The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Trump’s Economic Denial, Pardon Politics, and a Life in Laughter

Episode Date: October 11, 2024

Jordan Klepper examines Trump’s denial of Biden’s economic recovery, despite positive inflation data, and Fox News’s claim that "real men" vote conservative as Kamala Harris struggles with male voters. Troy Iwata sheds light on why Republicans rally around men. Ricky Velez discusses the implications of Trump pardoning his allies—and himself—if he wins, weighing the benefits of presidential pardons. Comedy legend Eric Idle talks about his new book, "The Spamalot Diaries," sharing memories from Broadway and how he stays positive through laughter.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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This is The Daily Show with your host Jordan Klepper. -♪ 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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 Eric Idle is here. So let's get into indecision 2024. Let's kick things off with the number one issue for voters, the economy, everyone's favorite system of producing and distributing goods and services. Inflation has been a major headache for America the past few years, but for those of you who like paying less for things, today brought some welcome news. Some new economic info. Just today we have new inflation numbers.

Annual inflation rate now, 2.4%. That's according to the consumer price index. It is inflation's lowest point in three years. Yeah! Suck it, inflation! Suck it! You get down and you stay down. Now, for those of you who aren't big CPI heads like myself, 2.4% inflation is getting pretty close

to the Fed's target level of 2%, which was chosen because it's Jerome Powell's favorite kind of milk. Of course, good news for the Biden-Harris economy is bad news for Donald Trump, who is campaigning against the Biden-Harris administration. But throughout this campaign, Trump has had a very subtle way of casting doubt

on positive economic reports. See if you can catch it. Wall Street ends the week on a positive note. The Dow and S&P 500 both hitting record highs. We are a nation whose economy is collapsing into a cesspool of ruin. 2024 has kicked off with a bang. 353,000 jobs were added.

You're gonna lose your jobs. Main Street hiring, firing on all cylinders here. The economy has just been reported to be doing very badly. One month gain and job growth best since January 2022. Their economy is doing terribly. The numbers that we're getting on the real economy show that it's holding up remarkably well. The Biden economy is a nightmare.

Look at that spike in consumer staples. Everything's looking great here. I keep hearing about their economy. Their economy is terrible. The blue chips make history for the fourth straight day. It's the worst economy that we've ever had. Jobs are up. The stock market hit that all-time high. Do you acknowledge that the economy is improving?

No, it's not. No. No. Bad economy says what? What? Now, look, in Trump's defense, just because the numbers are good doesn't mean people aren't struggling. I mean, just the other defense, just because the numbers are good doesn't mean people are struggling.

I mean, just the other day, I saw one very desperate American pawning everything he owns for chump change, you know? So sad that Bitcoin was a family heirloom. His grandfather smuggled it out of Europe in his ass. But while an improving economy is a boost to Kamala Harris, she's got another big problem on her hands. What is becoming a growing concern among Democrats and the Harris campaign,

that she is indeed struggling with male voters. Among men, Trump has a sizable lead. He's beating Harris by 12 points. Wow! Wow! 12 points! Really? That's a lot. I mean, surely men would be open-minded about having a female president. You know what? Wow, 12 points, really? That's a lot. I mean, surely men would be open-minded about having a female president.

You know what? Hang on, let me check something. Okay, let me see. Oh, right here. Okay, all right. Oh, no, seriously? Okay. Whoa! Oh, God. Oh, God.

All right. Oh, my. Yeah. Oh, okay. No, no, no, that checks out. Oh, God. All right. Oh, my. Yeah. Oh, okay. No, no, no, that checks out. Yeah, that checks out. So, perhaps this shouldn't come as a huge surprise. There's a reason why America has the same number of female presidents as the Taliban. There's a certain type of person who thinks that voting for a woman makes you less of a man,

and that type of person who thinks that voting for a woman makes you less of a man. And that type of person is on TV. No real men would ever vote for Kamala Harris. I don't see why any man would vote Democrat. That person has mommy issues or they're just trying to be accepted by other women. I vote like a real man and I vote for the conservative. The Democratic Party has been emasculating men for decades. Kamala Harris picking up a shovel. It's like she's never used one before.

