State of the Union analysis, snake house story, Jacqueline Munson interview

Take it off, take it in Take off all the thoughts of what we've been Take a look, hesitate Take a picture you could never recreate Got a song, make it known That's right. Offbeat clapping. Welcome to Sarcastic News Live. My name is Justin Cross. I'm coming at you live from the Skid Row Studios right here in the heart of L.A.'s hazardous manhole district. True that. We have a fun show for you guys tonight. Our guest, she's a columnist for PolicyMic.com as well as a Daily Beast and Salon magazine. Jacqueline Munson will be in the house. Actually, not in the house. She'll be calling in from New York. I am pumped right now. I've got the beautiful, smart, funny Kate Quigley. Thank you. She's got a gigantic bottle of water. I think she's trying to pass a drug test. Yes. Yes, I am, actually. And right across from me, speaker of the house, Jake the Snake Cranny. Absolutely excited to be here. I think this is going to be one of our top 273 shows. 273 shows. For the audience out there, we've only done, I think, 45 shows. So he's leaving a little room for error. So technically what you're saying is I'm going to be right. You're going to be right. You can't be wrong there. And Jenny in the back. Big round of applause for Jenny, everybody. She's with us tonight. Filling in for Mindy, who had a smoke pot. Mandatory. But before we get going, before these microphone hogs get in the mix too much, it's time for the Sarcastic News Rundown. Yeah. Motherfucker. Our top story tonight, President Barack Hussein Obama gave what some called the most rousing State of the Union address he's given since taking the office. In 2008. Sitting behind Obama during the speech was Vice President Joe Biden and Speaker of the House John Boehner. Now, the white-haired Biden looked inspired as Obama spoke, while the orange-skinned Boehner looked slightly constipated. Among other things, though, Obama challenged Congress to pass laws on a slate of issues, including immigration reform, education, and an increase in wages. Now, throughout the speech, Obama peppered his message with a form of communication called, I got jokes. And here's a... Here's the first one. With his boss, John Boehner. John Serrano. John's an owner of Punch Pizza in Minneapolis. And Nick helps make the dough. Only now, he makes more of it. Boom! Boom! John just gave his employees a raise to 10 bucks an hour, and that's a decision that has eased their financial stress and boosted their morale. That's right. You see what Obama... Eat a little play on words with the dough. It's totally unfair, by the way. I feel like Obama... Like, if you're a stand-up comic, you write amazing jokes, and maybe the crowd laughs, but Obama can say anything, and people just... Yeah, yeah, that's right. Not fair. Yeah. Surround yourself with yes-men. That's right. Right. What else, though? What else? I want to know, what else did Obama have? Because he didn't just... It wasn't just the dough joke. He peppered his whole speech with one. Here's... Jenny, you got the next one? It is time to do away with workplace policies that belong in a Mad Men episode. This year, let's all come together... Watch out! Now he's dropping pop culture. Pop culture references, folks. You can't stop that. You can only... Kate, how does it make you feel as a stand-up comedian right there? I mean, I'm not going to lie. That made me laugh a little. Now, even more predictable than the constant laughing and applauding and approbation throughout the State of the Union is the partisan analysis that follows it, right? And I'm sure that this State of the Union, the analysis that followed that was just like all the others, right? Alex Castellanos, the first we've heard from you tonight. Well, I think I've said before that I think a speech by Barack Obama is a lot like sex. The worst there ever was is still excellent. What? Is it possible to run that one back or do we lose it? Yeah, let's do that again. That was great. That's Alex Castellanos from CNN. Conservative commentator. GOP. Conservative commentator. Alex Castellanos, the first we've heard from you tonight. Well, I think I've said before that I think a speech by Barack Obama is a lot like sex. The worst there ever was is still excellent. Take a cold shower, big man. So wrong. Take a cold shower. No woman would say that ever, by the way. So not true. By the way, I don't know if you guys are familiar or how familiar you are with Newt Gingrich, all right? But I think it takes a lot to shock Newt Gingrich. He's a man who left his wife on her deathbed. His face was, if you're watching it, complete awe. Complete shock. But you know what? As I think we can all, it was a pretty good speech. No matter how you view Obama, it was a good speech. At least Alex Castellanos thought so. But I'm sure that the Republican response offered lots of detailed alternatives, right? So tonight, I simply offer a prayer. Wait, what? That was the response? Okay, all right. I'm sure that they, so maybe it lacked, maybe their alternatives lacked some substance, but I'm sure that the, what's her face? She didn't get preachy, I'm sure. That with the guidance of God, we may prove ourselves worthy of his blessings of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. For when we embrace these gifts, we are