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MATTHEWS: And, finally, I showed you the talking Larry Craig doll this week.

Well, here‘s James Spader‘s character on “Boston Legal” defending William Shatner‘s character, after Shatner‘s character gets arrested in a bathroom sting.

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JAMES SPADER, ACTOR: Homophobia has run amok, Judge. It‘s the reason we‘re all gathered here. And it‘s preposterous.

We‘re actually sitting in a courtroom wasting tax dollars because my client had gas. He was constipated. He went to remedy his problem in a bathroom—imagine that—where, lo and behold, three undercover police officers were lurking, waiting to interpret a tapping foot as a call for gay sex.

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MATTHEWS: Wow.

MATTHEWS: Anyway, Shatner‘s character got off, by the way, legally.

And here‘s George Clooney and Brad Pitt in a tribute to Julia Roberts that aired last night on AMC.

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GEORGE CLOONEY, ACTOR: Fans outside are crazed. I‘m hiding in the bathroom right now, just so I could talk to

you. But I wanted to say, congratulations. It‘s a huge night for you. And I‘m so proud. And I really wish I could be there with you.

(LAUGHTER)

BRAD PITT, ACTOR: I have a wide stance. rMD-IT_

(LAUGHTER)

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MATTHEWS: That‘s Brad Pitt, of course.

Isn‘t it great how we Americans can laugh at—even at the most desperate of human acts?

My own response to the Craig story is to side with gay marriage. If we don‘t respect people, how do we expect them to respect themselves? Anyway, that‘s just my reaction.