Oct 10, 2007 5:50 am US/Eastern
Staten Island Councilman's Expletive-Laced Rant A Hit On YouTube
James Oddo Saw Nothing Funny About Comedy Act
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Councilman James Oddo, R-Staten Island, reacts during a fake interview with a Norwegian TV show. Oddo was fooled into believing the reporter was a true journalist, when in fact she was a comedienne. Oddo took exception and launched into a tirade.
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A comedy show prank featuring a New York City councilman is a hit on YouTube.
It shows Councilman James Oddo, R-Staten Island, being questioned by a Norwegian host, who is actually a comedienne, but it doesn't take long before the councilman loses his cool.
The questioning started like this:
"Isn't it against the U.S. Constitution that Barack Obama run for presidency considering he isn't a United States citizen?"
Oddo: "He's an American citizen."
The questioning then turned to this:
"I read somewhere that he's African American."
And the final straw:
"Do you really think that Hillary stands a chance after that embarrassing incident with a cigar?"
That's when Oddo flipped out.
Oddo: "Get the [expletive] out of my office. Get out of my office. What is this nonsense? Get the [expletive] out of here."
The councilman later explained himself.
"They wanted reality TV and the reality is if you're going to come into my office, waste my time, mock me, mock the Clintons, mock Sen. Obama, and really implicitly say that America's a racist nation, I'm gonna throw you out of my office," Oddo said.
The councilman was obviously not happy to be part of the Norwegian comedy act.
Oddo: "Do you think I got time to waste for this b-s? Get out of my office before I throw you the [expletive] out of my office, and I take your cameras and I throw them out the [expletive] window."
But he's not sorry for getting angry.
"Obviously I'm embarrassed by the limited use of vocabulary," Oddo said. "I regret using the language. They weren't just mocking me, they weren't just mocking Obama in that instance, I really felt they were mocking us as a nation."
So far, Councilman Oddo's YouTube rant has attracted more than 25,000 viewers.
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