395 Speaker 1: of them will say, yeah, Trump was shot. The hospital 317 00:20:51,955 --> 00:20:54,555 Speaker 1: has been flooding the zone with information about how it 318 00:20:54,635 --> 00:20:57,275 Speaker 1: reacted and how it had planned for something like this, 319 00:20:57,515 --> 00:21:01,035 Speaker 1: and how it treated other new patients outside on the street, 320 00:21:01,315 --> 00:21:04,395 Speaker 1: and how wonderful the hospital staff was. And then there's 321 00:21:04,435 --> 00:21:10,595 Speaker 1: this from the KDKA TV website quote Butler Memorial Hospital's 322 00:21:10,675 --> 00:21:15,355 Speaker 1: president was at a bridal shower when President Trump was 323 00:21:15,395 --> 00:21:19,195 Speaker 1: shot at a local campaign rally. Karen Allen left the 324 00:21:19,235 --> 00:21:23,315 Speaker 1: shower and rushed to Butler Memorial. Her colleagues were treating Trump, 325 00:21:23,515 --> 00:21:28,915 Speaker 1: the hospital was locked down. Okay, it's mildly unintentionally humorous 326 00:21:28,915 --> 00:21:32,755 Speaker 1: to this point. Now, the serious part president of the 327 00:21:32,795 --> 00:21:37,235 Speaker 1: hospital and her info about what happened to Trump, that 328 00:21:37,275 --> 00:21:39,955 Speaker 1: he was being treated for at her hospital is not 329 00:21:40,315 --> 00:21:45,515 Speaker 1: just second hand, it's third hand. Again, quoting Alan said, 330 00:21:45,635 --> 00:21:49,395 Speaker 1: she learned Trump had been shot from the hospital's chief 331 00:21:49,435 --> 00:21:55,395 Speaker 1: medical officer, who was on vacation at the beach. So 332 00:21:55,515 --> 00:21:58,315 Speaker 1: the head of the hospital has no first hand knowledge 333 00:21:58,355 --> 00:22:00,875 Speaker 1: of the injuries, and the chief medical officer of the 334 00:22:00,875 --> 00:22:04,435 Speaker 1: hospital has no first hand knowledge of the injuries either. 335 00:22:04,755 --> 00:22:09,355 Speaker 1: Who in the hell does I mean at this point, 336 00:22:09,395 --> 00:22:12,915 Speaker 1: Trump could have set off a movie prop blood squib 337 00:22:12,955 --> 00:22:17,035 Speaker 1: and nobody would know. I'm not saying that's what happened, 338 00:22:17,315 --> 00:22:21,395 Speaker 1: but you see where organic conspiracy theories grow from. And 339 00:22:21,475 --> 00:22:25,755 Speaker 1: at five days in Trump has grown one. And we 340 00:22:25,875 --> 00:22:29,955 Speaker 1: have to assume he's lying about getting hit by a bullet, 341 00:22:30,515 --> 00:22:33,955 Speaker 1: or there's something about the whole thing that he's lying about. 342 00:22:39,475 --> 00:22:43,635 Speaker 1: Also of interest, here is Trump's near death experience part 343 00:22:43,675 --> 00:22:48,795 Speaker 1: of God's plan. That's not me asking that question. That's 344 00:22:48,795 --> 00:22:53,195 Speaker 1: not some idiot on Newsmax. That's a Washington Post columnist. 345 00:22:53,275 --> 00:22:55,835 Speaker 1: And if you think he's swallowed the kool aid, you 346 00:22:55,875 --> 00:23:00,315 Speaker 1: know which pundit is the leading national distributor of Trump 347 00:23:00,435 --> 00:23:04,355 Speaker 1: kool aid at the moment. It's Van. This is the 348 00:23:04,475 --> 00:23:10,035 Speaker 1: night Trump became Jesus Jones of CNN. Van, the man 349 00:23:10,155 --> 00:23:13,315 Speaker 1: is at it again, and you will never believe who 350 00:23:13,355 --> 00:23:20,115 Speaker 1: he has praised. Now that's next. This is countdown. This 351 00:23:20,275 --> 00:23:45,155 Speaker 1: is countdown with Keith Olberman still ahead of us on 352 00:23:45,195 --> 00:23:48,995 Speaker 1: this initiative countdown. So I'm reading those hilarious spotted entries 353 00:23:49,235 --> 00:23:54,635 Speaker 1: of political celebrities at events at the Republican Convention. And 354 00:23:54,755 --> 00:23:56,595 Speaker 1: you read these lists and your reaction to most of 355 00:23:56,635 --> 00:24:03,355 Speaker 1: them is She's still alive. And there's one name, Alexey Lallas, 356 00:24:04,755 --> 00:24:08,115 Speaker 1: time counterculture soccer hero and now just another hanger on 357 00:24:08,595 --> 00:24:12,155 Speaker 1: at a party for an Indiana fascist at the Republican Convention. 358 00:24:13,155 --> 00:24:15,795 Speaker 1: Let me tell you, please, of the day at ESPN 359 00:24:15,835 --> 00:24:19,555 Speaker 1: that I stole Alexei Lallas's guitar from him and smashed 360 00:24:19,555 --> 00:24:23,595 Speaker 1: it to pieces in things I promised not to tell. Next, 361 00:24:24,355 --> 00:24:26,435 Speaker 1: there are still more idiots to talk about. The daily 362 00:24:26,475 --> 00:24:28,795 Speaker 1: roundup of the miss Grants, morons and Dunning Kruger effect 363 00:24:28,795 --> 00:24:33,075 Speaker 1: specimens who constitute two days worse persons in the world 364 00:24:34,155 --> 00:24:39,795 Speaker 1: Lebrons worst. Ted Cruz podcaster Mister Cruz has a part 365 00:24:39,875 --> 00:24:42,955 Speaker 1: time job in the US Senate. I believe his job 366 00:24:43,075 --> 00:24:46,635 Speaker 1: is he empties the spittoons on the Senate floor under 367 00:24:46,635 --> 00:24:50,715 Speaker 1: the senator's desks. The job offers plenty of room for promotion. 