The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Jon Stewart on Wrongful Deportation and How Trump Fails to Deliver | Ramy Youssef

Episode Date: April 15, 2025

Jon Stewart measures Trump's weight on the authoritarian scale. Between the president's refusal to correct the wrongful deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to his incompetence on a variety of issues, ...Donald's dictatorship isn't looking very healthy. Award-winning actor and comedian, Ramy Youssef joins to talk about the new animated series he co-created called “#1 Happy Family USA” and how the series, which follows a Muslim family trying to navigate post-9/11 America, resonates in Trump’s second term. They also discuss his favorite parts about making an animated show, the family members who inspire some of the characters, and how the word “Islamaphobia” kind of lets Islamaphobes off the hook.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 You're listening to Comedy Central. From the most trusted journalists at Comedy Central, it's America's only source for news. This is The Daily Show with Hey everybody, welcome to the Dance Show! My name is John Stewart, we got us a show for you tonight. The great comedian, Rami Youssef, will be joining me a little bit later. Hello, everybody! I'm Rami Youssef, the great comedian, and I'm the great comedian, Rami You is Jon Stewart. We got us a show for you tonight. The great comedian Rami Youssef will be joining me
Starting point is 00:00:47 a little bit later. Whoo! And then afterwards, we will head to space on Blue Origin. Where I will sing something delightful from the Katy Perry oeuvre. But first, quick update. As you know, we've been following the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, undocumented migrant from El Salvador, married an American woman,
Starting point is 00:01:16 has a kid, living the American dream. Until the Trump administration sent him to an El Salvadorian mega prison by, and I'm quoting the Justice Department here if I may, is an administrative error. If only there was a convenient and timely way that the prisoner could be brought back to the United States that wouldn't really inconvenience either nation. President Bukele at the moment flying from El Salvador to Washington DC. What? Saints be praised!
Starting point is 00:01:59 Bukele can just give Garcia a ride. You didn't even have to give Garcia the middle seat. I'm sure Garcia would just grab the wing and Tom Cruise it over here if he had to. But sadly, Bukele arrived at the White House with just the Miami club promoter clothes on his back and a pocketful of excuses. Can President Bukele weigh in on this?
Starting point is 00:02:22 Do you plan to return him? How can I disembowel a terrorist with the United States? I don't have the power to return him to the United States. You know, can I honestly tell you, like, this is even really... The thing that's... Like they're f***ing enjoying this. Like the two of them. Our president, their president.
Starting point is 00:02:44 I guess we'll just have to let him rot in a f***ing prison even though he didn't deserve to be there. I don't, you guys don't care about this guy, I'm talking about these two, but somebody else cares about this person. And you just randomly with no evidence that you'll show anybody, call them a terrorist. And one of the weirder parts about this is the thing, the only thing that seems to upset Trump
Starting point is 00:03:05 about the entire situation is having to answer a perfectly reasonable question from Caitlin Collins about it. You said that if the Supreme Court said someone needed to be returned that you would abide by that. You said that on Air Force One just a few days ago. And they said that it must be facilitated. Why don't you just say, isn't it wonderful that we're keeping criminals out of our country? Why can't you just say that? Why do you go over and over and that's why nobody watches you anymore? Nag, nag, nag.
Starting point is 00:03:34 You sound just like the Supreme Court. Nag, nag. But fear not, America. For every time a lame stream media journalist gets shunned, an ass kissy one gets its wings. Do you have a question, please? Mr. President, thank you so much. You scored another major investment win this morning when Nvidia pledged to build its AI supercomputer, the first time ever right here in the United States.
Starting point is 00:03:57 Thank you. That's a question I like. That's true. Yeah, that's not a question. I guess it's your favorite kind of question, a compliment. But rest easy, Americans. If there's one thing we all know, it's that first they come for the undocumented migrants. And as long as nobody speaks out, they stop.
Starting point is 00:04:19 You mentioned that you're open to deporting individuals that aren't foreign aliens, by are criminals to El Salvador. Does that include potentially US citizens fully naturalizing? If it's a homegrown criminal, I have no problem. I'm talking about really bad people, really bad people. He's going to do that to US citizens. I think the hosts of The View are about to get administratively erred. I gotta tell ya, I did not think he would get this authoritarian this fast.
