The Daily Show: Ears Edition - The U.S. Kills Al Qaeda Leader Zawahiri | Alec Karakatsanis & Ms. Pat

Episode Date: August 3, 2022

Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan visit rankles China, civil rights lawyer Alec Karakatsanis discusses his book "Usual Cruelty," and comedian Ms. Pat talks about her series "The Ms. Pat Show."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Thank you for coming out in questions. Thank you for being here, everybody. All right, we're going to have a fun, fun show for you. Thank you so much for the to the Danny Sharp Show of Noah. Thank you so much for tuning it. Thank you for being here, everybody. Oh, we're gonna have a fun, fun show for you tonight. Take a seat, take a seat. There are so many things happening in the news. President Biden is killing it. Nancy Pelosi is gonna get us all killed and Donald Trump has endorsed twins.

So let's do this people, let's jump straight into today's headlines. All right, before we get into the big stories, let's catch up on a few other things that are going on in the world. First up, a passenger on a flight from Bali to Australia was fined more than $1,800 for having two undeclared egg mac muffins in their luggage. And honestly, I don't know if they'll be able to pay for that, you know? No, because I mean, the type of person who saves egg muffins for later probably doesn't plan and has 1800 lying around for fines, you know what I mean?

But apparently Australia is very concerned about bringing in food from Indonesia Because there's an outbreak of foot and mouth disease and that's why they're being really strict And when I saw this is like damn do you know how poisonous you got to be to get banned from Australia? Yeah, they're border patrol is like oh our pets and I come on three killer spiders right this way Ah egg Mac muffin oh that could hurt someone, Mike! That can really hurt someone! In sports news, the head of the Saudi Arabian golf tour revealed today that Tiger Woods turned down a $700 million offer to play for their league.

Yeah, turned it down. Yeah, kudos to Tiger Woods. That is really amazing. All these other golfers are just taking the money from Saudi Arabia, you know, but Tiger stood up, he's like, no, I would do the same thing. In fact, Saudi Arabia, offer me that's 700 million. Yeah, you'll see. You'll see. You'll see. the rest of you won't see me again. Oh, here's something. A major new study of 72 million people th th th thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi that that is that is that is that is just tho thi thi thi thi thi that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's tho- thi thi thi thi thi thi thi th is th is th is th is th is th is th is th is th is th is th is just th is just th is just th is just th is just th is just th, you'll see. Oh, here's something fascinating. Here's something.

A major new study of 72 million people has found that poor children are much more likely to move up the economic ladder if they have friends who are rich. Yeah, I know, which seems kind of obvious. You know, I mean, I feel like they didn't need to do a whole study. They could have just watched fresh prints. But still now now now the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the, now we know statistically that poor kids do better with rich friends, which shows you why it's so important to have different zoning when it comes to housing, to have schools that are integrated, you know, gets people on the same trajectory.

I mean, on the downside, it also means that you have some kids coming back demanding weird snacks, you know. But, the daddy, Theodore has pursu th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, thooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, their, their, like, but daddy, Theodore has prosciutto rat melon balls! Like, well, Theodore sounds like a little bitch, now eat your cheese stick. But anyway, anyway, let's move on to the big news of the day. Because there is a lot of it, a lot of news. Starting with China, the original Build the Wall country. Since Jijinping rose to power in 2013, the communist regime has steadily been increasing its influence around the world. Right? They've been advancing into Africa,

they've been claiming territory in disputed waters, and most importantly, creating the perfect algorithm to get us all hooked on pink sauce. But one thing China wants more than anything is for the world to acknowledge that they own Taiwan, which is why they've gotten super pissed off at where Nancy Pelosi just booked her expedient trip. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has arrived in Taiwan. The speaker arriving just really moments ago for a visit which has been controversial

and speculated about four weeks now. She says that the congressional delegations visit is part of the unwavering commitment to support Taiwan's vibrant democracy. In the past few days, China launching the most aggressive military exercises in 25 years, accusing the U.S. of interfering in its internal affairs. Chinese President Xi Jinping warned President Biden in a call last week about the US meddling in the contested territory. With Chinese officials reportedly communicating, those who play with fire will perish by it.

