The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Marlon Wayans On Louisville’s Racist Policing Report | Omar Epps

Episode Date: March 10, 2023

Marlon Wayans takes on the biggest news of the day including Maine cracking down on vanity license plates, the D.O.J. releasing a report on racist policing in Louisville, and an anti-drag governor coming under fire for commenting on a gay Instagrammer's post. Actor and producer Omar Epps shares stories from growing up with Marlon Wayans including an unforgettable night with Tupac.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to the Dallas show. I'm Marlon Williams. And it's my last night hosting the show. But like I always say, don't try. I'm Marlon Williams. And it's my last night hosting the show, but like I always say, don't cry because it's over, smile because you was high all week. Well, maybe that was just me. Anyway, we've got a great show for you tonight, so hey, let's get into the headlines. Well, sadly, it's my last day hosting the Daily Show.

And I almost got through the whole week. Yes, and I almost got through the whole entire week without talking about racist cops. But guess what we're going to talk about today? Racist cops. After the Louisville police killed Brianna Taylor, the Justice Department launched an investigation into where Guess what we're going to talk about today? Racist cops. After the Louisville police killed Brianna Taylor, the Justice Department launched an investigation into whether they discriminated against black people. And after two years, guess what they found?

The results this morning from the U.S. Justice Department aren't flattering at all to Louisville police. The report concludes that the unit's activities were part of an overall enforcement approach that resulted in significant and unlawful racial disparities. Federal authorities found that police in the city were four to five times more likely to stop black drivers than white ones for the same traffic violations, five times more likely to charge black people for loitering or disorderly conduct, and more likely to stop and search black Americans for itering or disorderly conduct and more likely to stop and

search black Americans for the same behaviors. That's right. The DOJ launched a two-year investigation to find out something every black person already knew. The police discriminate against black people. What else do you guys find out? Nick Cannon doesn't use condoms? Other that, he has really terrible pullout game. The black woman behind Merrill Garland was like, hmm, I could have told you that, Merrick. I can't believe you flew me out to Louisville for this bullshit. Next time just asked me, damn it. But none of this is unique to Louisville.

Every time the Justice Department investigates the police department, the conclusion is they're racist. Just once I'd love to have them hold a press conference like this. After a two-year investigation into police department we have found shocking levels of tolerance. Officers was five times more likely to high five a black person than a white person and some white officers was caught in text messages discussing the works of James Baldwin. It's a tough day for America.

Let's move on to Tennessee. Here's another surprise you probably saw coming a mile away. An anti-gay Republican just got caught in a thirstrap. Our top story this morning, Tennessee's lieutenant governor is receiving criticism after making several comments on the te. An anti-gay Republican just got caught in a thirstrap. Our top story this morning, Tennessee's lieutenant governor is receiving criticism after making several comments, after making several comments on these extremely racy pictures of an inflator. Everything from typing out fire emojis where the male user had posted his backside. Over the last three years, the lieutenant governor has been regularly commenting on these extremely racist. the thi to commenting that he has quote a super look and that he loves his content. th. th. thi. thi. the the the the the thi. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the their their their their their their their the the, the, the, the, the, their is the's the's the's the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, their their their their their their their their their their their their their, their, their their their, their their the. the. the. thean. thean. thean. tean. tean. tean. tean. tean. tean. tean. tean. tean. tean. tean. te. fire emoges where the male user had posted his backside to commenting that he has quote a super look and that he loves his content. Here's what his press team had to say. Trying to apply something sinister or inappropriate about a great grandfather's use of social media says more

about the mind of the left-wing operative making the implication than it does about Randy McNally. Does he always use the proper emoji at the proper time? Maybe to, maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe, 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 too, 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, the, the, the, the the the the the the the the th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. the. the. the. too. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. the the the the the the the the the McNally. Does he always use the proper emoji at the proper time? Maybe not, but he enjoys interacting with constituents and Tennesseans of all religions, backgrounds, and orientations on social media, adding he has no intention of stopping. Yeah, I bet he has no intention of stopping. Yeah, I bet he has no intention of stopping. I don't like to stop while I'm jerking either. I love his excuse though.

His excuse is he's a great grandfather. That doesn't make it better. The worst part is, you know he probably called his grandson in to teach him out to use Instagram. Hey, Blake, Grandpa wants to tell this hot young twink that he could ride my face like a unicycle. What emulgence should paw paw you? And finally, cars in Maine are getting a little bit more boring today. A vegan in Maine whose custom license plate contains the word tofu is one of the drivers caught up in the state crackdown on vulgar vanity plates. This is apparently the plate in question.

