1 00:00:04,795 --> 00:00:22,595 Speaker 1: Countdown with Keith Olderman is a production of iHeartRadio Whenever 2 00:00:22,755 --> 00:00:25,435 Speaker 1: Trump stands up in front of his cult this weekend 3 00:00:25,475 --> 00:00:28,115 Speaker 1: and tries to make Ashley Bobbitt into a martyr and 4 00:00:28,195 --> 00:00:32,155 Speaker 1: plays the new second national anthem, the Ashley Bobbitt January 5 00:00:32,195 --> 00:00:36,355 Speaker 1: sixth Hostages song. Remember he is even more full of 6 00:00:36,515 --> 00:00:41,555 Speaker 1: shit than you knew before. Testimony from January sixth from 7 00:00:41,555 --> 00:00:44,675 Speaker 1: a White House valet in the back dining room from 8 00:00:44,715 --> 00:00:47,835 Speaker 1: which Trump watched the riot he caused, watched the attempt 9 00:00:47,915 --> 00:00:51,155 Speaker 1: to sack the Capitol. Watch the attempt to overthrow democracy 10 00:00:51,195 --> 00:00:54,595 Speaker 1: in this nation was made public for the first time yesterday, 11 00:00:54,595 --> 00:00:56,875 Speaker 1: and it shows that Trump was handed a note card 12 00:00:57,275 --> 00:01:03,115 Speaker 1: reading quote one ex civilian gunshot wound to chest at 13 00:01:03,195 --> 00:01:08,075 Speaker 1: door of House chamber. The valet saw the card quote. 14 00:01:08,275 --> 00:01:10,835 Speaker 1: I remember seeing that in front of him. Yeah, The 15 00:01:10,995 --> 00:01:13,755 Speaker 1: valet was asked by the investigator. Do you remember the 16 00:01:13,755 --> 00:01:18,395 Speaker 1: president's reaction when he received this note? No, I mean 17 00:01:18,475 --> 00:01:20,195 Speaker 1: I just remember seeing it in front of him. I 18 00:01:20,195 --> 00:01:22,755 Speaker 1: don't remember how it got there or whatever. But there 19 00:01:22,875 --> 00:01:31,835 Speaker 1: was no like reaction, no like reaction. This is not 20 00:01:31,915 --> 00:01:36,195 Speaker 1: a shocking revelation. We know Trump cares about no human life. 21 00:01:36,195 --> 00:01:39,635 Speaker 1: But his own does not truly understand that there is 22 00:01:40,075 --> 00:01:43,715 Speaker 1: any human life besides his own. But it is stark 23 00:01:43,915 --> 00:01:47,395 Speaker 1: and grotesque, and even at the remove of three years 24 00:01:47,435 --> 00:01:51,675 Speaker 1: and two months and sixteen days, it is enraging a woman, 25 00:01:52,195 --> 00:01:57,155 Speaker 1: however dangerous, however misguided, however lost, a woman who was 26 00:01:57,275 --> 00:02:01,075 Speaker 1: trying to destroy her own country has been shot through 27 00:02:01,075 --> 00:02:06,275 Speaker 1: the chest, and he can't even be bothered to react 28 00:02:06,395 --> 00:02:14,515 Speaker 1: to it, and now he is using her. We know 29 00:02:14,715 --> 00:02:18,315 Speaker 1: this happened. We know of Trump's in humanity. We know 30 00:02:18,555 --> 00:02:22,195 Speaker 1: of this testimony because this heretofore unknown interview by the 31 00:02:22,195 --> 00:02:26,555 Speaker 1: House January sixth Committee was released yesterday by the Republicans 32 00:02:27,355 --> 00:02:30,395 Speaker 1: who are now trying to discredit that committee, trying to 33 00:02:30,435 --> 00:02:34,675 Speaker 1: somehow exonerate Trump, trying to rewrite history, gaslight the world, 34 00:02:34,915 --> 00:02:38,595 Speaker 1: and make Trump and his terrorists by proxy, the victims 35 00:02:38,675 --> 00:02:43,235 Speaker 1: and not the traders. And of course those House Republicans 36 00:02:43,275 --> 00:02:48,395 Speaker 1: have completely screwed it up. Trump looks worse and worse 37 00:02:48,915 --> 00:02:55,275 Speaker 1: and worse per Politico, those moron Trump Congress whores thought 38 00:02:55,435 --> 00:02:59,395 Speaker 1: one fact in this testimony would make Trump look heroic 39 00:03:00,035 --> 00:03:02,755 Speaker 1: and concerned, and of course it just makes him look 40 00:03:02,835 --> 00:03:05,315 Speaker 1: more of a coward and more of a weakly. They 41 00:03:05,395 --> 00:03:10,115 Speaker 1: thought this testimony by the understandably unidentified valet would show 42 00:03:11,035 --> 00:03:15,155 Speaker 1: that during his coup, Trump wanted to talk to General 43 00:03:15,195 --> 00:03:18,275 Speaker 1: Mark Milly and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, and 44 00:03:18,355 --> 00:03:24,315 Speaker 1: thus that would make this their fault. The Republicans in 45 00:03:24,355 --> 00:03:26,555 Speaker 1: the House either did not notice or did not understand 46 00:03:26,595 --> 00:03:29,075 Speaker 1: that the valet's testimony shows that if Trump really did 47 00:03:29,115 --> 00:03:32,515 Speaker 1: think it would have been responsible to call Milli or 48 00:03:32,515 --> 00:03:35,515 Speaker 1: Pelosi or both of them, he begged off and didn't 49 00:03:35,555 --> 00:03:40,555 Speaker 1: do it. Quote, what I remember about the National Guard 50 00:03:40,675 --> 00:03:43,835 Speaker 1: was him wanting to talk to national or talk to 51 00:03:43,955 --> 00:03:48,035 Speaker 1: General Milly and Speaker Pelosi about the National Guard. Those 52 00:03:48,075 --> 00:03:51,155 Speaker 1: were two of the three conversations that I knew he 53 00:03:51,235 --> 00:03:54,675 Speaker 1: wanted or telephone calls that he wanted to make was 54 00:03:54,715 --> 00:03:58,555 Speaker 1: to Speaker Pelosi and General Milly about the National Guard. 55 00:03:58,835 --> 00:04:02,915 Speaker 1: I remember hearing that just and then the rest is redacted. 56 00:04:04,035 --> 00:04:08,275 Speaker 1: Then come, who's the point Trump's apologists ignored? They asked 57 00:04:08,355 --> 00:04:11,315 Speaker 1: the valet if he heard that Trump had spoken to 58 00:04:11,435 --> 00:04:13,955 Speaker 1: either one of them, since he was in the room 59 00:04:14,315 --> 00:04:17,955 Speaker 1: with Trump, I do not know if any of those 60 00:04:17,995 --> 00:04:21,155 Speaker 1: phone calls were connected or not. Of course, we know 61 00:04:22,275 --> 00:04:25,275 Speaker 1: from General Millie and Speaker Pelosi, and what's left of 62 00:04:25,315 --> 00:04:27,755 Speaker 1: the phone records that Trump talked to no one who 63 00:04:27,755 --> 00:04:29,915 Speaker 1: could have helped stop the insurrection that day. We know, 64 00:04:30,355 --> 00:04:32,955 Speaker 1: because we know what Trump is, that he talked to 65 00:04:32,955 --> 00:04:34,795 Speaker 1: no one who could have stopped it because he did 66 00:04:34,795 --> 00:04:40,195 Speaker 1: not want it stopped. I'm going to stop mocking the 67 00:04:40,235 --> 00:04:43,235 Speaker 1: House Republicans now who put out this transcript, because they 68 00:04:43,235 --> 00:04:46,795 Speaker 1: have added to our knowledge of just how derelict in 69 00:04:46,835 --> 00:04:51,555 Speaker 1: his duties Trump was. On January sixth, it does say 70 00:04:51,555 --> 00:04:54,995 Speaker 1: there at eleven twenty, the interviewer says to the valet 71 00:04:55,395 --> 00:04:58,835 Speaker 1: call with v Potus, are you aware of the call 72 00:04:58,875 --> 00:05:00,795 Speaker 1: that the president had with the vice president on the 73 00:05:00,835 --> 00:05:04,915 Speaker 1: morning of the sixth. The valet answers, yes, sir, tell 74 00:05:04,955 --> 00:05:07,795 Speaker 1: me about that. What do you remember the valet was 75 00:05:07,875 --> 00:05:11,715 Speaker 1: in the room with Trump. There's six and one quarter 76 00:05:11,835 --> 00:05:17,355 Speaker 1: lines redacted and then quote, Mike, this is a political 77 00:05:17,475 --> 00:05:21,795 Speaker 1: career killer if you do this. Do what's right. And 78 00:05:21,875 --> 00:05:23,715 Speaker 1: at that time, I was already walking out of the 79 00:05:23,715 --> 00:05:26,195 Speaker 1: Oval office, and I did hear Vice President Pence like 80 00:05:26,515 --> 00:05:30,555 Speaker 1: start talking. I could just tell in his Trump's voice 81 00:05:30,795 --> 00:05:32,955 Speaker 1: when he was talking to the Vice president that he 82 00:05:33,035 --> 00:05:37,875 Speaker 1: was disappointed and frustrated me and him. I think close 83 00:05:37,875 --> 00:05:39,915 Speaker 1: to the end of the day, he just mentioned that 84 00:05:40,555 --> 00:05:47,235 Speaker 1: Mike let him down, unquote. So on January sixth, Trump 85 00:05:47,235 --> 00:05:50,035 Speaker 1: really did threaten Pence over his refusal to breach the 86 00:05:50,075 --> 00:05:53,915 Speaker 1: Constitution and stop the peaceful transfer of power. And then 87 00:05:54,395 --> 00:05:58,275 Speaker 1: for the testimony of the valet, Trump sat there most 88 00:05:58,275 --> 00:05:59,995 Speaker 1: of the time in the private dining room in the 89 00:05:59,995 --> 00:06:05,035 Speaker 1: back and just watched the carnage unfold for TV. The 90 00:06:05,075 --> 00:06:08,715 Speaker 1: ballet said, Fox News, CNN, and he thinks Fox Business 91 00:06:08,715 --> 00:06:13,715 Speaker 1: and MSNBC for three hours quote, he only really moves 92 00:06:13,715 --> 00:06:16,955 Speaker 1: in between the private dining room, the bathroom, the Oval office, 93 00:06:16,995 --> 00:06:21,275 Speaker 1: and the outer Oval office unquote. And then Ashley Bobbitt 94 00:06:21,275 --> 00:06:23,795 Speaker 1: was shot and killed. And the next thing of substance 95 00:06:23,835 --> 00:06:28,915 Speaker 1: Trump said hours later was Mike let him down. He 96 00:06:28,995 --> 00:06:34,435 Speaker 1: sat there, he watched, he worried, he worried about himself. 