each doing our part to form a more perfect union. May God guide you and our president, and may God continue to bless the United States of America. I'm watching that, and I'm thinking to myself, like, you know when you leave the TV on on Saturday night sometimes, and then it, like, the same channel blurs over to Sunday morning, and all of a sudden, you start hearing gospel in your dreams? That's what I thought it was. That was represented from Virginia, Kathy McMorris Rogers, or as the Republicans call her, the new superstar. The new Sarah Palin right there. But by the way, if you didn't know, that was how Hillary Clinton just won the 2016 presidential election right there. Because that's their alternative. And very exciting news, though, in sports this week, as the Denver Broncos will be taking on the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday in Super Bowl XLVIII, which, if you don't know, is the same size Super Bowl as Chris Christie's underwear. Boom! A fat joke on Christie. Zing! Now, no matter what happens, who wins, I think we can all agree the real winner will be Colorado and Washington State, which, as the overwhelming majority of our audience knows, are states where recreational pot is legal. So while the game will be held in New York, where there's a good chance that there's going to be snow, you can expect fans in both states to be watching on tons of grass. Boom! I can't stop this tonight, guys. Now, speaking of marijuana, a Wall Street Journal poll showed this past week that 55% of Americans support legalized pot. Now, the poll was the first of its type that reflected a majority of Americans supporting such legalization and also the first of its type that led to potheads reading the Wall Street Journal. Now, the Grammys were this past Sunday. You guys may have watched the Grammys this past Sunday. Big winners included Macklemore, Lorde, and Daft Punk. Screwed for yet another year, though, New Zealand hip-hop band MCOJ and Rhythm Slave. I know you're a big fan of those things. I know. They're going to get their chance one of these days. By the way, if you Wikipedia them, I think they stopped playing music in 91. So, I was just, I was like, who can I find that's a random New Zealand That's a great name. hip-hop band, MCOJ. MCOJ. And Rhythm Slave. Pop singer Justin Bieber, though, you guys probably know this, was unable to attend the Grammys as he was busy shoplifting Jolly Ranchers from a Beverly Hills 76 station after filling up his rented Maserati before a heroin-fueled boxcar race. That, folks, is the sarcastic news rundown. We got a great show for you tonight, including Policy Mike's Jacqueline Munson, and we'll be talking about the State of the Union address and actually talking a little bit about women's wages. That came up, and she writes about women's issues. So, that will be coming up. Feel free to call in 800-893-9562. Kate Quigley, Jake the Snake Craney, we got some good callers. Call us, 800-893-9562. You've been listening to Sarcastic News Live. We'll be right back. ¶¶! ¶¶ ¶ I was left to my own devices ¶ Many days fell away ¶ With nothing to show ¶ And the walls kept tumbling down ¶ In the city that we love ¶ ¶ ¶ ¶ ¶ ¶ Great clouds all over the hills Winging darkness from above But if you close your eyes Does it almost feel like nothing changed at all? And if you close your eyes Does it almost feel like you've been here before? How am I gonna be enough to miss the balance? How am I gonna be enough to miss the balance? We were caught up and lost in all of our vices In your pose as the dust settled around us And the walls kept tumbling down in the city that we love Great clouds roll over the hills Winging darkness from above But if you close your eyes Does it almost feel like nothing changed at all? And if you close your eyes Does it almost feel like you've been here before? How am I gonna be enough to miss the balance? How am I gonna be enough to miss the balance? So I'm gonna be enough to miss the balance? Oh, where do we begin? The rubble or our sins? Oh, where do we begin? And we're back here on Sarcastic News Live. My name is Justin Cross. Joining me are Jake the Snake Cranny and Kate Quigley. Our new segment. I mean, this has really been taking the world by storm. You know, because it's a local thing. And we want to hear from you guys what's happening in your town. And this neighborhood, this segment is called What's Happening in Your Neighborhood. Here's our new intro music. What's Happening in Your Neighborhood. Like Hasselhoff running with his boobs, you know, during the 80s. We actually have a caller. We want to know this gentleman, Johnny Walker something or other. Johnny Walker, what's happening in your neighborhood? Hi, this is Charlie Walker Graham Jr. to you, sir. Oh, wow. Charlie Walker Graham Jr. I apologize, first of all. First of all, I expected to hear Mindy when I called. That's why I called during the break, so I could have a chance to talk to the siren from Sioux City. Mindy apparently isn't in. She was on the last program. I don't know where she went. I heard she was killed in the bathroom. I think her name is Jenny. Anyway. I'm not going to talk about what's going on in my neighborhood of Jackson, Mississippi. I'd rather talk to you about the State of the Union address, if that's all right with you. Tell us what you