ignorance and we ll have a great time. but sometimes they forget. i had senator bob kurie on. it was the 9/11 commission report. very early on, about four or five months into the show, and i said that backstage. about three minutes into a seven-minute interview, i don t know what i said, but he turned to me and he said, what the hell are you talking about? but in the middle of the interview, i couldn t explain to him what it was. and then he just took the mic off and left as soon as the interview was over. i hope at some point someone explained to him that i was just fooling around and i m very sorry. there s a course at boston university, professor rodriguez has a syllabus that we got a hold of i m not familiar with what you re about to talk about. this is a course at boston university about american satire and it references heavily the colbert report. and this is what he describes. colbert satirically exposes hypocrisy inviting us to think more seriously about political
i had senator bob kurie on. it was the 9/11 commission report. very early on, about four or five months into the show, and i said that backstage. about three minutes into a seven-minute interview, i don t know what i said, but he turned to me and he said, what the hell are you talking about? but in the middle of the interview, i couldn t explain to him what it was. and then he just took the mic off and left as soon as the interview was over. i hope at some point someone explained to him that i was just fooling around and i m very sorry. there s a course at boston university, professor rodriguez has a syllabus that we got a hold of i m not familiar with what you re about to talk about. this is a course at boston university about american satire and it references heavily the colbert report. and this is what he describes. colbert satirically exposes hypocrisy inviting us to think more seriously about political issues. i do not get paid enough.
adapt to you in character? what do you like to tell them before hand? i say the same thing. i said it to you. which is, listen, thank you so much for coming. because i m grateful. i know it must be kind of a tough booking sometimes because it s not like going on charlie rose, you know. you don t know necessarily what i m going to say or what i m going to ask because i m an active idiot. and as i say to the guests, i say thank you for coming. have you ever seen the show? i do the show in character. he s an idiot. he is willfully ignorant of what you know and care about. please disabuse me on my ignorance and we ll have a great time. but sometimes they forget. i had senator bob kurie on. it was the 9/11 commission report. very early on, about four or five months into the show, and i said that backstage. about three minutes into a seven-minute interview, i don t know what i said, but he turned to me and he said, what the hell are you talking about? but in the middle of the interview, i
respect part. on the 4th of july i do. it s unusual for guys like mitt romney to get agitated, just like it was unusual for ronald reagan to get agitated. when he did in this famous incident, it turned a nominating process around. this was ronald reagan. will the sound man please turn mr. reagan s mic off. mr. green, you asked me if you i m paying for this microphone. [ cheers ] then he said after that george bush sr. was toast and the republican nomination was wrapped up. we need that moment. it s time for mitt romney to step up. neil: what does he say to defend bain capital or private
thing. there a homeless guy in there. why did you take your mic off? i like to be free [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. unbelievable. shut-up you are making me stressed out. [ laughter ] i hate this. it s wrapped around the chair. that is great idea. that is great idea. [ laughter ] and i grew up in a furniture store. do we have to do that.