97 00:06:36,395 --> 00:06:44,235 Speaker 1: Screw Bobbitt, screw the cops, screw the senators, screw the congressman, 98 00:06:44,795 --> 00:06:52,915 Speaker 1: screw the Vice president, screw America. The Republicans think this 99 00:06:52,995 --> 00:06:56,515 Speaker 1: will help Trump because he may have briefly thought of 100 00:06:56,595 --> 00:07:01,075 Speaker 1: calling General Millie or Speaker Pelosi instead. It just underscores 101 00:07:01,115 --> 00:07:05,715 Speaker 1: that whatever he thought whatever went through that brain of 102 00:07:05,755 --> 00:07:08,235 Speaker 1: his during one of the brief interludes in which he 103 00:07:08,315 --> 00:07:11,155 Speaker 1: was not thinking about himself. Ultimately, he did not call 104 00:07:11,315 --> 00:07:15,795 Speaker 1: General Millie, and he did not call Speaker Pelosi. And 105 00:07:15,875 --> 00:07:19,675 Speaker 1: the road to hell is paved with good intentions or 106 00:07:19,715 --> 00:07:25,635 Speaker 1: Trump's intentions. And just to put the exclamation point at 107 00:07:25,635 --> 00:07:28,955 Speaker 1: the end of the sentence, Trump is a traitorous, sub 108 00:07:29,235 --> 00:07:35,475 Speaker 1: human terrorist. Down there on page sixty six of seventy 109 00:07:35,555 --> 00:07:39,435 Speaker 1: of this transcript, brought up for reasons or related to 110 00:07:39,515 --> 00:07:42,635 Speaker 1: details we cannot see because of redactions, there is the 111 00:07:42,675 --> 00:07:46,995 Speaker 1: final revelation that at his core, Trump is an angry, thwarted, 112 00:07:47,195 --> 00:07:53,275 Speaker 1: stupid toddler. Question, do you remember the president ever tearing 113 00:07:53,395 --> 00:07:58,075 Speaker 1: up or destroying documents that he had seen? The Valet 114 00:07:58,115 --> 00:08:01,155 Speaker 1: then answers quote, That's typically what he would do once 115 00:08:01,195 --> 00:08:04,075 Speaker 1: he's finished with a document. But that was his sign 116 00:08:04,075 --> 00:08:06,275 Speaker 1: of like he was done reading it, and he would 117 00:08:06,315 --> 00:08:09,035 Speaker 1: just throw it on the floor. He would tear everything, 118 00:08:09,075 --> 00:08:13,675 Speaker 1: tear newspapers, tear pictures. On January sixth, he would, you know, 119 00:08:14,075 --> 00:08:16,315 Speaker 1: it didn't have to be that picture, but as an example, 120 00:08:16,355 --> 00:08:18,315 Speaker 1: he likes to look at pictures and he would just 121 00:08:18,515 --> 00:08:20,435 Speaker 1: tear it once he's done looking at it and just 122 00:08:21,395 --> 00:08:26,275 Speaker 1: throw it on the floor. That led to the obvious 123 00:08:26,355 --> 00:08:28,675 Speaker 1: follow up question, do you remember the president doing that 124 00:08:28,715 --> 00:08:30,715 Speaker 1: on January the sixth? Then finally the valet gives an 125 00:08:30,715 --> 00:08:34,195 Speaker 1: answer that might explain why somebody thought this document would 126 00:08:34,195 --> 00:08:37,755 Speaker 1: help Trump, or at least the valet starts to give 127 00:08:37,795 --> 00:08:40,715 Speaker 1: an answer that might explain why somebody thought this would 128 00:08:40,715 --> 00:08:44,315 Speaker 1: help Trump. Quote, I don't remember, sir, but you know, 129 00:08:45,355 --> 00:08:52,115 Speaker 1: it wouldn't surprise me that there was a pile. And then, lastly, 130 00:08:53,635 --> 00:08:59,715 Speaker 1: and most disturbingly, the plaintive plea from somebody else who 131 00:08:59,715 --> 00:09:05,635 Speaker 1: has made the terrible, life destroying decision to trust Trump. 132 00:09:07,115 --> 00:09:10,355 Speaker 1: The questioner asks if the valet wants to put anything 133 00:09:10,395 --> 00:09:14,795 Speaker 1: else on the record before they close. Quote, again, it's 134 00:09:14,955 --> 00:09:18,515 Speaker 1: just me personally. I'm just like paranoid and this is 135 00:09:18,675 --> 00:09:21,715 Speaker 1: like and my anxiety. I just I really don't Again, 136 00:09:21,755 --> 00:09:25,475 Speaker 1: I don't like, I'm really worried about my name or 137 00:09:25,515 --> 00:09:29,755 Speaker 1: my title or anything to associate me with this, because again, 138 00:09:30,355 --> 00:09:33,155 Speaker 1: typically I just really don't want to be involved in 139 00:09:33,235 --> 00:09:35,755 Speaker 1: this because I don't think, you know, it was my 140 00:09:35,875 --> 00:09:39,235 Speaker 1: job to be involved, But that's what I just really 141 00:09:39,315 --> 00:09:41,915 Speaker 1: want to be able to protect my name and myself 142 00:09:41,915 --> 00:09:47,995 Speaker 1: from anybody trying to reach out to me. So the 143 00:09:48,075 --> 00:09:53,035 Speaker 1: Republicans release the transcript and somebody there can figure out 144 00:09:53,035 --> 00:09:58,595 Speaker 1: who this is and jeopardize this man's life. And somewhere 145 00:09:59,835 --> 00:10:02,835 Speaker 1: he has heard about them putting this transcript out, and 146 00:10:02,875 --> 00:10:06,515 Speaker 1: he did not sleep last night because the Republicans thought 147 00:10:06,515 --> 00:10:10,195 Speaker 1: the fact that he didn't see everything that others saw 148 00:10:10,275 --> 00:10:14,235 Speaker 1: and testified to that that exonerates Trump or dirties up 149 00:10:14,275 --> 00:10:20,435 Speaker 1: the committee and changes the dialogue about January sixth, because 150 00:10:20,475 --> 00:10:24,395 Speaker 1: he said Trump wanted to call Millie and Pelosi even 151 00:10:24,395 --> 00:10:28,155 Speaker 1: though oops, he didn't, because the Republicans and Trump would 152 00:10:28,195 --> 00:10:32,035 Speaker 1: be happy to see his mob hang this poor man 153 00:10:32,515 --> 00:10:35,475 Speaker 1: if it meant Trump looked one percent less guilty of 154 00:10:35,595 --> 00:10:41,675 Speaker 1: treason than he does right now. And so once again, 155 00:10:42,675 --> 00:11:10,995 Speaker 1: to hell with all them. Trump, First, hey want to 156 00:11:11,035 --> 00:11:15,435 Speaker 1: buy a golf course? Slightly used in the first sign 157 00:11:15,475 --> 00:11:17,875 Speaker 1: that the New York Attorney General Letitia James does not 158 00:11:17,915 --> 00:11:20,155 Speaker 1: expect Trump to come up with the bond for the 159 00:11:20,235 --> 00:11:22,435 Speaker 1: four hundred and sixty four million dollars, and she does 160 00:11:22,475 --> 00:11:24,595 Speaker 1: not expect him to pay the money himself, and she 161 00:11:24,635 --> 00:11:27,155 Speaker 1: does not expect him to declare bankruptcy and thus stall 162 00:11:27,195 --> 00:11:30,795 Speaker 1: and complicate further. It was revealed yesterday that her office 163 00:11:30,795 --> 00:11:35,115 Speaker 1: has filed judgments two weeks ago in Westchester County. The 164 00:11:35,155 --> 00:11:39,235 Speaker 1: first step a creditor takes to recover property in lieu 165 00:11:39,315 --> 00:11:42,315 Speaker 1: of a debt ode the step you take before the 166 00:11:42,435 --> 00:11:48,755 Speaker 1: lean and the foreclosure. What Trump owns in suburban Westchester 167 00:11:49,035 --> 00:11:55,315 Speaker 1: is seven Springs, an a state in Mount Kisco, a 168 00:11:55,355 --> 00:12:00,195 Speaker 1: surprisingly ungaudy looking mansion, and what else uh golf course 169 00:12:00,915 --> 00:12:05,795 Speaker 1: net value around thirty million dollars. In fact, seven Springs 170 00:12:05,795 --> 00:12:09,315 Speaker 1: came up during the hearings before Judge Arthur Andngern. It 171 00:12:09,395 --> 00:12:12,715 Speaker 1: is one of the reasons Judge Enngarn penalized Trump so heavily. 172 00:12:12,795 --> 00:12:18,235 Speaker 1: A professional appraiser assessed it in twenty fourteen at being 173 00:12:18,275 --> 00:12:22,155 Speaker 1: worth thirty million dollars. In Trump's financial statement he said 174 00:12:22,195 --> 00:12:24,515 Speaker 1: it was worth two hundred and sixty one million dollars. 175 00:12:25,595 --> 00:12:29,355 Speaker 1: So if the plan is to seize that, it will 176 00:12:29,395 --> 00:12:33,755 Speaker 1: not be the last property they sees. Meanwhile, in the 177 00:12:33,755 --> 00:12:37,755 Speaker 1: Stormy Daniel's case, Good News Everyone, Alvin Bragg has told 178 00:12:37,755 --> 00:12:41,715 Speaker 1: the court that in that case that Trump's document dump 179 00:12:41,835 --> 00:12:45,915 Speaker 1: stall there is barely relevant. In his filing, he says 180 00:12:45,915 --> 00:12:48,515 Speaker 1: that of the more than one hundred thousand pages of 181 00:12:48,555 --> 00:12:52,235 Speaker 1: evidence and testimony just turned over by federal prosecutors, the 182 00:12:52,235 --> 00:12:56,235 Speaker 1: pages Trump demanded, fewer than two hundred and seventy pages 183 00:12:57,075 --> 00:13:02,075 Speaker 1: are quote relevant to the subject matter of the case. 184 00:13:02,875 --> 00:13:06,675 Speaker 1: And thus the trial, which should have started Monday, should 185 00:13:06,755 --> 00:13:21,755 Speaker 1: in fact start on time as rescheduled on Monday, April fifteenth. 186 00:13:22,515 --> 00:13:26,755 Speaker 1: And from the ridiculous to the absurd, if the Republicans 187 00:13:26,795 --> 00:13:30,275 Speaker 1: hurt Trump by releasing that Valet's transcript, there is always 188 00:13:30,355 --> 00:13:34,755 Speaker 1: the Democrat who can hurt President Biden. They have pulled 189 00:13:34,755 --> 00:13:39,515 Speaker 1: his coffin out of the crypt and stood Merrick Garland upright, 190 00:13:40,635 --> 00:13:45,755 Speaker 1: and they have asked him about his ten eared, irresponsible, amateurish, 191 00:13:46,395 --> 00:13:52,395 Speaker 1: injurious decision to not take out Robert k HER's amateur 192 00:13:52,715 --> 00:13:59,675 Speaker 1: neurology guesswork report from hers self destructive pro Trump Special 193 00:13:59,715 --> 00:14:03,595 Speaker 1: Council report on President Biden and those documents, and Garland 194 00:14:03,835 --> 00:14:07,955 Speaker 1: is in rare aged quote. It's consistent with the precedents 195 00:14:08,515 --> 00:14:11,155 Speaker 1: the full disclosure of all Special Council reports in the 196 00:14:11,275 --> 00:14:13,355 Speaker 1: entire twenty five years in which the regulation has been 197 00:14:13,395 --> 00:14:17,675 Speaker 1: in effect. The idea that an attorney general would edit 198 00:14:18,395 --> 00:14:22,795 Speaker 1: or redact or censor the Special Council's explanation for why 199 00:14:22,835 --> 00:14:25,835 Speaker 1: the Special Council reached the decision the Special Council did. 200 00:14:26,195 --> 00:14:31,675 Speaker 1: That's absurd. No one from the White House has said 201 00:14:31,675 --> 00:14:38,155 Speaker 1: that to me unquote. One assumes if that last part 202 00:14:38,355 --> 00:14:41,955 Speaker 1: is the case, if Garland is not lying that no 203 00:14:42,035 --> 00:14:44,115 Speaker 1: one from the White House has said that to him, 204 00:14:44,595 --> 00:14:46,915 Speaker 1: it's because the White House has already figured out what 205 00:14:46,995 --> 00:14:50,075 Speaker 1: has become increasingly clear to the rest of us since 206 00:14:50,115 --> 00:14:53,755 Speaker 1: the day he was sworn in as Attorney General. That 207 00:14:53,875 --> 00:14:58,755 Speaker 1: it's just a question now of when firing him will 208 00:14:58,875 --> 00:15:03,555 Speaker 1: hurt President Biden the least politically, and that Merrick Garland 209 00:15:03,715 --> 00:15:07,155 Speaker 1: is not worth the price of the oil with which 210 00:15:07,315 --> 00:15:24,195 Speaker 1: to fry him in hell for its day three of 211 00:15:24,235 --> 00:15:27,755 Speaker 1: the show, Hey me the money gambling scandal, and it's 212 00:15:27,795 --> 00:15:30,435 Speaker 1: hard to believe the Los Angeles Dodgers could have done 213 00:15:30,515 --> 00:15:34,355 Speaker 1: something that could have made it all exponentially worse. But 214 00:15:34,475 --> 00:15:38,715 Speaker 1: they sure have. For Chelsea Janes of The Washington Post 215 00:15:38,755 --> 00:15:42,835 Speaker 1: after the Dodgers' second and final opening series game from Soul, 216 00:15:42,955 --> 00:15:48,275 Speaker 1: South Korea, quote Dodgers' public relations guarded Otani's locker as 217 00:15:48,315 --> 00:15:51,675 Speaker 1: he changed then told reporters he would not be speaking. 218 00:15:51,955 --> 00:15:54,715 Speaker 1: When reporters surrounded his locker, asking if he had a 219 00:15:54,795 --> 00:15:58,515 Speaker 1: second anyway, he walked by and out of the clubhouse, 220 00:15:58,795 --> 00:16:02,715 Speaker 1: saying what the Japanese reporters translated as have a good night. 