S17.E31: Susan Rice, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Danielle Pletka, Sam Stein, and Thomas Chatterton Williams

[GoldenGirl90]

Top-of-show: U.N. Amb. Susan Rice

Mid-interview: Neil deGrasse Tyson

The panel: Danielle Pletka, Sam Stein and Thomas Chatterton Williams

Airs 10/18/19

[DoctorAtomic]

Ugh. At least Tyson isn't on the panel.

[link417]

What’s the over/under on how long it will take Bill to start his “cancel culture” rant during the deGrasse Tyson interview?

[DoctorAtomic]

That's a tough one because Tyson goes at 100 miles an hour and it might be hard for Bill to get a word in.

How long is the one-on-one in the mid show interview before Bill cues in the rest of the panel? I'd say 40% of that time.

[Robert Lynch]

Tyson seemed embarrassed by that little incident of his...

[DoctorAtomic]

Rice wins everything for "that shit happens to black people." 

There's a lot to say about Bill's interviews, but he did a good job with Rice. 

Edited October 19, 2019 by DoctorAtomic

[Gemma Violet]

I laughed out loud at Bill's "What will the dog eat first" diatribe.  "You think he's gonna eat the hot dog, but no, he goes for the cracker first."

[DoctorAtomic]

I can't stand Pletka. She is so condescending. Not five words out of her mouth without 'but Obama.'

[izabella]

11 minutes ago, DoctorAtomic said:

I can't stand Pletka. She is so condescending. Not five words out of her mouth without 'but Obama.'

I'm glad she was firmly called out on deflecting from the question at hand by bringing Obama up in order to derail the discussion about what Trump did with the Kurds and Syria in the last two weeks.

[DoctorAtomic]

Yeah they shut her up after that. 

I'll concede a pleasant surprise that Tyson walked back from the tweet. The interview was all right. 

That was a long walk for the R Kelly joke but that's how you stick a landing. 

That dude at the end had zero fucks for Pletka. He was like, yeah fuck your never Trump bullshit. 

Edited October 19, 2019 by DoctorAtomic

[DoctorAtomic]

29 minutes ago, Gemma Violet said:

I laughed out loud at Bill's "What will the dog eat first" diatribe.  "You think he's gonna eat the hot dog, but no, he goes for the cracker first."

That was seriously funny. And Pletka was whining about wanting to answer the question. 

[Sparger Springs]

Pletka is a Republican to her core. When they were talking about nepotism with the Bidens she brought up the Clintons. Tramp got his kids and in laws running the country into the ground and she brings up Chelsea.

[DoctorAtomic]

She's a total hack. Any grown adult that refuses to vote can go pound sand. 

Nice work by the guy hitting the 'everything happens for a reason' in OT. 

[sugarbaker design]

8 hours ago, DoctorAtomic said:

She's a total hack. Any grown adult that refuses to vote can go pound sand. 

To be fair, DP said she wouldn't vote for Trump or Warren.  She didn't say she wouldn't vote at all.

[DoctorAtomic]

Really though? The 'oh I WON'T be voting for Warren' was a little much.

Edited October 20, 2019 by DoctorAtomic

[Sparger Springs]

9 hours ago, sugarbaker design said:

To be fair, DP said she wouldn't vote for Trump or Warren.  She didn't say she wouldn't vote at all.

There is no Dem that woman would vote for. Maybe Tulsi who is most def not actually a Dem.

[sugarbaker design]

FYI, Thomas Chatterton Williams's new book is the subject of a front page review in today's The New York Times Book Review.

[lovinbob]

Am I humorless and can't take a joke? I found Bill's joke about spirit airlines offensive. First, because he more than suggested that people traveling from Chicago to Baltimore wouldn't survive the flight. 

And then because he basically said that people who need to fly on a budget should expect to get vomited on.

I'm trying to think how I would feel to hear that second joke from someone who isn't typically condescending and obnoxious. This felt like punching down. 

[link417]

I found the Spirit Airlines joke to be unfunny because it was lazy. I feel like everyone jokes about flying on Spirit being a terrible experience.

[DoctorAtomic]

I think that's the joke. It's more about the degradation in flying because the airlines imo are a postmodern mafia than it is the people. 

[paigow]

16 hours ago, link417 said:

I found the Spirit Airlines joke to be unfunny because it was lazy. I feel like everyone jokes about flying on Spirit being a terrible experience.

Trevor Noah [and the writing staff] rarely pass up an opportunity to work in a Spirit Airlines joke, even when it is not involved in a real news event....