The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Desi Lydic & Jordan Klepper Unpack Trump's Confusing Project 2025 Response | Aasif Mandvi

Episode Date: July 10, 2024

Desi Lydic & Jordan Klepper cover Trump’s contradictory tweet about Project 2025, President Biden’s Parkinson’s panic, and Gwyneth Paltrow’s shitty house guest. Michael Kosta also helps Desi & Jordan get to the bottom of all of Biden’s medical house calls. Josh Johnson sat down with a panel of Black voters to ask, "Do we f**k with Trump?" Plus, former Daily Show correspondent and star of Paramount Plus’ “Evil” Aasif Mandvi reminisces with Desi and Jordan about some of his most memorable field pieces, from asking former Florida governor Rick Scott for a urine test, to nearly being arrested in a two-headed fish costume.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John Stewart here, unbelievably exciting news. My new podcast, The Weekly Show, we're going to be talking about the election, economics, ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast. You're listening to Comedy Central. From the most trusted journalists at Comedy Central, it's America's only source for news. This is the Daily Show. I'm Jesse Leyenck.

And I'm Jordan Clapper. We got so much to talk about tonight. The White House is at war with the media. Donald Trump tries out social distancing and we find out who's going to win the black votes. So let's get right into the headlines. Let's kick things off with the big story of the past week, a national crisis with global implications. Somebody shit in the bed in Gweneath Paltrow's guest house. According to the daily mail, a house guest of Gweth Paltrow's Hampton's home suffered, quote, catastrophic diarrhea in bed. The house guest then blamed the disaster on Ozempic before fleeing the property.

Wow. Is one of the side effects of Ozempic not caring about cleaning up the diarrhea you get from Ozemic? Why would you run out after that if there's anyone who would be sympathetic, it's the woman who tells you to squirt coffee enimas up your butt. And pardon my word choice here, but I want to sit in this mess for just a minute. Because it brings up an interesting question. When you shit the bed, as visibly and as nationally as this guest did. Should you stay in the house? Or is it time to leave? I know that some people would say

that the guest just had a bad night. He's a decent man with a lifetime of service as a house guest, and he's earned the chance to stay and clean up his mess, but the thing is, we all know he shit the bed. We can't unsee him shitting the bed. And now every time we see him, we're going to be wondering, is he going to shit the bed again? Uh, are we, are we still talking about the house guest?

All I'm saying is, Gwyneth has every right to be skeptical about inviting this house guest to stay over again for the next four years?? th.? th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. to to to to th. to th. I to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the. to to 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 th. th. th. We th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. I th. I the. I the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. theeeeeeeean. toeeeeean. toeeeean. toe. toe. toe. toe. the. the right to be skeptical about inviting this house guest to stay over again for the next four years or so. I mean it might be too late in the summer to get another house guest. There's plenty of time to get another house guest. Okay, okay. But who's to say that another guest might not shit the bed the bed shitter you don't? Okay. Maybe. Maybe, maybe, but we should at least be honest about the bedshitting instead of pretending that the bed was never shot in. Otherwise, we're going to delude ourselves into thinking that this is the best house guest we can get and now all of a sudden it's January and there's a house guest that nobody wanted and nobody in the house is allowed to get a goddamn abortion. I'm almost certain we're not talking about the house guests. Okay, got you. So, Joe Biden

shit the bed and... Oh, no, thrown. So, Joe Biden shit the bed and... Now his campaign is trying to desperately change the houseguess. Okay, gotcha. So, Joe Biden shit the bed and now his campaign is trying to desperately change the conversation back to Joe Biden's opponent. New reporting today on a plan for President Joe Biden. It's a plan to tie Donald Trump to Project 2025 and focus on what a second Trump presidency could look like. Democrats have been shouting from the rooftops that this Project 2025 is a blueprint for Trump to gut democracy if he wins. The DNC purchased five new billboards in Miami, tying Trump to Project 2025 today. The current president Joe Biden just tweeted, Google Project 2025.