thought. What were your thoughts? Did you like it? Did you not like it? Did you find it, like Alex Castellanos did, arousing? I wouldn't say that I was aroused. Some of my less gentle emotions most certainly will. I want to talk about something that Obama is doing. I want to talk about how he is trying to change America through executive actions. Rather than by going through the proper channels of Congress. And I think that this is going to create very negative precedent for our country. I just want to play you something from last night's address. And I want your comments on it. Okay. Give me one second. Okay. Give me one second. Hey, hey, Scooter. Scooter, get off the computer. Let me get on that. Is that Cletus from The Simpsons? It's Cletus from The Simpsons. Go play on the train tracks again, boy. Scooter. All right, here it is. I got it queued up. All right, here we go. All the new efficiency standards Boyer has. In the coming months, I'll build on that success by setting new standards for our trucks. Did you hear that? He'll be setting the standards for trucks? Is that what that was? New standards for our trucks. He is single-handedly going to change the way we drive our trucks in this country. What is going to happen to us, I do not know. But watch. I don't think, in all due respect, Mr. Walker, I don't think he's going to change, like, what side of the road you drive on or anything. It is Walker Graham Jr. And I have a feeling that he is going to just take lift kits right out of the American industry. That is my number one concern. Mr. Walker Jr., I stand corrected. But I just want to say, again, I don't think that's going to alter. I think he's just trying to curb emissions so that we have a planet, you know, a couple hundred years from now. It's those little things in that speech that really get me worked up. The little things he sneaks in. Now, I agree with him on this women's wages issue. Yeah. I think that women should be paid exactly as much as men are paid. That's surprising coming from you. Why? Why would that be surprising? No, man, no. I apologize. I'm just, so are you— I mean, I'm only saying that because I Googled your guest and looked at her Google images. Let's be real here. All right? Hey, whatever reason you have, I'm just happy you're on the side of women. Thank you. You're not the guest I'm talking about. I'm talking about the one from policy. Wow. Oh. Wow. Mr. Walker, he's a student of our show. Yeah. He follows the show every week. Let me ask you this. What was the highlight, in your opinion, of Obama's speech last night? I'd say the highlight, in my opinion, was Justice Ginsburg's nap. I caught that. I had the right idea. Oh, Mr. Walker, thank you so much for calling in. I hope that, you know, in Mississippi that they—I hope that we can come together. I know you guys may see things a little differently than we do out here in California, but hopefully, we can come to an agreement. We're a lot different from the bottom up than from the top down, I'll tell you that much. Well, I hope you're referring to politics. I don't know exactly what you're referring to, but— Power bottom. Power bottom. Mr. Walker, thank you. Mr. Walker, Jr., thank you so much for calling in, and we really appreciate your contribution tonight. Not much. All right. That's Mr. Walker, Jr., Charlie Walker, Jr. something Gordon, I think, was in there, too, calling in from, I think, Jackson, Mississippi. All right. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I'm calling in from, I think, Jackson, Mississippi. I mean, that's the thing. Sarcastic News Live. We've got a huge following in Jackson. Huge following. Exactly. He's funny. He's good. Lift kits. Amazing. That's in the future right there. All right. Now, Jen, we don't have any other callers right now. Excellent. Excellent. We only allow one caller per show. But what's happening in your neighborhood? This is a segment, like I said, it's clearly it's catching Jackson, Mississippi by storm. But our own guest tonight. Our own crack squad. Sarcastic News Live crack squad, including Kate Quigley. I know she's got a couple of stories brewing. Kate, what do you have for us? Well, I brought in two stories this week. Okay. The local story is actually from Santa Ana, California. Right down the road. Right down the road. Not far. So apparently this guy with a really nice house on the outside, extremely well manicured. His neighbors smelled something going on inside the house. They called the police. And the police go inside this guy's house and he's got 500 snakes in his house. I mean, that's crazy. That's crazy. That's crazy. That's crazy. That's crazy. That's crazy. That's crazy. That's crazy. 