368 00:24:51,235 --> 00:24:55,435 Speaker 1: After five years, they give him a brush Anyway, Ted 369 00:24:55,515 --> 00:24:58,595 Speaker 1: Cruse's podcast, I believe the title is I'm lying with 370 00:24:58,715 --> 00:25:02,755 Speaker 1: Ted Cruz featured this gem. I want to get answers 371 00:25:02,755 --> 00:25:06,955 Speaker 1: to was Politics involved turning down additional resources for Trump. 372 00:25:07,195 --> 00:25:10,235 Speaker 1: It's been reported now that on the day of the rally, 373 00:25:10,275 --> 00:25:14,955 Speaker 1: Secret Service moved some of Trump's detail to protect Jill Biden. Well, 374 00:25:15,035 --> 00:25:17,515 Speaker 1: the word reported is doing a lot of heavy lifting here, 375 00:25:17,555 --> 00:25:20,715 Speaker 1: even for Ted the podcaster. The reporting seems to have 376 00:25:20,755 --> 00:25:23,115 Speaker 1: all come from one story posted by a woman who 377 00:25:23,115 --> 00:25:26,675 Speaker 1: works for the right wing propaganda site Real Clear Politics. 378 00:25:27,635 --> 00:25:29,595 Speaker 1: By the way, that's one of the stupidest names of 379 00:25:29,635 --> 00:25:34,555 Speaker 1: anything in the world. Real Clear Politics, World Clear Politics. 380 00:25:36,195 --> 00:25:39,035 Speaker 1: They spelled it right. There was no shift of Secret 381 00:25:39,075 --> 00:25:41,155 Speaker 1: Service on Saturday, and there was no evidence that the 382 00:25:41,155 --> 00:25:44,075 Speaker 1: Trump detail was understaffed. You heard the Iran report, it 383 00:25:44,155 --> 00:25:47,955 Speaker 1: was probably larger than usual. The Real Clear Politics clown 384 00:25:48,355 --> 00:25:50,955 Speaker 1: just was told this by somebody who was lying, and 385 00:25:50,995 --> 00:25:54,715 Speaker 1: she made a video. She even remembered to press record. 386 00:25:55,675 --> 00:25:58,875 Speaker 1: The story, which is false, was reported in exactly the 387 00:25:58,915 --> 00:26:01,635 Speaker 1: same way that the story has been reported for years 388 00:26:01,635 --> 00:26:05,355 Speaker 1: that Ted Cruz is reported to reportedly be the Zode killer. 389 00:26:05,715 --> 00:26:09,315 Speaker 1: It's not true, but it's been reported. The runner up 390 00:26:09,355 --> 00:26:13,875 Speaker 1: worser Washington Post columnist and Washington Post editorial board member 391 00:26:14,235 --> 00:26:17,755 Speaker 1: Shady Hamid or as we will identify him here. The 392 00:26:17,835 --> 00:26:23,835 Speaker 1: latest guy fooled by Trump is Trump's near death experience 393 00:26:23,915 --> 00:26:27,155 Speaker 1: part of God's plan what a nation can expect when 394 00:26:27,155 --> 00:26:31,915 Speaker 1: a leader is nearly assassinated. Stories of near death experiences 395 00:26:32,115 --> 00:26:34,835 Speaker 1: chastening sinners and pushing them toward the light are the 396 00:26:34,875 --> 00:26:37,715 Speaker 1: stuff of legend, but they are also the stuff of real, 397 00:26:37,875 --> 00:26:41,755 Speaker 1: ordinary lives, the individuals who make a conscious choice to 398 00:26:41,835 --> 00:26:46,155 Speaker 1: turn away from the past and restructure their own narratives 399 00:26:46,195 --> 00:26:50,195 Speaker 1: toward a better end. It could mean that he campaigns 400 00:26:50,235 --> 00:26:52,715 Speaker 1: and then governs in the now more likely event that 401 00:26:52,715 --> 00:26:55,315 Speaker 1: he wins in a manner that is less authoritarian. It 402 00:26:55,355 --> 00:26:58,755 Speaker 1: could mean that, when presented with an opportunity to escalate tensions, 403 00:26:58,955 --> 00:27:03,235 Speaker 1: he might choose instead to tamp them down. Is this 404 00:27:03,315 --> 00:27:09,155 Speaker 1: about Trump really tamp them down? As it happens, this 405 00:27:09,195 --> 00:27:11,275 Speaker 1: would also be in his self interest, a way to 406 00:27:11,355 --> 00:27:14,995 Speaker 1: redeem his tarnished legacy. If this sounds like a fantasy, 407 00:27:15,355 --> 00:27:22,715 Speaker 1: perhaps it is, But fantasies sometimes come true. Dear Peedhus Forum, 408 00:27:23,195 --> 00:27:28,475 Speaker 1: I never believed this would happen to me. Christ Fortunately, 409 00:27:28,515 --> 00:27:35,515 Speaker 1: for Trump and perhaps for us, God works in mysterious ways. Well, 410 00:27:35,555 --> 00:27:37,435 Speaker 1: I mean this guy, Shadi Hamid is a member of 411 00:27:37,475 --> 00:27:41,275 Speaker 1: the Washington Post editorial board. So that's about as mysterious 412 00:27:41,315 --> 00:27:46,715 Speaker 1: as he gets. This was posted Tuesday, after Trump picked 413 00:27:46,715 --> 00:27:50,355 Speaker 1: that psychopath Advance as his running mate, and after he 414 00:27:50,435 --> 00:27:54,635 Speaker 1: demanded that the nation unify behind him by dropping all 415 00:27:54,715 --> 00:27:58,875 Speaker 1: the charges against him. Can't imagine why the Washington Post, 416 00:27:58,915 --> 00:28:02,835 Speaker 1: with writer Shadi Hamid, is bailing water twenty four hours 417 00:28:02,875 --> 00:28:05,835 Speaker 1: a day publishing this crap, Holy crap, Why don't you 418 00:28:05,915 --> 00:28:08,795 Speaker 1: just get a Trump is pivoting tattoo on your forehead? 