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90-Second Pop, Culture Watch

Aired October 23, 2003 - 07:51   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.


SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: It is time once again for "90- Second Pop." Our panel is ready to give us 90 seconds on three hot topics out of the pop culture world.
And joining us this morning is humorist Andy Borowitz. Good morning, Andy. Nice to see you.

ANDY BOROWITZ, HUMORIST: Good morning.

O'BRIEN: Also "New York" magazine columnist Deborah Schoeneman, yes I got it?

DEBORAH SCHOENEMAN, "NEW YORK" MAGAZINE: It's Schoeneman.

O'BRIEN: Oh, well. And B.J. Sigesmund. It took me weeks to get B.J.'s last name down, not to mention the "US Weekly" part of it. See? Did it again.

So, welcome to all of you. Debra, I promise the next time you're on, I'll have that down.

Let's start by talking about Liza Minnelli and David Gest. And I've got to tell you, first, I thought the wedding was just bizarre, but this actually I think is on track to top the wedding. It's really, really bizarre, Debra.

SCHOENEMAN: I mean, I think it's a perfect punch line to the biggest joke of a marriage, or maybe it was a merger. You know, no one thought it would last, but I don't think we thought it would end so absurdly, the spousal abuse suit and now Liza is filing for divorce. It just keeps getting weirder and weirder.

O'BRIEN: Ten million dollars is what he wants out of it.

SCHOENEMAN: Yes.

B.J. SIGESUMUND, "US WEEKLY": I think -- I mean, she has long had problems, right? She's always been a messy person.

O'BRIEN: Oh, her best friends say she's an addict, she's a mess.

SIGESMUND: Her best friends say, yes, she's kind of a mess. But I think it's embarrassing what he's doing to her to humiliate her like this, to spill all this stuff in the papers. I mean, they were only married for a year and a half. Leave it alone. He got so much out of this marriage, I just think it's humiliating for her and it makes him look terrible. BOROWITZ: Yes, you know, in the lawsuit, he said -- one of the things he said was he said he was terrified by the sight of Liza Minnelli. And I'm like, David, welcome to the club, you know?

SIGESMUND: I mean, you know...

O'BRIEN: He claimed phone-a-phobia (ph), when...

SIGUSMUND: Yes.

O'BRIEN: ... I guess the reporter had him on yesterday. I mean...

BOROWITZ: Loud ringing telephones frighten him.

SIGESMUND: He didn't have it for the first 55 years of his life, but he got it while being married to her.

O'BRIEN: You know, as much as we're laughing, I've got to tell you, I think it's sad. I think -- I mean, I agree with you, B.J. I think it's just humiliating and it's sad, and clearly people....

SCHOENEMAN: I mean, I don't think he would stop at nothing to keep cashing in on her name. I mean, I don't see any end to this. You know, he's saying he's getting injections in his scalp to deal with the beatings she gave him.

O'BRIEN: In Hawaii.

SCHOENEMAN: In Hawaii.

O'BRIEN: We should all be so lucky.

All right, let's move on and talk about "Kid Notorious." It's a cartoon. It stars Robert Evans, and it was created by him as well. So, first let's watch a clip.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, "KID NOTORIOUS")

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Evans here.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Evans, you promised I'd have a chance to exercise my acting jobs. Well, I read the script, and it sucks!

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It was just a first draft, baby. Believe me, you'll be able to stretch. You're the best. Who is this?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's Sharon Stone, and I'm out of your stupid movie. I'm an actress (EXPLETIVE DELETED), and I've won a Golden Globe!

(END VIDEO CLIP)

O'BRIEN: I love the way when someone makes a cartoon when they're responsible for the creation of themselves in cartoon form, they always look a lot better than they do in real life. BOROWITZ: Oh, yes, well, the executive producer Scooby Doo did that. You know, but I don't know. I thought -- you know, it's weird. I loved "The Kid Stays in the Picture," which kind of...

O'BRIEN: A Robert Evans movie.

BOROWITZ: Bob Evans, yeah. But, you know, I'm not so sure that he is right for the Comedy Central demographic, because I've been doing this informal poll and asking people if they know who Bob Evans is, and they all think he's the Farm Fresh sausage guy. So I don't know. Maybe they should do a cartoon about that guy next...

