Interview Nightmare ~ Bob Newhart ~ (should have read his book!)

no no that's that's alright I just I haven't read your book I have it right here up up the Amazon by Colonel Lloyd manager your eternal yes Air Force but I'm retired huh what's what's the book about it's about a canoe trip I took up the Amazon a couple years ago one minute mr. wada okay um you think you can talk about this for kind of 50 minutes oh I can talk about this for days great my guest in the studio today is a Colonel Lloyd manager he's written a fascinating book called up the Amazon Colonel tell us about your trip Thank You dick I've always been fascinated by stories about the Amazon so when I retired from the Air Force I arranged for some guides and canoes and after months of planning set out to travel from the mouth to the source of the Amazon the whole trip was a medley of pain and pleasure and why is that grunts well there were times the mosquitoes were so thick we couldn't see each other and sometimes the air was so heavy we felt we were drinking it instead of breathing it and yet the sheer spectacle of those deep green rainforest unspoiled by any man was worth every inconvenience now did you get to the source of the river not quite dick about five months into the trip we decided to explore a tributary hundreds of miles from any civilization a day or two into this side trip we pulled the canoes over to the bank and decided to do some exploring on foot we walked for several miles when we came upon a clearing in the jungle that had some of the most breathtaking scenery I think I've ever seen why don't you tell us about it colonel well dick it was a beautiful primeval valley filled with hundreds of varieties of exotic vegetation and perhaps most amazing a herd of prehistoric dinosaurs but that's right dick some docile brontosaurus flying pterodactyls and of course the king of these great beasts the carnivorous Tyrannosaurus Rex needless to say we were shocked amazed simultaneously amazed and terrified we were torn between running for our lives and running for our cameras uh are you are you trying to tell us that that you found dinosaurs in in South America correct of course I would not be making these claims without documented proof I have here an actual unretouched photo clearly showing the existence of these giant reptiles I I can't make out anything enough well of course it was taken from the air wait wait a minute I thought I thought you said you made the trip by canoe we did thick but we were graciously transported aloft to take this photograph by the extraterrestrials who live in the area excellent Extra Terrestrial that's right they are actually ball-shaped and communicate through telepathy don't go away not that you would will we'll be right back after this this word from our sponsor we're talking with retired Air Force colonel and Lloyd Menninger it was written book called up the Amazon in which he purports to have seen dinosaurs and aliens living somewhere in Brazil Colonel I I'm sure that you'll have to admit that you've made some extraordinary claims and at the risk of sounding realistic it seems to me that if there were dinosaurs and alien beings on the banks of the Amazon we would have heard about it before this well not for me dick I've been in hiding hiding corrected the government is trying to kill me obviously when I say government I mean specifically the CIA they know that if this information were to get out it would panic the public but you you're not hiding now well dick I didn't feel I could pass up an opportunity to speak on television I've been trying for months to tell my story over the airwaves but as we all know the three major networks as well as PBS and most cable channels are now controlled by the Soviet Union okay I'm I'm afraid that's all that time we have for today four more minutes dick not for me pal this is dick Loudon for book talk saying goodbye and please try to forget this how long have you been in the KGB dick

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Keywords: newhart, bookbeat, comedy, bob, funny, amazon, aliens, conspiracy theory, book review, great writing, interview nightmare, bob newhart, clever writing, Book, witty, interview

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Length: 6min 22sec (382 seconds)

Published: Wed May 16 2012