The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Constructive-ish Criticism: Roy and Jordan's 2015 Anti-Bias Police Training

Episode Date: January 2, 2023

We got Jordan Klepper and Roy Wood Jr. to watch their 2015 piece on police anti-bias training and ever so gently roast each other. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to Comedy Central. Hi, I'm Jordan Clepper. You're not going to say my name? I was leaving it. That was a space for you to say your name. I'm Roywood, Jr. We're going to break down some of our classic field pieces that Jordan and I have done together. In a segment we call...

We're going to look at some of our old field pieces. Constructive-ish criticism. Are we settled on that name? It feels like it. So this is your first piece, right? Yeah. This piece was about anti-biased training that was happening in Madison, Wisconsin and in wake

of them shooting an unarmed black person. So we decided to sit down with some cops to see why they're under attack. We added a bit of choreography to the top. Can we rewind to the top? The choreography of the intro, something not often done in daily show pieces. But I think the confidence of somebody who's been on the show,

and is still on the show, someone like myself. Look how I merge in in in in in in in in in in in in in th you th you th you th you th you thi in thi in th and th and th and th and th and th and the th and the th and th and th and th and th and th and the th someone like myself. Look how I merge you in and help you, because you were just doing okay. And then I came in and just took it next level. Right there. See that? That's earnest confusion you have on your face right now. That's true, because that was the first take and I did not know what you were going to do. So we sat down with former NYPD's contributor, Bo-Deedl toto get the definitive answer. It's a tough question to ask, Bo, are police racist? No.

It's good enough for me. I'm satisfied. We're good here. This guy was a work of art, Bo theatel. It was like, we need to talk to somebody who would support the police and show no empathy. Well, what don't we call up old-school New York police officer? Ooh, let's go get a black guy, I ain't beat him to debt. That's not what's going on there. I think I did pretty good, man. I sat down with a white dude who said some semi-racist stuff and I held my own.

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a tie that wasn't all the way up and I wondered if that was a stylistic choice. I didn't quite know if you were crafting a character. I think I've realized you don't put that much effort into your work, so it must have just been something you stumble upon. That felt like a criticism and that wasn't very constructive. Constructive-ish. That's not it-ish. Now, this is the video. These are the sample videos that you watch when you're trying to make a decision. The real-life situations that test your ability to not act on assumptions of race. Is that even a real bulletproof vest?

It does look like a pantyliner for your chest. Empire joke coming up. Three, two, one. Hey, hey, what, what are you doing? What? Bious ass, that's Empire! There was like a 20-minute conversation of, okay, which black show could he point a gun at and not get canceled. I do believe Oprah was one of the options. I think I shot down, shooting down Oprah. Correct. I still stand by, that was a smart call. So those are all actual officers, um, of Madison PD. that, that, thi. thii. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. That's, thi. That's, thi. thi. That's thi. That's thi. That's thi. That's thi. That's th. That's, thi. That's thi. That's, th. That's, th. That's, th. That's, th. That's, th. That's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, th. That's, th. That's, th. That's, th. That's, th. That's, th. That's, th. That's, th. That's, th. That's, th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thri. three, three, three, three, three, three, three, three-a. thriee. thrie. th. thrie. th. thri. thri. th. th. th. th.. I still stand by that was a smart call. So those are all actual officers of Madison PD and the drill was for us to show up and

decide what was happening with the information we had in hand. No matter what you just would say the wrong thing. Is everything okay in here? Excuse me? Get away from the woman. Get away from the woman. Get down on the ground! Get down on the ground! Get down on the ground! I'll give you th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th the the th th the the th the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th th. I the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. th. th. th. the th. th. th. th. th. th. the. thr- and thr- and thrown. thr-I thr-I thr-a'eea' thr-a' thr-a'ea'e. thr-and. thr-and. the the the woman. Get away from the woman. Get down! Get down on the ground! Get down on the ground! I'll give you credit. This was your first piece, but you knew how to cut it down with a look. You had a good TV look. I don't even think the faces I'm giving this piece are even acting at this point. I'm sorry about him off a soprano. Look at the eyes of someone who's never been to a trump rally.

The double chin is barely there. It doesn't have to be hidden by a beard. How do these pieces compare? You've had probably the most interesting evolution from correspondent to special contributor. Yeah, I mean, it's interesting to look at it like that. Here's me doing a piece with another person. Fast forward to me doing a piece without another person and an Emmy nomination. And you try to connect those. And I don't know what it was. Why do you have to say Emmy nomination? I'm just saying, you know, they've tried this where two people do a piece. And what's fun about it is I have so much success when I just do a piece. Bad boys, bad boys, what you're gonna do? What you gonna do when we come for you. This shot I was very nervous about.

You in the back of a police car? This whole piece is about black people getting fucked with the image of a black man behind bars. I was like, police father God, don't let me let down all of black people and Gale King. Do you think I let down white people doing this piece? No, you probably gained some. That's probably why you're so safe with them Trump rattles. You saw this shit. Find your audience, man.

Play to it. Well, you know it, man, it's been fun constructively criticizing you. And I got you a gift. It's been a great seven years of working with you and I just wanted you to have that. Look at this as a token of remembrance. This is our first shoot, a highly pixelated low-res photo of our first time together. That's for you. I think, thank you. That's for you. I got a gift for you. Okay. This is a picture from our first ever field shoot. Oh my god.

Yeah, this is a picture of you. And next time is the best ever doing. Thanks, man. You could have at least taken a price tag off the back. Yeah, you're not wrong. Watch the Daily Show, week nightsights at 11, 10 Central on Comedy Central, and stream full episodes anytime on Paramount Plus. This has been a Comedy Central podcast.