221 00:16:04,115 --> 00:16:07,395 Speaker 1: So now, on top of everything else, there's also a 222 00:16:07,435 --> 00:16:10,595 Speaker 1: stone wall, and maybe a cover up, and certainly a 223 00:16:10,835 --> 00:16:16,715 Speaker 1: dare to every single investigated journalist in two countries, sports 224 00:16:16,755 --> 00:16:20,315 Speaker 1: and non sports journalists here and in Japan, who not 225 00:16:20,435 --> 00:16:23,435 Speaker 1: only recognize that the real prospect of one of the 226 00:16:23,475 --> 00:16:27,715 Speaker 1: greatest sports scandals of all time is suddenly a perceptible 227 00:16:27,835 --> 00:16:31,995 Speaker 1: thing with definable features, but each of whom is also 228 00:16:32,155 --> 00:16:35,115 Speaker 1: living in a world in which their jobs and their 229 00:16:35,235 --> 00:16:38,475 Speaker 1: employers are in mortal peril. And I guarantee you each 230 00:16:38,475 --> 00:16:40,715 Speaker 1: one of them is thinking, if I can only break 231 00:16:40,755 --> 00:16:44,835 Speaker 1: this story, I can save my paper and the entire industry. 232 00:16:46,315 --> 00:16:50,395 Speaker 1: Just review this for a second. On Tuesday, representatives of 233 00:16:50,435 --> 00:16:54,315 Speaker 1: the biggest star in baseball show Hey Otani, fresh off 234 00:16:54,315 --> 00:16:57,595 Speaker 1: having signed a seven hundred million dollar free agent contract 235 00:16:57,715 --> 00:17:02,875 Speaker 1: with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Representatives of Otani told ESPN 236 00:17:03,115 --> 00:17:06,955 Speaker 1: that Otani had transferred four and a half million dollars 237 00:17:06,995 --> 00:17:10,195 Speaker 1: to a bookie on behalf of his translator and maybe 238 00:17:10,235 --> 00:17:15,035 Speaker 1: his best friend in American baseball if A Misihara. Otani's 239 00:17:15,035 --> 00:17:18,275 Speaker 1: people then set up a ninety minute interview with ESPN 240 00:17:18,515 --> 00:17:22,315 Speaker 1: for the translator, Misuhara, who explained Otani was paying off 241 00:17:22,355 --> 00:17:24,915 Speaker 1: his gambling debts for him so that he would stop 242 00:17:24,955 --> 00:17:28,755 Speaker 1: gambling and paid the bookie directly so that Misuhara would 243 00:17:28,755 --> 00:17:30,635 Speaker 1: not have access to the money and use it to 244 00:17:30,675 --> 00:17:33,875 Speaker 1: place more bets in one of the few states where 245 00:17:33,915 --> 00:17:37,435 Speaker 1: sports gambling is still illegal, and while baseball still has 246 00:17:37,475 --> 00:17:41,955 Speaker 1: a death penalty for any player associating with illegal gamblers. 247 00:17:42,995 --> 00:17:47,075 Speaker 1: Misihara then addressed the Dodgers team with Otani in the 248 00:17:47,115 --> 00:17:50,235 Speaker 1: locker room present and told the he's my friend, he 249 00:17:50,235 --> 00:17:53,875 Speaker 1: paid off my debts story. After Tuesday's game in South Korea, 250 00:17:54,595 --> 00:17:58,515 Speaker 1: the same Otani reps who sent Misahara to talk to 251 00:17:58,875 --> 00:18:02,675 Speaker 1: ESPN then said none of that was true and that 252 00:18:02,795 --> 00:18:07,235 Speaker 1: Misihara was lying. The Los Angeles Times then reported Otani's 253 00:18:07,275 --> 00:18:10,675 Speaker 1: name had surfaced in an investigation of the bookmaker's illegal 254 00:18:10,715 --> 00:18:15,795 Speaker 1: activities in Orange County, California. Otani's lawyers then said Otani 255 00:18:15,835 --> 00:18:18,875 Speaker 1: had been the victim of a massive theft of millions 256 00:18:18,875 --> 00:18:23,035 Speaker 1: of dollars, and the Dodgers promptly fired the translator Misuhara. 257 00:18:24,075 --> 00:18:28,235 Speaker 1: Sources around Otani then leaked that the first Otani had 258 00:18:28,275 --> 00:18:31,835 Speaker 1: heard of any of this was after the Dodgers game 259 00:18:31,955 --> 00:18:36,395 Speaker 1: in Seoul on Tuesday, and then yesterday, sources throughout baseball 260 00:18:36,755 --> 00:18:40,115 Speaker 1: indicated that neither the Commissioner's office nor anybody else in 261 00:18:40,155 --> 00:18:46,195 Speaker 1: the industry was conducting an investigation into Otani, into Mizuhara, 262 00:18:46,555 --> 00:18:49,915 Speaker 1: or into any of the various different stories that have 263 00:18:50,035 --> 00:18:54,355 Speaker 1: so far been produced, and most recently, the Dodgers kept 264 00:18:54,355 --> 00:18:57,355 Speaker 1: the media away from Otani, and then they all headed 265 00:18:57,395 --> 00:18:59,475 Speaker 1: home from South Korea, and of course there wouldn't be 266 00:18:59,475 --> 00:19:01,915 Speaker 1: any reporters trying to follow up on any of this 267 00:19:02,035 --> 00:19:04,355 Speaker 1: in the media market. The Dodgers call home, which is 268 00:19:05,035 --> 00:19:10,275 Speaker 1: Check's notes, Southern California, which only consists of twenty four 269 00:19:10,515 --> 00:19:15,675 Speaker 1: million residents. For my part, I was flashed back to 270 00:19:15,715 --> 00:19:19,075 Speaker 1: Southern California back thirty five years and to the parking 271 00:19:19,115 --> 00:19:24,035 Speaker 1: lot of the Palm Springs Public Library in Palm Springs, California, 272 00:19:24,515 --> 00:19:28,035 Speaker 1: which is next to what was Gene Autry Stadium, which 273 00:19:28,075 --> 00:19:30,915 Speaker 1: is where the California Angels baseball team used to hold 274 00:19:30,955 --> 00:19:33,915 Speaker 1: the second half of its spring training, and I'm there 275 00:19:33,955 --> 00:19:36,595 Speaker 1: because I'm covering it for Channel two in Los Angeles. 276 00:19:36,835 --> 00:19:40,635 Speaker 1: And the library is A where our camera is for 277 00:19:40,755 --> 00:19:44,755 Speaker 1: my live shot, and B where the shade is, and 278 00:19:44,915 --> 00:19:47,595 Speaker 1: C where my copy of the new edition of Sports 279 00:19:47,635 --> 00:19:51,555 Speaker 1: Illustrated is the April third, nineteen eighty nine edition with 280 00:19:51,675 --> 00:19:55,715 Speaker 1: the title Pete Rose under Siege and a picture of 281 00:19:55,795 --> 00:19:58,995 Speaker 1: him forlornly tossing a ball in the air because a 282 00:19:59,115 --> 00:20:02,835 Speaker 1: winter of whispers about Pete Rose gambling on baseball that 283 00:20:03,155 --> 00:20:08,155 Speaker 1: everybody had denied had suddenly exploded, and the entire sports 284 00:20:08,195 --> 00:20:12,555 Speaker 1: world had been turned into the hunt to catch Pete Rose. 285 00:20:14,395 --> 00:20:18,035 Speaker 1: Before you wonder why I would invoke Rose at this stage, 286 00:20:18,235 --> 00:20:22,915 Speaker 1: the La Time story yesterday about Otani began, and I'm quoting, show, 287 00:20:22,995 --> 00:20:28,355 Speaker 1: Hey Otani, is no Pete Rose, at least not yet, unquote. 288 00:20:29,275 --> 00:20:31,795 Speaker 1: And here we are again reliving my flashback in the 289 00:20:31,835 --> 00:20:33,715 Speaker 1: parking lot, except it's going to be the hunt to 290 00:20:33,795 --> 00:20:36,755 Speaker 1: catch show Hey Otani. And if the Dodgers don't realize 291 00:20:36,755 --> 00:20:39,875 Speaker 1: that they're run by a bunch of morons, because even 292 00:20:39,915 --> 00:20:44,995 Speaker 1: if Otani is completely innocent here somehow, and if he 293 00:20:45,115 --> 00:20:47,635 Speaker 1: wired four and a half million dollars to a bookie 294 00:20:47,755 --> 00:20:53,275 Speaker 1: to pay for four and a half million really good cookies. 295 00:20:53,955 --> 00:20:56,995 Speaker 1: He may have still broken the law even if Otani 296 00:20:57,115 --> 00:21:00,435 Speaker 1: is completely innocent here, somehow, Otani and his reps, and 297 00:21:00,475 --> 00:21:03,435 Speaker 1: the team and Major League Baseball have already screwed this 298 00:21:03,675 --> 00:21:08,155 Speaker 1: up so bad that they may have eclipsed whatever the 299 00:21:08,195 --> 00:21:12,275 Speaker 1: interpreter did or did not do yesterday I said they 300 00:21:12,275 --> 00:21:15,155 Speaker 1: had to answer as quickly as possible the old Watergate 301 00:21:15,235 --> 00:21:19,035 Speaker 1: cliche updated. What did show hey Otani know and when 302 00:21:19,075 --> 00:21:24,275 Speaker 1: did he know it? Just since then, the actions of 303 00:21:24,315 --> 00:21:28,035 Speaker 1: Otani and his representatives and the Dodgers and Major League 304 00:21:28,035 --> 00:21:31,355 Speaker 1: Baseball have quintupled the number of questions that must be 305 00:21:31,395 --> 00:21:35,755 Speaker 1: satisfied as quickly and thoroughly and honestly as possible. Why 306 00:21:35,755 --> 00:21:40,635 Speaker 1: have you issued two or is it three, different official 307 00:21:40,755 --> 00:21:44,955 Speaker 1: versions of Otani's story? How could Otani have acknowledged he 308 00:21:45,035 --> 00:21:47,235 Speaker 1: sent the bookie four and a half million dollars, then 309 00:21:47,315 --> 00:21:50,035 Speaker 1: insist the money had been stolen from him, and then 310 00:21:50,115 --> 00:21:54,435 Speaker 1: insists he knew nothing about any of this? How long 311 00:21:54,515 --> 00:21:58,035 Speaker 1: did the team know about this? Is the interpreter just 312 00:21:58,075 --> 00:22:01,435 Speaker 1: trying to take a fall for Otani? Why did a 313 00:22:01,515 --> 00:22:05,675 Speaker 1: Dodgers source remind ESPN that whatever happened, it happened when 314 00:22:05,675 --> 00:22:09,715 Speaker 1: Otani was playing for the Angels, and maybe most saliently, 315 00:22:10,315 --> 00:22:13,875 Speaker 1: the fired translator Misuhara told ESPN in that interview that 316 00:22:13,955 --> 00:22:17,755 Speaker 1: his annual salary was between three hundred thousand and five 317 00:22:17,835 --> 00:22:21,995 Speaker 1: hundred thousand dollars. What kind of self respecting bookie would 318 00:22:22,035 --> 00:22:24,635 Speaker 1: let a guy with that level of income run up 319 00:22:24,715 --> 00:22:28,515 Speaker 1: four and a half million dollars in unpaid gambling losses. 