The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Matt Damon’s New Documentary | JB Smoove Reflects on the End of ‘Curb’

Episode Date: May 30, 2024

Matt Damon discusses producing the critically acclaimed documentary, “Kiss the Future,” about Sarajevo’s music scene and how one man convinced U2 to help keep the world’s attention on the plight of Sarajevo during the Bosnian War. And JB Smoove chats with Michael Kosta about the differences between Smoove and his ‘Curb’ character, Leon Black, making Larry David laugh, and how stand-up comedians are like therapists.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Enjoy this episode. Welcome back to the Daily Show. My guest tonight is an award-winning actor and producer of the critically acclaimed documentary about you two and the Bosnian War called Kiss the Future. Please welcome Matt Damon. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Thank you. All right. Thank you. All right. They react to everybody. This movie is.

It's remarkable. A story I hadn't heard of it. It's, it's, uh. Uh, this movie is, it's remarkable. A story I hadn't heard of, it follows the seizure of Sarajevo. Yeah. And sort of the art community that sprang out of it, and also the ways in which you too was sort of used as a touchstone to pull people

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Yeah, I think it's remarkable in watching a war-torn Sarajevo and you see people who are, they talk about dodging bullets and sniper fire so they can go listen to music in a basement. How like normalcy is so important to them just to feel like,they're connected to something. There's moments in there when it's like, I wish we could just like airlift, Taylor Swift, and dropped her in Ukraine just to sort of find some peace. It feels very moderate in that way. That might be the answer to everything, actually. Yeah. We could...

We could... We can figure it out. Yeah, absolutely. But it is that, it is that, you know, the movie really covers all of these lives of these Sarajevans who really came to that conclusion, reflecting on life and what is life really. And actually, it was worth risking their lives to go to gather so that they could listen to music or play music or just be together. And that bonded them and strengthen their community and that resilience. And you know, it's, as Bono said in that little clip there, it was carrying on with their

lives was a way of saying, you know, you're not beating us, you will not take our lives from us. You can kill me, but you still won't take this for me. There's a great photo in there that we have of one of these punk rock drummers who lost his hand on the front lines and he, and he, there's a picture of him with his drumstick duct taped to his arm in place of where, you know, where his hand was and he and he's and he's playing like death metal like come on you know like you're not going to take music away from me you know and and it's just a beautiful the the stories are really incredible and and the people that we we got a lot of footage from from the Sarajevans who were there and so you know there's a wedding in the middle of like all these real moments that were really happening in the s the s the 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 the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. 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. I I is. I was. I was. I was. the is. theeeeeeeeeean. theeeeeeean. theeeeeea. theea. thea. the real moments that were really happening amidst this siege. I think they sort of articulate

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Clearly you didn't grow up in war-torn Boston, from my understanding. But I'm wondering, as an artist and a creator, like finding those touchstones that make you feel connected to something larger. What do you see when you watch and produce a film like that? Well, I feel, look, I mean was I was in Australia last year looking at cave art that was 18,000 years old and just that very human impulse that we have to to tell stories to each other and it's a way to kind of tell somebody another perspective right and if you and if you know for filmmaking if you can

put people in other people's shoes, that builds empathy and compassion. And as Ed says in that, yeah, there are, there really are these legitimate dark forces that are trying to divide us. And you see that a lot in politics, you see that a lot, and what art and music and and film does hopefully is is uh... is it's a bulwark against that and in an attempt to to to kind of bridge those divides and and keep these communities together do you feel attention as somebody as a creator and a producer like we're in such partisan time such political times uh... and

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Yeah. I mean, there's like, there's a final quote in this movie that's a poignant one. They wonder whether we need that concert more today than we needed it in 97. Yeah, that was one of the Sarajevoven said that, which was really, and that's why Nanad decided to close the movie with it, because it is, you do see a lot of parallels to all over the world to what was happening there. And so again, it's a, I mean, it ultimately is really an uplifting movie because it's beautiful to watch, you know, these people and what they did and how they overcame their situation. The band and what, you know, incidentally, the band was, they're one, kind of, they were reluctant

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What's a beautiful movie. Thanks. What's a beautiful movie? I knew they could get more now than before. Kiss the Future is now available to stream exclusively on Paramount Plus. Matt Damon. Hey everybody, John Stewart here. I am here to tell you about my new podcast, The Weekly Show, it's going to be coming out every Thursday. So exciting. You'll be saying to yourself, TGID, thank God it's Thursday. We're going to be talking about all the things that hopefully obsess you in the same way that they obsess me.

