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Ronny Chieng (performing a bit)

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Comedian Ronny Chieng Didn't Tell His Parents He Got A 'Daily Show' Job

I can talk about it, but to be honest, I don't know the reasoning. Maybe it's just hard to find someone to do it. It's a tough job. I mean, I guess what I can say is... I think the way it is right now, it makes sense because Jon wants to be on.

Fresh Air
Comedian Ronny Chieng Didn't Tell His Parents He Got A 'Daily Show' Job

I can talk about it, but to be honest, I don't know the reasoning. Maybe it's just hard to find someone to do it. It's a tough job. I mean, I guess what I can say is... I think the way it is right now, it makes sense because Jon wants to be on.

Fresh Air
Comedian Ronny Chieng Didn't Tell His Parents He Got A 'Daily Show' Job

I can talk about it, but to be honest, I don't know the reasoning. Maybe it's just hard to find someone to do it. It's a tough job. I mean, I guess what I can say is... I think the way it is right now, it makes sense because Jon wants to be on.

Fresh Air
Comedian Ronny Chieng Didn't Tell His Parents He Got A 'Daily Show' Job

The legendary Jon Stewart is on once a week. And the way he described it was... We as a satirical news organization, we should be trying to cover the climate instead of just chasing the weather, right? That's how we get an elevated show is if we can describe the climate, the political climate of America versus just chasing these individual news stories. And so...

Fresh Air
Comedian Ronny Chieng Didn't Tell His Parents He Got A 'Daily Show' Job

The legendary Jon Stewart is on once a week. And the way he described it was... We as a satirical news organization, we should be trying to cover the climate instead of just chasing the weather, right? That's how we get an elevated show is if we can describe the climate, the political climate of America versus just chasing these individual news stories. And so...

Fresh Air
Comedian Ronny Chieng Didn't Tell His Parents He Got A 'Daily Show' Job

The legendary Jon Stewart is on once a week. And the way he described it was... We as a satirical news organization, we should be trying to cover the climate instead of just chasing the weather, right? That's how we get an elevated show is if we can describe the climate, the political climate of America versus just chasing these individual news stories. And so...

Fresh Air
Comedian Ronny Chieng Didn't Tell His Parents He Got A 'Daily Show' Job

What the current arrangement does is that it allows Jon Stewart to come in and talk about the climate once a week and give us the big ideas in America. And it allows the rest of us correspondents to do a bit more weather chasing, which...

Fresh Air
Comedian Ronny Chieng Didn't Tell His Parents He Got A 'Daily Show' Job

What the current arrangement does is that it allows Jon Stewart to come in and talk about the climate once a week and give us the big ideas in America. And it allows the rest of us correspondents to do a bit more weather chasing, which...

Fresh Air
Comedian Ronny Chieng Didn't Tell His Parents He Got A 'Daily Show' Job

What the current arrangement does is that it allows Jon Stewart to come in and talk about the climate once a week and give us the big ideas in America. And it allows the rest of us correspondents to do a bit more weather chasing, which...

Fresh Air
Comedian Ronny Chieng Didn't Tell His Parents He Got A 'Daily Show' Job

As much as we're trying to avoid that, unfortunately, it's necessary weather chasing sometimes because ultimately our job is to make fun of the news and the news happens every single day. Not that we have to avoid discussing the climate, but we can also, it freezes up to kind of chase the weather a bit and nobody gets burnt out.

Fresh Air
Comedian Ronny Chieng Didn't Tell His Parents He Got A 'Daily Show' Job

As much as we're trying to avoid that, unfortunately, it's necessary weather chasing sometimes because ultimately our job is to make fun of the news and the news happens every single day. Not that we have to avoid discussing the climate, but we can also, it freezes up to kind of chase the weather a bit and nobody gets burnt out.

Fresh Air
Comedian Ronny Chieng Didn't Tell His Parents He Got A 'Daily Show' Job

As much as we're trying to avoid that, unfortunately, it's necessary weather chasing sometimes because ultimately our job is to make fun of the news and the news happens every single day. Not that we have to avoid discussing the climate, but we can also, it freezes up to kind of chase the weather a bit and nobody gets burnt out.

Fresh Air
Comedian Ronny Chieng Didn't Tell His Parents He Got A 'Daily Show' Job

So as long as the quality doesn't drop, I mean, you know, this might be the way to do it.

Fresh Air
Comedian Ronny Chieng Didn't Tell His Parents He Got A 'Daily Show' Job

So as long as the quality doesn't drop, I mean, you know, this might be the way to do it.

Fresh Air
Comedian Ronny Chieng Didn't Tell His Parents He Got A 'Daily Show' Job

So as long as the quality doesn't drop, I mean, you know, this might be the way to do it.

Fresh Air
Comedian Ronny Chieng Didn't Tell His Parents He Got A 'Daily Show' Job

Yes, yes. But that's the beauty of the show is that we're actually making fun of these stereotypes. Yeah. Sorry, of these tropes.

Fresh Air
Comedian Ronny Chieng Didn't Tell His Parents He Got A 'Daily Show' Job

Yes, yes. But that's the beauty of the show is that we're actually making fun of these stereotypes. Yeah. Sorry, of these tropes.

Fresh Air
Comedian Ronny Chieng Didn't Tell His Parents He Got A 'Daily Show' Job

Yes, yes. But that's the beauty of the show is that we're actually making fun of these stereotypes. Yeah. Sorry, of these tropes.

Fresh Air
Comedian Ronny Chieng Didn't Tell His Parents He Got A 'Daily Show' Job

Maybe I should set up also that we are working in a restaurant in Chinatown, but we are also characters in a TV show who don't realize that we're in a TV show. So we are... on the surface, working at this restaurant, but we are working at a restaurant in the context of being on a law and order type show. So that's the meta aspect of it.

Fresh Air
Comedian Ronny Chieng Didn't Tell His Parents He Got A 'Daily Show' Job

Maybe I should set up also that we are working in a restaurant in Chinatown, but we are also characters in a TV show who don't realize that we're in a TV show. So we are... on the surface, working at this restaurant, but we are working at a restaurant in the context of being on a law and order type show. So that's the meta aspect of it.