A 'Late Night' producer's mother, Robin "Bootsie" Plunkett, attended a fundraiser for a Democratic Congressional candidate, where she asked the people in attendance about snowflakes and grocery bills.
As the midterm elections approach, Late Show host Stephen Colbert has determined a unique way to cover them — by enlisting a so-called "uninformed voter" to be his correspondent.
On Friday the late-night host debuted The Late Show's "Uninformed Correspondent," the mother of Late Show producer Jake Plunkett, Robin "Bootsie" Plunkett, and sent her to Staten Island to interview Democratic Congressional candidate Max Rose, who is running for New York's 11th district.
So-called "uninformed voters," Colbert explained at the beginning of his second monologue Friday night, do not watch the news or generally know what is going on in Washington. "They suffer from a rare condition known as happiness," Colbert joked.
Bootsie had no previous television experience, and as she took a bus with son Jake to the Staten Island Ferry, he asked her to speak in full sentences ("full sound bytes") and without an accent while on-camera. "I'm not speaking with a freaking accent, I'm not talking British," she replied, before launching into an accent that did not sound remotely British. She also practiced using her microphone by singing the Five Stairsteps' "O-o-h Child."
When asked if the reason she didn't like Trump was due to his tweets, she responded, "I don't go on Twit."
When she arrived at the Rose fundraiser, Bootsie asked attendee about the North Korean president, who she called "Jim Soo-sung." When told the North Korean president's real name was Kim Jong-un, she joked, "I murdered the English language. But I know what I'm trying to say."
When it was her term to talk to Rose on-camera, Bootsie's first question was as follows: "Why does is Mitch McConnell's face always look like it's melting?" Rose then turned the question to McConnell's handling of taxpayer dollars. The segment ended with her complaining about the rising cost her groceries, and she and Rose singing "O-o-h Child" together.
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