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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Halperin Chats With Gibbs About TV Appearances [Watch (HLS stream): Halperin Chats With Gibbs About TV Appearances](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/mu3zt3uy.m3u8) (2:11)  _Published 2008-10-08. TIME's Mark Halperin discusses what the cardinal rules of going on TV are with Obama's spokesman_ --- Jul 27, 2023 1:01 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Halperin's Take: Obama Jobs Speech](/video/xusBMxzt/) ### Halperin's Take: Obama Jobs Speech [Halperin Chats With Balz](/video/rHNMGl7W/) ### Halperin Chats With Balz [Halperin Chats With Gibbs](/video/4Sx7iTJr/) ### Halperin Chats With Gibbs --- ## Transcript >> I need, this is some Insider stuff, your three roles of doing television interviews. What are the three- Gibbs roles for a successful interviews? >> Always smile. >> Yeah >> Try to be funny. >> Yeah >> And never answer the questions you don't wanna answer. >> Do you come in with clips? Do you come in knowing that you've got some clip you wanna use? >> Not usually. You just-- I think the best ones are ones you just make up on as you go. >> Make 'em up. >> Make one up now. >> Make one up. >> And now, what about, when you're doing interview with Joe and Mika? Is there special challenges associated with that? >> I always have to make sure I know how-- what football team did last week with Joe, and you know, Mika is-- Mika's tough. You never when Mika is going to-- >> Turn on you. >> Turn on you, give you a little bit of a punch. >> You were on TV a little bit before this job, but now you're on TV commercially, now it's tough. It's-- It's like-- >> I haven't even thought from millions of-- >> Are you recognized on the streets of Chicago? The way would, like, a David Axelrod is? >> People, well, I mean, everyone fails to compares us with Axelrod. A bunch of people come up and say, " I saw you in The Morning Show ", or " I saw you in Good Morning America ". >> Since, have there been ever who talked to you and saw you a communist? >> Heck, yeah. >> Alright. I think they're watching The Chair. >> The fantastic terrorist? >> Let's get you-- Let's get you in The Chair. A minute out. It's just traumatic. >> That's alright. >> Do you ever think you have an eye [ unk ]-- and it turns out it's not there? >> Like at night? Thankfully, I haven't experienced that yet. >> And you're not wearing any make up, is that correct? Is that 'cause you have a natural-- >> I think there's just not a lot to work with, so they don't even try. >> Does Senator Obama ever comment on your TV occurrences? >> Absolutely. >> What did he say? " Nice job Gibbs !" >> Sometimes he says that, but most of the times he says otherwise. >> Does he ever charge you for not executing correctly? >> Sometimes, if-- let's give Senator some of his [ unk ]-- He always gets it on [ unk ] >> What are the three things he's mostly likely to call you? >> He's just gonna call me Gibbs. >> He has never calls you Robert? >> Never, really. >> What about, Bobby Joe? >> It's like, " How are you guys ?" 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