Two weeks ago, President Biden had warned the U.S. military did not want Pelosi to go. I think that the military thinks it's not a good idea right now. Yeah, I would agree. Now is not a great time to start World War III. I mean, the world has so many other things to deal with right now. All the drama on Love Island, you know? I can't believe that Eccanthrew ended up with Davide, are you serious? And it's crazy that Pelosi just ignored Biden like that.

Well, I mean, I assume she ignored him. Maybe she just couldn't understand him. You know? Yeah, he was like, listen, Jack, don't skiddle all over the toward and Taiwanese. I mean, come on, man, we need to hear the American. You read me skipper? She's like, you got it, Joe, I'm on my way.

No! So now, because Pelosi has defied Chinese warnings not to visit Taiwan. The Chinese government is conducting military exercises in Taiwan's backyard, yeah, which is a scary escalation. But at the same time when you think about it, it's also kind of ridiculous the countries do this. You know, they fly their planes past, aim their guns, but they don't shoot. It's scary, but it's also ridiculous. It's like threatening someone by standing outside their house, just yelling, you want to mess with me? Look at what I'm capable of. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, imagine this is your face.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, yeah, think about what you did. But let's move on from the war America maybe about to start, to the one it is still trying to finish. The war on terrower. As you know, it started September 11, 2001, when the Twin Towers were destroyed by George W. Bush. No, I'm kidding, I'm kidding. I'm kidding. I'm kidding. It was Dick Cheney. No, no, no, I'm no. It was Al-Qaeda. And the plotters of the attack included Osama bin Laden, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Aiman al-Zawahiri. And America swore revenge and over the next 20 years America killed bin Laden, captured

Sheikh Mohammed, invaded Afghanistan, invaded Iraq, bombed Pakistan, Syria, Yemen, Somalia and Libya, deployed troops to Mali, Kenya and Nigeria and completely obliterated the big shampoo bottle industry. Only tiny bottles for you. But in that whole time, the US never managed to find Amman al-Zawahiri until yesterday. The US has now killed the world's top terror target. More than 20 years after 9-11, the hunt for bin Laden's number two is now over. He has been in hiding for more than 20 years, one of the world's most wanted terrorists. But tonight, the United States finally caught up with Iman Al Zawahiri.

Justice has been delivered, and this terrorist leader is no more. Senior officials say the U.S. government used an unmanned drone in Hellfire missiles to target the third floor balcony of a residential apartment building in downtown Kabul. Experts say Hellfire missiles do not explode. Instead, the missiles are equipped with razor-like blades, extending from the fuselage, which slice through a target. So it will go through and essentially vaporize a human body, but somebody standing within sheet of this person would not be injured at all.

The senior administration officials saying authorities spent months identifying al-Zaware's patterns to avoid civilian casualties. Strike was so precise from a drone, it killed him on a balcony without harming any family members in the building. God damn! America clipped the world's most wanted terrorist off of his safe house? America clipped the most wanted terrorist off of his safe house? I mean, also at this point maybe we should stop calling them safe houses.

No, every terrorist gets killed in a safe house. They should call it a house that you think you're safe in, but you never know. And what's crazy is that America didn't just kill him. They killed him with a razor blade missile, which I didn't even know as a thing. Did you? I don't know?

The weapons America has sound like things that kids just make up on the playground. I'm shooting you with a laser guided missile with razor blades and a shark's body. Meanwhile the CIA is up in a tree like with a shark's body, did you get that boys? We gotta go make one of those. Razor blade missile, that's especially genius. Because like if it hits, you kill the target. But even if it misses him by a little, he gets like a really shitty haircut. And that's just as good. No one's going to be loyal to a guy with a bull cut.

