Seth Meyers: Trump, Vance, Harris, and ‘Dad Man Walking’
The Last Laugh
The Daily Beast
4.6 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 30 October 2024
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Seth Meyers knows his show is likely to change based on the results of the presidential race. But with the election just days away, the comedian, ‘Saturday Night Live’ alum and host of NBC’s ‘Late Night’ is doing his best to stay in the present and take each new insane development as it comes. In this episode, Meyers talks about how he ended up releasing a stand-up special (‘Dad Man Walking’ on Max) that has nothing to do with politics so close to the election and goes deep on where his is at head on the stakes of Trump vs. Harris right now. The comedian also shares thoughts about his infamous ice cream date with Joe Biden, why he regrets platforming JD Vance on his show, how SNL’s reliance on guest stars has changed the show since he was in the cast, and so much more.
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| 0:00.0 | This is The Last Laugh. |
| 0:06.7 | I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast, and we have got another big show for you today |
| 0:12.2 | with a guest who I have been trying to get on this podcast for years. |
| 0:16.0 | He's my personal favorite late-night host. |
| 0:18.5 | Just please don't tell any of the others. Yep, with less than |
| 0:22.5 | a week to go until Election Day, Seth Myers is here. In addition to hosting late night with |
| 0:28.7 | Seth Myers on NBC, four nights a week, and at least two other weekly podcasts, Seth just put out |
| 0:34.6 | a brand new stand-up special called Dad Man Walking, which is available to stream now on Max. |
| 0:40.7 | During our conversation, which went a bit longer than our typical episode just because we had so much to talk about, |
| 0:46.5 | Seth and I got into the big differences between his stand-up material and his late-night bits, |
| 0:51.8 | before going deep on the state of both the presidential race |
| 0:54.8 | and his role as a comedian who has to find a way to joke about it night after night. |
| 0:59.4 | We talk about Trump, Biden, Harris, J.D. Vance, and so much more, |
| 1:04.3 | including a nice long discussion about how SNL has changed since he was a cast member later on in the show. |
| 1:10.5 | Before we get into the interview, let's listen to a clip from Seth's most recent A Closer Look |
| 1:15.5 | segment to hear a bit more of where his head is at on the election right now. |
| 1:21.7 | What do you have to do to get branded a fascist by the GOP? |
| 1:25.2 | Get caught, I don't know, praising Hitler? |
| 1:27.2 | Oh, right. |
| 1:28.1 | All right. |
| 1:29.6 | Hey, MAGA fans, putting aside the rhetoric |
| 1:31.3 | and just on a pure entertainment level. |
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