Source: DriveTime
Published: Tue, 28 Oct 2008
Description: Ravi unveils a new tag line for DriveTime's impending swan song and flys solo what with his beloved co-host on official DriveTime Maternity Leave, leading to a new segment this week: The DriveTime Maternity Leave Moment . Stalwart guest Christopher Monks joins Ravi to talk about his new book The Ultimate Game Guide to Your Life and his Order My Book Extravaganza. And since he is the guest this week, Ravi prods him for some Election Day tips. (QuickTime, 08:50, 55 Mb)
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" Welcome back to drive time. You did read correctly on the starting titles -- give you a moment if you want us grab bag. And my beloved co host is home with a new baby. This is a new segment we're calling the drive time maternity leave moments so let's check inside near you there."
" Hair out if they -- when I'm in the living room the baby is asleep and it so well -- in the morning. Appear commute -- yourself is going OK you guys in the and is camera."
" All right well we miss you. We'll see you back. Here soon. We're very excited about our guest he's a he's a veteran of drive time. He's here to talk about his new book. The respected author and humorist. Please. Welcome the Christopher monks but. Nobody almost over -- you know."
" I had still get that back here basket yeah over that crisis. Oh my goodness go ahead go ahead please we're gonna show airs Saturday at the I mean that's that ultimately finish. Did you Alex exactly here and I still ends on court TV I think -- and glue of this -- probably sell more books. They -- them back and you seem to be coming on for a controversial episodes -- good time. I I thank you like to deliver on the -- hands speaking of you kind of sitting on the edge can lean into the -- that this Austin. We're eight. Within the answers -- didn't receive but the there are now ignited -- tank and magic is back so see you have a book I do let's is this a pre release is that the actual offices of the book this is what people will find the people sits on bookshelves and all major stores and -- Actually and the title of the book tell the ultimate game guides your life in the ultimate game guide them. Your life. So what has --"
" I'm -- bat basically and -- conceded that that video game as an existential metaphor. So. The way it works is that it's it's a written. As a game -- Yes official video game called your life. Say videogames have these nineteen reminds her walking through the game from start to finish and he can play like she'd she'd actually cheat sheets after the cause right now again. So it's really like that but for the special role playing game -- her mind which basically follows this. Ordinary everyday. Glistening eyes like from this earth. To his -- It's every chapter in the book is like a level. In the video game so. For instance the first chapter of personal level hard news agency an agency. Is hot for years minimum sentence childhood and adolescence. Until his college years. And then there's a couple of today's announcement adult -- and his later years and finally. Stan -- yeah."
" So you're quite ambitious dove in and I -- as I'm. Yep very skillful and now he's learned you have a website for the after the book it's the ultimate cat while yet it's inside an option of my other blog kind of wandered down time which has. Talked about before it sounds. It's I -- dot com slash ultimate. Yeah -- Yeah as an Arlington dot com slash PR agent. We need to I think we need to queue up another drive time maternity leave Mona -- I don't know the technology to call if you and so on a sunny there now there okay let's let's call them. Senator you have a very exciting events coming up two unique. Yeah and marketing and trying to your right exactly so the idea is on Wednesday October 20 ninth death which doesn't have to be my birthday. So let's Kate Jackson's birthday and it's Charles though drive time cohost co producer that's right Sonia as Herbert they have -- let's cut to another drive time maternity leave a moment so little birthday greetings on you there is still there."
" Hey happy birthday. And we -- in here we should have certain person that -- VP. He looks pretty quickly and I."
" neighbors that he had them happy to share reversing it time."
" So yes so I'm -- the twenty ninth I'm asking anybody. Who can give them to order my book. From Amazon but the idea is says instead. -- able to order -- so that my ranking -- on the books rank him -- does their -- gives the book more exposure. Because right now it's like ranked 200. 10000 or something like that you're gonna get we're getting in the top hundred at least. I am hoping hanging in the meantime this context hasn't injury. Now all that is gonna get you're -- front page and -- we really do possibly I -- you know they have like rising sellers. You know. -- generator someplace that."
" Right to be receive rising with a bullet. Right but the bullet time artist artists if -- well so you're asking. Drive time viewers to mobilize to mobilize yet so what you want to do is you I'm. Neither couple different ways on Wednesday to -- and I think it just go to Amazon and search for me Christopher monks yes. You look on it's later in the day on Wednesday might be on the home page might be on the home page definitely or you can go to -- my website for mine from -- bug which. I'm 90% shares that are under dot com slash ultimately. All right so the other exciting thing going on of course is the presidential election yes area this is the first election drive time has been able to covered. And I'm sure it will be the last. And since you're -- guest this week trying to undo being you are. In the bunker you know every network has it kind of election expert yet. I would -- about voting excel how's this going into the halls and yes you do that if you have a child -- be around or even if you don't you can borrow someone's child. And boat. -- they want up of course has recognized that and then there's something especially satisfying about voting is. -- young persons and he's seen it you know. Democracy in action now known officers -- are you able to bring -- baby into the into the -- Really but what the baby influences of but what if -- brought in the baby as electric car it. Man to them if she she's on and there are over a candidate hey if you proves candidate be. That's fine. I relentlessly around Manhattan I think that you might have time. Guilty conscious afterwards you know election doesn't work as. -- now I'm. Sometimes -- get. To voting and I'm very indecisive. So I usually try to see if it can vote you know a few times today yeah. Any tips that would the -- wise snake you know well at least. I -- they're really did. That stuff. Promoted and don't forget that could do to prevent multiple anything's not in my book. They've. Beautiful. I'm going to the -- I ultimate game guys to life on bookshelves but don't buy enough the bookshelves. You couldn't. Just also order it on Wednesday -- on Amazon. Where is it are you calling it -- the ultimate game -- you like -- disorder might just go to my book extravaganza. Fred yeah. So we want to thank you for taking the time great to see who produced it yes and we're gonna close one final hour drive time maternity leave of moments. So well see you next time. I. Yeah. That the."