He wants us to Google it? Kind of fo-Totten the attack. tweeted, Google Project 2025. He wants us to Google it? Kind of phoning in the attack there, aren't you, Joe? Although I'm not entirely convinced Biden wasn't trying to just Google Project 2025. I mean, I mean, his next tweets gonna be, Alexa, how do you win a debate? But yes, if you haven't googled it yet,

Project 2025 is a 900-page blueprint for Donald Trump's second term. It's basically conservative fan fiction, which could very well become fan reality. And it's full of terrifying proposals that range from burning more fossil fuels to outlonged pornography, which is bad news for people who like to masturbate and horrible news for people who like to masturbate to our flourishing coral reefs. Maybe it's just me, I don't know. The people behind Project 2025 were some of Donald Trump's top aides, but apparently it's getting a little too controversial for Trump now because he's running away from it like it's a disabled veteran who wants a selfie.

Donald Trump chose today to try to distance himself from Project 2025. On truth social today, Trump wrote, I know nothing about Project 2025. I have no idea who's behind it. I disagree with some of the things they're saying, and some of the things they're saying are absolutely ridiculous and abysmal. Anything they do, I wish them luck.

to do with that. But I have nothing to believe Donald Trump didn't read a 900 page? Okay, now that I'm saying it, I hear it, yes. I hear it, I do. Okay, yeah, I do. Okay. But let's look at this. Okay, this is textbook Trump. He hides his dog whistles next to some plausible deniability.

Every tweet is like a cheesecake factory menu, you know? There's something for everybody. And he doesn't mind if it's full of contradictions. He hasn't read Project 2025, but he likes parts of it. He has no idea who's behind it, but he hired most of them. He thinks it's abysmal, but he wishes them luck. He's got one hand in his pocket, and the other one's giving a hi-fi. By the way, if Trump's saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying saying, if Trump saying, if Trump is saying saying, if Trump is saying, if Trump is saying, if Trump is saying, if Trump is saying, I don't know who these people are, but I wish them luck, sounds both odd and oddly familiar, it might be because of this.

President Trump was asked late today about Jeffrey Epstein's alleged co-conspirator, Golan Maxwell. I don't know. I haven't really been following it too much. I just wish her well, frankly. Here's a, here's a tweet idea for Joe Biden Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to.'s a tweet idea for Joe Biden. Google Galain Maxwell. But yes, the Biden campaign would love the media to start talking about Project 2025 so they can stop talking about things like this. News broke today that a military doctor specializing in Parkinson's visited the White

House eight times in eight months. Eight times in eight months? That is shocking. I can't get one doctor's appointment in eight months. I had to go to the CVS Minute Clinic to get my tubes tied. Now, as it turns out, this doctor only examined Biden during his annual physicals, and the other visits were for other people at the White House. So this story might have blown right by until this happened.

The White House today facing repeated questions about President Biden's medical history. Has the president being treated for Parkinson's? No. He's not. Is he taking medication for Parkinson's? No. But the press secretary refused to confirm that Dr. Kevin, the the the the the the the the the the the their their their their their their their their to their th. to their th. the, thi. thi. thi. to thi, thi, to to toe, thi. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. the. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. the. the. the. their th he's not. Is he taking medication for Parkinson's? No. But the press secretary refused to confirm that Dr. Kevin Knaard, expert on Parkinson's disease, visited the White House eight times from last summer to this past spring.

Hold on a second. Not what you should be able to answer by this point. No, no, no, a little respect here, please. It is, you're asking, you're asking, I just, I also said to you, Ed, I also said to you, for security reasons, we cannot share names. We cannot share names. Look, I know she's trying to protect people's privacy, but any time you're being that cagey with information,

it just makes it look like you're hiding something. It almost would have been better to just make something up like Joe and Jill or then Dr. Parkinson's are in a thruple. I mean do you want the youth vote or not? For more on the questions over Joe Biden's health we go live to the briefing room with our senior White House analyst Michael Costa. Michael. Michael. Michael, why is the White House being so cagey about the president's health? Guys, I've been talking to White House officials and it turns out the media is blowing this way out a proportion. Yeah, so a Parkinson's doctor visited a few times.

