The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Sam Jay on "PAUSE with Sam Jay"

Episode Date: June 24, 2021

In this June 2021 interview, writer Sam Jay discusses her series "PAUSE with Sam Jay," the authenticity of the show's unfiltered conversations and making the choice to stay true to herself. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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But that's all about to change. Like none of this stuff gets looked at. That's what's incredible. I'm Seth Done of CBS News. Listen to 60 Minutes, a second look on Apple podcasts starting September 17th. Sam Jay, welcome to the Daily Social Distancing Show. Hey man, what's up? It's really an honor to have you here because there are there are many comedians who I appreciate as being funny but there are a few comedians who I envy when I watch their stuff and it's always comedians where I go like I could have never thought of that I could have never done that where do you even get that idea you've always

been one of those comedians I mean it's probably the reason Netflix said we want you to make a show unlike any other which is probably one of the the reasons the reasons the reasons the reasons the reasons the reasons the reasons the reasons the reasons the reasons the reasons the reasons the reasons the reasons the reasons the show and write. And it's probably one of the reasons that HBO Max said, we want you to make a show unlike any other, which is exactly what you did. Pause with Sam Jay. First of all, let's start with the title, pause. I mean, it seems like the antithesis of what you want a show to be about, because it seems like it has so much thrust.

So why pause with the tho th. then the other side of it was, I feel that's what the show is asking people to do. I think it's asking people to take a beat and hear another perspective and take a beat and consider another angle than just your own. And so I feel like it was kind of serving two purposes in that way. What's also cool about the show is that it genuinely feels like you, it just feels like your hangout. I mean, you've th, you've th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, that, thr-a, thr-a, thr-a, the the the thr-a, thr-a, 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, thr-a, thruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuui, their, their, you've got people drinking, you've got music playing in the background, you know, you've got clouds of smoke everywhere, you know, people are speaking freely doing it. It almost feels like you tricked HBO into paying for you to throw parties with your friends. That's what it really feels like.

A little bit. It's a little bit of that. I know when we were coming up with it, we were like, yeah, this is like going to do hang is good, but we have to like put some substantial things into it, or we'll feel like we just trick the HB on the thing as to hang out. And so it is a little bit of that though, but I do think that hangs are where you get honesty. You know, I feel like whenever whenever I'm kicking it, I'm not. I feel like, I feel like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, when, when, when, when, when I'm, when, when, when, when, when, when, when I'm, when, when, when, when I'm, th, like, when, like, when, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like'm not getting these like pre-packaged Twitter answers or you've even, you know, pre-stage ideas of what the world is. I think when you're kicking it and you're just hanging, people are not afraid to maybe say something they're not necessarily supposed to say because everybody's guards down. But I think something that the show does well is it truly is a hang with my friends. Everybody who comes to the house and somebody I know is the show does well is it truly is a hang with my friends. Everybody who comes to the house is somebody I know is not just people were picking like out of the sky.

And I think it sets up a level of like comfortability, you know, and I've always kind of just been a person that's open to other people's ideas and opinions. And so I think it's easy for people to get into the flow of the party and just have a good time. And because there is no ill intent in the show, there is no gotcha moment, even in the interviews that are separate from the party, I think people are more willing to just be honest because everyone's kind of being honest. So it's not like any particular person's being called out. Yeah, it's funny you say that, because I remember watching the first episode, and I was like, either Sam and these people are amazing actors, or this is actually like a slice of her life.

Even the way you speak, it doesn't seem like it's scripted in any way. It seems like there's a structure, but it doesn't seem like it's a structure, but it doesn't thrown. Like, theyme, theyme. thrown. comedian, older black man. And I was like, have you seen the show? It's amazing. He's like, man, he's like, I love that show, man. Sam's one of the funniest people I've ever seen. He's like, but boy, she uses the N-word, man, she says that N-word. Yeah, for sure. And it is how I actually thrown. thin, the show, and I did thin thin, thin, thin, thate, thate, thate, that, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, 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-s. toda, today, today, to, today, today, the the the the the the the the the the the try to change my speech for the show? And I actually made a really strong decision not to do that.

Because I felt like, one, I speak like how the people that I came up with, the people from my neighborhood that I grew up with, my friends, we all speak this way. And I didn't want to act like we did. And I also didn't want to present something to the world that said, if someone speaks this way, then they're not intelligent, or you shouldn't listen to their opinion or take in consideration what they're saying.

You know what I mean? And I also didn't want to put on a different suit and have my friends and people I come up with like, to make it, I can't be to make, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, to make, to make, I, to make, I, the to make, their, to make, their, to make, their, to make, their, to make, to make, to, to, to, to, to, to, tho, their, to, to, to, to, to, tho, tho, their, their, 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, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, toooooooooooooo, and, too, thoooooooooo, and, th also do like, I get the criticism and especially when I get it from older black people, I truly do understand it and I respect it. And I was really thinking like, how can I kind of fix this? Because I didn't want to just come off as someone who's just disrespectful, you know? And so I decided that the last episode, we're going to count up all the end end end........ And th. And the th. And to to to to the the the to the to the the to to the th. to the th. to th. to to th. to to to th. to to to to to to to thi. to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to be to to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to be to be th.. I to be th. I th. I th. th. th. th. th. their th. their th. th. th. the. the. the. the the. the th. th. the the. the. toe. toe. toe. to to to to to to to to the last episode, we're gonna count up all the N-words, and I'm gonna give $50.

I'm gonna give $50 to a charity at LGBTGQ charity for black people. Well, I feel like, I mean, that's the ultimate solution to any, or you go, like, someone goes, like, I use the N-word, well, I'll be donating charity. Now, tha thiiii. It's just like, yeah, well, now people almost cheering for you. Like, I'm gonna be sitting at home like, yes, another one. Come on, Sam, you can do it another one, Sam, another one, do it. Yeah, it's an in-word thaw, on the courts. I think maybe that's what I love about your show, is that you yourself have had to break out of the one label that people want to give you. They just th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th. th. tho. tho. th. tho. Yeah, that's just that's that's that's that's tho, tho, that. Yeah, that. tho, tho, tho, tho, tho. Yeah, tho. Yeah, tho. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, it. Yeah, it. Yeah, it. Yeah, it. Yeah, it. Yeah, it. Yeah, it. 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. give you. They just go like, oh, you are a black woman, so that means you have to be this. And they go like, oh, no, you are lesbian, so you have to be this, and et cetera,

and to be honest, in my humble opinion, I think that's what makes the show and everything that you do so fantastic. So congratulations, I can't wait. And thank you so much. I hope we see season two, season three, season four, and it just keeps on going. And hopefully I see you again on the show. Man, thank you so much for having me. This was really cool. I appreciate your time. Take care. Watch the Daily Show, Week Nights at 11, 10 Central on Comedy Central, and stream full episodes any any any on Paramount Plus. When 60 Minutes premiered in September 1968, there was nothing like it.

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