320 00:22:30,355 --> 00:22:34,195 Speaker 1: Every hour that passes without this being addressed and resolved 321 00:22:34,315 --> 00:22:37,155 Speaker 1: increases the chances that the true story here will be 322 00:22:37,475 --> 00:22:41,675 Speaker 1: disastrous for sho Hey Otani, for the Los Angeles Dodgers, 323 00:22:41,795 --> 00:22:46,235 Speaker 1: for Major League Baseball, disastrous as in suspensions and lifetime 324 00:22:46,275 --> 00:22:51,075 Speaker 1: banishments and tips of icebergs. Because that flashback, I had 325 00:22:51,075 --> 00:22:54,115 Speaker 1: to my live shot from the library about the start 326 00:22:54,195 --> 00:22:56,915 Speaker 1: of the Pete Rose scandal the end of March nineteen 327 00:22:56,955 --> 00:23:01,395 Speaker 1: eighty nine. That flashback actually ends in New York on 328 00:23:01,475 --> 00:23:05,275 Speaker 1: August twenty fourth, nineteen eighty nine, where I'm at the 329 00:23:05,315 --> 00:23:10,075 Speaker 1: press conference where the Commissioner of Baseball, the actor Paul 330 00:23:10,155 --> 00:23:15,795 Speaker 1: Jamadi's late father, Bart is announcing that Pete Rose has 331 00:23:15,875 --> 00:23:27,595 Speaker 1: been banned for life. PostScript. The most expensive regular baseball 332 00:23:27,675 --> 00:23:31,075 Speaker 1: card of Shoahi Otani, not autographed by him, not one 333 00:23:31,115 --> 00:23:34,755 Speaker 1: of a kind, not glow in the dark. It's now 334 00:23:34,875 --> 00:23:39,195 Speaker 1: a twenty twenty Tops Opening Day series photo variation. With 335 00:23:39,315 --> 00:23:43,155 Speaker 1: Otani standing at the batting cage and looming over his 336 00:23:43,395 --> 00:23:47,475 Speaker 1: shoulder you see the figure of his pal and interpreter 337 00:23:47,715 --> 00:23:52,875 Speaker 1: Ife Misuhara. The eBay price for this card one and 338 00:23:53,155 --> 00:23:58,755 Speaker 1: seventy nine dollars. There's also an if A Misuhara autograph 339 00:23:58,915 --> 00:24:04,315 Speaker 1: Baseball available on eBay nineteen hundred and ninety nine dollars 340 00:24:04,795 --> 00:24:10,075 Speaker 1: and ninety nine cents. Baseball's signed by Pete Rose, inscribed 341 00:24:10,315 --> 00:24:14,075 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, I bet on baseball. Your cost ninety nine bucks. 342 00:24:16,795 --> 00:24:19,875 Speaker 1: Also of interest here a top Trump advisor or former 343 00:24:19,915 --> 00:24:23,275 Speaker 1: Trump advisor. It's hard to tell anymore, says Chief Justice 344 00:24:23,355 --> 00:24:27,915 Speaker 1: John Roberts. Was despicable for not sparing Peter Navarro from prison, 345 00:24:28,155 --> 00:24:32,795 Speaker 1: and they plan to now appeal that decision to Jesus 346 00:24:34,995 --> 00:24:41,915 Speaker 1: Jesus H. Christ. That's next. This is countdown. This is 347 00:24:42,035 --> 00:25:06,315 Speaker 1: Countdown with Keith Olberman still ahead of us on this 348 00:25:06,435 --> 00:25:08,955 Speaker 1: edition of Countdown Fridays with Thurber And since we are 349 00:25:08,955 --> 00:25:11,675 Speaker 1: on the verge of another baseball season, or another baseball 350 00:25:11,715 --> 00:25:15,635 Speaker 1: scandal of biblical proportions, or both. Let's go back to 351 00:25:15,675 --> 00:25:19,395 Speaker 1: that wonderful mix of Thurber and Red Barber, the Great 352 00:25:19,435 --> 00:25:22,235 Speaker 1: Reds and Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees play by 353 00:25:22,275 --> 00:25:26,435 Speaker 1: play man the cat bird seat next in Fridays with 354 00:25:26,515 --> 00:25:30,355 Speaker 1: Thurber first, Still more idiots talk about the daily roundup 355 00:25:30,395 --> 00:25:33,635 Speaker 1: of the miscrants, morons and Dunning Kruger effects specimens who 356 00:25:33,675 --> 00:25:38,435 Speaker 1: constitute two days worst persons than the first. The Bronze 357 00:25:39,635 --> 00:25:43,275 Speaker 1: should do that, as Red Barber shouldn't. I Today's what's 358 00:25:43,355 --> 00:25:47,115 Speaker 1: pusins in the world, y'all? First, the Bronze worse the 359 00:25:47,155 --> 00:25:50,155 Speaker 1: Tampa Bay Rays baseball team. They're owned by a friend 360 00:25:50,155 --> 00:25:52,315 Speaker 1: of mine, in fact, but they have gone and done it. 361 00:25:52,835 --> 00:25:56,995 Speaker 1: They have traded shortstop Greg Jones to the Colorado Rockies 362 00:25:56,995 --> 00:26:00,035 Speaker 1: in exchange for a minor league pitcher. That minor league 363 00:26:00,075 --> 00:26:04,035 Speaker 1: pitcher's name is Joe Rock. He is now Joe Rock 364 00:26:04,875 --> 00:26:09,235 Speaker 1: of the Tampa Bay Rays. Until this awful news today, 365 00:26:09,675 --> 00:26:13,995 Speaker 1: he had the chance to become Joe Rock of the 366 00:26:13,995 --> 00:26:19,435 Speaker 1: Colorado Rockies. Thus he will not join the annals of 367 00:26:19,475 --> 00:26:22,675 Speaker 1: such perfect player placements as Johnny Podres of the San 368 00:26:22,715 --> 00:26:26,755 Speaker 1: Diego Padres, Butch Metzger of the New York Mets and 369 00:26:26,835 --> 00:26:31,595 Speaker 1: Ted Cox of the Red Sox instead, Joe Rock will 370 00:26:31,595 --> 00:26:34,395 Speaker 1: have to be filed with Cubs Stricker who never played 371 00:26:34,395 --> 00:26:37,075 Speaker 1: for the Chicago Cubs, Jim Brewer will never pitched for 372 00:26:37,075 --> 00:26:40,115 Speaker 1: the Milwaukee Brewers, Randy Cardinal who never appeared for the 373 00:26:40,115 --> 00:26:43,995 Speaker 1: Saint Louis Cardinals, Galen Pitts who never played for Pittsburgh, 374 00:26:44,115 --> 00:26:48,555 Speaker 1: Tyler Houston who never played for Houston, oh Yank Terry 375 00:26:48,635 --> 00:26:51,715 Speaker 1: of the Red Sox, Johnny and Sam Dodge who were 376 00:26:51,755 --> 00:26:56,475 Speaker 1: never Dodgers, and of course outfielder Angel Bravo who never 377 00:26:56,515 --> 00:26:59,755 Speaker 1: played for either the California Angels or the Atlanta Braves. 378 00:27:00,315 --> 00:27:05,635 Speaker 1: It's a damn shame. The runner up Wurser Congressman Tim Burchett, 379 00:27:05,915 --> 00:27:11,915 Speaker 1: the serial facial hair alterer beard sometimes mustache, soul patch, 380 00:27:12,195 --> 00:27:16,395 Speaker 1: then clean shaven, then a different kind of mustache. Constant 381 00:27:16,475 --> 00:27:20,955 Speaker 1: facial hair realignment is considered by some psychologist as a 382 00:27:20,995 --> 00:27:25,035 Speaker 1: sign of emotional unsteadiness, if not actual distress. You know 383 00:27:25,155 --> 00:27:29,035 Speaker 1: what else is That's a sign of retweeting Russian propaganda. 384 00:27:29,715 --> 00:27:33,795 Speaker 1: The Midas Network reports that Yesterday, Congressman Burchett retweeted what 385 00:27:33,875 --> 00:27:37,155 Speaker 1: at first looked like a news story claiming President Zelenski 386 00:27:37,195 --> 00:27:40,755 Speaker 1: of Ukraine was offended by the Trump proposal to make 387 00:27:40,795 --> 00:27:43,955 Speaker 1: any military help to that country only in the form 388 00:27:44,035 --> 00:27:48,555 Speaker 1: of loans that must be repaid. Burchett's account added quote, 389 00:27:48,835 --> 00:27:51,235 Speaker 1: bite in the hand that feeds you. This is what 390 00:27:51,355 --> 00:27:55,235 Speaker 1: zero accountability looks like. You know what being a dupe 391 00:27:55,235 --> 00:28:00,435 Speaker 1: for Russian propaganda looks like, Bob Yeah, Jim Jordan and 392 00:28:00,515 --> 00:28:03,195 Speaker 1: James Comer. Yep, when Ron Johnson, But in this case, 393 00:28:03,355 --> 00:28:06,995 Speaker 1: when the article attached to your snide subtweet was in 394 00:28:06,995 --> 00:28:12,715 Speaker 1: fact published and tweeted by RT Russian state television. Somebody 395 00:28:12,795 --> 00:28:16,915 Speaker 1: in Burchet's office figured this out, deleted the retweet within 396 00:28:16,955 --> 00:28:19,915 Speaker 1: an hour, and then presumably he went home and shaved 397 00:28:19,915 --> 00:28:25,795 Speaker 1: his head. But our winner the worst, Liz Harrington. I 398 00:28:25,955 --> 00:28:28,755 Speaker 1: no longer know how to describe Liz Harrington because she 399 00:28:28,875 --> 00:28:32,555 Speaker 1: used to be Trump's principal on the record spokesperson. Then 400 00:28:32,595 --> 00:28:35,235 Speaker 1: they gave that role to some ex UFC fighter with 401 00:28:35,315 --> 00:28:39,115 Speaker 1: eight different necks, and then they hired another woman named 402 00:28:39,195 --> 00:28:41,955 Speaker 1: Levitt who may have gone to the same dental office 403 00:28:42,035 --> 00:28:45,595 Speaker 1: Christy nom did that infomercial for and does everything but 404 00:28:45,715 --> 00:28:48,835 Speaker 1: wave her hand like the Queen while she's reading the 405 00:28:48,835 --> 00:28:53,075 Speaker 1: press release. It appears Liz Harrington may have been fired 406 00:28:53,115 --> 00:28:55,995 Speaker 1: two months ago, and if that's the case, presumably it 407 00:28:56,035 --> 00:28:59,155 Speaker 1: had something to do with her increasingly bizarre comments which 408 00:28:59,235 --> 00:29:05,635 Speaker 1: more and more seemed to conflate Trump with God. Suddenly, 409 00:29:05,755 --> 00:29:09,395 Speaker 1: Liz Harrington is back after a couple of months, appearing 410 00:29:09,395 --> 00:29:13,635 Speaker 1: with Steve Sloppy Bannon on the Real America's Voice Channel, 411 00:29:13,635 --> 00:29:16,795 Speaker 1: which is a streaming propaganda service for those who find 412 00:29:16,915 --> 00:29:21,395 Speaker 1: Newsmax too balanced. Liz Harrington and apparently now works for them, 413 00:29:21,795 --> 00:29:25,275 Speaker 1: though they idd her as former Trump senior advisor and 414 00:29:25,395 --> 00:29:30,195 Speaker 1: guess what, her trolley is completely off the tracks. She's 415 00:29:30,235 --> 00:29:35,875 Speaker 1: gone full. Jesus can overrule the Supreme Court. While complaining 416 00:29:35,915 --> 00:29:37,875 Speaker 1: about Peter Navarro going to prison. 417 00:29:37,995 --> 00:29:42,235 Speaker 2: Thank God, we do not have to appeal to Chief 418 00:29:42,475 --> 00:29:47,155 Speaker 2: Justice John Roberts. A despicable thing he did, and one 419 00:29:47,235 --> 00:29:50,795 Speaker 2: man making a decision to keep to send Peter to prison. Well, 420 00:29:50,835 --> 00:29:53,195 Speaker 2: thank god, we don't have to rely on his mercy 421 00:29:53,195 --> 00:29:58,235 Speaker 2: because he has none. We rely Our appeal is to Heaven. 422 00:29:58,875 --> 00:30:01,195 Speaker 2: This is what we need to start doing. We have 423 00:30:01,235 --> 00:30:04,435 Speaker 2: a power that is so much greater than these evil people. 424 00:30:04,875 --> 00:30:09,555 Speaker 2: God laughs at them. He laughs at them. So we 425 00:30:09,635 --> 00:30:11,995 Speaker 2: need to start using it. We need to start using 426 00:30:12,075 --> 00:30:14,835 Speaker 2: Jesus Christ. We need to use the word, and we 427 00:30:14,995 --> 00:30:15,995 Speaker 2: need to pray. 428 00:30:16,515 --> 00:30:19,515 Speaker 1: Now, Look, why should we be worried about them doing 429 00:30:19,555 --> 00:30:22,635 Speaker 1: this appeal to heaven jazz? I mean the appeal to 430 00:30:22,755 --> 00:30:27,115 Speaker 1: Heaven flag was used by John Adams and the revolutionaries 431 00:30:27,155 --> 00:30:31,555 Speaker 1: and the Revolutionary War figures, And no Maga thinks appeal 432 00:30:31,635 --> 00:30:35,395 Speaker 1: to heaven means you ask God to help and then 433 00:30:35,515 --> 00:30:38,395 Speaker 1: he tells you to go and kill some liberal somewhere. 434 00:30:38,875 --> 00:30:40,595 Speaker 1: And then when they arrest you, all you have to 435 00:30:40,595 --> 00:30:42,675 Speaker 1: do is say God told me to do this, and 436 00:30:42,715 --> 00:30:45,235 Speaker 1: they say, well that's all right, then you are free 437 00:30:45,275 --> 00:30:49,275 Speaker 1: to go. That's the way they're now framing appeal to heaven. 