The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Leslie Jones On Her Return to the Host Chair

Episode Date: November 20, 2023

In this podcast exclusive, Leslie Jones and Lenny Marcus unpack Leslie's second week guest hosting The Daily Show, what it was like coming face to face with her MSNBC crush, Steve Kornacki, and how she channels Arsenio Hall and Johnny Carson's interview styles. Plus, she weighs in on the feedback she's been given throughout her career and how she handles feedback.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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We're taking over the Daily Show podcast studio. We're giving you a behind the scenes look at our week at the Daily Show. Our second Daily Show appearance. Yes. Your Second Daily Show appearance, I just sit there and help them write. I don't even know I am here sometimes. They're so good You're here for me. Well, I know where we're here to help them write the show, but they're so good

That's the first thing we got to say right? This is like the best place They literally this is what I love about this place everybody. Everybody loves to stay in their their la their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their. their their their their their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. t. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. the stay in their lane. Like, you know what I'm saying? And then they come together and make it together. That's where it should be like that at every place you go work. Everybody loves their job, loves their partner job, and then y'all come together to make the project. It's just so much better. It's just like so much calmer. Like, they're not stressed out, they're not like running around. Anybody raise their voice once? Yes, because they don't have to raise their voice. Things is just done. It's so impressive, like, when you and I work together, by the way, I'm Leslie's, I don't

know what we're going to go. Father. Consulariary, what else? Disciplinary, Principle, Principal. Yeah, some bailer out of jail if I have to kill on the one. The only person probably who could control me. Yeah, well, barely. Yeah, that's, that's the tail wagging the dogs. But, um, anyway, so the two of us have to the taugh. the time, I have to go in there and end up writing the whole show

or producing some of the show or doing, or taking care of stuff that's not his job, that's somebody else's job. It's just almost like they're just like, okay would be a mediocre. Yeah, and here it's like, it's like, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, like, I, like, I, I, I, I, I, like, like, like, like, like, I, like, the, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, or, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, or, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the the the th. the the the the the the the the, this place is like a Maserati, and I just have to help you not drive the Maserati into the wall. Right, you know, like just, true, and I will drive that Maserati into the wall. I will drive it into the wall because that's what I do. But even when, you know, it's amazing, even when we think we didn't do the best, you know, they'll put it right back on course. Like, like to me, last night, I know everybody loved it, but I don't think to me, my, that was one of my best shows. No. But they made that show look like so good. I was watching it last night going, oh my god, I don't even see none of the dumb stuff that I did. the interview was so freaking good. Well, that you did, the last, they, th. th. You th. You th. You th. You th. You th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. they, th. to to to to to to to to to to to to to to me, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, I th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that that, that, that that that that that that's, that's, that's that's that's the. thi. the. thi. th., none of the mistakes. The interview was so freaking good. Well, that you did actually did. No, but I'm just saying like all the other stuff I was worried about, I didn't see it.

Yes. Like, there was one point where I was like, they're gonna see me do this. And I was like, oh wow, they really, take it just from buzz and what you hear in the building You do take it to another level like the day you're not there By for the big writers meeting they do a big writers meeting at 1030 And I sit in that meeting boy there is a difference when I walk in that room alone or when I'm walking in with you You know and you just have a way of just you like I can tell you anything about this water bottle and be like, man, don't drink that water, drink that water. Like you're so, you have an opinion and a heightened opinion about everything.

So it makes it, um, it just brings the room energy like, oh my God, she's invested. We got to get invested. Yeah, it's just the really weird when people react that way because it's like, why isn't everyone like that way because it's like why isn't everyone like that? No seriously, that's your gift. Well, the gift is that I, everything that I do comes from a real place. Yeah, but it's still a gift. Like a lot of people, it comes from a real place. People have opinions, but they're not gonna walk it. Most people go, oh, that's an interesting water, right? No, I'm gonna be like, man, that, motha, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that's that's that's that's that, everything, that's that's that, that, that, that, that, that, that I that I that I that I that I that I that, everything that, everything that, everything that, that, everything that, everything that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, I that, I that, I that, I that, I that, I thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi's thi's thi's thi's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's thi, everything, everything that's th beast. What the fuck? Like, no label. It doesn't have to have a label. It's fucking water. When the water need to be labeled. It's fucking water. Drink it, motherfucker. Yeah. And it's like, unless you know some anthrax is in it or something. It's like upstairs. Like anybody would be like, Andre 3000's coming out with an album that's just a flute. I'm so feeling. And you're like, and you're pissed. And you're like, and you're pissed. And you're pissed. And you're pissed. And you're pissed. And you're pissed. And you're pissed. You're pissed. You're pissed. You're pissed. You're pissed. the pissed. the pissed. the pissed. the pissed. the the the the the the the the their pissed. their pissed. their pissed. the their pissed. their pissed. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. 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. the the th. the the the tri. the the the the the the the the the the the their. their. like super pissed. Yeah but you know what is it really what did they call it is it is it kind of asinine for me to be pissed about someone? Yes but that's the funny

