Sept. 2, 2024

The Democrats are cozying up to celebrities - is it too much?

Show Notes
Transcript

We never said Beyonce was going to be on today's show.

A look at how the Democrats are cozying up to celebrities - is it too much?

Musicians are annoyed with Trump.

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Caalarogu Shark Media from Marguerita Belt where come Monday, it

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will be all right. This is ballet.

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That's right. It's five o'clock somewhere and here's the Labor

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Day weekend show.

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Let's hit this, folks.

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We've got the inside scoop on the Democratic National Convention

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from producers Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss. These guys just

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put on a show that had more viewers than a

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cat video marathon.

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Let's talk about that viral Lil John moment.

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During the roll call, Kirshner said they woke up the

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next morning thinking, holy crap. It wasn't even planned. They

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just decided late one night to bring in a DJ. Now,

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about those Beyonce rumors, Kirshner was adamant, we never put

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out anything about Beyonce. We denied it every time the

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media asked us. But get this, even his own staff

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didn't believe him. He kept getting texts asking when Queen

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Bay was coming out. Kirshner's response, come on, we have

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the biggest star, the Democratic nominee for president.

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Why would we overshadow that.

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Weiss added that it got so crazy people in his

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production booth were asking is she coming?

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You can tell me talk about a political thriller.

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As for celebrities, they had to strike a balance. Kirshner

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noted that while Pink performed, it was Pink with a

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beautiful song, not Pink flying in from the rafters. In

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the end, these guys see their job as more than

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just entertainment. As Weiss put it, for me, this is

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not just a gig. It's a cause, folks. The Democratic

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National Convention was so star studded I thought I'd accidentally

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tuned into the oscars. We had more a listers than

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a rehab center in Malibu, Kerry Washington, Tony Goldwyn, Eva Longoria.

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It was like Desperate Housewives meets the West Wing with

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a dash of scandal thrown in for good measure.

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But hold your horses, Hollywood.

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Zach Galifanakus, the man who made awkward interviews in art form,

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is warning the Harris campaign not to get too cozy

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with celebs. He's worried about winning over rural America. I

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guess he thinks the DNC needs less lalla land and

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more green acres. Zach said, it works to a point,

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but they have to win over rural America. Hollywood thinks

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it's so important, and that's a problem. Actors are people too,

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and they're citizens too. But I'm more on the small

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town side of that than i am on the Hollywood

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side of that.

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That's just me.

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Meanwhile, Kumail Nanjiani is ready to jump on the Harris

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Walls bandwagon faster than you can say Silicon Valley. He's

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feeling so inspired he might even smile in his next movie.

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Steve Martin, on the other hand, he doesn't want them

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to make a mistake. Steve, Buddy, I hate to break

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it to you, but politicians making mistakes is like comedians

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telling jokes.

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It's kind of their thing.

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Selena Gomez and Martin short would rather be home watching

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the DNC than walking the red carpet. I haven't seen

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celebrities this excited about politics since well, the last time

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celebrities got excited about politics. In the end, folks, this

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election is shaping up to be more star studded than

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a Scientology recruitment video. It's got more drama than a

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soap opera, more plot twists than an m Night Shamalan movie,

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and more celebrities than a Hollywood rehab center.

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Well, folks, it looks like Kamala.

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Harris just got an unexpected boost from pop star Charlie XCX.

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Charlie tweeted, Kamala is brat, and suddenly Harris's campaign went

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from Madame Vice President to Madame Weiss bratt ident. You

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know you're living in strange times when a British pop

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star can influence American politics with just three words.

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I mean, if that's all it takes.

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I've got a few choice three word phrases for some

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other politicians, but I can't say them on air. For

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you oldies, being a brat means you're a very honest

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and sometimes messy party girl.

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So congratulations, America.

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We might be electing our first female president and our

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first frat party president all at once. The Democrats are

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even selling merchandise with demo b.

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Rat on it.

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And get this, CNN's Jake Tapper said he aspired to

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be Brad Jake, Buddy, I hate to break it to you,

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but wearing a bow tie doesn't make you edgy. It

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makes you look like a ventriloquist's dummy who escaped Sesame Street.

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But the real kicker, Charlie says.

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She tweeted this while lounging in her pool waiting for lunch.

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So there you have it, folks, the future of American

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democracy is being shaped by a pop star's pool side musings.

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I don't know whether to laugh or cry, so I'll

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do both while chugging a gallon of Cherry Garcia. Donald

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Trump is back at it again, turning campaign rallies into

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unauthorized concerts. This time, he's rocking out to Foo Fighters

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My Hero without their permission. Dave Grohl and the Boys

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weren't too thrilled about this impromptu use of their tune.

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They basically said, there goes our hero. Write into a

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cease and desist letter and in a move that's pure

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rock and roll rebellion, Grohle announced any royalties from Trump's

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use will go straight to the Harris Walls campaign. Talk

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about fighting Foo with Foo, but Trump's not just a

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one hit wonder when it comes to unauthorized music use.

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He's got a whole playlist of angry artists. Beyonce threatened

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him with a cease and desist faster than you can

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say single ladies. I guess Trump didn't put a ring

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on it or a licensing agreement.

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Speaking of Beyonce.

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I hear she might be a guest on tomorrow's podcast,

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so be sure not to miss it. The estate of

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Isaac Hayes is suing Trump for using hold on I'm

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Coming at rallies. I don't think that's the kind of

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coming Trump had in mind when he picked that song.

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And let's not forget the long list of other artists

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Trump's ticked off, Johnny Marr, Steven Tyler, Rihanna, Prince, Tom Petty.

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It's like a rock and roll Hall of Fame of

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people who don't want Trump using their music. Even George

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Harrison's estate got in on the action, telling Trump he

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can't use here Comes the Sun, but offering Beware of

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Darkness instead.

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Now that's what I call a sick beatles burn.

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In the end, folks, Trump's campaign rallies are starting to

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sound like the world's most litigious karaoke night. It's got

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more unauthorized tracks than a bootleg CD factory and more

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angry artists than a painter's convention during a brush shortage.

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RFK may have a dead bear and a dead presidential campaign,

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but his whale of a tail is still making waves. Apparently,

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RFK Junior once decided to play amateur taxidermist with a

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beached whale because nothing says environmentalist quite like chainsawing a

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cetacean's cranium and strapping it to your minivan. It's like

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a twisted version of National Lampoon's Vacation Holiday road playing

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in the background as whale juice rains down on.

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Horrified passers by.

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The Kennedy family road trip included makeshift hazmat suits made

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of plastic bags with mouth hooles, because nothing says normal

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day to day stuff like looking like a family of

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suffocating bank robbers while transporting decaying marine life across state lines.

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Now some party pooping environmentalists want to investigate this fishy business.

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They're worried about lost research opportunities. I mean, who wouldn't

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want to study a whalehead that's been marinating on a

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car roof in the summer heat. But let's not forget

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Bobby's other greatest hits dumping a dead bear in Central

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Park because nothing livens up a morning jog like encountering

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surprise taxidermy and blaming his memory issues on a brain parasite.

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At this point, I'm starting to think the parasite might

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be running the whole show, Cheryl, what are you doing?

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You could be dating a younger guy with his own podcast,

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and that podcast has portions of it made with the

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help of AI. Know what I'm saying, And before I go,

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let me just read you a text from my crazy

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ex girlfriend, Norma mac labor Day. You me madness, don't

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even think about saying no. Well, Norma, you got the

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you and madness part right. Please stop listening.