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Tooning Out the Information has accomplished it once more. After getting Rudy Giuliani on the cellphone—twice—to troll him about varied controversies on the top 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 faux police badge throughout a debate this week, the present’s faux information anchor James Smartwood—voiced by creator R.J. Fried—determined to report that his laptop computer had been stolen from his automotive the evening 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 Huge Information. Do you will have a second to speak?”
Walker asks him what paper he’s from and the anchor rapidly replies, “Huge Information,” earlier than launching into his bit.
“Principally, 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 evening, somebody stole my laptop computer out of the passenger seat, and so I’m simply making an attempt to determine if there’s any manner in your—as somebody who’s a legislation enforcement individual—if there’s any manner you'll be able to check out it.”
With out lacking a beat, Walker replies, “Nicely, I’ll inform you 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 have the ability to go to the scene to “get some fingerprints” and take a look at any safety cameras within the space.
“The principle factor although is that I wanna get to this laptop computer. Is there any likelihood you'll be able to hop within the squad automotive, you understand, 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 truly—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 flawed 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 6-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 Each day Beast that it was, actually, Walker on the cellphone.
“It’s actually Herschel Walker,” Fried wrote in a DM when requested how he managed to get the candidate on the cellphone along with his cartoon alter ego. “I’ll ask James Smartwood, however I’m fairly certain Smartwood simply dialed 9-1-1 and that’s who picked up.”
For extra, hearken to Tooning Out the Information creator R.J. Fried onThe Final Snort podcast.