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It would mean late-night shows had to shift gears.
Listen to the episode and read an excerpt of the discussion below.
Tune in toGood Oneevery Monday onApple Podcasts,Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Tuesday, May 29s episode was your first after a week and Memorial Day off.
We also live in a world where we accept that the news is always changing.
There is no such thing as the news.
It is just news, it is happening, it is evolving.
Anything can happen at any time.
So, what we work with is a foundation.
We say, This is what the news is right now.
I look at it like the weather right now it is sunny but anytime it could change.
The story of the 1,500 lost children that were lost blew up on social media.
That is a bit harder because it is not happening on television.
You mean without clips that you might cut to?TN: Yeah, there are no clips.
The clips are the tweets.
And people can delete the tweets and its like it never happened.
We all felt it, but its gone.
Imagine if someone could shoot you with dissolvable bullets.
Thats what it feels like.
You would be like, Ow, but [then there will be] nothing.
What do you do?Michael Kosta: Wait, what?
Her show was canceled?
Dulce Sloan: Michael Kosta everybody.
TN: See, this is basically what happens in the building.
to What do you think about the cancellation?
to What do you think about the reaction to the cancellation?
Its a conversation transferred to the camera and then to our audience.
What did you think?
Why did you think that?
et cetera, et cetera.
Ill say, What is the news, what are the facts, whats the truth?
and then we will put the jokes on top.
Its the icing on the cake.
I have heard you talk about how its important for you to not have your intro pieces be angry.
Why did you make that decision?
When Jon announced that he was leaving I was lucky enough to be working on the show.
I walked into his office and I said, Hey, whats going on?
Are you being pushed out or whats happening?
Do you need my help?
Let me know, man.
And Jon said, No, Im leaving.
And I said, Why though?
And he said, I am leaving because I am tired.
I am tired of being angry.
I am angry all the time.
I dont find any of this funny.
And he said, When you become the host, live and relish that moment.
Relish the fact that you might make jokes about these things.
Because there will come a day where you will be too angry to laugh.
But dont rush to get there.
You are young and youre fresh, so enjoy the moments when you still have the energy.
And in many ways it reminded me of what my mother would say to me.
She would be like, When you are a young parent you cant chase your child.
[Audience laughs.]
In Africa we beat; get over it.
DS: We beat here too, dont worry.
We are still black.
Were just on the other side.
You dont have the energy for that.
You dont have the energy to be as angry.
People will be like, Why arent you more angry?
Its like, Ill be angry when Im angry.
Im not playing a character on TV.
I am myself, as Trevor.
I want Desi to imbue a piece of herself in every piece.
I want Ronnies rage to come through in the charming way that it does.
And thats whats really important to me is having that feeling and the authenticity in the show.
Roy, you also recently had a piece on this show.Roy Wood Jr.: Yes, yes I did.
Knowing that the training video would be internal, we landed on What would the training video look like?
From there it was about working out the beats of what this training video would look like.
So, we know our audience.
Life is about talking about immigration and then talking about Johnny Knoxville breaking his face.
Thats what I have always loved, thats why I likeThe Daily Show we are not one-dimensional.
We can have fun.
Its really the balance that we are trying to create.