I will say, though, I will say, you know, when you see stories like this, you see stories about what America's capable of, this is where you realize, there's really no excuse for the amount of of of of of of of of of of of of of of of of of of of, Zawahiri, lived all the way in Afghanistan, right, in some random safe house in the middle of nowhere, and America knew what time of day he liked to go out onto his balcony. But when a white supremacist post on Facebook that he's going to murder everyone and then buys an air of 15, everyone's like, oh, there was no way to stop there, sir. Oh, if only he liked he liked, he like, he like, the the the the the the the the th like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like th like the the th like th like th like the the white, like the white, like, like, like, like, th like, th like thi like thi, like thi, their their the 15. Everyone's like, oh there was no way to stop there. Oh if only he liked balconies. Wow. And I know some people are saying, oh who cares? America killed Al-Kader's leader but L.Kader isn't even

in the game anymore. This is like taking out Tom from my space. That's not the point. The point is America never forgets. Unless it's slavery, but everything else, America never forget. You thought it was over. America came back. America is a kid who never stops playing hide and seek. Decades after the game is done. Yeah, you're at a retirement party giving a speech.

And America pops up behind you like, found you, bitch. I'm with my grandkids, not anymore. Still, though, this is like one hell of a strike. They got him with a missile. I'm still stuck on this, a missile filled with swords. This is how I know. I'm not cut out for the war room and like all of the things you need to do as Commander in Chief, all these. I know if I was in that room, I would not have been able to keep my cool in there. All right.

Talking to quiet, Mr. President. They say contact and three, two, one. Oh, shit, goddamn a tho! Did you see the sauce? The sauce are coming out of me! Oh, there's like Fruit Ninja! Ah! How are you watching this? How's everybody just watching this?

Oh, you're not even gonna flinch? You're not even flinch? Nobody's gonna flinch? Oh, I'm the only one. Oh, okay, you're acting. the thirty, all. Wow, that was crazy. I didn't miss out. Just knew it can find anyone. Even you come alive. I'm just playing, but where are you hiding? I see you go, oh shit, that was crazy.

All thinne. Finally, today was a big day for the midterm primary season with a lot of closely watched races that will tell us a lot about the direction of the Republican Party. You know, will it be filled with a crazy extremist who worship Donald Trump like a God? Or will it be filled with traditional conservatives who worship Donald Trump like a God? And one race that everyone is talking about is the Republican Senate race in Missouri. And the reason it's getting so much attention is because Donald Trump decided

to give one of the weirdest endorsements of all time. It is primary day in America, former President Trump hedging his bets in a Missouri Senate race, simply endorsing Eric, a first name shared by two rival Republican candidates. Trump has triggered confusion in Missouri after endorsing Eric in the state primary without providing a last name. There are two Erics in the race. Both Eric Grytens who's been accused of abuse and blackmail and Eric Schmidt, the current attorney general have claimed the endorsement as their own.

Now both Erics are saying the former president is supporting them. Each posted a statement online, thankanking Trump for his endorsement. A source close to the former president told NBC News, leading off the last name of the Eric he was endorsing, was intentional, saying it was a, epic troll. Just when you think you've seen it all from Donald Trump, he does something like this. There are two Erics running against each other in the primary, and Trump put out a statement endorsing Eric. Just Eric. He could be supporting any Eric in the world.

Well, not any Eric, but you know what I mean. You know, I'm not his father. To me, the best part of the story is that before he made the announcement, Trump called Eric Schmidt and told him that he was getting the endorsement. Then he called Eric Gretens and told him he was getting the endorsements. But he didn't mention to either of them that he was endorsing both of them. Yeah, what an asshole. Turns out the dude even brings infidelity into his endorsements, you know? He's the first politician to have a side Eric. You're the only Eric for me, Eric.

Don't listen to those other Eric's. They're just jealous. All right, that's it for the headlines, but before we go to your break, it's time to check on all the latest social media trends with our see you, Ronnie. So, what's happening online? What's trending? Another day in hell, Trevor. I guess what's trending today is what? What is it? What is it today? Oh, Tuesday vibes?

Whatever that means? And when you have a PhD in stupid, maybe you can explain it to me, okay? Because as far as I'm concerned, every day on the internet is hashtag stupid vibes. Even you, Trevor, participating in this? What is this? Trevor, no, three days till the weekend. Prayer emoji. Pray your hands.