Starting point is 00:04:52 I really didn't. I'm sorry. Who could have known? Maybe if somebody out there had yelled at me on Blue Sky about this I would have known. But no one did. Except every day. In all caps. So I guess the question is, how authoritarian is we? Now... I don't accept your pity applause. Now luckily for us, the world is full of authoritarian leaders that we can measure Trump against.
Starting point is 00:05:38 Your Putin's, your G's, your Anna Wintourx. So... So... So if Trump can put up a monster authoritarian score... You know what? Let's do this Dave Portnoy style. One clip, everybody knows the rules. By the way, the greatest pizza reviews in the history of pizza. If you guys like pizza, for me it's like watching porn. We already know, Trump's done a lot of the standard fare. He's attacked the free press, pulled random people off the streets, made law firms and universities bend the knee,
Starting point is 00:06:10 announced Department of Justice investigations into an individual whose sole crime was suggesting that the 2020 election had been safe and well-administered. You know, the bad, bad people. But authoritarianism isn't just policies. It's an aesthetic. The opulence of medieval kings. The excesses of Middle Eastern autocrats.
Starting point is 00:06:30 It's a Pinterest vibe that speaks to the power of one's position. The riches that are the privilege of the office. Does Trump measure up? Does he have the lack of available wall space? You have the mantle and you have the cherubs. Is that from Marlongo? Yeah, that's actually their gold, all gold. And you know, it's angels.
Starting point is 00:06:55 They're angels. They visited me in the night and asked me to change my ways. So I held them down and dipped them in gold. I drowned them in gold, liquid gold. Have you ever heard an angel scream? It is just... it is erotic. It's just... It is erotic! By the way, if any of you are wondering if the cherubs that are now in the Oval Office are real gold, and I know many of you are wondering that,
Starting point is 00:07:36 it is real gold. And there's a very good reason for that. Throughout the years, people have tried to come up with a gold paint that would look like gold, and they've never been able to do it. You've never been as look at that Look, you've never been able to match gold with gold paint. That's why it's gold That dude is so blue-collar That dude is so blue collar. Always down at the factory with the boys.
Starting point is 00:08:07 Why can't they make a gold paint that looks like gold? That's not illegal. I don't mind them cancelling pediatric cancer research, but I hope by the end of the term we can come up with a good gold paint substitute because... But you know rooms filled with real gold cherubs are nothing. If those rooms aren't also filled with the echoes of the most embarrassingly sycophantic hosannas. One clip, everybody knows the rules.
Starting point is 00:08:32 Thank you for your leadership and thank you for everything you're doing. I want to thank you for standing up to the Chinese Communist Party. I want to thank you as well for the shipbuilding. Your vision is a turning point and an inflection point in American history. Your leadership at the border is absolutely remarkable. What you're doing now I think is a great service to our country but ultimately to the world. You are overwhelmingly elected by the biggest majority. You know what I swear to God. Guys what does she know? She's the Attorney General. She doesn't
Starting point is 00:09:03 have the f***. When I watch those cabinet meetings, I actually think, are they making fun of him? It's so over the top. Mr. President, oh, thank you so much. Your dick is so big. So, your dick is so big, we can barely lift it because it's covered in real gold, not the paint. Real gold. But you gold, not the paint. Real gold.
Starting point is 00:09:25 But you know, any... Wow. Whoo! Any run-of-the-mill authoritarian can get the praises from those that fear him, the OGs. The real autocrats extract something much, much weirder and humiliating. The forced, uncomfortable laughter.
Starting point is 00:09:46 He had a hat on, and then he puts another hat on, the same hat, but still. That's on the North Korean website, Funny or You Die. And as America's dear leader, Donald Trump also has a tight five. We're pulling all that out and putting the money toward the infrastructure, not the social movement from the last administration. Good steal, right? As opposed to green paper mache. Good, thanks, great job. That made no f***ing sense, right?
Starting point is 00:10:44 Right, yeah. Nothing, right? Did that make any sense to you? Did that make any sense to me? You've beening sense, right? Nothing, right? Did that make any sense to you? Did that make any sense to me? You've been alive though, right? Oh, oh, put a hat on, put a hat on. It's just so f***ing weird. But the key to the authoritarian regime is the suspension of the normal processes by
Starting point is 00:11:01 which you understand the world. The manner by which data and your experiences paint a cohesive, grounded picture of reality. The calling card of an authoritarian regime is that you must suspend that reality, that rationality, and then you test people by pushing the limits of that absurdity. The White House released the results of President Trump's physical exam. His doctors say President Trump exhibits excellent physical health. The report says he's 6'3", 224 pounds. No.
