Elon, Chappelle and More With The New Abnormal
The Last Laugh
The Daily Beast
4.6 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 23 December 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
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It’s our annual, year-end crossover episode in which Matt Wilstein joins The New Abnormal host Andy Levy to talk about Dave Chappelle inviting Elon Musk up on stage to get booed at his final tour stop of 2022, how comedians and others have responded to a rise in antisemitic rhetoric, the state of “free speech” and “cancel culture” in the comedy world and a lot more.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Last Laugh. |
| 0:06.5 | I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast, and today we are sharing an episode that I taped with Andy Levy, the host of the new abnormal podcast about the year in political comedy. |
| 0:18.0 | Andy and I talked the morning after Dave Chappelle invited Elon Musk on stage at his show |
| 0:22.8 | in San Francisco and seemed surprised when he was met with loud booze from the audience. So a lot of |
| 0:28.8 | our talk ended up being about those two powerful men and how they unfortunately shaped the world |
| 0:33.6 | of comedy this year. But we also went off on a bunch of different tangents and I thought |
| 0:38.2 | it was a really worthwhile conversation with a fellow comedy fan. So I hope you enjoyed this crossover |
| 0:44.0 | episode and if you haven't listened to the new abnormal, definitely check that out as well. |
| 0:49.1 | Before we get into it, a little programming note. Next week is our last episode of the year |
| 0:53.7 | where I'll be counting |
| 0:55.0 | down the top five funniest performances of 2022 with some of my Daily Beast colleagues. |
| 1:01.0 | And after that, we'll be back with some really exciting guests starting in January. |
| 1:05.6 | But now, here's me with the new abnormals, Andy Levy. |
| 1:10.7 | Andy, what's going on? Hey, Matt, how are you? I'm doing it. Here's me with the New Abnormals, Andy Levy. |
| 1:12.6 | Andy, what's going on? |
| 1:13.8 | Hey, Matt, how are you? |
| 1:15.8 | I'm doing pretty well. |
| 1:16.5 | Yeah, it's good. |
| 1:17.8 | I'm glad we're getting to do this. |
| 1:21.3 | Finally, I've been wanting to talk to you on our respective podcast for a while. |
| 1:23.7 | I've been enjoying your work this year on New Abnormal. |
| 1:24.7 | Oh, thanks so much. |
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