If you want weak men and the angry women around them, like, that's the party for you, for sure. Exactly. Republicans are the party of real men, real tough men who are strong and love America and won't back down and hate Democrat-run cities because there's so many scary people there. Oh, mama, please don't let me get murdered

when I'm gone through the street. Oh, God! Mommy, the streets are dirty and there are immigrants! Please! Please, please send Donald Trump down! But, mommy, I'm so scared! Oh! Whoo! That's how a real man feels.

But that's what right-wingers believe. If you're a man who votes for a woman, your penis evaporates. And then you just walk out of the voting booth with a smooth mound with an I Voted sticker on it. But it's not just Democrat voters who aren't real men. The Democratic Party itself is so emasculated that not only is it its presidential nominee, not a male, but a female. It's not just Democrat voters who aren't real men. The Democratic Party itself is so emasculated

that not only is it its presidential nominee, not a male, but her male running mate isn't even a male. Women love masculinity, and women do not love Tim Walls. So that should just tell you about how masculine Tim Walls is. Tim Walls trying to basically redefine what masculinity is. He's like the soft man. You look at the way that Tim Walz dances around on the stage. It's not someone who comes across as this alpha male,

someone who's a killer. Here's twitchy Tim on stage waving profusely in a very unsettling manner, very unsettling. Tim Walz, jazz hands and high kicking tour. Men should not move this way. The other day you saw him with a vanilla ice cream shake. Had a straw in it. Oh.

Again, that tells you everything. Yeah. Yeah, real men don't drink milkshakes with a straw. You crawl your way into a cow and drink it from the inside. Or you punch the milkshake, then lick the remains off your hands. Or, and this one maybe is a long shot, real men don't have opinions about the right way

to drink a vanilla milkshake. Maybe. Maybe. I don't know. I don't know. You know, this really shows you how much they love moving the goalposts. Democrats nominated a deer-hunting military vet football coach who can change a spark plug. And you're like, but have you seen the way he waves?

Mm-hmm. You know, for a bunch of manly men, you guys are some catty little bitches. Look. I'm not here to condemn anyone. As an impartial fake journalist, it's not my place to say that pointing at someone and calling him a wuss is in any way inappropriate for a serious political party.

But I should warn conservatives that some of the shots they're taking might be hitting one particular target they didn't mean to. Conservative women want strong men. We don't want these wimpy, woke guys that, you know, focus more on their hair. I'm just checking out the hairstylist I'm talking. Oh! Oh!

Oh. Men just look at another man, and you can kind of know if he's an athlete. Kind of look at the way he can go down the stairs. Being a real man is about having personal responsibility. January 6th, is there anything you regret about what you did on that day? Yes or no? I had nothing to do with that.

The hug is not the way you hug your wife. You hug your wife from the body. You don't hug it like like this Here's twitchy Tim on stage Waving profusely in a very unsettling manner men should not move this way. It's not the way we move Don't listen to those meanies, Donnie. Don't listen to them. Nothing is more manly than your dance moves, Donnie. Nothing. For more on the gender divide, let's go live to Washington with Troy Iwata.

Troy! Troy, is this strategy of saying only real men vote for Trump really that effective? I mean, why do Republicans think this strategy works? Well, it appeals to men's top concern. Like, yeah, like the economy or jobs? No, not being called gay. Yeah. It goes, prostate cancer, teens laughing at your cyber truck,

gay. I got to say, you know, that's so sad. I thought in the year 2024, other men would have moved past this latent homophobic fear that somebody will think they're gay. Well, of course, you know, you and I don't mind. You know, as gay men, we tend to be more... Wait, what? No, uh...

Yeah. I... You're a gay man. I'm not gay. Oh, okay. Well, anyways, regardless, the Trump campaign is hoping that... Wait, hold on, hold on. I mean, uh... I'm sorry. Uh... I mean, just...

What made you think I was... I was gay? Was it... Was it, like, the pomade? It was part of it. What do you mean? What do you mean, part of it? Okay, what's wrong, Jordan? You feeling uncomfy? You're thinking of voting for Trump now?

No, no. I mean, maybe. I mean, if I did, would that make me straight? I mean, I am straight. I just, I can satisfy my wife. She'll tell you that. You can call her. Feel free to call her. I'm not gonna call your wife and ask her that.

