The Daily Show: Ears Edition - The Origin of Halloween Explained | Elizabeth Banks

Episode Date: October 27, 2022

Pennsylvania Senate candidates John Fetterman and Dr. Mehmet Oz square off in a debate, Desi Lydic explores the origins of Halloween, and Elizabeth Banks discusses her movie "Call Jane."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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And Elizabeth Banks. This is the Daily issue with Trevor Noah. What's going on? What's going on? Welcome to the Day of the Show. I'm Trevor Noah. Thank you so much for shooting in. Thank you for coming out in thanks. Thank you for coming out in thrust. Thank you so much. Thank you, thank you so much. Thank you so much for tuning in. Thank you for coming out in person. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Take a seat. Let's do this. We have got a great show for you tonight. We'll tell you how rats will save your life. We tiptoe around the Senate debate that everyone is talking about and we discover the truth about Halloween. Plus, my guest to the one and only.

Elizabeth Banks everybody! Let's go! Let's go through this people, listen straight into today's headlines. All right, before we get into the big stories, let's catch up on a few other things going on in the world. Starting with Health News. A new study, sponsored by the National Instit Starting with Health News. A new study sponsored by the National Institutes of Health has found that kids who play video games for at least three hours a day have better memory and impulse control than non-gamers. Yeah. And I'm not the kind of person who would say, I told you so to my mom because she could still whip my ass, but I told you so. Yeah.

He's not, okay. She's making sure she's not behind me. But yeah, it turns out, gamers have great impulse control. So the next time a teenager calls you the N-word in a game of call of duty, he rarely thought it through. In travel news, Virgin Australia has announced that for the next six months, anyone who selects a middle seat will be automatically entered into a lottery with more than $230,000 worth of prizes up for grabs. Yeah, and here's my first question. Is one of the prizes an aisle seat?

Because I mean, that's the only way I'm ever selecting a middle seat on a plane. Plus, winning the lottery makes it worse. Now I'm in the middle seat and the aisle and window seats are looking to rob my ass. Well, well, if it isn't Mr. Jackpot? Ugh, leave me alone! Oh, here's one of the strangest human intro stories I've ever heard. A hermit known as the world's dirtiest man, right? Actually known as that, has died at the age of 94. But get this, just a few months after bathing for the first time in 60 years. Which is a real lesson here, guys.

Don't try anything new because it will kill you. It will. Oh, and more importantly, congratulations to the new world's dirtiest man. Steve Bannon, well done. All right, let's move on to some of the biggest stories of the day. Starting once again with the midterms. You know, that time of the year when your baby is at the highest risk of being kissed by Ted Cruz. There was a major debate last night that could change everything, and we'll tell you all about it in our ongoing coverage of Vote Demick 2022.

The big question leading up to election day right now is, who will control the Senate when the dust settles? And with so many close races around the country, it could still go either way. But a pivotal moment may have occurred last night at a debate in Pennsylvania. On one side of this neck and neck race, you have Democrat John Federman, Lieutenant Governor and Bouncer on the set of Jerry Springer. And on the Republican side, you have Dr. Oz, not to be confused with the Wizard of Oz, who also lived in a mansion that wasn't in Pennsylvania.

Now, after securing the Republican nomination, Dr. Oz has been trying to distance himself from the Maga side of the force and reposition himself as a bipartisan voice of reason to try and scoop up all the centrist voters on election day. You know, he's basically doing that that Tick-Tock thing where you flip your hair down and then when you come up you act like you suddenly didn't want to hang Mike Pence. You know that thing? But here's the thing. Here's the thing. Being pro-Trump and pro-reasonable is a lot harder than people thin his position on abortion. Should abortion be banned in America? 60 seconds. There should not be involvement from the federal government in how states decide their abortion decisions.

