‘Succession,’ Chappelle and More on ‘The New Abnormal’

The Last Laugh

The Daily Beast

Comedy Interviews, Comedy, Interviews, Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Tv, Movies, Film

4.6 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

On this special annual crossover pod, ‘The Last Laugh’ host Matt Wilstein joins ‘The New Abnormal’ co-host Molly Jong-Fast and producer Jesse Cannon to look back at the year in political comedy, from the problem with Dave Chappelle to big changes at SNL to the pitch black humor of ‘Succession’ and a lot more.

Follow Molly Jong-Fast on Twitter @MollyJongFast

Follow Matt Wilstein on Twitter @mattwilstein

Follow The Last Laugh on Instagram @lastlaughpod

Highlights from this episode and others at The Daily Beast

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	The weather. Tomorrow, expect a biting cold front. Hmm, how naughty. I wonder what I'll be
0:06.8	wearing or taking off. The night will be wild and untamed. Expect heavy, lashing rain
0:13.0	that'll soak you to the skin. By Monday, temperatures will rise slowly but surely reaching
0:18.7	their peak in the afternoon.
0:23.0	Not in the mood for miserable weather.
0:25.8	Fly cheaply to Turkey with Sun Express.
0:28.7	Sun Express, nonstop sunshine.
0:35.5	Hello and welcome to this special holiday edition of the new abnormal.
0:39.0	Today we're going to have some fun and we're going to discuss the year in political comedy.
0:43.5	And joining us today to guide us through it is the Daily Beast Matt Wilstein, who hosts the Last Laugh podcast.
0:45.1	Welcome to the new abnormal, Matt Wilstein.
0:47.6	Thank you so much for having me.
0:49.1	It's great to be back.
0:49.9	We love a crossover episode.
0:51.9	We're all about synchronicity.
0:54.9	Yes.
0:55.8	Synergy.
0:56.9	So, Matt, I'm curious.
0:58.6	2021, good year, great year, bad year for political comedy, what would you feel about this year?
1:04.0	It was better than 2020.
1:06.0	I'm not sure that's saying much.
1:08.0	2020 was a rough year on all kinds of levels.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Daily Beast, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Daily Beast and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.