The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Leslie Jones Reflects on Her Week as Daily Show Host | Beyond the Scenes

Episode Date: March 6, 2023

The Daily Show's first guest host Leslie Jones chats with Roy Wood Jr about her week behind the desk.  She shares how SNL prepared her for this role, what advice Chris Rock gave her, why she wanted to tackle men’s mental health on the show, and the backstories she created for each of the Daily Show correspondents. Also, find out her thoughts on Rihanna’s Super Bowl halftime performance, Ron DeSantis, and the Chinese spy balloon.   Beyond the Scenes is a podcast from The Daily Show. Listen to new episodes every Tuesday wherever you get your podcasts, or watch at YouTube.com/TheDaily Show See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to Comedy Central. What's up, Yers Edition, listener? It's Ronnie Chang, correspondent for the Daily Show. You're about to hear an episode of one of our original Daily Show podcast, beyond the scenes, hosted by Roy Wood, Jr. It's the podcast where we dive deep into segments and topics from the Daily Show, with the show's writers, producers, and experts. In this episode, Leslie Jones reflects on her week as Daily Show host. She's joined by her co-host of the fuckery

podcast, Lenny Marcus. They discussed how S&L prepared her for the Daily Show what advice Chris Rock gave her before starting the role, why she wanted to tackle men's mental health, and the back story she created for each of the daily show correspondents. If you like the show, check out the beyond-tas, 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 of the Daily Show correspondence. If you like the show, check out the Beyond the Scenes podcast, wherever you get your podcast. Welcome to Beyond the Scenes, the podcast that goes beyond the scenes of topics and segments, and segments that aired originally on the sands. And segments that aired originally on the Daily Show. I'm your host Roywood Jr. Very special episode today.

And when I say special, first off, if you're watching the video of this, you can see where and I knew multi-million dollar podcast facility right here in the heart of the Daily Show Studios, I could tell you where we are, but then I'd have to kill you. Here's what this podcast is like. This podcast is like, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're thi, you're thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. thi.a''''''''''a'a'er-s, thi. thi, thi, thi, th kill you. Here's what this podcast is like. This is what you have to think of this podcast is. This podcast is like, you know I'm in school, you got your school teacher who give you the information. That's the daily show. This podcast is the substitute te watch faces of deaf and a couple R-rated movies And I don't know if that analogy completely connects Joining me today though are two wonderful wonderful guests First up he is one of the co-host of the fuckery podcast. I don't know if I'm supposed to add that you in there because I know that you all like for search engine

optimization you can't spell fuckery all the way out so the fkery it's still pronounced like that the fkery no no the fuckery you fuckery yes he is he is a acclaimed stand-up comedian and writer Lenny how you doing thanks right thanks for the kids weigh the kids we we still pronounce it. Fair enough. For the kids, it's for the kids. And that voice you hear is a wonderful, wonderful stand-up comedian, or do we just do comedian an S&L alarm, but more importantly for the sake of this podcast, she was the first guest host of the Daily Show when we came back after Trevor Noah's departure and y'all know it also as a co-host of the fuckery podcast Leslie Jones

Nice nice see I used to hate comedian now I actually like it why I don't know I think you earn it oh that's interesting you are in comedian or you're in comedian comedian yeah it's like a little acoustic crown right on top of it yeah because you can just say you're a comic you know what yeah yeah but comedian right mean is fine so what you call me a pain in the ass for now and the pain in the ass you know what okay what I'm gonna do is violently attack you first and then I'm gonna say all of that and that chemistry that you see between these two right now that is what they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they 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 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 they they they they they they th tho tho tho can tho can can tho can't tho can can't you tho can can can't you tho can't tho can can can't you tho can't you they. they. that you see between these two right now, that is what they have been for years. These two are also, what do I call y'all? Is it writing partners? Is it producing partners?

Because you do so many projects together and I know that there's a lot of what Leslie touches that Lenny Marcus's fingerprints are on and Les I know it's vice versa. So like because I don't know if it's a writing duo I don't know what the hell y'all are all I know is that when you two are together It is magic and When you came into this whole situation Well, first off give us a little bit of the back story. Les of how you and you and Lenny met because it's important that people understand your dynamic and then how that dynamic came into the daily th th th th th th th th th the th th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the thin. tha. tha. to to to to to to the the the their to to to to 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 te. I te. tea. tea. tea. tea. tea. tea. teoooooooome. I te. I te. I t then how that dynamic came into the daily show because I'm telling you, you two are some shit we never had in this building. I've been here seven years.

Wow. That makes me emotional. I'm gonna be honest. That makes me a little emotional inside. You know, I always had a vision of my career because that's just you know, Virgo is just like that. I always knew what type of steps I wanted to take. And when I got good enough, I was like, if I get a writer, I want to be like one of those writing teams that's like, you know, that like when we go down in time,

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path to you. So it could be anything. It can happen any type of way. Me and Lenny met at the seller. I came in there one night. the the New York City. Yeah, comedy seller, I think I came in there one night he was sitting at the table and I think people were, this is how I remember, but Lenny's going to tell probably because Lenny doesn't smoke weed. But this is what, this is the fragments of the story that I remember is that he was sitting there and they was ragging him about him him about him marrying his girl. And I was saying. Only comedians will attack you for being in love. Yeah. Well, they was just ragging him. They was ragging him and saying, yo, you should marry her. Like, she's hot and woo, woo, woo,

and I'm, and I think he showed me a picture. And I was like, oh, yeah, mothed, you know, theymea, they's, they's, they's, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, 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, they're, they're, they're, they're, they're, they're, they're, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they're, they're, they're, they're, they're, they're, they're, the, they're, they're, they're, the the they're, the they're, they're, they're, they're, they're, they're, they're, they're,, yo, you know, these are some good, you know, tags. I got some tags to your jokes and I was like, oh yeah, let's go around. And he was like, right now and I was like, yeah, fuck that, let's go. Like, and we went around and I was like, like, I think it was like, I think it was like, thi thi, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you th, you th, you th, you, you that, you, you, you th, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, 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. these, like all of them and I was like oh shit this dude this dude like and then I saw his set and I was like Oh fuck this motherfuck is hilarious and then we went to a Yankee game and I'm telling you Roy I don't fuck I didn't fuck with baseball before Lenny we sat there and many made me love baseball and I'm tell and I'm tellain you-stop like it was so like he was saying funny shit that was just like so grown It grown jokes like I've hung around people before you know I'm saying I've hung around people before and they be silly and you go I gotta laugh at that goofy shit you know You know who who but Lenny was grown so that's and for the people who don't understand comedy Lenny. Yeah, what you did that night. I? I that. I. I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I got, I got, I got, I got, I got, I got, I got, I got got to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to th th th th th th th th 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 the 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 that the the the the the the the the the the the the the the tha tha tha that's... And for the people who don't understand comedy, Lenny,

Yeah. What you did that night at the comedy seller is fucking insane. Yes. You could have got cussed the hell out. I was waiting to get cussed out. Because, yep. Just so I can describe you to the people. We all know, Leslie Jones, 6-3, 6-4-ish. Lennie looks how he sounds.