Starting point is 00:11:43 I'm going to say no to either of those numbers. I don't want to be that guy, but he has a front butt. I mean, we all get there. It's fine. You can have it. But what's with, he is forged by Hephaestus. No. And by the festus now. By the way that medical exam did not only confirm that Trump is
Starting point is 00:12:11 physically perfect his brain is also totally Jack. I took a cognitive test. And I don't know want to tell you whether that I got every answer right. It's also a test is that any person ever to be that's a, I think it's a pretty well known test. Whatever it is, I got everyone, I got it all right. I think we all know what cognitive tests we're talking about. But I would like to know, do you know what cognitive tests?
Starting point is 00:12:40 It's just bullshitting. I took a cognitive test about my memory. What was it? He's testing. Trump is such a medical marvel. What's the secret to his good health and youthful appearance? Sense of humor decreases stress that he has. Everyone that knows the president knows how funny he is.
Starting point is 00:12:58 That decreases stress. Does it? Sense of humor decreases stress. Keeps you young looking. Is that what I hear you saying? May I, if I may, just for schnicks, offer the counter-argument. Do I look less stressed? No, don't look, I'm hideous.
Starting point is 00:13:31 But you know what, he's got a good sense of humor and he's in pretty good shape. May work for your run-of-the-mill authoritarians, your Lukashenko's, your Maduro's. Surely Trump is above that C tier. Donald Trump is a genius. Very different in the best possible way. The president has an athlete's mindset. Accessible, freewheeling, refreshing. It is like Christmas every day with President Trump.
Starting point is 00:13:53 He's like that Marvel superhero. A mythic figure, almost like the various Scandinavian Beowulfs. I'm obviously not a scholar in Viking lore. I don't remember there being Beowulfs. One Beowulf. Wouldn't it also then be Beowulfs? But those are still just reaching for superlatives. Is there anyone else who wants to place him not on Mount Rushmore, but maybe Mount Sinai? Can Trump be the biblical Moses?
Starting point is 00:14:30 No! I'm not the most observant Jew. I mean, this weekend I think I celebrated Purim. But isn't Moses the biblical Moses? And by the way, if you were Moses, I do think there were some thou shalt nots that you might want to take a look at. By the way, Moses 6'4", 218, 48 inch. But you know what? Even a superhero or a Viking or a mythic figure or a biblical prophet pales in comparison
Starting point is 00:15:04 to the genius that we are witnessing. So Lensky's playing checkers and Trump is playing chess. Trump's 3D chess move. He's actually playing 4D chess. President Trump's 5D chess. That's not a dimension. With Lens with depth, four is time. There's no f***ing five.
Starting point is 00:15:28 There's no five. He is a god who has created a whole other dimension through which he plays board games. Let me even see. How do you play five dimensional trump chess? Let me see how we do this. So here's how he would probably do it. We lose them for DEI. Okay. I guess that's it. I guess that is 5G. You know for an authoritarian that awesome.
Starting point is 00:16:01 I guess words are not enough. Tributes to a great leader must show not tell a new proposal by House Republicans to rename Washington Dulles International Airport after Donald Trump Brendan Carr the FCC chairman was seen throwing a gold pin of Trump's face a congresswoman Introduced a bill to add a president Trump to Mount Rushmore That would make president Trump's birthday a national holiday. Put President Trump's likeness on the $100 bill. A brand new $250 bill featuring Donald Trump's face.
Starting point is 00:16:35 He's gonna be on all our money in all our f***ing mountains? So Trump's got it all, authoritarian-wise. The looks, the attitude, the relentless dissent crushing. All the ingredients to be a top-tier authoritarian. All he needs now is to bring it home with his ruthless competence. Chaos and confusion from Wall Street. The markets lost more than $6.5 trillion.
