It would have been a good bit – Ellen DeGeneres taking Hillary Clinton bowling as a contrast to Barack Obama’s widely reported and heavily embarrassing score of 37 last week in Pennsylvania.
After all, last time she was on Ellen’s show, they went and had coffee together in Columbus Circle.
In Monday’s show, however, she didn’t have time to take the senator to a bowling alley. Instead they set up what looked to be one of those plastic bowling sets on the stage (with sound effects added to make it sound from an actual alley).
Nevermind that Clinton joked a week ago that the two have a bowling competition as part of an April Fool Joke. When it came time to bowling, the candidate protested that she hadn’t bowled since she was in the White House (which only served to remind you that, hey, she’s already lived in the White House eight years).
But when it comes down to it, who couldn’t beat a 37?
Well, she only had two balls to throw for the frame but the first went wayward hitting nothing. It would have been a gutter ball, had there been a gutter in the studio.
Given a second ball, it knocked one pin down (Ellen who knocked down three, did three times better).
So the running score for the Democratic candidates, if you’re counting only pins is: Clinton 1, Obama 37. It’s a lot like their delegate race: Neither has enough to win, yet Obama is considerably ahead.
Ellen for her part got off a couple questions about recent developments – about her misstatement on a Bosnia trip, or the pressure she’s had to quit the race. But she didn’t mention the firing of a campaign adviser.
And like last time, Clinton didn’t claim the whole hour (the way Obama claims all of the “Today” show tomorrow – and that’s four hours worth).
No, Clinton had to have Kylie Minogue on and present a story about an Iraq soldier who brought back a dog he befriended there.
There must be some sort of rule about having dog segments on daytime shows. I’m thinking of Oprah’s puppy mill show last week and Ellen’s dog confession. But now Ellen is a dog food mogul and she presented the imported dog (who couldn’t be on the set because of what? security reasons?) a lifetime supply of her food.

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