Is Josh Johnson Our Funniest House Guest Yet?

- Wow, you know, this is a terrible way to be a house guest for the first time because I'm looking like I've never eaten before. - It's a, wow, flavor, packed a punch. (laughing) - If I had, are those tears, are you crying? (laughing) - I'm just having a great day. (laughing) (upbeat music) - What's up neighbors? We've got Josh Johnson pulling up to the house today. He is an Emmy-nominated comedian and one of the hosts of the Daily Show Uncomedy Central. But wired, called him the funniest guy on the internet. I wonder if he'll be the funniest house guest we've ever had. What's up Josh? How you doing man? - Nice to see you. - You. - Let's get it. - Yeah. - Come on in man. - I haven't made it. - The brother is good to have you. Josh, I have to say. - What's up? Welcome to the house man. - Welcome to the house brother. - Yeah, I've been so excited about this. I've been following your work for a long time. I've seen your material online. I had never got to see you in person though. And so to be able to see you work that room at Largo last night in LA was unreal. - Oh thanks. - What is it like for you though, up there? Are you nervous at all when you go out to crowds? - Or are you like, yeah okay, how many? So doubt, two shows, let's get it. - Maybe one day I'll be like that. Maybe, maybe one day I'll be like, yeah, mm, good. - Good. - Yes, I'll be there shortly. - I'll be right. - No, right now I'm just thankful to everybody that comes out. It feels amazing just because I've been doing comedy for so long and then these shows getting biggest is a pretty recent thing. And so, yeah, I'm still trying to accept that it's happening. You know? - Yeah, I do know what you mean. I do know what you mean that you're in the process and then you look up and you're like, oh shit, that's three nights in a row we sold out. Okay. - Or just a lot of people. I'll be like, wow, that's a lot of people. - It is real. - They're sure. Okay. - Well, they're sure, I'm sure. - You said you've been doing comedy for a while. How long have you been doing with like stand up that kind of thing? - 14 years? - Whoa. - That makes me feel old. - Wow. - Wow. - Geez. - Fuck it. - Shit. - Am I? - Whoa. - Ooh. - Nothing else? - Get out of here. Get out of here. - Whoa. But no, that's incredible. 'Cause right, they say at 10 years, right, 10,000 hours, you've got, you hit mastery, right? Do you feel like you've hit that mastery level? Do you feel like when you walk out, you're like anything that happens in this room. I am aware of how to move through it. - I wouldn't tempt, fate, and say anything. I was doing a show in Brooklyn. Like, this was like two years ago. And this lady sat in the front row is not necessarily laughing or anything, but just staring at me. Whenever you're like doing well with everybody, except one person, most comics can only help because zero and all this one person was going on. And this lady had a pigeon in her lap and was just petting the pigeon and was just looking at me. The whole time was like, say something about my pigeon. Like, she didn't say something about my pigeon, but her eyes were like, say something about my pigeon. Go ahead, I dare you, say something. And I'm just like still doing my set. How far into the set did you realize she was holding a bird? - You're like half. (laughing) And then after a while, I'm like, oh, she's doing her own thing. And in my head, it's like, okay, maybe you call out the pigeon and whatever. But I felt crazy because the people next door didn't seem to know it's the pigeon. - Like what? - It was just her, it felt like a fever dream. It was just her looking at me petting the pigeon. But then the people next door like, ah, ah, ah. Like, just everyone's having a good time, except for her looking at me with the pigeon. - I have a question for you. - Yeah. - Do you heart-taking any sort of illicit drug use? - No, no. I think it would kill me. (laughing) I don't think I'm built for it. Like, you'll hear people like, oh, I was tripping and then, you know, my buddy's mom came in to check on us and everything. - Her face melted up. - Yeah, and her lips turned to worms and stuff. It's like, how would you be chill for that? - No, you're not chill. - Yeah. - You're not, and you have to remember that you took something and that her lips are just her lips and you're tripping. - One of my friends actually took some drugs and then forgot that they had work. (laughing) And so she forgot she had work. - Oh no. - She had cashier. So she'd public face in the whole thing. - You've got the whole time. - But she was also worse. - She was also like, I've been late too many times. - I gotta go. - I gotta go. - And so she got somebody to drop her off and she started to work it and she's handling it as best she can. She said that it felt like she was ringing up rats the entire time as things were coming down the conveyor, but you know, and then finally, what got her semi-caught, like at least got her sent home, was this kid was in the cart. Mom's coming up and obviously there's a candy on either side of the checkout. And so the kid's like, I won't, I won't skittles, I won't even have like screaming crime, whatever. The mom got a cart of like $300 worth of stuff. So she's ringing them up for a while while there's kids screaming. - Right. - And finally, she's almost done, but she leans forward and she's like, sweetie, sweetie. The sound of your voice is crushing the back of my head. (laughing) - It's time. - And it's like, that's a very high thing to say. (laughing) That's it. - Somebody was like, she has fun. - That's drugs. (laughing) - Crushing the back of my head. Okay, I'm gonna make you a guava lemonade. - That's very fancy. - I know that you like guava. - I do and this. - I thought you'd be like, actually no, I don't know where you got that from. - No, if you had told me that this was the guava lemonade already, I would have believed you. - That's the guava juice. - Yeah. - The lemons are, and I'm gonna muddle. - Wait, you got, you got lemons in there? - Yeah, there's lemons in here. We've got like three or four slices of lemon in here, and then we've got the guava juice. I'm gonna add a little bit of ice. - Dude, whatever you want. - I know. - I'm in awe. You even got the tiny knife. - This is, we got it, the fancy. - The cheese knife. - I can never guess what it is. - You deserve it. - I can never guess what the cheeses are. - Pretty much everything is sharp cheddar today. This is goat cheese with like rosemary, thyme, little parmesan, flake on top. - Oh wow. - It's like cheese on cheese. - That's wild. - You know, who doesn't need that? See that? - I mean, the cheese alone is blowin' my mind. - Liz, you don't even have to shake the thing. You could have just twirled it once. (laughing) - What had that happened? - That had been all right for me. - Yeah. - See, look how pretty that is. - That's beautiful. I put way too much goat cheese on the cracker. I'm a mess. We are opposite ends of the spectrum right now. (laughing) - You ain't just put some very fancy stuff. - You're just over there making a lunchable. - I'm over here with the cheese knife like well, I don't know how to get it off. (laughing) I guess I'm committed now. - I guess all of it then, I guess all of it then. - Okay, give that a go. Tell me what you think. - Wow, okay. - You gotta wait for them. - Just don't chew on them. (laughing) - Don't chew. - The goat cheese is good though, right? - It's normal, it's a good. You got a whole honeycomb. - I'd be honest with you, I don't even know what to do with the honeycomb. - Can I be honest with you? - Yeah. - Martha Stewart taught me the thing about the honeycomb. - Okay. - She normally, on her cheese boards, on her charcuterie. - Geez. - She would do like a mix of sweet and savory, but she likes to have like natural jams, natural sweeteners. And so, literally the honeycomb, I can be honest with you. I have never, ever, ever, ever, taking a part of the honeycomb and put it on anything, 'cause I don't even know where to begin. - I mean, some bees are upset. There's a lot of honeycomb. - It is a, (laughing) you took a house. (laughing) This is a lot. To say that neither of us know what to do with it. - I know, we can't waste it. Somebody gotta eat it. - I'm gonna try to. - Somebody gotta eat it. - Do I have to stab