No, I do. You see what I mean, right? You're sweating. You're questioning. God damn it, you're right. You're right. You're spot on. This is powerful stuff.

See, how are Democrats supposed to fight this? They shouldn't. You can't fight decades of ingrained homophobia. Instead, Democrats need to just go all in on gay. Just lean into it, alright? Just tell straight men, we don't want you anymore, okay? And I promise, if they get into power, the government will go all gay.

I'm talking no more state dinners, just long brunches. I'm talking Britney Spears doing her knives dance at the inauguration, you know? And no more war, just let Eurovision settle it all. You know? Sure, sure just let Eurovision sell it settle it all you know Yeah, but won't that cost Democrats the straight male vote who needs it you get gay men plus women who like gay men That's like that's like 56% of the country. That's the whole sports game You said you said sports game, I think you mean ball game. Oh, right. I keep forgetting you're straight. Why do you keep forgetting? Why do you keep forgetting?

Why do you keep forgetting? I mean, I work out. Look how much I can weight lift. Do you see this? Yeah, right. Yeah, because all gay men hate working out. Okay, damn it. All right. Troy Iwata, everyone. When we come back, Ricky Belaz will give us his opinion on presidential politics. Don't go away. Thank you. Thank God. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. So exciting. You'll be saying to yourself, TGIT. 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 John Stewart, whatever you get your pockets. I'm not the only one.

Studies show that other people also have opinions. So here with another installment of In My Opinion is our good friend Ricky Velez. -♪ Whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, We are one month away from a presidential election, and people are really nervous that Donald Trump is gonna win. Not me, though. I think Kamala has it in the bag. Okay? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

She's been endorsed by the most beloved Americans of all time, like Liz Cheney. Every barbershop in this country, there's always three photos. Biggie, Obama, and Liz f***ing Cheney. But still people believe if Trump wins, he's going to abuse the criminal justice system to go after his enemies and pardon all of his friends.

And when they said that, I was like, what? That's not the Trump I know. But then they made me do some research, and I looked into things. And it turns out that the last time he was president, he pardoned a ton of f***ing people. President Trump on a pardoning spree. Granted reprieves to Paul Manafort,

Roger Stone, and Michael Flynn. Two people convicted by Robert Mueller's prosecutors. on a pardoning spree. Granted reprieves to Paul Manafort, Roger Stone, and Michael Flynn. Two people convicted by Robert Mueller's prosecutors. Three former Republican congressmen. Junk bond king, Michael Milken. Jared Kushner's father, Charles Kushner. Dinesh D'Souza, Sherif Joe Arpaio. Bernard Carrick, Rod Blagojevich.

Little Wayne and Kodak Black. Dang! Ah! Is Diddy just sitting in jail alone right now? No wonder Trump wants to be president again so he can finish the job and he's going to pardon Diddy. Google Diddy and Trump pictures, I dare you. They have more pictures together than I have with my own family. Seriously, I've seen these pictures. He's at every party. I don't understand it.

He doesn't drink. He doesn't smoke. What is he doing there? What's the vice? I think I have found it out. It has something to do with baby oil. Who else does he want to pardon? Maybe his homie Steve Bannon, but I'm guessing that Bannon doesn't want to leave prison. He's in there like, these are my people. And I didn't know there's so many Nazis in prison. What is this utopia? That's where he's at.

Oh, and Trump will also pardon the January 6th soldiers, right? He has to. No, because you know he needs them for the next January 6th. You don't want all your star players sitting on the bench, right? And he's being very coy about it, but there is another guy that I think Donald Trump is definitely

going to pardon. Mr. President, if you were reelected, would you pardon yourself? Let me just tell you, I said the last thing I'd ever do is give myself a pardon. I think he's lying. This dude is 100% going to pardon himself and he should. The pardon is the coolest power a president gets and every president doesn't. Even my boy Abraham Lincoln, he pardoned his wife's sister, which I totally understand. I have a wife.

You know how hard it is to argue with them? Imagine, oh, so you'll free the slaves, but I'm not my sister. That has to be... That has to be... That has to be... That has to be... That has to be... That has to be...

That has to be... That has to be... That has to be... That has to be... That has to be... That has to be... That has to be... That has to be...

