Aasif Mandvi’s Favorite TDS Moments | Behind the Show
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
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4.4 • 13.5K Ratings
🗓️ 22 July 2024
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
In this exclusive podcast, Aasif Mandvi goes Behind the Show to discuss the craziest moments of his tenure as TDS correspondent, like auditioning for and appearing on TDS the same day. He also shares behind-the-scenes details about his favorite moments from the field, including the racist diatribe that got a North Carolina Republican fired, Aasif’s father seeing his son ask the Governor of Florida for a urine sample on the evening news, and how Aasif being chased around a Republican convention led to John Oliver meeting his future wife.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm John Lovett, host of Lovet or Leave it. |
| 0:04.0 | Every week I'm joined live on stage by incredible guest to break down the biggest and dumbest stories in politics and pop culture. |
| 0:10.0 | And now because there's too much news for just one show, |
| 0:12.0 | join me and my friends, also known as beloved producers who have to be there every Tuesday for a rundown of the latest headlines to help get you through another flawless week in our perfect society. Listen to episodes of love it or leave it wherever you get your |
| 0:24.3 | podcast or catch the funniest moments on the love it or leave it YouTube channel. |
| 0:28.0 | You're listening to Comedy Central. |
| 0:33.0 | Hey, |
| 0:35.0 | Hey everybody. |
| 0:37.0 | Hey everybody, this is Mark Péon, longtime seasoned veteran editor at the Daily Show |
| 0:47.6 | since way back before John Stewart and we are here today with Asif Monbee, former correspondent. |
| 0:57.0 | And the current Star of Evil streaming on our own Paramount Plus. How does it feel to be back in the building? |
| 1:05.0 | It's such a weird feeling, you know, because it's like going back to your old college campus or something, you know, and everything's like the same but like new and better, you know? |
| 1:20.8 | Yeah, they added bad. added, like it's like, they added walls. |
| 1:24.4 | Yeah, they noticed the edit rooms, they're like, |
| 1:26.2 | walls and rooms, those three edit rooms became four. |
| 1:29.0 | Right, they got, right, they got another edit room, |
| 1:31.3 | and it's just like everything just feels like shineier and cleaner. |
| 1:34.7 | Yeah, but it's not really. |
| 1:35.6 | Not really. |
| 1:36.6 | I still got a nice problem. |
| 1:38.0 | But it's great. |
| 1:38.6 | It's great to be here and it's very, it's like, it's like, yeah, it's like it's an energy that I just love you know like I just feel like oh right back into like being in this building you were last year like you were here as a guest with Trevor right? |
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