it? - Yeah, I think just, I don't really know. - Oh wow. - Do you do, that's a lot. - That can't be. - Do I just eat it? - I don't know. - I'm so sorry to already have gone through so many of your crackers. - No, no, live your life. That's what they're here for. - Okay, I think that's a lot of honey. You're not like diabetic or nothing, right? We're gonna find out. My God today, Jesus. - Wow, tasty. - Honeycomb really melts in your mouth. - Wait, for real? - I was expecting this to like, I have a crunch. - No crunch? - No, this is very crunchy. - No, look, I'm gonna cut you a piece right now. It's gonna seem like a lot. - That's a lot. - That is a lot. But you work out, you deserve it. - Now, just, just to the head. This is crazy. I'm gonna start biting honeycomb as soon as I see it. (laughing) I always thought that there'd be some restrictive. - Yeah, it's like a gummy kind of thing. - 'Cause it looks so hard. - Yeah. - Wow. - In 2026, the fact that two black men can bite into a honeycomb for the first time and be shocked and amazed. - Yeah, freedom. - We deserve that. - Living our ancestors' wildest dreams right now. - Yeah, I mean, this is my wildest dream. I didn't know you could just bite into honeycomb like this. (laughing) - Seem illegal. - You could bite into it like a snickers? It's crazy. (laughing) - Thank you so much for having me. - Listen, thank you so much for coming. - As a guest on a charcuterie board, I am being a problem. - Listen, you were supposed to experience. - Okay. - And enjoy. - It's also an arm workout, you know? - Wow. - You know, you. - It's crazy too. - Wow. (laughing) - No. - Just when you have a charcuterie board, what do you normally put on it? Why are you, now that's surprising. - This is a terrible way to be a house guest for the first time because I'm looking like I've never eaten before. - It's a, wow. - What is this, cheese? - That's crazy. - This is a cracker. - I'm embarrassed I gave away the game that quick. (laughing) - I wasn't coy at all. - No. - Whoa! (laughing) - Packed a punch. - You buy it yet? Are those tears? Are you crying? - Oh my God. (laughing) - I swear I've eaten before. - Okay, wait, is this high mixed up? - No, no, no. I'm not choking. - Okay. - I'm just having a great day. (laughing) - Oh, man. (laughs) - I swear I eat, but this is very good. - When you do a shakari, when do Jesus, Jesus, I came and talked to you. - You always throw this over to this degree? 'Cause you're so, no, I need to believe this is just for me. And you just do it extra otherwise, I've been living. I'm gonna be honest with you, this is how we shakoucch. - Every time. - Also, because we have lunch coming, this is also pretty modest. - Don't even tell me, that's a crazy thing. - 'Cause usually there's usually like a lane that's just butters. - Why would you tell me that? - There's various butters. - That's a wild thing to repeat. - You should, oh man, you could've just been like, "Oh yeah, no, we, this, we're going crazy right now." - Oh yeah, we're going crazy right now. - Oh no, yeah, we going crazy right now. We ain't never done this shit like this. We got 55 cheeses. - Wow, just for me. - It's, yeah. - Whoa, it's 17 neighborhoods of honey right there. - That's a whole district. - There's some bees that are devastated. 'Cause this is a holiday's level, how do you call them? (laughs) Imagine being a bee coming home, and being like, "Where's my house?" You remember that episode of Fresh Prince, when he came home and everything was stolen? - Honeycomb. - That's what the honeycomb was like. This somebody's living room right here. - Right there. - And it's delicious. - I don't regret it one bit. - Who won't play a game? - I don't know. (laughs) - I would love to play a game. - You are killing me. This is so, that cracker was so good with that cheese on it. - That's where I live inside. - No, but everything's coming together so well. - I appreciate to be able to enjoy life, to be able to see things, experience things, and have a very sweet way to put it. - Emotional response to, like, this is a really good day. - But I am overdoing it. - It's one thing to be impressed and very thankful to be a house guest somewhere in that you've been taking care of. - Yes. - But like, everybody can see that, (laughs) like, it's not just us here. And so now, there are so many people stand around, like, is he broke? Why is he so excited to eat? - Yes, it's Amber. - It's not that early. - Hey, you got loose pomegranate. - Loose pomegranate from our pomegranate tree. - You have a what? - We have a pomegranate tree. - What? - What? - Mm-hmm. - Like eaten? - Yes. Her name is Tina, though. - So, you have a pomegranate tree. - Yeah. - You just pop those off. - Yeah. - Bag 'em out, drop 'em next to the honeycomb. There's honey getting in the pomegranate. - And that's when you know it's good. - Oh, man. - Yeah. (laughs) - Oh, no. - You know, we about to have a problem here. - Are you the pomegranate with the honeycomb? - I'm never leaving. - With a pepperoni? - No, you're gonna have to-- - Strange turn of events. - I gotta eat. - I gotta eat so much at once. - I'm not gonna get to everything. If I don't start, it's a matching way. - I don't have all day. - When I said, feel free to eat this. I didn't mean you can't leave until you eat it all. - This is not-- - I won't leave until I eat it all. - Was that good? - In my mind already, the meat was being a cracker. So, I just put a different head space. - The meat is-- - Wow, it's like, all right. That's a chewy cracker. - That's a meat cracker. I was really just looking for the taste of the pomegranate and the honeycomb together, so that's all I paid attention to. - You could turn off the flavor of the pepperoni. - Look, I'll tell you right now, through God, all things are possible. - I know that's right. - So come on. - Let me tell you right now. I can eat a bunch of this meat, be like, "Um, what, are these premium crackers?" (laughs) Are these saltines? - He's bigger than a mustard seed. - I love it. I love it. - What chocolate is this? - This is a milk chocolate here, and this is a dark chocolate there. You do a chocolate and I'll do a chocolate. - You know I didn't need options. - Mm-hmm. - Wow. What? - Get out. - No, where is this from? - Get out. (laughs) - Get out. - No, no, no, no. - Get out right now. Wow, is a piece of chocolate. - No. - She-- - It is from the French grocery store, though. (laughs) - It is, it is. - If this wasn't your house, I'd tell you to get out. Because then you didn't get to do a little something, you know what I mean, you didn't do a little, you can't be a little Hershey's. - No, it tastes French. - Yeah, right? I think French cows, I think is what makes it French. - So you just live like this? - Yeah, on the weekends. You got to. - This is, I mean, apparently you don't, I'm not. - Come on. - I'm doing very well by being your friend, but that's about it. - Well, you have to come over more often. - Yes, I would love to. - Okay, so we got to see your stand up for the first time last night, in the vein of that, we have a little game, a little get to know you game. So we've got some situations, and I wanna know if you would stand up, you would speak out on this. - Okay. - Or you standing down, that ain't my fight. - Okay. - Okay. - So you guessed first, you picked the first one. - Okay. - The get ready, you had to distance yourself through. - Your partner asked to look through your phone. - Oh, we coming in hot. - You standing up on that, are you? - So to stand up would be to be like, no, you can't look through my phone, to stand down would be like, oh, sure. - Yeah. - I think I'm gonna stand down, because when someone needs to look through your phone, they already don't trust you. - True. - If you're actually like, not a trustworthy person. - True. - You've already taken the steps in the phone to not be caught. - He said the phone isn't really not gonna. - Yeah. - That's the last thing you were wearing. - Also asking, you gotta look through the phone while I'm not around. If there's a scheduled appointment to look through my phone, tomorrow at 330, I'm looking through the phone. - Yeah, I mean, I don't even have a phone by 330. - If you think somebody's up to something, and you're like, let me look through your phone, and they're even in the bathroom, they're coming out with a different