Right before coming on our show last night to talk about the Alaska Senate race, political genius Nate Silver tweeted that he was about to appear on TRMS in "what might quite possibly be the world's ugliest tie."
Then he sat down in the interview chair during a commercial break, and Rachel Maddow actually saw, for herself, what he had on -- and it equaled no. "He's wearing a houndstooth-check shirt, and this," she said today, holding the tie and still laughing. "I just intervened and I said, 'You have take that tie off.' "
Somehow, while Rachel ran through the introduction to the segment, Nate and an undisclosed number of technicians managed to get him out of the necktie and recombobulated. Nate did the interview and then autographed the tie; we added it to our collection.
He tweeted later: "Will keep a tie at the office for future emergencies; hard to find one in Times Sq that doesn't feature Empire St Building or Wile E. Coyote." After the jump, a still photo from the Necktie Incident.
[The segment, with Nate Silver after the tie removal.]
Photo by Andrew Dallos, of the tie removal in progress:
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This explains why Nate was not wearing his totally cool glasses. I missed them.
I swear girl, you are so beautiful just as you are! I am an old lady(66) and I never miss your show. I have 3 sons(45,41,39) and they watch you every night and then when we get together we discuss "what Rachel said". You are part of our family.
Oh yeah, the tie story was funny.
Thank you so much for posting this. I love Nate (and his statistics) but he didn't quite looks "ready for TV" that night. This explains a lot.
Not all types of tie knots will slip off. Or it could have been tied incorrectly. I would suggest the Full Windsor knot for a nice even knot and the ability to slip it off easily.
Keep up the great work!
Not with a hound's-tooth checked shirt. That tie needs a solid grey shirt. Also a shredder.
Doesn't anyone follow the old sumptuary guides? Or are we doomed to checks with stripes, and patterns mixed? "Dress for Success" has doomed a generation to some really bad mix-and-match choices.
Perhaps we could just go with more of a "Garanimals for Adults" line of menswear?
"hard to find one in Times Sq that doesn't feature Empire St Building..." Empire St Building tie would have signaled that the interview took place in NY (keep one on hand).
Yet another reason to love your show! More behind-the-scenes extras please!
P.S. There's a How To Tie A Tie app but maybe there should also be a How To Untie A Tie one (with a last-ditch "scissors" option?)
Rachel is so bubbly and full of beans even with the political horror-circus going on in the country. Compare with a mean old sourpuss bully like Bill O'Reilly. Who would anyone! rather watch or listen to?
Next time, cut the tie off and leave it off! Who else thinks tie are one of the dumbest inventions ever? Let's wear a rope around our necks! What could go wrong?
Hilarious!
So did we ever determine if Camera B was rolling? Inquiring minds demand footage!!!