‘Desus & Mero’ hosts discuss comedy roots, and late-night show success

The Business

KCRW

Tv & Film

4.6 • 676 Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Comedians Desus Nice and The Kid Mero have careers that span from social media to television’s late-night show scene. Today, they host “Desus & Mero” on Showtime. The duo started being funny on Twitter, which opened doors, but also made them understand their craft. “Sometimes you’re just tweeting away and it’s not getting you anywhere. You see people and they have really great tweets, and they’re basically just giving away genius ideas, or genius jokes for free, then you don't even technically own your tweets after you put them up,” says Desus. Desus and Mero join Kim Masters to discuss their progress from tweeting at their day jobs to a career in podcasting, to web series, to their self-titled “Desus & Mero” TV show, and what’s next. “I'm a father of four, so I see stuff like ‘Captain Underpants’ or ‘Dog Man,’ and it's not just a book. It's a cartoon, it's merchandise,” Mero remarks. “I'm particularly interested in the children's book space because it's something that can create an empire.”

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0:00.0	From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is The Business.
0:05.0	Sometimes you're just tweeting away, and it's not getting you anywhere.
0:08.2	You see people, they have really great tweets, and they're basically just giving away genius
0:12.2	ideas and genius jokes, just for free, and then you don't even technically own your tweets
0:16.7	after you put them up.
0:17.8	Jesus Nice started out being funny on Twitter, but knew when it was time to get serious.
0:22.7	He and the kid Mero explain how they worked their way from covert tweeting while holding down
0:27.6	day jobs to the day job of their dreams, their own self-titled series on Showtime.
0:33.1	But first, we banter.
0:34.4	Stick around.
0:35.0	It's the business from KCRW.
0:38.1	I am joined by my associate in banter.
0:40.9	Matt Bellany.
0:41.5	Hello, Matt.
0:42.3	Hi there.
0:43.3	So, as we are speaking, Elvis is rolling out in theaters.
0:48.4	Audiences are either going or not.
0:50.2	We don't know exactly how much this movie costs.
0:52.4	This is Baz Luhrman.
0:56.1	He hasn't made a movie in years,
1:04.3	almost 10 years, but not quite. Last one was Great Gatsby. This movie is two hours and 40 minutes.
1:09.0	They're trying to claim that it costs around $80 million, I think. I don't think you or I believe it's anywhere in the neighborhood of that. I think much more. Interesting bet, you know, it just seems like a lot of money for a very long
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