President Bill Clinton and (Maybe future President) Mrs.
Clinton
May 6th was a big day for the state of Indiana—it was arguably
THE most important primary in the history of the state. It was also the day
Bill AND Hillary Clinton called HOT 96 to speak with our afternoon host, Jason
Addams.
Jason spoke
with the President and his wife at separate times and played the popular
segment, “Know Your Mate” with each of them. To hear the audio, visit
hot96.com. Here is how it all went down in Jason’s own words:
We’ve been bombarded with interview requests. Indiana and Kentucky’s
primary are in play for the first time in 40 years. Celebrity interviews
abound. On May 6th we hit the mother load.
At 1:15, I
was having lunch at Subway with my wife Jessica. I got a call from the Clinton
Campaign. Would I be interested in interviewing President Clinton today? Excitedly
I say, “UH…YEAH!” Could I be ready in 20 minutes? “…Oh.” It’s amazing how
quickly excitement can turn into terror.
I love interviewing
people. I do it everyday. It’s just part of my nature. It’s how I get to know
people. At 1:16 my stomach was feeling a little queasy. I shouldn’t have gotten
double meat on my club sandwich.
I’m driving
back to Hot 96 when my phone rings. It’s our promotions director Falen Bonsett.
She says, “You’re gonna love me!”
“I
already know about the Bill Clinton interview, I just set it up. I’m on with
him in 20 minutes,” I told her.
Falen
replied, “Are you serious, because I just booked Hillary Clinton for your show
in about an hour!”
Queasiness
can be measured on the Richter scale. In college, I was in a band called
“Exponential Queasiness.” That is not true.
Jason Addams: In your relationship with Hillary, who
said ‘I love you’ first?
President Clinton: I did.
Hillary Clinton: Oh, gosh, he asked me to marry him,
and I couldn’t make up my mind to marry him, but I think we fell in love at the
same time. What did he say, what did he say?
JA: He said he loved you first.
JA: And where was your first date?
PC: Our first date was kind of an impromptu thing,
where I took her to the Yale
Art Gallery.
We were in law school there, and I was behind her, in a line, where we were
supposed to register for the next semester. But I had already registered that
morning. So when I got up to the line, the women at the register looked at me
and said, "Bill, what are you doing here, you registered this
morning," so it sort of outed me, that I was there, just talking, to be
with her…
HC: Well, our first date was taking a long walk in New England, Connecticut
at the end of classes in 1971 and we ended up at the Art Museum there.
JA: Now, in a word, how would Hillary describe you
the first time she met you? She’s just getting a sense of you and a word pops
in her mind. What do you think she’d say?
PC: Unusual. First time she heard me I was talking
about the watermelon growing in Arkansas,
near Hope where I was born.
HC: Uh, persistent, I don’t know.
JA: Mr. President, do you have a favorite sport?
PC: Oh, I do, I like to play golf; to watch, I like
college basketball.
HC: Basketball.
JA: What was the coolest thing about being President,
Mr. President?
PC: The thing I liked about it I suppose was the job.
Next to that, the best thing was, nearly anybody would come to perform for you.
Since I like all kinds of music, the best thing was that you could hear anybody
play or sing in the world, and you didn’t have to leave home.
HC: Air Force One.
JA: Oh, that’s not what he said, although I agree
with you. He said, asking any performer, rock band or otherwise to come to the
White House and they’d play for you.
HC: Well, that’s true too, that’s obviously a big
perk, but he’s often said that the one thing he really misses is Air Force One!
JA: Well, you got three out of five, so we’re going
to send you a Hot 96 T-shirt now because you won!
HC: Oh, you’re so nice, that’s great. Thank you so
much Jason, say hello to your family for me.
Jason Addams is the Program Director at Hot 96 and can be heard weekday
afternoons from 3-7 p.m. on Hot 96.
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