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Tucker Carlson Will Eat His Shoes
Aired July 09, 2003 - 15:53 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Anybody have a good recipe for this? Filet of sole?
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Tucker, I am telling you, not only do his shoes stink, but the whole inside of his shoe is like coming apart.
O'BRIEN: Yes, we're cooking up a shoe on the grill later tonight. The guest of honor is "CROSSFIRE: host Tucker Carlson. He agreed to eat his shoe if Hillary Clinton's memoir "Living History" sold a million copies.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
TUCKER CARLSON, CO-HOST, "CROSSFIRE": I will in fact eat my shoes, because I'm a man of my word, as you know. But I don't think there's any chance that's going to happen. This is book-publishing hype. And if it does, it can verified, I'll eat them. I'll be happy to do that.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
O'BRIEN: Guess what, you know what happened, right?
PHILLIPS: Today Simon and Schuster announced sales surpassed the million dollar mark. Tucker, I hope you have a big appetite, my friend.
CARLSON: Well actually the clip you just showed was partly untrue. I will eat them, I will not be happy to eat them.
(CROSSTALK)
O'BRIEN: Tucker, I have been thinking about this. I don't know how you're going to accomplish it without hurting yourself.
CARLSON: Yes, I don't know. I don't have any problem putting things in my mouth, generally. I'm not afraid. I think I'll survive it.
PHILLIPS: You'd be afraid if you saw Miles' shoe, believe me.
O'BRIEN: What kind of shoe are we talking about? Do you have one there that you're going to...
CARLSON: Yes, I'm going with loafers. I'm going with the -- probably not. I only have two pairs of shoes. I'm not a big clothing buyer. I have a pair I've had since 1986.
O'BRIEN: No, no, no. You're obviously big on the bow ties, we know that.
CARLSON: Yes, I'm big on the bow ties.
What I'm not big on predictive ability. I strongly believe, firmly believe Phil Gramm was going to be president in 1996. You'll notice that he's not, in fact, president and never was.
O'BRIEN: It was a short-lived campaign, you might say.
PHILLIPS: That's when Tucker ate his third pair of shoes. That's why he's only down to two pairs.
O'BRIEN: All right, so -- and it's two shoes, right? Didn't you say shoes, plural?
O'BRIEN: Oh, no, Miles. Oh, Miles.
O'BRIEN: Didn't you say shoes?
CARLSON: Yes, shoes. But I mean shoes in a larger, sort of metaphorical shoes, meaning I guess one shoe.
O'BRIEN: And then as far as the tie goes, You have to do that, too, right?
CARLSON: yes, the tie. But the shoe, I am actually going to eat a shoe. The tie, you know. Who's to say what a tie is? You can have a marzipan tie.
O'BRIEN: Can you show us the shoe?
PHILLIPS: Yes, how are you going to eat the shoe too? That's what I want to know.
CARLSON: I don't know, actually. The call has gone around to chefs in New York, you know, find a way to eat the shoe without poisoning me. And here's my shoe...
(CROSSTALK)
O'BRIEN: It looks like a bass wegian (ph) black penny loafer, right? I would take the penny out.
CARLSON: Thank you, Miles.
O'BRIEN: That might get caught in your throat there.
PHILLIPS: We've reached a whole new level here on "CROSSFIRE" on CNN.
CARLSON: Yes, a whole new low level. I'm happy to be there.
O'BRIEN: All right. Tucker, we will, in fact, be watching and we wish you well.
CARLSON: Thank you. I'll be doing it.
O'BRIEN: Hopefully the medics are standing by.
CARLSON: Thanks.
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Aired July 9, 2003 - 15:53 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Anybody have a good recipe for this? Filet of sole?
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Tucker, I am telling you, not only do his shoes stink, but the whole inside of his shoe is like coming apart.
O'BRIEN: Yes, we're cooking up a shoe on the grill later tonight. The guest of honor is "CROSSFIRE: host Tucker Carlson. He agreed to eat his shoe if Hillary Clinton's memoir "Living History" sold a million copies.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
TUCKER CARLSON, CO-HOST, "CROSSFIRE": I will in fact eat my shoes, because I'm a man of my word, as you know. But I don't think there's any chance that's going to happen. This is book-publishing hype. And if it does, it can verified, I'll eat them. I'll be happy to do that.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
O'BRIEN: Guess what, you know what happened, right?
PHILLIPS: Today Simon and Schuster announced sales surpassed the million dollar mark. Tucker, I hope you have a big appetite, my friend.
CARLSON: Well actually the clip you just showed was partly untrue. I will eat them, I will not be happy to eat them.
(CROSSTALK)
O'BRIEN: Tucker, I have been thinking about this. I don't know how you're going to accomplish it without hurting yourself.
CARLSON: Yes, I don't know. I don't have any problem putting things in my mouth, generally. I'm not afraid. I think I'll survive it.
PHILLIPS: You'd be afraid if you saw Miles' shoe, believe me.
O'BRIEN: What kind of shoe are we talking about? Do you have one there that you're going to...
CARLSON: Yes, I'm going with loafers. I'm going with the -- probably not. I only have two pairs of shoes. I'm not a big clothing buyer. I have a pair I've had since 1986.
O'BRIEN: No, no, no. You're obviously big on the bow ties, we know that.
CARLSON: Yes, I'm big on the bow ties.
What I'm not big on predictive ability. I strongly believe, firmly believe Phil Gramm was going to be president in 1996. You'll notice that he's not, in fact, president and never was.
O'BRIEN: It was a short-lived campaign, you might say.
PHILLIPS: That's when Tucker ate his third pair of shoes. That's why he's only down to two pairs.
O'BRIEN: All right, so -- and it's two shoes, right? Didn't you say shoes, plural?
O'BRIEN: Oh, no, Miles. Oh, Miles.
O'BRIEN: Didn't you say shoes?
CARLSON: Yes, shoes. But I mean shoes in a larger, sort of metaphorical shoes, meaning I guess one shoe.
O'BRIEN: And then as far as the tie goes, You have to do that, too, right?
CARLSON: yes, the tie. But the shoe, I am actually going to eat a shoe. The tie, you know. Who's to say what a tie is? You can have a marzipan tie.
O'BRIEN: Can you show us the shoe?
PHILLIPS: Yes, how are you going to eat the shoe too? That's what I want to know.
CARLSON: I don't know, actually. The call has gone around to chefs in New York, you know, find a way to eat the shoe without poisoning me. And here's my shoe...
(CROSSTALK)
O'BRIEN: It looks like a bass wegian (ph) black penny loafer, right? I would take the penny out.
CARLSON: Thank you, Miles.
O'BRIEN: That might get caught in your throat there.
PHILLIPS: We've reached a whole new level here on "CROSSFIRE" on CNN.
CARLSON: Yes, a whole new low level. I'm happy to be there.
O'BRIEN: All right. Tucker, we will, in fact, be watching and we wish you well.
CARLSON: Thank you. I'll be doing it.
O'BRIEN: Hopefully the medics are standing by.
CARLSON: Thanks.
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