419 00:28:10,075 --> 00:28:13,995 Speaker 1: Speaking of which, our winner Van Jones of CNN, the 420 00:28:14,115 --> 00:28:17,235 Speaker 1: number of people who say stupid things on CNN is 421 00:28:17,395 --> 00:28:21,235 Speaker 1: almost limitless. It's why CNN's ratings have sunk so low 422 00:28:21,915 --> 00:28:24,315 Speaker 1: that their audience is moving towards where it was when 423 00:28:24,395 --> 00:28:27,475 Speaker 1: I joined CNN at the end of its first year 424 00:28:27,515 --> 00:28:30,155 Speaker 1: in nineteen eighty one, and I used to call up 425 00:28:30,195 --> 00:28:33,275 Speaker 1: for credentials to news conferences and sporting events, and the 426 00:28:33,315 --> 00:28:36,275 Speaker 1: pr people would say, Sonny, you and I both know 427 00:28:36,355 --> 00:28:39,235 Speaker 1: there is no such thing as an all news television network. 428 00:28:39,275 --> 00:28:40,955 Speaker 1: If you want to get a free pass to the 429 00:28:40,995 --> 00:28:43,635 Speaker 1: ball game, you'll have to make up a better story 430 00:28:43,675 --> 00:28:48,595 Speaker 1: than that. Anyway, CNN is going there right now as 431 00:28:48,595 --> 00:28:51,955 Speaker 1: I've noted the average audience for this podcast exceeds many 432 00:28:52,115 --> 00:28:56,395 Speaker 1: hours of the audience during CNN's week. Van Jones is 433 00:28:56,435 --> 00:28:59,275 Speaker 1: one of the reasons, As I said, a lot of 434 00:28:59,315 --> 00:29:01,595 Speaker 1: people say dumb things on there, like all the anchors 435 00:29:02,155 --> 00:29:04,595 Speaker 1: others like Jake Tapper and Dana Bash do the opp 436 00:29:04,955 --> 00:29:08,315 Speaker 1: They don't say things dumb or otherwise when journalism would 437 00:29:08,315 --> 00:29:11,155 Speaker 1: seemingly compel them to say something like during the debate 438 00:29:11,875 --> 00:29:14,355 Speaker 1: or when Eric Trump is lying to them about who 439 00:29:14,515 --> 00:29:18,435 Speaker 1: shot what at his father. But Van Jones has been 440 00:29:18,475 --> 00:29:22,835 Speaker 1: saying earnestly, with deep conviction and the most sincere performance 441 00:29:22,835 --> 00:29:27,675 Speaker 1: of fake sincerity imaginable from his announcement in early twenty 442 00:29:27,715 --> 00:29:30,355 Speaker 1: seventeen that Trump, in a speech to Congress had just 443 00:29:30,515 --> 00:29:34,275 Speaker 1: truly become president. I guess because Trump had not shot 444 00:29:34,315 --> 00:29:37,315 Speaker 1: a guy during the speech or messed his diapers during 445 00:29:37,355 --> 00:29:40,315 Speaker 1: the speech. From that point through last Saturday, when Van 446 00:29:40,395 --> 00:29:43,595 Speaker 1: Jones cried on the air on seeing it and told 447 00:29:43,595 --> 00:29:46,435 Speaker 1: Democrats to embrace Republicans to show we were all Americans, 448 00:29:46,475 --> 00:29:48,915 Speaker 1: while Trump was already figuring out how to exploit the 449 00:29:48,955 --> 00:29:52,115 Speaker 1: event by demanding that America owed him now and everybody 450 00:29:52,155 --> 00:29:54,475 Speaker 1: should drop all those cases against him even though he 451 00:29:54,555 --> 00:29:58,395 Speaker 1: is a trader and a convicted sexual assaulter, and now 452 00:29:58,435 --> 00:30:02,795 Speaker 1: there is more from Van Jones. They keep putting him 453 00:30:02,835 --> 00:30:06,715 Speaker 1: on because if there's one thing TV executives throughout the 454 00:30:06,755 --> 00:30:09,795 Speaker 1: history of the world we'll not do is connect the 455 00:30:09,875 --> 00:30:14,715 Speaker 1: dots between their stupid personnel decisions and lower ratings. I mean, 456 00:30:14,755 --> 00:30:17,075 Speaker 1: it's why Anderson Cooper has been on the air there 457 00:30:17,115 --> 00:30:19,995 Speaker 1: for twenty years, even though he's never won his own 458 00:30:20,035 --> 00:30:23,635 Speaker 1: time slot, and he hasn't even finished second since like 459 00:30:23,795 --> 00:30:27,595 Speaker 1: two thousand and five. Van Jones has now turned to 460 00:30:27,675 --> 00:30:32,675 Speaker 1: commenting on the speakers at the Republican National Convention. Now, look, 461 00:30:33,315 --> 00:30:37,555 Speaker 1: they're all political prostitutes. Nicki Haley got up and said 462 00:30:37,555 --> 00:30:41,595 Speaker 1: Trump had her total endorsement because her fight against Trump 463 00:30:41,715 --> 00:30:45,475 Speaker 1: was just a marketing scheme. Well, she didn't say it 464 00:30:45,475 --> 00:30:48,355 Speaker 1: was a marketing scheme. I'm saying that. But there are 465 00:30:48,395 --> 00:30:52,515 Speaker 1: a few more cynical, few more dishonest, few more ugly 466 00:30:52,555 --> 00:30:57,675 Speaker 1: in their soul speakers than not Haley, but Sarah Huckabee Sanders, 467 00:30:58,315 --> 00:31:01,715 Speaker 1: now the governor of Arkansas, just as her soul as 468 00:31:01,755 --> 00:31:05,355 Speaker 1: father was, and she of course was Trump's most virulent 469 00:31:05,395 --> 00:31:09,275 Speaker 1: and angry press secretary, and she spoke at the RNC 470 00:31:09,515 --> 00:31:13,675 Speaker 1: and Van Jones said afterwards on CNN, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, 471 00:31:14,035 --> 00:31:17,635 Speaker 1: she was incredibly compelling to me. She told personal stories 472 00:31:17,635 --> 00:31:20,555 Speaker 1: that landed. It was moving, and it was powerful. She 473 00:31:20,635 --> 00:31:24,995 Speaker 1: gave the speech of the night unquote. Here's part of 474 00:31:25,635 --> 00:31:29,355 Speaker 1: Huckabee's moving, powerful personal story. 