As a physician, I've been in the room when there's some difficult conversations happening. I don't want the federal government involved with that at all. I want women, doctors, local political leaders, letting the democracy that's always allowed our nation to thrive to put the the the their................. the the the the the the the the the the the the, the the, the, the, the, the, the, the, to, the, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, I, and, and, and, I, I, and, and, I, I, I, the the the the the thiia.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a. th.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a. toe.a's always allowed our nation to thrive to put the best ideas forward so states can decide for themselves Oh, yeah, that's right. Dr. Oz said abortion rights should be decided by women and their doctors and local political leaders Which was pretty slick right? I like how he did it because he started that sentence like he was on the side of women Then he snuck in the politicians at the end, like a teenager buying condoms at a gas station. He's like, oh, let me get those Cheetos

and the root beer, and can I get the Trojan Condom, please? Don't, let's be honest. If you're pro-choice, what Dr. Oz is suggesting is bullshit, right? I think we can all agree. There is only one politician politician politician politician politician politician in your abortion, and that's Herschel Walker, because it's his. It's his. It's probably his.

Ladies check, they're all his. Now, unfortunately, the Democrats couldn't exactly take a victory lap after Dr. Oz's performance at the debate because it was their own guy who was getting most of the attention. Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman started off the hour-long debate assuring voters he's still capable of doing the job of Senator five months after having a stroke. Let's also talk about the elephant in the room. I had a stroke. He's never let me forget that.

I might miss some words during this debate. Mus two words together, but it knocked me down, but I'm going to keep coming back up. Fetterman's use of a closed captioning device during the debate where he read questions in real time on a screen above the moderators, spark debate on social media, with some observers seen a strong performance amid recovery, while others cast him as unsteady. Fetterman especially lost his footing on the subject of fracking when questioned about a 2018 interview

where he said he would never support the industry versus his current position supporting fracking. I do support fracking and I do support fracking. I don't, I support fracking and I do support fracking. You know what's interesting to see is how people have reacted to this clip. You know, because on the one hand, obviously that was a part of the debate that tripped him up because he has had a shaky record on whether he's four or against the fracking. But also beyond that, people are wondering about the stroke.

And it was interesting to see if people who are a guy who's not mentally fit to to to to to 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 to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be, but the people who are against him see a guy who's not mentally fit to be senator. And I guess because of polarization, it's like that with everything these days. You know, everyone's seeing the world from two different sides. Like, if you're a die-hard Christmas lover, you hate the Grinch. But if you don't like Christmas, then,, he's extremely f-diable and you'd smash. Everything is subjective, everything. Look at that mouth. And I personally feel bad for John Feterman though, because he had a stroke and on top of that,

after the debate, Dr. Oz tried to sell him a supplement that would cure him for $59. You know, if you ask me, I don't know why Federman ever admitted to having a stroke. This is American politics. He could have just done whatever he wanted, right? He's running for the Senate of Pennsylvania. He could have just showed up to the bed and be like, sorry for my words, everyone, I'm drunk off my ass. The entire state would have been like, hell yeah, Fetterman's limitations right now are just something voters will have to consider when they make their choice.

Like maybe they don't care whether Fetterman is capable of debating. Maybe voters prefer his policies. Or maybe they just want a senator who can block the door the next time it's getting storn by rioters. That could be very useful. It's all up to them. Anyway, let's let's let's let's let's th let's th let's th let's th let's th let's th let's th th th th th th th th th th let's th th th the the the the the the the the the the the thus the's theateate's the's the's the's the's the's the's the's the's the's the's the's the's the's the's the is the is the is the is the is the is th is th is th is the th is the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the. theoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo'e. theate. the. th's getting stormed by rioters. That could be very useful. It's all up to them. Anyway, let's move on and talk about natural disasters. Because no matter where you live, they could happen to you.

One minute you're buying groceries, then an earthquake hits, then an earthquake hits, and boom, you're buried alive. Or you're hiking. Suddenly, you're buried alive. Or you're at home, you're at home watching TV. A tornado hits, picks you up, rips off all your clothes, then throws you through your neighbor's window into the bedroom with his wife right as your neighbor walks in. He knocks you out with a shovel, and boom, buries you alive, happens all the time.

All the time. the time. But here's some good news. If you've been buried alive by a natural disaster, there's a new first responder who might be coming to your aid. An unlikely hero is being trained to help search and rescue teams during natural disasters. We're talking about rats. The rodents are fitted with tiny high-tech backpacks carrying video cameras. The project created by Belgian nonprofit trains the rats to help first responders search for survivors among rubble and disaster zones.