Oh, prayer, pray your hands. Even if God heard you, he'd be like, what am I supposed to do with this? In fact, I'm gonna start a new internet challenge right now. Yeah, it's called the smash your phone against your face challenge, all right? What you do is you take your own phone and then you smash it on your face. Ronnie, Ronnie, Ronnie, okay, Ronnie, first of all, I don't know why you keep going off to my social media post. Secondly, if you hate the internet, you realize you don't have to do the segment, right? Wait, wait, what, what are you talking about?

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There's McDonald's in every airport. In fact, yo, most airports now are just a McDonald's. It's like, we're just flying from McDonald's to McDonald's. And he smuggled it in his luggage? Yo, smuggled it up to your ass like a professional. Okay? Oh, yeah, oh, yeah, Tiger Woods. Tiger Woods didn't take the money from the Saudi Gulf, whatever.

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Oil companies, big tobacco, ISIS, Comedy Central. If I don't take the money, bad people will just have more money, all right? In fact, in fact, next week, I got asked to judge an episode of the mass singer North Korea. And you know, you should come with me, Trevor. They really want you. No, Ronnie, I told you, I am not going to North Korea, Ronnie. Okay, so you just want a dictator to keep all his blood money? You're basically funding terrorism. No, I'm not! What are you talking about? Also, everyone, get off Nancy Pelosi's back, okay?

All this, oh, she's causing World War III, uh, World War III. Good. We need World War III. Ronnie, how can you say that? to complete the trilogy, okay? What if, what if, what if, what if Lord of the Rings ended at number two? We'd be like, y'all these guys gay or not? We never know, all right? Also, aren't you sick all these World War II movies?

Like, we need something new. We need some fresh ideas here. China versus America. Tons of roles for Asian actors. Yeah? Actors who can do everything. Actors who can do intense, or sad, or happy. If you cared about Asian representation, Trevor, you would support World War III.

Anyway, that's what's trending. So, hashtag Tuesday vibes. Ronnie Chang Chang everybody. You know World War 3. All right, when we come back, we're going to be chatting to a civil rights lawyer who tells us why public safety doesn't mean more cops, so don't go away. Welcome back to the Daily Show. My first guest is an award-winning civil rights lawyer and founder of Civil Rights Corps. He's here to talk about his work challenging the money bail system, waltz, waltz, the money bail system, holding prosecutors, judges and police accountable,

and finding a non-punitive approach to public safety. Please welcome, Alec Karakotanis. talk about his work challenging the money bail system, holding prosecutors, judges and police accountable and finding a non-punitive approach to public safety. Please welcome, Alec Karakataz. How are you? Thank you for handling it. Thank you so much. Welcome to the show. You have a really interesting story, you have worked as a public defender.

You're part of many organizations that fight for people who are incarcerated unjustly or in a way where they can never find their way out of the system, which is unjust in a different way. But a lot of your notoriety has come from your Twitter threads in how you break down the world, the way we see policing in the country and the way even liberal organizations funny enough are part of the problem. so so so so th. So th. So th. So th. So th. So th. th. th. th. thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi the the theateat, thi the theat, the. the. the. the, the, the, the, the, their their their their they's they's they're they're they're they're they're they's they's they's they's they's they's they's they's they's they's they's thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. their thi. thi. thean. thean. thean theanan. thean theanan thean thean thean thean thean. they're they're they're they're they're they're the problem. So let's start with that part, you know. What made you decide to not be looking at Fox News, not be looking at right-wing outlets, but rather say no, New York Times, LA Times, Washington Post, you need to change the way

you talk about policing in America? I began this work because I care so deeply about safety, everyone's safety. I care about violence in our communities. And as I was going around the country, fighting these injustices, the cash bail system, police abuse, all over the country we're running into obstacles. And one of the main obstacles was this status quo approach that many progressive people have. And it's not their fault really, right? We're bombarded constantly in the media with what we call propaganda. and caganda has has has has has has has has really has really has really the the th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th the th th th the th th th th th th th th th th th th th thi th thi thi the the the thi thi tho- tho- tho- their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their, their, their, their, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the their the their, their, the thi, thi. I the. I theateateatea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. Ia. thea. I thea. I the the the media with what we call Coppaganda. And Copaganda has really, I think, three main functions. The first function of Copaganda is to narrow our conception of what safety means.

