>> TED CRUZ HAS A LITTLE SHTICK HE DOES ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL TO
HUMANIZE HIM, CONNECT WITH THE VOTERS.
HE TAKES A POPULAR MOVIE
THAT HE LOVES AND HE DOES A SCENE OUT OF IT, SO HE SEEMS
LIKE A SWELL, REGULAR GUY.
LIKE THE GREEN EGGS AND HAM TRICK HE
DID WITH THE FILIBUSTER.
MANDY PATINKIN PLAYED A ROLE IN THE
PRINCESS BRIDE, HE PLAYED INIGO MONTOYA, I WATCHED IT A LONG
TIME AGO AND IT IS A GREAT MOVIE.
MANDY PATINKIN, NOT TOO
HAPPY WITH HOW TED CRUZ IS DOING IT.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU THE
SHTICK THAT TED CRUZ DOES ON THE ROAD, OUR LEGENDARY PRODUCER
JAYAR JACKSON SPLICED THIS TOGETHER SO YOU CAN SEE HOW
HE DOES IT LIKE YUCK, YUCK, YUCK, I JUST THOUGHT OF THIS.
>>MY FAVORITE MOVIE IS THE PRINCESS BRIDE.
>>[LAUGHTER]
>>AND I HEARD A RUMOR THAT YOU KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT THAT
MOVIE, YOU HAD SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PRINCESS BRIDE.
IS THAT TRUE?
>>WELL, PASTOR WARREN, I WILL PLEAD GUILTY AS CHARGED.
ONE OF
MY FAVORITE SCENES -- I'VE NEVER SHARED SOMETHING LIKE THIS --
BUT ONE OF MY FAVORITE SCENES FROM THAT MOVIE --
>>AND HE IS DEAD, AND BILLY CRYSTAL EXPLAINS HE'S ONLY
MOSTLY DEAD.
AND THEN HE PUMPS HIM UP WITH THE BELLOWS AND
SAYS, SO, WHAT DO YOU HAVE THAT IS SO WORTH LIVING FOR?
>>SO, WHAT IS IT YOU HAVE THAT IS SO WORTH LIVING FOR?
>>HE PRESSES ON HIS CHEST AND HE GOES, TRUE LOVE.
>>TRUE LOVE.
>> AND INIGO MONTOYA SAYS, HE SAID TRUELOVE, THERE IS
NOTHING BETTER THAN TRUE LOVE.
>>BILLY CRYSTAL GOES, THERE'S NOTHING BETTER, EXCEPT FOR NICE
MUTTON, LETTUCE, AND TOMATO SALAD WHERE THE MUTTON IS SO
LEAN.
>> A MUTTON, LETTUCE, AND TOMATO SANDWICH AND THE MUTTON IS LEAN.
>>THAT IS NOT WHAT HE SAID.
HE SAID TO BLAVE, AND IT MEANS TO
BLUFF, SO YOU ARE PLAYING POKER AND HE CAME IN --
>>AND HIS WIFE, CAROL KANE, COMES IN AND SAYS, LIAR!
>>SHUT UP, WITCH.
>>I'M NOT A WITCH, AND YOUR WIFE.
>>I TOLD YOU NOT TO SAY THAT NAME, HUMPERDINCK.
>>HUMPERDINCK, HUMPERDINCK.
>>I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
>>THAT IS WHY I LOVE THE MOVIE.
>>SMARMY.
LOOK, THE ONLY THING THAT ANNOYS ME MORE THAN THAT
SHTICK IS THE REACTION HE GETS.
HE RE-CREATED A SCENE, THAT'S
HILARIOUS.
I SAW THE MOVIE.
THAT RE-CREATION, NOT FUNNY.
THE
MOVIE IS FUNNY.
I GET IT, THERE IS A POWERFUL GUY IN THE ROOM.
CUT IT OUT, YOU'RE EMBARRASSING YOURSELF.
SPEAKING OF
EMBARRASSING YOURSELF, MANDY PATINKIN SAYS, THAT IS WHAT
SENATOR CRUZ IS DOING?
APPARENTLY HE MISSED THE ENTIRE
POINT OF THE MOVIE --
>> THAT IS INTERESTING.
WHAT IS HIS FAVORITE LINE?
IT COMES AT
THE END OF THE MOVIE.
AFTER HE HAS FINALLY GOTTEN HIS REVENGE
FOR HIS FATHER, HE SAYS --
>> HE IS SAYING, THAT IS THE WHOLE POINT.
YOU WERE NOT
SUPPOSED TO GET REVENGE.
YOU QUOTE ALL THE LINES EXCEPT THAT
ONE.
DID YOU UNDERSTAND THE MOVIE AT ALL?
PROBABLY CRUZ
THOUGHT THIS IS A MOVIE ABOUT REVENGE, YES.
JESUS CHRIST, YOU
MISSED IT ENTIRELY.
BACK TO MANDY PATINKIN, HE SAYS --
>>NOW, WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT A PARTICULAR POLICY, THE SYRIAN
REFUGEES -- REMEMBER, SENATOR CRUZ HAS SAID HE WOULD NOT ALLOW
MUSLIM SYRIAN REFUGEES INTO THE COUNTRY.
HE WOULD HAVE A
RELIGIOUS TEST AND HE WOULD ALLOW CHRISTIAN SYRIAN REFUGEES,
NOT THE MUSLIMS.
PATINKIN IS OF A DIFFERENT IDEA, HE NOT ONLY
THINKS DIFFERENTLY, HE ACTS DIFFERENTLY.
HE WORKED WITH
THE INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE TO HELP SYRIAN
REFUGEES, AND THOSE GUYS HAVE COME ASHORE IN GREECE AND THEY
WERE TRYING TO GET TO GERMANY.
I THINK THE LAST QUOTE FROM MANDY
PATINKIN IS POWERFUL.
HE GREW UP JEWISH, IN FACT IN CONSERVATIVE
JUDAISM, AND HE SAID THIS --
>> HE SAID THAT IN HIS
EXPERIENCE WHEN HE WAS WORKING
TO HELP THEM --
>> HOW DO YOU NOT LOVE
MANDY PATINKIN?
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT
YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE GOING FOR, REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE IN
NEED.
THAT IS THE POINT OF THE MOVIE, THAT IS THE POINT OF
THESE PEOPLE.
WHAT DOES TED CRUZ DO?
HE USES THE MOVIE AS A
PUNCHLINE AND THEN TURNS AROUND AND PUNCHES THE PEOPLE TRYING TO
GET IN.
HE SAYS NO, IF YOU ARE A REFUGEE AND YOU NEED THAT HELP,
WE SHOULD TURN YOU AWAY.
WE SHOULD DO A RELIGIOUS TEST WHICH
WE HAD NEVER DONE IN THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY, AND
THEN SPURN YOU.
THAT IS NOT WHAT IT SAYS ON THE STATUE OF
LIBERTY, IT IS NOT THE POINT OF THE MOVIE, AND I LOVE MANDY
PATINKIN FOR NOT ONLY POINTING IT OUT BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY
TAKING ACTION TO HELP THOSE REFUGEES.
THAT IS WHAT A TRUE
AMERICAN DOES.