Once they locate the target, they pull a switch on their little vest that triggers a beep before heading back to the trainers to get a treat. And the leader of the project says, rats are perfect for the job since they're small, curious, and prone to explore. Oh, oh my God, that's so adorable. Did you see the little backpack and the tiny camera? I want to be rescued by one of them, oh? Oh, lock the doors.

Let's blow the building up. You're going to thank me when there's a bunch of cute rats saving all of us. No, but for real though, this is incredible. This is incredible. Just take a moment to think of some of the things that rats can do. They can sniff out landmines, right? They can detect tuberculosis. In New York City restaurants, they taste our food before we eat it. And yet, do we appreciate them? No!

We're terrible to rats. We don't treat them with any any any any any any any any any any any any any any any any any any any any respect their their their their theiraaaughe thaughe them. We're terrible to rats. We don't treat them with any respect. In fact, we've got to pray that if we are ever trapped under the rubble, we've really got to hope that the rat that comes to rescue us doesn't hold a grudge. Well, well, well, if it isn't the guy who tested that toxic makeup on my cousin. Oh, look the they they wo, 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, if it that, if it that, if it that, if it that, if it 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 th who tested that toxic makeup on my cousin. Oh, look, you can't move your arms. Oh, they worked fine when you were putting out all those traps, though, didn't they, huh? But you wish you hadn't appropriated my culture for your Chuckie cheese now, huh? Yeah, why don't you rescue yourself, your little bitch? I'm gonna go poop in a Cheerios box.

Bye-ee! poop in a Cheerios box. Bye! too. OK. Thank you. I just realized at some point my mom's going to be like, what do you do at your job? I'm like, don't worry. All right, finally, here's a really fun story from the world of higher education. You know, universities are always doing the utmost to try and stop students from cheating. And for good reason, for good reason. You don't want students to cheat, right? Because you don't want someone cheating their way through engineering and then one day building a bridge, all right? Or what if someone cheats their way through 14th century Italian poetry? I don't even need to tell you the chaos that that would unleash on society. But one one th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th tho th th th tho tho tho thoen thoen thoen thoen thoen thoen thoen thoen thoan thoan tho-in tho-a' thoan to to to to to to to to to to toeateateateateateateateateateateateateateateateateateate to to to to to to to to to to to th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu. the. thea. theauuuuuuuuu. the the the theauuuuuuuu. toeau. toeauuuu how she decided to stop cheating in her class. The Washington Post says a

Philippine's college professor asked her students to wear anti-cheating hats for a midterm exam and they went all out. The student showed up for their mechanical engineering test this month wearing all sorts of designs on their heads. Photos of the students in their headgear went viral though on local news. All right, I don't know who this professor is, but that's genius. Right? I love that. No, no, because instead of just telling kids not to cheat, obstruct their field of vision. Because most of the time, teachersthey can do is walk up and down the aisles like a pigeon looking for pieces of bread, you know?

Just do that thing. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. I like the system. It helps the students focus, and it removes the temptation. Because let's be honest, that's what it's temptation. Most of the time cheating don't go into the test intending to cheat. What happens is you realize you know none of the answers, and then you notice out of the corner of your eye that Angie's flying. And now if you know that you're probably wrong, why would you

just stick with your wrong answers, right? In a real-will situation, we want to encourage people to go with whoever has the best ideas. It's not cheating. It's called having an open mind people. You've got to explore your opportunities. That's why my uncle was in his neighbor's bedroom's wife. All right, that's it for the headlines. But before we go to a quick break, let's check in on the stock market with do our very own finance expert, Michael Costa, everybody! Michael, crazy time, man. Crazy, crazy time in the markets right now, what's happening? I am crushing it.