because that's what's funny it's like it's like when people get mad about the Ghostbusters movies or something like there you go what do you expect? What do you expect? That's right but trust me because Andre 300 300 300 th Andre Andre 300 he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he's th and th and th and th and th and th and th and th and th and th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. to to to to to to to to to to th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. to to to to to to to to the. thi. th. thi. th. th. thi. th. th. th. th. me, because Andre 3000, he's gonna reach out to me and go, I'm gonna send you a copy of my album. And you're gonna tell me that you love it. Yeah, you're gonna throw it right in the garbage. I'm gonna send him a video back of me throwing that motherfucker in the garbage. I do not want no flute music from a fucking... God damnit. Hey, yeah, it's in the garbage.

Hey, yeah, In the garbage! It's in the garbage, ooh, it's in the garbage, who is in the garbage, oh, it's in the garbage, oh, is it that garbage, garbage. Ah, Ah, ah. All right, they wonder.

I can do that all day. We always get the two same notes everywhere we go with you. And it's actually a good thing because it's like, there's too many, that can be too many fucks. Yeah, and it's like, okay, we can, and you self-modulate that. Yeah, because it's like, listen, I'm a comic. I've been a comic for 30-something years. And you know I have to have gigs where you can't curse. And plus I'm around my aunts.

And I don't curse when I'm around my aunts. Right, so you could self-regulate. So you know how to do that. Yeah. So the note that I always get is, because she cursed with my mom, she was like, wow, I don't know what you sound like when you're not with me, but I hope it's not like that. But you know, it is.

It's so, and I told her mom, it's so much worse than you thought. But, you know, you get that note. I always know the two notes I'm gonna get. Hey, can you curse a little less? And 10? So I'm always glad when people say, bring your energy back instead of giving me more energy, because that's harder to do. Very much harder. They teach you that in acting class too.

Like, we'll get, you know, like I need to get, or any time I do stuff, the note is yeah, go further, thi, thi, thiii's, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, that, that, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that's, that's, thi................. that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, th. that's, th. th. that's, that's, th. that's, that's, th. that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's way easier to take you back down. It is. See me as always, can you please come back now? Please, please, you are too far. Can you go? But like Lauren used to tell me all the time when I would do an update, he'd be like, Leslie, if you start at 10, you don't have anywhere to go. So please, just start it five. That's why he's, Lorne Michaels has been in the business for true that, true that. So I always know those notes so whenever I get those notes I'm always kind of happy because I go oh okay there's no other notes. They like everything else. Yeah and they do. Like every day they always give us one note back and every day they always give us one note. And every day. And every day it's like, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, th, yeah, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, whenever th, whenever th, whenever I th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. So, whenever I th, whenever I th. So, whenever I th. So, whenever I th. So, whenever I th. So, whenever I, whenever I, whenever I, whenever I, whenever I I, whenever, whenever, whenever, whenever, whenever, whenever, whenever, whenever, whenever, whenever, th, th, whenever, th, whenever, th, th, whenever, th, whenever, th, th, whenever, th, th. th. th. th. th. And any th. And any th. And any th. And any th. And any tho, tho. So, tho. So, tho. So, tho. I tho. So, tho. So, tho. one note and every time you've nailed the note so I feel like when I leave here again this week and we're gonna do a good job tonight I'm sure and it's like I feel like we we gave them everything we wanted and we gave them four great

