Not really. Not today anyway.
But you dutifully delivered yourself into my theater this morning, didn't you, Mister Obama?
In the biz it's called "assembling an audience." I have total command of the audience I have spent an entire decade assembling. The skilled stage performer never gives his audience a choice about whether to sit in on his show. It's called "being a draw."
I am a draw.
Do you not suppose, Mister Obama, that my professional acumen should be rewarded?
I am not in your investigation. You are in my show. It has always been that way.
(Incidentally, being a draw is a big selling point in my claim to a TV show, complete with my Sanford and Son set. I have a built-in audience composed of some pretty top-shelf people who really don't have a choice about whether to watch my show. On my TV show, my guests will sit on a broken-down couch, reassured by me that they can say anything they want. I'll wave an arm across the set. "Say what you want. Won't hurt anything. The place is a shit hole anyway." )
Please escort yourself, Mister Obama, to the ticket booth and purchase, in arrears, all $100 yearly tickets for which you are responsible.
And that goes for everyone else, too. Just send me the cash at Chris King, Grafton, Vermont, 05146.
There is also a $15 late fee per annum.
And my records indicate that you still owe me my Obama Phone. I'll need a car charger now, too. Something adequately expensive, maybe some sort of glowing blue light on it to reassure me that it's working, so that there's no questions.
Thank you.