Starting point is 00:16:58 They've wiped out $11 trillion. Turning now to yet another plane crash. The worst measles outbreak of this century. 100,000 federal workers have been fired. The Trump administration unfiring some of the federal workers. President Trump's tariff train escalates the global trade war. The president hits pause on his global trade war. The president made it clear yesterday this is not a negotiation.
Starting point is 00:17:20 Donald Trump says it is a negotiation. The president exempted smartphones, computers, and other devices from his new reciprocal tariffs. The president later posting there was no tariff exception announced on Friday. So close. So frustrating to see someone just on the precipice of illiberal leadership, but he just can't put it all together. Is Trump Putin or Xi? Not yet.
Starting point is 00:17:46 But there's no question that he's a young upstart. There's a lot of potential. But if he can't bump his numbers in the getting shit done category, he's going to hit the ceiling pretty quick. You know what? Let me have a word. President Trump, Generalissimo. Oh, great Moses. I don't know what your advisors have told you about the authoritarian bargain, but the basic deal is this.
Starting point is 00:18:31 The American people look the other way while you disappear, undesirables, knuckle under the elites, ban all seven trans athletes from our nation's beloved NCAA fencing tournaments. You know, all the people that are holding us back. And then you, in turn, make shit work. You want to ignore the Supreme Court and all the other courts and take away people's licenses to broadcast? Fine! But when the planes go up, you're gonna go get them.
Starting point is 00:19:01 I'm not on fire. You don't even have to have them be on time. You can take over Greenland, demonize Canada, dominate the golfing pro circuit, but in return, our children should be somewhat safe from most Victorian-era diseases. We love our children. We love them.
Starting point is 00:19:23 We love our children, especially the Rizler. You want to destroy NPR and PBS, the voice of America? Sell the naming rights of the Washington Monument to hims.com. Use the R word, the P word, the C word. Make up your own slurs. Have the United States Naval Academy remove Maya Angelou from its bookshelves but for some reason keep Mein Kampf, which is a real thing that they did, we'll be fine. We weren't that crazy about this system of
Starting point is 00:19:57 government in the first place. But you keep this up and some of these lawyers in universities and corporate leaders are going to start to think about suggesting respectfully to each other in a very tightly controlled text chat that someone should reach out to someone who knows someone in your administration to express mild dissatisfaction. Because injustice anywhere is not something we mostly think about. And remember you don't have that much time to get it right.
Starting point is 00:20:33 Because it's not like your vice authoritarian butterfingers is inspiring any confidence. Look at the size of the trophy next to JD Vance I know those are some some big young gentleman and a big. I know. Those are some big young gentlemen and a big trophy. Big dudes, yeah. Oh, and it looks like the trophy fell. That's unfortunate. Oopsie! Administrative error.
Starting point is 00:20:54 When we come back, Rami Yusuf will be joining us. Don't go away. I'm going to show up on the show with my guest tonight. Award-winning actor, comedian, co-creator of the new animated series number one, Happy Family USA. Hey, Dad, I think this jersey might be too big. Yes, Rumi, it will fit you forever. We didn't come to this country to buy new clothes every year. Happy Family USA. He'll do returns, he's very under the table. And no more new stuff. Bosia, here. Terrible month, Yaroomi. But I use less toilet paper.
Starting point is 00:21:48 I only use the Shatafa now. Your butt is clean, but your energy usage isn't. Look where you are on the cousin leaderboard. Your cousins are beating you in every category. Be more like Kareem. Please welcome Rami Youusuf! Rami Yusuf! Rami Yusuf! Rami Yusuf! Look at you! What's happening? I'm so happy to be here with you.
Starting point is 00:22:07 Thank you for having me. I'm so happy to have you here with me. Thanks for having me. I'm so happy. You know, the show, they send me the screeners. Yeah. I get them in advance. Yeah, of course.
Starting point is 00:22:15 I get them in advance. I get them in advance. I get them in advance. I get them in advance. I get them in advance. I get them in advance. I get them in advance. I get them in advance.
Starting point is 00:22:23 I get them in advance. I get them in advance. I get them in advance. I get them with you. Thank you for having me. I'm so happy to have you here with me. Thanks for having me. I'm so happy. You know, the show, they send me the screeners. Yeah. I get them in advance. Yeah, of course.