475 00:31:29,955 --> 00:31:32,435 Speaker 4: I got the chance to take my four year old son, 476 00:31:32,555 --> 00:31:37,835 Speaker 4: Huck to bring your kid to workday, much like Jill 477 00:31:38,075 --> 00:31:41,155 Speaker 4: now drags Joe to bring your husband to work out. 478 00:31:42,555 --> 00:31:45,755 Speaker 1: That was ageist and disrespectful, and like the rest of 479 00:31:45,795 --> 00:31:48,235 Speaker 1: the life of Sarah Huckabee, it was as if you 480 00:31:48,275 --> 00:31:53,355 Speaker 1: had taught a rhinoceros to talk. Plus, she's standing at 481 00:31:53,395 --> 00:31:57,995 Speaker 1: the gates of heaven and the administrator there says, and 482 00:31:58,075 --> 00:32:00,115 Speaker 1: what did you do with your life? And she says, 483 00:32:00,835 --> 00:32:06,795 Speaker 1: I named my son Huck huck Tuckabee Sanders. And he 484 00:32:06,915 --> 00:32:15,035 Speaker 1: goes next and the next thing you hear is Van 485 00:32:15,195 --> 00:32:19,115 Speaker 1: Jones thought that was incredibly compelling, moving and powerful. Thought 486 00:32:19,115 --> 00:32:23,195 Speaker 1: it was the speech of the night because Van, I'm 487 00:32:23,315 --> 00:32:29,315 Speaker 1: an idiot. Jones is the worst person. Oh, it's so 488 00:32:29,435 --> 00:32:45,875 Speaker 1: compelling in the world. Now things I promised not to tell. 489 00:32:45,875 --> 00:32:47,955 Speaker 1: And it was nineteen ninety four, and they just had 490 00:32:47,995 --> 00:32:50,755 Speaker 1: the first Soccer World Cup ever held in the United States, 491 00:32:50,755 --> 00:32:53,715 Speaker 1: and Alexei Lallis was the folk hero of the plucky 492 00:32:53,715 --> 00:32:57,115 Speaker 1: American team, and we put him in a This is 493 00:32:57,195 --> 00:33:00,675 Speaker 1: Sports Center commercial. And there's a long, great story to this. 494 00:33:00,955 --> 00:33:03,675 Speaker 1: I will tell you in a moment, But first listen 495 00:33:03,755 --> 00:33:09,435 Speaker 1: to what I found. It is a DVD with the outtakes. Now, 496 00:33:09,475 --> 00:33:13,515 Speaker 1: I didn't do this twice. It's two separate angles of it. 497 00:33:13,635 --> 00:33:16,555 Speaker 1: I might add. In the second angle, when I hit 498 00:33:16,595 --> 00:33:19,795 Speaker 1: the guitar against the wall, the fret of the thing 499 00:33:20,395 --> 00:33:25,195 Speaker 1: flew directly into the lens of the backup camera that 500 00:33:25,355 --> 00:33:28,355 Speaker 1: was on the floor. I couldn't do that again in 501 00:33:28,435 --> 00:33:32,755 Speaker 1: a billion years. Please enjoy. If you don't recognize me, 502 00:33:33,315 --> 00:33:34,555 Speaker 1: I'm the one grunting. 503 00:33:48,035 --> 00:34:03,995 Speaker 5: Okay, I still love you, man, Okay, I still love 504 00:34:04,035 --> 00:34:04,275 Speaker 5: you man. 505 00:34:04,795 --> 00:34:08,755 Speaker 1: The nineteen ninety four Soccer World Cup did not really 506 00:34:08,795 --> 00:34:10,995 Speaker 1: do that much for American soccer, which as you know, 507 00:34:11,115 --> 00:34:13,715 Speaker 1: is the sport of the future in this country and 508 00:34:13,835 --> 00:34:16,515 Speaker 1: always will be. But it did make a lot of 509 00:34:16,555 --> 00:34:20,915 Speaker 1: Americans into fans of European soccer clubs, especially the British ones. 510 00:34:21,315 --> 00:34:24,595 Speaker 1: But for a while, Alexi Lalas, with his shoulder length, 511 00:34:24,635 --> 00:34:29,315 Speaker 1: reddish blonde hair and billy goat beard and anti establishment vibe, 512 00:34:29,595 --> 00:34:32,315 Speaker 1: was on the front burner of American sports and he 513 00:34:32,395 --> 00:34:34,395 Speaker 1: made quite a nice career out of it as a 514 00:34:34,475 --> 00:34:38,875 Speaker 1: commentator on soccer on TV. But back then, naturally, ESPN, 515 00:34:38,955 --> 00:34:43,235 Speaker 1: launching its surrealist fake documentary commercial series, wanted him to 516 00:34:43,275 --> 00:34:45,875 Speaker 1: be in it, and sure enough he came to Bristol 517 00:34:46,475 --> 00:34:49,275 Speaker 1: and Hank Perlman devised a bit in which Gary Miller, 518 00:34:49,355 --> 00:34:52,155 Speaker 1: our anchor, who was himself a soccer immortal for his 519 00:34:52,275 --> 00:34:56,275 Speaker 1: soccer breakdown which I've played to you, you know, John Luca, Palyuka, 520 00:34:56,675 --> 00:35:00,275 Speaker 1: the Mother, etc. Gary would be sitting at a desk 521 00:35:00,435 --> 00:35:03,515 Speaker 1: in the sports Center newsroom. As atop the adjoining desk, 522 00:35:03,715 --> 00:35:09,995 Speaker 1: Alexi Lalis sat cross legged in sunglasses, philosophizing on relaxation 523 00:35:10,115 --> 00:35:14,795 Speaker 1: and finally playing on his guitar. Michael Row the boat ashore. 524 00:35:15,875 --> 00:35:17,795 Speaker 1: At that point the commercial turned into one of the 525 00:35:17,795 --> 00:35:22,155 Speaker 1: classic scenes from John Belushi's film Animal House. Another sportscaster 526 00:35:22,395 --> 00:35:25,795 Speaker 1: was to storm into the newsroom, pull the guitar out 527 00:35:25,795 --> 00:35:29,355 Speaker 1: of Alexei Lalas's hands and smash it against a cubicle. 