shows and I'm super proud of you but super proud of the fact yeah, we came in here again and we did a really great job again. It wasn't a fluke. And we don't know what other people, what happens in here for the other weeks, but we really enjoy it here, that's for sure. Yeah, I do, I like a place that is just homie. Like they just, I want to talk to you about one more thing, the guests, the guests, the guests, the guests, the guests, the guests that we have. Now you get to hand, we try and handpick the guest, and it's always like giving birth to these guests. Can we get this person? Can we not? You get excited about certain guests. Like, Kornaki, you got so excited

because we, people think it's a joke. It's not a joke. You really loved this tryell people like it was you finally got to meet this crush of yours you know yeah well you know I I love meeting everybody that I like you know I'm saying yeah and yeah like you say you have more excitement for more for these certain people than other people but Kornakie was was like a long time coming like yeah we couldn't get in the years of something that that we were just supposed to meet here,

opposed to meet on this show, and to be able to finally get him to come out. And not only just like, seriously, I was a girl, school girl. I was literally like, oh my god, like stuttering and like, oh, Leslie, do you really like this guy? Oh, my god. Okay, so. like stuttering and like, oh Leslie, do you really like this guy? Like, oh my gosh! Okay, so, hi. It's great to meet you.

Oh my god, it's so crazy that we've never met before, you know? So I'm pretty sure you know that I'm totally obsessed. I've seen some clips. When you're standing at that big door, uh, and you got that I'm totally obsessed. I've seen some clips. When you're standing at that big door and you got that damn calculator. How do you keep all your facts straight? It was just really sweet. It did when he started talking to Nerit Talk, I was like, oh shit. He's hot. He knows his stuff. Like that's one guy who knows. He's a very smart. I mean you guys go online and check out that full interview because he breaks down some things that are really great Yeah, and he's again, he was so great to come on and I heard he had a really great time So yeah, that's what I that's that's my main goal to is that when people are watching this show that when they turn it off they feel like

Like damn that was good. Oh, I was fun. It's weird. I always always that. It's that. that. that. th. that. that. th. that. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. that. that. that's that's th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. th. It's weird because I always get to the interview and I go, again, you do everything with such passion, you're really invested, especially if you wanted the guests to come on, like you ask great questions. But even when you're not jacked up for whatever guests, you get, it's, you know, you can interview people. Like you do a great job for 10 minutes, you're so curious as a person. Well, it's so weird because the best interviewer to me has always been Arsenio Hall and Johnny Carson. Why? Arsenio Hall interviews like me, like anybody that comes on, he's very curious.

He's interested. He's interested. And I like to ask questions that other people are not asking because, you know, everybody asked the same stuff, but I like to ask stuff that I that I that I that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that to that that to th. th. thi. to to to to thi. to thi. to to thi. thi. thi. thi. the their the because you know everybody asked the same stuff, but I like to ask stuff that I know that they want to talk about. Yeah. Like tell me about this. Oh, is this, this, this, and this. And then you can see that sparking AI of like, oh wow, she's interested. Yeah, I would love to talk about that. Well, that's why they're there. I love. Yeah, I love. I love. I love. I love. I love. I love. I love. they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're that. Yeah, that. Yeah, that. Yeah, that. Yeah, I love. Yeah, I love. Yeah, I love. Yeah, I love. Yeah, I love. Yeah, I love. Yeah, I that's. Yeah, I that's. Yeah, I that's that's that. Yeah, that. Yeah, that. Yeah, that. Yeah, that. Yeah, that. Yeah, that. Yeah, that. Yeah, th. Yeah, th. Yeah, I th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the. th. the. the. the. the. the. the. th. th. the like they're seen, like their notice. That's very important to be. And then when we, Karen, I always wanted to look like a conversation because people love that. People love, I used to love when Arsenia will bring Eddie Murphy on because I would just laugh

because you know they have a whole bunch of inside jokes. And they're making fun, it's just so, so good. Now Johnny Carson did pretty much of the same thing because Johnny was like, Johnny was like that dude that had a bunch of cool friends. Does that make sense? Yeah. So whenever Johnny brought somebody to the desk it was just like, what is he? I just loved him. Like he was just always so, he was cool as a cucumber, no matter what his guest did. No matter how crazy his guests, I just saw this interview with him and the dude from Planet of the Apes, the dude dressed like one of the Planet of the Apes, and Johnny

