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just like the president does all day. you know, the president spent actually, he got out today. he spent his day in few sals, south dakota, draining the swamp, no doubt. while all manner of hell continues to break loose back in washington, d.c. but it was good for him, he needed to get out of the office. he was in billings, montana, last night with the latest stop on his violent torpedo of untruth tour. [ laughter ] while there he continued to try to discredit the savage anonymous op-ed that was written by a member of his own administration and published in the new york times. someone on the inside, who it was he still doesn t know, but it would appear based on some of the things he said in his speech that he is closing in. the latest active resistance is the op-ed published in the failing new york times by an an-non-mus really an anonymous gutless coward. he was nobody knows who the hell he is or she, they put he, probably that s a disguise that means she jim
an entertainment medium. so, how do you present this material to an audience and make it entertaining? and that really, uh a big credit goes to hal ashby, because he has the kind of non-sequitur sense of humor and he lays back on certain issues. paraplegics could be very grim. guys returning from the war in the state i was in could be very grim. a wife having to go through both sides of the triangle could be very grim. but ashby s got a great way of handling that. a sarcastic touch in there, from time to time. the humor is there, but at the same time, it s real. it s really the only way to approach subject matter for the thing we were trying to say like that. what the movie really is about is the war at home. it was a war that we all saw on television. every night for ten years, we saw what was going on. but you never saw what went on with these guys when they came home if they came home. yes. hundreds and thousands in this country. the thing i m proudest of is it
[ laughter ] you are good. last night, we had a group that was what s the word that i m looking for? they were not hip. dumb dumb. that s right. [laughter] last night was the kind of group they thought thompson park was a place where divorced fathers took their kids on sunday. [ laughter ] what are you going to do, when you have a crowd like that? i should remind you, i m former united states naval ensign. john w. carson, 450375. during tonight s monologue, the laughing lamp is lit. [ laughter ] they are like, hmm, yes. well, let s go to the news and see if leon spinks has located any six inch wide dental floss. [ laughter ] [ applause ] we can t do those jokes anymore. i saw a recent picture of leon two teeth. there goes half the monologue, right there. [ laughter ] we have a late report from the news room. you know bubbles the hippo? well, zoo parade s marlin perkins just tranquilized bubbles, the hippo. marlin put her to sleep by screening one of his re runs on h