528 00:35:29,515 --> 00:35:33,995 Speaker 1: Wall and emit a loud, primal grunt as he did so, 529 00:35:34,795 --> 00:35:37,755 Speaker 1: and then hand Lallas back whatever was left of the guitar, 530 00:35:37,915 --> 00:35:43,715 Speaker 1: and like Belushi in the movie, say sorry. Well, Hank 531 00:35:43,795 --> 00:35:46,635 Speaker 1: had a sportscaster in mind for that role, and guess 532 00:35:46,715 --> 00:35:51,675 Speaker 1: who it was me? So picture that in your mind 533 00:35:51,995 --> 00:35:54,675 Speaker 1: as I play what it sounded like. And then I 534 00:35:54,755 --> 00:35:57,515 Speaker 1: have what I think is a really good backstory to 535 00:35:57,555 --> 00:36:02,315 Speaker 1: the filming of this. This is SportsCenter SportsCenter commercial, and 536 00:36:02,395 --> 00:36:08,195 Speaker 1: I'm talking to you at the darkness. We got to 537 00:36:08,195 --> 00:36:27,915 Speaker 1: do something about that, Michael. For time's sake, the word 538 00:36:28,155 --> 00:36:31,835 Speaker 1: sorry didn't make it. So the backstory and it's out 539 00:36:31,875 --> 00:36:35,435 Speaker 1: of chronological order. The guitar that Alexei Lawis was playing 540 00:36:35,515 --> 00:36:38,155 Speaker 1: was not the one I smashed. There was an exact 541 00:36:38,275 --> 00:36:40,715 Speaker 1: duplicate that had been bought. It had been taken apart, 542 00:36:40,795 --> 00:36:43,555 Speaker 1: it had been sawed, and basically it was put back 543 00:36:43,555 --> 00:36:46,835 Speaker 1: together with scotch tape. It would hold together long enough 544 00:36:46,835 --> 00:36:49,675 Speaker 1: for him to scrum a few sour notes on it 545 00:36:49,995 --> 00:36:52,155 Speaker 1: and then for me to grab it and smash it. 546 00:36:52,595 --> 00:36:55,795 Speaker 1: They were confident it would not fly apart until I 547 00:36:55,915 --> 00:36:58,275 Speaker 1: hit the cubicle wall with it. But they still told 548 00:36:58,275 --> 00:37:01,795 Speaker 1: me to simply grab it, not yanked out of his hands, 549 00:37:02,435 --> 00:37:04,275 Speaker 1: or I might be left holding the neck of the 550 00:37:04,315 --> 00:37:08,595 Speaker 1: guitar and Alexey holding the rest of it. This was 551 00:37:08,715 --> 00:37:12,315 Speaker 1: especially problematic because we only had the one prop guitar. 552 00:37:13,435 --> 00:37:16,155 Speaker 1: That's right, We made the business end of that commercial 553 00:37:16,235 --> 00:37:20,635 Speaker 1: in one take. This is SportsCenter campaign not only freakly 554 00:37:20,635 --> 00:37:24,675 Speaker 1: achieved something approaching genius levels of originality and creativity, but 555 00:37:24,755 --> 00:37:29,275 Speaker 1: they were all done cheaper than local news promos. In Burlington, 556 00:37:29,355 --> 00:37:33,955 Speaker 1: Vermont in nineteen eighty two, we often shot three of 557 00:37:33,995 --> 00:37:37,835 Speaker 1: these commercials in one day, and it wasn't until the 558 00:37:37,875 --> 00:37:41,035 Speaker 1: second series of ads did the SportsCenter anchors who started 559 00:37:41,075 --> 00:37:44,075 Speaker 1: in one, or two or three even get credit for 560 00:37:44,155 --> 00:37:47,835 Speaker 1: a day off. In one of them, Charlie Sneiner is 561 00:37:47,875 --> 00:37:49,835 Speaker 1: trying to get his tape of highlights back from the 562 00:37:49,835 --> 00:37:53,475 Speaker 1: Harlem Globetrotters who are passing it around like a basketball, 563 00:37:53,515 --> 00:37:55,715 Speaker 1: and he says, can he is a little help? Then 564 00:37:55,755 --> 00:37:58,715 Speaker 1: I'm typing away at my computer and I say, sure, Charlie, 565 00:37:58,755 --> 00:38:01,035 Speaker 1: and I don't even look at him, let alone stop typing, 566 00:38:01,195 --> 00:38:04,635 Speaker 1: let alone give them any help. And that's done. Because 567 00:38:04,715 --> 00:38:08,355 Speaker 1: the commercial was shot in the area right behind my desk, 568 00:38:08,755 --> 00:38:11,915 Speaker 1: because nobody was working there that day except me, and 569 00:38:11,995 --> 00:38:14,955 Speaker 1: it was around five PM, and I was, in fact 570 00:38:14,995 --> 00:38:18,315 Speaker 1: sitting at my desk writing the eleven PM Sports Center script, 571 00:38:18,875 --> 00:38:21,155 Speaker 1: and the original commercial script did not call for me 572 00:38:21,275 --> 00:38:24,315 Speaker 1: to even be in Charlie's commercial. But on the fly 573 00:38:24,435 --> 00:38:26,915 Speaker 1: the writer said, hey, Keith, can you give us one line? 574 00:38:27,395 --> 00:38:29,155 Speaker 1: And I said, as long as I can keep writing, 575 00:38:29,515 --> 00:38:34,075 Speaker 1: and they said perfect. By the way, Charlie did the 576 00:38:34,075 --> 00:38:37,635 Speaker 1: commercial around five o'clock or so and then went and 577 00:38:37,635 --> 00:38:41,435 Speaker 1: anchored the six thirty PM Sports Center. The spot we 578 00:38:41,475 --> 00:38:44,595 Speaker 1: did where hockey legend Gordy Howe beats me up while 579 00:38:44,635 --> 00:38:47,395 Speaker 1: I am trying to read through a script also shot 580 00:38:47,435 --> 00:38:49,955 Speaker 1: at my desk, also on a day I was anchoring 581 00:38:49,955 --> 00:38:54,635 Speaker 1: the show, and that was my real script. Anyway, back 582 00:38:54,675 --> 00:38:57,915 Speaker 1: to alex A. Lallis and the guitar, so we only 583 00:38:57,955 --> 00:39:00,035 Speaker 1: had the one prop guitar, and so we only had 584 00:39:00,035 --> 00:39:01,995 Speaker 1: the one take, and we were shooting it in the 585 00:39:02,035 --> 00:39:05,395 Speaker 1: actual Sports Center newsroom of course, in fact, they were 586 00:39:05,475 --> 00:39:08,395 Speaker 1: remodeling the real newsroom to accommodate the launch of the 587 00:39:08,435 --> 00:39:13,795 Speaker 1: new ESPN News network, so this was the temporary even 588 00:39:13,835 --> 00:39:17,515 Speaker 1: more crowded than usual newsroom, so the cameraman and the 589 00:39:17,515 --> 00:39:19,635 Speaker 1: producer and the writer, and I walked through how they 590 00:39:19,755 --> 00:39:21,835 Speaker 1: thought it would work best since I would have to 591 00:39:21,875 --> 00:39:24,875 Speaker 1: weave past people who were really doing their jobs and 592 00:39:24,915 --> 00:39:27,475 Speaker 1: going to other desks and talking to people and stuff. 