• I may not be a fanatic but the show isn't bad. Atleast it's one of the most sophisticated kid shows I've seen, although a lot of the humor the kids wont understand.

• Holy crimety!! I'm a huge Car Talk fan, but this I was unaware of...of all topics, they selected the greatest new show on TV? And BILL CLINTON correctly answered the three questions about it. I....that's gonna take a bit of time to sink in, actually. But it's already a pretty amazing feeling. The wonders of ponies never cease to amaze me; it seems there's something new over which to spaz virtually every day. This world truly is full of miracles.

• Awesome, even if they did give him easy ones.

• Had the same problem with my husband.  We were listening to it in the car on our way to derby practice, and he gave me a serious sidelong look after I confidently answered it.  This was before I actually watched the show, but I'd seen enough of it here. :)

• There are 26 episodes?  Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu... there goes my productivity for the week.

• OK, this afternoon, curiosity won and I tracked down the first episode of this damned cartoon. I'm on episode 8.  Fuck me.   It's actually pretty damned funny, and beats the hell out of the 80's MLP franchise I grew up on.  I can understand its appeal... far more than I really feel comfortable admitting to as a thirtysi*cough* year old woman.

• Is it odd that I heard this in Roast Beef's voice?

• There already is at least one piece of fanart of this "Krastos the glue maker" (In which he's a bear) Oh those drawfriends. :3

• I remember watching MLP for the first time and being impressed with the lesson that was being taught. Rarity was actually the focus of the episode, and the message was basically that just because a woman is feminine doesn't mean that she's weak. It kind of made me wish someone had told ME that growing up.

• Its simply a very good kids show. That, coupled with the inherent humour and strangeness in grown men watching a show about the magical adventures of cartoon ponies, has turned it into an internet phenomenon.

• My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Now officialy better than terrorism! (just) As opposed to deliberate misinformation and unprofessional smear tactics, coupled with slavish adhereance to the doctrine of an evil ancient Austrailian! Good for you Fox News!

• DO IT. You already wrote an miniature epic about Katara's dead fetus fetish, YOU ARE RUNNING OUT OF WAYS LEFT TO HURT ME. DO IT.

• "Now, I'm going to have to see Transformers 3 this week, and I've been pretty depressed about it." Have to? Fuck off.

• ...fund it. For the love of all that insane and cracky, fund it!

• I can't speak for all grown-ass men who watch the show, and I DON'T want to speak for the undoubtedly high ratio of perverts, but after resisting for a long time, I finally started watching it with my 5 year old daughter a month or so back, if for no other reason than to provide a balance to all the superhero shows I watch with her.  Without going into a lengthy ode to the show, suffice it to say it's intelligently written, the characters are well realized, and the animation is pleasant and occasionally has some subtle and surprising artistic flairs thrown in.  (In the first few minutes of the series opener, I had to rewind to make sure I saw what I thought I saw through the hourglass.)

• I don't watch it, but I have GOT to find out what it is about this show that's having this effect on grown-ass men.

• Unfortunately all of those questions seemed pretty obvious, so Clinton isn't necessarily a brony. I wish he were, though.

• Yup, except *i* was heavily into My Little Ponies for about 6 months in 1986, and the current set of stories bare almost no relationship to the MLPs I liked as a kiddie ;)

• Let's not miss Fox News coverage of Bronies and that Wired article: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqEDIFfy4Yg#t=01m54s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi27530dDCc

• FEEL THE RAAGE But seriously, ponies are awesome. 26-episode marathon with a friend was very fun

• For a moment I thought "Krastos the Glue Maker"  was "Kratos the Glue Maker". Just imagine...

• just don't have them all turn into humans. :)

• I can feel the whole rigidity of this pony!cock ready ejaculate flowers all over our asses!!!!

• I heard that episode and the answers were really Obvious. So I wouldn't go reading to far into  this.

• Don't sweat it. Every now and then we're all struck with the peculiar notion that our fellow Netizens are governed by logic, reason, and/or decency. It goes away.

• Thanks!

• Slick Willie buck wild with the trigger!

• OH. NOW I get why they were referring to Clinton as a "brony" on NPR this morning. I've never heard that term before.

• he should go ride a pony. get some fresh air and plus learning how to ride a horse seems like it would be neat.

• Make sure to make it short enough that Rob will do it for FFF.

• Do it.  I dare you.  I will want to read it.

• Love you too.  :D

• You could always point her at a professional presentation: http://www.sabrinadent.com/2011/06/27/presenting-my-little-pony-at-the-dot-conf/

• ...who tried to run game on said nigga.

