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CBS Woos Clinton for Talk Show
NewsMax.com ^ | 8/21/02 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

Posted on 08/21/2002 7:00:25 PM PDT by kattracks

Roll over, Jerry Springer: The new ringmaster of afternoon TV sleaze will be Bill Clinton, if CBS has its way.

The one-time Tiffany Network and the impeached ex-president’s minions are negotiating, but aides say Clinton is "unlikely to commit himself to a daily talk show,” the New York Times reported today.

"CBS executives consider the talks preliminary and say that a number of hurdles remain, including a significant difference over money. But these executives, as well as NBC executives who have talked with Mr. Clinton, said that he had offered assurances that under the right circumstances he would be the host of a talk show,” the paper said.

But Hillary isn’t the only thing Bill can’t commit himself to. One aide pointed out that the former prez had a history of seeming interested in something but then backing out.

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To: kattracks
Spanish Pipedream (AKA Blow Up Your TV)
© John Prine

She was a level-headed dancer on the road to alcohol
And I was just a soldier on my way to Montreal
Well she pressed her chest against me
About the time the juke box broke
Yeah, she gave me a peck on the back of the neck
And these are the words she spoke

Chorus:
Blow up your TV throw away your paper
Go to the country, build you a home
Plant a little garden, eat a lot of peaches
Try an find Jesus on your own

Well, I sat there at the table and I acted real naive
For I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve
Well, she danced around the bar room and she did the hoochy-coo
Yeah she sang her song all night long, tellin' me what to do

Blow up your TV throw away your paper
Go to the country, build you a home
Plant a little garden, eat a lot of peaches
Try an find Jesus on your own


Well, I was young and hungry and about to leave that place
When just as I was leavin', well she looked me in the face
I said "You must know the answer."
"She said, "No but I'll give it a try."
And to this very day we've been livin' our way
And here is the reason why

We blew up our TV threw away our paper
Went to the country, built us a home
Had a lot of children, fed 'em on peaches
They all found Jesus on their own

21 posted on 08/21/2002 9:51:41 PM PDT by Valin
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To: Physicist

(getting an extrordinary amount of mileage from this graphic, sadly.)

22 posted on 08/21/2002 9:51:52 PM PDT by Mr. Bungle
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To: kattracks
If Monica Lewinsky is a guest, I'm watchin!
23 posted on 08/22/2002 4:48:50 AM PDT by joyful1
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To: Texas Eagle
New slogan: See B.S. on CBS
That's been Dan Blather's tag line for years. >:)

You know, this show might work. It would be like the Jerry Springer (another former Democratic politician) Show, only with the host being sleazier than the guests.

The main question would be can they find a presumably conservative "co-host" to make the show, like Springer has. (Does anyone really think that a white male ex-Chicago cop is a liberal? LOL)

-Eric

24 posted on 08/24/2002 7:44:46 AM PDT by E Rocc
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To: E Rocc
I heard that the disgraced ex-President wants the show to be one where guests would discuss the issues of the day but at the same time he wants there to be music. Preferably a band so he can play his sax.

I say combine the two and maybe even add an element of mystery. Since most of his guests are sure to be brainless members of his cabinet and Hollywood airheads, the guests can be introduced with one of those blue fuzzy dots covering their faces and they will walk to their seats accompanied by Clinton and the band playing their rendition of Send In The Clowns.

The name of the show: Name That Buffoon.

25 posted on 08/24/2002 1:24:02 PM PDT by Texas Eagle
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To: kattracks
Clinton's co-host - Anna Nicole Smith!
26 posted on 08/24/2002 1:28:13 PM PDT by reg45
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To: Brytani
You are correct, sir! The people who have to worry the most about this are the future advertisers who're stoopid enough to sign up for this. Quite a few folks have already reserved WWW addresses to help monitor, and publicize, those commercial sponsors who help to support with their customers' money any daytime sleazefest the x-prez wants to put on. We're looking at a massive boycott against anybody who even THINKS about helping this freak get on TV and start peddling his slimey, low-rent snakeoil to our kids now. Ain't gonna happen. Not unless the CEO's of his corporate sponsors want to end up sharing a bunk with Andrew Fastow & Co.
27 posted on 08/24/2002 1:37:08 PM PDT by leilani
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To: leilani
One correction, it's not sir - my husband would be the sir :-))) Other then that, I am very much in favor of showing our displeasure with a person/attitude/act with our pocketbooks. Anyone who would advertise for Bill Clinton is not a company I need to speand my hard earned money on.
28 posted on 08/24/2002 2:34:17 PM PDT by Brytani
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To: Brytani
Brytani: sorry, the "you are correct, sir" for me is sort of a generic thing: a takeoff of the (late?) Ed McMahon on the Johnny Carson Show when I was a kid.
29 posted on 08/24/2002 2:44:14 PM PDT by leilani
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