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Moment of Clarity

#481-Rick Overton discusses How Comedians Are The New Journalists with Lee Camp

Moment of Clarity

Lee Camp

News Commentary, Comedy, News

4.8671 Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2018

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Actor, Writer and Political Comedian, Rick Overton talks to Lee Camp about how Comedians have becoming the New Journalists to wake the people up. PLUS Lee's farewell to Ed Schultz, the corruption of both parties, a true leftist leader and so much more!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Wake up and smell the coffee generation

0:04.0

Celebrating corporation round and round we thought stirring up another cup of too many wrongs to mention

0:13.0

When greed is hurting used to world war freak and you label truth the conspiracy round we go, so you better take them up.

0:22.2

For a moment of clarity.

0:28.2

Welcome to Rejected Tonight, VIP.

0:31.9

Tonight, my farewell to a larger-than-life figure,

0:36.2

Intrepid news anchor Ed Schultz.

0:38.3

But first, I talk with prophetic comedian

0:41.3

and accomplished actor Rick Overton.

0:43.3

You might know him from scene-stealing moments

0:46.3

in your favorite films like Groundhog Day and Willow

0:49.3

or TV shows like Veep, and I'm Dying Up Here.

0:52.3

But he's also been a political stand-up comic for his entire adult life and even won an Emmy

0:57.2

for his writing on Dennis Miller Live on HBO.

1:01.2

I'm proud to call him somewhat of a mentor as well.

1:03.9

Here's my conversation with Rick Overton.

1:06.7

Rick, such a pleasure to have you on.

1:09.6

It's my pleasure.

1:10.3

Thanks for having me on, Lee.

1:11.9

Of course.

1:12.7

So along with your extensive acting career, you've been a political comedian or a cultural

1:17.9

philosopher, if you will, for many decades.

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