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Kids Talk Politics
SKETCH-O-VISION
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The setup
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The premise
Here’s the bit.
Filmed in the style of a gentle classroom discussion, a teacher quizzes a group of small children about the candidates in the recent presidential race. The kids shrug off the winner as a bragging bully with odd hair until one girl delivers a startlingly adult verdict on what his victory means, then adds a worry about her family's pet. A parent arriving for pickup approves of the lesson, and the teacher is left to point out the cat's unfortunate name.
The funny people
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Highly quotable.
We now must return to the dark ages of white presidents.
My dad said that Donald Trump will stop and frisk my cat.
Script
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- 00:00
Speaker 1
It's hard to be a parent tonight for a lot of us you tell your kids Don't be a bully. Don't be a bigot. They're afraid of how do I explain this to my children?
- 00:12
Interviewer
So we just had a big election for president. Did your parents vote? Great, so the candidates were Hillary Clinton against Donald Trump. Have you guys heard of Donald Trump? What have you heard about him?
- 00:26
Kid
He's funny, but he's kind of a bully. He like always talks about how great he is He's got, like, weird, fake hair.
- 00:34
Interviewer
He does, right? How about you? What do you think about Donald Trump?
- 00:40
Kid
He unleashed racism and xenophobia. We now must return to the dark ages of white presidents.
- 00:47
Interviewer
Mm-hmm.
- 00:49
Kid
Also, my dad said that Donald Trump will stop and frisk my cat.
- 00:54
Interviewer
What?
- 00:55
Kid
We have a black cat. His His name's Pussy.
- 01:01
Interviewer
Okay.
- 01:04
Dad
Hey, sweetie.
- 01:05
Kid
Daddy!
- 01:06
Dad
Sounds like somebody's droppin' some truth. Let's get you stuff. We got to go get pussy from the vet. Bye, kids.
- 01:13
Kid
all, Bye!
- 01:16
Interviewer
Pussy's their cat.
- 01:17
Kid
We know.
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