phone. - This is the go-through phone. - Yeah. - Ask to look through your phone. - Yeah, that's preparation right there. Ask to look through your phone. - I can't say I've ever been in a situation where a phone has been looked through, and there was a request to do it first. - So you know I look through your phone, right? - Yes, exactly. Which is the most sensible thing. - What is this? - It may not be the most trustworthy thing. One of my favorites, there was this woman who went through this guy's phone, right? And she was like, who is, I think it was AutoZone. She was like, who is AutoZone? Why are you trying to get freaky with AutoZone? Because basically, this dude had saved the side woman's number as AutoZone. - Which is, but then? - Actually, brilliant. - But then you texted AutoZone, and you texted them freaky stuff? - There's still something up. You just blew your whole cover. If it was phone calls only, AutoZone, yeah. Okay. - But texts. - But texts, once it's like, oh, I can't wait to get over there. And, you know, like, check my comparator. - Yeah, yeah, ooh, I can see, it wasn't used in the window in the thing. - Oh, it was, it was like regular stuff. - If he had kept it cold the whole time, then yes, it would have been like, - Yeah, like I thought this out. - Yeah, but did you check my dipstick? - Yeah, no, no. It wasn't like, hey, I need to get my oil changed, and I just have that type of relationship with AutoZone. It was literally like, ooh, I can't wait to get booty. - Yeah. - Get booty. - Yes, yummy. You know, like, doing all that stuff. - Get booty. (laughing) - Even if you put AutoZone, once you read the text, it's like, bro, who the fuck is AutoZone? - Yeah, who is AutoZone? - Who is AutoZone? - 'Cause now, even if they do work at AutoZone, you still up to something you shouldn't be doing. - Exactly. - Yeah. - AutoZone was a bad choice. - Yeah. - You know what it would be? - Maybe not. - Chef, 'cause now all the gettin' in there's and the eatin's and all the stuff at all makes sense. If it's with Chef. (laughing) Ooh, Chef, I can't wait to get over there and taste everything and stuff. It's like, you know how I had a little bit. - And stuff it? - Yeah, yeah. You talkin' to a mechanic like this is wild. - This is strange. - No, we have other questions. - Yeah, imagine now if it really was AutoZone and there's a dude that's like, "I've been sexually harassed for months." - Thank you for fuckin' it into this. - Thank you for catching him. He'd been textin' me reckless this entire time. - I know it's early, but I'm doin' it. I'm doin' it. Listen, the last couple of years between work and traveling, I've waited way too late to actually get the house ready for Christmas, but not this year. I'm gonna be hosting a lot more around here, so I wanna make sure that it looks real good for y'all. You know what I'm sayin'? So, Macy's, thank you for sponsoring this part of the episode because I'm shopping for my first faux Christmas tree in September. Listen, the holiday shop was open, so I figured why not? And I got an online tree guy that helps you figure out the right size, the right shape, and the right style for your space. Y'all think I might have found it? I'm gonna keep this though a little surprise 'cause y'all might be helping me decorate it here pretty soon, but hold on, might have found two trees. Tell me, neighbors, am I crazy? Am I starting a little too soon? When do y'all start decorating? Get your tree and ornaments at Macy's today and start your holiday refresh at Macy's home at macy's.com or at a Macy's near you. Ooh, I might be gettin' three trees. Okay, let's see. Wow. Okay. Oh, man, this is business. This has already been made. I don't know if you could just buy it and sell it, but I mean, I really just kind of muddled some, you know. You're right, I could do it if I could. Why not? You don't have to give the game away. All right. The people who sell water just grab water. The people who sell, whenever people sell water, they're like, "Hey, it's from this spring." I'm like, "Oh, so you didn't do anything?" Literally zero. You didn't do anything. You didn't put it in a bottle. You didn't shake the water. You didn't, like, hum over it or anything like that. You put no salt to, like, lose carbonated waters. The only water I'm like, "Okay, you showed up. You did some little something." But the people who sell you water are like, "It's from this spring," which it half the time is not enough. I think we know where all the springs are. This is the spring, huh? When there's like a new water company, I'm always like, "No, y'all lying." Spring water. That's great. That's terrible. 'Cause you're absolutely right. No, every time there's like a new one. True what's wrong. Yes, if you have a new water company, (laughing) if you have a new water company, and you're like, "Oh, we come from the mountains of whatever show us." Show us. Show us where the water situation is. Videos or it didn't happen? Videos, you know? Yeah. Okay, someone saves a parking space you want by standing in it. Ah, I can say, I have been not the standee, but I have been the friend waiting to get to the student spot. Okay, it's a clutch move. I think you also open yourself up to whatever the madness is that ensues after. I barely understand this question, 'cause I don't drive. At all. So help me in this scenario. - Right, so you're driving your car. - Okay. - And never happened. - I can't drive. - At all? - I would kill everybody in here if I was. - What? - It's too much. You're in a chair that could kill somebody. (laughs) - People don't take the responsibility of driving seriously. And now they can't-- - You're in a chair that could kill somebody? - Yes, one of these. - Whole family, whole family right here. You could take people out, just like this. That's crazy. It's, I have never in my life thought of it that way. - I don't want that responsibility. - But you're absolutely right. You have life in your hands. And people are just like, "Oh yeah, I guess I'll text my mom while I'm doing it." - Right, so what do you think about like, now they got the waymo's and like the automated drive, like you don't even have the driver in your car now. - I saw I robot and so I don't trust any of that stuff. - It's exactly what I, and now the drones, robots are all looking like more and more the robot from I robot. And we said we saw the main plot point of the movie was that the robots turn on us and kill us. - Well sooner or later, one of those gonna drive you to the police station. Like sooner or later, one of those things is gonna be like, "Hey, I think he's in the car now." And then drive you to the police station. I don't drive, but I don't like them driving for me. I didn't like the waymo thing, but now it's a whole new level. - So in this scenario. - You're driving, you're trying to get a parking space. - A friend runs up and saves the parking space for you. - Yeah, maybe they parked in the one right in front of it. And someone else doesn't like it. - Someone else wants that parking space. - The other person in the car does have a car. So they, we talked about it right in the life. - Yeah, in the life. - And this would be slow too, so it'd really be up to your friend to get out the way. Have you ever seen those videos of like, sometimes it's road rage, sometimes I watch a lot of stuff online that's like obscure, but every once in a while, it's very funny to see somebody get hit with a car slow, like with just that little bump intent, where it's somebody's like, gets into a road rage thing, and then they get out of their car, and they get in front of the other car. - Yes. - And they're like, get out the car, get out the car. And the other person is like, tap, tap, tap. And so the car slowly coming at though. - And then they'll still try to stop a car with their body. And they'll be getting bumped by the car like, hey, what do you think you're going? - I have seen it. - What do you think you're going? - I've also seen those engines very badly. - Yeah, I know that it's badly. - Like very badly. - You should get out of the way. - It's a car. - It's much harder than you. - Where you going? - Where you going? - As if they're not being moved. - Where you going? - Right. - Did you see the one with the lady, went over the median, got out of the car, and then was trying to get back in the car to