We're constantly being told that there's all of these threats around us. But the threats that the media and police and certain large corporations want us to be focused on are not the things that actually most determine our safetyte So for example, you've seen all over the country conversations about retail theft or a wave of crime, right? But what you don't hear is about the epidemic of wage theft. Wage theft costs 50 billion dollars every single year. Wage theft alone is about five times the value of all robbery, burglary, larceny, shoplifting combined. And why are we not hearing about it? And I think it's because you have this law enforcement system, I use that system in quotes because police want us to call them law

enforcement, but in reality, they only enforce some laws against some people some of the time. So let's let's talk about that. You know, there's a disconnect that feels like sometimes in the conversations we have in America because on the one hand, many people will agree that law enforcement needs overwatch. You know, many people will agree that law enforcement that isn't in some way regulated by an outside body will run rampant. But at the same time there are many communities who will still say, yes but we still need some form of law enforcement. We need some form of justice, we need some form of protection, and this is something

that almost goes beyond law enforcement as we know it in the world today. So what is an argument for a better world that doesn't subscribe to the notions of how people think law enforcement needs to exist now? Let's just start start th th th th th th then th th th th just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just start start start start start start start th, let's just th, let's just th, let's th, so the the thi, so thi, so thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. So thi. So thi. So thi. So thi. So, thi. So, thi. So, thi. So, thi. So, thi. thi. thi. thi. the thi. the the the the the the the thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. tei. tei. tei. tei. tei. tei. tha. thei. thi. to exist now. Let's just start with some of the very basic facts that we know. If we care about safety, we care about harm, the number one thing we need to do is address the actual root causes of violence and harm in our society. The actual root causes of harm in our society are not the fact that we're not policed enough. right? We have the most police of any society with most prisons, prosecutions, courts, judges, probation, parole, prosecutors, judges, and courts,

if money spent on that made us safe, we would have the safest society in the history of the world. We don't. What actually matters for our safety is investing in things like reducing poverty, safe permanent supportive housing, health care, public health. I completely agree with you on that. You know, I'm a firm believer in that.

I think it's the, you know, the cause versus the symptom. There is a confusing element that I think often gets overlooked, and it's the transition. You know, I see ittalk about electric cars. I see it when people talk about policing. And it's the unfortunate truth that there is always going to be a transition from one system to another. Unless there is a revolution that happens overnight, there needs to be a transition. What do you propose for the transition in between?

Because we do have police now. There are unions that are very thiaee the police say, hey, we can't say anything, the union is controlling how this is doled out. So what do you do for the interim? Because I think we can, you and I will agree on all of that, you know, those are long-term solutions. But in the short term, what do you think we can do to keep people safe and also find a way to the solution, even in the shorter median term, is more funding for police, that's like climate science denial.

There's overwhelming research that the programs that already exist, permanent supportive housing, safe consumption sites, violence interruption, restorative justice, investing in safe places for communities to gather, art, school, music the theater programs, early childhood education. All of these things thals thals thals thals thals thals thals thals thals the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the, the, so the, and the, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and the, the, the, the, the, the, and the, the, the an the an theanan. tean. tean. tean. tean. tean. tean. tean. thean. thean. thean. thean. thean. te art, school, music theater programs, early childhood education. All of these things work and they work quickly. The problem is we don't have the political power. Often what happens is we identify, like in our work, these enormous injustices, like there are 500,000 human beings in cages right now in this country because they can't afford

to pay cash to get out. We identify that injustice. And what happens, a lot of prominent prominent liberals they propose a reform. But the reforms that are being proposed are backed by those same interests that created the current problem. And so we're constantly being hit with short and medium-term solutions that are reforms that actually exacerbate the problem. Let me give you an example. Take the bail system. If you care about the presumption of innocence, about people being taken away from their children because they can't make a monetary payment,

like millions of children are separated from their parents every single year, you want to fix this problem. So enter the establishment Democrats. What do they do in most of these cities? They're trying to be made with private corporations who want to convert our system of mass incarceration to a system of mass electronic detention.

