After the Cut | Correspondents 2024 - Part 1
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Why is Jon Stewart's return significant?
And this building is made to comment on the news, talk about it, find humor in the bullshit, and call out the BS wherever you see it. And John invented it. He built the foundation of this place. And when he walked back in that door, like, we had... We had a great year without a permanent host, and it was really fun getting to hear so many different voices and so many talented people. But I think John came in and was like, I'm gonna do this one day a week. And I think the rest of the news team was like, hell yeah, we got your back. We are honored and excited to be here. There's no better place, no other place I'd rather be than right here at this desk. And I think, like, you have a team that has got eyes focused on this next election and ready to go.
No.
What if somebody actually wanted to audition to be on the show as a correspondent?
How do correspondents get hired on the show?
Let me see. What happened with me was I was doing shitty open mics in Australia, and then Trevor asked me to audition for it. So if you can find Trevor, I think he can help you. Anyone else got any questions? Anyone else have any questions? Questions that are not like job offers, please. Yeah, in the back there. Yeah, move it.
If you were a kitchen utensil, which one would you choose? What the ?
I'd rather you ask me for a job. I don't know, potato peeler. What's the least, most useful? Over there, yeah.
Do you think that you coming to New York affected your comedy and everything rather than going to LA or something?
Why is New York important for comedians?
Oh yeah, hell yeah. Hell yeah, definitely, for sure, New York. I actually, when I first got my visa, I went to L.A. My agent told me to come to L.A. and do pilot season. And that's an industry term for everyone. There's one guy in the industry laughing already. Yeah, my agent said, hey, come to L.A. Do a pilot season. Pilot season means you go into audition room with 20 Asian dudes who look like you. Who all went to, like, Yale drama school. And they were auditioning for, like, you know, Sidekick 2 on whatever. And I was in that. I was in that for one... I did that one time. And... As in, I was in that season one time. And I knew, like, man, I'm not gonna out-act all these actual trained, talented people.
The only thing I can do with my limited skill set is go to New York and be a huge asshole. And so... And it worked out a lot better. So New York, definitely. New York is... Yeah, New York for life. Thank you.
Who are the most memorable guests on the show?
most memorable guests like so far in conversation that you've had over the years because both of you for a really long time so kind of for both of you it's a question.
The most memorable.
I right when I started the show we had Gloria Steinem on. And she was walking through the hallways. And for whatever reason, she didn't know where to go. I don't know. She was just walking around by herself. And she popped into the edit that I was in. And she goes, does anyone know where I'm supposed to go? And I was like, I do. And I just started the job, so I didn't know where to take her. And then there were just the two of us aimlessly walking around back hallways. But it was just so, it was such a cool moment to actually get to see her and meet her in person. Who's yours?
Well, I remember that moment that I, as a man, stepped in and was like, you ladies look lost. Follow the dude, Gloria Steinem. Come over here. I would say one of the fun, like, it is, it's such a small little building, and you see guests wandering around all the time. I remember Paul McCartney was here, and I know, have you heard him? From the Eagles, great, great musician. Love the Eagles. But he came on, and he was one of the few guests where we were sort of told internally, don't be in the hallways. Yeah. Because sometimes you can find yourself in the hallway bumping into people and be like, oh, hey, President Clinton. I want to say hi. And so McCartney, they're like, stay in your edit bays. And I remember hearing Paul McCartney walk through the hallway singing as he does.
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