stop it. And it took a whole three business days for the car to actually end up in a ravine, but she kept trying to get in the car to stop the car, couldn't stop the car. It went on for hours. - It went on way too long. - Way too long. - And I remember watching it being like, you don't really care about that car. - Like for insurance, she was like, I need a new car. - I needed to be in the water, and she didn't expect a random stranger to be filming it. But that's a good arm. I'm sorry. I couldn't let it go without me and said, that's a good arm and dust it with coke, coke, coke. - Coke! - Delish! - This is a problem. - Well, I can't wait to see what you think of lunch then, if this is just the snacks. Okay, you take the next one. - You're at a crowd of restaurants when someone at another table starts choking. - You standing up? - You standing down. - I might stand down. I mean, this is-- - What? - Yeah, this is up to you. - You are! - No, this is John. - This is Bolly Atotomy. All right, if they got-- - Bolly Atotomy. - If they got a little throat, and their little throat doesn't want to be the throat anymore, then you don't go for it to be the throat, huh? - I mean, I'm only half serious. I would stand up and I would try if I was the closest one. - Have you ever done the Heimlich maneuver? - I've done a Heimlich before, but I've never cracked the rib or anything like that. - Okay. - Whatever. - I saved two lives with The Heimlich. - You saved two lives? - In the restaurant. - Wait. - Yes. - Wait, you saved two lives. - Separately. - Yeah. - Yeah. - That would be great if it was a signed table. If it was a signed table. - I can't eat this. - Just grown men that don't chew. - Right. - Just-- - You know the way that when people yawn, you yawn? - Yes. - That's the way you tell them each other. - He choke you, like, (coughs) - I'm choking too. (coughs) - You know? It was crazy because the friend who was telling me about their, like, why they eat so slow, we've been to several dinners. And then this one time he's telling me about his difficulty with eating, 'cause it was using particularly slow. I choke often when eating. And so I have to chew very slowly. I have to chew a lot and I don't eat fast. I'm saying maybe a minute 30 later. He's like, (coughs) (coughs) And I don't know what the universal sign for choking is. - I mean, it's those eyes. - Right? - It's the, like, panic eye. - It's also him giving you the dochi tiny desk. (coughs) (coughs) - So I was like, oh snap. I said, are you choking? Are you choking? - When she's not gonna be able to answer you. - I know. - He's not gonna be able to. - It just seems like when you lose your voice that people are like, are you sick? Imagine how he not been choking. And I jumped up to give him the Heimlick and he was like, no, I just thought it was really good. Do you know what I mean? - That's what I mean. - You almost did that to me. 'Cause remember, you were like, is this a, you already had the hand out, too? Is this a, is this one of them here? 'Cause I need to, do I need to slap? - Yeah, it'd be three. - Wow. - Yeah. - Wow. - So I gave him the Heimlick and the piece of shrimp popped up out of his mouth. I could feel it go, and it popped up out of his mouth. And I looked at him dead in the eyes and I said, don't you ever forget this. The next time you're mad at me, remember I saved your life. - Yeah. - This is one of those ones where bowing planes were like opening up and not being planes in midair. Like the windows were plied off for the store plied point. - I'm not being planes. - Anyway. - This woman, her husband had the window seat and then the, it just all busted open. And then she grabbed her husband and like held onto her husband until they got to a lower altitude and saved his life because he was trying to hold on himself but she was also holding him to make sure he didn't fly out. - Right. - And honestly, once we land, we gotta get divorced. - What? - I can, no, I can't have you holding that over my head for the rest of my life. That's no, the divorce. - I appreciate the solid but no, no, that saved your life. - And not even in a like almost or kinda like literally. - We both remember what happened. - Yes. - And you were over here screaming, "Low, low, low, low." - And I saved your life even then, got the, got the ick from the, "Low, low." - And still saved your life. - And still saved you. - I can't live it down. I would have to, I would have to be like, we gotta, so this is it. You gotta find a man on land, you know? (laughing) 'Cause this is over for us. - This is over for us. - I mean, I'm taking out the trash every night for the rest of my life, I'm doing dishes every night for the rest of my life. Like there's no, there's no discussions anymore. - You automatically win. - All she's gonna do is be like, "Low, low." And we both know what she means. Are you so big and bad now? Remember when you was, "Low, low." - Yeah, forever. - Yeah, well. - Forever. - It'd be like that sometimes. - Yeah. - Okay, here we go. A content creator is blocking the sidewalk, filming their fit check. - I mean, it's just sidewalk, I probably stand out. - In Brooklyn, in Manhattan. - As long as it's not oncoming traffic, I don't know. 'Cause you also never know. Everyone thinks of the influencer as like someone who's like thirsty, just trying to get the shot and get it together, whatever. You don't know who's out there in my mind. This person might bite you. - Yeah, no. - These people will bite you. - Yeah, they might bite you. - You're gonna say you fight, you said bite. - I said bite, they might do anything for content. You don't know. Now you're on the front page of TikTok. (screaming) - Getting bit. - Getting bit. - Somebody in some Lulu lemons. (laughing) I don't need those problems. - It's true. - Yeah. - Also real quick, with the last cracker, I don't know if this is the last cracker. I'm not trying to be a problem. But with the last cracker, I need you to take a little bit of honeycomb, a couple of pomegranate and pop that on the cracker and experience it. - Did you do it already? - I already did it. It was. (laughing) - I did it a while ago while you were talking and I was trying to not interrupt. (laughing) This is. (laughing) Okay, here we go. We got the honeycomb. - We got the honeycomb. - And just slide a couple of those on top. - Yep. - Are you a sweet tooth? - I am more sweet than a sweet tooth than a saver, you know. - Oh. - It's all happening. - It's in the pomegranate. - Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, it does something. - It's like a one to combo. 'Cause you initially taste it and it's like wow. And then it's like pow, pow, pow, you know? And the cracker adds a little bit, mm-hmm, just sweeten that subject that you need. If anything, at the bottom of the screen, it would be great if you put exactly what was on the charcuterie board it for people who wanted to recreate this type of experience. - In the description for just for you. - And then that way they can follow along. And as it is with us. - Then I won't look crazy. 'Cause they'll see how good everything is. - That was very tasty. - Yes, yes. 