It says love to f-foo. But the state thinks it could be seen as an inappropriate reference. I love to F you? Are we sure that car doesn't belong to the lieutenant governor's Tennessee? Aunt Paul Pong. I'd say let the man have his license play. I'd say let the man have his license play. How are you gonna punish a vegan? Isn't there diet punishment enough already?

From all this story, we turn to Michael Costa. Michael. Michael. What do you think of Maine's crackdown on vanity license places? It's ridiculous. You know, this is more unfair than when I was kicked out of high school for cutting class. You know, students can do it but substitute teachers can't? I mean, double standard much, Marlon.

You know, I think Maine is just trying to make sure that license plates are obscene. Okay, but they're going too far. I mean they reject all kinds of completely innocent plates just because their minds are in the gutter and I'm speaking from personal experience here, okay? As you'd expect, I summer in Maine and just take a look at some of my plates that were rejected for no reason. I'm not a vegan so I'm not about to have love tofu, but that's why I went with this, okay? Yeah. I'm a chicken guy, white meat, dark meat. I love it all, put it in my mouth.

Uh, Michael, I gotta be honest, that sounds like you're troll him for sex. Boy, you know, you sound just like the guys down at the truck stop, you know. You're seeing messages that just aren't here. Like, can you believe they also said no to this one about my love of NASCAR? I mean, look, I'm Mr. Race. But no, that one actually landed me on some kind of list. Can you believe that? I did get a shout out from Tucker Carlson, though. Apparently this is also the name of his boat.

That one makes me want to punch you in your face. So you're not an askar fan? I get it, okay. But if that upsets you, just wait until you see the one that the main Bureau of Motor Vehicles sent me. Look at this. Oh, but that's just a regular plate. What, what are you talking about, dude?

L2EFDP? Love to eat fat donkey puss? I mean, this is obscene, Marlin. I have a family. Okay, I think you're overreacted, okay. What plate did you wind up with? Well, we're still going back and forth, but I'm hoping that this is the one that they'll accept. Okay, so...

You mean like assisting on basketball plays? No, it's ass play. I'm expressing my love for ass, but I love the ass, Marlin. I like a little tuttle with myself. Okay, let's leave it right there, Michael, when we come back, I'll tell you how to save the pigs. Don't go away. This is pretty clear, isn't it? You got the the Daily Show. Now, we all know there's a lot of problems with American schools.

Welcome back to the Daily Show. Now, we all know there's a lot of problems with American schools. Low test scores, nasty-ass school lunch. No privacy when you're trying to finger bang in the stairwell. But there's one issue that doesn't get as much attention. There has been an increased demand for after-school programs throughout the pandemic. The only problem is they don't have the staff to handle it. After school programs have been inundated across the country,

but a lack of funding plus staffing shortages have made the crush of students impossible to keep up with with demand. With 85% of these programs fearing being able to keep up with demand. We haven't had waitlists like this before. So we have needed to cap our enrollment. For every child participating in after school in New York, four are waiting for an available program. That's more than 1.6 million children. In 2020, more than 3,40,000 children were alone and unsupervised the thrown

between the hours of 3 and 6 p.m. That's right. Just in New York alone, 3,000 kids are alone and unsupervised every afternoon. Now if you care about kids, that's terrible news. Unless you're a pedophile. Then it's like the best news you ever heard. You're like, woo! That's like here in this windowless vans went on sale.

But there's a great solution for this. After school programs. And I'll tell you why, on another installment of Long Story Short. The first benefit of after school programs should be obvious. They give kids a place to go after school. It's right there in the name. Come on, keep up stupid. It's true. Kids need to stay busy, especially teens. If they don't have something to do, they're going to find out, their tho' th, th th th th th th tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, there in the name. Come on, keep up, stupid. It's true. Kids need to stay busy, especially teens. If they don't have something to do,

they're going to find something to do. That's why juvenile crime peaks between two and six every day. But kids in after school programs are less likely to drink, do drugs, or join a gang. Because kids get tired pretty quickly. They only got enough energy for either a carjacking or a dance societal. You can't do both. Kids aren't the only one who benefit,

because for every dollar spent on an after-school program, the state gets nearly seven7 back in potential benefits, thanks to lower teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, and crime. Now, that doesn't mean that every kid in the after-school program is never going to commit a crime. But if a kid stays off the streets and makes it to college, then someday he can commit a white-collar crime. That's the dream! That's the dream. But the impact goes far beyond keeping kids busy. They also help kids succeed in school.