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How much of Leslie's story? The, the, the, it might be a little out of order, but it's very, it's close enough. And, and I, and I, and, I'll, and, tha, to, to, to, to, to, I you know this I don't I don't you don't want to give lines to somebody coming off stage right you know Correct they're not in the space whatever here's how to do your job better 20 year veteran Yeah, I got to know that person really well, but she took me this she took me this yanky game. I don't took took took th. She to took to th. She to th. She to to th. She to th. She to th. She th. She th. She to th. She to th. She took th. She to th. She th. She to to th. She th. the. She the. the. to th. to th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the th. the to the the to to to the the to to to to to to to to to to to to the the to the the the the the th. You th. You th. You th. You th. You th. You don't want to to to you to you to you to you to you to to you to you to to the. to the. the. the the. the the. the. the know those seats right. They're right behind home plate. Oh, the Lorne Michael Seats. The Lord Michael Seats. Oh, yes. Seriously, that's, you know how she says the circuit comes to you and the whole thing, that whole mess which he was talking about circuitry and spirituality? No. I, I, that's not me.

I was just like, one day, I'm going to sit in those fucking seats. And she's like, hey, you want to go to a game? I was like, I know those seats and it's happening right in real time. So you manifested the seats and she manifested a writing part. That's right. Holy shit. So I manifested a seat, so I get to the seats, I am, a tear is like rolling down my eye. And I'm like, how do I pay this woman back for this? And the only way I could think of, you know what? I'll stick my head in, I'll watch the set, and if I have anything to say, you know, maybe I'll just say hi, you know? And I go when I watch the set, I'm like, I think she's got a couple, a lot of stuff here.

And so I started taking out a pen and started writing stuff and I'm waiting for the punch in the face, Roy. I say, I literally had to say, hey, I know what's going to sound, hey, good, she's like, hey, good to see. I go, do you want a couple of lines maybe? And she's like, I was waiting for, get the fuck out of my face. No, she goes, yeah. I'm like, really? She goes, yeah. You all meet, you go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball to go to to the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball to go the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball the baseball the over the next seven, eight years of just making dope-ass content, right? When you get the call for the Daily Show and Lenny being the wordsmith and I would say less you are probably a little more jazz comedically and I don't say that as an insult you're very much you have an idea you play around with it but in TV you have the constraints of time. Now you also know what you want to say but you're trying to figure out the funniest way to say.. Oh, oh, oh th to say th the the th to say the the th th th the the th the th th the th th of the the the th. Oh thi the the the the thi the the thi the the the the thi the the the thi. 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 the th. th. th. th. tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. tea. tea. tea. tea. tel. tel. tea. tel. tel. tea. they. their. their the the the constraints of time. Now you also know what you want to say but you're trying to figure out the funniest way to say what was your expectations, what was your

approach, what was you all's plans? Because you're also you also have the burden of being the first mother the first person to guess host it. You're the first person to come back to kick down the doors to reestablish this brand. This is. This. This. This. This. This. This. This. This is. This is. This is. This is. This is. This is. This is. This is. This is. This is. This is. This is. th. th. th. th. th.to kick down the doors to reestablish this brand. This is a 25 year brand, dog. Well, first of all, first of all, Lenny, the first time Lenny saw me on the road, Roy, I did an hour and 20 minutes. You know how Black Comics do, right? And I really thought I was the shit. I was like, oh yeah, I'm gonna come off stage. And thi's like, yeah, oh, oh, oh, oh, 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'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, the, the, the, the, the, the, the first, the, the, the, the, first of, first of, first of, first of, first of, first of, first of, first, first, first, first, the first, first, the first, the first, the first, the first, the first, the first, the first, the first, the first, the first, the first, the first, the first, the first, the first, the first, the first, the first, the first, the first, I, the first, I, I, the first, the first the first the first the first the first of all, the first of all, the first of all, the first of all, the first of all, the first of all, the first of all, the first the first the first the, the, I didn't know that you was walking Messiah. I literally, you know, you know, that's how cocky, I was like, oh yeah he's gonna be like,

I don't know why you, well you, hell, a comedian shit, hell you, they should make a statue of you. So I come on stage and I'm sweating and shit, just knowing I ripped, and Lenny was like, what the fuck, and I'm s sacked. and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I'm that's, you, you, that's, you, you, 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, 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 how, that's how, that's how, that's how, that's how, that's how, that's how, that's how, that's how, that's, that's, that's, that's what the fuck was that? He was like, why the fuck you even get off stage at 58 minutes? What the fuck? Nobody wants to see you after 58 minutes. He was like, you said, mother fucker, like, 72, what the fuck? Like, he went off on me. Like, off on me.