• Shouldn't we tolerate and love the bleep out of him? (I desperately wish I could use that poster as my avatar on religious sites... {lol!})

• {{I just wonder how long it'll take till some bullshit political discussion war erupts in the comments...}} Well, let me take a stab at it... {ahem} Having lived "next door" in West Tennessee during his interim as Arkansas' governor, I can easily believe winning the MLP quiz really does rank up there with that. {rimshot!} {crickets} {crickets} Right! So, having defused any potential tension there, we can all move safely along, free from fear. {g}

• Bad troll is bad.

• iTunes link to the free Pocast > http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=121493804 Or if you prefer another source, including a link to only the interview > http://www.npr.org/programs/wait-wait-dont-tell-me/

• Is there a recording of this?

• Just don't read the posts you don't feel like reading.  Oh, wait. I'm making an appeal to rationality on the interwebs. What was I thinking?

• Wait Wait's questions are rarely too difficult in general. It's more for laughs than anything else. I highly recommend the podcast if you can't actually catch the show. 

• You've made it Rob!  Now just let those dozen or so curiosity clicks roll on in.

• I had a very awkward time explaining Bronies to my girlfriend after that Bluff The Listener episode. Luckily one of our mutual friends on Facebook also outed himself as a Brony not long after, so now at least I'm not the only one she knows. 

• I'd like to think it's because knowing is half the battle!

• Clearly, President Clinton and his cigar had an encounter with one of the ponies, back in the day.

• It's true!  It was part of the "Bluff the Listener" game a few weeks ago!  (I knew the answer thanks to TR.)

• And on this note, I am done with the internet for today. My brain can't take the continuing stress.

• i see your MLP sessions are making you assume that i like cawadoody, you should relax and keep your crap on ponychan or something

• Props to the President.  Though, I know nothing about MLP other than having seen images of them, and I would have had a fairly decent chance of nailing it.  It's the format and the choice of "wrong" answers that do it. I also have to agree with Clinton regarding "Krastos the Glue Maker."  XD

• one day Rob won't be available to blog and a video will start to circulate and then they'll release ZOO 2  and everything will make sense

• One day I'm going to come to this site and it will be called "Topless Pony." And I'm just not sure how I'll react.

• Fair enough. I haven't heard the show so I could have missed the point. I just didn't see how it was so amazing. 

• I think it'd be kind of a dick move to have the former President on the show and give him three questions that he has no hope of getting right. They were pretty easy, but it's called Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me for a reason.

• SON, I AM PROUD.

• Chelsea is of just the right age to have been heavily into My Little Pony in the 1980's so I would be surprised if Clinton didn't have at least a passing familiarity with them.

• Rob every time you post a MLP article another minute ticks closer to me writing a MLP fffthink about that

• I hate to be the naysayer (or should that be neigh-sayer -insert groans here-), but they weren't exactly hard questions that only those who have seen the show could answer (like a specific pony name or an episode), as well as the multiple choice answers given are pretty easy to weed out, especially when some of the answers were just absurd. Although out of all the questions asked, the cutie mark may have been the 'hardes't for anyone not familar with MLP toys, movies and any of the tv shows, My Little Ponys have always had tattoos on their butts, and since they've been around since the 80s, it's likely that Clinton had seen these toys in his daughter's room.

• I always liked Clinton, and this just makes him all the more awesome to me. Though to be fair, the questions were easy, but this is still damn cool. I just wonder how long it'll take till some bullshit political discussion war erupts in the comments... Also, I want an episode of MLP to feature Krastos the Glue Maker. Just sayin'.

• Since I listen to Car Talk and Wait,wait Don't Tell Me most weekends; the more bizarre thing is that this was actually the second week in a row that there was mention of Bronies and Ponies.

• Rob, a lot of us still don't understand why _you_ know so much about the ponies...

• I see your marathon Call of Duty sessions is wearing on your brain.  Put the controller down, go outside, ride a bike.  It's good for you.

• well, as much as i loath the my little ponies posts this only makes sense as I can't think of a better show to light up a fatty and giggle at.

• Not even the people responsible for the Clone Saga could get the answers right.

• Shame on a nigga...

• Wired reported on the phenomenon of 'bronies' the other week: http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/06/bronies-my-little-ponys/ And buried within the article: "The fan videos might be the main reason anyone outside the brony community knows the show as a meme. Nerd blog Topless Robot, for example, is committed to following My Little Pony fan videos."

• Granted, they kinda let him in all 3 answers, but it's all good. Now, let's see if they can test Spidey-fan Obama on the Clone Saga!

• fuck YOU and you Pony SHIT

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