it took a year and a half, and then eventually i had my first hit. and you also had wonderdog. oh, god, harvey. ( music playing, dog barking in rhythm ) harvey: so, that was a big hit, but you kind of got in the act, didn t you? - simon: literally. - literally. i said, well, what if we put a dog barking on a record for a joke? i send it over to radio one, they play the record, massive reaction. we then created this character called wonderdog. the actor we paid didn t turn up, so i had to get in the stupid bloody suit. ( laughs ) interviewer: so then what do you do, then, in the evenings? just go out, have a quiet night in. if there s any trouble to be solved, i solve it. and have you got any hobbies? uh, not really, no. ( audience laughter ) i thought we were gonna make a lot of money - you were wonderdog. - well, yeah, because we were gonna i thought we were gonna make millions. we thought we were gonna have our own animated series. turns out that the guy who drew the dog ripped o
it took a year and a half, and then eventually i had my first hit. and you also had wonderdog. oh, god, harvey. ( music playing, dog barking in rhythm ) harvey: so, that was a big hit, but you kind of got in the act, didn t you? - simon: literally. - literally. i said, well, what if we put a dog barking on a record for a joke? i send it over to radio one, they play the record, massive reaction. we then created this character called wonderdog. the actor we paid didn t turn up, so i had to get in the stupid bloody suit. ( laughs ) interviewer: so then what do you do, then, in the evenings? just go out, have a quiet night in. if there s any trouble to be solved, i solve it. and have you got any hobbies? uh, not really, no. ( audience laughter ) i thought we were gonna make a lot of money - you were wonderdog. - well, yeah, because we were gonna i thought we were gonna make millions. we thought we were gonna have our own animated series. turns out that the guy who drew the dog ripped o
it took a year and a half, and then eventually i had my first hit. and you also had wonderdog. oh, god, harvey. ( music playing, dog barking in rhythm ) harvey: so, that was a big hit, but you kind of got in the act, didn t you? - mo literally. - literally. i said, well, what if we put a dog barking on a record for a joke? i send it over to radio one, they play the record, massive reaction. we then created this character called wonderdog. the actor we paid didn t turn up, so i had to get in the stupid bloody suit. ( laughs ) interviewer: so then what do you do, then, in the evenings? just go out, have a quiet night in. if there s any trouble to be solved, i solve it. and have you got any hobbies? uh, not really, no. ( audience laughter ) i thought we were gonna make a lot of money - you were wonderdog. - well, yeah, because we were gonna i thought we were gonna make millions. we thought we were gonna have our own animated series. turns out that the guy who drew the dog ripped off t
it took a year and a half, and then eventually i had my first hit. and you also had wonderdog. oh, god, harvey. ( music playing, dog barking in rhythm ) harvey: so, that was a big hit, but you kind of got in the act, didn t you? - simon: literally. - literally. i said, well, what if we put a dog barking on a record for a joke? i send it over to radio one, they play the record, massive reaction. we then created this character called wonderdog. the actor we paid didn t turn up, so i had to get in the stupid bloody suit. ( laughs ) interviewer: so then what do you do, then, in the evenings? just go out, have a quiet night in. if there s any trouble to be solved, i solve it. and have you got any hobbies? uh, not really, no. ( audience laughter ) i thought we were gonna make a lot of money - you were wonderdog. - well, yeah, because we were gonna i thought we were gonna make millions. we thought we were gonna have our own animated series. turns out that the guy who drew the dog ripped o
congressman darrell issa got in the act. he orchestrated an entire circus over the fast and furious gun running operation, all based on the rambling of one paranoid blogger. congressman dana rohrabacher alleged the government was able to monitor the benghazi attack in realtime based on a made-up hunch from right-wing blogger jennifer rubin. so time and time again, we are seeing elected officials peddle rumors and hearsay to further their agenda. they re blocking nominations. they re ruining people s reputations, they re holding hearings, and they are smearing people any possible way they can. no $10,000 price can repair the damage the republican party has inflicted upon itself. let s bring in john nichols, washington correspondent of the nation magazine. john, good to have you with us tonight. there are no boundaries when it comes to making stuff up with the republicans. where is the republican party right now?