TDS Time Machine | Wrestlemania
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What is the significance of WWE going public on the stock market?
Wall Street gets a kick in the NASDAQs. The World Wrestling Federation is going public on the New York Stock Exchange, hoping to body slam the market, pile drive its competitors, and put a sleeper hold on investors in a story that can only be described as full of dumb metaphors.
How is the WWE IPO affecting Wall Street and investors?
To welcome the WWF to the big board, today's trading session ended with Stone Cold Steve Austin slamming Alan Greenspan's head into the closing bell. Now, Daily Show chief financial correspondent Stephen Colbert has been following this story very closely. We go now live to Wall Street for a report. Stephen. John. What's the advance word on the trading floor for the wrestling public offering?
Well, John, the WWF IPO is creating quite a buzz. Investors are looking for product branding and long-term growth.
You want more, geek? I will kick your short-term bonds so far up your withholdings, you're gonna be picking Fannie Mae's out of your ass for a week!
Steven, wait, I... Steven, what? Is everything okay down there? It's nothing, John. Some of the Morgan Stanley foreign debt guys are, uh, they're trash-talking.
Has this wrestling IPO really changed the mood down there on the floor?
Well, there's a sense of increased optimism, but that could be attributed to the Fed's restraint on interest rates. Stephen, I don't mean to interrupt. Who was that? Oh, he goes by the name of the underwriter. You don't want a piece of that, John.
I can't. This is shocking. It seems the floor has really gotten caught up in the spirit of this IPO.
You want to know why the yen is down, Yamamoto? Because you panty wastes can't handle a gold-backed currency. Never could. The Nikkei is for old ladies and bedwetters. Oh, oh, nunchucks, right? Steven, is that, did I just hear the closing bell? No, John. It's the opening sounds of whoop-ass season. Come on! You! You! You will taste the sweet dish of my wrath! Thank you very much.
Stephen Colbert on the floor of the Wall Street trading firm. Some of you may have watched the program last night. You know that Barack Obama was our guest on the program. He was not actually here in the studio. The good news, of course, hope can be transmitted via satellite. Now... just flies through the air. We've actually had now all the presidential candidates on our show, the three that are remaining, and I would like to think that appearing on this program is as low as they're going to go to pander for votes. I would like to think that we truly are the bottom of their barrel, or even not even that, just whatever it is that grows under the bottom of barrels, that would be us. That would be my hope for them, for our country. But last night, I go home after the show, as I usually do on a Monday night, put my feet in some Epsom salts, light a cinnamon candle, and I turn on my WWE Raw, and I see this.
On the eve of the Pennsylvania primary, all three presidential candidates will be specifically addressing you, our WWE fans, right here tonight.
Let's get ready to stumble!
I'm Hillary Clinton, but tonight, in honor of the WWE, you can call me Hill Rod.
No. I've got one question. Do you smell what Barack is cooking?
Which 2008 presidential candidates appeared on WWE Raw and why?
No. Of course, Senator McCain, he's got the nomination sewn up. He's not going to have to pepper his message with embarrassing wrestling affectation.
What are you going to do when John McCain and all his McCainiacs run wild on you?
Generally, when McCainiacs run wild on me, I rub some Lotrimin on it. Why do the candidates humiliate themselves in cable backwaters like WWE Raw and The Daily Show? Because they're running for president. And the chance to humiliate themselves on a network. I'm thrilled to be on Deal or No Deal with you tonight.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the significance of WWE going public on the stock market?
0:23–0:40
2
How is the WWE IPO affecting Wall Street and investors?
0:40–4:44
3
Which 2008 presidential candidates appeared on WWE Raw and why?
4:44–8:46
4
How do politicians compare to professional wrestlers in their strategies?
8:46–11:05
5
What role does the filibuster play in political conflict?
11:05–11:07
6
How does Mick Foley illustrate the political filibuster through wrestling?
11:07–14:24
7
Why do Democrats struggle to connect with middle America?
14:24–16:32
8
How can Democrats counteract Trump's wrestling-style political tactics?
16:32–26:10
Speakers
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