Did anyone else see The Daily Show’s Mo Rocca on the O’Reilly Factor Friday?
(Disclaimer: I’m no fan of Bill O’Reilly, or Fox News in general, but Joel taped this for me, and I’m so glad he did.)
Bill was off, or else I don’t think it would have worked. But Mo was debating the (clueless) guest host and a representative from the Concerned Women for America about the merits of the Lingerie Barbie and pregnant Midge dolls. He totally whooshed them.
Classic quotes:
“Would you rather your daughter pretend to be a hooker or a crack whore, or would you rather she actually be one?”
“It’s natural for an eight year old girl to want lingerie, to want a merry widow bustier, and to bump and grind.”
“There are many countries on this planet, Indonesia, Zambia, Canada, where girls marry and have children as early as 12 or 13, and I think in that way Lingerie Barbie could be a marital aid. It’s a way to improve their sex lives… I think you can agree with that, yes?”
"The problem with Midge… presumably she is Barbie’s age, around 17, and she already has 2 kids, the woman is abnormally fertile. She’s freakishly fecund
“…If you have this Barbie that’s blindly spitting out little rug rats like this, then you’re now going to have to have Planned Parenthood Barbie, then you’re going to have to have Right to Life Barbie, and then Right to Life Barbie That Kills Abortionist Barbie… it’s a slippery slope!”
Mo’s delivery is flawless. The host and the CWA woman actually seem to think he’s serious. I wonder if they even have a clue what The Daily Show is. Like I said, I don’t think Bill would have fallen for it, he’s been on TDS. But Mo ran circles around these schmucks.
If you’re a TDS fan, or just like seeing holier than thou blowhards knocked down a peg or two, try to a clip of this. Hopefully it will pop up on-line somewhere.