Big deal. An STD doctor has been here every day for a week and no one's asking if the president has an STD. What? Does the president have an STD? Ha ha ha. That'd be pretty cool, huh? No? No. Does he have an STD or not? Answer the question. Guys, calm down. He definitely does not have hepatitis A if that's what you're asking. No, okay. Does he have hepatitis B or C? D, E, F, G. Sounds like a preschool in here. I mean, this is what the White House is talking about. The media needs to calm down. No, no, the White House can't drop concerning

information and then be angry when the media tries to report on it. There's nothing to report on. Biden's fine, but even if he isn't, which he is, the White House has a great medical staff with tons of spare organs. God, did Biden need organs?. Why would he even need that? Biden's in great shape. He's got the heart of an ox. Wait, okay. Uh, are you, are you talking, are you talking figuratively or literally?

Ha, I know, right? No, no, no, no, come on, but answer it. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, a little respect, please. A little respect. Okay, sorry. Thank you. Now, let's be calm and let this family grieve. What? What?

Who is grieving? I can't share names about which family is grieving, which sitting president of the United States, which they're not, but they could be one day, which might be today. Oh my God, Michael, Michael answered this one question clearly without raising any further questions. Okay, where is the president right now? The president is at the NATO summit. Great. Okay.

And he's in all of our hearts. Wait, what? No, no, we hate you. Kost, the cheese. Geez, Michael K Cost, everyone. When we come back, John Johnson finds out with Black Voter's things, so don't vote win. Hey, everybody. John Stewart here. I am here to tell you about my new podcast.

The Weekly Show. Coming out every Thursday. We're going to be ell you about my new podcast the weekly show coming out every Thursday We're gonna be talking about the election earnings calls What are they talking about on these earnings calls? We're gonna be talking about ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches I know you have a lot of options as far as podcasts go, but how many of them come out on Thursday? Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart wherever you get your podcast. If Joe Biden has any hope of winning the presidential race, he'll need the support of

black voters, which means responding to their interests and not calling them all Barack. to their interest and not calling them all Barack. But it raises the question, what do black voters think of the presidential candidates? Our own Josh Johnson went to find out. What up world? It's Josh Johnson, full-time black guy. But more than that, I'm also a part-time voter. Now, black voters have been the backbone of elected Democratic president since Bill Clinton went on Orsinio. In fact, 91% of black voters voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016 and 92%

vote for Joe Biden last election. So why does this year feel different? New polling shows 23% support among black donors for former president Trump. That's up 19 points since the 2020 election. Contrary to popular belief not all black people know each other. So in order to find out how all black people felt about Trump, I got six from the Tri-State area to ask, do we f-foo tru? Okay, so who will you be voting for in 2024 Darrell do I have to see his name I don't want to but more than likely it's gonna be trump yeah I'm unne who are you gonna be voting Biden and then Victor I'm with her oh Biden okay Trump Trump there Trump Biden Biden trump they're an trump they're an to trump Biden true they're an even split oh whi to they their the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the tr tre tre tre tre tre tre tre tre tre tru. tru. tru. tru. tru. I tru. true true. true. true. tru. try. try. try. true. I true. true. true. true. true. true. true. true. true. tru. tru. tru. tre. tre. tre. tre. I tre. I tre. I tre. I tre. I tre. tre. tre. tre. tru. true. true. true. true. the true. the true. true. true. true. true. true. true. true. true. true. true. true. true're an even split. Which I didn't see that coming.

So do you think there's going to be a big shift? Any sort of change? I think it's going to be a big shift? Me too. Big shift? Yes. Really? Okay. For me, I've always been a Democrat and it's like, for the for the most part with the Democratic Party, they always make a bunch of promises that they can't deliver. You know they use 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. I I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I'm th. I didn't thi. I didn't thi. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I th. I th. I th. I didn't thi. I th. I th. I th. I th. I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I th. I I I I I I I I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I thi. I thi. I thi. I'm thi. I'm thi. I'm thi. I'm thi. thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii. I didn't thee. I didn't the. I didn't thi. I thi. I the part with the Democratic Party, they always make a bunch of promises that they can't deliver. You know, they use the issues of the African-American community as a soapbox to stand on and make promises, you know, just to get us to come out and vote. And then once we vote and everyone's in place, it's like, but what happened? Would you say it's anything like somebody's in your DM and they're really laying it down I'm gonna take you over here girl I'll take you to the top I mean and then

you finally go on the date and his Burger King. And they're gonna fished. Oh you're gonna be happy. Yeah yeah. If the polls are right and Trump is going up with black voters what changed? I wish I knew I am not a huge fan of Trump. He don't respect the black person. And Biden does? Has Biden issued an apology for the things

that he's been caught saying? He said if you don't vote for me, you're not black? What is that? They have both said things that were questionable and unsavory. But when you start looking at facts, it's like, Biden, you didn't drop the ball, brother. Okay, so some black voters feel let down by Democrats, but I wasn't sure if they knew about how Trump liken himself to black Americans. So I showed them some footage of Trump at the Black Conservative Federation gala. I'm being indicted for you, the black population.