I mean, you might need to call a rescue rat because my crushing has caused a lot of people to be trapped under rubble. So, well, that sounds like your financial advice has buried people in debt. Well, if, and if you want to get out of that debt, I got a hot tip for you, so stay tuned, okay? All right, let's do it. So, this week, multiple corporations had third corner earnings, which included Google and Microsoft, both of whom had disappointing numbers. Okay, but before we get into that, the rescue rats, yeah, I found this story so useful, okay? When my landlord came by to evict me because

of a rat infestation, I told them, hey you're wrong, I'm actually training an elite group of search and rescue rats. It bought me 24 hours. But you're right, Trevor. Animals are amazing. I mean, pigs can hunt 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 their the their their their their rescue their rescue their rescue their rescue their rescue their rescue their rescue their rescue their rescue their rescue their rescue their rescue the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the 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. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. 24 hours. But you're right, Trevor. Animals are amazing. I mean, pigs can hunt truffles. Dolphins are helping the Navy with their sonar. My dog, he'll lick peanut butter off my body wherever I put it. Okay?

Look, look, that's not a sex thing. I just eat peanut butter sloppily, okay? And I heard Trevor in an Africa that you can hang wet laundry on a rhinoceros horn? Michael, that is not true. That is so dumb. It's not true. Oh, because you don't have laundry. I'm sorry.

No, I'm sorry. this guy, you know, can you just get to the... Well, here's the thought. Anybody ask what they contribute to society? To me it seems like cats have nine lives and they're wasting every single one of them. If you were trapped under your building and your cat saw you, it would yawn and go back to sleep or even worse it would kill a rat the one thing that's trying to save your ass. Trevor's right, rats need more respect. That's why it's called rat spect, okay?

Think about it. They're basically firemen, okay? And that's why it wasn't weird that I made a sexy rat calendar. What does this even, Mike, can you just get to the markets? Let's do the markets. Okay, let's, no more rats. Let's do the markets. All right. So, alphabet, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th. that, th, 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. that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, thi. thi. that So, Alphabet, okay, which is Google's parent company.

I binged it. All right, and Microsoft both had their quarterly earnings calls, which were so bad, it led the stock to a dramatic fall. Look at that, which makes me say to all the company owners, if you know your earnings calls are going to be so bad, why are you making that call, okay? If you have have bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad If you have bad news, don't call people. I didn't call my landlord when I found 93 rats in my apartment.

I put little bells and backpacks on them, and now I gave them names. I'm helping society. So look, this is Google and Microsoft. Everything's going fine, right? There was a little dip here in October 24th, but that's not a big deal. The guy that draws the lines actually just sneeze. Sometimes that happens. But what the hell is going on here?

Well, turns out Microsoft's cloud company didn't generate as much revenue as they thought. Well, obviously, clouds just disappear, right? But the bigger drop came from Google. Add revenues down on YouTube because advertisers don't want to advertise to us knowing the economy struggling and we don't want to buy anything. Well, you don't. I'm crushing it, okay? But here's some advice to YouTube.

If your ad revenue is down and it's affecting your stock? Why are you letting us skip ads? Of course I'm going to skip your ad for Rogain. My tupe is perfect, okay? No other company has a skip revenue button. CBS doesn't have a skip payment button. They do have those self-checkout things, though, and those are pretty much the same thing.

Hey, hot tip to media companies. Force your viewers to watch profitable ads. Trevor, throw it a commercial. Force your viewers to watch profitable ads. Trevor, throw it a commercial. No, Costa, don't tell me what to do. Okay. Sorry, you're right. No, you're right.

Yeah, I'm going to do whatever I want. All right, we're going to go to a commercial break right now. Michael Costa, everybody. Stay tuned,to find a needle in a haystack. You might get a lot of resumes, but not enough candidates with the right skills or experience. But not with Zip Recruiter. Zip Recruiter finds amazing candidates for you fast. And right now you can try it for free at Ziprecru.com slash zip. Zip recruiter's smart technology identifies top

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Now according to my local CVS, Halloween, the corner, which reminds me I need to get a costume. Now according to my local CVS, Halloween is a two-month festival beginning September 1st, which celebrates the worst candy of all time. But actually Halloween is an ancient holiday with a rich and spooky history, and by spooky, I mean interesting. Ha ha ha ha ha ha! It all started. It all started. spooky history. And by spooky, I mean, interesting. It all started in ancient Ireland, where they celebrated the earliest version of Halloween, the festival of Sawan. That's right, the Irish gave us not one but two holidays where people get wasted and have sex behind a Dunkin Donuts.

