I can't wait to meet this guy!
The Last Word
Tonight, Lawrence has an exclusive interview with the caller, Ian Murphy. Make sure to tune in at 8 pm ET!
HuffPo interviewed him, excerpt below. At first, he was going to pretend to be Mubarak. But he couldn't nail the voice.
Scott Walker's Prank Caller: I Was Going To Pretend To Be Mubarak First
Ian Murphy, the editor of the Buffalo Beast, told The Huffington Post in an interview that he was "shocked" at how easy it was to get Walker, currently the nation's most-talked-about governor, on the phone merely by pretending to be a billionaire donor.
"Fifteen minutes in, I wanted to almost stop it and say, 'Are you so dumb, I'm not David Koch. How can your staff be so incompetent and how could I get on the phone with you so easily,'" Murphy said, barely suppressing his glee. "But I didn't."
Are you so dumb, Governor? Apparently.
After deciding not to call as Mubarak, Murphy said he was looking to pose as someone whose voice was "more generic." He settled on Koch and practiced imitating the billionaire's voice with the help of some YouTube videos.
Perfection, however, was elusive. Instead, Murphy just spoke with a bit more bass, with the idea of playing the part of a Koch caricature. "I just envisioned him saying 'beautiful, beautiful' a lot, and things like 'crush those union bastards,'" he said.
We can watch the interview together here, if you like. This should be fun!
UPDATE
Ian Murphy looks exactly as a bright, hilarious political blogger should.
~rough gist of a transcript~
IM: Just getting him on the line was a feat in itself, I think.
LO: He had some rough things to say about MSNBC.
IM: But not Scarborough, he said he was 'one of us.'
LO: Why is he hanging in there?
IM: Profit, for himself and the people he associates with.
LO: Did you feel the Reagan comparison was the way he now sees himself?
IM: It really rang true, especially considering he was pretty much out of his mind.