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.
We probably don't need even one version of this video on this web site, but here are two versions.
Today Show report
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjX0EncZ83E
(Pardon the term!) Straight video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH5fHOGst-E
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