That has to be... That has to be... That has to be... That has to be... That has to be... That has to be... That has to be... That has to be... That has to be... That has to be... That has to be... That has to be... That has to be... Bitch! She said my hat was gay. For the love of God, I hope I die at this play tonight.

The only president who has been boring about pardons is our boring president, Joe Biden. He won't even pardon his son, because supposedly, it wouldn't be right. It's right. It doesn't matter it's you're right Joe. How bad was Hunter Biden anyway. The president's son guilty of 3 felony counts for illegally possessing a gun while he was addicted to crack cocaine.

Hunter Biden spent money on strippers on luxury cars on drugs smoking crack every 20 minutes or so. Biden wired an employee money and labeled it a golf member deposit, when according to prosecutors, it was used to purchase a membership in a sex club. Okay. Okay. Before we go any further, I just want to put this on record. I would party with Hunter.

Right, huh? Hit me up, dog. I'm about that life. Come on, Joe, he's your own flesh and blood. You know flesh and blood, that stuff that used to be in your face. Just pardon him instead of wasting all your pardons on shit like this. Thanksgiving is less than a week away here in the U.S. and two turkeys won't be on the dinner table thanks to a presidential pardon. U.S. President Joe Biden pardoned peanut butter and jelly on Friday. Turkeys, dude, seriously, that's what we're doing. Turkeys.

Do you feel bad for them just because they look like you? Listen, if you think the pardon power is unfair, then change it in the Constitution. But until then, you can't hate on it. I'll tell you something. If I was president, I'd be throwing pardons left and right. I'd be the Oprah apart. Look underneath your seat Tiger King, you're part and I need another season.

No way. Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! you'll be saying to yourself, TGID, thank God it's Thursday.

We're gonna 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 gonna be talking about ingredients 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 Jon Stewart wherever you get your podcasts. -♪ -♪ -♪ Welcome back to The Daily Show.

My guest tonight is an award-winning comedy legend and founding member of Monty Python, whose latest book is The Spamalot Diaries. Please welcome Eric Idle. -♪ Whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, I have to get it out of the way. This is a huge treat for me. I would not be doing comedy in this world if it wasn't for you and the folks at Monty Python. So thank you.

There was a 15-year period before I actually got legitimate employment in comedy, and during those 15 years I would have cursed you if I saw you on the streets. But once I found a little bit of employment in comedy, now you've become a hero yet once again. So thank you. Yes. Well, that's very kind of you. I'll take all the praise for that. Thank you.

You get it all. You get it all. Yeah, thank you. Yeah. This book is fascinating. You said you kept a diary while you were working on Spamalot on Broadway, and then you found it years later as you were cleaning out the house? I found it two years ago, where we were moving,

and my wife and I were moving out of our big house to a smaller house. We call it Downsize Abbey. And, um, if something happens as you get older, you'll find out. And you find all this shit you've accumulated for over 24 years. And, uh, you know, and I found that I, this diary that I'd kept

during the time we were rehearsing and making Spamalot here in New York. And it was an eye-opener, actually. I rather enjoyed it. Because, you know, and I, tell about how we quarreled and fought and there were lots of arguments and things, which I find fascinating.

I kept it in the book because I think it's important that you can argue with people and disagree and fight and it's okay because you're making something creative. Yeah, yeah, so wait, is that an argument for hoarding or an argument for cleaning? Well, I mean, I went to boarding school but my wife went to hoarding school. And, um...

I am as bad as her. I have 27 guitars. I mean, I only got two hands. So, yeah, I mean, you just keep stuff. You just don't throw it away is all you do. And then at the end, you got to try and decide what to do. Now, it's interesting you talk about, like, the creative process is about bringing different ideas, fighting, finding the best idea, the one that wins.

Part of what I loved about reading this is the director, Mike Nichols, acclaimed director, legend Mike Nichols. You're working with Mike Nichols here, who, uh, who you mentioned he was looking for meaning in everything. And it felt as if, correct me if I'm wrong, so much of Python and some of the creation that you're working off came out of silliness, and he was trying to impose meaning on top of certain things.