was hilarious. He was hilarious. It's just, I love stuff like that. I love off the cuff. Yep. We have a ton of questions for you, but then when they answer in a certain way and then you could just, you can just make your own question. That's the question, you the question, you the question, you the question, you the question, you the question, you the question, you the question, you the question, you the question, you the question, you the question, you the question, you the question, you can just the question, you can just the question, you the question, you the question, you can just the question, you can just, the question, the question, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their their, their their th. their, their, their their their th. their their their their their their their their their, the when it really gets good, like, hey, there's an audience watching this, but now you're invested in these, right, in what's happening. I really enjoyed that interview with Lisa Leslie, because we're from the same place, we're from the same hood, we're like the same person, almost, and it was just such a great interview. All great. And it was just for the interview. Oh, this is the easy part.

Yeah. This is easy part. I love talking to people. Hey everybody, John Stewart here. I am here to tell you about my new podcast, the weekly show coming out every Thursday. We're going to be talking about the election earnings calls. What are they talking about on these earnings calls? We're going to be talking about ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches. I know you have a lot of options as far as podcasts go, but how many of them come out on Thursday? Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast. We were here within a year ago and now you came back. So what was the difference for you between the first time here and the second time here? The first time I was here, I don't think I had any pressure on me as far as like I wasn't

trying to get the job. I really wasn't. I was like, you know, let's go do the day the show. This is great. They're going's go do the day of the show. You know, this is great. They're gonna be doing the head. I know you're worried about that. I was just like, you know, I wanna show people that I can do something else or I can be funny or I can do this. So the first time it really was no pressure. This time I feel a little pressure. realistic part of me, the 56 year old, experience part of me, goes, I'm not putting all my eggs in one basket and

I'm still Leslie Jones. Does that make sense? Like, if this doesn't happen to work out, which is fine, I think it's great, because these people are great, they're going to make whoever they get in here. It's going to be a freaking incredible show, but at the end of the day, I'm still Leslie Jones. Does that make sense? So, they can't take my house, you know, they can't take my pool. You know what I'm saying? Like you gotta, you don't take that pool. Yeah, well, I would just tell people though too, because I always wanna, okay, I put it like this,

whenever I'm watching a reality show, right? the people might not make it or might not make it to the next round and they're devastated. They're devastated. This is my life and I can that tha that da da da. I always get mad because I was like you're not dead and you're not and you still can sing and you're still talent. So just go and this is just a part of your life. So I don't want people to be like, oh Leslie didn't get to be like, oh Leslie, th. they. th. th and thian, thian, thian, thian, thian, thian, thian, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, th, that, that, that, that, that, that's, that's, that's, th. that's, th. I'm, th. I'm, that's, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I th. I's, Leslie's, I tell people that all the time, it's always gonna happen. I have so much faith in you that something else will come up. It always does. It always does. I have a career.

I've been working a long time. I've been putting out a lot of cross. What, what people don't understand with us, it's, I'm gonna speak for myself as well, I'm gonna, when, when, when, when, when, when, to, to, to, to, to, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm gonna, to, to, to, I, I, I, I, I, I, th, I, I, th, it, it, it, to, it, it, to, to, to, to, to, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th......... th. th. that, th. that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that's, that, to, to, to, thi, to, thi, th's our number one lot. Absolutely. And we have a lot of fun writing and touring and whatever, you know, and then working on whatever the next hour is or the next bit, we're always sending notes back and forth. So yeah, and it's like crazy because, and I just want to tell people to listen, because I've always wanted to say to. I loved you on S&L, which I do, I appreciate that, but I don't, I think I hate when people

say I miss you on S&L. I miss you that it's not funny without you. Well, that's not my motherfucking problem. Like, you know, I miss you on S&L. I used to tell my aunt all the time, like when she would be like, when you're going to come back to Memphis and Oprah Comedy Club, when I fell thap I th, like I just always hate when people be like why you're not at S&L again because I have another job. I don't even think about that anymore. I get yeah I get, yeah I get to think now people like when are you coming back to the Daily Show? You know what I mean? That's what I get. You guys that's what I get? When are you guys going to do that week? I always get it is super. It is super is super is super is super is super is super is super is super is super. It is super. It is super. It is super. It is super. It is super. It is super. It is super. It is super. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's, it? It's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it. It's, I? It's, I'm. the the the the the the the the the the the th. When. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I's. I. I. I. I th. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm not. I'm. I'm. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm not. I'm not. I th I kept that. And listen, listen, we wanted back. We want it back. We want it back. You guys have to understand this. We're working on it. I always tell everybody, you know what, why are you not doing a Nina Simone movie? Well, bitch, because it's not written written yet.