500 snakes in his house caged, apparently not very well taken care of. And mice and rats running loose in the house because that's what he feeds to the snakes. Right? So the inside of this guy's house is like completely rundown. It's amazing because they interviewed some women who actually were guests of his and thought that there was like nothing weird going on in there and that the snakes were perfectly taken care of. And I'm just like kind of bothered. I'm bothered by this. This story personally bothered me because I feel like if this guy is getting dates and I'm not, I'm going to kill myself. No, they were, were they just running amok or like, were they? The snakes are in cages. But the, I mean, I guess they'd have to be, but 500 and he's a normal guy. He teaches middle school, but they arrested him. That's an enormous amount of snakes. It's something's wrong. It's like, something's definitely off there when you have 500 snakes. Absolutely. Not normal. Now where the mice and the other rodents, were they just, just going? They were just running off. Were they just running off? Yeah. They were going rogue. They were running loose. Yes. He has rogue mice. And it's just gladiator in that house for those mice. They're just running for their lives. I mean, it's insane, right? Well, let's, let's turn to Jake before we come back to Kate. Jake, what do you have for us on what's happening in your neighborhood? Well, as you know, Justin, my neighborhood is Rasdorf, Germany. Very, very rich memories from my youth there. I could go on and on. You have very German eyebrows. I've always said that. I do. I do. Anyway, but this, this just, this is not just a Rasdorf story. This is global news. This was a huge, huge story in the news. This week, methane gas from, from 90 flatulent cows exploded in a German farm shed, damaging the roof and injuring one of the cows. Wow. High levels of the gas had built up in the structure and a static electric charge caused the gas to explode with flashes of flames. One cow was, was treated for burns and all 90 cows were treated for irritable bowels. Wow. Obviously the farms and the cows are the big losers. The big losers in this. But there are two winners as I see it. Pepto Bismol and childish, childish comedy. Yeah, no, no, that was, wow. That was well done. That was well done. I had to search hard for that, that story. I was going to say, sorry, hold on one second. I want to play one more. Dan's balls. I don't know. I was, I was looking for some sort of like applause there. I thought that was Dan's balls. My Google feed is just sports and then stories out of Rasdorf, Germany. Yeah. That's how I, that's one or the other. Jake did tell me, he goes, I, uh, I, we, I know that we're trying to make this segment a little smarter, but he goes, I have the dumbest fucking story for you in the world. And I said, all right, all right. Classic flatulent cows. I said, there is no dumb story here. Harding cows. Can I just tell you that I brought the exact same story as my second story. You brought the flatulent cows. No, you didn't. I swear to God. I swear to God. But when I read it, like all I could think was like, if this can happen with cows, can this happen with people? Because like the, apparently the roof like exploded off of this shed and like, I don't know about you guys, but I mean, I've had some gassy lovers who are a little flatulent overnight and I don't want to wake up, you know, to an explosion. I'm trying to look for the sound bite. The gassy lovers, the Kate Quigley story. The roof is on fire right now is what I want to, I'm trying to get that sound bite. Cows always are the ones that get screwed. I think in all stories. I'm not saying even in India. Yeah. They got tough luck these days. But they have an endless supply of milk. Don't tell them that. Yeah. Wow. So that was your story too? Yeah. Same exact story. Farting cows. We have nothing for the next five minutes basically. Is that what you're trying to say? I mean, we can come up with stuff. We can make, I mean, we can reenact the farting cows in the rat cage. This is actually a good minute to talk a little bit about, a little bit about ourselves right now. If you check out sarcasticnewslive.com, we have a new website up. So at SNLive1 is our new Twitter handle, over 7,000. And what else? We're also on Facebook also, facebook.com slash sarcasticnews1. And Kate, let's just, while we got a minute, tell us a little bit, you were in the Midwest for a little comedy over there. The funny factory. The Omaha funny bone. The funny bone. It was actually really, really fun. I was with John Morgan, who's Raging Cajun from Louisiana. Super funny guy. I heard about that guy. I heard him. He's hilarious. I think he was actually the guy who called in a few minutes ago. Charlie Walker. No, trust me. It wasn't. Yeah, no, I was there. And then now I'm back in town. I shot a pilot last night and I haven't slept, but I'm running on coffee and a little vodka. Shot the pilot. Did you shoot the pilot with a gun or? No. Crossbow? No. Who are you, a Barack Obama in your dojo? I'm learning from them. I'm learning from BO. I'm learning from Barack Obama. Well, I want to give a quick shout out. We have a big fan base, CARUP in San Francisco. We've got, I know we have a big GILF following out there, a big GILF following. And then also we have a new executive, that was random, right? Eloise in St. Petersburg. A GILF follower. Huge. Grandmas. That means what I think, right? Okay. Just checking. Grandmas, I'd like to fist fight. Now we also have a very funny man, Eric Feldman will be joining us as a producer on our show. However, he could not make it in tonight. He's listening though. This was his first ever time. He was going to come in. And he... I'm not bad because he actually called me. He emailed me and called me. And he wanted to know that he wasn't just making this up. This was his first time. And he goes, I am pissing out my ass right now on the voicemail. I never met this guy. And he goes, I'm pissing out my ass. Well, I like him already. That's a good opening. So... He probably enjoyed the farting cows story. That's how I always open on Tinder. Opening lines. Otherwise, no one is hot or not. Well, we are going to go to a quick break. We've got Jacqueline Munson from Policy Mike, not about Mike, Policy Mike. