He was being interviewed by Carl Reiner, and he would ask him questions, and in his comic German accent he would give silly answers.

卡尔·雷纳介绍了一下他,然后问了他几个问题,接着他会带着,滑稽的德国腔去做出荒唐的回答

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He sounded silly when he opened his mouth.

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"I think what he did was silly and stupid, but he was still a good governor, " said voter Stephanie Shackelford of James Island.

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You know how he sometimes says really silly things, wrapped up in that phoney sincerity of his?

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