CBS ‘Early Show’ Touts Sarah Palin Prank Phone Call (Prank gets even MORE hilarious!)

[greenmutha]

On Monday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Harry Smith talked exclusively to two Canadian comedians, Marc-Antoine Audette and Sebastien Trudel, who prank called Sarah Palin: "Pranksters pulled a fast one, over the weekend, on vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Comedians from Canada posed as French President Nicolas Sarkozy."

Smith... later asked them: "Did you get the sense when you were on the phone with her, did she have any idea what was going on?" Trudel replied: "No...She was as gullible as Britney Spears. She -- there are only two people that we pranked that never caught on that it was a joke and that we had to explain it to them at the end. Sarah Palin and Britney Spears. And Britney Spears could not ever be President of the United States but Sarah Palin could." Audette added: "But they're both good looking...at least." Smith agreed: "That accounts -- that does account for something."

In addition to portraying Sarah Palin as stupid, the comedians and Smith also described how bad her staff was. Smith asked: "...how long did it take you and how did you start?" Trudel replied: "We started Tuesday, last Tuesday, it took four days. It's our fastest one except Britney Spears, so you can put that in the same category, her staff." Audette added: "It was pretty quick, actually. Because when we pranked Paul McCartney it took us about two months...Bill Gates, a month, Britney Spears, two days, and Sarah Palin about four or five days." Trudel later observed: "Yeah, and it's pretty disturbing to see that idiot's like us can go through to a vice presidential candidate that could be eventually the most influential and the most powerful person in the world...Too stupid comedians...with a bad French accent...and go through her staff." Smith concluded: "I think you said it all."

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http://newsbusters.org/blogs/kyle-drennen/2008/11/03/cbs-early-show-touts-sarah-palin-prank-phone-call

[Beaverhausen]

1. It is truly frightening when you think about it

another reason Obama HAS TO WIN TOMORROW.

[ClusterFreak]

2. I tell ya....I've never been more proud to be Canadian!! LOL!!

:+ :7 B-) :evilgrin: :rofl:

[grace0418]

3. I know it was just a stupid (hilarious) prank, but it really says it all about Sarah Palin,

her intelligence, her ability to assess a situation, her people skills, the quality of her staff, etc. Truly frightening to think that, with the country in the state its in, she would be anywhere NEAR the presidency.

[Lerkfish]

5. what if someone called, claiming to be the Iranian president, and that we were under attack?

her gullability ceases to be amusing at that point.

[grace0418]

16. Exactly. While the prank was hilarious, the truths that it revealed about Palin were not.

:shudder:

[Canuckistanian]

26. Yikes, good point

A bullet dodged there, for sure.

[uppityperson]

29. Exactly. If someone called, claiming to be (pick a country)leader...

anything could happen. Her egotism and inability to listen to anyone is not amusing.

[progressivebydesign]

4. I felt sorry for her assistant at the end of the call. You could tell it was going to be bad for her

.. she sounded like "oh shit, I'm in trouble for this one"

[Lerkfish]

6. its not like she was going to have a job past this week, anyhow.

[Solomon]

8. LOL Damn Lerkfish.

That's cold. :rofl:

[Lerkfish]

12. true, but who's going to put "Palin's assistant" on a resume after she sinks

into obscurity?

:)

[Canuckistanian]

28. That's like saying, "I was Captain's Smith's advisor on the Titanic"

NOT likely to win an interview.

[EmeraldCityGrl]

7. Reading the comments from the RW'ers whose heads are exploding over this

was hysterical.

[Blackhatjack]

9. Are you saying that she should not be given the nuclear launch codes? LOL

When you consider her level of gullibility, you really don't have to go any further in vetting her for the office of Vice President.

[samsingh]

10. i listened to the interview - she truly was stupid.

they gave her lots of hints and she didn't catch onto anything.

[indie_voter]

11. it got more ridiculous as it went along

Liking to kill animals, how hot his wife was in bed and of course the documentary "nailin' palin" COME ON!!


But it was a thing of beauty! :rofl:

[samsingh]

15. true

[Stagecoach]

13. I can hear her excuse LOL

"I knew it was a prank call all along, but I was just playing along with them to make them think they were getting me". Similar to what she said about the Katie Couric interview.

[jacksonian]

14. i've been watching politics for a long time

and i know a political stake in the heart when i see one.

this prank is the end of her pres ambitions forever.

[Delphinus]

30. From your lips

to the Universe's ears.

[THUNDER HANDS]

17. i wonder if someone in the McCain staff

didn't set this up on the deep background level to make her look bad (or worse).

[jazzjunkysue]

18. Very surprised they ran it. I never thought they would.

[tanyev]

19. Oh, she so wanted it to be Sarkozy on the phone.

Suckered in by her own craven ambition and vanity.

[Karenina]

20. PEINLICH! (embarrassing) our tabloids screamed!

:rofl:

[mhatrw]

21. Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bg1ftYiGp8

[PA Democrat]

22. Palin and Spears: Intellectual Twins.

:rofl:

[greenmutha]

24. Yeah, that says a LOT right there, huh?

Palin is a total idiot! :freak:

[Not Sure]

23. It was easy for them to set up the interview

All they did was send her an email to her yahoo account.

[Canuckistanian]

25. Hahahahha

That was good. I've heard of these guys before, but I didn't know the details of the Palin call....

"as gullible as Britney Spears"

:rofl:

[BlooInBloo]

27. She's to stupid to ______ , let alone be President...

Feel free to fill in the blank.

[Left Is Write]

31. I'm glad CBS did that. The call was mentioned briefly on the Today Show this morning.

They played only the most innocuous parts and then laughed it off as if it were simply a cute trick.

I'm glad someone in the MSM had the courage to poke a little more in depth into it.

[Pisces]

32. Her aides are throwing her under the bus. How could that call have gone through?