GodEvolved wrote:
>Bob LeChevalier wrote:
>>>> Poor nincompoop probably didn't think he'd discover people who know more
>> about Russia than he does.
>>Not to mention the fact that, for decades, Russians(Soviets, really) had
>been adept at getting weak-minded little hillbillies like him to believe
>that they were more open than the US. I remember an episode of, God,
>what's that guy's name.
Don't be appealing to yourself for answers, mate. It's quite
undignified for a deity to do it in public.
[It's Phil Donohue. Now see what I mean? How does it feel to be
enlightened by a mere mortal?]
> He single-handedly pioneered TV talk shows in the
>US. Before Oprah, Heraldo and Springer. What *is* that guy's name?
>Anyway, I'm almost sure you know who I'm talking about. He did a double-
>talk show with a fake Russian talk show. Unfortunately for him, he didn't
>know it was fake. They had a bunch Orthodox priests sitting like black
>crows, stiffly talking nonsense about religion. You could tell it was
>forced. Anyway, this fool says then something to the effect of "See, they
>have freedom of religion." Meanwhile, the whole thing was scripted. It
>would've been pretty funny if it hadn't been quite so sad. Much like JK.
>
T. R. Ellis