Loud and Clear, Sir. Unofficially, Loud and Clear

Tonight's rerun was from August 17. Stephen gave us the sad news that Salvatore Purpura had moved on and was now with the Parry camp. You can read more about it at the posting on August 17 about Salvatore Purpura.
Stephen, quoting himself, had this to say about Salvatore Purpura:

"We're not surprised. Sal is the best in the business. That's why we went with him. We're happy for Sal and we are even happier that Governor Parry has sent the clear signal of which Super PAC he trusts to receive all that unlimited money waiting to pour in on his behalf. Loud and clear, Sir. Unofficially, loud and clear."

I noticed that Stephen did remember to spell that as Parry with an A. Always consistent, sir, always consistent.

But in what could have been a mark against Stephen, he reported on Rick Santorum's speech in Iowa Falls where Santorum cleverly compares a napkin to a paper towel. His finding? They are different. His conclusion? Proof that gay marriage is wrong.

Says Santorum, "I can call this napkin a paper towel, but it is a napkin. Why? Because it is ... what it is!"

Stephen agrees. "If you give paper napkins and paper towels equal status, you undermine the sanctity of the thing you use to pick up dog vomit."

And then it happened. Stephen almost lost it. He almost did an "Anderson Cooper." Yep, folks, he started to laugh on air while reporting the news. Luckily for him and for the viewing audience, he had that roll of paper towels to hide behind and shield his grin until he could regain his composure.

That ... was ... close.

Stephen reminded us that no one can just redefine words to mean whatever we might want them to mean. Just like santorum means only "the former Senator from Pennsylvania." Yep, words have meanings. Always been that way. Always will.

And here Stephen took a little poetic license to make a plug for Brawny Paper Towels.

Tonight's guest was Jeff Bridges. I don't know why, but I kept thinking about SCUBA gear. Anyway, Jeff did a nice job singing. It's true that talented people tend to be multi-talented.