593 00:39:28,195 --> 00:39:31,115 Speaker 1: They had two cameras in the little hallway that constituted 594 00:39:31,155 --> 00:39:34,795 Speaker 1: the temporary newsroom's northern border, and they put a third, 595 00:39:34,875 --> 00:39:37,315 Speaker 1: smaller camera on the floor where they guessed that a 596 00:39:37,315 --> 00:39:40,555 Speaker 1: piece of the guitar might land after I smashed it. 597 00:39:41,395 --> 00:39:43,235 Speaker 1: See if you can get the fret or something to 598 00:39:43,275 --> 00:39:46,115 Speaker 1: go here. The producer said that would make a great shot. 599 00:39:47,075 --> 00:39:48,555 Speaker 1: I asked him how in the hell I was supposed 600 00:39:48,555 --> 00:39:51,275 Speaker 1: to do that since we couldn't even practice the smash, 601 00:39:51,315 --> 00:39:55,475 Speaker 1: and he said, well, honestly, I don't know. Telepathy. Maybe 602 00:39:56,395 --> 00:40:00,075 Speaker 1: that was the other salient part of the backstory, since 603 00:40:00,115 --> 00:40:02,195 Speaker 1: we only had the one take and we wouldn't even 604 00:40:02,235 --> 00:40:04,035 Speaker 1: be doing a dry run because they didn't want the 605 00:40:04,035 --> 00:40:06,875 Speaker 1: guitar to fall apart in my hands. I would say 606 00:40:06,955 --> 00:40:10,435 Speaker 1: less than half the people crowded into the temporary newsroom 607 00:40:10,635 --> 00:40:14,115 Speaker 1: had any idea that when I came in I was 608 00:40:14,195 --> 00:40:16,755 Speaker 1: in the commercial let alone, that I was going to 609 00:40:16,875 --> 00:40:21,275 Speaker 1: actually and loudly destroy a guitar by smashing it against 610 00:40:21,275 --> 00:40:25,115 Speaker 1: a low cubicle wall. Even if the guitar has been 611 00:40:25,195 --> 00:40:27,755 Speaker 1: pre broken and taped back together, as that one was, 612 00:40:27,795 --> 00:40:31,395 Speaker 1: it is still going to make a lot of noise. Wait, 613 00:40:31,915 --> 00:40:34,395 Speaker 1: I said to my friend Hank, who wrote it. You're 614 00:40:34,435 --> 00:40:37,715 Speaker 1: not warning anybody, are you, your little devil? Hank got 615 00:40:37,715 --> 00:40:41,235 Speaker 1: a gleeful, evil glazed look in his eyes. No, isn't 616 00:40:41,235 --> 00:40:44,635 Speaker 1: that great. So they filmed the closeups of Gary, and 617 00:40:44,715 --> 00:40:46,835 Speaker 1: they filmed the closeups of Alexi, and then they set 618 00:40:46,875 --> 00:40:49,635 Speaker 1: me up to enter from a vestibule through two swinging 619 00:40:49,675 --> 00:40:52,595 Speaker 1: doors with windows in them, which was along the periphery 620 00:40:52,635 --> 00:40:56,115 Speaker 1: of the temporary newsroom. Then a right turn, and then about no, no, no, 621 00:40:56,195 --> 00:40:59,115 Speaker 1: fifteen twenty feet to where Alexei and Gary were still sitting. 622 00:40:59,755 --> 00:41:02,635 Speaker 1: My target for exactly where I should hit the guitar 623 00:41:03,195 --> 00:41:05,595 Speaker 1: was clearly marked on the cube wall, and they even 624 00:41:05,635 --> 00:41:08,395 Speaker 1: put marks on the carpet of where a couple of 625 00:41:08,395 --> 00:41:10,555 Speaker 1: practice walks had shown would give me the best chance 626 00:41:10,715 --> 00:41:14,555 Speaker 1: at a solid stance. When I swung the guitar and 627 00:41:14,675 --> 00:41:19,035 Speaker 1: sent it el kabonging to its doom, and nobody ever 628 00:41:19,115 --> 00:41:23,755 Speaker 1: said quiet or roll or here we go. They told 629 00:41:23,755 --> 00:41:25,675 Speaker 1: people in the room that they were just shooting some 630 00:41:25,875 --> 00:41:29,515 Speaker 1: cover angles on Gary and Alexi, and people could say 631 00:41:29,635 --> 00:41:32,835 Speaker 1: or move whatever and wherever they wanted to, just so 632 00:41:32,915 --> 00:41:35,955 Speaker 1: long they didn't get away to the cameras. Then they 633 00:41:36,155 --> 00:41:38,875 Speaker 1: just tapped the desks for Alexa and Gary to start, 634 00:41:39,155 --> 00:41:41,635 Speaker 1: and the producer waved to me and in I went, 635 00:41:41,955 --> 00:41:44,395 Speaker 1: trying to channel John Belushi when he takes the guitar 636 00:41:44,435 --> 00:41:46,355 Speaker 1: away from Stephen Bishop on the stairs of the Front 637 00:41:46,355 --> 00:41:50,035 Speaker 1: House and Animal House. I furrowed my brow and I 638 00:41:50,115 --> 00:41:54,195 Speaker 1: tried to fake some venom towards Alexei Lalas. I found 639 00:41:54,195 --> 00:41:56,915 Speaker 1: the emotion. As I came through the doors, I kept 640 00:41:56,955 --> 00:41:59,275 Speaker 1: thinking that since I had been eight years old, I 641 00:41:59,275 --> 00:42:01,675 Speaker 1: had heard