Episode Report Card M. Giant: B- | 1 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT D.C. Follies
By M. Giant | Season 22 | Episode 11 | Aired on 05.05.2013
"So are you telling me the President is going to give us our next clue?" Max says in the cab to 1100 Pennsylvania. He admits that he's a "pretty big Republican," but the majority voted Obama in so he respects that. "I'll probably just leave all my politics alone here," he concludes. Being a commie lefty pinko myself, I'm not sure how I would have reacted to meeting Bush 43 during his term. Especially since the majority didn't vote him in. Meanwhile, the derby moms are practically squeeing in their excitement at the possibility of meeting the president.
1100 Pennsylvania turns out to be the Old Post Office building, as Max & Katie discover when their taxi pulls up. Three "Secret Service" guys are standing outside, wearing earpieces and overcoats and sunglasses on a cloudy day and looking intimidating and probably earning SAG credits rather than a government salary. One of them says to Max & Katie, "You're here to meet and take pictures with the president. We ask that you observe decorum." They're led into the building and through a metal detector, past a security guard. Yeah, sell it a little harder, show.
Over to at the White House, which a subtitle helpfully explains is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Mona & Beth's driver has just gotten them here. They maintain that they're supposed to go to the White House at 1100 Pennsylvania. How many White Houses do they think there are? The driver, doing his best with the poor information he's been given, says this is as close as he can drive them, so they agree to jump out. Oops. Meanwhile, Bates & Anthony arrive at 1100 Pennsylvania, and the second "agent" leads them inside. See? They're no longer in last place.
"Hail to the Chief" plays as Max & Katie are led through the Old Post Office building, which has long since been turned into a mall with a food court. Here's where I notice Christmas decorations for the first time. They're awed by the majesty of the setting, until they find themselves at a touristy gift shop where "Hail to the Chief" grinds to a halt as they quickly realize that it's not real and they'll be lucky to have their photo taken with a cardboard cutout. As a photographer adjusts the collar of Max's coat and positions his head just so, Katie voices her disappointment and Max interviews that he was actually kind of relieved. "I respect the office, but I'm an unapologetic Republican." Is there another kind? He holds still for the photo, however. When it's Katie's turn, an American flag scarf is draped around her neck, and we see her profile in a partially masked digital monitor until the photo is snapped. "You met Barack Obama," the employee exaggerates, and to "prove" it, he hands them each pictures of themselves Photoshopped to look like they were not only shaking hands with POTUS, but appropriately dressed for the occasion. The pictures are in cheesy paper frames, on the back of which is printed their next clue, which says "Find the marked car near the paddleboat dock at the Tidal Basin." Phil repeats those exact words, as we zoom in on a limo with tinted windows and Amazing Diplomatic Flags waving on the hood parked at that location. They'll have to knock three times on the back passenger window, and a dude inside will hand them a briefcase and their next clue. Very cloak-and-dagger, this.
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