Commentary by Timothy Horrigan, December 6, 2007
On December 4, 2007, Jenna Bush was a guest on the Ellen Show and the hostess Ellen DeGeneres goaded her into calling her father at the White House. It looks like the President and First Lady were in on the stunt, because they were both home to take their daughter's call. They didn't say much.
Jenna was evidently genuinely surprised by Ellen's stunt. She initially protested that her parents were probably asleep (at about 7:30 pm Washington time) and she moaned that they would kill her. But they were wide awake and she didn't get killed.
It may seem odd that Jenna's parents agreed to be on the Ellen Show, even if only for a few seconds, since DeGeneres is an out lesbian. However, DeGeneres is also a scab: she is one of the few chat show hosts who has crossed the Writers Guild picket lines to do new shows during a writers' strike.
[July 16, 2008] A
Warner
Brothers-sponsored splog
called MomLogic.com
included the following (most likely apocryphal) story in a
June
23, 2008 round-up of "Teen Pranks Gone Bad." All the
other pranks went horribly bad: people got burned, killed,
arrested,
etc. I think the reader was expected to find this prank
just as
horrifying as the others. This prank could have had bad
consequences
if not for the fact that President
Bush had no extra troops available to go
to war against Iceland (as well as if not for the
fact that he
never returned the call):
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"A 16-year-old Icelandic boy figured out President Bush's private phone number and gave him a call. He identified himself as the president of Iceland and requested Bush return his call. When the Secret Service was informed, the police paid a visit to the teen, who wouldn't reveal how he obtained the phone number. However, authorities surmise the boy guessed the digits after watching a recent Ellen episode during which Jenna Bush called the president." |
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Original URL: http://www.momlogic.com/2008/06/teen_pranks_gone_wrong.php |
See Also:
Jenna's May 28, 2008 Ellen Show
appearance
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