Samantha Bee Is Fearless

The Last Laugh

The Daily Beast

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4.6 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2019

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Before hosting ‘Full Frontal’ on TBS, Samantha Bee was the longest-serving correspondent on ‘The Daily Show.’ And yet as she tells me in this week’s episode, Comedy Central didn’t even consider her as a possible successor to Jon Stewart when he stepped down four years ago. Bee opens up about that experience and a lot more, including her second ‘Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner,’ why she’s so disappointed with ‘handsy’ Joe Biden and what it felt like to have the president of the United States call for her to be fired on Twitter.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Full Frontal Second, not annual, not the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
0:08.1	We are so thrilled to be back at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.
0:13.6	We didn't think we'd ever do one of these again.
0:16.0	But then...
0:17.3	The White House Correspondents Association ditching the comedian who usually roast the president and the press cord.
0:23.8	Our president tweeted that the White House correspondence dinner should change, and they did it.
0:30.3	No one should ever do what the president tweets at them.
0:35.9	Hello and welcome to The Last Laugh.
0:38.7	My name's Matt Wilstein and I'm a senior writer at The Daily Beast.
0:42.0	This week on the show, I got to speak with one of my favorite late-night hosts on TV right now, Samantha B.
0:48.0	Sam has been hosting full-frontal on TBS for a little over three years now,
0:51.9	and in my opinion, she just keeps getting better and better.
0:55.0	We talked about how that network has given her show a chance to thrive, unlike so many other
0:59.6	female-fronted shows that have been canceled over the past year.
1:03.0	We met up in her New York office to record this episode about a week after her second
1:07.2	not the White House correspondent's dinner special aired.
1:10.2	She was gearing up for her first show back after that triumphant performance in Washington, D.C.
1:15.1	Sam also reflected on her 12 years at The Daily Show and opened up about how it felt when Comedy Central didn't even consider her as a possible successor to John Stewart.
1:24.0	This is The Last Laugh with my guest, Samantha B.
1:27.9	So, yeah, we're here.
1:29.2	I'm here in your office, which is very exciting with this beautiful view.
1:33.1	It's very pretty.
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