During an appearance on the "Tonight Show" in 2004, Michael Moore was asked about allegations that he had bribed several students during recent stops on his 60-city "Slacker Uprising Tour" (of college campuses). "Each night I ask slackers who have not voted in the last few elections to please stand," Moore explained. "If they pledge to me... that they will vote in this election

[I tell them], 'I will give you either a week's supply of Ramen Noodles or clean underwear.'"

"Not your underwear?" Leno asked his portly guest. "Because then you could use it as a car cover...

[Laughter] If you had a Volkswagon Beetle or something, you could stretch it out." "And if you put some of my underwear over your head," Moore retorted, "it would stretch it out quite nicely!"