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They've been having a lot of fun backstage, so hopefully they will have as much fun here

with you.

Desi, I would love to start with you because we all watch this and you make it seem easy,

but there's nothing easy about what you produce each night.

So when we watch one of those field pieces, how does it go from concept to execution?

One of the cool things about the Daily Show that a lot of people don't know is that anyone

who works at the show can pitch an idea.

So anybody who works there, whether you're a writer, a producer, a correspondent, it can

start with an intern, maybe an intern, you know, pitches an idea that takes off and is great.

So usually a field producer or the head of the field department will pick up an idea

and a producer and a correspondent.

And we spend time thinking about what the comedic take is, is it something that's an issue

that seems to matter to people, and we start the pre-production process, and then we take

it to Trevor, and Trevor either approves it or doesn't approve it.

And then we hopefully go out.

It can be a long process, it can sometimes take a week or so, or sometimes we are coming

up with something and going out and shooting at two o'clock in the afternoon for the show

that night, which has happened.

So this question just goes to anybody who wants to take it, which is what's one idea that

you have pitched maybe multiple times and you just can't get on the air.

Falling school.

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