438 00:30:50,115 --> 00:30:52,755 Speaker 1: So if you want to know what this is really about, 439 00:30:52,915 --> 00:30:55,475 Speaker 1: just look in the eyes of Liz. I'm not crazy, 440 00:30:55,555 --> 00:30:58,595 Speaker 1: I'm not hallucinating. I'm just looking right into Jesus's eyes, 441 00:30:58,675 --> 00:31:05,955 Speaker 1: aren't I Jesus Harrington Two Day's Worse Person World. It's 442 00:31:06,035 --> 00:31:29,555 Speaker 1: an schemic episode. Lady. Here's the number one story on 443 00:31:29,595 --> 00:31:31,995 Speaker 1: the countdown, And since it is the weekend, edition. It's 444 00:31:32,035 --> 00:31:36,355 Speaker 1: time for some James Thurber. The Catbird Seat combines two 445 00:31:36,395 --> 00:31:40,115 Speaker 1: of my all time favorite things, Thurber and baseball broadcasting. 446 00:31:40,635 --> 00:31:43,515 Speaker 1: As Thurber will reveal in the story, the title comes 447 00:31:43,515 --> 00:31:47,115 Speaker 1: from a catchphrase used by the Brooklyn Dodgers legendary announcer 448 00:31:47,155 --> 00:31:50,955 Speaker 1: Red Barber, the man who trained Vin Scully and is 449 00:31:50,995 --> 00:31:54,395 Speaker 1: my late friend Vin's only true competition for greatest baseball 450 00:31:54,395 --> 00:31:57,595 Speaker 1: play by playing man of all time. I met Red 451 00:31:57,595 --> 00:32:00,835 Speaker 1: Barber once I interviewed him for CNN. He called me 452 00:32:00,955 --> 00:32:04,795 Speaker 1: Keith throughout the interview. I was so starstruck. It's pretty 453 00:32:04,875 --> 00:32:09,995 Speaker 1: much all I remember from the interview. Anyway. Bert Lancaster 454 00:32:10,435 --> 00:32:13,115 Speaker 1: bought the movie rights to this story and he got 455 00:32:13,155 --> 00:32:17,035 Speaker 1: Billy Wilder to commit to direct it. Well, how come 456 00:32:17,035 --> 00:32:20,835 Speaker 1: you've never heard of this perfect sounding film, The Catbird Seat, 457 00:32:20,875 --> 00:32:25,275 Speaker 1: directed by Billy Wilder. They sold the rights and in 458 00:32:25,395 --> 00:32:29,035 Speaker 1: nineteen sixty the film was made, but they relocated it 459 00:32:29,075 --> 00:32:34,075 Speaker 1: from Manhattan to Scotland, starring Peter Sellars dressed up as 460 00:32:34,075 --> 00:32:39,675 Speaker 1: an old man as mister Martin. It's okay unless you've 461 00:32:39,715 --> 00:32:44,075 Speaker 1: read the story or had it read to you from 462 00:32:44,155 --> 00:32:48,875 Speaker 1: the Thurber Carnival nineteen forty five. The Catbird Seat by 463 00:32:48,995 --> 00:32:54,075 Speaker 1: James Thurber. Mister Martin bought the pack of camels on 464 00:32:54,155 --> 00:32:57,075 Speaker 1: Monday night in the most crowded cigar store on Broadway. 465 00:32:57,315 --> 00:32:59,755 Speaker 1: It was theater time, and seven or eight men were 466 00:32:59,795 --> 00:33:03,115 Speaker 1: buying cigarettes. The clerk didn't even glance at mister Martin, 467 00:33:03,155 --> 00:33:05,795 Speaker 1: who put the pack in his overcoat pocket and went out. 468 00:33:06,755 --> 00:33:09,635 Speaker 1: If any of the staff at F and S had 469 00:33:09,675 --> 00:33:13,635 Speaker 1: seen him by the cigarettes, they would have been astonished, 470 00:33:14,555 --> 00:33:17,195 Speaker 1: for it was generally known that mister Martin did not smoke, 471 00:33:17,355 --> 00:33:22,235 Speaker 1: and never had. No one saw him. It was just 472 00:33:22,275 --> 00:33:24,675 Speaker 1: a week to the day since mister Martin had decided 473 00:33:24,715 --> 00:33:30,395 Speaker 1: to rub out missus old Jean Barrows. The term rub 474 00:33:30,555 --> 00:33:34,835 Speaker 1: out pleased him because it suggested nothing more than the 475 00:33:34,875 --> 00:33:38,995 Speaker 1: correction of an error, in this case, an error of 476 00:33:39,115 --> 00:33:43,235 Speaker 1: mister Fitweiler. Mister Martin had spent each night of the 477 00:33:43,275 --> 00:33:46,155 Speaker 1: past week working out his plan and examining it as 478 00:33:46,195 --> 00:33:49,115 Speaker 1: he walked home. Now he went over it again for 479 00:33:49,235 --> 00:33:54,035 Speaker 1: the hundredth time. He resented the element of imprecision, the 480 00:33:54,115 --> 00:33:57,995 Speaker 1: margin of guesswork that entered into the business. The project, 481 00:33:58,435 --> 00:34:01,995 Speaker 1: as he had worked it out was casual and bold. 482 00:34:02,555 --> 00:34:07,435 Speaker 1: The risks were considerable, something might go wrong anywhere along 483 00:34:07,515 --> 00:34:11,795 Speaker 1: the line, and therein lay the cunning of his scheme. 484 00:34:12,195 --> 00:34:16,155 Speaker 1: No one would ever see in the cautious, painstaking hand 485 00:34:16,195 --> 00:34:19,275 Speaker 1: of Irwin Martin, head of the filing department at F 486 00:34:19,315 --> 00:34:23,595 Speaker 1: and S, of whom mister Fitweiler had once said, man 487 00:34:23,715 --> 00:34:28,555 Speaker 1: is fallible, but Martin isn't. No one would see his hand, 488 00:34:29,515 --> 00:34:35,915 Speaker 1: that is, unless he were caught in the act. Sitting 489 00:34:35,995 --> 00:34:39,315 Speaker 1: in his apartment drinking a glass of milk, mister Martin 490 00:34:39,355 --> 00:34:42,995 Speaker 1: reviewed his case against missus Old Jean Barrows, as he 491 00:34:43,115 --> 00:34:47,715 Speaker 1: had every night for seven nights. He began at the beginning. 492 00:34:48,195 --> 00:34:52,675 Speaker 1: Her quacking voice and braying laugh at first profaned the 493 00:34:52,715 --> 00:34:57,635 Speaker 1: halls of FNS. On March seventh, nineteen forty one, mister 494 00:34:57,715 --> 00:35:01,995 Speaker 1: Martin had a head for dates. Old Roberts, the personnel chief, 495 00:35:01,995 --> 00:35:06,315 Speaker 1: had introduced her as the newly appointed special advisor to 496 00:35:06,395 --> 00:35:10,075 Speaker 1: the president of the firm, mister Fitweiler. The woman had 497 00:35:10,115 --> 00:35:14,195 Speaker 1: appalled mister Martin instantly, but he had not shown it. 498 00:35:14,995 --> 00:35:17,195 Speaker 1: He had given her his dry hand a look of 499 00:35:17,235 --> 00:35:22,515 Speaker 1: studious concentration in a faint smile. Well, she said, looking 500 00:35:22,515 --> 00:35:24,955 Speaker 1: at the papers on his desk, are you lifting the 501 00:35:24,955 --> 00:35:29,715 Speaker 1: ox cart? Out of the ditch. As mister Martin recalled 502 00:35:29,715 --> 00:35:34,315 Speaker 1: that moment over his milk, he squirmed slightly. He must 503 00:35:34,355 --> 00:35:36,835 Speaker 1: keep his mind on her crimes as a special advisor, 504 00:35:36,915 --> 00:35:41,075 Speaker 1: not on her peccadillos as a personality. This he found 505 00:35:41,115 --> 00:35:44,395 Speaker 1: difficult to do. In spite of entering an objection and 506 00:35:44,475 --> 00:35:47,315 Speaker 1: sustaining it. The faults of the woman as a woman 507 00:35:47,835 --> 00:35:51,155 Speaker 1: kept chattering on in his mind like an unruly witness. 508 00:35:51,555 --> 00:35:55,995 Speaker 1: She had, for almost two years now baited him in 509 00:35:56,075 --> 00:35:59,355 Speaker 1: the halls, in the elevator, even in his own office, 510 00:35:59,355 --> 00:36:03,635 Speaker 1: into which she romped now and then like a circus horse. 511 00:36:04,835 --> 00:36:08,595 Speaker 1: She was constantly shouting these silly questions at him. Are 512 00:36:08,635 --> 00:36:10,555 Speaker 1: you left in the ox cart out of the ditch? 513 00:36:11,235 --> 00:36:14,155 Speaker 1: Are you tearing up the pea patch? Are you hollering 514 00:36:14,235 --> 00:36:17,475 Speaker 1: down the rain barrel? Are you scraping around the bottom 515 00:36:17,515 --> 00:36:22,275 Speaker 1: of the pickle barrel? Are you sitting in the catmurried seat. 516 00:36:24,395 --> 00:36:28,955 Speaker 1: It was Joey Hart, one of mister Martin's two assistants, 517 00:36:30,075 --> 00:36:34,075 Speaker 1: who had explained what the gibberish meant. She must be 518 00:36:34,115 --> 00:36:37,755 Speaker 1: a Dodger fan, he had said. Red Bob announces the 519 00:36:37,795 --> 00:36:40,715 Speaker 1: Dodger games over the radio, and he uses these expressions 520 00:36:40,995 --> 00:36:45,035 Speaker 1: picked them up down south. Joey had gone on to 521 00:36:45,115 --> 00:36:48,715 Speaker 1: explain one or two, Tearing up the pea patch meant 522 00:36:48,755 --> 00:36:53,555 Speaker 1: going on a rampage. Sitting in the catbirds seat meant 523 00:36:53,635 --> 00:36:56,275 Speaker 1: sitting pretty like a batter with three balls and no 524 00:36:56,395 --> 00:37:00,515 Speaker 1: strikes on him. Mister Martin dismissed all this with an effort. 525 00:37:00,955 --> 00:37:03,995 Speaker 1: It had been annoying, It had driven him nearer to distraction, 526 00:37:04,315 --> 00:37:06,955 Speaker 1: but he was too solid a man to be moved 527 00:37:07,635 --> 00:37:13,955 Speaker 1: to murder by anything so childish. It was unfortunate, he reflected, 528 00:37:13,995 --> 00:37:17,195 Speaker 1: as he passed on to the important charges against Missus Barrows, 529 00:37:17,435 --> 00:37:20,635 Speaker 1: that he had stood up under it so well. He 530 00:37:20,675 --> 00:37:27,235 Speaker 1: had maintained always an outward appearance of polite tolerance. Why 531 00:37:27,795 --> 00:37:31,195 Speaker 1: I even believe you like the woman misspaired, his other 532 00:37:31,235 --> 00:37:34,715 Speaker 1: assistant had once said to him. He had simply smiled 533 00:37:36,155 --> 00:37:38,395 Speaker 1: a gavel wrapped in mister Martin's mind, and the case 534 00:37:38,435 --> 00:37:42,315 Speaker 1: proper was resumed. Missus Aul Jean Barrows stood charged with wilful, 535 00:37:42,475 --> 00:37:46,155 Speaker 1: flatant and persistent attempts to destroy the efficiency and system 536 00:37:46,835 --> 00:37:51,235 Speaker 1: of FINS. It was confident material and relevant to review 537 00:37:51,275 --> 00:37:55,115 Speaker 1: her advent and rise to power. Mister Martin had got 538 00:37:55,115 --> 00:37:57,595 Speaker 1: the story from miss Paired, who seemed always able to 539 00:37:57,675 --> 00:38:03,195 Speaker 1: find things out. According to her, Missus Barrows had met 540 00:38:03,235 --> 00:38:07,515 Speaker 1: mister Fitwaller a party where she had rescued him from 541 00:38:07,515 --> 00:38:10,995 Speaker 1: the embraces of a powerfully built, drunken man who had 542 00:38:10,995 --> 00:38:14,115 Speaker 1: mistaken the president of F and S for a famous 543 00:38:14,235 --> 00:38:19,435 Speaker 1: retired middle Western football coach. She had led him to 544 00:38:19,475 --> 00:38:23,435 Speaker 1: a sofa and somehow worked upon him a monstrous magic. 