NEW YORK(AP)
How old is John McCain? So old, the jokes about it are getting
old. So at a taping Friday night of NBC's "Late Night with
Conan O'Brien," the host asked the Republican presidential
candidate for some new material.
"We all agree on a take on you, which is your
seniority," O'Brien said, as McCain, 71, pretended to fall
asleep in his chair.
Speaking for all late night comedians, O'Brien said,
"we're tired of this take on you," and asked the
Arizona senator to give them some fresh material.
"Do you have a kooky uncle, do you have bad breath, webbed
toes, anything?" O'Brien asked.
"All of the above," McCain answered before offering up
alternative fodder.
"I was able to get shot down, intercept a surface-to-air
missile with my plane," said the former Navy pilot and Vietnam
War prisoner of war.
"People don't really laugh at that," O'Brien
pointed out.
McCain got in some jokes of his own, poking fun at "the
cable monsters," his new name for cable news networks.
McCain, who has already had one cable movie made about his life,
was then subjected by O'Brien to a series of casting
suggestions for another movie about his quest for the presidency
and his current search for a running mate.
Playing McCain? Tim Conway. Playing one-time Republican rival
Mitt Romney? "Any local weatherman," said
O'Brien.
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