I want to play a little gang, all right? Now, the game is going to be either fist or finger, right? Oh, what? If you like what's happening, you're going to put up your black fist. Now, if you don't like what's happening, there's a finger. Y'all ready? All right. Okay.

Good. These lights are so bright in my eyes that I can't see too many people out there, but I can only see the black ones I can't see any white ones, you see? That's how far I've come. That's how far I've come. That's how far I've come. Oh, f-feehaw. I have dark humor. I have dark humor. That's the problem, it's soundbites in the media. I'll play your answers. You know. I'll play the next clip for you real quick.

Black conservatives understand better than most that some of the greatest evils in our nation's history have come from corrupt systems that try to target and subjugate others. You understand that. I think that's why the black people are that try to target and subjugate others. You understand that. I think that's why the black people are so much on my side now because they see what's happening to me happens to them. He had me the first question. He messed up. He messed up.

So, okay, can we get our signs up? So, the same again. Okay, let's go on to the next clip real quick. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to th. too, too, th. too, tho, to thi. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, the thi, the the the the thi, 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, th. thi. I I, thi. I, thi. I, thi. I, thi. I, thi. I, thi. I'm, thi. theean, thean, toooooooooooooooooooooooo. the. thean. the. the the. th let's go on to the next clip real quick. But I got indicted for nothing, for something that is nothing. And a lot of people said that that's why the black people like because they have been hurt so badly and discriminated against. And they actually viewed me as I'm being discriminated against. It's been pretty amazing. All right, so kind of still along the same party lines. Now do you think Trump is

being discriminated against? Not at all. It's not one side, it's the legal system. No matter who you are, if you do these things, you get charged for it. That's it. There are two systems of justice. We cannot get away with the same thing white folks get away with. But with this different sort of accountability system, does it feel like Trump is bad at being white? This is 91? I noticed how, when I was incarcerated, right,

how the white incarcerated people seemed to be more angrier than the black incarcerated people. Trump is like the same thought pattern. It ain't supposed to happen to me. I'm not supposed to be indicted. People are not supposed to tell me I committed a crime because I am privileged. Damn, I had no idea the appeal process

for incarcerated white people's gas life. But Trump is fighting close to 100 felony charges. How much of a criminal is too much of a criminal? If more charges get racked up, maybe things that start to become a bit more egregiaiaiaia.......... I. I. to be. to be. to be. to be. to be. to be. to be. to be. to be. to be. to be. to bea. to bea, to bea, to bea, to bea, to bea, toa, toe, toe, toa, toa, toa, toa, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, the. And, to, the. And, 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 thau. thau. thau. thau. thau. thau. thau. thau. thau. thau. thau. thau. thau start to become a bit more egregious. Is that going to start to weigh on whether or not you're going to change your vote? No, you start, you pay attention, you listen to the facts, not the fluff, and then you actually have to start doing some research to make sure that what's being presented to you is actual facts. And it takes some digging.

Okay, so if you dug. and you did your research and you found out what Josh said was true, that's where your vote? Probably not. I definitely, you know, did not sit down with this panel to change any minds and I clearly have not. Clearly not. So yeah, I guess some black folks do f-shut the trump. But was there anything I could get this panel to agree on? Can we keep these? This is so you still every day like.

I was thinking of saying that. Thank you, Josh. Can we come back? Awesome Monty will be join' the show for them. John Stewart here, unbelievably exciting news. We're going to be talking about the election, economics, ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast. Welcome back to the Daily Show. You may know our guest tonight as a former Daily Show correspondent who currently stars in the Paramount Plus series Evil. Please welcome back. Ossef Monvey! Yeah. Oh boy, oh boy, welcome home.

Really eating it up over there, huh, without entrance. You know, it was the entrance I always wanted when I worked here that never got. So here we go. There you go. You did it beautifully. Thank you. We miss you around here. Now, quick question. How many hosts did you have while you were here?