Afterschool programs are linked to higher grades, attendance, and graduation rates. The only thing better than that is bribing your kids' teacher. Take it from me. That shit could get expensive. Sean. They also expose kids to new interests, music, art, language. There's no limit to the ways after school programs can broaden your horizons. And I mean no limit. Parents in Southeast Virginia voicing outrage over a proposal to add an after-school Satan

Club to a local public elementary school that teaches pre-K through second grade. The national director for the Satan Club defended the idea. We don't try to indoctrinate them into Satanism. We just want to offer a place that's, you know, fun, you know, exciting, free from any sort of threats of eternal damnation. How come that bitch didn't blink? Yes, they even have a Satanism club. You know there's some parents who are like, oh my God, that's horrible. But is it free though?

So it's clear that after-school programs are hugely beneficial. The problem is they just don't get a lot of money. The federal government is barely funding these programs and state governments aren't doing much better. But it is possible because California did it. In fact, for the past 20 years, California has outspent all the other 49 states combined on after-school programs. Which is messed up because California actually has shit to do after school. I mean, seriously, I compare that to South Dakota.

They ain't shit to do in South Dakota. Kids can only look at Mount Rushmore for so long before they're like, I, it's anks to the work of one very kind, dedicated kindergarten teacher. In 2002, Arnold Schwarzenegger was almost single-handedly responsible for California's passage of Prop 49, which made after-school funding mandatory. Even today, the former governor raises money for after-school programs with fun charity

events, like crushing things with his tank. I'm inviting you personally to the Los Angeles and to crush things in my tank with me. Let's crush a taxi cat. Let's crush a piano. This will benefit the afterschool all-stars. So what are you waiting for? Let's go around and crush things with that tank.

Who knew that big buff mother's f-buff kids? Ah, say the children. We gotta get more celebrities to say the children. We got to get more celebrities to turn their obsessions into charity. Tom Cruise, start jumping out of airplanes to save baby seals. Snoop Dog, smoke weed for global warming baby? Leonardo DiCaprio. Leonardo DiCaprio.

Well, if you've seen his girlfriend, he's already running an after-school program. I'm sorry, Leo, they made me say it, please let me in your parties. Now, as awesome as this is, our after-school program shouldn't depend on whether anyone wants to hang out with Arnold Schwarzenegger. We need to find a more reliable way to fund these programs because they're important to underprivileged kids. And I know what I'm talking about because after-school programs was important to me. That's why I'm talking about this shit.

I grew up in the projects in New York City, and there was 10 of us in our household, 10 Wayans kids. And thanks God, we had after-school programs. It exposed us to the arts. Imagine if all that energy and work ethic was directed towards slinging drugs. I'm not saying we'd be the Wayne's cartel, but we would have got a lot of motherf-foots high. Now listen, it changed our life and not just for our family, but for a lot of kids in

the after-school programs, it did well. But for those who stays on the streets, mmm, not so much. See, it makes all the difference to be in a place that keeps you busy, keeps you fed, keeps you protected. Even from the bullies, all the bullies who say, three o'clock, I'm gonna kick your ass. You're like, well, so what, nigger? I'm here till six, so. So. So, yeah.

The bully has to join the drama program just to find you. I'm a kick your ass after rehearsal, Marlin. But first, let's read this sonnet from Hamlet. So long story short, we need to make funding after-school programs a national priority. It literally benefits everyone, the kids, the community, and especially you. Because if I didn't have after-school programs, you could have been robbed by a wayans. And there's a lot of us. All right, stay tuned when we come back, my bro, Omar Aps will be joining me on the show.

They don't go away. Welcome. Welcome. Welcome back to the Daily Show. My guest tonight is actor, producer, and author, and he just so happens to be my best friend in the world. His new book is called Nubia, The Awakening. Please welcome my brother, Omar Epps. Oh my! Look at it all! Oh my! Yeah, that's a little. Oh my. Oh my!

Look at it all the t- Yeah. Yeah, you know. Looking good, brother. I mean, it's a little weird because... Oh Ma, look at it, Omar! Yeah, you know. Looking good, brother. I mean, it's a little weird because we grew up together.

We knew what he was going to be high school. I know Omar, he was really me, I know him since high school. And when we first met, Omar in high school, he used to carry around this little blue ball. He was skinny, he had a big ass head and shoulders, but he looked like an arrow, but you could just put them in the thing and sling him. He's had a big ass and he had this little blue ball and he would just bounce it all around and all I could think was I'm going to kick his ass.

For no good reason because the thing, you remember Rocky, like the first movies, he had the blue ball. So that was my thing. I was like drinking raw eggs and bouncing the blue ball like Rocky. And so I thought I could kick somebody's ass. And plus in the cafeteria, I used to chill with all the girls, you know what I'm saying? And so Marlon was jealous. I wasn't jealous. Well, I just thought you would He thought I was gagged. You know what I'm saying? You got a little blue ball, you know what I'm saying? He double-dutching.

