‘Daily Show’s’ Michael Kosta Can Be Funny Anywhere

The Last Laugh

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4.6 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

When Michael Kosta decided to call his new Comedy Central stand-up special ‘Detroit. NY. LA.’ he had no idea people would be watching it in lockdown just so they could vicariously travel around the country. In this bonus episode, the ‘Daily Show’ correspondent (and former tennis pro!) talks about finding the balance between George Carlin and Steve Martin, becoming Trevor Noah’s token white guy and how he thinks late-night comedy will change post-Trump.

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0:00.0	In his new stand-up special for Comedy Central,
0:03.4	today's guest takes a break from politics
0:05.9	to talk about more pressing matters.
0:08.5	I'm always wet every day in New York somehow.
0:11.2	Summer, it's humid, I'm walking, ass wet, wet, armpits, wet.
0:15.0	Random air conditioners dripping on you.
0:16.8	Was that an air conditioner?
0:17.9	I don't know, keep going.
0:19.1	Wet, wet, wet.
0:40.3	Fall, I put a jacket on. Then the sun comes out. Neck, wet, head, wet. Backpack, wet. Winter, you put on all these clothes, right? Then you sit in the subway. Heat. Neck, wet. Hamstrigs, wet. Feet, wet. Change my socks. Spring, raining, raining, raining, wet, bus, puddles, wet. I'm always wet.
0:46.3	Living in New York is like being Leonardo DiCaprio
0:49.3	in every single one of his movies.
0:52.3	Let's go through him. What do you want to start with?
0:56.0	Titanic drowns to death.
0:58.0	Wet. Great Gatsby dies in the pool at the end.
1:01.0	Wet.
1:02.0	Shutter Island, it's an island.
1:04.0	Wet.
1:05.0	The beach?
1:07.0	Wet.
1:08.0	Give me some.
1:10.0	Give me some Leonardo movies. Give me some. Give me some Leonardo movies.
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