people call soccer the sport of the future 642 00:42:01,675 --> 00:42:03,795 Speaker 1: here and I was now thirty seven, and I was 643 00:42:03,875 --> 00:42:07,915 Speaker 1: damn tired of me hearing it. Lallis was strumming on the 644 00:42:07,955 --> 00:42:12,395 Speaker 1: nearly neutered prop guitar. It made a sick sound. I 645 00:42:12,435 --> 00:42:14,755 Speaker 1: took my strides, I hit the marks. I grabbed the 646 00:42:14,795 --> 00:42:17,635 Speaker 1: guitar by the neck with my right hand and simultaneously 647 00:42:17,635 --> 00:42:20,715 Speaker 1: Alexey let go, and then with both hands I swung 648 00:42:20,755 --> 00:42:23,195 Speaker 1: the guitar back over my head and smashed it right 649 00:42:23,235 --> 00:42:40,755 Speaker 1: on the mark. As you heard Michael. The Sports Center 650 00:42:40,835 --> 00:42:45,395 Speaker 1: newsroom promptly went silent for several seconds. The reaction was 651 00:42:45,435 --> 00:42:48,195 Speaker 1: identical to what it would have been had there been 652 00:42:48,315 --> 00:42:51,195 Speaker 1: no commercial being made and no cameras present, and I 653 00:42:51,235 --> 00:42:55,075 Speaker 1: had just walked in and destroyed somebody's guitar, which I 654 00:42:55,115 --> 00:42:57,995 Speaker 1: guess a lot of people expect that I might do someday, 655 00:42:58,755 --> 00:43:01,035 Speaker 1: because even a lot of the people who were surprised 656 00:43:01,035 --> 00:43:06,035 Speaker 1: were not surprised surprised. Craig Wax, the skinny research guy, 657 00:43:06,115 --> 00:43:08,915 Speaker 1: can be seen in the finished commercial, which is on YouTube, 658 00:43:09,315 --> 00:43:13,995 Speaker 1: for a second far left, just staring at me like, yeah, well, 659 00:43:14,035 --> 00:43:16,995 Speaker 1: we always knew Keys would do something like that. After 660 00:43:17,075 --> 00:43:19,115 Speaker 1: I'd destroyed the guitar, and I have to say, I 661 00:43:19,155 --> 00:43:22,555 Speaker 1: did it really well. I kept moving per the plan 662 00:43:23,315 --> 00:43:25,595 Speaker 1: until I walked back through the swinging doors and out 663 00:43:25,595 --> 00:43:29,315 Speaker 1: of shot. The director shouted cut. I walked back in, 664 00:43:29,555 --> 00:43:32,355 Speaker 1: and the crew gave me a round of applause, and 665 00:43:32,395 --> 00:43:34,435 Speaker 1: a couple of them were cheering out of all proportion. 666 00:43:34,515 --> 00:43:36,555 Speaker 1: Even if I had done is good of a job, 667 00:43:36,595 --> 00:43:39,195 Speaker 1: as I thought, come here, come here. The cameraman kept saying, 668 00:43:39,195 --> 00:43:43,795 Speaker 1: come here, that extra camera on the floor. They backed 669 00:43:43,835 --> 00:43:46,795 Speaker 1: the videotape up from it, and they showed it to me. 670 00:43:47,035 --> 00:43:51,555 Speaker 1: When I smashed the guitar, the fretboard, the actual wood 671 00:43:51,555 --> 00:43:54,475 Speaker 1: and metal piece on the neck flew off and not 672 00:43:54,595 --> 00:43:57,875 Speaker 1: only landed near the third camera's lens, it hit it 673 00:43:57,915 --> 00:44:01,915 Speaker 1: on the fly and it stuck there. They were as 674 00:44:02,075 --> 00:44:04,955 Speaker 1: happy as if they were engineers imploding a bill for 675 00:44:04,955 --> 00:44:07,555 Speaker 1: the first time and it had fallen exactly as they 676 00:44:07,595 --> 00:44:10,595 Speaker 1: had hoped. Plus, they showed me the playback from the 677 00:44:10,675 --> 00:44:13,595 Speaker 1: first camera, and there was an assignment desk editor with 678 00:44:13,635 --> 00:44:16,715 Speaker 1: her back to the action on the phone, completely unaware 679 00:44:16,755 --> 00:44:19,115 Speaker 1: of what was happening or even that they were rolling 680 00:44:19,235 --> 00:44:23,635 Speaker 1: film and videotape, and she literally jumped several inches out 681 00:44:23,675 --> 00:44:27,675 Speaker 1: of her seat of her chair. But to me, the 682 00:44:27,715 --> 00:44:30,755 Speaker 1: best part of this thing is Gary Miller. Even if 683 00:44:30,835 --> 00:44:34,115 Speaker 1: you know a loud noise is coming, it is quite 684 00:44:34,155 --> 00:44:36,835 Speaker 1: the effort to not flinch a little when it happens 685 00:44:37,035 --> 00:44:40,675 Speaker 1: basically right over your shoulder. I mean, ask the little 686 00:44:40,755 --> 00:44:45,235 Speaker 1: kid in the movie north By Northwest where Iva Marie 687 00:44:45,315 --> 00:44:49,435 Speaker 1: Saint shoots Carrie Grant and he sticks his fingers in 688 00:44:49,515 --> 00:44:51,955 Speaker 1: his ears because it's take thirty seven, and he knows 689 00:44:52,075 --> 00:44:55,675 Speaker 1: the noise is coming. I mean, you're aware of it 690 00:44:55,915 --> 00:44:59,195 Speaker 1: just for the possibility that somebody will screw it up 691 00:44:59,315 --> 00:45:02,395 Speaker 1: like me and debris will fly into the back of 692 00:45:02,435 --> 00:45:05,795 Speaker 1: your head. But if you watch Gary in this Sports 693 00:45:05,835 --> 00:45:08,675 Speaker 1: Center commercial, he doesn't even blink, just a little dead 694 00:45:08,755 --> 00:45:14,235 Speaker 1: pan head jerk. It's perfect. What also amazes me is 695 00:45:14,275 --> 00:45:16,515 Speaker 1: that we got all this done in twenty four seconds 696 00:45:16,555 --> 00:45:19,555 Speaker 1: of running time. Alexei goes on about negativity. I have 697 00:45:19,635 --> 00:45:21,395 Speaker 1: to do something about it. He plays enough of the 698 00:45:21,395 --> 00:45:23,315 Speaker 1: song that you recognize it. You got a shot at 699 00:45:23,395 --> 00:45:26,955 Speaker 1: cheerleaders incongruously in the middle of the background. I appear 700 00:45:26,995 --> 00:45:31,035 Speaker 1: from nowhere, move over there, smash the guitar while roaring spectacularly. 