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Well ain’t that America… 
Ordinary people just want to get along, be accepted, seem ‘cool’…Even though a kinder version of this fake ‘man on the street’ bit was a cliché in the Carson era, it seems twisted that a broadcast network with a deeply broken news division would find humor in a poorly informed public.
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What’s even worst, these people have the right to vote. Pathetic!
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When Karl Marx wrote that “Religion is the opium of the people” he was wrong.
More correctly it would be “Stupidity is the opium of the people.”
Or the audio from the interviewer is different from what was actually asked.
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In a related story, a scuffle ensued on a New York-bound Greyhound bus yesterday when Rosa Parks tried to nab a seat right behind the driver.
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Beautiful. 
Has anybody here seen my old friend Abraham?
Can you tell me where he’s gone?
He freed a lot of people,
But it seems the good they die young.
You know, I just looked around and he’s gone.
Anybody here seen my old friend John?
Can you tell me where he’s gone?
He freed a lot of people,
But it seems the good they die young.
I just looked around and he’s gone.
Anybody here seen my old friend Martin?
Can you tell me where he’s gone?
He freed a lot of people,
But it seems the good they die young.
I just looked 'round and he’s gone.
Didn’t you love the things that they stood for?
Didn’t they try to find some good for you and me?
And we’ll be free
Some day soon, and it’s a-gonna be one day…
Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he’s gone?
I thought I saw him walkin’ up over the hill,
With Abraham, Martin and John.
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One of my favorites, and always worth hearing again.
The cure for this is obviously more bible study.
How in the world do they ever get releases from these people, their approval to air the interview?
No. This is a fairly regular bit on Kimmel’s show, and they never lack people who will say they saw something that never happened and will go to great lengths to expand on what they were most upset or pleased about the (nonexistant) thing. When asked ridiculous follow-up questions, they dig deeper. People just think they can fake knowing about “what’s up” and so many are so ignorant they have no way of knowing that they are being given a chance to make a fool of themselves. This was a particularly disturbing session of what is usually a routine comedy bit, and Kimmel himself said so.
everybody knows mlk was murdered in the 60’s. now i did catch a glimpse of elvis at mcdonalds yesterday. appeared to be eating a big mac and extra large fries.
They probably just say right after talking to them, “That was great! Will you give us permission to use it on TV?” Anyone that ignorant is probably not going to say, “Well, no, I just made an ass of myself.”
Just because it’s a regular bit doesn’t change the fact that you don’t see the person holding the microphone ask the question that you hear.
This bit goes back to Kimmel’s Man Show days. Same thing happens.
You can actually hear the difference in audio if you listen closely.