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Tooning Out the News has done it again. After getting Rudy Giuliani connected the phone—twice—to troll him astir assorted controversies astatine the tallness of the 2020 statesmanlike election, the Stephen Colbert-produced Comedy Central amusement managed to ensnare Georgia Senate campaigner Herschel Walker this week, little than a period earlier the midterms.
In the aftermath of Walker brandishing a seemingly fake constabulary badge during a statement this week, the show’s fake quality anchor James Smartwood—voiced by creator R.J. Fried—decided to study that his laptop had been stolen from his car the nighttime earlier and telephone the “police” during the broadcast.
When a dependable that sounds similar the existent campaigner picks up, Smartwood says, “Mr. Walker, hey, this is James Smartwood from Big News. Do you person a 2nd to chat?”
Walker asks him what insubstantial he’s from and the anchor rapidly replies, “Big News,” earlier launching into his bit.
“Basically, what I wanted to bash is I wanted to study a crime,” helium tells Walker. “I near my model down successful my car past night, idiosyncratic stole my laptop retired of the rider seat, and truthful I’m conscionable trying to fig retired if there’s immoderate mode successful your—as idiosyncratic who’s a instrumentality enforcement person—if there’s immoderate mode you tin instrumentality a look astatine it.”
Without missing a beat, Walker replies, “Well, I’ll archer you what I’ll bash is we’ll study your thing, and each that and stuff. That’ll beryllium great. What we’ll bash is, you got a fig I tin call?” He past takes down the fig arsenic Smartwood continues to inquire him if mightiness beryllium capable to sojourn the country to “get immoderate fingerprints” and cheque retired immoderate information cameras successful the area.
“The main happening though is that I wanna get to this laptop. Is determination immoderate accidental you tin hop successful the squad car, you know, flick connected the sirens, travel down present or, possibly similar spell undercover oregon something?” Smartwood asks
“Uh, what tin you do, tin you bash anything?” Walker replies.
“No, I mean, I’m not, I’m not actually—I don’t person the authority,” the anchor says successful response.
With that, Walker promises to telephone him backmost and spot what helium tin bash successful his authorization arsenic an “honorary” sheriff.
“I gave him the incorrect number, I don’t privation him having my number,” Smartwood tells his sheet aft Walker hangs up, possibly alluding to Giuliani who repeatedly called him backmost connected his 6-year-old son’s iPad successful 2020.
As for the veracity of the prank call, some a typical from Paramount and Fried himself confirmed to The Daily Beast that it was, successful fact, Walker connected the phone.
“It’s truly Herschel Walker,” Fried wrote successful a DM erstwhile asked however helium managed to get the campaigner connected the telephone with his cartoon change ego. “I’ll inquire James Smartwood, but I’m beauteous definite Smartwood conscionable dialed 9-1-1 and that’s who picked up.”
For more, perceive to Tooning Out the News creator R.J. Fried on The Last Laugh podcast.
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