So, it was like, it's like, no, this motho fuck I ain't telling me.. It's, it, it, it, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, like, so, so, like, like, so, to. th. to, like, 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. to, 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, no this motherfucker ain't telling me. I was like, this mothfucker ain't telling me. I know the fuck I've been doing comedy woo-woo, but see what I, what, one thing that I will admit about myself that I've always admitted to people is that I am a wild bucking horse. Like I'm not afraid to kick the fucking French thing down and run in the field. I'm not to to to th, th that I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I'm that I'm not I'm not I'm not I'm not I'm not I run in the field. I'm not afraid to buck off a motherfucker that I don't want on me. I will jump feet first from the building. That's who the fuck I am, you know? So Lenny is the guy who is the lion tamer. That's what I call him. I call him the lion tamer. He knows what I am and he'll put it down and go stick to this. This is the script. Stick to this. And that. And that's. And that's. And that's. And 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 what's that's what's what's what's what's what's what's what's what's what's what's what's what's what's what's that's what's what'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 that's that's that's that's that's that's 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.a. is this is the script stick to this. And that's an important dynamic because the thing about the daily show is that the structure of the show we also don't have a lot of time. The morning

meetings at nine rehearsals at three you don't have a lot of time so you have to figure out very stickly how you want to do stuff. So Lenny when you come into the the building the building the building the building to the building the building the building the building the building the building the building the building the building the building the building the building the building to the building the building to the building to the building the building the building the building to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to be. I to be. I to be. I to be. I to be. I to be. I to be. I to be. I to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. th. th. th. thi. the. thi. thi. the. the. thi. toe. the thi. toe. toe. toe. I. to. I. I. to do stuff. So Lenny, when you come into the building, and I feel like you having that more of a sense of structure, but you also don't want to lose, we don't want to lose what Leslie does, right? What did you anticipate coming into this like, what did you heard about the show? Well, I know the show, it's a brilliant show. I know I watched it when John did it, you could tell how funny the writing staff is they the, the, the, the, the, the, the, th, th, th, th, th, th. th. th. th. th. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, their, their, their, thi, thi, thi, their, their, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th. th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th.. th. th. th. thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, they, to, to, to, they, they, to, thin, thin, thi, thin, thi, it when John did it you could tell how funny the writing staff is they get it and my expectations were pretty high and I was like can we meet your level of expectations because you know she's we she doesn't do a lot of prompt to work in that she doesn't do you know like we have we've worked with other production companies

before that we didn't like so anytime you go into new arena, there's so much to happen within, you know, getting to know people and working with people. And then, you know, she's got to do, like, with the correspondence, you got to do, like, a two-person thing here. So there is a lot coming in. I was like, wow, there's a lot of bells and whistles. missiles are, you know, but with her, there's always two things that play. One is, she's going to bring everything. She's bringing, she is bringing way more than you, a bomb is coming in.

You guys don't even know that this explosion's about to go off. When I come in, I'm thinking, okay, just, I have to let her do that talent and let me just figure out how to make it all work around her. That's that's what that staff did and you know S&L of course my experience doing the updates with S&L was very helpful as far as like being behind yeah being behind this desk and he's right we didn't have prompters we had QCART so whenever you do the prompter you got to get that person on the same rhythm as you and I always feel stupid when I to loud so I always try to memorize a lot of stuff so I try to tell them not to change too much but I try to memorize a lot because I don't like to look like I'm reading and it's just it's it was a lot of shit it was a lot of shit it was a lot of shit but I'm gonna tel tel tel tel tel tel tel tel tel tel tel tel tel tel tel tel tel tel tel tel tel tel to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to 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 try. try. try. tell try. tell tell tell tell you try. tell try. to to to to to to to to to to to to to the fucking writing staff, that crew, it's so much different than anything I've ever experienced.

It was the first time I was able to come in and actually be talented. I didn't have to write, I didn't have to direct, I didn't have to point, I didn't have to do none of that shit. You did, right? We wrote for your set, you know, we could lay it out for and then she'll leslify it you know what I mean? How were like can I ask to a degree how your preparation differed for S&L versus the Daily Show? Okay well y'all y'all both have that schedule but what I would say for the Daily Show is that do we know S&L everybody I know from S&L they be texting me at 3.30 in the morning on a weeknight, talking about, hit it home, I'm like, bitch, I've been in the bed. Yeah, yeah, it's, I'm saying,

I'm saying for the day of show, it's like, blah, blah, black. But, do you fair, S&L, your day start to like 3.30 in the afternoon. Yeah, and then, they give you the thing of like mentally like you need to forget last week. It don't matter what the fuck happened to you, you need to forget last week. And it's a brutal hard, it's a hard, like I didn't feel that at the daily show. I didn't feel like it was such a hard schedule to where I'm just like, okay, I'm gonna die. Like, I'm gonna die. Like we was home every night by eight. Yeah, it's very efficient here. I don't even know if you guys appreciate how efficient, because we've been to other places.

They waste time, they waste resources, nobody knows what's up, you know, but here everybody seems to know, every, you know, it is a tight ship. I would say the experience at the desk and learning how to cut jokes and stuff, I think S&L got me prepared a little bit for the Daily Show for that, because it was so easy, like, I think, I think Jen was like so surprised every time she would come up and go,

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And then, for a little while. They're not even your step children. to teacher these motherfuckers they don't really want to. You guys also write, I mean the writing here is so strong that if you cut something is like great you already have 10 killers beforehand. And y'all wrote for me. Yeah. Like y'all wrote for me, like not at me. Okay, so then to that point, the topics that were thrown at you during your week, you came on the same week of the Martin Martin Martin Martin Martin Martin Martin Martin Martin Martin Martin Martin the Martin the Martin the Martin thrown at you during your week. You came on the same week of the Martin Luther King Dick statue in Boston, but from a certain angle it looked like a dick, it wouldn't actually.

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Like I'll be talking about them, but I'll be making them laugh at themselves harder than everybody else. The only time that I hit a person so hard is if they're doing some fucked up shit like or you know cackling me or whatever, but most of the time I'll start hard on you and by the end of it, you'll love me because I've the the the the the the the the the the thrown..... I'll start the the the the the the the the the their the the thrown I'll start, I'll start, I'll start, I'll start, I'll start, I'll start, I'll start, I'll start, I'll start though, I'll start, I'll start th thi. I'll start, I'll start, I'll start, I'll start, I'll start, I'll start, I'll start, I'll start, I'll start, I'll start, I'll start, I'll start, I'll start, I'll start, I'll start, I'll start, I'll start, I'll start, I'll start, I'll start, I'll start, I'll start, I'll start, I'll start, I'll start, I'll start, I'll start, I'll start, I'll start, I'll start, I'll start, I'll start, I'll start, I'll start, I'll start a the the the the the the the to start a the the the the the though.a' c.a'a'er. I'll start the the the the the the c.a'er. I'll it, you'll love me because I've made you laugh about yourself. And you take a joke, now you take a joke to work, and you go, man, the comedian last night he really got me. He said that, I, whoop, and I so do that. I tell you, oh, those comics, that, I tellthem to be ass whoopens that make sense.

