On Wednesday I did double-duty on the airwaves, north and south of the border. I started the day on America's Number One radio show, where I spoke with Congressman Steve Chabot, one of the House impeachment managers from the last Senate trial, of William Jefferson Clinton, back in 1999. Click below to listen:
A couple of hours later, I made my first appearance of the Roaring Twenties with John Oakley on Toronto's Global News Radio 640. We counted down a few All-Time Great Governors-General and speculated whether Harry or Meghan would join their ranks, and then wondered how the Royal Family wound up more diverse than the Democrat presidential primary or the Oscar nominations:
If you like me in audio, do check out our annual live music special rounding up the best Steyn Show performances over the years from Herman's Hermits to Ted Nugent to Noël Coward's pianist (my gay cred is too old-school for contemporary tastes. And don't forget to join me Friday for another Clubland Q&A live around the planet at 4pm North American Eastern - that's 9pm GMT.
On the other hand, if you're one of that brave band that enjoys me on camera, I'll be back with Tucker tonight, Thursday - and do enjoy the latest entry in my ongoing anthology of video poetry: my rendition of Robert W Service's great poem The Low-Down White.
We had a grand turnout from Canadians on September's sold-out Second Annual Mark Steyn Cruise. So we hope more than a few Oakley listeners will want to join Conrad Black, John O'Sullivan and my other guests on this year's Mediterranean cruise. But don't leave it too late, as the accommodations are more favorably priced the earlier you book.
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Perry Pattetic
The John Oakley interview was hilarious!
On Election Night come November 3, 2020, my nominee for "I Can't Believe This Is Happening To Us" is...
JOHN KERRY.
Mr. Wonderful.
From the non-political humor department: As you may have heard, Major League Baseball (U.S.) in the past week has forced the firing of three baseball team managers and one General Manager.
(Putin simultaneously doing the same to his Cabinet.)
This came after the revelations that the Houston Astros, using electronic snooping devices during games being played, had been stealing the opposing team's "signs."
These are signals flashed by the catcher, visible to the pitcher, so they both know what kind of a pitch the pitcher will throw (a fastball, a curve, a slider, etc.). If the batter knows which pitch is on the way, it is much, much easier for him to get a hit, and he will certainly have a batting average much higher than .225, which is borderline terrible.
Weeks earlier, before this all blew up, the NY Mets general manager had traded for a quite unimpressive player from the Astros named Jake Marisnick.
In today's paper:
"Disgruntled Mets fans [upset that Carlos Beltran, former Astro and their new manager, had been fired] are focused entirely on the wrong thing here.
"It's not that Carlos Beltran cheated.
"It's that Brodie Van Wagenen signed Jake Marisnick, who hits .225 knowing which pitch is coming!"