Starting point is 00:22:31 You've got that kind of connection. Oh, I get. I don't even have to log in. I just, I touch my computer. I didn't know what it, animated series, I'm watching it. I'm trying to think here, wait, what's happening? And then all of a sudden, it's September 10th, 2001. And I'm like, what the f*** is about to happen? And it did, and you made it hilarious.
Starting point is 00:22:54 The show's hilarious. Thank you. No, I, you know, it was something that we felt was only possible to do in animation. It's actually, it's really wild, too, because we've been making the show for so many years, and I don't think there's ever been a week in America's history where immigrants feel the need to say,
Starting point is 00:23:14 hey, we are number one happy family, USA. Right. And that is what this family feels compelled to do in 2001, and we kind of have this show coming out in this moment where it's all colliding in this wild way. Oh, is there something going on in the government? Yeah, a little. How many years?
Starting point is 00:23:33 You said you've been making this for many years. Before 9-11, were you making it? What did you know, Rami? We started making it during, we pitched it during Trump 1. And then it's coming out now in the sequel. Isn't it wild that we're in eras now, like Trump 1. I remember Trump 1. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:23:57 It was so quaint and simple back then. You know, this is going to sound crazy. He seemed happier back then, yeah. He did? He did. He was like smiling more, like he seems really stressed now. Like all the clips you were showing, I was like, you know, you're like, oh man, he looks kind of sad. Like I don't think he likes what he's doing either.
Starting point is 00:24:15 That may be the most charitable thing I've ever heard. I, I always try to see it from the other point of view, even if it's his, and I'm like, he looks stressed. Like, he doesn't look good. He's like lying about his weight. He's got such a good sense of humor that it keeps him young. I wonder, I mean, do you think when you're surrounded by that, imagine being in a room with all your cabinet secretaries,
Starting point is 00:24:45 and they're kissing your ass so hard that it does seem sarcastic. Like, do you think he goes back into, like, the bathroom afterwards and be like, "'Do they really think I'm bringing a new era in?' I think he might. I mean, they're kissing his ass." And he obviously has, like, body image issues. He's lying about the weight and the height.
Starting point is 00:25:03 And then, like, body image issues. He's lying about the weight and the height. And then, like... No! And then, like, you know, John Stewart's over here talking about a front butt and stuff. I mean, the guy... The guy is... No, I don't think he did. And he's going through...
Starting point is 00:25:19 I believe he's going through something physical, and he happens to be the president of the United States, and I think we got to gotta just kinda look at it from every angle. Can I ask you a question? Do you think Instagram is f**king with his self image and that's why, like, cause he looks at all these Instagram shots
Starting point is 00:25:36 of all these other leaders, and he's like, they look ripped. Dude, I think, I mean, that Putin shot, it's gotta hurt. I think there's a reason he got off X and created his own social media platform. Right. Where he could control how people are seeing him. Just say, are you on truth?
Starting point is 00:25:55 Yeah, I got at Rami from the beginning just to make sure that. And you actually, any Arab name, you can just get on truth. It's really easy. Like, as of, like, it's available. And you actually, any Arab name, you can just get on Truth. It's really easy. Like, as of, like, it's available. Like, you could, oh, like, at...
Starting point is 00:26:11 Cheap, they get them cheap. You could get at Mohammed right now. Really? 100%. Every spelling is available on Truth, yeah. It's pretty, it's a very limited audience base that's on there. I am hoping that our audience at home right now is rushing out. You can sign up today.
Starting point is 00:26:27 To register those domain names. Do you do any of that? Do you social media? Do you... Very sparingly. Yeah, I mean, it's really hard. I mean, you know, like being creative and we've talked about this with like stand up and stuff.
Starting point is 00:26:39 It's like, I love being in rooms with people. And so being online can feel really crazy. And so, no, I go on and look at sports stuff, like LeBron stuff, but that's pretty much it, yeah. That's where I'm at. That's kind of where I am. I used to, what was so interesting to me is, like we've all had this experience as stand-ups.