Did you see it that way? I don't think he meant meaning. I think what he always was saying is you've got to believe in it. I mean, you really must believe in it, because if you don't believe in it, why should the audience believe in it? And I said, you're talking about the night to say me

And he said nevertheless you must they must believe that they are the nights who say me otherwise it's not funny Yeah, and I think it's too like something like the ministry of silly walks. If you don't take it seriously, it's not funny Right, it has to be serious ministry that's giving out awards for people to walk silly. And if for any second you let on it's a joke, it's not funny. Now, as you've gotten acclaim and been writing comedy for half a frickin' century, uh, congratulations.

One of the things I respect so much about you is you're still out there. You're still constantly creating. You're hitting the road in a week. Uh... Has your process shifted in that way? It's got to be harder to continue to write when you have legend status, and the ability to do something is going to be...

It's going to be seen by so many other people and dissected in different ways. Have you had to evolve and change with that? I think we learned. We were in a club called the Footlights Club in Cambridge, and I was 19. And you learn. I mean, what I got used to was writing a new show

and doing it in the fall. And I've still got into that feeling and doing it. And I think it's the same always. You're still never sure whether it's funny or not until you give it to the audience. And they're the ones who tell you whether it's funny or not. And then if you're lucky you get away with it. So we'll see. I'm going to New Zealand to give it a fair try. Actually, I thought they said New York, but the line was very bad. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Very different. So, I'm appearing in front of a lot of sheep.

How are you expecting that? You've been on the road. You've dealt with modern audiences. Famously, your Monty Python co-patriot, John Cleese, has been prickly about some modern woke comedy audiences. Have you seen a shift in the way people are responding to your humor? Not to my particular humor, no. I mean, I opened SketchFest in January in San Francisco.

And I think if you treat the audiences respectfully and you say what's funny, I mean, you can't be hip and you say what's funny, I mean, you can't be hip and cool and all that at 81, you know, but you can also, you can not be, you can't be unthoughtful. You must be mindful of what people are thinking and I think, you know, my job is to make them laugh. And I like to hear them laugh and

it's I think it's a sickness you desperately need reassurance terrible weakness but but I I'm it makes me happy to do that I like my job and I also think my job is cheering people up so I always have to sing always look on the bright side of life. Yeah. Yeah. But... But...

But... But... But... But... Which is funny because it's become the number one funeral song in England. Whether that's a good thing or a bad thing. I mean, it's a good thing, but the bad thing is, they don't give any royalties. I'd consider it for my funeral, either that or love in the elevator by Aerosmith.

I haven't decided yet. Living it up while you're going down. But it is. There is something about it. I joke about that, but it is true. What is it like having the last word on somebody's life? Well, I'm not there. You know, I actually think it's rather I actually I think it's rather good. I think it's very healthy.

I think, you know, at these times of great emotion, I think laughter and tears are very close together. And it's nice to be able to sing. Everybody sings, you know. And I think that's very healthy. I think it's much healthier than some dirgey old him. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. Or her.

Yeah. Yeah. I think, I mean, even watching the news today, people are so exhausted by what's happening globally, the climate, there's solar flares, there's an election that's coming up that everyone is. Are we not wearing solar flares anymore? No, no, no, yeah.

Oh, damn. Damn, I miss that. We have a new moon and everything. We do everything. No, no, no, yeah. Damn, I miss that. We have a new moon and everything. We do everything. It keeps turning every month, actually. Yeah, yeah. It's a dark, depressing time. How do you always look on the bright side of life

when you're faced with a 24-hour news cycle? I don't watch. Oh, is that it? Applause But my wife watches everything. I don't get a vote, so, you know, it doesn't matter what I think anyway. But my wife watches everything, is very involved. And I like to read a book and play guitar

and have a bit of a jam with some friends, you know. So I think it's healthier. I think this endless news cycle drives people crazy. It's too much. You can't, you know, it goes on forever. And it seems to be going on for four years already. So, I mean, I'll be glad it's over. Oh, it's never going to be over.

It's never going to be over. But you know what you have to do. You should always look in the... Thank you very much. Okay, yes, yes, yes. Yes. Now, it truly is a joy. Thank you for making me laugh and the world laugh for so long. And good luck continuing in New Zealand.

Check your flight to make sure you're going to the right spot. Yes, yes. The Spamalot Diaries is available now. Eric Idle. We'll take you to the place. We love you. Thank you. Thank you.

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