Hey, Ireland, thank you. They believe that on the night of October 31st, the veil between the world and the afterlife was lifted, and that spirits returned for one night, like a divorced dad on your birthday. So to win favor with the spirits, they lit bonfires and offered gifts to them. But most importantly, they disguised them in costumes so the dead wouldn't recognize them. Because, trust th th th th trust th trust me thuust thust thust thust thust thust thust thust thust thust thust thust thust thust thust thust thus thus thus thus thus thi. thi. thi. They thoome thoom. They thoe. They thoes thoes thoes. They their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their. their their. their their. They, their thi. They thi. They th in costumes so the dead wouldn't recognize them.

Because trust me, no one wants to get stuck in a conversation with the ghost. They're always like, avenge me, avenge me. It's like, okay, weirdo, I just met you. Costumes during Sawan consisted of animal heads and skins. Ew, but in their defense, it was ancient times. Those were the only costumes Party City had back then. For thousands of years, someone was celebrated in Ireland by the Celtics. Sorry, Celtics, until Ireland got a very special delivery on its doorstep. Catholicism!

And the Catholics gave the festival a holy makeover, naming November 1st, all Hallows, a Hallows, making the night before halos Eve. Eventually this evolved into Halloween. Like many other scary things, you have the Catholic Church to think. After this transition, the earliest version of trick-or-treating began. Medieval beggars would pray for people's dead relatives in exchange for food, and that's pretty depressing. Outsourcing you're praying to the less fortunate. I mean, how lazy are you? th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. th. thi. thi. th. thi. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. 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. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. th. th. th's pretty depressing. Outsourcing you're praying to the less fortunate? I mean, how lazy are you? Oh, my postmates with a single bottle of water is here. Bring it in.

But there was fun trick-or-treating, too. Kids dressed up in costumes and offered to sing or recite a poem and exchanged for food, or money or wine. And I know what you're thinking. Kids drinking wine? But don't worry. It's Irish wine, so it's basically just rancid grape juice. In the 18th and 19th centuries, Halloween started getting popular around the world, especially in America, after a Halloween poem by Robert Burns became popular. And I know it might seem weird that something became mainstream due to poetry, but if you think about it, it's the same way we all learned about Sizzurp. At the turn of the century, the influx of Irish immigrants made Halloween even bigger in the U.S. and it actually started to get a little rowdy. Kids used the day as an excuse for vandalism and general assholery, a tradition that

continues to this day. Oh, mother of f-f-hawker. I will kick your ass at soccer practice, Timmy. It was so bad, some politicians wanted to cancel Halloween altogether. Luckily the solution was already built in. Trick-or-treating. Everyone figured out that if they gave kids treats, in exchange for not acting like little dickheads, they'd be chill. Trick-treating exploded by the 1950s with the mass production of

candy. Although back then, candy was weird. They had all these suggestive names like Zagnuts and Sugar Daddy's. If you like candy kids, you'll love Uncle Jimmy's pole smokers. Mmm, pole. By the 1970s, Halloween wasn't just for kids anymore. Adults started to get into it too. They threw parties, they wore costumes, some sexy and some... and 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 th candy, the the the the the the their the. the the thandy thandy thandy was thandy was thandy was thandy thi. thi. thi. thi. their their their their their their their their their their their their their their the the the the the the the the. the. the. te. Candy te. Candy te. Candy te. te. te. tea tea. tea. tea. tea. tea. tea. tea. tea. tea. tea. t. Adults started to get into it, too. They threw parties, they wore costumes, some sexy and some really sexy. Oh yeah, Dick Nix-Hive, where are you at? These days, Halloween has taken on a new meaning, celebrating the macabre and having a safe space to explore our identities with our friends and family.

