Larry Wilmore on Obama, Jon Stewart and ‘The Office’

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🗓️ 16 February 2021

⏱️ 48 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.’ Now, Larry has executive produced a new six-part docuseries called ‘Amend: The Fight for America,’ hosted by Will Smith, that will premiere on Netflix this Wednesday, February 17th. In this episode, Larry shares behind-the-scenes stories from ‘The Daily Show,’ ‘The Office,’ and his infamous speech at President Obama’s final White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

This episode was originally published on May 5, 2020.

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0:39.4	I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast, and for this President's Day week, we are revisiting
0:44.5	one of my favorite episodes from the past year with the one and only, Larry Wilmore.
0:51.0	Larry and I talked on Zoom last May during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic
0:56.1	and did a deep dive into his long and fascinating comedy career, including hilarious stories
1:02.4	about working with Bernie Mac, guest starring on the office, becoming the senior black
1:06.7	correspondent on The Daily Show, and so much more. Now, Larry has executive produced a new six-part docu-series focused on the promise and legacy
1:16.6	of the 14th Amendment called Amend the Fight for America, hosted by Will Smith that will premiere
1:22.6	on Netflix this Wednesday, February 17th.
1:26.6	Before we get to the interview, there's just one thing I want to note.
1:30.4	When we talked almost a year ago, the pandemic had not yet hit Larry personally.
1:35.4	But as is the case for so many of us, that is no longer true.
1:40.1	Just a couple of weeks ago, Larry lost his brother, fellow comedy writer Mark Wilmore,
1:45.7	at just 57 years old due to complications from COVID-19 and other medical conditions.
1:52.3	Mark was a cast member on In Living Color and wrote for shows, including The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The Simpsons.
1:59.2	He will be missed.
2:05.7	Okay. Now, let's listen back to my interview with the great Larry Wilmore. Are you holding up? Pretty good, I guess. I mean, in the beginning, so much of it was
2:12.7	kind of unknown and scary, not knowing what was going on. I mean, I think a lot of people felt like,
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