It's part of her talent for sure. That's God-given in some ways, like what she's saying, and a lot of comics don't figure that out, and she does it in a really fun way, a lot of the times. But we also, she definitely keeps her ear to the ground, you know, to the ground of issues that happened in the world in thuld in thu, thu, thu and thu, thu, thu and thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, the, theat, thin, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thin, thin, thi, and, and, and, and, thi, and, thin, and, and, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, theeeea, thea, toea, thea, thean, thean, thea, thea, thea, thin, th ground of issues that happen in the world. So we've been trying to write this bit for her interact about men's mental health. And so we've been talking about this a lot on the podcast, whatever, and when we came in here, they're like, hey, is there any long piece you want to do? And immediately she's like, I always, I want to address men's mental health. and because that doesn't get addressed. So little topics like that, like just whatever we're going through in our lives in that specific time, it bugs her for weeks,

you know, and months. And me is like, yeah, they should get help. I'm done, you know, but she will stick to this. And then when we come in and we get it, and we have this huge, amazing, brilliant writing staff that will help her make what she just said. It's not done in a mean way, it's done in a helpful way and a really funny way. And the two of us were just blown away with, yeah, this is what we've dreamed of for her. You know, a writing staff that's really bright and can actually play the, play tennis with her, hit the ball back over the net.

Other writing staff that we've worked with or anything they don't they have they wouldn't have the first idea what to do and everybody here was psyched when she said that they're like yes well after the break I want to talk a little bit about Leslie Jones the first guest host on the daily show to start twenty twenty twenty twenty twenty three 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 that that that that that that 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'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 that's that's that's that's that's that's 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 that's that's that's that's that's that's that's to talk a little bit about you and the guests. We're going to talk a little bit more about Leslie Jones, the first guest host on the Daily Show to start, 2023. This is Beyond the Scenes. We'll be right back. Beyond the scenes, we are back. Lenny Marcus and Leslie Jones of the fuckery podcast.

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Wow, finally I'm the first to do some shit. Yeah, we don't put that in the history books and run to Santa's to take it out. Let's talk about the guests. Now you had Charlemagne the guy. You had Morris Chestnut. You had Alexis McGill, Johnson, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood. Yeah. When it came to preparing for these conversations, like Planned Parenthood, that's not, that's not

a light conversation. You can make it funny, but the issues that they're addressing with women's reproductive rights is a very serious issue. Did you all, because like Charlotte, now Morris Chestnut, we already know what it is. You was just trying to keep from, trying to keep from coming across the... In person, Emma Tearsna's wife, their teeth was in his face. Singing. We're gonna edit that out because Moores Chestnut wife might be this. I'm sorry Melmore, Morse Chestnut's wife, no that's like having a chocolate cake on the counter and going It's not not that you don't like that cake

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Like, and then too, having like some actual interest in what's going on. Like, you know, you know, you know, Morris Chestnut been around forever, son, like, and I don't think nobody really ever given him flowers like he should get. Does that make sense? Like he's been, and 30 years vet, minimum. Still working, still working hard, always on the show. And always looking good. So I just, and I don't think people give enough credit to beautiful black men like that. I don't think that, I just don't think they get a lot of credit, tha credit, tha thathea, I that, I that, I that, I that, I that, that, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, the, their, their, their, their, th. their, th. th. th. th, th.. th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi's, thi's, thi's, thi's, thi's, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, don't think that, I just don't think they get a lot of credit. But also positive, scandal free.

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We understand that you got a dick and you got semen and all that bullshit to deal with, but we got a literal baby-making machine inside of us. Like we, and those things, if they're not, they stink. You're not around for that. You're just around to take our shit away instead of being around to help us clean up the stadium. Do you get what I'm saying? I don't understand like, you just want to show up and play Yeah, yeah, like, like, I give this example all the time. Truck drivers come to the factory, they drop the shit off and they get the fuck out the factory. They don't stay and try to run the factory. No, they don't. They get the fuck out.

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So it's like people don't know that shit and she's had experience with this so now my life My plan parenthood save my will this in my will I'm leaving them in my trust that's how much I I think as far as a guest go that's a slam dunk and then and then Charlemane was she's been talking about the the the the the the the the the the th. the t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. tel. tel. they they they's they's they's they's they's they's they's their they're their they're their p. their p. their p. their p. their p. their p. their p. their p. their p. their p. their p. they's they's they's they's they's they's they's they's they's they's they's their p. they's they's their p. their p. their p. I their p. I their p. I their p. I's their p. I's te. I'm te. their p. their p. I's their p. their p. their p. their p. their p. their p. their p. their p. their p. I think. As far as a guest go, that's a slam dunk. And then Charlemagne was, she's been talking about mental health like we have a guy and he was terrific. He was, me and me and knee therapy, I don't give a fuck. Me and me and Lenny talk about, Lenny always rose his eyes when I say this. I don't roll my eyes. When guys go into a fucking appointment, and I'm saying this to male doctors, to use for you to say to your male patients, one of your questions, like when you said this too Lenny, one of your questions should be,

hey, how are you doing mentally? Yeah, yes. Hey, how are you feeling mentally? That is correct. Do you get what I'm saying? I mean, that's nothing wrong with that? But, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, th.. th. thi, that, thi, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. that, that, that, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. 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, thi. to, to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. And that's the fucking problem. They're supposed to. Because if a woman came into that doctor, that same doctor, and acting up, they would be like, how's your mental?

Do you get what I'm saying? My doctor, is you crazy? What's going on? No, that's real fucking this all the time, I always look on the other side of the joke. You know, I always look on the other side of shit. Like, men literally are fucking going through it. Like, y'all motherfuckers are going through it. And honestly, I don't think that you have been given the permission to get help for that. Whenever I say it to Lenny or when I say it to another man, the first, the first, the first, the first, the first, the first, the first, the first, the first, the first, the first, the first, the first, the first, the first, the first, the first, the first, the first, the the the the the the the the th th thin, their, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, like, tho, like, like, like, like, tho, tho, tho, tho, th, tho, th, th, th, th, th, th, th is is is is is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is thr, is thr, is thr, is thr, is thrown, is thrown, and I's, and I's, and I's, and I's, and I's, and I's, and I's, throooooooooooooooo, and I's,to another man, the first thing men think is like, I'm not crazy. No, this has nothing to do with you being crazy. This has to do with you being able to talk about what the fuck is going on with you, just

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I thought he was gonna be mean. I really did thought clips and I'd be like, oh, I don't want to argue with Charlemagne because I don't want that to happen. I thought that was going to be like that. But he was actually fucking awesome. To me, Breakfast Club, Charlemagne is different from any other show, Charlottes. Especially if you're talking about mental health, which he didn't write. That's his ministry. Yep. So, he was gonna come in on some dub shit anyway. So, from the conversations you've had with the guests, let's switch over to the conversations you had with the correspondence. Now setting up those chats, because now you're dealing with different personalities in a way.