545 00:38:24,755 --> 00:38:27,515 Speaker 1: The aging gentleman had jumped to the conclusion there and 546 00:38:27,555 --> 00:38:31,275 Speaker 1: then that this was a woman of singular attainments, equipped 547 00:38:31,275 --> 00:38:34,475 Speaker 1: to bring out the best in him and in the firm. 548 00:38:35,035 --> 00:38:37,635 Speaker 1: A week later he had introduced her into F and 549 00:38:37,835 --> 00:38:45,795 Speaker 1: S as his special adviser. On that day, confusion got 550 00:38:45,835 --> 00:38:50,995 Speaker 1: its foot in the door. After miss Tyson, mister Brundage, 551 00:38:51,035 --> 00:38:53,395 Speaker 1: and mister Bartlett had been fired and mister Munson had 552 00:38:53,395 --> 00:38:56,995 Speaker 1: taken his hat and stalked out mailing. In his resignation letter, 553 00:38:57,475 --> 00:39:01,075 Speaker 1: Old Roberts had been emboldened to speak to mister Fitweiler. 554 00:39:01,595 --> 00:39:05,715 Speaker 1: He mentioned that mister Munson's department had become a little disrupted, 555 00:39:06,075 --> 00:39:09,155 Speaker 1: and hadn't they perhaps better resumed the old system there, 556 00:39:10,275 --> 00:39:13,675 Speaker 1: mister Fitwaller had said certainly not. He had the greatest 557 00:39:13,675 --> 00:39:17,915 Speaker 1: faith in missus Barrow's ideas. They require a little seasoning. 558 00:39:18,315 --> 00:39:22,755 Speaker 1: Little seasoning is all, he had added. Mister Roberts had 559 00:39:22,795 --> 00:39:26,475 Speaker 1: given it up. Mister Martin reviewed in detail all the 560 00:39:26,555 --> 00:39:29,515 Speaker 1: changes wrought by missus Barrows. She had begun chipping at 561 00:39:29,515 --> 00:39:32,555 Speaker 1: the cornices of the firm's edifice, and now she was 562 00:39:32,595 --> 00:39:38,315 Speaker 1: swinging at the foundation stones with a pickaxe. Mister Martin 563 00:39:38,355 --> 00:39:40,795 Speaker 1: came now in his summing up to the afternoon of Monday, 564 00:39:40,835 --> 00:39:45,635 Speaker 1: November two, nineteen forty two, just one week ago. On 565 00:39:45,715 --> 00:39:49,555 Speaker 1: that day, at three pm, Missus Barrows had bounced into 566 00:39:49,555 --> 00:39:53,275 Speaker 1: his office. Boo, she had yelled, Are you scraping around 567 00:39:53,315 --> 00:39:57,675 Speaker 1: the bottom of the pickle barrel? Mister Martin had looked 568 00:39:57,675 --> 00:40:00,755 Speaker 1: at her from under his green eye shade, saying nothing. 569 00:40:01,835 --> 00:40:04,475 Speaker 1: She had begun to wander about the office, taking it 570 00:40:04,875 --> 00:40:08,675 Speaker 1: with her great popping eyes. Do you really need all 571 00:40:08,795 --> 00:40:15,235 Speaker 1: these filing cabinets, she had demanded. Suddenly, mister Martin's heart 572 00:40:15,755 --> 00:40:20,155 Speaker 1: had jumped each of these files, he had said, keeping 573 00:40:20,155 --> 00:40:23,395 Speaker 1: his voice even plays an indispensable part in the system 574 00:40:23,515 --> 00:40:27,395 Speaker 1: of f and s. She had brayed at him, while 575 00:40:27,475 --> 00:40:31,075 Speaker 1: don't tear up the pea patch and gone to the door. 576 00:40:31,715 --> 00:40:35,075 Speaker 1: From there she had bawled, but you sure have got 577 00:40:35,115 --> 00:40:40,235 Speaker 1: a lot of fines scrap in here. Mister Martin could 578 00:40:40,235 --> 00:40:45,275 Speaker 1: no longer doubt that the finger was on his beloved department. 579 00:40:45,595 --> 00:40:49,755 Speaker 1: Her pickaxe was on the upswing poise for the first blow. 580 00:40:50,995 --> 00:40:53,915 Speaker 1: It had not come yet. He had received no blue 581 00:40:53,995 --> 00:40:58,435 Speaker 1: memo from the enchanted mister Fitweiler bearing nonsensical instructions deriving 582 00:40:58,635 --> 00:41:01,635 Speaker 1: from this obscene woman, But there was no doubt in 583 00:41:01,675 --> 00:41:04,675 Speaker 1: mister Martin's mind that one would be forthcoming. He must 584 00:41:04,875 --> 00:41:11,195 Speaker 1: act quickly. Already a precious week had gone by. Mister 585 00:41:11,275 --> 00:41:14,475 Speaker 1: Martin stood up in his living room, still holding his 586 00:41:14,515 --> 00:41:18,475 Speaker 1: milk glass. Gentlemen of the jury, he said to himself, 587 00:41:19,235 --> 00:41:28,035 Speaker 1: I demand the death penalty for this horrible person. The 588 00:41:28,075 --> 00:41:30,835 Speaker 1: next day, mister Martin followed his routine as usual. He 589 00:41:30,875 --> 00:41:33,915 Speaker 1: polished his glasses more often and once sharpened and already 590 00:41:33,955 --> 00:41:37,795 Speaker 1: sharp pencil. But not even mispaired noticed. Only once did 591 00:41:37,835 --> 00:41:40,955 Speaker 1: he catch sight of his victim. She swept past him 592 00:41:40,955 --> 00:41:44,915 Speaker 1: in the hall with the patronizing hi. At five point thirty. 593 00:41:44,955 --> 00:41:46,795 Speaker 1: He walked home as usual and had a glass of 594 00:41:46,835 --> 00:41:51,155 Speaker 1: milk as usual. He had never drunk anything stronger in 595 00:41:51,235 --> 00:41:55,395 Speaker 1: his life, unless you could count ginger Ale. The late 596 00:41:55,675 --> 00:41:58,915 Speaker 1: Sam Schlosser, the s of F and S had praised 597 00:41:58,915 --> 00:42:01,395 Speaker 1: mister Martin at a staff meeting several years before for 598 00:42:01,475 --> 00:42:05,715 Speaker 1: his temperate habits. One of our most efficient workers. Neither 599 00:42:05,795 --> 00:42:10,075 Speaker 1: drinks nor smokes, he had said, the results speak for themselves. 600 00:42:11,155 --> 00:42:16,315 Speaker 1: Mister Fitweiler had sat by, nodding approval. Mister Martin was 601 00:42:16,355 --> 00:42:18,555 Speaker 1: still thinking about that red letter day as he walked 602 00:42:18,555 --> 00:42:21,515 Speaker 1: over to the Shafts restaurant on Fifth Avenue near forty 603 00:42:21,555 --> 00:42:23,955 Speaker 1: sixth Street. He got there, as he always did, at 604 00:42:23,955 --> 00:42:27,075 Speaker 1: eight o'clock. He finished his dinner and the financial page 605 00:42:27,115 --> 00:42:29,315 Speaker 1: of the New York Sun quartered at nine. As he 606 00:42:29,355 --> 00:42:32,435 Speaker 1: always did, it was his custom after dinner to take 607 00:42:32,475 --> 00:42:35,235 Speaker 1: a walk. This time he walked down Fifth Avenue at 608 00:42:35,275 --> 00:42:39,915 Speaker 1: a casual place. His gloved hands felt moist and warm, 609 00:42:40,355 --> 00:42:44,715 Speaker 1: his forehead cold. He transferred the camels from his overcoat 610 00:42:44,755 --> 00:42:47,195 Speaker 1: to a jacket pocket. He wondered as he did so, 611 00:42:47,315 --> 00:42:50,475 Speaker 1: if they did not represent an unnecessary note of strain. 612 00:42:51,875 --> 00:42:56,435 Speaker 1: Missus Sparrows smoked only Lucky's. It was his idea to 613 00:42:56,595 --> 00:43:00,915 Speaker 1: puff a few puffs on a camel after the rubbing out, 614 00:43:01,555 --> 00:43:04,315 Speaker 1: stub it out in the ashtray, holding her lipstick, saying 615 00:43:04,435 --> 00:43:08,355 Speaker 1: luck keyes, and thus drag a small red herring across 616 00:43:08,395 --> 00:43:11,875 Speaker 1: the trail. Perhaps it was not a good idea. It 617 00:43:11,915 --> 00:43:18,795 Speaker 1: would take time. He might even choke too loudly. Mister 618 00:43:18,835 --> 00:43:21,275 Speaker 1: Martin had never seen the house on West twelfth Street 619 00:43:21,275 --> 00:43:23,395 Speaker 1: where Missus Barrows lived, but he had a clear enough 620 00:43:23,435 --> 00:43:27,515 Speaker 1: picture of it. Fortunately, she had bragged to everybody about 621 00:43:27,555 --> 00:43:32,355 Speaker 1: her decky first floor apartment in the perfectly darling three 622 00:43:32,435 --> 00:43:36,835 Speaker 1: story red brick. There would be no doorman or other attendants, 623 00:43:36,955 --> 00:43:39,675 Speaker 1: just the tenants of the second and third floors. As 624 00:43:39,715 --> 00:43:42,035 Speaker 1: he walked along, mister Martin realized that he would get 625 00:43:42,075 --> 00:43:47,035 Speaker 1: there before nine thirty. He had considered walking north on 626 00:43:47,115 --> 00:43:49,395 Speaker 1: Fifth Avenue from Shrafts to a point from which it 627 00:43:49,435 --> 00:43:51,915 Speaker 1: would take him until ten o'clock to reach the house. 628 00:43:52,195 --> 00:43:54,675 Speaker 1: At that hour people were less likely to be coming 629 00:43:54,675 --> 00:43:57,315 Speaker 1: in or going out. But the procedure would have made 630 00:43:57,355 --> 00:44:01,235 Speaker 1: an awkward loop in the straight thread of his casualness, 631 00:44:01,235 --> 00:44:04,595 Speaker 1: and he had abandoned it. It was impossible to figure 632 00:44:04,675 --> 00:44:07,115 Speaker 1: when people would be entering or leaving the house anyway, 633 00:44:07,315 --> 00:44:10,275 Speaker 1: There was a great risk at any hour. If he 634 00:44:10,395 --> 00:44:12,635 Speaker 1: ran into anybody, he would simply have to place the 635 00:44:12,715 --> 00:44:17,675 Speaker 1: rubbing out of Old Jean Barrows in the inactive file forever. 636 00:44:18,955 --> 00:44:20,715 Speaker 1: The same thing would hold true if there was someone 637 00:44:20,835 --> 00:44:23,195 Speaker 1: in her apartment. In that case, he would just say 638 00:44:23,235 --> 00:44:26,715 Speaker 1: that he had been passing by, recognized her charming house, 639 00:44:27,635 --> 00:44:32,355 Speaker 1: and thought to drop in. It was eighteen minutes after 640 00:44:32,435 --> 00:44:34,635 Speaker 1: nine when mister Martin turned into twelfth straight. A man 641 00:44:34,715 --> 00:44:38,515 Speaker 1: passed him, and a man and a woman talking. There 642 00:44:38,595 --> 00:44:40,755 Speaker 1: was no one within fifty paces. When he came to 643 00:44:40,795 --> 00:44:43,955 Speaker 1: the house halfway down the block. He was up the 644 00:44:43,955 --> 00:44:46,475 Speaker 1: steps and in the small vestibule, and no time pressing 645 00:44:46,515 --> 00:44:49,115 Speaker 1: the bell under the card that said missus Old Jean Barrows. 646 00:44:49,315 --> 00:44:51,595 Speaker 1: When the clicking in the locks started, he jumped forward 647 00:44:51,635 --> 00:44:53,875 Speaker 1: against the door. He got inside fast, closing the door 648 00:44:53,915 --> 00:44:56,355 Speaker 1: behind him. A bulb in a lantern hung from the 649 00:44:56,355 --> 00:44:58,995 Speaker 1: hall ceiling on a chain seemed to give a monstrously 650 00:44:59,115 --> 00:45:01,635 Speaker 1: bright light. There was nobody on the stair which went 651 00:45:01,715 --> 00:45:04,075 Speaker 1: up ahead of him along the left wall. A door 652 00:45:04,155 --> 00:45:06,395 Speaker 1: opened down on the hall on the wall on the right. 