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The Washington Journal
SKETCH-O-VISION
A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.
The setup
The premise
Here’s the bit.
On the political program Washington Journal, the anchor sits down with North Korea's ambassador to ask whether the two countries are headed for war, relying on interpreter Bae Sung to carry the conversation. Instead of translating, Bae Sung acts out baffling charades of pies, cow noises and popping sounds while the anchor's patience runs out. When the ambassador realizes his interpreter has no grasp of Korean, he erupts in insults, and the anchor abandons diplomacy with a bleak one-line summary of nuclear war before signing off.
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Highly quotable.
He say he don't know how you say a pie.
Who this moron? He no speak Korean.
Bottom line, North Korea launches a missile our way. We launch one theirs. Everybody dies. Good night.
A little extra
Notes from the archive.
Bae Sung, Bobby Lee's inept interpreter, became a recurring MADtv character, later turning up in courtroom, airport and Sopranos sketches.
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