'Cause right now I'm coming off like I haven't been used to anything. This goat cheese I gave up too much too quick. I should have been like wow, that is nice. Delicious. - I know you were like wow, you did say wow. - What if we started again? And then now that I've had a little bit of everything, I could be like, mm-hmm, yum, wow. - Yum? - Wow. - I mean, what you have done here, it's nice. - It's incredible. And then that way you can just put on the cut of room floor a little bit of that. - Wow, I don't even remember what I did. I just remember it being sincere and it was a little too harnessed. - He said, I don't want them to know me like that. I don't want them to know me like that. - The last thing I need is people being like, oh, have you eaten today? - The next I may see you. - Yeah. - I made you a sandwich if you had one of these. - I made you a saying you ever had two pieces of bread folded together, you're gonna love it. You're gonna love it with all your heart. - But when you're thinking about people doing content, on the sidewalk. Okay. Especially in Manhattan, I've seen it. Like those tripods trying to get the little, you know, it is a lot, but that's not my problem. I'm just saying you like dugging and dodging people's sits. How about this? This is genuinely how I feel. I will do the courtesy of walking around someone who I see taking a picture or filming or anything like that just because I'm like they're having their own day. I will not feel bad if I walk through something where I couldn't have known. So for instance, if somebody's right on the sidewalk and this happens a lot in Dumbo. So whenever I'm passing through Dumbo, there are people who want a picture with the Brooklyn bridge behind them. And so many people are doing it at the same time that it's impossible to be like let me try to get out of everybody's picture, but I won't walk right in front of someone who's taking the picture or doing the, we're in New York. I won't walk right in front of them because I feel like that's rude on me. But if I happen to walk through someone who is down the street like, hey, that's my shot. That's my shot. It's like that. I can't help that. Sorry. Man. Exactly, you know. I wonder though if it's like are there rules against it? I'm going to look it up. Oh. Okay. Yeah, I'm going to look it up. Because I want to know. Okay. So I know you can film in public, but can you block the sidewalk while you do it? I mean, those are two different questions, right? And everybody gets a tripod now and they get a ring light. And suddenly the rest of us are, what, background actors in their content. I mean, you tell me when somebody's filming in public, are you walking around their shot? Or are you walking straight through it because you got somewhere to be too? Because part of me is like, yeah, I want to be respectful. But another part of me is like, baby, I got set to do too, all right? And walking around you on the sidewalk was not on my bingo card this morning. So what is the etiquette here? All right. Let's settle this fair and square. I'm pulling up Yahoo Scout. It gives you clear answers with context around it and the links to sources right there. So are there any rules around recording in public places like on a sidewalk and being in people's way? Ah. Okay. So boom. When recording in public, the first amendment right provides broad protections for filming activity occurring in public spaces, right, right, right. We know you can film in public, but let's keep reading. A key consideration is that it must not interfere with official duties or create a safety hazard. See what I'm saying? I'm looking out for y'all. So baby, get your fit check content. It's protected by the first amendment. But let's use some common sense when we get our content captures going, okay? Because if blocking a sidewalk with a tripod isn't a safety hazard, y'all, I don't know what is. Let's bring back the common courtesy. Let's look out for our neighbors. You know, you wouldn't walk outside and throw your trash on somebody else's trash can, would you? Actually. I mean, that's, is that even allowed? Can you put your trash on someone else's trash can? Now that, that is interesting. Oh, you can try y'all who's got for yourself at scout.com. I got to take this back to the kitchen. More for me? Okay. So Josh, huh? It turns out. Yep. You can't put your trash on other people's trash can. There's also rules about illegal dumping, but like, you can't do it. So. Well, you went to look up a totally different thing. Yeah. Oh, right. About the, the tripods and the sidewalk and the stuff. Yeah, first amendment, you can, you know, it's protected a little bit, so just don't get in the way. So I have 80 days. No one was talking about this. But that's, that's what the conversation had gone and a certain point when you got to stick with me. You got to stick with me. So when you left, you can turn into your face, no, I'm just like, "What kind of show are you ready here?" When you left, we were talking about people on the sidewalk. You weren't going to scum poop in a trash can. It's how my mind works, man. I got more crackers. So you noticed this. Wait, did you go through my covers? I didn't, I didn't go through someone very sweetly and nicely put the crackers here. Uh-huh. I didn't get up. You can check camera. Let's go the whole time. What's thinking of poop? We weren't. What do you think about people putting their, like, dog poop, because in New York, I don't know. You probably just throw trash everywhere. That's a crazy thing. It's like that. What I meant. No, what I meant. By the time we're done with the episode, we're going to have a countdown. Because number one was 14 years old. Whoa. That's it. 14 years. That was, I meant. Oh, wow. I panicked. And now it's like, oh, yeah, you know how y'all are in New York, you just throw it anywhere. The last time I was in New York, it was, I mean, the trash cans now, the trash cans now have the tops on them that stay. But trash was everywhere. Yeah, no, you're not wrong. It was crazy. I'm just giving you a hard time. That was actually pretty spot on. But people putting their dog poop bags in, like, any trash can they see. In LA, like where we live, you have your own trash cans, you put your own trash cans out in front of your own house. Uh-huh. But people will put it in houses. It's true. Yeah. That'll, that'll do. It changes quite a bit, actually. Mm-hmm. When you're not living on top of people, that will help you not put the trash anywhere. But I don't think, I don't love it. You would think. Because we got to, we got a couple of neighbors. If the dog shits. And here's what I'll say. I appreciate you picking up the dog shit in front of the house. The issue is, sometimes you don't get to the trash can right after the trash has been picked up. You know, you've got somebody else's dog poop, they've just dropped in the trash can, and you've got to sit with it for a week, you know. And it's hell hot outside in Los Angeles. You know, ice caps melting. Yeah. These are spider-man conditions. You know? Yeah. I mean, that might wake up. And I don't have no powers. I get how that's incredibly annoying. So I tried for myself. I don't do that sort of thing. When I've seen other people do it, it hasn't been in my trash can. So I don't even know what they're doing. If you stand up in that scenario, if you really get, if you're ready to get fronky with them, they are armed with a bag of poop. It's true. And a dog. And a dog, but the dog is at least my worries, bag of poop can fly. Yeah. Yeah. Some people got small dogs. Some people got a dog that you could take the dog. It's still a poop down to it. It's still a poop in the bag. Poop in the bag is poop in the bag. Yeah. Yeah. You ready? I mean, I guess you haven't been. There isn't real food. Some food food. This isn't the real food? No, this is the appetizer. This is the, you know, the amused boosh, if you will. The what? I don't know. What a pretty day. This is wild. I'll be honest with you, this was expensive. What is it made of? Travertine. It's the same material that our tabletop inside is made out of. Wow. And every time I say Travertine, the wind times go off. It's part of it. I'm not going to lie. I kind of believe you. Because this, you could have told me this was a bone. And I would have been like, whoa, this is a bone. Get out of here. Oh, wow. I'm going to tell you something. And maybe it's because we're outside now. I can see you real good. Okay. These twists got to be the most luxurious. Oh, thank you. They got to be the most, I mean, just, just juicy. Thank you. Well-tended, two strand twists, I have seen, are they two strands? Tell me about your hair journey, because I've seen everything from like the short, short, almost like bald fade to the thick, beautiful fro, and now the twists. For a long time, I had a fade in high school. I grew my hair out for the first time. It was in a big sort of afro, which I really enjoyed. I thought it was great. Where'd you grow up? I grew up in Alexandria, Louisiana. Okay. You don't know where. Where is that? I was going to say, where is that? Yeah. It's the middle of the state. How far from New Orleans? If you have to ask. Did you have it? It was the size. Oh. Is that the question you always get? Mm-hmm. Yeah. It's fun. I also do it to people. Like, when people tell me where they are somewhere in Tennessee, I'm like, how far is that from Nashville? Like, you just need a frame of reference for the places, you know? Right. Uh, grew up there, and it's the middle of the state. I kept my hair