701 00:45:31,355 --> 00:45:33,475 Speaker 1: I give him back the neck of the thing. The 702 00:45:33,515 --> 00:45:35,835 Speaker 1: only thing missing is that shot from the fret bar 703 00:45:35,915 --> 00:45:38,115 Speaker 1: flying into camera three. They explained they didn't have the 704 00:45:38,155 --> 00:45:44,595 Speaker 1: extra two seconds scene. I remember enjoying doing this so 705 00:45:44,755 --> 00:45:46,835 Speaker 1: much that I asked them for the front of the 706 00:45:46,875 --> 00:45:49,595 Speaker 1: body of the guitar, and I had Alexi sign it 707 00:45:49,635 --> 00:45:52,675 Speaker 1: to me on the spot. It hung framed in my 708 00:45:52,835 --> 00:45:57,435 Speaker 1: various offices for about fifteen years. In twenty fourteen, I 709 00:45:57,475 --> 00:46:00,795 Speaker 1: was leaving the recording of Stephen Colbert's final episode for 710 00:46:00,875 --> 00:46:03,515 Speaker 1: Comedy Central. I was one of one hundred guests, and 711 00:46:03,595 --> 00:46:05,435 Speaker 1: I went out onto the street to find a cab 712 00:46:05,555 --> 00:46:08,195 Speaker 1: home and I got one, and in getting into it, 713 00:46:08,195 --> 00:46:11,235 Speaker 1: I nearly ran into Alexei Lalas, who was one of 714 00:46:11,275 --> 00:46:13,995 Speaker 1: the other one hundred guests. I laughed, He laughed, and 715 00:46:14,035 --> 00:46:15,715 Speaker 1: he said, and I don't even have my guitar with me. 716 00:46:17,195 --> 00:46:19,795 Speaker 1: And one last note, I doubt this will be of 717 00:46:19,835 --> 00:46:23,195 Speaker 1: any practical use to you, but I must say, as 718 00:46:23,235 --> 00:46:26,635 Speaker 1: somebody who was accorded this rare privilege, not only of 719 00:46:26,755 --> 00:46:30,515 Speaker 1: doing this, but of doing this with impunity, and doing 720 00:46:30,555 --> 00:46:34,995 Speaker 1: this to applause. If you are trying to HEALTHI event 721 00:46:35,475 --> 00:46:40,315 Speaker 1: any frustrations or anger in your life, smashing a guitar 722 00:46:40,395 --> 00:46:45,875 Speaker 1: against a workplace cubicle wall is exactly as satisfying as 723 00:46:45,915 --> 00:47:02,435 Speaker 1: you would expect it would be. Okay, I still love you, man, 724 00:47:15,555 --> 00:47:17,275 Speaker 1: I've done all the damage I can do here. Thank 725 00:47:17,355 --> 00:47:20,035 Speaker 1: you for listening. Countdown Musical directors Brian Ray and John 726 00:47:20,075 --> 00:47:23,395 Speaker 1: Phillip Schanelle arranged, produced, and performed most of our music. 727 00:47:23,875 --> 00:47:27,915 Speaker 1: Mister Ray on guitars, bass, and drums, Mister Chanelle, orchestration 728 00:47:27,955 --> 00:47:32,195 Speaker 1: and keyboards. It was produced by Tkobros. Other music, including 729 00:47:32,195 --> 00:47:35,515 Speaker 1: some of the Beethoven compositions, arranged and performed by Noah 730 00:47:35,515 --> 00:47:39,955 Speaker 1: Horns Aloud. Mister Lallis's guitar was by Les Paul of 731 00:47:40,035 --> 00:47:43,515 Speaker 1: Beverly Hills. The sports music is the Olderman theme from 732 00:47:43,715 --> 00:47:47,355 Speaker 1: ESPN two, written by Mitch Warren Davis courtesy of ESPN inc. 733 00:47:47,795 --> 00:47:50,835 Speaker 1: Our satirical and pithy musical comments are by Nancy Faust, 734 00:47:50,875 --> 00:47:54,035 Speaker 1: the best baseball stadium organist ever. My announcer today was 735 00:47:54,115 --> 00:47:57,755 Speaker 1: what a coincidence, Nancy Faust. Everything else was pretty much 736 00:47:57,915 --> 00:48:00,835 Speaker 1: my fault. That's countdown for this the one hundred and 737 00:48:00,915 --> 00:48:04,875 Speaker 1: eleventh day until the twenty twenty four presidential election, the 738 00:48:06,075 --> 00:48:09,555 Speaker 1: eighty eighth day since convicted felon Donald J. Trump's first 739 00:48:09,555 --> 00:48:12,875 Speaker 1: attempted coup against the democratically elected government of the United States. 740 00:48:13,875 --> 00:48:17,755 Speaker 1: Use the September eighteenth sentencing hearing. Use the mental health system, 741 00:48:18,355 --> 00:48:23,235 Speaker 1: use presidential immunity. President Biden, you've got it, Use it 742 00:48:23,275 --> 00:48:29,835 Speaker 1: to stop him from doing it again while we still can. 743 00:48:30,875 --> 00:48:36,595 Speaker 1: And Republicans please stop shooting at Trump. The next scheduled 744 00:48:36,595 --> 00:48:39,475 Speaker 1: countdown is tomorrow, Bulletins is the newest requires till then. 745 00:48:39,955 --> 00:48:43,115 Speaker 1: I'm Keith Olremman. Good morning, good afternoon, good night, and 746 00:48:43,435 --> 00:49:04,435 Speaker 1: good luck. Countdown with Keith Olreman is a production of iHeartRadio. 747 00:49:04,755 --> 00:49:10,035 Speaker 1: For more podcasts from iHeartRadio, visit the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, 748 00:49:10,155 --> 00:49:12,115 Speaker 1: or wherever you get your podcasts.