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Jacqueline Munson from Policy Mike, not about Mike, Policy Mike.com. She's a columnist there as well as she's written for the Daily Beast and Salon.com as well. She'll be joining us here in just a few minutes. We're going to go to break right now. Jenny's going to take us a break and we'll be right back here on Sarcastic News Live. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. 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My name is Justin. I know I did jazz hands. Hi! I've never been on camera before. We are Sarcastic News Live, the Skid Row Studios. We call it the rat cage here, right here in the heart of LA's 100% human hair district. We've got Jenny in the back. She's doing an amazing job tonight. Jake the Snake Craney, Kate Quigley is here. And joining us tonight, she is a New York City-based journalist. She's an abortion rights activist and the founder and editor-in-chief of Onward and F Word. Her writing has been featured as at Alternate, The Daily Beast, Policy Mike, and Salon. Please welcome Jacqueline Munson to the show. Jacqueline, how are you doing? I'm great. How are you guys? Thanks for having me. Thank you for being on the show. And I just want to start off tonight. I want to ask you a little bit about, I know that you discuss a lot of women's issues and it's a major priority for you, but in general, just right off the bat, did you feel the same as Alex Castellanos did when he heard... Hot and bothered. As a woman. Were you... Well, I was neither hot nor bothered and I don't think anything's been a bigger libido killer than the Republicans over the past few years. But I think that what was largely absent from Obama's speech was reproductive rights. And abortion rights. As we know, last week was the 41st anniversary of Roe vs. Wade. And yesterday, House Republicans passed a sweeping anti-abortion bill which won't survive the Senate, but which, incidentally, Kathy McNorris Rogers voted for. And there was no mention of that at all yesterday. Why was there no mention of it, you think? I think that the rhetoric right now is dangerous for Republicans. I think that if Obama said something about it, then there would need to be a response. And I don't think that they want to do anything to perpetuate the belief that they are, in fact, bleaching a war on women. Even though Tucker Carlson and some others were on Fox News today saying that there is no war on women. Gender inequality in the workplace doesn't exist. But they actually made that announcement today on the anniversary of the Lilly Redbetter Fair Pay Act, which is today, incidentally. So, that was interesting. So, I mean, because I feel like there's, obviously, there's politics there when it comes to the abortion issue, right? And bringing that up in something like, say, the union. But I can understand why the administration wouldn't want to necessarily confront that. However, how can anybody from the right, like Tucker Carlson or anybody, come on and say that maybe, you know, war on women, that's, you know, but when they make, I mean, one of the points that Obama made was they make 77 cents, you know, to the dollar that every man makes in the workplace. How can somebody, you know, argue that? I mean, how can they say that there's no gender inequality when you see a fact like that and not, you know, not see reality? Right, well, it's not even just gender inequality in the workplace and pay, lack of pay equity in the workplace that you need to talk about. But the fact that visibility in the workplace doesn't really exist that much for women either in a lot of major areas. If you look at, there was a 2013 Catalyst survey that looked at female representation in some of the largest companies, like Walmart, and found that only 16.9% of corporate board seats were held by women. And in the top 500 Fortune, the Fortune 500 top earners, only 8.1% of those were women. So to get back to Tucker Carlson's point, the argument that he's kind of making is that women voluntarily take maternity leave and therefore get paid more than men because they're not there for, I guess, a significant amount of time when they do take maternity leave. Well, and I think we all know that, I mean, I think we can all agree, Tucker Carlson takes his fair share of maternity leave himself. Yeah, mentally maybe. Mentally. Yeah, I mean, he's on the job, but is he really on the job? It is tough to take anything seriously from a grown man wearing a bow tie. Right, right. So let me ask you this. Did you feel like Obama, the State of the Union last night, when he did confront that, I mean, that was, I saw CNN, I was watching CNN, and that was like the highest point in his speech by some of their snap vote polls and whatnot. Did you feel like that, it doesn't sound like it was what you wanted. However, do you feel like the Democrats or people should be grateful that he confronted it, at least to that level, compared to, say, past State of the Unions, either