Jokes Seth Can't Tell | Awkwafina
Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast
NBC
4.3 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 22 August 2018
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Hear some jokes Seth can't tell, where Amber Ruffin and Jenny Hagel deliver punchlines that wouldn't sound right coming from Seth.
Then, Seth talks to Crazy Rich Asians star Awkwafina, who also takes a few more questions backstage at Studio 8G exclusively for the podcast.
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| 0:42.0 | Hey everyone, Seth Meyers here. Before the show, I want to let you know that over the next two |
| 0:45.4 | Fridays, we're releasing the final two episodes of our Summer Fridays podcast series. We've really |
| 0:51.2 | enjoyed making these special episodes and these next two are no exception. You'll hear exclusive |
| 0:55.6 | interviews, including a long-form chat I had with Jason Kander, who's running for Mayor of Kansas City. |
| 1:00.0 | You'll also hear some original comedy, as well as book recommendations. Look for those episodes |
| 1:04.8 | this Friday and next Friday wherever you get your podcasts. From 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New |
| 1:12.2 | York City, please enjoy this podcast edition of Late Night with Seth Meyers. On today's show, |
| 1:16.5 | Seth talks to actress Aquafina from Crazy Rich Asians. But first, let's hear some jokes, Seth Cantel. |
| 1:26.3 | Here at Late Night every night, I deliver a monologue comprised of jokes written by a diverse team |
| 1:33.5 | of writers. As a result, a lot of jokes come across my desk that, due to my being a straight white |
| 1:38.3 | male, would be difficult for me to deliver. But we don't think that should stop you from enjoying |
| 1:42.7 | them. So we'd like to share them with you now in a segment called, Joke Seth Cantel. |
| 1:51.3 | So these are two of our writers, Amber and Jenny. |
| 1:54.5 | I'm Black. And I'm gay. And we're both women. And I'm not. So here's how this works. |
| 2:00.8 | I'll read the setups for these jokes, and then Amber and Jenny will read the punchlines. |
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