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You do watch the news. The way you be yelling at MSNBC and CNN. But I didn't know that they was called Correspondents. I just said people up on the screen. You never read the shit at the bottom when I'm up and show up and say what I'm dealing with Roy. They always say, they always say, they always say, they always say, Minister, Far, so now I know, correspondent. So in preparing the desk chats, Lenny,

let me talk to Lenny, since you know what the fuck I do. No, talk to me, what? Talk to Lenny. How were you trying to figure out the dynamic of how Leslie would navigate those? Because for the people who don't know, you know, it's the fake live hit of the reporter out on the location. This was important to me personally. I don't know if I, Leslie and I kind of went through it, but I definitely had an idea coming in what I wanted Leslie to have relations.

She knows you for years. I know you for years, right? We don't know who Desi, but what if we did know them? What if Leslie has been doing this? Like what if she had another level of this where she had a relationship with that? And I helped him with this too. Yeah, she did help. This is me, suggesting. Are you a race in the black woman?

Listen, listen, listen, listen, listen. No, Roy, it's always like to make up a whole story of what the fuck is going on like, like, like, person so with Desi I was just like that's the sis let that bitch go like I was just I because they had us going back and forth and I was like absolutely not let me come in and say what I need to do and then let the sister to have the desk bam there it is right don't say no no don't say don't say I'm, Dose. The first that was Dose. Dose. Dose, I'm sorry. It was the first time. Dose came in. And then with Desi, I really just wanted to treat her like the little silly white girl.

That's my friend that I really want to help this white girl. She wants to help her. I want to help you so much couldn't do it in that short of time, but I'm like, Leslie, what if you could actually try and help her during the show? Now, with, with Costa, Costa was like, I wanted it to be opposite Colin. Yes. I knew, because the first. No, I want this to be a hate, but I don't want it to be because we fucked around. I wanted to be because he fucked one of my

home girls. And then me, knowing Costa, yeah, and me knowing Costa and knowing how like, arrogant, he's not arrogant, but he's just like... His comedy presence is a little bit. Like you can, because you'll have, y'all go back to the the the the their their their their co co co, their their their co, their co, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, th. F, th. He, th. He, th. He's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's f f, he's f, he's f, he's f f, he f f, he f, he f f f, he f f, he, he f f f f f, he, he, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck have y'all go back to the LA clubs You're gonna have a free daily show. Yeah, I want to treat him But I want caught but I wanted to be not to where we hate Costa I want Costa to have a rope of like no The bitch he was fucking with was crazy too so like why is cost of the way he is because he's fucked with bitches like thus. Does that make sense? so? Like, thii, th, th, th, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, the thi, the thi, the thi, the tho, thi, the the thi, thi, to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the the the the the the they. I I I I I I I I they. I they. I they. I thi. I to to to try. I try. I try. I try. I want. I want, try. I want, try. I want, treat. I want, treat. I want try. I want try. I want to to to to to this. Does that make sense? So like, it's a whole story. It's a whole story. And we're friends, like, because it's like, I wouldn't be mad at him if we weren't friends. Let's just talk about the eggs, okay? Because as I was saying, the shortage is severe.

But if you look closely, you'll find that it's not all it's cracked up to be. You so fucking corny costume. You know she was gonna break up with you because you're a corny mother fuck, right? You know that, right? Look, I'm trying to be a good sport here. I came all the way out here to this farm that you sent me to. I got feathers all over my suit. It stinks. You know what? You know what I tell you what?

to thapy after you. Yeah, because she has multiple personality disorder. Yeah, that's what we loved about her. She's like 10 friends and one. After the break, I want to bring it home. I want to talk a little bit about mentorship and what advice you got from people outside of the Daily Show about your journey into guest hosting the Daily Show. Round in third and headed for home with Leslie Jones and Lenny Marcus. This is beyond the

scenes. We'll be right back. Beyond the scenes we are bringing it to a close here, a wonderful conversation with the first guest host of 2023 on the new Daily Show. Leslie Jones and her partner... That's my NPR voice. I with the first guest host of 2023 on the New Daily Show, Leslie Jones and her partner, that's my NPR voice. You like the, no, but I like the whole introduction of the first. You have a great ease behind the microphone for sure. You know, just a young woman is gonna talk a little bit with Leslie Jones about her struggles and her time in the ghetto. Man, that would put me in the sleep. Man you got to tell them when you when we was in Alabama and you took me to this comedy. Ah ha ha ha. That was that was one of them one times when I was like thank God I am

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other store is out of business. Seven Lounge holding a line out the door on Chris treats full of black people and up we're just going to watch stand up. Yep. And then one one of them come up to Leslie. Hey uh you want to go and bless the people with a little bit of time. It would be an honor to have you know she's not trying the comedian. the comedian. the comedian. the comedian. the comedian. the comedian. the comedian. the comedian. the comedian. the comedian. they. they. they. they. their. Let their. Let their their one. Let their one their one, let me their one, let me me their one their one, let me, let me, let me, let me, let me, let me, let me, let me, let me, let me, let me, let me, let me, let me, let me, let me them, let me them, let me them, let me them, let me them, let them, let their their their their and bless the people with a little bit of time? It would be an honor to have, you know, she's not trying to perform, but you know the comedian and you, yeah, let me go on up there. She goes on stage. And it was raining the whole night and it's fucking leaking. On the stage. The water is leaking on stage.

