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I go with Sam because it's shorter.

Sure.

You're the host of full frontal.

Yes.

That's right.

This is awesome.

New slash newest show. Newish. You guys launched in February. How's it going? It's great. Yeah. It's really fun. Timing's perfect, right?

Timing's perfect.

Because we scheduled this election for you.

That was so, that was really thoughtful of America to schedule this crazy. So you guys started planning this last summer, right? We did, yes. So Trump was there. You got a sense of what the Republican Party looked like, but you couldn't have imagined this. You could never have imagined this. I mean, we, you know, it's funny, in the fall, I think we were watching things happen. We were watching news items go by and feeling so regretful in thinking, how can it ever get better than this? And then, suddenly, suddenly, it's not going to. I know, just watching all these great jokes just to walk out of your life. But it turned out okay. We're fine. I mean, I watched last night's episode, you had Kasich. What I'm pronouncing that there, Mark? Kasek. Really close. I don't really follow the news. Sometimes I see his name and I want to say it differently. Anyway, that man is lecturing Orthodox Jews on Passover, Mata, Easter. Yeah, he's a lecturer. You're going to miss him. He likes to, I'm going to miss him when he's gone. So let's talk a bit about the origin of the show. I think a lot of people know it, but you were on the daily show for a long time. Long time. That went away last spring? Yes, I left in February of last year. So how did it work? Were you there through John Stewart's departure?

No, he left in, I left in April-ish.

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