Desus and Mero Are ‘Disrupting’ Late-Night

The Last Laugh

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4.6 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Desus Nice and The Kid Mero are here to talk about the first six months of their Showtime late-night series Desus & Mero. We get into their close relationship with fellow Bronx-native Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, what it's been like to interview 2020 Democratic presidential candidates like Kirsten Gillibrand, Cory Booker and Pete Buttigieg, their unlikely Twitter feud with Taylor Swift fans and a lot more. Desus and Mero returns to Showtime on Thursday, September 12th.

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0:00.0	So here's our first movie.
0:04.0	It's two males from a row in New York City.
0:08.0	Highly attractive, both minorities, both children and immigrants.
0:12.0	They get a show off of their podcast.
0:19.0	And then they just spend the money that they get from the company that produces this show.
0:22.6	I don't hate this idea.
0:25.8	Hello and welcome to The Last Laugh.
0:28.2	I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast.
0:30.5	This week on the show, we have two of the newest late-night hosts on the scene, Deezus Nice and the Kid Mero.
0:36.3	Before they started hosting Deesis and Mero on Showtime,
0:39.9	they had similar shows on Complex and Viceland. They also have a great podcast called The Bodega
0:44.5	Boys. The Showtime show has really taken what they do best to the next level. They started out
0:50.3	in February with an interview with AOC on their very first episode. They've also interviewed
0:55.1	2020 candidates like Kirsten Gillibrand, Corey Booker, and Pete Buttigieg, and they tell me that they are planning to host a lot more this fall.
1:03.3	This is our first episode with two guests, which was a lot of fun to do, and keep listening for a crazy story about how an appearance on Jimmy Fallon show led to a Twitter feud with Taylor Swift fans.
1:14.3	I think you'll really enjoy that.
1:16.1	So here we go.
1:17.6	Let's get to my interview with Deezis and Mero.
1:21.5	But yeah, welcome to L.A.
1:23.0	Yeah.
1:24.1	How are you enjoying it so far?
1:25.5	When did you get in?
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