Larry Wilmore Is Still Keeping It 100
The Last Laugh
The Daily Beast
4.6 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2020
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Larry Wilmore is a comedy writer, producer, former host of ‘The Nightly Show’ and current host of the podcast ‘Black on the Air.’ In this episode, we go deep on the current state of comedy and politics, including how he feels the coronavirus pandemic has upended the race between Joe Biden and Donald Trump and why he thinks conservative podcast host Ben Shapiro is actually a “really nice guy.” Larry also shares behind-the-scenes stories from ‘The Daily Show,’ ‘The Office,’ and his infamous speech at President Obama’s final White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, welcome to The Last Laugh. |
| 0:09.5 | I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast, and we have a good one for you today. |
| 0:15.2 | He's a comedy writer and producer who also hosts his own podcast, Black on the Air, for the Ringer Podcast Network. |
| 0:23.3 | That's right. Larry Wilmore is here. |
| 0:26.9 | There's probably no comedian I've interviewed more times over the past five years or so than Larry, |
| 0:33.4 | and he never disappoints. |
| 0:35.9 | Now that both of us are stuck podcasting at home, I thought this would |
| 0:40.3 | be the perfect opportunity to connect with him and talk about everything that's happening |
| 0:45.0 | in the world of comedy and politics right now. After years spent writing for shows like |
| 0:51.9 | In Living Color, the Fresh Prince of Bel Air, and The Office, among many others, |
| 0:57.5 | Larry spent nearly a decade as the senior black correspondent on The Daily Show, |
| 1:02.3 | before eventually moving on to host The Nightly Show on Comedy Central. |
| 1:07.1 | Before we get to today's interview, I thought it would be fun to listen back to a clip from one of the final episodes of The Nightly Show. |
| 1:14.9 | This bit aired in August of 2016 and really brings home how little has changed about Donald Trump in the last four years. |
| 1:25.1 | But someone who doesn't seem to mind the taste of bull- |
| 1:27.6 | in their mouth is the bovine dung connoisseur himself. |
| 1:32.3 | President Obama, he is the founder of ISIS. |
| 1:36.3 | He's the founder of ISIS, okay? |
| 1:38.3 | He's the founder. |
| 1:40.3 | He founded ISIS. |
| 1:51.4 | And I would say the co-founder would be crooked Hillary Clinton. |
| 1:55.9 | Please make up your own joke there. |
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