Starting point is 00:26:55 You'll do a room, and there'll always be a table, or a couple of tables who aren't digging it. Yeah, for sure. And you're like, okay. And sometimes you'll register, and maybe they'll get on your nerves a little bit, or whatever, but then you digging it. Yeah, for sure. And you're like, okay. And sometimes you'll register and like maybe it'll get on your nerves a little bit or whatever, but then you go home. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:27:08 Social media is like those people that thought you sucked, you have to ride in the cab with them home. And like the whole time they're just like, you suck. And you're a Jew. You know what's crazy is I get called a Jew. Do you really? Yeah. Like, I had this, like, New York Times thing, and, like, it was, like, the thing, and there's stuff where people are like, oh, why do you have a... And then someone just writes,
Starting point is 00:27:29 another Jew, and I was like, whoa. That's how much Jews control show business. They're like, he's... Yeah, he's like an undercut. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And now I'm here with you. I'm here with you. I'm here with you.
Starting point is 00:27:41 I'm here with you. I'm here with you. I'm here with you. I'm here with you. I'm here with you. I'm here with you. I'm here undercut. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And now I'm here with you. But if that isn't a sign that I'm a CIA agent. It is so wild though. You know, there's all these things and Islamophobia and anti-Semitism are such brethren in like
Starting point is 00:28:04 different moments, you know? Yeah, but we got, like, a really bad end with our... Like, Islamophobia is so weak. Like, it just sounds like... Well, yeah, because it's like arachnophobia. It just sounds like, oh, yeah, you had a weird Islamic experience as a kid, huh? You got a little Islamophobia.
Starting point is 00:28:23 Oh, man. Oh.'t like flying or Muslims? No, no, but you can get over it. Just try some halal meat. And then you'll get over it. You know, it's like Islamophobia. It's like a shellfish allergy. He's like, oh, yeah, no. No, he doesn't want any.
Starting point is 00:28:35 He has Islamophobia. It sounds so benign. Anti-Semitism is like, whoa, like, dude, like, what? What do you want about? You know, so I think even from just on a real word language level, we're at an incredible disadvantage. I never thought of it that way. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:28:53 And that's because you're Islamophobic. And that's like wild. The timing! God, the timing of it! It's just wild because we know each other. Yeah, you know, we're both from Jersey. The ism. I'm going to have to go through our text chains and find out how subtle my Islamophobia has been here.
Starting point is 00:29:12 It's there. Yeah. But they'll hit me. I generally, no matter what I'll put on the web, and I try not to do it much, third comment is always, you changed your name, Jew. And you're always like, really? I'm fooling people?
Starting point is 00:29:26 Is that? Look at this face. You'd see this maybe on a Yentl poster. Who am I kidding for all these things? Now, are you still, the clubs are still your favorite? Yeah. You still hit in the clubs? Yeah, yeah.
Starting point is 00:29:39 Going out, I mean, it's the best. It's so fun. And then it becomes, we made this animated show that's filled with those thoughts you have in a notebook when you're going to do stand up. And you're like, maybe this will best. It's so fun. And then it becomes, you know, we made this animated show that's, like, filled with, you know, those, like, thoughts you have in a notebook when you're going to do stand-up, and you're like, maybe this will work, maybe it won't. And then we get to make this incredible show
Starting point is 00:29:51 with so many characters that get to say all this stuff that, you know, you don't need. Like, the rate is so fast, and that's what's so fun. Just joke, joke, joke. And you're... Can I tell you my favorite? This is going to sound like a crazy thing. Yeah. So the show's great, and it's just layered with so many jokes and yet and the subject matter can get dark But it's really clever. It's not cloying like it's really good. Yeah, but there's a pool scene where you go
Starting point is 00:30:17 It I don't say you it's roomy, but it's it's like a kid your age 2001 yeah dealing with his you know friends in a town in New Jersey after 9-11. And there's a pool party. And my favorite part of it is, it's like a peanuts thing, as they're doing a pan across the pool, and there's one blonde dude in the pool with floaties on, and he's just doing this.
Starting point is 00:30:42 And it's the every peanuts character dance floaties on and he's just doing this. And it's the every peanuts character dance to music that it's just anime dancing. How about? Such a great detail. It's like loaded with so many little details and music and kind of the ability to like do things that, you know, when I grew up, my grandmother was always watching TV. Like, you try to talk to her, and she's just at the TV
Starting point is 00:31:08 watching her shows, and then you go to make an animated show, and it's like, okay, so the grandmother is always going to have her TV with her everywhere. And we build this show where everywhere she goes, she's dragging this cart that has her television. She's at a funeral, and she's watching her shows. And that's the kind of stuff you can't do in live action. I love that the halal part turned into a piano.
