(GK: Garrison Keillor, SS: Sue Scott, TK: Tom Keith, TR: Tim Russell)
Tonight's show brought to you by the American Duct Tape Council. Here's Monica Lewinsky and Linda Tripp for duct tape.
LEWINSKY (SS): So I'm sitting right there in the hall and he kind of came in and I said, "Hi." He said, "Oh, hi. How are you?" It was like he forgot who I was It was like he had shifted his focus, and so it was, it was so, like unimportant to him that, you know, I was there. I really - really felt like, oh, excuse me for caring. I'm not kidding you. That's what I thought.
TRIPP (TR): That is so bizarre.
LEWINSKY: It was so weird. It was really weird. Like really weird.
TRIPP: Would you mind leaning closer to me when you talk?
LEWINSKY: No. But why?
TRIPP: I just need you to talk louder. Okay?
LEWINSKY: How's this?
TRIPP: Great.
LEWINSKY: All I wanted was to have more time with him. That's why I bought that beautiful, red very thin silk sweater top. For my next visit-if I ever have one again.
TRIPP: You in red. Yes.
LEWINSKY: But I don't know if I can go through the stress and the anxiety of trying to see him. You know? I don't know.
TRIPP: The whole thing is so just fundamentally unfair.
LEWINSKY: I think-I think that-I think part of him wants to see me and part of him doesn't. Like part of him wants me to get rid of that dress and part of him doesn't.
TRIPP: I think you really have got to hang on to that dress.
LEWINSKY: You think so?
TRIPP: It might be useful.
LEWINSKY: I just want him to call me and say, "I am sorry. Totally sorry. Forgive me." But no. I have to, like, go through all this emotional stuff and the only thing that keeps me, like, going is this gift he gave me.
TRIPP: Duct tape?
LEWINSKY: Silver duct tape. Linda, does this mean what I think it means?
TRIPP: It absolutely does.
GK: Duct tape. It's a way to let someone you care about know how you feel. A message from the American Duct Tape Council. (DUCKS)
(c) 1998 by Garrison Keillor