W. Kamau Bell
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So I got it in a more up close and personal way than my kids have gotten it.
But I think the other thing is like, it's important to me that they have, like we talk about gratitude all the time. Like we will get, because of my career, like we got to go to Universal Studios for free, and I'm sort of clear with them like, you didn't earn this. Yeah. You don't deserve, I don't deserve this. Yeah. So we should be grateful for the fact that we get to do this, you know.
But I think the other thing is like, it's important to me that they have, like we talk about gratitude all the time. Like we will get, because of my career, like we got to go to Universal Studios for free, and I'm sort of clear with them like, you didn't earn this. Yeah. You don't deserve, I don't deserve this. Yeah. So we should be grateful for the fact that we get to do this, you know.
Impossible. It's an ongoing discussion. You can't just have that discussion once. It's like you have to keep having it to instill the idea.
Impossible. It's an ongoing discussion. You can't just have that discussion once. It's like you have to keep having it to instill the idea.
No, but I think that with our careers, with my career, you get access to stuff that even your friends who are maybe even richer than us don't get access to. You know what I mean? So I just want to be aware that this is not promised to us. And this is the thing about being from the South. Say thank you to everybody, which is totally a Southern thing. Say yes, ma'am.
No, but I think that with our careers, with my career, you get access to stuff that even your friends who are maybe even richer than us don't get access to. You know what I mean? So I just want to be aware that this is not promised to us. And this is the thing about being from the South. Say thank you to everybody, which is totally a Southern thing. Say yes, ma'am.
I'm sort of instilling those Southern values because I think those are important.
I'm sort of instilling those Southern values because I think those are important.
America, who the... Yeah. No, I mean... Just on the way here this morning, listening to the news, we have achieved... Like, Trump has achieved something... But it's funny.
America, who the... Yeah. No, I mean... Just on the way here this morning, listening to the news, we have achieved... Like, Trump has achieved something... But it's funny.
Again, this goes back to if I didn't have kids and didn't have a, maybe if I had a wife be different, but if I didn't have kids, I would be gone. I'd be okay. Well, here's where are you going? Um, I would, well, that's the thing. Where do you go? This is the thing.
Again, this goes back to if I didn't have kids and didn't have a, maybe if I had a wife be different, but if I didn't have kids, I would be gone. I'd be okay. Well, here's where are you going? Um, I would, well, that's the thing. Where do you go? This is the thing.
First of all, if you apply to Canada, they do have a thing called, it's basically like their genius visa. So if you have like, uh, if you've done things in the arts, if you're a published author, you can get so, cause I'm too old by age to get in there, but by a claim I can get it. I think I can get it. So I've looked into it. Uh,
First of all, if you apply to Canada, they do have a thing called, it's basically like their genius visa. So if you have like, uh, if you've done things in the arts, if you're a published author, you can get so, cause I'm too old by age to get in there, but by a claim I can get it. I think I can get it. So I've looked into it. Uh,
I have thoughts of going to New Zealand and being the Yakov Smirnoff of New Zealand. Like the black American in New Zealand. In my country, I would just travel the country and do a TV show where I just like eat. That's why it's in New Zealand. Because even right-wing New Zealand, which they're right-wing right now, still has like a social safety net, health care, progressive policies.