Just saw this quote in an old interview I did from 2006. Note the Trump reference- it’s hard to remember when Trump was “just” a reality-TV host. And before that, a well-known rich guy.
(I’ll post the article below if you find it interesting)
This part was referring to an internet-based “cat reality show” I had hosted around that time-
Int: Was there a particular pun on the show you enjoyed most?
Tom “My weekly catchphrase "You are Meowta here!" Not that it's not a stupid thing to have to say every episode, but I always wanted my own TV catchphrase, like Fonzy or Freddie Prince. Or Trump.”
What a trio huh? Fonzy (Aaaaaayyyy!) Freddie Prinze (Looking Good!) and Trump, (You’re Fired)
Here’s the rest of this (remember, it’s from 17 years ago!)
https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/tom-shillue-comedian
I was about to post this on social media and then I realized maybe Fox doesn’t want to promote it yet. But I’ll post it on here!
Thank you for reminding me. I wanted to talk about our post-show hangout in Memphis and here it is:
“It’s about time”
It's about space,
About strange people in the strangest place.
-1966 TV Series ‘It’s about time’
Just received this email
“Trusting this e-mail finds you both keeping well.
We are pleased to advise that your crates of trophies and export documentation is currently with the export agent, SAFARI CARGO SOLUTIONS.”
It was 2 years since our African Safari last August.
“And now”
For some ‘happy news’
The Armed Citizen, The NRA ‘American Rifleman’ Magazine, Nov 2025.
An armed mother in Mississippi used her firearm to shoot an allegedly diseased monkey that had escaped from an overturned truck, according to police.
The mother of five armed herself after her 16-year-old son reported that he thought he had seen a monkey running around outside of the family's Heidelberg, Miss., home. After getting out of bed and arming herself, she stepped outside and saw the monkey approximately 60 feet away. She and other residents had been warned that the monkey was allegedly carrying diseases, so she fired.
“I did what any other mother would do to protect her children,” the woman told The Associated Press. “I shot at it and it just stood there, and I shot again, and he backed up and that’s when he fell.”
The encounter occurred after a widely reported October 14 incident on a Mississippi highway, when a truck carrying a number of Rhesus monkeys ...