As I say, I've always admired the fact that you almost have a start-at-home approach. You know, you aren't spending your time fighting with conservatives or Republicans who believe in that system. You're challenging liberals, you're challenging progressive, you're challenging Democrats who claim this to actually follow through on it. So my question to you would then be, for the media specifically who you have a targeted focus on, you know, for the newspapers, for the publications. What do you think is a change that they could make overnight? Because they're the, that's completely in-house. What is something they could do right now that could present a clearer vision of where America should be? I think there are a few things.

Number one, as I write in my newsletter recently, cover the things that are most threatening to our health and safety. Cover the 100,000... Cover the 100,000 violations of the Clean Water Act every year that are killing children, that are killing families. Did you know that there are 100,000 deaths in the U.S. alone and 10 million across the globe because of air pollution? That is five times the number of homicides in the U.S. alone. Did you know how many people? Ten of thousands die from eviction and predatory lending practices that put people into poverty. These are solvable problems.

We know how to solve them, but that people in this country don't treat them urgently. And the reason is because the volume of news stories, the sheer volume every single day is about shoplifting, it's about this isolated crime, it's about that isolated crime. And we're not talking about the threats to our existence, like the rise of fascism, or for example, the growing right-wing threat in this country to reproductive health. Did you realize that... When... You know, I've been looking and studying very carefully how the media is covering Joe Biden's current request for 100,000 new cops. When I see liberal Democrats all over the country, both in newsrooms and in politics,

talking about that this isn't a big deal, and we need to pass 100 cops just to have a little bit of talking points and success for the midterms, understand this. Voters who care about that and want a right-wing fascist force taking over our society are going to vote for the Republicans anyway. People who care about building and investing in communities are looking for leadership on things that we actually know work, like better schools, early childhood education, programs in communities run by the people

who are most impacted by these problems. I will say this, though. I will say this, though, I know I'm going to let you go. I will say this. This is where I will disagree with you slightly. Time and time again, you'll find when you actually look at voting blocks, people do not have access to that information, and so they do not vote accordingly. People will say, you know what, I just want crime in my neighborhood to go down. I feel like the Democrats are not serious about crime. I feel like, you know, we need better cops or more cops. I feel like because they maybe don't have the information,

or they haven't been given any possible solution that isn't policing. And so I think there's a difficult disconnect that may go back to, if they read about it, if they see it, they would think about it as a possibility. So, Alec, thank you so much for your time. Thank you so much. And hopefully we'll chat again. Alex Book, usual courties available now, and you can sign up for his Pappadamon Newsletter for free on Substack. All right, stay tuned because when we come back, the hilarious respect, we'll be joining

the show. Don't go away. Thank you again. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Welcome back to the Daily Show.

My guest tonight is a very funny comedian who she had to talk about her hip BET plus series, The Ms. Pat's. Please welcome, Ms. Pat! Miss Pat, welcome to the Daily Show. Ms. Pat, welcome to the Daily Show. Thank you for having me. I've been trying to get here for years. I made it. You made it.

What do you mean? I feel like I made it talking to you. First things first. Congratulations. It is so rare for a new show to come out in this like flooded market and get the recognition that yours has. Congratulations on the Emmy nomination for your show. Thank you. Right? This direction?

It, I don't know how to explain your shows of people. I go, it's hilarious. It is also engaging. It feels like a sitcom, but for grown folk. Like, if you told me, if you pitched to me, and you said, I'm going'm gonna make a show that's about a life of selling crack, formerly selling crack and sexual assault and also struggling as a single mother and it's all gonna be funny I be like that's impossible but you did it I'd love to know how how did you how do you think I can make all of this funny well I mean the show was in the record for five