Yeah, we used to, so there used to be the show called The Daily Show with John Stewart. And you know that old guy that does it on Mondays now? He used to do it every day. Every day? He was a young guy and he used to do it every day and he was the only host for a long, a long time. Yeah, and then another guy took over for a long time, a guy named Terry, Trevor. That sounds right. And now it's just whoever's free I guess.

Yeah, that's right. I think so. You guys, you guys, you guys, you guys, I don't even. You know, I got to work with you for a little bit. We were here together. And I wanted to go back and watch some old pieces because I really remember so little of your work. Just not memorable. I real, real sense. And they took down the Daily Show archives online.

Yeah, so now, yeah, exactly. Young kids are now like, have you seen this new show? It's called the Daily Show. They have no idea that it has existed for a long time. They don't say show, they say content. Content. They say the new content. I don't know. I have 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. I don't th. I don't the the th. I don't th. I don't th. I don't th. I don't the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I don't th. I don't th. I don't th. I don't th. I don't th. I don't the. I don't the. I don't the. I don't know the. I don't thean. I don't that. I don't know that. I don't the. I don't the. I don't time. They don't say show, they say content. Content. They say there's new content. I don't know.

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You would? I haven't done it plenty of time. Would you pass the score the times times. There it is. Begging a politician for their urine. High point, low point? How do you view that? You know what? I loved that moment because we were actually at Rick Scott's press conference. And so all of the reporters from the entire state of Florida were in that room. And when I asked him to pee in the cup,

you could see there was just this silence that went over the entire room. And people were like, who is this? What is happening? And nobody knows. And then, you see the piece and he doesn't do it, and I pass the cup. And the poor guy in the front row, he's like, he's left holding the cup, and then he just sort of puts it on the floor.

But then when we left that room, every reporter from the state of Florida came up to me afterwards and was like, oh my God, we wish we could do that. They were so jealous that I got to do that. I mean, did you like that part of it? It's so funny being where we all come from the correspondent background, which means sometimes you're sitting in poorly lit rooms interviewing people, but sometimes you're out there. Sure. Sure. Yeah. And sometimes it is run and gun. You don't have credentials.

I actually did a piece once where I went into a bathroom in a bodega in DC and came out in a Batman costume. And so I went in in my suit and then came out like a few minutes later in a Batman and you could just see people in the book just being like, is that real? What is happening? Did that guy just go in? Yeah, so that was what it was. You almost get arrested too, right? I did almost get arrested. Yeah. In Boise, Idaho, at the EP, we walked into the EPA offices. The EPA is something that won't exist soon. I'm gonna say yeah. Historically speaking, it's gonna go away. But back then, we walk into the EPA offices. I am dressed. the the they they they was they was they was they was they was they was they was they was they was they was the they was the they was they was they was they was they was they was the they was they was they was they was they was they was they was they was almost they was almost they was they was almost the the they were almost they was they was they was the the they was the the they was they was they was they was they was they was they was they was they was they was they was they was they was the they was the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the they were their they were their they were their their was they were their their their th. You was th. You're almost th. You're almost th. You're almost th. You're almost that. You're almost that. You're almost that. You're almost that. You're almost their their their their was soon. I'm gonna say yeah. It's historically speaking, yeah. It's gonna go away.

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Paramount plus. Four season. It's such a good show. Oh, thanks. It's so fascinating. The, the, it's a horror dromedy. Yeah. But the Kings who created the show, brilliant writers are known for really exploring

political and societal issues. Is that what interested you in working with them? Well, I mean, many reasons. A, they're incredible writers and incredible creators. They created the Good Wife and the Good Fight. The Good Fight was one of my favorite shows before I even, you know, just their take on societal issues and politics and the absurdity and the satire that they use in their shows.

And so when I got this script, it was just a great script and a great premise and it's turned out to be such an amazing experience and we've gotten to tell such great stories and have so much fun and you know, where's the show that you get to go and like actually interact with demons, you know, like, well, I mean, you've ever been to a maga of that. Right, right, I'm about to say. I'm about to say. There's very, there's very fine people on both sides.