his presidency or others? Sure. I think it's important to recognize when people, especially people in legislative, who are holding legislative power, do talk about women's issues, because, you know, we are underrepresented in the Senate and in the House and in politics in general, and there is a war on women that does exist. So I think that was important, and I think it was no mistake that it was done the day before the five-year anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. But I would like to have seen a little more dialogue about women and marriage equality and other social issues that are pretty voter-driven in elections. Right, right, right. Do you feel like, I mean, as far as the speech overall, kind of, I'm going to drift away too much from that, but overall, do you feel like it was one of Obama's more solid speeches? You know, some actually called it his best speech he's given during his tenure in the White House. Do you feel like, overall, it was a solid speech? I think one of his benefits is that he is a great speaker. I thought it was a great speech. I thought it was a moderate speech. I think that the only thing that was possibly quite liberal was the idea that he was a great speaker. That he was going to be using a lot of his executive power when he felt that Congress was going to get too good a block, which, let's be serious, was going to start happening again tomorrow as soon as they all wake up and decide to fight with each other. So, yeah, I do think, I think it was moderate. I think it was less liberal than his past speeches. And I think that a lot of liberals and maybe some Democrats maybe wanted to see a little bit more. Because I think we've heard a lot of this stuff before, especially with gun violence and gun control. And I think that's a big part of the reason why we're seeing a lot of these things. And I think that's a big part of the reason why we're seeing a lot of these things. But at the same time, though, I mean, the Congress passed two of the acts that he wanted to last year. I mean, literally, like, nothing got done. So do you feel like, you know, maybe just reiterating, even though it's the same stuff, that was, you know, maybe a smart thing to do? I think it is to a degree, because I think it's good for them to be conscious that he's obviously aware, as if anybody could not be aware of all the bullshit that they're pulling all the time. I'm looking at Ted Cruz and the government shutdown. So I think it is good for him to always acknowledge it and keep people on their toes. But I think it was really good that, you know, he was challenging a divided Congress in a lot of different sections. And he even said, you know, bring these things to my desk. If you create something, I will sign it if I like it. I like that. I like that. Just bring it to my desk. If I like it, I'll sign it. Just put it here. Just give them a bunch of napkins. Just sign that, please. I like that. Just with scribbles. It doesn't, crayons, it doesn't matter. Crayons. Now, you wrote an article a little while ago I want to ask you about. It's called the 10 most sexiest, or sexist, I'm sorry, sexist. Wow. That sounds fascinating, though. There's a big difference. Oh, my God. One letter can make a big difference right there. The 10 sexiest sexists? The 10 most sexist female characters on TV. Let me ask you. Let me ask you this. Would you ever do a 10 most sexiest female characters on TV? Would you ever write something like that? I don't think I would. I don't think I would. What if you changed the qualifications? So it wasn't just about physical. Like, necessarily how people look at you. Intellectually sexy? Yeah, define your own. I could develop something around that. I'm sure that I could. But purely based on physical attributes is not my thing, no. Okay, alright. I want to ask Kate, actually. I want to bring her into the conversation a little bit. As a female comic, Kate, you do shows all the time and everything else. And you have to... Comedy is definitely a male-driven world. So I want to know from Kate's perspective, and I want you, Jacqueline, to comment on this as well. But how do you feel? Is it hard walking into that world? Do you feel objectified in certain ways? Do you feel like it's sexist? Do you, you know... I think that it's definitely a little bit of a fraternity atmosphere. Yeah. And you have to be able to roll with the punches of that. And you have to be able to... I mean, of course, like, you know, the comedy world is just like any other world where there's a bunch of guys. Like, some of them are going to objectify you and some of them don't. And some of you take you seriously. But I found that if you're funny, that's really all that matters. Then they treat you kind of like one of the boys. Also, I've learned not to sleep with them. Honestly, I'm being totally serious because, like, you know, one of my friends who's a really successful female, male comedian told me, do your show and take off and go hang out somewhere else, you know, like... Or if you're going to hang with the boys, be one of the boys. But, you know, just... You don't want to be that girl that's, like, flirting with them. Yeah, yeah. I mean, at least for me. That's the way it is for me. So that's not hard for me because I roll with... I try to just roll with them and act like a guy