Worth Staying Up For: Longest SOTU Speech in History Also Most Entertaining

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Amy Robach & T.J. Holmes Present 37 min 3 speakers 8 chapters transcribed
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What makes this State of the Union speech the longest in history?

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T.J. Holmes 0:08
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T.J. Holmes 0:38
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Amy Robach 0:55
I was a monster.
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How did the production value enhance the speech's entertainment factor?

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Amy Robach 1:20
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Amy Robach 1:45
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T.J. Holmes 2:22
Hey there, everybody.

What emotional moments stood out during the State of the Union?

T.J. Holmes 2:28
It is Wednesday, February 25th. The best State of the Union ever. And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ. I should make a distinction here. I said best State of the Union ever, not best State of the Union speech.
Okay.
T.J. Holmes 2:47
Just the production itself. Wow. It was... You know what? It was worth not getting a lot of sleep for. We stayed up. And look, you know me. I fall asleep pretty much watching anything after 9 p.m. I was up the entire time. It was highly...

How did President Trump engage with the audience during his speech?

T.J. Holmes 3:06
Watchable and, dare I say, entertaining. And historic and long. Folks, if you didn't stay up, and maybe you didn't, but you missed the longest State of the Union speech in history, surpassing a record only set by Mr. Trump. It didn't feel like it was that long. I'll be honest with you, it didn't. You know, and that is why it was so watchable, because it wasn't just watching someone talk and talk and read prepared remarks. No, it was interspersed with poignant moments, things that even brought tears to my eyes, funny moments. I got a kick out of watching the two fellas behind Trump the entire time, per usual. And yeah, it had everything you'd want in a... television production it was a reality show it was a game show there were reveals there were surprises reunions awards this was a tv show the likes we've never seen when we say this was the best day the i'm saying this i don't know how you feel about it this was the best i've ever seen not having to do anything with that speech this is not where we're going to get into the politics and the back and forth everybody's got their fact checks he was lying about this
T.J. Holmes 4:21
A lot of stuff we've heard before. Anyway, Robes, there was a production value, and we were watching a showman last night. Yes, and that is what made it so fun to watch. It wasn't just listening to what he had to say or, yes, what he was touting as his accomplishments for the year. No, it was all of the stories that he created and his team created throughout the night interspersed in his speech that kept you watching.

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