(CROSSTALK)


Aired October 23, 2003 - 07:51   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: It is time once again for "90- Second Pop." Our panel is ready to give us 90 seconds on three hot topics out of the pop culture world.
And joining us this morning is humorist Andy Borowitz. Good morning, Andy. Nice to see you.

ANDY BOROWITZ, HUMORIST: Good morning.

O'BRIEN: Also "New York" magazine columnist Deborah Schoeneman, yes I got it?

DEBORAH SCHOENEMAN, "NEW YORK" MAGAZINE: It's Schoeneman.

O'BRIEN: Oh, well. And B.J. Sigesmund. It took me weeks to get B.J.'s last name down, not to mention the "US Weekly" part of it. See? Did it again.

So, welcome to all of you. Debra, I promise the next time you're on, I'll have that down.

Let's start by talking about Liza Minnelli and David Gest. And I've got to tell you, first, I thought the wedding was just bizarre, but this actually I think is on track to top the wedding. It's really, really bizarre, Debra.

SCHOENEMAN: I mean, I think it's a perfect punch line to the biggest joke of a marriage, or maybe it was a merger. You know, no one thought it would last, but I don't think we thought it would end so absurdly, the spousal abuse suit and now Liza is filing for divorce. It just keeps getting weirder and weirder.

O'BRIEN: Ten million dollars is what he wants out of it.

SCHOENEMAN: Yes.

B.J. SIGESUMUND, "US WEEKLY": I think -- I mean, she has long had problems, right? She's always been a messy person.

O'BRIEN: Oh, her best friends say she's an addict, she's a mess.

SIGESMUND: Her best friends say, yes, she's kind of a mess. But I think it's embarrassing what he's doing to her to humiliate her like this, to spill all this stuff in the papers. I mean, they were only married for a year and a half. Leave it alone. He got so much out of this marriage, I just think it's humiliating for her and it makes him look terrible. BOROWITZ: Yes, you know, in the lawsuit, he said -- one of the things he said was he said he was terrified by the sight of Liza Minnelli. And I'm like, David, welcome to the club, you know?

SIGESMUND: I mean, you know...

O'BRIEN: He claimed phone-a-phobia (ph), when...

SIGUSMUND: Yes.

O'BRIEN: ... I guess the reporter had him on yesterday. I mean...

BOROWITZ: Loud ringing telephones frighten him.

SIGESMUND: He didn't have it for the first 55 years of his life, but he got it while being married to her.

O'BRIEN: You know, as much as we're laughing, I've got to tell you, I think it's sad. I think -- I mean, I agree with you, B.J. I think it's just humiliating and it's sad, and clearly people....

SCHOENEMAN: I mean, I don't think he would stop at nothing to keep cashing in on her name. I mean, I don't see any end to this. You know, he's saying he's getting injections in his scalp to deal with the beatings she gave him.

O'BRIEN: In Hawaii.

SCHOENEMAN: In Hawaii.

O'BRIEN: We should all be so lucky.

All right, let's move on and talk about "Kid Notorious." It's a cartoon. It stars Robert Evans, and it was created by him as well. So, first let's watch a clip.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, "KID NOTORIOUS")

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Evans here.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Evans, you promised I'd have a chance to exercise my acting jobs. Well, I read the script, and it sucks!

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It was just a first draft, baby. Believe me, you'll be able to stretch. You're the best. Who is this?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's Sharon Stone, and I'm out of your stupid movie. I'm an actress (EXPLETIVE DELETED), and I've won a Golden Globe!

(END VIDEO CLIP)

O'BRIEN: I love the way when someone makes a cartoon when they're responsible for the creation of themselves in cartoon form, they always look a lot better than they do in real life. BOROWITZ: Oh, yes, well, the executive producer Scooby Doo did that. You know, but I don't know. I thought -- you know, it's weird. I loved "The Kid Stays in the Picture," which kind of...

O'BRIEN: A Robert Evans movie.

BOROWITZ: Bob Evans, yeah. But, you know, I'm not so sure that he is right for the Comedy Central demographic, because I've been doing this informal poll and asking people if they know who Bob Evans is, and they all think he's the Farm Fresh sausage guy. So I don't know. Maybe they should do a cartoon about that guy next...

(CROSSTALK)