653 00:45:07,355 --> 00:45:12,875 Speaker 1: He went toward it swiftly on tiptoe. Well, for God's sakes, 654 00:45:12,915 --> 00:45:17,275 Speaker 1: look who's here, bawled Missus Barrows, and her brain laugh 655 00:45:17,475 --> 00:45:20,755 Speaker 1: rang out like the report of a shotgun. He rushed 656 00:45:20,795 --> 00:45:24,995 Speaker 1: past her like a football attacker, bumping her. Hey quit shoving, 657 00:45:25,435 --> 00:45:28,475 Speaker 1: she said, closing the door behind them. They were in 658 00:45:28,555 --> 00:45:30,835 Speaker 1: her living room, which seemed to mister Martin to be 659 00:45:30,915 --> 00:45:36,235 Speaker 1: lighted by a hundred lamps. What's after you? She said, 660 00:45:36,315 --> 00:45:40,315 Speaker 1: here's jumpy as a goat. He found he was unable 661 00:45:40,355 --> 00:45:45,995 Speaker 1: to speak. His heart was wheezing in his throat. I yes, 662 00:45:46,635 --> 00:45:50,195 Speaker 1: he finally brought out. She was jabbering and laughing as 663 00:45:50,235 --> 00:45:52,915 Speaker 1: she started to help him off with his coat. No, no, 664 00:45:53,195 --> 00:45:56,875 Speaker 1: he said, I'll put it here. He took it off 665 00:45:56,915 --> 00:45:59,795 Speaker 1: and put it on a chair near the door. Your 666 00:45:59,835 --> 00:46:03,155 Speaker 1: hat and gloves too, She said, you're in a lady's house. 667 00:46:04,195 --> 00:46:06,675 Speaker 1: He put his hat on top of the coat. Missus 668 00:46:06,715 --> 00:46:10,395 Speaker 1: Barrows seemed larger than he had thought. He kept his 669 00:46:10,515 --> 00:46:17,115 Speaker 1: gloves on. I was passing by, he said, I recognized. 670 00:46:18,395 --> 00:46:23,075 Speaker 1: Is there anyone here? She laughed louder than ever. No, 671 00:46:23,675 --> 00:46:26,875 Speaker 1: she said, we're all alone. You're white? Is a shek 672 00:46:26,995 --> 00:46:29,875 Speaker 1: you funny man? Whatever has come over you, I'll mix 673 00:46:29,915 --> 00:46:33,315 Speaker 1: you a toddy. She started toward a door. Across the room. 674 00:46:33,755 --> 00:46:35,955 Speaker 1: Scotch and so to be all right, But say you 675 00:46:35,995 --> 00:46:40,155 Speaker 1: don't drink, do you? She turned and gave him her 676 00:46:40,235 --> 00:46:45,355 Speaker 1: amused look. Mister Martin pulled himself together. Scotch and soda 677 00:46:45,435 --> 00:46:48,315 Speaker 1: will be all right, he heard himself say. He could 678 00:46:48,395 --> 00:46:52,315 Speaker 1: hear her laughing in the kitchen. Mister Martin looked quickly 679 00:46:52,315 --> 00:46:55,075 Speaker 1: around the living room for the weapon he had counted 680 00:46:55,075 --> 00:46:58,995 Speaker 1: on finding one. There there were and irons, and a poker, 681 00:46:59,035 --> 00:47:01,155 Speaker 1: and something in a corner that looked like an Indian club. 682 00:47:01,795 --> 00:47:04,755 Speaker 1: None of them would do it, couldn't be that way. 683 00:47:05,315 --> 00:47:07,355 Speaker 1: He began to pace around. He came to a desk. 684 00:47:07,835 --> 00:47:10,715 Speaker 1: On it lay a metal paper knife with an ornate handle. 685 00:47:10,955 --> 00:47:13,595 Speaker 1: Would it be sharp enough? He reached for it and 686 00:47:13,675 --> 00:47:17,315 Speaker 1: knocked over a small brass jar. Stamps spilled out of 687 00:47:17,315 --> 00:47:19,395 Speaker 1: it and fell onto the floor with a clatter. Hey, 688 00:47:20,435 --> 00:47:23,355 Speaker 1: Missus Barrows yelled from the kitchen. Are you tearing up 689 00:47:23,395 --> 00:47:29,275 Speaker 1: the pea patch? Mister Martin gave a strange laugh. Picking 690 00:47:29,355 --> 00:47:31,795 Speaker 1: up the knife, he tried its point against his left wrist. 691 00:47:31,915 --> 00:47:38,875 Speaker 1: It was blunt. It wouldn't do. When Missus Barrows reappeared 692 00:47:38,915 --> 00:47:42,475 Speaker 1: carrying two high balls, mister Martin, standing there with his 693 00:47:42,555 --> 00:47:46,235 Speaker 1: gloves on, became acutely conscious of the fantasy. He had 694 00:47:46,235 --> 00:47:51,115 Speaker 1: wrought cigarettes in his pocket, a drink prepared for him. 695 00:47:51,235 --> 00:47:55,915 Speaker 1: It was all too grossly improbable. It was more than that, 696 00:47:56,075 --> 00:48:02,155 Speaker 1: it was impossible. Somewhere in the back of his mind, 697 00:48:03,035 --> 00:48:09,835 Speaker 1: a vague idea stirred sprouted. For heaven's sake, take off 698 00:48:09,875 --> 00:48:14,475 Speaker 1: those gloves, said missus Barrows. I always wear them in 699 00:48:14,515 --> 00:48:20,435 Speaker 1: the house, said mister Martin. The idea began to bloom, 700 00:48:21,035 --> 00:48:25,275 Speaker 1: strange and wonderful. She put the glasses on a coffee 701 00:48:25,275 --> 00:48:27,475 Speaker 1: table in front of a sofa and sat on the sofa. 702 00:48:27,595 --> 00:48:31,675 Speaker 1: Come over here, you odd little man, she said. Mister 703 00:48:31,715 --> 00:48:34,515 Speaker 1: Martin went over and sat beside her. It was difficult 704 00:48:34,555 --> 00:48:36,475 Speaker 1: getting a cigarette out of the pack of camels, but 705 00:48:36,515 --> 00:48:39,515 Speaker 1: he managed it. She held a match for him, Laughing well, 706 00:48:40,155 --> 00:48:43,755 Speaker 1: she said, handing him his drink. This is perfectly marvelous, 707 00:48:44,275 --> 00:48:50,395 Speaker 1: you with a drink and a cigarette. Mister Martin puffed, 708 00:48:51,115 --> 00:48:54,995 Speaker 1: not too awkwardly, and took a gulp of the highball. 709 00:48:55,795 --> 00:48:58,955 Speaker 1: I drink and smoke all the time, he said. He 710 00:48:58,995 --> 00:49:02,995 Speaker 1: clinked his glass against hers. Here's nuts to that old 711 00:49:03,075 --> 00:49:06,795 Speaker 1: wind bag fit whiler, he said, and gulped again. The 712 00:49:06,835 --> 00:49:11,355 Speaker 1: stuff tasted awful, but he made no grimace. Really, mister Martin, 713 00:49:11,555 --> 00:49:14,795 Speaker 1: she said, her voice and posture changing, you are insulting 714 00:49:14,875 --> 00:49:21,115 Speaker 1: our employer. Missus Barrows was now all special advisor to 715 00:49:21,195 --> 00:49:25,475 Speaker 1: the President. I am preparing a bomb, said mister Martin, 716 00:49:26,195 --> 00:49:30,675 Speaker 1: which will blow the old goat higher than hell. He 717 00:49:30,715 --> 00:49:32,555 Speaker 1: had only had a little of the drink, which was 718 00:49:32,595 --> 00:49:36,355 Speaker 1: not strong. It couldn't be that. Do you take dope 719 00:49:36,435 --> 00:49:42,475 Speaker 1: or something, Missus Barrows asked coldly. Heroine said, mister Martin. 720 00:49:42,955 --> 00:49:45,635 Speaker 1: I'll be coked to the gills when I bumped that 721 00:49:45,755 --> 00:49:50,355 Speaker 1: old buzzard off. Mister Martin, she shouted, getting to her feet, 722 00:49:50,475 --> 00:49:52,635 Speaker 1: that will be all of that. You must go at once. 723 00:49:54,035 --> 00:49:57,075 Speaker 1: Mister Martin took another swallow of the drink. He tapped 724 00:49:57,075 --> 00:49:59,315 Speaker 1: his cigarette out in the ash tray and put the 725 00:49:59,315 --> 00:50:01,595 Speaker 1: pack of camels on the coffee table. Then he got up. 726 00:50:02,595 --> 00:50:05,595 Speaker 1: She stood glaring at him, walked over and put on 727 00:50:05,635 --> 00:50:10,275 Speaker 1: his hat and coat. Not a word about this, he said, 728 00:50:10,355 --> 00:50:13,835 Speaker 1: and laid an index finger against his lips. All Missus 729 00:50:13,835 --> 00:50:18,235 Speaker 1: Barrows could bring out was a Really, mister Martin put 730 00:50:18,235 --> 00:50:23,195 Speaker 1: his hand on the doorknob sitting in the catbird's seat, 731 00:50:23,675 --> 00:50:28,075 Speaker 1: he said. He stuck his tongue out at her and left. 732 00:50:29,475 --> 00:50:35,435 Speaker 1: Nobody saw him go. Mister Martin got to his apartment 733 00:50:35,555 --> 00:50:38,715 Speaker 1: walking well before eleven. No one saw him go in. 734 00:50:38,955 --> 00:50:41,515 Speaker 1: He had two glasses of milk after brushing his teeth, 735 00:50:41,555 --> 00:50:45,115 Speaker 1: and he felt elated. It wasn't tipsy in is because 736 00:50:45,115 --> 00:50:48,275 Speaker 1: he hadn't been tipsy anyway. The walk had worn off 737 00:50:48,315 --> 00:50:51,075 Speaker 1: all effects of the whiskey. He got in bed and 738 00:50:51,115 --> 00:50:54,635 Speaker 1: read a magazine for a while. He was asleep before midnight. 739 00:50:56,395 --> 00:50:58,635 Speaker 1: Mister Martin got to the office at eight thirty the 740 00:50:58,675 --> 00:51:01,355 Speaker 1: next morning as usual. At a quarter to nine, old 741 00:51:01,435 --> 00:51:04,675 Speaker 1: Jean Barrows, who had never before arrived at work before tens, 742 00:51:04,715 --> 00:51:08,115 Speaker 1: swept into his office. I'm reporting to mister Fitwiler now, 743 00:51:08,555 --> 00:51:11,195 Speaker 1: she shouted. If he turns you over to the police, 744 00:51:11,235 --> 00:51:14,915 Speaker 1: it's no more than you deserve. Mister Martin gave her 745 00:51:14,915 --> 00:51:19,355 Speaker 1: a look of shocked surprise. I beg your pardon, he said. 746 00:51:20,315 --> 00:51:23,035 Speaker 1: Missus Barrow snorted and bounced out of the room, leaving 747 00:51:23,075 --> 00:51:27,235 Speaker 1: Miss Paard and Joey Hart staring after her. What's the 748 00:51:27,235 --> 00:51:30,795 Speaker 1: matter with that old devil, now, asked Miss Paired, I 749 00:51:30,915 --> 00:51:34,635 Speaker 1: have no idea, said mister Martin, resuming his work. The 750 00:51:34,715 --> 00:51:36,635 Speaker 1: other two looked at him, and then at each other. 751 00:51:37,115 --> 00:51:39,915 Speaker 1: Miss Paired got up and went out. She walked slowly 752 00:51:40,035 --> 00:51:44,235 Speaker 1: past the closed door of mister Fitwiler's office. Missus Barrows 753 00:51:44,315 --> 00:51:47,715 Speaker 1: was yelling inside, but she was not brain. Miss Paired 754 00:51:47,755 --> 00:51:49,995 Speaker 1: could not hear what the woman was saying. She went 755 00:51:50,035 --> 00:51:55,355 Speaker 1: back to her desk. Forty five minutes later, missus Barrows 756 00:51:55,435 --> 00:51:57,955 Speaker 1: left the President's office and went into her own, shutting 757 00:51:57,955 --> 00:52:00,795 Speaker 1: the door. It wasn't until half an hour later that 758 00:52:00,875 --> 00:52:03,355 Speaker 1: mister Fitwiler sent for mister Martin, the head of the 759 00:52:03,395 --> 00:52:06,795 Speaker 1: filing department. Neat, quiet, attentive, stood in front of the 760 00:52:06,835 --> 00:52:12,475 Speaker 1: old man's desk. Mister Fitweiler was pale and nervous. He 761 00:52:12,515 --> 00:52:14,755 Speaker 1: took his glasses off and twiddled them. He made a 762 00:52:14,795 --> 00:52:21,115 Speaker 1: small ruffing sound in his throat. Martin, he said, you 763 00:52:21,155 --> 00:52:25,115 Speaker 1: have been with us more than twenty years. Twenty two, sir, 764 00:52:25,315 --> 00:52:30,155 Speaker 1: said mister Martin. In that time pursued the President. Your 765 00:52:30,235 --> 00:52:36,115 Speaker 1: work and your manner have been exemplary. I trust so, sir, 766 00:52:36,355 --> 00:52:40,595 Speaker 1: said mister Martin. I have understood, Martin, said mister Fitwaller, 767 00:52:40,875 --> 00:52:44,075 Speaker 1: that you have never taken a drink or smoked. That 768 00:52:44,195 --> 00:52:50,155 Speaker 1: is correct, sir, said mister Martin. Ah yes, mister Fitwiler 769 00:52:50,275 --> 00:52:54,635 Speaker 1: polished his glasses. You may describe what you did after 770 00:52:54,715 --> 00:52:59,795 Speaker 1: leaving the office yesterday, Martin, he said, certainly, sir. He said, 771 00:53:00,195 --> 00:53:03,675 Speaker 1: I walked home, then I went to Shafts for dinner. Afterward, 772 00:53:03,835 --> 00:53:06,035 Speaker 1: I walked home again, and I went to bed early, sir, 773 00:53:06,075 --> 00:53:08,075 Speaker 1: and read a magazine for a while. I was asleep 774 00:53:08,075 --> 00:53:15,595 Speaker 1: before eleven. Ah yes, said mister Fitwiler. Again. He was 775 00:53:15,675 --> 00:53:18,235 Speaker 1: silent for a moment, searching for the proper words to 776 00:53:18,275 --> 00:53:22,555 Speaker 1: say to the head of the filing department, Missus Barrows. 