I'm like, something up. But then I found out that you had a devious plan. Your plot was to hang around the girls and be the friendly guy and you'd be friends over time and wear them down. You ain't shit. You know, hey, persistence. It works. You know, we gotta have resilience in life. We actually didn't like each other until we almost fought. And we was in the lock one and then we got each other in the headlock. Yeah, we got to the stalemate. We were stuck. We, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, the, the, the, the, th, th, the, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th. We, th. And, th. We, th. th. th. th. th. P, th. P, th. P, th. P, th. Pers, th, th. Pers, th. Pers, th. Pers, th, th. Pers, th, t. Pers, t. Pers, t. Pers, t. P, t. P, t. P, t. P, t. P, t. P, t. P, to, t. P, t. P. P. P. P. P. P. P. P. P. P. P. P. P. P. P. P. P. to, to, persisted, persisted, persisted, persisted, persisted, to, persisted, persisted, t. Persens, t. Persed, t. Persed, the stalemate. Yeah, and we were stuck. We know because we had the same technique

Yeah, I remember I had you like this and you was digging this part of your wrist into my jaw and I was digging that into your head and he was like Yo, we got the same truth. That's what makes it funny. We literally got stuck and then we got cool after that and we've been thickest thieves ever since then. Yeah, I'm glad. I'm glad. Yeah, what people don't know about Omar is like you're a really funny dude. You're actually one of funniest dudes I know. I mean you ain't never did a comedy. I want you to do more comedy. I know. But what they don't know about me is that I can act. So we both have the same skill set.

You know, I mean. Yeah. Yeah. But see, almost not a comedian, so they're expected from you. I can say anything. You say the same thing and you get slapped. I get laughs. Because you light skin. We've been going through this since high school. We both say the same thing. People get offended when I say it, I'm like, what? He just said the same thing?

You go, oh, he's a different color black. Yeah. Yeah. What's like your most monumental moment in our friendship? In our friendship? Yeah, like what do you remember? Oh man, it's, it's, honestly, there have been so many. I mean the birth of your kids and, you know, obviously God bless, Mama loves passing and just,

just us growing up, man, just being innocent kids in the city. I remember we used to be like, all right, let's not take the train of the bus, let's walk, you know, down from 66 in Amsterdam and walk for 40 blocks. And you know, maybe meet a girl, get a number, get a slice of pizza. Those are really sweet memories.

All my memories is like, I don't know when you fell asleep and I was his eyes open like there. Yeah. And me him and Tupac Shakur was hanging out because y'all did juice together. Oh my goodness. Oh my goodness. Oh you really bring this up? And what people don't know about Pop is, he was like a funny dude. He was a funny dude. So Omar's sleeping like there. And Omar went and to him to put him right near Omar's mouth, so

it looked like Omar's like there. I remember one time. Why did you just do that? I don't know. Because you're talking about all these sad memories. I'm my love passing and I remember the baby's born and the umbilical cord in the shape of it. Yeah, that's a nigger where's the jokes. Come on now. 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, I, I, I, I, I, I, I th. I the the the the the the the the the the the, 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 the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. I, I th. I th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the took, the the took, the the th. th. that, that, that, that, the the that, the that, I remember the baby's born and the umbilical cord in the shape of it. Yeah that's all nigger where's the jokes come on now. We had some good times I was mad at Park for that though. I was super mad like you're the old son you really gonna do that yeah but you always get

mad you ain't you ain't you gotta work on that you got anger issues man I don't think that that would that that that that that 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 they they they they they they they they they they they th th got thi that thi thi they they they they they they they 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 thi thi thi thi thi thi thi to that that that to that that that that that that that that that that to to to that that to to that to to that the thi thi thi thi thi th it. Somebody take their nuts out next to your mouth while you sleep like that. That would have went viral right now. This is when we used to take Polaroids. Yeah, but see you should have walked up like that. BOP! It just hit them one time. I was sleep. And it was just like a, like a speedback. Bda-da-da-ba.

The funny thing, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, kids, kids, kids, you, kids, kids, kids, you, you, kids, you, you, you, because, you, kids, you get mad a lot. Remember one time, okay, we, uh... I don't even know what's going to happen right now. Okay, one time, like, we was in, remember you got caught stealing the orange store? Oh, goodness. Are you still gonna... Okay, go ahead. Go ahead. Okay, so we go to the supermarket. Omar was a shoplifter. I supermarket. Omar was a shoplifter. And I didn't know this. I found out he was a shoplifter.