all the way into college, and in college, I had a little bit more of a box look because I kept sleeping on it, and I was sleeping on it more than I was picking it out. Okay. Yeah. So I had a little bit of a fresh prince side. Okay. You know, which was the look? Mm-hmm. After college, I decided I was going to go ahead and like, shape my head again. The first attempt was tearballs out on my own for the first time living in Chicago. I had roommates though, and I asked my roommate if I could borrow his clippers because I couldn't afford to, you know, go to the barber or anything. And I had a job interview coming up, and I was like, let me go ahead and I'll just do the fade myself. Oh, no. And first time. Yeah. And all he had were beard trimmers. But I know they were beard trimmers until I started because they just look like clippers. They look like clippers. And then when they when they started choking, that's when I realized that they were beard trimmers because that when they were choking, I was like, that's crazy. I can't just get through some more hair. Let me look at the box because he's still at the box that they came in and it said beard trimmers. And you said, oh, no. And I said, oh, no. And so then went to my job interview, looked like a leopard. Like a leopard? Yeah. I just had, I had so many different little spots in the back that I didn't quite hit and then the beard trimmers weren't getting and stuff. From there on, I bought some real clippers, shaved my head for a couple of years. grew my hair out again when I moved to New York and it was getting a little too big. - It was beautiful. The frow was beautiful. It was, I mean, you had at least 13, 14 inches. - It was big. - It was very big, but it was the size that people started asking me what my plan was. (laughing) - What are you gonna do with this? - And so did you just twist? - So my friend Dulce, she was like, I think you would look good with some twists. And so then she gave me my first twist, actually on Kwanza. Is that right? - See? - Yeah. - And Dulce, I could leave. - From there on, I started to go to a salon. And what I really liked about finding the right salon for me is that salon culture is wild. - It's wild. - It's wild. - It's one of my favorite things. When I was getting my hair retwisted, you sitting there, the stories you were in here. - Well, there was this one place that I was looking at. I didn't end up going there 'cause they weren't taking new clients, right? - Because some of the people-- - The roles be crazy. - There were a couple of people that wanted you to basically have done your hair before you show up. - People who get there, yeah. - And then you go pay me $500. - Yeah. - You need to wash your hair, dry your hair, heart your hair. - Detangle. - Detangle. - Mm-hmm. - And bring the rubber bands. - I'm here to quilt. - Yeah. - Yeah. - And if you've five minutes late, I charge you $20 for every minute, you late. - But there was this one place that to their credit, said they weren't taking new clients. And I can't remember the person's name that left the review, but someone that left them like a scathing Google review where they were like, these people were rude. I showed up on time. And they didn't want to seat me, or see me, or anything like that. And then underneath them, 'cause you know the business can reply. - Yeah. - So then underneath them, they were like, "Shondra, you need help." - Oh. - We say on our website, we're not taking new clients right now, which is true. I also saw that. And you tried to show up at the salon and convince us you at Bookton Appointment, we knew you didn't book. (laughing) - Not Shondra, you need help. - Shondra, you need help. The name call out is crazy. - Now I can understand why you wanted to go there, 'cause, man. - That seems like a fun place. - That's a great place. Shondra, you need help. (laughing) - Sometimes, if you really tell somebody about themselves, you don't even need to call the by their day. - Like if you, if you really, it's worse if you call me by my name. - If you call it, - Shondra, you need help, you're not well. - 'Cause like, you need help. - Then I'm the same, doesn't have the same sincerity. - And it's too, it's too broad. - Yeah. - Shondra. - You specifically, you. - You the only one in here need help. - Yeah. - To hair, walkin' down those store aisles and seeing all those options can be overwhelming, especially when so few are actually created with textured hair in mind. That's why I love Vaskin' Ladder. It's a black owned, family-operated haircare company that started because they needed real results for themselves, and then they got 'em. Now, I use the hydrating hair mist and the stimulating scalp and hair balm to keep this blonde situation together. Now, these two penetrated hair strands without clogging pores. So, whether you've got locks, twists, or braids, coily or curly hair, they have products created just for you. And fellas, the beard is even covered. You know what I'm saying? You can explore viral bestsellers and products for healthier hair of all types. From Vaskin' Ladder, go to vaskinladdercode.com and use the code houseguests for 20% off. Yeah, that's 20% off at vaskinladderco.com code houseguests. - Your approach in comedy. I don't know would you consider yourself a clean comic? 'Cause you don't curse. None of your material seems particularly vulgar, necessarily. Maybe in the commentary of the situation when we find ourselves in these days. - Sure, sure. - It certainly seems vulgar. - Yeah, I mean, how could you not? And then it's literally what happened. - What is happening? - But like, you don't curse in your shows. And I've actually not, I think about it. I don't know that I've ever heard you cuss even casually, do you know what I mean, or conversation. I guess I just found that it wasn't really adding much for me personally. I don't mind when other comics, like some of my favorite comedians wouldn't necessarily be considered clean. And I feel like sometimes clean can also come with a bit of a negative connotation. Like you're not gonna talk of anything real or that you're gonna like self-sensor or something. So I wouldn't even say clean so much as yeah, it just happened to not curse. - There were a period of years in the, maybe the middle of the, like I've been doing it 14 years, I'd say, in year maybe seven to 10, I probably cursed a bit, but I haven't in a long time. - Is that like pandemic time? - Yeah, it was probably appropriate. - I feel like we all were, we thought we were gonna die. - We were gonna die. - Yeah. - And you were like, this shit is crazy. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. Now what I'm doing, I think it's the most sort of like, authentic expression of everything that is that wanna do. And so it's not as if I like put my foot down and was like, 'cause clean is also relative. Clean is like super relative to what offends a person specifically. So you could not curse or talk about sex or talk about poop and still not be considered clean by some standard, you know. - How would you describe your show right now? I just watch Symphony on HBO, you're new special. And man, it was such a fun snapshot into our daily lives. The things that we all have in some way, in some form kinda come up against. And then the inclusion, the incorporation of music in that, in particular, the Symphony idea. And without giving too much away, 'cause I definitely want you to go watch it on HBO. Where did this Symphony idea come from for you? - The thing that I'm very jealous of when it comes to comedy versus music, this music has a timelessness to it. Most comedies very much of the time that you're in. And even what I do on YouTube, it's more topical. And so the idea of the special was to try to create something timeless. And I don't think that there's anything that quite captures like different periods of time like music does. And so getting music incorporated and especially getting the music to summarize the feeling of what I was just talking about. And to a bigger weaving of not just like the stories, but I guess the sentiment. It's like, I personally think that you have such a memory and such a connection with music that sometimes words don't quite do the same service. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. You don't see that so much anymore. I remember when Dave Chappelle did the black party, right? It was like the roots in Eric Abadoo, with Jill Scott and Carmen and Kanye. Like there were these, you know, this like big show, this comedy show, but then it was this incredible concert as well, who had been some of your idols in comedy? Who have you always looked up to when it comes to comedy? - There's definitely been a lot of names. So it's like to go down the list, some of them will obviously be names, you know, and everything like Carlin and Pryor, but also Burr, Juan de Psyx and DLQ Glee, and Dion Colesman phenomenal for a really long time. Ali Sadeek as well. - Ali Sadeek is an animal. He'll put up a video, a stand-up special or a set, and it's like millions of views within days. - Even views aside though, it's like the quality is what people are responding to. That's why the views are there. - And consistent. Which you know a lot about, I mean, are you still doing weekly sets online on YouTube? How many weeks have you done this? - I think we just hit three years. - Wow. - So it's been going well. - That's unreal, new material. Josh, it's huge to be able to put that much work out, that consistently for three years. Mostly for doing anything that they do, are unable to do that. How are you doing it? - I try to only talk about the things I'm interested in, and I think that what people are responding to is the fact that I have genuine interest in what I'm putting out, but also it's very easy for creatives to get in our head as far as when something's ready or when something's worth sharing. An idea stuck in your head is like of no use to anybody. So even if by the time it comes out, it's not perfect or it's not exactly how you imagined it. I mean, life isn't how you completely imagined it. So I think that a huge portion of what we see from people that is great work, it ends up being a miracle if it comes together the way that the person initially intended. You can sort of wait for miracles or you can sort of do your best to make miracles. And I think that when you have a lot of practice at all the things that are required of you as a creative to share with people, which is one, doing all that pre-work, all the writing and preparation, everything, doing the actual performance. And then after the performance, building up a practice of letting go and just letting it be to people whatever it is. And I think the best way to get good at those things is to practice them and the best way to practice them is to do the misoffice possible. And I also don't look at it as some sort of chore or burden, you know? - It's part of your process. - Yeah, and also it's still very fun. And I'm glad that it mirrors in to people. - Three years in, it's still fun. - Yeah, it's very fun. - Or should it say really 14 years in, it's still fun. - Yeah, 'cause this is what I've always wanted to do with my life and I get to do it, you know. - And did you know that you wanted to be a comedian that you wanted to be a writer? - I thought I would go into science initially. - Seriously? - Yeah, and when I went to college, I studied design instead of even science. - Really? - Yeah, and then when I-- - How did you end up in design in college? 'Cause it seems like a turn. - I think what really did me and was math. No matter how interested you are in any science, eventually math pops up. - That would be, and it don't let go. - And then once I was in high school algebra, I was like, oh, never mind. Now, I'll let somebody else do something else. - And so I was still very interested in the different sciences, but I didn't even, I didn't even necessarily pick one. And then by the time I went to college, I knew that like physics out, like, Anything that had math in it that was more than just the number of things you're testing. Right. I was like, "No, I'm gonna do that." I'm good. And I had always enjoyed different theater arts and everything. I initially was trying to decide between a film major and a design major for lighting. And I went with the design because I felt like most of what you're learning when you're in these arts degrees is just practical. It's kind of why it's tough to tell people to go to college for the art sometimes because you're like, "You're gonna get more of that in the world anyway." In a real world, right? And so, while I'm glad I had the experiences that I did, I do look back at that time like, "Oh, did I really need to go just so that someone who didn't go to school and went right into the field could have a four-year leg up on me?" Right. And then I moved Chicago to start and my plan was to maybe join the union and then get some work through that. But honestly, once I even started doing open mics, it was clear that all these things were happening the same time. I was either gonna be able to do open mics and do shows or I was gonna be able to do some sort of design and have my nights taken up by that. And I just enjoyed comedy more. And so, do you remember what your first five was about the Stanley Comedy, right, and stand up in particular? Yeah. Communities often have their first five minutes, right, as known as the first five. Do you remember what your first five was about? Yeah, I think I talked about OJ. OJ? I think it was something about OJ. Like you would think after the trial, you would sort of lay low. And the fact that my man still ended up in jail for a bit, it's like, "Couldn't help himself. Like, really had to try his luck." I mean, it was wild. It was wild. And so, did you know immediately after you said you started doing the open mics, did you know that, like, "Oh, this could be a career for me or was it a hobby?" No, it was still mostly a hobby. I didn't, I wasn't even, I didn't have a career mindset or anything. I was really enjoying doing it and I was working grocery store at the same time, so I was just seriously. Yeah, I was just chilling. There's something about when you're in your 30s versus your 20s where I think a lot of the insecurity or resentment or questioning of your placing in your industry or your field can pop up. But I think that when you're in your 20s, you're usually so much more along for the ride. Right. Because part of it is also, like, you just got to survive. Yeah. I got to make it to the next paycheck. I wasn't even thinking industry or thinking, um, career mindset. I was just thinking about how to get as good as the people that I looked up to. That was really it. Even as things started to develop, I got more of a mindset for what it would take to hit that level. Yeah. And be a bit more successful. And even if your goal is a, is a number, even when you get there, it's not, it doesn't have a lot of intention behind it. Right. If your main focus, your main reasoning for, for doing something has a little bit deeper of a meaning, like for me, what I consider real success is being able to put on shows that are the best shows that people have seen, and I really want to provide, like, a spectacle for people. Even now, what my intention is with comedy bandcamp is to give people this, like, unforgettable experience and, like, incorporate music and dance. Did you go to band camp? No. No, I never went. Did you want to go to band camp? 100%. I mean, this whole tour is basically me trying to create an experience that I never had for the people coming to the show, because this is what I imagined it would be like, you know? So that's the intention behind it. Yeah. I think you can make something really cool out of what you missed. True. How did the connection between you and Trevor Noah happen? How did you guys get introduced? How did you begin working on the Daily Show? Well, I applied. That's, that's usually how you meet, yeah, it's usually how you meet your boss. So. Wait. For real? Yeah. So I worked at tonight's show for a while, and then I left tonight's show. Yeah. I did a screen test for a different show, and some of the producers for that show also work at Daily Show, and they were like, you should submit a packet. What does a packet? A packet is basically, it's different for every show, but especially when it comes to late night, a packet is basically an assortment of pieces that would be a show. Like you are writing different aspects of the show. I wrote that, sent it in, and then got called in for an interview. And that's when I met Trevor for the first time. And so interview for the job, got the job. Did you hit