Starting point is 00:31:31 Oh, yeah. I mean, like, I always had this fascination. My dad grew up in the city, you know? I grew up with my dad working in the city. And it was so funny to me when you go through Midtown and you see the news ticker on the Fox News building and it's saying all these horrible headlines about Muslim countries and Muslim people and then you kind of look right down and there's the halal cart right on the corner.
Starting point is 00:31:54 And you see all the guys with the Fox badges buying food from the halal cart guy and I was like, man, this guy's got the best hustle. Because he knows that they're in there and they're saying all this stuff about Muslim people, but then there's that, like, guilty part of them on their lunch break that's like, let me try a little halal, you know? And he's right there to make the butt. And so when we started making this show,
Starting point is 00:32:16 I had always been so fascinated by that guy there, and that becomes the dad in the show. He is the guy who's selling halal food. And you're the dad, too. I play the dad, as well. Yeah, yeah. And the music. Do you that play the dad as well. Yeah, yeah, yeah music are you do you yeah, I write them. Yeah, I write these like song when the music. Have you been are you not I
Starting point is 00:32:33 I am music. Yeah, yeah. And I think that's you know, I in high school I played guitar, but I never really you know, just for a long time why you know I played drums, but I never really, you know... -"You've known each other for a long time. I play drums, man." -"Dude." -"We could...kick it. We would be crazy. We could call it kosher hello. We could do...
Starting point is 00:32:53 We could do... Why are we doing this?" -"I'm open. I'm... We could do it." -"Listen, I have a van." -"Do you sing?" -"Yeah. I'm a terrible drummer, but I can bring our shit to wherever we play. I do not sing. I've never.
Starting point is 00:33:11 And the singing in it, the music is great. There's some really funny songs in it. It's really, it was so much fun. Yeah, it is like one of my favorite parts of the show. And what else is now? What's coming? What's next? We got the show coming out this week.
Starting point is 00:33:24 I got to do this crazy cool movie, Mountain Head, that's coming? What's next? We got the show coming out this week. I got to do this crazy cool movie, Mountainhead, that's coming out next month, written by Jesse Armstrong, who did Succession. It's so fun. Yeah, it's very, very fun. It's a very... Multi-hyphenate. It's really exciting, and, yeah, our friend Steve Krell's in it,
Starting point is 00:33:42 and he's, like, honestly such a joy. He really is. He told me he likes so many stories about you that, yeah, I'm very... Yeah. Yeah. Did any of them mention Mountain Head? Yeah. That was terrible. I don't know why. No, that was really good, man.
Starting point is 00:33:57 No, thank you very much. I appreciate that. Yeah, it was really good. Yeah, I went immediately to that. No, I loved it. How much fun it was working with Correll. Like, he is... And the deadpan is what'll get you. No, and it's like he's just... Yeah, he's so inspiring.
Starting point is 00:34:12 And he's like the way he kind of picks up a character, and he's like such a true film actor, too. Like, you get to bounce off him, and it's just unbelievable. I miss all those guys. It's so good to see you, man. Thanks for having me. Number one episode of the New York State April 17th on Prime Video, Roman Yusuf. Quick break right after this. Yeah, it's our show. But before we go, we're going to check in with your host for the rest of the week, Ronnie Chang.
Starting point is 00:34:51 What's happening, Ronnie Chang? Thank you. What do you got for the people next week? Well, big news for me personally, John. I'm going to space. Oh, wow. Yeah, the all-women mission went so well today that Jeff Bezos asked me to be part of the all-Asian one.
Starting point is 00:35:10 Oh. No offense, Ronnie, but like, you're top five? I mean, I just, Ali Wong, Lisa from White Lotus, Bo and Yang, I just. Yeah, okay, but that's the point, John, okay? I'm the perfect mix of famous and disposable. It's known in the aerospace industry as the Katy Perry curve. Enough fame for news coverage,
Starting point is 00:35:39 but you know, worst case scenario, the world can move on. Also, I have no problems peeing in a bottle. Peeing in a bottle? It's an 11-minute ride. Yeah, I got a thing. I got a thing with my... All right. Well, I hope you get back safe. Ronnie Chang, everybody. Here it is. We're momentous now. This is a first. We've had women, but we've never had three of them right here.
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