I'm just fucking with you. It's about making as much money as possible. It's the most expensive holiday after Christmas and we don't even get a PlayStation out of it. Just some highly regrettable photos and a mouth full of cavities. Lost another one. So now you know how Halloween got to be so spooktacular. I hope everyone out there has a safe and fun time this year. enjoy it. the the the th, it. It's, it. It's, it. It's, it. It's, it. It's, it. It's, it. It's, it. It's, it. It's the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the most their their their their their their their the the the the the their. It's. It's their their. It's their their. It's their. It's their. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's their. It's the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. It's the the t today. It's today the most most most most most the most most the most most the most the most the most the most the most most the most the most the the the the th got to be so spooktacular. I hope everyone out there has a safe and fun time this year. Enjoy it because the next holiday is Thanksgiving when you have to spend the whole day with your entire family.

Ha ha ha ha! Thank you so much for that, Dettie. All right, stay tuned because when we come back, Elizabeth Thanks will be joining me on the show, so don't go away. to try and to find a needle in a haystack. You might get a lot of resumes, but not enough candidates with the right skills or experience. But not with Zip Recruiter. the tryn't not with Zip Recruiter.

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film. Yeah, theylis show. Thank you. Thanks for having me. And congratulations on creating what I think everyone is going to enjoy as not just a heartfelt film, but a film that in more ways than most feels completely apt for these times. My character Joy seeks out an abortion when her life is in danger

and it's life or death for her. And this is a woman who never thought she'd seek out abortion care. And when she gets there, it's in 1968 Chicago, abortion is illegal, this is Pre-Roe versus Wade, and she meets a collective of women called the Janes. These are real-life women, the stories based on a real-life group, a Jane collective of Chicago, who provided abortion care, abortion health care, to nearly 11,000 women in the late 60s before abortion was legal in Illinois in Chicago. It's a story about bravery in the face of everything that stands against you because

in the story, you know, we meet to a woman who's living like a cookie-cutter life. You know, your character is just like, she's living her life. She comes from a conservative family, but we don't really talk about that. And it's almost not about the politics per se, but it's about how how how how how how how how how how how how how how how how how how how how how how how how how how how how how how how how how how how how how how how how how how how how how how how the the the the the the the the th. thi. thi. thi. thi. th th thi. th th thi, thi, thi. thi. th th thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, thi. thi. their, thi. thi. thi. thi. the thei. thea. thea. their, their, thea. their, their, their, their, their, their, their per se, but it's about how society was oppressing women at this time. Yeah. And what feels, again, pertinent to this moment is seeing her, not just fight for herself, but for every other woman who needs to have an abortion and can't afford it. Yeah, that's exactly right. You know, I'm pro-abortion, and I like to tell people who aren't pro-abortion that I'm fighting for them to have th for th for th for th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th tho tho tho the the the the the the tho thoom not thoom not thoom not thi, thi, thiou-a' thiol-a' thoomoomoomate thoomate tho-a' tho-a' thi, not thi, not tho-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a tho, not not not not not not not not not not not not tho, not thi, not thi, not thi, not thi-sortion that I'm fighting for them to have that abortion that they don't know they need yet. Wow. Yeah.

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seeing the pain, we're seeing what the woman goes through and I wanted to, to to the story. the the scene, the the the the the the, the the, the the, the the, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thee, thee, thee, thee, thee, to to to to to to to thee, thin, thin, tho, thin, thin, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, the, thin, the, toe, toe, toe, toe, thin, thin, ththat in the story. Some would gloss over it, some would say oh no no we don't put that in because it makes it complicated but it felt like it was kept in for that reason. You know one in four women, American women, have an abortion. So it's a pretty common practice and there's this mythology, there's this lie frankly that anti-abortion activists will say, which is that abortion can kill you. And that is simply not true. Abortion is very, very, it's safer than getting your wisdom teeth out. It's safer than a colonoscopy. So the Janes didn't lose a single life. They performed 11,000 abortions, didn't lose a single life. And so I think partly why we wanted to put the procedure in was just to normalize it, you know, just to de-stigmatize the entire process and to show you that she was fine after and went and