years with Lee Danias and we went through three writers and he found somebody that can catch my voice. And you know I'm a comedian, you know, he came up, he was like, hey, Jordan E. Cooper's is my co-creator. He was like, oh we're going to do a cussing sitcom. And I'm like a cussing sitcom, I can curse. And he was like, I think that'll be great because I that'll curse in my real day, you know, I curse I curse I curse I curse I curse every I curse every I curse every I curse every I curse every I curse every I curse every I curse every I curse every I curse every I curse every I curse every I curse every I curse every I curse every I curse every I curse every I curse every I curse every I curse every to let let let to let to let to let to let to let to let to let to let to curse every curse every day. Let let him let him let him let him let let him let him let let let him let let him let him let him let him. Let let him him. Let let him him him him him him him him him him. Let him him him him. Let him him him. I curse every I curse every I curse. I curse. I curse. I curse. I curse. let him him him him him.ell it. I'm save on Saturdays but because I don't I don't want to go to church on Sunday you have to tie but we talk you know what was what's great about the show is we took everything that I've been through and we threw it in with comedy because that's what I do with my real life stand-up I take the darkest things and I try to find it funny and then I tell people people people people people people people the the darkest the the the the the darkest the the the the the the the the the the the the th you you you th you the the the thi thi thi took took the thi to the to the to told thi thi told told to to to to to to to to told the the I'm thi I'm thi I'm the the thi I'm the th is the th is th is th is th is th is th is the th is th is the th is the the th is th is th is the th is th is thi thin thin thin thin tha tha tha tha tha tha ty. tie tha tha tie tha tha tie tie tha tie tha tie tha tie to tha. tha. I tha tha tha thi to try to find it funny and then I tell people, you know, you can't change the past, so why cry about it?

So I talk child molestation and I made it funny. I took, getting shot in the back of the head and made it funny. Yeah, you see the audience right now is going, like, wait, what? I could feel you, but that is exactly an audience. You know, you, it feels authentic. You don't minimize the experiences and and every single episode of the show brings you into a world that you may not be familiar with but it makes you understand people. You know, that's what I feel like your show does. It makes me understand someone who hasn't lived my life. Yeah, exactly. Well, I take it, well we

take it and even though you haven't been through what I've been through you probably know a miss pad Or you probably know a victim or you probably know somebody been through? You know just because you haven't been molest don't mean nobody else haven't been shot so we all kind of been through stuff with families and friends I I just experienced it and put it on TV with comedy you put it been successful at doing it. You've got a wonderful cost that tells amazing stories. I would love to know where you see the series going from here. What do you hope to achieve? It's gonna show you the real path of my life as a comedian, because I'm a comedian in this show. So eventually, before they come out the lights, I'm no food travel. I gotta end it. Before they turn out to life, hey, let me give you the last episode, okay?

Let's end this thing right. It is such a wild story. Sometimes people will hear my story and they go, like, that doesn't sound real. But it is real, but it doesn't sound like great. And then I read your story, I was like, but this is not real. One person couldn't have gone through all of this. What is your secret? Beyond the comedy that you use as a tool to process this information, like where does your resilience come from as a human being? I don't dwell on things I don't have control of them.

I cannot change the past. Wow. So. And I'm, you know, I'm not a big church-going person, but I, but I, but I'm, but, but, but, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, know, I'm not a big Church-going person, but I just learned when I could forgive the people who harmed me I can start to live So my mother my first kid's father who shot me in the back of the head Those was a two biggest devils in my life. So once I forgave them, I found happiness I love that I love that. I love the show. It's an honor to have you here. Come back when you've won all the emie. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the 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. tho tho tho tho thoom. thoom. thoom. thoom. thoom. th. thoom. th. 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. I. I the. I the. I the thea. People. People. I toea. People who toea. People whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooea. I to toea. I love that. I love that. I love the show. It's an honor to have you here.

Come back when you've won all the Emmys, all the awards, super famous comedian. Everyone should watch your Netflix special. And I hope you'll join us again and again and again and again and again. Ms.Pat, thank you so much. Thank you so much. For upcoming stand updates, check out Ms.m's comedy.com and don't forget, season 2 of the Ms. Pat's show premieres August 11th on BT Plus. We're going to take a quick break. We'll be right back after this.

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