and... Well, some of the male comedians have feminine bone structure myself. And so I'm one of the gals, you know? I did jazz hands. Judging by your jazz hands earlier. I mean, I'm one of the ladies, you know? So I don't have that issue myself. I want to finish off here, Jacqueline. Tell us real quick, I mean, you've... How much do women have to sort of... I hate to say this, but in just like anything, I mean, not just when it comes to gender, but there are a lot of different ways in which we have to roll with the punches, so to speak. You know, like Kate said, when it comes to jobs or sports, teams, you know, whatever the case is, groups in general, have you had a face-off? I'm sure you've had a face-off. And how much do you think that should be kind of just a, I don't want to say healthy part, but just part of any sort of job or situation? Well, I think with any environment that has power structures and power dynamics that are disproportionate to, you know, an ethnic group or a race or religion or gender, whatever, I think that there's always going to be situations where people find themselves at the lower end of the spectrum. And I've certainly faced, you know, sexual harassment at work. I've certainly... I've certainly faced pay discrimination. And I think that it's something, just because of my attitude and the way that I am, it's something that I've always stood up against. But I have felt the power of larger institutions rain down upon me. Right, right, right. And it doesn't always work out in your favor, but if anything, that's informed my feminist beliefs even more and has been more of a driving force for me to be doing the work that I'm doing. Well, we enjoy the work you're doing. Jacqueline Monson, thank you very much for being here. Thank you for being on our show. We look forward to having you back on at some point soon. I would love that. Thank you guys for having me. Thanks a lot. That's Jacqueline Monson. She's a columnist for PolicyMic.com, for Salon. She's written Daily Beast and other publications. Thank you very much for her being on the show. We have a fun game, the snake game coming up, where we're going to do some trivia about what's happened in the world this past week. You've got some good quotes this week, right, Sam? I've got some good quotes from the Week in News coming up. Excellent. We got that coming up right after this here. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. The whole thing is it doesn't matter because we only do the last one anyway. And the final question is going to be worth two points because there's actually twice as many possible answers for you guys, so it's tougher. Okay. Here we go. Hold on. It's three if she gets it right. Yes. All right. Yes. Okay. I need this. Final quote. All right. There was no misunderstanding that the North Koreans wanted us to know they were a threat as a world power. Who said this quote about North Korea? Was it A. Dennis Rodman. Dennis. Miss Rodman, B, Barack Obama, C, George Bush Sr., or D, Ric Flair? Oh, I love him. You're so good because you're like, okay, it's like, why did he do Ric Flair, the wrestler? Wow. Wow. I am racking my brain right now. Let's start with Kate Quigley right here. Of course. Well, what was choice two? Barack Obama. Oh, right. That guy. You know what? I've heard of him. I'm going to go with Barack Obama. Okay. Barack Hussein Obama. Let's get Justin before we get Foxy Sellers. No, let's get Foxy. No, no, you went last time. I know, but I like- Oh, because you just want to pick what no one else chooses. Yeah, they call me the street sweeper. Garbage man. Cleaning up here. All right, let's go with Ric Flair. I said Rodman for anybody. Who did she go with? Barack Obama. Oh, good. The president of the free world. That guy? All right. The leader of the free world. I'm going to go Rodman. I'm going to go Flair. You're going to go Ric Flair. Okay. Jenny? I'm going to go Dennis because you said it. Okay. That's right. You want to ride my coattails? Do you want me to get down? You can do a piggyback ride if you want. I'm as you call the street sweeper. Is that what you said? Yeah. You guys get a room. We actually have one here. It's the control room. The control room. Foxy Sellers. Would you like the options again? Yeah, yeah. An option? Yeah. How about Doc Rivers? How about Doc Rivers? Is that an option? No. Doc Rivers is not an option. I like Doc Rivers and Barack Obama mixed up because they seem like the same guy if you watch them in an interview. They don't all look the same. They don't all look the same. They have the same kind of voice and tenor in their voice. They do. Doc Rivers is Barack Obama if Barack Obama was black. I'm going to go with Barack Obama. Oh, man. There goes your whole black fan base. I'm just going. I'm just going. I'm just going. Was that like a recovery? Like, yeah, you got Obama good and then you're like, Obama. All right. There was no misunderstanding that the North Koreans wanted us to know they were a threat as a world power. That was a quote from the nature boy, Rick Flair. Yeah! Come on. Woo! WWF superstar wrestler, Rick Flair. Woo! I'm doing the woo because that's his thing is the woo! And Justin Cross regrettably wins the game. Not just Justin. Justin Cross, but the Boys and Girls Club of Tijuana, guys. They deserve it. They're good kids. Can