And people areuckers up. She roasted the room. She didn't even do a joke. She just went up there and said, this shit, raggedy. Good night. Yo, I'll- And they loved it. Yo, let me tell you, the one thing that I have be a little crazy. I, especially when it comes to the, I remember going to San Bernardini,

I had a gig in San Bernardino, we got there and that nobody showed up, so the man paid me, but he was like, we ain't gonna have no show. Man, I got in the car, I was like, let's find some way. We found this karaoke club. I went up to the bark. I thapapapapapapapap. I. I. I. I. I the bar. I. I the bar. I. I the bar. I the bar. I th. I th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. tho. tho. tho. that. that. that nobody. that nobody. that nobody. And that nobody. And that nobody. And nobody. And nobody. And nobody. And nobody. And nobody. And nobody. And nobody. And nobody. And nobody. And nobody. And nobody. And nobody. And nobody. And nobody. And nobody. And nobody. And nobody. And nobody. And nobody. And nobody. And nobody. And nobody. And nobody. And nobody. And nobody. And nobody. And nobody. And the the the the the the the the the the th. the. the. the. 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 nobody. She was like, we don't do comments. Like, we're doing karaoke. I was like, let me do some time. If I'm not funny, you can have this $50, right?

Yo, went up and I fucking, when I say, the dude that was with me, he was like, my balls went inside of me. He was like, you havethat fucking club in half. I went back to the bar, that bitch gave me $50 and gave me $50 and gave me $50 and then bought us all drinks. She was like, anytime you ever want to go up. I was like, you got to be, and if I ever had a comedy contest, that would be one of

the fucking things is that I would drop you in Arizona. Go get a set. Show up and go up. Find some, create a microphone. Because if you really do, if you're really about your shit, you will do your shit. I have performed on the street. I have performed in the hallway. I have performed in a barbershops, beauty shops. I have performed in churches. I have performed in actual hallways. I have performed. So how does that translate then into the hosting. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. the hosting. the hosting. the hosting. the hosting. the hosting. the hosting. the skills. the skills. the skills. the skills. the skills. the skills. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the skills. th. th. If. If. If. If. If. If. If. If. If. If. If. If, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if the. If the. If the. If the. If the. If, the the the the the the the the the the the th. If, the th. the th. If, the th. th. If, th. If, the the the the th. If you. the. the. the. the. the. thi. the. thi. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. If you. If you. If you. If th. If. If. performed son. So how does that translate then into the hosting? Like what are the skill sets Lenny and Leslie that like from stand-up that roll naturally into being in that chair because there's a lot of the aspects of stand-up you cannot use. Yep. You're Batman without the

tool belt to a degree low-key when you're in the chair. So what tools from stand-up kind of translate? I I I I I the hosting the hosting the hosting the hosting the hosting. I I the hosting the hosting the hosting the hosting. I the hosting the hosting the hosting. I the hosting the hosting. I the hosting. I the hosting the hosting. I the hosting. Like the hosting. the hosting the hosting. the hosting the hosting the hosting the hosting. Like the hosting the hosting the hosting the hosting the hosting the hosting the hosting the hosting the hosting the hosting the hosting the hosting. the hosting. the hosting. the hosting. the hosting. the hosting. the hosting. the hosting. I the hosting. I the hosting. I the hosting. I the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. degree, low key, yeah, when you're in the chair. So what tools from stand up kind of translate? I think the timing translates immediately. You know, she has a great ear for it, you know, time. And also she plays off the crowd well. You know, when you cut back from one of those packages and it's ridiculous. Expressive with her face so you can get a laugh you can get a laugh off your face You can get a laugh off just waiting Yeah, because it's just that it's not without the tool bet the Roy if you got your face Like he ever and when I first started I would do an hour of mirror time. I just like it's some loose-sill ball shit

Watch Lucille ball watch watch carabonet you know exactly what joke they're tel they're telling without them even talking. Carol Burnett could literally have you hollering for 15 minutes and not say a mothuking word. That's face. That's face. And then plus two, like again, the world is in an obviousness now. This is what I told my friend other day. I say, I feel like we're in the matrix and they haven't updated us. Because the same stuff keeps rolling it around and it doesn't seem like people are not understanding that this is the same thing. The thing that I will say about that night at the Seven Lounge, like it was a hood spot.

It was it was ghetto as hell. But everybody who was there came to laugh and they laughed. Every comedian that was there was appreciative. And then I'd be damned if Leslie Jones did not stand out on that sidewalk on a rainy Birmingham night and chop it up with them comedians for an hour. Because comedians, and this is me being a comic from Birmingham, we don't get access to comedians like you at the level that you were. Because this is peak S&L at this point. We don't get access to comics like you at that level. Where you are in the game, you're not even invite,

you can't even get backstage of the comedy club in Birmingham to talk to somebody that's on your level. So that level of mentorship and just get the community, and I mean this last comic still to tell it that. They still talk about that Christmas Eve at Seven Lounge. So when it was time for you to get advice for this show, and I know Chris Rock has kind of popped in and out, like I don't know what relationship you and Chris Rock have on some friendship shit,

but I know professionally, he's always been somebody that's been a fan of your craft. Was there anybody you talked to outside of the daily show that helped you to prepare for what would happen once you were in the chair? Well you know I did talk to Chris. Chris was one of the first people that I was like how do I and he was like he was like this is literally what he said he was like he just laf he he goes I never worry about you like to just be never worry about you. He was like, just be yourself. Don't try to be John. Don't try to be Trevor.

Just be who you are. He was like, you'll be fine. He was like, I don't worry about you. And when you hear that, it just puts you, it's like, how can I put this? Lauren could do that that that that too really really really really really really really. I love coach talk. Like when I did my first update, when I did my first update, man, I ripped that fucking that dress show? Oh, homie, you think the fucking live was, the dress is always better than the live to me. The dress

For the people, S&L does a dress rehearsal at nine o'clock. Oh my God, I did it address that shit. I'm talking about like fucking rattling, motherfuckers was running through the building like, oh, fuck, who is this bitch? Who is this bitch? Lauren called me in his office. He called me in his office, because he knew that my fucking head, son, I was like, I didn't came in, I didn't tham, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and, and, and, and, and, 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, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was, was. 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. bitches. You motherfuckers can't tell me shit, right?

