So this is, now the second Wilshire Studio, we were got video going on,
we're around a wooden table that we happen to have, right?
>> Conference table- >> Yeah,
because is a conference table, that's all it is, okay.
And so Michael has this idea, hey, Sam Alito is gonna get,
potentially confirmed, right?
And and it looks Democrats aren't gonna fight and
Michael of all people wanted us to fight back against Sam Alito, right?
And, so he's like, what if you did an on air filibuster until
the Democrats that are a real one, okay?
And kind of pressure them into it, and looking back on it, we were nuts.
How, the hell were they ever gonna find out?
We were, right now, we could barely get them to pay attention to their base.
>> [LAUGH] >> Right, and now we've got 20 billion
views and then we're still struggling with that, back then we had nothing, right?
But Michael was right, because something miraculous happened, okay.
But before we get to that part of the story, what happened next was Joe Pike,
because we then Jr what you left out is we voted on it, right?
We got around that same conference table after the show and we're like, okay,
Michael had this crazy idea, it's actually will be really, really hard, okay.
And so, Ben was out of town, classic, [LAUGH] okay.
So we were gonna have to gut it out with me and Jill and Michael had the idea, but
he came much later to actually do it.
[LAUGH] He did do it though, he did do it.
And then, and I'm like, how the world we're gonna do this.
But Jill insisted, she was, no, we've got to do this, okay, and
this makes sense, and we gotta fight, okay and I love that spirit.
And so, if we voted and we voted yes, okay, all of us.
Cuz, I can't make Jr and Jesus, who's already they're getting paid,
probably skittles anyways, [LAUGH].
Wages that would get us in trouble these days-
>> That was the time,
I was okay with that, because skills are awesome.
>> [LAUGH] So, and mind you, it's not like there was a bucket of cash,
nobody was getting paid.
I mean, Dave Koehler didn't get paid for years, right?
I didn't get paid for
years, Ben didn't get paid for years, so we're just trying to put it together.
So anyways, we decided to go on there,
it turns out going all day, all night is no joke, no joke.
[LAUGH]. >> Okay, so
I did 78 of the 99 hours with no prep- >> It was in two weeks,
we're gonna do this, let's plan out segments and everything.
>> No. >> It's just we're staying.
>> Yeah, and so- >> That's crazy.
>> And we had a couch, and then I would go and sleep on the couch for
a couple hours and come back.
But here's the magical part guys, once we started, and we went for a while,
I don't 24 hours, 36 hours all of a sudden people did start finding out.
And then they started calling in and saying,
it was John Amato from crooks and liars.
Remember, John and John's like, hey, he's from New York.
>> [LAUGH] >> Hey, you want me to come in and
do a shift or something?
You guys are killing yourself out there, okay.
I like what you're doing, you want me to come in?
And I was like, yeah, yeah, I do John that's amazing.
Then Tom Hartman called, he's like, I heard what you guys are doing,
how many hours do you need?
I'll do it in the middle of the night.
>> Tom. >> Okay, and then Jane Hamsher and
then on and on and on and, and so
they helped to fill in the gaps so we could survive, right?
>> Yeah.
>> And then randomly,
it's what we do is not at all planned just the way we started to the end.
In the 99th hour, John Kerry from France called for a filibuster of Sam Alito.
>> [LAUGH] >> Okay, and we were like, yes, yes,
thank you.
>> [LAUGH] >> Thank you.
>> [LAUGH] >> I've never been happier when a Democrat
actually finally did something we asked and then that moment.