777 00:53:23,315 --> 00:53:28,755 Speaker 1: He said, finally, Missus Barrows has worked hard, Martin, very hard. 778 00:53:29,635 --> 00:53:31,715 Speaker 1: It brings me to report that she has suffered a 779 00:53:31,755 --> 00:53:35,555 Speaker 1: severe breakdown. It has taken the form of a persecution 780 00:53:35,715 --> 00:53:43,035 Speaker 1: complex accompanied by distressing hallucinations. I'm very sorry, sir, said 781 00:53:43,035 --> 00:53:48,715 Speaker 1: mister Martin. Missus Barrows is under the delusion, continued mister Fitwiler, 782 00:53:49,035 --> 00:53:53,435 Speaker 1: that you visited her last evening and behaved yourself in 783 00:53:53,475 --> 00:53:58,635 Speaker 1: an unseemly manner. He raised his hand to silence mister 784 00:53:58,675 --> 00:54:01,915 Speaker 1: Martin's little, pained outcry. It is the nature of these 785 00:54:02,235 --> 00:54:07,555 Speaker 1: psychological diseases, mister Fitwiler, to fix upon the least likely 786 00:54:07,595 --> 00:54:12,955 Speaker 1: and most innocent party as the source of persecution. These 787 00:54:12,995 --> 00:54:15,955 Speaker 1: matters are not for the lay mind to grasp, Martin. 788 00:54:16,435 --> 00:54:19,475 Speaker 1: I've just had my psychiatrist, doctor Fitch, on the phone. 789 00:54:19,875 --> 00:54:22,835 Speaker 1: He would not, of course commit himself, but he made 790 00:54:22,915 --> 00:54:28,915 Speaker 1: enough generalizations to substantiate my suspicions. I suggested to missus Barrows, 791 00:54:29,555 --> 00:54:34,555 Speaker 1: when she had completed her story to me this morning, 792 00:54:34,635 --> 00:54:39,195 Speaker 1: that she visited doctor Fitch for I suspected a condition. 793 00:54:39,235 --> 00:54:42,075 Speaker 1: At once she flew, I regret to say, into a 794 00:54:42,195 --> 00:54:47,795 Speaker 1: rage and demanded requested that I call you on the carpet. 795 00:54:48,995 --> 00:54:51,755 Speaker 1: You may not know, Martin, but Missus Barrows had planned 796 00:54:51,755 --> 00:54:56,155 Speaker 1: a reorganization of your department, subject to my approval. Of course, 797 00:54:56,155 --> 00:54:59,995 Speaker 1: subject to my approval. This brought you, rather than anyone 798 00:55:00,075 --> 00:55:03,275 Speaker 1: else to her mind. But again, that is a phenomenon 799 00:55:03,275 --> 00:55:08,835 Speaker 1: for doctor Fitch for us. So Martin, I'm afraid Missus 800 00:55:08,875 --> 00:55:15,155 Speaker 1: Barrow's usefulness here is at an end. I'm dreadfully sorry, sir, 801 00:55:15,755 --> 00:55:19,835 Speaker 1: said mister Martin. It was at this point that the 802 00:55:19,915 --> 00:55:22,675 Speaker 1: door to the office blew open, with the suddenness of 803 00:55:22,715 --> 00:55:27,355 Speaker 1: a gas main explosion and missus Barrows catapulted through. It 804 00:55:27,395 --> 00:55:30,475 Speaker 1: is the little rad denying it, She screamed. He can't 805 00:55:30,515 --> 00:55:33,995 Speaker 1: get away with that. Mister Martin got up and moved 806 00:55:34,075 --> 00:55:38,195 Speaker 1: discreetly to a point beside mister Fitwailer's chair. You drank 807 00:55:38,275 --> 00:55:41,475 Speaker 1: and smoked at my apartment, she bawled at mister Martin, 808 00:55:41,555 --> 00:55:43,915 Speaker 1: and you know it. You called mister Fitwaller an old 809 00:55:43,955 --> 00:55:46,355 Speaker 1: wind bag and said you were gonna blow him up 810 00:55:46,395 --> 00:55:49,155 Speaker 1: when you got coked to your gills on your heroine. 811 00:55:51,115 --> 00:55:53,315 Speaker 1: She stopped yelling to catch her breath, and a new 812 00:55:53,395 --> 00:55:56,755 Speaker 1: glint came into her popping eyes. If you weren't set 813 00:55:56,835 --> 00:56:01,275 Speaker 1: to drab, ordinary, little man, she said, I'd think you'd 814 00:56:01,435 --> 00:56:05,315 Speaker 1: planned it all, sticking your tongue out, saying you were 815 00:56:05,355 --> 00:56:08,435 Speaker 1: sitting in the cat buried seat because you thought no 816 00:56:08,515 --> 00:56:11,915 Speaker 1: one would believe me when I told it. My god, 817 00:56:12,035 --> 00:56:17,675 Speaker 1: it's really too perfect. She brayed loudly and hysterically, and 818 00:56:17,715 --> 00:56:20,595 Speaker 1: the fury was on her again. She glared at mister Fitweler. 819 00:56:21,115 --> 00:56:24,395 Speaker 1: Can't you see how he has checked us, you old fool? 820 00:56:25,195 --> 00:56:29,475 Speaker 1: Can't you see his little game? But mister Fitwiler had 821 00:56:29,515 --> 00:56:32,635 Speaker 1: been surreptitiously pressing all the buttons under the top of 822 00:56:32,675 --> 00:56:35,995 Speaker 1: his desk, and employees of fn S began pouring into 823 00:56:36,035 --> 00:56:40,475 Speaker 1: the room. Stockton said, Missus Fitchwiler, you and Fishbine will 824 00:56:40,475 --> 00:56:43,475 Speaker 1: take missus Barrows to her home. Missus Powell, you will 825 00:56:43,475 --> 00:56:46,435 Speaker 1: go with them. Stockton, who had played a little football 826 00:56:46,435 --> 00:56:49,315 Speaker 1: in high school, blocked Missus Barrows as she made for 827 00:56:49,435 --> 00:56:52,715 Speaker 1: mister Martin. It took him and fish Mine together to 828 00:56:52,875 --> 00:56:55,675 Speaker 1: force her out of the door. Into the hall, crowded 829 00:56:55,715 --> 00:57:00,035 Speaker 1: with stenographers and office boys. She was still screaming imprecations 830 00:57:00,035 --> 00:57:05,355 Speaker 1: at mister Martin. Tangled and contradictory imprecations. The hubbub finally 831 00:57:05,435 --> 00:57:10,515 Speaker 1: died out down the corridor. I regret that this has happened, 832 00:57:11,035 --> 00:57:15,235 Speaker 1: said mister Fitwiler. I shall ask you to dismiss it 833 00:57:15,275 --> 00:57:19,915 Speaker 1: from your mind. Martin. Yes, sir, said mister Martin, anticipating 834 00:57:19,915 --> 00:57:24,195 Speaker 1: his chiefs. That will be all. By moving to the door, 835 00:57:25,595 --> 00:57:30,195 Speaker 1: I will dismiss it. He went out and shut the door, 836 00:57:30,635 --> 00:57:33,915 Speaker 1: and his step was light and quick in the hall. 837 00:57:34,915 --> 00:57:37,035 Speaker 1: When he entered his department, he had slowed down to 838 00:57:37,075 --> 00:57:41,755 Speaker 1: his customary gait, and he walked quietly across the room 839 00:57:42,355 --> 00:57:49,195 Speaker 1: to the double twenty file, wearing a look of studious concentration. 840 00:57:50,995 --> 00:57:55,515 Speaker 1: From the Thurber Conival The Catbird Seat by James Thurber. 841 00:58:08,515 --> 00:58:10,355 Speaker 1: I've done all the damage I can do here. Thank 842 00:58:10,395 --> 00:58:13,315 Speaker 1: you for listening. Countdown. Musical directors Brian Ray and John 843 00:58:13,315 --> 00:58:16,915 Speaker 1: Phillip Schenel arranged, produced, and performed most of our music. 844 00:58:17,275 --> 00:58:19,955 Speaker 1: Mister Ray was on the guitars, bass and drums. Mister 845 00:58:19,995 --> 00:58:23,115 Speaker 1: Shaneale handled orchestration and keyboards, and it was produced by 846 00:58:23,155 --> 00:58:26,635 Speaker 1: Tko Brothers. Other music, including some of the Beethoven compositions, 847 00:58:26,715 --> 00:58:30,195 Speaker 1: arranged and performed by the group No Horns Allowed. The 848 00:58:30,235 --> 00:58:33,435 Speaker 1: sports music is the Olderman theme from ESPN two, written 849 00:58:33,435 --> 00:58:37,635 Speaker 1: by Mitch Warren Davis, courtesy of ESPN Inc. Our satirical 850 00:58:37,635 --> 00:58:40,675 Speaker 1: and pithy musical comments are from Nancy Faust, the best 851 00:58:40,675 --> 00:58:44,035 Speaker 1: baseball stadium organist ever. Our announcer today was my friend 852 00:58:44,075 --> 00:58:47,955 Speaker 1: Dennis Leary, and everything else was pretty much my fault, 853 00:58:48,795 --> 00:58:52,075 Speaker 1: although I'd like to blame it on the interpreter. That's 854 00:58:52,115 --> 00:58:54,635 Speaker 1: countdown for this two hundred and twenty ninth day until 855 00:58:54,675 --> 00:58:58,875 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty four presidential election. The one and seventy 856 00:58:58,955 --> 00:59:02,595 Speaker 1: second day since dementia. J Trump's first attempted coup against 857 00:59:02,595 --> 00:59:06,075 Speaker 1: the democratically elected government of the United States. Use the 858 00:59:06,115 --> 00:59:10,235 Speaker 1: Fourteenth Amendment and the not regularly given elector objection option, 859 00:59:11,235 --> 00:59:14,115 Speaker 1: use the Insurrection Act, use the justice system, use the 860 00:59:14,115 --> 00:59:17,315 Speaker 1: mental health system to stop him from doing it again 861 00:59:17,875 --> 00:59:23,355 Speaker 1: while we still can. The next scheduled countdown is Tuesday. 862 00:59:23,435 --> 00:59:26,835 Speaker 1: Bulletins as the news warrants till then, I'm Keith Oldrimman. 863 00:59:26,875 --> 00:59:41,315 Speaker 1: Good morning, good afternoon, good night, and good luck. I 864 00:59:41,475 --> 00:59:45,235 Speaker 1: had the scoop that you had the contract. Then I 865 00:59:45,395 --> 00:59:50,315 Speaker 1: had the story, the plane and the hours. I wish 866 00:59:50,435 --> 00:59:54,315 Speaker 1: you had signed with Toronto Deer Show. Hey, because now 867 00:59:54,435 --> 01:00:00,315 Speaker 1: my career has been sent to the showers. Where where 868 01:00:01,075 --> 01:00:01,635 Speaker 1: are you? 869 01:00:01,715 --> 01:00:02,115 Speaker 2: Do not? 870 01:00:03,075 --> 01:00:08,475 Speaker 1: How could you leave me here all alone? I searched 871 01:00:08,475 --> 01:00:11,395 Speaker 1: the world over and I thought up out of towney, 872 01:00:11,795 --> 01:00:16,915 Speaker 1: But you met the Dodgers and he was gone. Think. 873 01:00:17,075 --> 01:00:21,075 Speaker 1: Nancy f host Countdown with Keith Olderman is a production 874 01:00:21,275 --> 01:00:26,555 Speaker 1: of iHeartRadio. For more podcasts from iHeartRadio, visit the iHeartRadio app, 875 01:00:26,675 --> 01:00:30,035 Speaker 1: Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.