But, you know, we, it's great. There's amazing writers and the actors are great. So, you know, you get to go with so. You know, you, you get you, you, you get to go, you, you, you, you get to go, you, you get to go, you, you, you get to go, you get to go, you get to go, you get to go, and, and you get, and, you get to go, and, and, and, you get to go, you get to go, you, and, and, you get to go, you get to go, and, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you get to, you get, you get, you get, you get, you get to go, to get to go, to go, to get to go, to get to go, to to to get to to get to go, and, to go, and, to go, you know, you know, you to go, you to go, you know, it's great. There's amazing writers and the actors are great that I get to work with. So it's just been a treat, and it's just, you know, I can't say enough about it. It's just been like one of those shows where you get, there's a coalition of like great writing, great acting, great storytelling, all of that stuff. It happens rarely, and I feel like we kind of hit great storytelling, all that stuff. It happens rarely and I feel like we kind of hit the jackpot with this show and if you get a chance to watch it, it's a lot of fun. It's so good and you're phenomenal and I feel like you get to explore so many different layers with your character. It's a comedy, it's a horror. That's the great thing, that that intersection of comedy and horror, which is so delicate and you know there's, there's, there's, the, th. th. th. There, th. There, th. There, th. There, th. That, th. That, th. It, th. It's, th. It's, th. It's, th. It's, th. It's, th. It's, th. It's, it's, it's, it's, th. It's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, th. It's, th. It's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the th. It's so, th. It's so, th. It's so, th. It's so, th. It's so, th. It's th. It's, and you know, there's one, there was,

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This is the show. Like, our demons have retainers, you know, that they have to take out before they can actually be demonic. So that's kind of got, it just tells you right there, that's the sort of absurd, horror, comedy, sort of, you know, fence that we ride. You talked about playing your character, Ben. You had a quote that I thought was really interesting. You said that in an interview,

when you play in Ben, you like playing him because playing Ben is especially rewarding because he gets to be intelligent funny and more importantly for me he gets to be physical and sexual. Yes that's right. I thought like as a as a married man with a child is is that what you get out of this shit is that what is happening? Isn't that why we're doing it? No it you know it's so look as, as a brown actor in Hollywood, right? This is right here. We often historically have not gotten to play like super sexy characters. There's a lot of, there's a lot of doctors on my resume,

there's a lot of, a lot of cab drivers, a lot of, you know, the occasional terrorist, you know what I mean? Like, but, but, but not like a guy who gets to fix things and be sexy and sort of wear, drive a pickup truck and all that. So there was a sense of like, oh this is a character that I've never gotten to be on television before, you know, so it's kind of fun to sort of play that MacGyver guy, you know, my wife, for example is in love with Ben, is She thinks he's super sexy because he can fix things, you know? And... Do you ever go home and role play as Ben? Yeah, I have...

I took a lot of the clothes from the show just so that I could wear them, you know, in the bedroom. Well done. I remember, it's interesting. I remember we did a piece on the show called The Stack. We have a picture of it here, where we were all sitting in a chair behind the desk. Yeah, there you go. That's me at the back, if you recall.

Yeah, there I am. Were you exercising your sexuality on this one? Was this, uh, did you, did you get your demons out there? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, th, th. Yeah, th. Yeah, I, th. Yeah, th. Yeah, th. Yeah, th. th. th. th. th. th. the the their, thi, their their, the the the the the the their, they. the, the, the, the, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. they. the, they. the, uh, did you, did you get your demons out there? Yeah, that was, that, I have no memory of that, by the way. Really? That was before we had HR. Right, right, exactly. Yeah, that was, was that, was that, was that, like, when John was leaving,

we were doing that, thr a lampooning the setup on CNN where they had so many people around around tables so we said okay what if we just put everybody into one chair and built it all up. The budget was very low back then. Yeah yeah we we used to have good times. Well I'd love to say you should come back anytime but I've talked to people around here and that isn't the sentiment. No. I've talked to people around here and that isn't the sentiment. But this has been fun, right? This has been really fun. This has been really fun.

So this will be the last time we ever see each other. Yeah, let's, let's not spoil it. Let's just keep in here, you know, and that's it. That's lovely to see you, I have a great life. Yeah, you as well. The final season of evil is screaming the eye off and I love that. That's a Bible. We're going to take quick play to the right back after. Hey, everybody, John Stewart here. I am here to tell you about my new podcast, the weekly show.

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