Bill Clinton: President, Humanitarian… Brony

?The NPR show Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me has a segment called “Not My Job,” where they quiz their guests on a topic they shouldn’t know anything about. Last week’s guest was former president Bill Clinton. Can you guess what his topic was?

PETER SAGAL: So you’re a former president, you’re a Rhodes scholar, you’re
famously well informed. What could we be sure that an accomplished
person like you would know nothing about? And then the answer came to
us: the TV show “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.”

That’s pretty amazing. You know what’s even more amazing? BILL CLINTON GOT ALL THREE MY LITTLE PONY: FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC QUESTIONS CORRECT.

Let that sink in a minute.

Now, I’m going to have to see Transformers 3 this week, and I’ve been pretty depressed about it. But this… as long as I live in a world where this can happen, I know life is still worth living. You can read the transcript of Clinton’s quiz after the jump. Prepare to be amazed. (Via NPR)

SAGAL: Answer three questions, or answer two out of three questions
about the wonderful world of “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic” and
you win our prize for one of our listeners, Carl’s voice on their home
answering machine. Carl, who is President Clinton playing for?

KASELL: The President is playing for Dave Parks of Chico, California.

President CLINTON: Poor Dave.

SAGAL: Poor Dave, I know.

SAGAL:
So here we go. You ready to do this? One of the current My Little Ponys
is Rarity. That is her name, Rarity. What is her particular enthusiasm?
A: she loves her little line of toys called My Even Tinier Ponies.

SAGAL: B: giving other ponies makeovers. Or C: eating paste.

President CLINTON: Eating what?

SAGAL: Eating past, sir, Mr. President.

President CLINTON: P-A-S-T-E?

SAGAL: P-A-S-T-E, paste, sir.

President CLINTON: B.

SAGAL: Yes, giving other ponies makeovers. Yes, that is in fact Rarity’s…

SAGAL:
Big enthusiasm. Very fashion conscious, our Rarity is. All right, when
ponies in Equestria discover their true talents in life, they earn
something. What? A tattoo on their flank, known as a cutie mark. B: a
title, such as Fluttershy the Inventive. Or C: the right to mate.

President CLINTON: A.

SAGAL: A. You’re going to go for A, a tattoo known as the cutie mark? Oh, you’re right, sir.

Ms.
JESSI KLEIN (Comedienne): I have to say I think it’s probably fair to
say this is the highest stake situation President Clinton has ever been
in.

SAGAL: I think so.

Ms. KLEIN: In his entire life.

SAGAL: And he’s doing so well.

Ms. KLEIN: He’s killing it.

SAGAL: That’s true.

SAGAL:
All right, well let’s see if you can be perfect. The ponies’ most
powerful enemy is which of these? A: Krastos the Glue Maker.

President CLINTON: If he’s not, he ought to be.

SAGAL: Yeah, I know. B: the evil pony Nightmare Moon. Or C: the cynical grownup, Chester.

President CLINTON: B.

SAGAL: B, you’re going to go for the evil pony Nightmare Moon. You’re right, Mr. President.

Mr. BODETT: Wow.

SAGAL:
Nightmare Moon is released in the opening episode from the prison where
she’s been held for a thousand years, and is only defeated by the
ponies working together, and then they have a party.

SAGAL: Carl, how did President Clinton do on our quiz?

KASELL: President Clinton wins again, Peter.

SAGAL: Oh my gosh.

KASELL: He had three correct answers. So the President wins for Dave Parks.

SAGAL:
Another victory for you, sir. You’ve done so much. Been elected twice,
governor of Arkansas, the youngest governor ever. How does this stack
up?

President CLINTON: It’s right up there.

SAGAL: All right.

SAGAL:
President Bill Clinton is hosting the Clinton Global Initiative meeting
next week in Chicago, with a focus on job creation right here in the
United States. President Clinton, thank you so much for joining us on
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