You know, there's a lot of odds and end, red tape, wires, connections that have to happen before things jump off. Themarket sweep was a very difficult show, very expensive show to make. If we had Jen Flance, yeah, if we had the showrunners here, we would still be on the air. Yeah, we'd still be on the air. But listen, we've had the most amazing time for me. How do you feel right now after three, four days? I think, I think the good thing that I do, first of all, this show, we get the fuck out of here by seven, which is incredible. Well, I guess when you worked at Saturday Night Live, it's incredible. Oh, Saturday Night Live was a 24-hour thing. So we get out of here seven and I go home and rest, yeah, I make sure I work out. Yep. I always make sure I do my cardio.

My energy love is great. It's great. I'm exhausted. You're exhausting? I have because for me it's nine to five. I come in a little earlier than you and I sit with them. But I'm a mile from my house. I walk to work every morning.

So, right. It's like, you know, we, it's doable for sure. I was just gonna say, is it doable? I think it's doable. I think it's doable. But I'm more concerned about you as always. Well, I'm, you know, New York is always a crazy place for me because I always get sick in New York. I always get sick release, I always get sinus infections and stuff like that. But this job, I just almost so weird as like worth it. It's like you know what I'm saying like I love being able to talk

to the masses. Yeah, that's what I feel like. Well you're also saying important things. This is not just supermarket sweep. This is you know where you're actually you can give an opinion. Yes. I want to put a big mass thing of joy out. That's not only it's funny but but you're also, it's satirical, but you're also, you can make a point, you know, with the long story shorts and the, you know, like, hey, you cut back to you on some of these things like, what is the matter with you? Like, you're always saying, I gotta check some people. You know, and you check the people and you check them in a funny way. so, because that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their their their their their their their thoooooooooooooooo. their th. their their their the their the the the the their their their that everybody else is doing their other people's job. Comedians, be comedians. Don't be scared. You can't be scared. You can't be scared. You can't be scared. You can't be scared or to get in council. You can't be scared or none of that. You just got to be funny. You just to be funny. to thunda. And I think that's thurowne. that's that's thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. tha. tha. tha. thooed. that that tho tho tho tho to to tho tho tho tho tho tho that that that that that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. theeea. the the tha. the tha. the to theea. to the tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. point will come. Be funny first. Your job is to be a comedian. You're not a fucking

tear talker. You're not a fucking politician. You're not, none of, you're a fucking clown. Yeah, the, the, um, when we get to shoot the show and you're like, and I'm holding the script and you're like, what's the matter? You know, like, when you're holding that script, I gotta be confident that the show is at first funny. And I've never gone down to that studio yet, going, eh, yeah. No. By the time we get down there, it's been great. Yeah. So I can't, we can't thank the Daily Show enough. I mean, they let us showcase our talents, let them help us, help them make their usual great show, and hopefully we've their we we we we we we we we we their their their their their their their usual great show and hopefully we've made it a little better than, you know, I want to walk out of here with them again saying, please come back. When are you coming back? That's our goal.

You know, I always say this, if somebody asks it, people say in comedy, what have you learned? I've learned two things now. If somebody about jobs in comedy, if somebody says, hey, would you like to host a game show? Say yes. Because they they they they they they they they they they they they they will. they will. they will, they will, they will, they will, they will, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, th. th. th. th. th. thi, thi, that, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, the. their, toeea. toea. toea. toea. thea. thea. the. the. the. the. their, hey, would you like to host a game show? Say yes, because they will, no matter what it is, you're hosting a game show, they will throw a pile of money at you and it's a good deal, right? And you're out of there in two weeks, they film a ton of them, you'll just go play on your yacht. And the second rule is if they ask you to come in and do anything at the daily Show, say yes, because this place is incredible. Yeah, it's really magical. I agree, I agree. It's really great.

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