The election, economics, earnings calls. What are they talking about on these earnings calls? We're going to be talking about ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches. And I know that I listed that fourth, but in importance, it's probably second. I know you have a lot of options as far as podcasts go, but how many of them come out on Thursday? I mean, talk about innovative. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast.

My guest tonight is an Emmy-winning actor and comedian who plays Leon Black on Curb, your enthusiasm. Please welcome J.B. Smooth. That's great. Oh my gosh, right? Hey, man. Yeah, yeah. Let's dive right in, baby. Let me tell you something. Yeah. No true or words have ever been spoken, man. Then that. You, yeah.

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you go it's just like branches it's branches everywhere right a fork in road you got to choose which way you want to go it's fun in particular to watch you because everyone's playing a little bit of an exaggerated version themselves but it seems like you're playing a completely different character is that is that a fair assessment know what, I have to say what Leon would say. Right. You know? And it's one of those things where I get caught up in this guy's world.

Right. Right. Where I just, I'm not myself. I'm a compassionate, heartwarming guy. Of course, we got, we share some cadence maybe, little things here. Yeah, delivery and stuff like that. He swears a lot. Oh, this dude swears a lot.

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and you don't even know if you are going to be on the next season. Yo. So I truly. I feel, I feel, right? It's not even a joke. It's not a joke. It's real. Sometimes you got to take a joke job. You got to take a friend. You got to take somebody's lady. Sometimes you got to take stuff. I get it. But that's how you get there and you do a great job. And you just be in the moment. And you do exactly what they're looking for. And you give them more of what the fuck you want.

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I decide in the moment if I want to have Larry's back or go against him. Which is a fascinating way. I try to find out what's going to be the best path. Right. What the one, what am I going to get the most funny out of? Right. Having his back or fighting with him? Yeah. You know what I mean? Good fight is always great. But there's also takes of you deciding and it doesn't work. their takes their takes. There's takes takes takes takes takes takes takes takes takes takes takes takes takes takes takes to to to takes to to to to to their to to to to to to to to to be to be to be their their their to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be their to be to be 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 best. their their best. thea. thea. their best. thea. their their their their their their the always a crack? That, all that works. All that works. All that works. But I mean, because it is fun watching, because you see Larry sometimes crack, or you can see in his eyes, he goes, I don't know what's happening to this.

Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's what it comes in there because we, we, as stand-ups, we, we have to be able to read people. I could be in a room full of 2,000 people in the audience. I'm going to find that one f-fix who's not laughing. I know, right?

I know, right? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. If you think 1,900 and people laugh, you think, what's wrong with this mother's right here? Yeah, exactly. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But that's what I do.

That's why, that's, that's what we do. And not just improv people, but stand-up comedians have a unique, we can feel, we're like, what we call the impaeth. We like, I like, impa. We like, we like, I like, I like, I like, I like, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, 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, 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 It's true. We feel it. We know when to move on to the next bit. The decibels on our ear goes up and comes back down to a certain level. And we know to move on. Yeah.

Now, we got a little opening for the next bit. But we got to read people. I got to read him because I'm trying to honestly make a snobuble b snack b snack b snack b snack b snack b s snack b, Honestly, make a snot bubble come out his the t-knows. Right. But also, and you do, you do. You do. A good snob.

Hey, you make somebody laugh and then make a snobubble come out? That's the best. That's the ultimate. But what's interesting about that too is he's also your boss. He's my boss. So you got to think about that too. But I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I. But, but you, but you, but you, but you, but you, but you, but you, but you, but you, but you th. th. th. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, to thi, to thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. th. thi, th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to too. to to too. to thi. thi. thi. thi.that too. But you gotta keep people on their toes too, man. Yeah. Because, look man, yeah. Debs are, like you said, I came on in season six. This train was already moving.

Yeah. Have you ever jumped on a moving subway train? I have not, no. Shit is daring and fascinating. It's fascinating. And depthdefying. It's fucking depth-defying. But because you're almost, you're late for work. Number one, you're already, you're late for work. Right.

And you jump between calls and say, I gotta be at work at a certain time. I'm gonna get fired. But anyway, I don't recommend you doing that. But the train that's already moving, that's already an amazing successful show. You know, I was a big fan of the show and my wife manifested me being on the show. I read that. I told me I was going to be on the show one day.

