Tooning Out the Information has executed it once more. After getting Rudy Giuliani on the telephone—twice—to troll him about numerous controversies on the peak of the 2020 presidential election, the Stephen Colbert-produced Comedy Central present managed to ensnare Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker this week lower than a month earlier than the midterms.
Within the wake of Walker brandishing a seemingly pretend police badge throughout a debate this week, the present’s pretend information anchor James Smartwood—voiced by creator R.J. Fried—determined to report that his laptop computer had been stolen from his automotive the night time earlier than and name the “police” in the course of the broadcast.
When a voice that sounds just like the precise candidate picks up, Smartwood says, “Mr. Walker, hey, that is James Smartwood from Large Information. Do you have got a second to talk?”
Walker asks him what paper he’s from and the anchor shortly replies, “Large Information,” earlier than launching into his bit.
“Mainly, what I wished to do is I wished to report a criminal offense,” he tells Walker. “I left my window down in my automotive final night time, somebody stole my laptop computer out of the passenger seat, and so I’m simply making an attempt to determine if there’s any method in your—as somebody who’s a legislation enforcement individual—if there’s any method you may check out it.”
With out lacking a beat, Walker replies, “Properly, I’ll let you know what I’ll do is we’ll report your factor, and all that and stuff. That’ll be nice. What we’ll do is, you bought a quantity I can name?” He then takes down the quantity as Smartwood continues to ask him if may be capable to go to the scene to “get some fingerprints” and take a look at any safety cameras within the space.
“The primary factor although is that I wanna get to this laptop computer. Is there any probability you may hop within the squad automotive, you realize, flick on the sirens, come down right here or, perhaps like go undercover or one thing?” Smartwood asks
“Uh, what are you able to do, are you able to do something?” Walker replies.
“No, I imply, I’m not, I’m not really—I don’t have the authority,” the anchor says in response.
With that, Walker guarantees to name him again and see what he can do in his authority as an “honorary” sheriff.
“I gave him the fallacious quantity, I don’t need him having my quantity,” Smartwood tells his panel after Walker hangs up, maybe alluding to Giuliani who repeatedly referred to as him again on his six-year-old son’s iPad in 2020.
As for the veracity of the prank name, each a consultant from Paramount and Fried himself confirmed to The Every day Beast that it was, the truth is, Walker on the telephone.
“It’s actually Herschel Walker,” Fried wrote in a DM when requested how he managed to get the candidate on the telephone along with his cartoon alter ego. “I’ll ask James Smartwood, however I’m fairly positive Smartwood simply dialed 9-1-1 and that’s who picked up.”
For extra, hearken to Tooning Out the Information creator R.J. Fried on The Final Snort podcast.
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