And we went to the, we went in the store. It was a store on 42nd Street. Yeah. Me and you and Mitch went. And, um, you know, I felt like I should be, you know, you know, this was at the time when, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, the, the, the, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, the, the, the, the, the, and, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, and, and, the, and, the, the, the, and, the.. And, the. And, the. And, the. And, the. And, we, weto the counter and Omar is, and I go pay for my chips and Omar's at the count and the guy goes, what about the juice in your pocket? And I said what juice? And I said, what juice?

And the guy goes, yeah, what juice? And they turned to do the right thing. Like, we was like, man, you're doing it because he's dark skin. You ain't messed with me because I'm light skin. The dark skin brother because he's a different color, dark black. You're gonna blame him. And then the guy's going right there. I'm a lot sweating brick. Because I got the juice in my pocket. And Omar goes in his pocket.

He don't pull out a juice. It wasn't like a little juice. And I saw this and I immediately would, oh my God, I'm telling everybody, I left the store the next day Omar came to school. I laughed so hard. The next day Omar came to school and everybody kept walking up to him. There was like a crack he was on the, he was on the escalator and all he heard was, Omar got caught stealing. Oh my got caught caught stealing Oh my got caught stealing oh my got caught stealing orange strawberry banana juice

Oh my god that actually happened You were so mad you were so mad Oh my god That actually happened. We went to performing art. Shout out to LaGuardia High School. Shout out. Shout out. Shout out.

What was your favorite role of all the, because you've done a lot of great work. Like, I remember like, you've done a lot of great work. I remember like, I remember like, like, their whole career. Man, there was this one role you did higher learning. I remember I watched that movie and your ending scene was so powerful. I was sitting there in awe, I was speechless, and at the end of the movie he's just walking away and I said, in my head, I said, bro, you're walking toward a million dollars right now. I remember you actually saying it. You got a million dollars for your next movie and I was just so proud because I was

like damn I ain't treating for shit no more. Thank you. What was your favorite role? You know what you know I always look at it like I feel like each role is a piece of a mosaic that's a bigger thing that will be done once it's said and done for once my time on this earth is done. So I don't have a favorite role. I pour the same amount into every role that I pour into the next one. And for me, but as you know, there's nothing like the first. You know that first, yeah, that first role is just like, oh.

You know it's crazy as the, as you was telling me that I was, what, what, I, what, I, what, what, I, what, what, the, the, the word, the word, the word, that first role is just like, oh, you know it's crazy as to, as you was telling me that I was sitting there going, what the fuck did you learn the word mosaic? What? What are you talking around? This, this, this, this, this, this made me so proud of you. This book, I was like, this is the dude that cut every class is writing books. Yeah. I couldn't even read your notes that you passed in me in class that was in some graffiti or weird language, but man, I'm so proud of you.

What inspired you to write this book? Well, I just, it's a coming of age book about these three teens. It takes place in 2098, and I just was imagining what's the world going to look like, what's society going to look like. And more importantly, for me, because we're born and raised in New York, what's New York going to look like, you know, to those kids? And I just started dissecting, dissecting it and breaking it down and really trying to look through the eyes of a budding mind, you know, because I'm really, you know, my mother was educated. So I'm really into speaking to kids at different schools and things of that nature and offer what I can. And this is my offering in that way of, hey, climate change has happened.

It's about classism, it's about racism, it's still in there. All the isms. And then how do we, you know, spin that on its head. Because it's really about these kids who are like trying to figure themselves out because you know that that 14 15 year old stages are awkward part of life like just just for anyone so it doesn't matter where you come from you can be from Arkansas and Nebraska or you could be from an urban space like Chicago or New York or Atlanta or whatever and there's I believe that there's something in there for every kid to take away because it's also about escapism to give them

something to like get them through the next day you know I read the book and it's amazing and I'm very proud of you thank you I swear it wasn't to that explanation you just gave me I thought you cheated off somebody to write this book but now I know you know you know them the big the big th th th th th th th th th th the big th th th th th the th th th the th of th of th of th of th of the th of the the the the the the the their their to the their their 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 their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their the the to te. te. te. te. to te. te. tea. tea. toea. to to to to to to to the. the. thought you cheated off somebody to write this book, but now I know you do know them big words. I love you, my brother. You guys go get the book. It's on Amazon right now. On Amazon. Give it up for my brother Omar Epps. Omar's Book the Awakening now available. Okay, we're going to take a quick break, but after this, we'll be right back. All right. All right. That wraps up my week at the Daily Show.

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