I just ask you? No more donkey shows for a month. Like, in all seriousness, though, like, how, in what arena did Rick Flair get to comment on the North Koreans? Well, he has a new show on Nickelodeon. It's all politics. No, he, this was an interview done this week about the time that he wrestled in North Korea. It was very odd, but that was a quote from him from that interview. Fantastic. Wow. Well, that's, um, that's the snake game right there. Um. I'm never listening to you again. You, you won, right? Oh, no, you went with Rod. Oh. No, Justin Cross won. Hold on. I believe in God, man. Sorry. I don't know. Hold on. Wait, what's, what was the one we did? Dan's balls. I just, I like playing. Do you have the crying baby? I think that'd be perfect for this situation. Miscellaneous sound effects. Um, I've got a German shepherd. Uh, before we, before we just go to sound effects to kill time, I want to, uh, I want to say. Fox, uh, thanks so much for joining us tonight. Now you, Fox is a comedian based here in LA and he does, uh, he does tons of shows around town. Fox, where and where can people see at? Where can they check you out at? Um, well, I have my Foxy Seller show in Hermosa Beach. The next one's coming out February 12th. Um, and I'm going to be in the March comedy madness comedy competition. Yeah. Nice. They haven't, it's, it's a rotating, uh, venue. So I don't know which venue I'm going to be in. So I'll announce it. All right. And, uh, thanks so much for joining us, Fox. Um, check him out. He's all around LA. Uh, we, we want to have you in studio. All right. Yeah. I'm down for that. He is. He is the guy that looks like Tom Brady. He's a good looking guy. He is straight up. Uh, nobody says funny. They always just say good looking. Um, I'm just kidding. Good eyebrows. Very funny, man. Had a good show last night. All right, Fox. Thanks for calling in. Have a good one, man. All right. All right. Now I, to, to, to send Fox a message. All right. Fox out. I've got something for you that, um, Jenny brought up. Yes. Why do you like that? I don't know. I don't know why I like that so much. I hate that sound. I love that sound, bro. I don't know why. It's really. I'm an odd man. It's very juvenile. It's because you can turn it off. It's very juvenile. Very juvenile. Uh, we're going to go, let's go to a very quick, um, do we have just a, maybe we got just a, just a minute or two before we're done here. So, um, actually we're not going to go to break. I'm going to go ahead and, uh, we're going to round up here in the next minute or two. Uh, you guys have been listening to sarcastic news live. Catch us on sarcastic news, live.com and follow us on Twitter daily updates. Oh, we have a caller. We have a caller. All right. Let's, let's pipe them in real quick. Who do we have? I don't know why. Hey, this is Jim from the Santa Fe Springs, man. Yeah. Jim. Jim, we just awake. We're in a while. Happy new year to all of you. And, and I'll make it short cause I know you're wrapping it up. Yeah. And so I'd say, hello. Love the show. Sorry. I didn't call in earlier. And I was just wondering though, why do they call your cohost Jake the snake? You know, is it like a personality thing? Is it a physical thing? And I'll bet you liked that story earlier about that dude with 500 snakes. That was actually, that's my house. Uh, that's where she got the story. I figured it was related, but anyway, I know you're wrapping it up. So I'll let you wrap up the show and we love the show. I'm speaking here with Anna. Say hi, Anna. Hello. Hey, Anna. Hey, Anna. We'll time in next week. We'll time next week. All right. Love the show. Good night. Thanks. Thanks. That's, that's our executive. That's our executive producer, Jim Sanchez right there. Calling in from the Santa Fe Springs. Okay. He's about four butt lights deep. No, um, Jim, that's a, that's a great call. And thank you. Uh, for, for Jake the snake cranny, uh, Kate Quigley. Very funny. You can catch her. Where can we catch you, Kate? Uh, let's see. Saturday night. I'm at Westside comedy theater. So Santa Monica, eight o'clock show. If you live here. In LA or follow me on Twitter. Kate Q. Funny. Kate Q. Funny. And, uh, you can check us out at sarcastic or at SN live one at SN live one. Uh, and, uh, also, uh, let's see, you can catch me tonight. If you're downtown, I'll be the angel city brewery, uh, doing pints and pints and puns. Um, the show is actually going on right now, so I'm going to skip over after this, but, uh, yeah, check us out. And, uh, guys, thank you so much for listening to sarcastic news live. My name is Justin cross for Jake, the snake, uh, Kate Quigley, uh, are very good guests tonight. Uh, Jacqueline, uh, from policy, Mike and Jenny in the back guys. Thank you for listening. Have a great night. See, I've been here for 28 years. Palance red beneath these wheels. Tattooed lines beneath our skin. No surrender, my Bobby G. See, I've been here for 28 years. Have been swept beneath these wheels. We tend to glance beneath our skin. No surrender, my Bobby G. And we've been burned by all our fears. Just from growing up around here. Our father's factories marked our cards. Well, he didn't burn against the stars. And Sally said, Sally said, I can't take no more regret. They cut us deep into our souls. 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