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I want to be on that stage. Because to I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I want to be who I want to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be on to be on to be on to be on to be on to be on to be on to be on to be on to be on to be on to be on to be on to be on to be on to be on to be on to be on to be on to be on to be on to be on to be on to be on to be on to be on to be on to be on to be on to be on to be on to be on to be on to be on 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 stage the that stage the that stage the the the stage, the the to be on stage to be on stage to be on stage, to be on stage, to be on stage, to writing off stage, which also writing on stage, because now you're listening to what people love about you. I mean, I've read that you have said stand-up has been a vehicle for you, that you get on it, you get off it, you take it somewhere. And that fascinates me because there's definitely a compulsion of stand-ups that like, I always do stand-up, I'm a stand-up, I'm a stand-up. But have, explain to me, elaborate what you mean by stand-up as a vehicle for you. Stand-up is your vehicle because you gotta take care of it.

You gotta maintain it. Yeah. You gotta love to drive it. Oh, I like that. You gotta love to drive it man. That's your vehicle to get to any place you want to get to. Yeah. Stand up comics also take the drama of the world and we convert that drama because we have a different filtration system. We are deep-minded. We are we've been through a lot. We can take everything we've been through and rearrange it to make you laugh about it. Yeah. We are also therapist. We touch on things, no, we touch on things that only we can tou tou in that way. Yeah.

Once, if you, look man, if you, you get rid of a comedian, you might as well just f-feehie and die. No, I'm telling you because there's no way in hell you could take the brunt of the brunt of the brunt of the the real real real real real real real real real real real real real real real real real real real real real real real real real real the the the real the real real the real real the real the real the real the real the real the real the real of of of the real the real the real, the real, the the way in hell you could take the brunt of the real world every day without somebody who's able to take that world, filtrade it, put it through their body, and give it back to you in a manageable form. I love it. No one can do that but a comedian. I love that. Last question for you. Curb is done. J.B. smooth is not done. No.

What's next for you? What you got going on? This is the time where, you know, the cool thing about what I have accomplished throughout my career is people don't understand this, but a lot of times I got to make time for curb. Okay. And not the other way around. Yeah.

Because, you know, commercial campaigns, TV shows, movies, you know, I'm haught. I'm sitting, every time I look at the screen. God damn, I'm Frank the plant. I'm a whole the queen. Every time I look at the screen, there's that I do. I am an amazing spokesperson. Because I truly, no, I believe, I believe, I believe I can sell anything that I love, that I like. It feels genuine.

It has to be genuine. So that's the power. And people out there, please, don't be afraid of the power. Do not be ever afraid of the power of no, because another opportunity's gonna come around. Right? So now it's time for, curb is a one show. It's one show. I don't shoot curb 365 days a year. Yeah.

Curb is one show that takes a few, two or three months to shoot, and I'm done. The rest of the year, I gotta be on the go. I am a big hustle, man. I trurururururururu, I th, I to th, I to to thu, I to the to to the to the to to the to the the the the the the to be, I'm, I'm the the the the the the the the the the to be, I'm 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 tie, tie, tip, tip, I, tip, I, I, I'm, I, I'm, tip, Icu, tip, tip, tip, tip, tip, tip, tip, tip I am a big, I hustle man, I truly do. But I find a way to remain grounded. I find a way to also figure out what's next for me. You know, therefore I gotta sell a brand. I believe I have a brand, a unique voice I believe. I believe people believe in me, even when they think I'm fucking around with them.

But I take time for people, number one, because I know that what I have, you connect. They need some time. I connect with you connect. You connect. You know how many times I miss flights? F. Fights, they stopped me, they're talking. They're talking to me.

But we have our production, company that we started. Alternative side. it, alternate side productions. This is going, and I use alternate side because I got a whole lot of tickets growing up, also the side of the street parking regulations here in New York City. So I use that alternate side just to have my New York roots and my manager and my partner Miles. We are going to do some amazing things, man, and TV and film and keep the brand going because I truly believe believe you're selling something amazing.

Yeah. And you're able to drive that vehicle, you know, to the next plateau, man. You've always made me laugh. On curb, your stand-up, thank you for coming and hanging out with us. Come on, man, it's easy, baby. Congratulations on Curb. The final season of Curb, your enthusiasm is able to stream on Max J.B. Sloan. Explore more shows from the Daily Show Podcast Universe by searching The Daily Show,

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