Rhodes Scholar and former President Bill Clinton was on an NPR quiz show recently and was asked trivia about My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. He did surprisingly well making us wonder… might he be a brony?
OK, or maybe the questions were a little on the easy side.
Either way, you can read the transcript or listen to the audio in it’s full hilarious uncut state here. I’ve clipped just the MLP related part below but I highly recommend giving it a listen.
SAGAL: All right, we have invited you here to play a game we’re calling?
CARL KASELL, host:
Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy and Twilight Sparkle.
SAGAL: So you’re a former president, you’re a Rhodes scholar, you’re famously well informed. What could we be sure that an accomplished person like you would know nothing about? And then the answer came to us: the TV show “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.”
(Soundbite of laughter)
SAGAL: Answer three questions, or answer two out of three questions about the wonderful world of “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic” and you win our prize for one of our listeners, Carl’s voice on their home answering machine. Carl, who is President Clinton playing for?
KASELL: The President is playing for Dave Parks of Chico, California.
President CLINTON: Poor Dave.
SAGAL: Poor Dave, I know.
(Soundbite of laughter)
(Soundbite of applause)
SAGAL: So here we go. You ready to do this? One of the current My Little Ponys is Rarity. That is her name, Rarity. What is her particular enthusiasm? A: she loves her little line of toys called My Even Tinier Ponies.
(Soundbite of laughter)
SAGAL: B: giving other ponies makeovers. Or C: eating paste.
(Soundbite of laughter)
President CLINTON: Eating what?
SAGAL: Eating past, sir, Mr. President.
President CLINTON: P-A-S-T-E?
SAGAL: P-A-S-T-E, paste, sir.
President CLINTON: B.
SAGAL: Yes, giving other ponies makeovers. Yes, that is in fact Rarity’s…
(Soundbite of bell)
(Soundbite of applause)
SAGAL: Big enthusiasm. Very fashion conscious, our Rarity is. All right, when ponies in Equestria discover their true talents in life, they earn something. What? A tattoo on their flank, known as a cutie mark. B: a title, such as Fluttershy the Inventive. Or C: the right to mate.
(Soundbite of laughter)
President CLINTON: A.
SAGAL: A. You’re going to go for A, a tattoo known as the cutie mark? Oh, you’re right, sir.
(Soundbite of bell)
(Soundbite of laughter)
(Soundbite of applause)
Ms. JESSI KLEIN (Comedienne): I have to say I think it’s probably fair to say this is the highest stake situation President Clinton has ever been in.
SAGAL: I think so.
Ms. KLEIN: In his entire life.
SAGAL: And he’s doing so well.
Ms. KLEIN: He’s killing it.
SAGAL: That’s true.
(Soundbite of laughter)
SAGAL: All right, well let’s see if you can be perfect. The ponies’ most powerful enemy is which of these? A: Krastos the Glue Maker.
(Soundbite of laughter)
President CLINTON: If he’s not, he ought to be.
SAGAL: Yeah, I know. B: the evil pony Nightmare Moon. Or C: the cynical grownup, Chester.
(Soundbite of laughter)
President CLINTON: B.
SAGAL: B, you’re going to go for the evil pony Nightmare Moon. You’re right, Mr. President.
Mr. BODETT: Wow.
(Soundbite of laughter)
(Soundbite of bell)
(Soundbite of applause)
SAGAL: Nightmare Moon is released in the opening episode from the prison where she’s been held for a thousand years, and is only defeated by the ponies working together, and then they have a party.
(Soundbite of laughter)
SAGAL: Carl, how did President Clinton do on our quiz?
KASELL: President Clinton wins again, Peter.
SAGAL: Oh my gosh.
KASELL: He had three correct answers. So the President wins for Dave Parks.
(Soundbite of applause)
SAGAL: Another victory for you, sir. You’ve done so much. Been elected twice, governor of Arkansas, the youngest governor ever. How does this stack up?
(Soundbite of laughter)
President CLINTON: It’s right up there.