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You want to live, son? Let's go, mofuck. Like, it was like you had just let me fucking like, that's so I like, like, when he said that it was just like, you're my star player. Go play. Like, that's, that's, that's, get'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, th. to the that's, to get, to get's, to to to to get's me me to to to to the the the the the the the the the the the the. that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, the. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. 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. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the. th. that's, that's, that's, that's, gets me revved up, you know what I'm saying? And Lenny's good at it too. Lenny's always just like, just do what you do, boss.

Yeah, I mean, I'll give her at the table, like between the things, like, she's asking me what can I do? to. I'm like just sometimes very little tweaks or you know whatever but my I'm not the Bobby Knight school of yelling at people I'm more. Lenny goes too yelly I like that you yelling you're yelling too much bring it down. Do this a like like I that's that's the shit I like to. Okay but then how did you how were you able to be in a place where you could accept criticism? Oh, or critique, except critique, not criticism.

Because that's a hard thing as a comedian. Because for 20, the first 20 years of your shit, it's just you. You are your writer. You are your editor. No one can tell you done because my jokes and my instincts got me to this point. And then here come this scrawny dude at a comedy seller with a slice of pizza in his hand tub it. Nah too yellow. It's not like that honestly honestly you if you're real comic and I'd say this to everybody that does this craft and even the old heads or whatever if you're a real comic and you really love this craft I mean you do this craft like I would do this craft even if the the the the they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they th I th I th I th I th I th I th I th I th I would th I thi the. I would the. I would the. I would thi. I would the. I'd the. I'd thi. I'd the. I'd the. I'd th. I'd the their th. th. I'd th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I'm to to to to to to the. I'm to to to to to to te. to tell. to tell. I'm tell. I'm the. I'm the. I'm th craft. I mean, you do this craft. Like, I would do this craft even if they wasn't paying me, Roy.

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because I would get tax from them and they would be the same tax that I would have come up with. So when you have someone, and this is why I tell I tellthe time, you need to do white clubs, go do the mainstream clubs. Because you're a different type of comic, you're going to give different tags to these white comics, these white comics, these white comics, they're going to give you different branches. So Lenny's a whole different person outside of my bubble that's going to show me something that I'm not even seeing. So that might be even way funny. It's like, oh shit, that's how you take it to the next level. So the way that I get to being able to take a critique is that because I want to be so motherfucking good. And you cannot do that by yourself. Jesus, until people understand to reach out to the motherfuckers that are gonna help you until you make a try you can't there's

no eye in making it well there is two eyes but there's no okay there's no I in success I should say that you can't do that shit by yourself I know you think you can but you won't be thethe best. Like I don't even want to say this, but whenever I see certain people and they post going, ah, look what I did, wooop, who who helped you do that? Like, yeah, like make it, I can't explain it. It's just like, we need to learn how to grow. And the only way to learn how to grow is to actually depend on someone else that

could help you. Am I making any sense? Yeah, I think, but also she, what she's saying now is so rare, you know this, like stand-up com, comedians, very lonely, not lonely, but they like to work alone. You're your own writer, director, producer, everything. I struggle with that immensely. Yeah, I know. And I struggle with that Would it yeah, to help to get help trusting yeah trusting yeah trusting people Yeah trusting you sure I totally get me too look Rodney Perry

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and I've had a lot to give out there and nobody tapped into it for all those years. And she's like, why, what is going on? And she did it and it's been successful so, points for Leslie. The podcast is the fuckering, and what y' all the fuck, we th, we th, we th, we th, we' th, we' th, we'll th, we'll th, we'll th, we'll th, we're th, we're th, we're th, th, th, th, th, thin, th, tho, tho, tho, thin, thin, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, 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. You th. You're th. You're tho, tho, tho, tho, thoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, th. And, th, Leslie. The podcast is the fuckery and what y'all do on the fuck, we're going to end, we're going to end a little silly. Yeah, I mean, don't, don't, I want to fuck all right. Um, where you all talk about a lot of different current events, and it's actually a really good podcast because it gives a really good window into the dynamic of YouTube, but also politically how you to tend tend tend tend tend tend tend tend tend tend te te te te te to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to too. to f. to fc. Yeah, to fcary, to f. Yeah, to f. Yeah, to f. I. I. I. I. I. I. I.. I.. I, to f... I, to f. I, to f... I, to f. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. Ff. Ff. Ff. to to the the to the the to to the to the to the to to to the to to to to the to to the to the to the the to the to the the fc. the fc. th thu. tend to see the world and current event. So we're gonna do a little couple of fuckeries of the week here. Let's do it. Oh we do a fuck we had a week here! Well we just you know we're just one quick ones. Like a crossover episode like Chicago 5 Chicago PD. Okay. First up Rianna's have time performance. Okay well I, okay. Okay. First of all I took. the the first of all I'm just gonna you went in in on the the th. th. th. th. th. the th. th. th. the th. the th. th. the th. the th. the 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 to to to to to to to. to. to. 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 t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. We. We. We. te. We're. te. We're. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. Because you went on, you went in on Stephen A. Smith or saying that R. I did, I did, I did. And, but Riana was wonderful. I still wouldn't say what Stephen A. Smith said.

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They raised her, how high is she? She was way high in the air. Are you kidding me? Like if you just said, you know what, she can't be here right now? Can you th you th you th you th you th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, that, that, that, thus, thus, thus, thus, thus, thus, that, thus, thus, thus, thus, thus, thus, thus, th. th. th. I, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. th. th. thi, thi, that's, that's, that's, that's that's that's that's that's thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi. now, can you just step in? I'd be like, oh, thanks. No, I mean, because they kept raising and raising, and I was like, oh my God, that's the reason she's not moving because she's up in the fucking hair, she's gonna fall. And Leslie and I talk about this all time, both of us would fall off that platform. I don't know how I'm they they they they they they they they would. They would have. They would. They would they they would they they would they would they would they would they would they. They would have they. They would they. They would they. They would they. They would they. They would they would they would. They would. They would. They would. They'd have. They'd have. I'd they would, I'd they'd they'd they'd they'd they'd they'd they'd they'd they'd they'd they. I. I. I. I. I. Oh. Oh, I. Oh, I. Oh, I. Oh, I. Oh, I. Oh, I. Oh, I. Oh, I. Oh, I. Oh, I. Oh, I. Oh, I. Oh, that. Oh, that. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th th th th th. Oh, I, I, I'm th th th tha. Oh, I'm th tha. Oh, I'm th tha. Oh, I'm th tha. Oh, I'm th th height. Yeah, exactly. Yes. I'd be like, get me out of, get me out of here!