had spaghetti. Right. It's like, it's a procedure that somebody is having to have autonomy over their lives. You also choose to have many funny moments in the film, which somebody wouldn't think, you know, if I said to you, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, tho, tho, thi, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, thi, tho, the, the, 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, and, the, and, the, and, and, and, thi, thr, thr, throwne, throwne.e. th th th th thro. th th thro. th thro. th thro. th thro. th the, th th th which somebody wouldn't think at first, you know, if I said to you, oh, there's this film and it's about abortion, it's about people go like, oh, wow, this is gonna be a very serious film. And it is serious, but there are so many moments where you find this like laughing out loud as well,

like really, really laughing out loud in a human way. You know, that also feels very intentional. Why not just have it be very drab and dull? I think we all felt like the way to depoliticize this whole thing, which has become so politicized, is to remind people about the stories, right? These are real people's lives that these politicians are messing with. You know, these are real women who have hopes and dreams or already have kids for whatever reason are making the decision to seek out abortion health care. And regular real women, they have have tho-tip tho-tip thuupoe thupoe thuuuuuuuuuu thu the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the tho the thoe the, which the, which the the the the the tho tho tho the the the. Which which which which which which which which which which which which which which which which which which which which which which which which which which which which which th. which th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the theate theateate the theateate the theeeate the theeeeee the the the the the reason are making the decision to seek out abortion health care. And real women, they have fun too. You know, they laugh too.

I love that. The human? Is that interesting? We're all human. You know, I also, my rule about this character was I just said, I don't want to cry after her because she's so relieved after her abortion, she chooses her life. She's a very life-affirming decision for her. She's not particularly tortured over it. She's already a mom and her pregnancy is threatening her life.

And she wants to stay alive to be a mom to her daughter. And because she suddenly realizes when she's faced with life or death, wow, I have so much more life to live. I have so many things to do shit. I got a I got a I got a list I got to get through you know and and she's really has a real awakening a political awakening an emotional Awakening and I love that for the character. I mean total right turn in her life. Right right. You know it's it's a change in direction because it's a moment where you know, we don't want to spoil it for everyone, but it's just that key moment where somebody realizes. their????????? their their their their their their their their their their their their their to to their to their to their to to to to to to to to to to to to to to their their to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to 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 the. their the. thi. their their their their their their their their their is at risk, they need to have this procedure and then they have to fight to basically save their own life. It's a powerful one. I feel like you're one of the more perfect people to tell this story.

No, because of what you represent, you know, you know, people have come up to you and they've gone like, you are, you know, you create some of the funniest films for women to act in, you're funny behind the camera, you're funny when it comes to the writing. What I love is something that you said recently, which, which was, everyone will say to, or many people will say, oh, it's powerful that you're doing it and you make films for the women. You said something to the effect of, well, I make films because I like making films and I am a woman and I'm having fun. What do you think people miss sometimes about a woman doing any type of job that they just want to do? You know, well, do we have three hours?

I mean, that's like a deep question. You know, I think there's a lot. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that's a lot that's a lot. that's a lot. that's a lot. that's a lot. that's a lot. that's a lot. that's a lot. that. that. that. that. that. that's, that's, that's, that's, that, that, that, that that, that that, that's like a deep question. You know, I think there's a lot, we live, Roe for me, I'll speak to it in terms of the film right now, which was when Dobbs, the Dobbs decision is a decision that overturned Roe v. Way that came down this summer. When it happened, I felt foundationally like less of a free person than I did the day before. And so when you live in a society where your human rights can be taken away from you, you're kind of a second class citizen. And when you're considered a second class citizen, everybody thinks, well, how does a second class citizen get to direct a Hollywood movie? Wow. Like it's that deep, do you know what I mean? It's like it's

the way it's that it permeates society, yeah. And there are people that are entitled to do things and then there are women who have to fight to do things. Right, almost you're lucky. It's like how do you do it? You're amazing. You truly one of the funniest people I know and the film is amazing. Thank you so much for joining me again. I appreciate you. Thank you so much for being here. Thank you very thanks everybody. Make sure to check out the film. It's going to be in theaters everywhere you watch movies. We're going to take a quick break.ight, but before we go, before we go. I wanted to remind you that peaceful protesters in Iran are risking their lives to be heard right now.

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