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John Waters referred to himself as ‘the bellboy
of Howard Johnson on The
Colbert Report (6/10/14) because of the bright red jacket he is fond of wearing. Since he was also a recent guest on Real time with Bill Maher, here’s a
mash-up recap of his comments on both shows.
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Waters is
a film director, screenwriter, actor, stand-up comedian, journalist,
visual artist, art collector, and author. He’s been making the rounds of talk shows
to promote his new book Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America.
It is an account of the people he met and the things he did on his recent
hitchhiking trip across America—21 rides and nine days accomplished the feat.
Waters said, “This is how I make my living, Every morning I
think of something weird and do it in the afternoon. That’s my job.” Waters
doesn’t believe in getting too comfortable.
“It hurts your street cred.”
The people who gave Waters rides came from all walks of life—a
minister’s wife, a truck driver, a cop, a coal miner, a rock band . Waters said
that everyone was very open-minded and open to helping people.
And because Waters is Waters, there were a lot of sexual
references. On Maher’s show he said, “Hitchhiking is like phone sex. The more you
talk, the further he’ll take you.“ On Colbert’s show he said, “You don’t need
to go on a dating site. Just go hitchhiking.
(Is he hinting there are accounts of hook-ups in this book?)
Colbert asked him what was his fantasy before starting the trip
about the best thing that might happen on the trip. Waters replied having sex
in a demolition derby in the car in the race. Colbert replied that this “was the
very definition of unsafe sex.”
When Colbert asked him his fantasy of the worst thing that
could happen, he said it was getting a ride from a junkie who would say to him “You
can come out, but I can’t be strung out.’ He informed us that there are some
people who are only attracted to junkies. They are called “scag hags.”
I never heard that before. I bet I can learn all kinds of
new things by reading Waters book. I’m putting this book on my “To Read” list. Maybe
he could have subtitled the book, “John Waters’ Most Excellent Adventure.”
Read the complete review of the Real Time with Bill Maher episode
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Bill
Maher’s Guests: June 6, 2014
John Waters: film director, screenwriter, actor, stand-up comedian, journalist, visual artist, art collector, and author of a (sort of) memoir, Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America
Ralph Reed: conservative political activist,
first executive director of Christian Coalition, now head of Faith and Freedom
Coalition, author of several political books. His latest book is Awakening: How America Can Turn from Economic
and Moral Destruction Back to Greatness. He has also written a novel, Ballots and Blood: A Novel
Jim Geraghty: conservative blogger and regular contributor to the National Review, author of the (roman a
clef) novel, The Weed Agency: A Comic Tale of Federal Bureaucracy
Without Limits
Nicolle Wallace: political
commentator, former communications chief for George W. Bush, former senior
advisor for the McCain-Palin campaign and author of several (White House
themed) novels, most recently, It’s
Classified: A Novel
Anthony Weiner: former congressman (D, NY), forced
to resign from Congress over a sexting scandal, former New York City mayoral
candidate, forced to resign from the race over a sexting scandal (Some people never learn.) He’s now a
columnist for Business Insider.
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