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Oh! Last fuckery. Last fuckery. What say you, since you all missed this topic on the show because it came up in the new cycle after your week at come and gone Oh Ron DeSantis putting the end to African-American AP history courses doing black history month Mind he's trying to get rid of is the stop the wokeness they have a stop woke act well Well, I didn't thing that make white people feel bad. That's what it fucking is starting to feel like it's just like your obviousnessness. they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they have they have they have they have they have they have they have they have they have they have they have they have they have they have they have they have they have they have they have they have they have their they have their their they have they have they have they have they have they have they have they have they have they have they have they have they have they have they have they have they have they have they have they have they have they have they have have have have have have have have have have have have have they have they have they have they have they have they have they have they have they have they have they have they have they have they have to have to have to have to to have to have to to have to stop to stop to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to their their their their their their their their white people feel bad but got to make that shit illegal and outlaw. That's what it fucking is starting to feel like. It's just like your obviousness. Your obvious racism is just so disgusting. It's fucking disgusting. So you, oh, it's the,

you don't need to learn. What we don't need to learn while fucking white kids is still going around calling kids nigger and school. we that shit still going on like I'm telling you that my Michael Mx and Martin Luther King literally can walk into this world and not see a mother fucking difference so you fucking tel that like you used to be a history teacher you are a fucking racist you are a mother fucking racist and please pronounce this shit why he's he's doing a speech you are a mother fucking racist and please pronounce please announce this shit why he's doing the speech you are a fucking racist Ron the shit toast you are a mother fucking racist I'm not following that ditto Okay, you know well the podcast is the fucker

We're available. We won't by the way we'll be in Florida for two shows in about a month fuck florida. You're the fuck fuck the fuck off into the way, we'll be in Florida for two shows in about a month. Now that, fuck Florida. You all motherfuckers need to just float the fuck off into the fucking water. Like, fuck y'all, man. But after we perform, so we'll be in Tampa and St. Gina's. Come get that, we can't smoke. Come get the smoke. To be fair, DeSantis only one, the the the th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, the, th, th, th, th, th, th, the, th, 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, th, th, th, th. Ffffffog. Ffog. Ffog. Fog. Fog. tho, tho, fuck, fuck, tho, fuck, fuck, tho, fuck, fuck, the, fuck, the, fuck, fuck, the, the fuck, the fuck, the fuck, Florida by like two points. There's a lot of good people in Florida. No, but you know what? And that's what makes me mad though. That there are a lot of good people,

there's a lot of good people in this whole fucking United States of America that don't believe in half the shit that's being done. But you fucking lazy. You sit your fucking ass. motherfuckers is going straight shit off of you. Get up off your ass because we are the motherfucking people. We are the motherfucking people. If you're paying fucking income tax and you're not voting, you're a dumb ass motherfucker. I said it. That sounds like a political campaign. You're a dumb ass motherfucker. Leslie will be running for president. I'm sick of it. They need to of it. They need to be told straight out how you pay taxes and not vote. What kind of, that don't make you smart. That make you a fucking idiot.

Wait, one more. One more. I'm sorry. No, you want to flow. I'm letting you flow. I don't want to my world, Roy. Chinese spy balloons, fair or foul. How dumb are we? How fucking stupid are we? Let me tell you something.

Ronald Reagan, President Carter would have shot the shit. They would have shot it with their own shotgun. They went out there with their own fucking gun and shot that fucking balloon down. How fucking dumb are you? I, I mean, like, do you, like, do you know, thi, please?? th, please? th, please? th, please, th, please? th, like, like, like, like, like, like, please? Please, like, like, like, like, like, like, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, 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, please, please, the, the the, the, the, the, the, the, the, thea, thea, thus, thus, the, thus, the, the, the,their old fucking hunting gun and shot that fucking balloon down. How fucking dumb are you? Do I mean, like, do you know how many countries think that we are fucking complete idiots? Oh, it's just a balloon. It's not doing nothing. Yeah, and they're mad at us now, like the girl, like, it's they're gaslighting

us like. China said they want the gaslighting us they're gaslighting us like China said they want a balloon back yeah we want the balloon they're sitting back to him sitting in the pieces and since of bullets that's inside of that motherfucker don't listen I couldn't be the president I'm telling you right now oh let me tell you all motherfucker something you you listen another got their fucking you see what the fuck happen. You see what the fuck happen. They've been shooting them down now. Apparently now there's just an influx of a bunch of unidentified flying whatever it is. How are we not smart enough to know that that these motherfuckers listen and I'm not trying to be racist or

anything but the best technology comes out of fucking China like the best cameras all that shit. You think they can't build a goddamn camera balloon It's bizarre. They're shaped like fortune cookies. So it's really obvious right. Okay, just just cut that out. Okay, China that was that was. What is racist? What is racist about that? That was Marcus. Please don't come and ban me. Please do not. We'll be in Florida may 11th and 12. Yeah, don't. Leslie was talking. That was. That was. That was. 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. that. that. 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. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. up real quick. Yeah, don't, yeah, don't. Leslie was talking all that shit. That was, that was, uh, yeah, that wasn't, that wasn't, that was inappropriate for him to say, and I do not back up that joke at all. Yo, when I say I love um, Leslie and I used to live in the same apartment complex.

Oh my God! In Harlem, huh? No, no, no, no, Sherman Way. I think I maybe saw you twice. Is you still with that girl? No, I didn't think that was gonna last. No, I didn't think that was gonna last. I saw y'all in the elevator once and I was like, damn, that niggin' look like a prisoner. Okay. And now it's time to go. Now it's time to go. That was an all-laying situation. Now you're telling you're telling my business.

You're tour. It is one of the best stand-up shows out there right now. Leslie, Lenny Thank you for going beyond the scenes. Anytime, right? Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for try to to fuck up nobody's to sass man. You know girl, you know what I, you know, he probably was fucking up. That's probably why he, you know was fucking up I will on that just that's probably why she had that look on stop talking they playing the Daily Show beyond the scenes on the I-Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Explore more shows from the Daily Show podcast universe by searching the Daily Show, wherever you get your podcasts. Watch the Daily Show weeknights at 11, 10 Central on Comedy Central,

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