it off immediately with Trevor? I think so. Yeah. Why is it like that? Because here's the thing. I'm like, I'm like weird. And so I don't know when I'm hitting it off with people. It's not until the second or third, like, y'all might not like me at all. It won't be until I see you again. And we have a rapport that you're like, oh, Josh, I'm like, oh, I guess we're friends. We did that. We was good. Great. But no, even today, I'll leave being like, that was a bit much with the cheese. I was off putting to everyone when I really went in on the honeycomb and the pomegranate, and then I ate it with the meat in front of everybody. It was odd. But I loved it. I'm glad you did. I loved it. I'm thankful. But because what I appreciated was that there was at least with between us and the space that we had created here that you were comfortable enough to do what you wanted to do with that plate. Okay. Okay. That's a very generous way to put it. Yeah. No. I'm glad that's what you took away from that moment. I'm very thankful. Well, now I am nervous about what was really important. No, no, no. It could have come off as the hungriest you've ever seen in an interview. Oh, no, not at all. And so the fact that you were like, you took that moment to really stake your claim on that plate. Like, you're really, you're really recontextualizing the whole thing. In a way that's super inspirational. I'm going to take it. I'm going to take it too. Like, that's what it was. Yes, that's what it was. When people ask me about this moment, hopefully you'll even cut what I'm saying now. And when people ask about that moment, I'll be like, you know what? I was taking a stand. I was saying, you know what, cheese, meat, pomegranate, honeycomb, it's what I want come together. It's what I want right now. And I could put in my mouth at one time. And it's my business. And if they judge me, they judge me. I think I'll do that. Yes. You know, based off what you said. I love it. You applied for a job. You got the job and it became another step in the launching and what feels like the launching pad of your career. Sure. You go from improv nights to stand up to working on shows, to late night, and then you end up hosting. Yeah. That's that kind of wild trajectory. I think I started to notice how much everything was working in tandem when Trevor asked me to come on the road with him. And I was doing those shows with him and then was writing at the show during the week and stuff like that. But I've been incredibly fortunate. I mean, I think that obviously if you're out enough and you're working all the time in some of that, you give yourself a few more opportunities to be lucky. But also, yeah, I can't act like I haven't had a tremendous amount of help. I've been blessed that people take a shine to me and give me opportunities and stuff like that. I just try to make sure that in the moment, I sort of meet that opportunity. And if I feel like, oh, I'm questioning if I'm ready for it, it's like through enough preparation, you know that you're ready and then take as much advantage as you can. Yeah. You definitely seem to me to be a person that prepares. I do like you show up studied, you show up red, you show up practiced, and like it's not a fluke by the time you get on stage. Yeah. I mean, let's see how this goes. The fluke is what you're scared it is. Right. So then you have to like prove that thing is not true to yourself, you know? Yeah. That's true through preparation. I want to ask you what you feel like, you know, especially in a time now where it seems like stand-up comedy for a lot of comedians, the commentary is that it's sanitized. We've had to play it much safer, crowds are not willing to be as open or receptive to harsher criticisms of our lives as they are today. Things like, you know, you see like the roasts and stuff that have come back and commentary around them. How do you feel about where comedy is? I mean, I feel like a lot of stuff is actually fine. I don't read into some of that stuff too much because at the end of the day people are saying whatever it is they want to say. Right. And always have. Yeah, and always have, and there's some consequence to it. I think to be able to say what you want to say without consequence is what doesn't exist. I think that comedy is fine. I think there's always going to be complaints about who is the most popular at any given time and the reasons why. I think who is the most popular and why they are popular will change. And I think that for some, the change can't come fast enough and for some, they can see the tide turning. And then for some, they think it will always be the same way, which is where I think some of the main complaints come from is that like whatever low hanging fruit is successful and stuff like that. Should always be. I try to focus on what I'm doing. I don't really have enough space for what everybody else is talking about. Which is also kind of I think some words to live by like run your own race. I mean, I think maybe it was another reason why you are ahead in so many ways is because you're not focused on what other people might consider competition. What their commentary is as much as it's like, here's what I'm here to do and I'm going to do that the best I can possibly do it. Sure. I mean, I will say this, I think that the best way, if there's anything that you don't like about whatever, whatever world it is, it can be comedy, it can be music, whatever. I think the best way to complain about bad art is with good art. If you're making something and you feel like what you're making is better than what's being made, then the the most important thing you can do is make your thing. - And get it out. - Yeah, and get it out. Which is not as easy with directing and acting. Like there are some things where you need the team. So I understand that those complaints and those industry complaints are like not only incredibly valid, but they're a harder hill to climb. But when it comes to comedy and stand up in particular, it's like so much of it is just whatever you wanna say you can say, and then if you wanna put something out, you can put it out. So I don't really know how much it matters how we feel like this comedy civil war. I don't know how much it-- - You do feel though, you do it like you're over there. - People are like, it does feel like it in these spaces. It's like, what the hell did this come for? - Yeah, yeah. - It's intense. - The way to complain about who is popular and why or whatever is to keep making the great art that you know that you can make. And I think that people will take more inspiration from that and I think that people will be inspired by then just what's out there. I think if you only, if you sit there and only complain about what's out there, then it is kind of, if anything, you're giving them more attention. - I'm feeding it. - Especially the way that algorithms work. It's like, you're just doubling down on their popularity. But if you're like, I don't like that. And so I'm gonna do my own thing, which is not like that. - Or support something else that is not like that. - Or there are people who don't do that. So I'm gonna hype up all the people that don't do that that I like. - Whether you're talking about algorithms or whether you're talking about overall attention economy, the best stretch you can have for something that you really despise being in the world is to completely flood all channels, all conversation with the people that you like. And then not only are you like uplifting the people that you think are doing great work, but you are not giving any attention or any cloud or any energy to the people that you think are making the world a worse place. - I could not have done it anymore. I wanna know more about your outfit choices. - And how you choose your outfits. It's very nice for you to play in a plural. - Don't answer, don't answer. - So you ready to go inside, but yeah, sure. - Let's do it. (upbeat music) - You ready to play a little game? - Sure. - But before we do, I ask you a question outside. - Okay. - About your outfit. - Yeah. - And your choice in fashion. - How did you settle on this would be the look? Like, was it, you were like, Steve Jobs. I see you and I'll raise you a hoodie. Like, what was it? - I'd just really like being comfortable. (laughing) - Okay. - Yeah, mostly one less thing to think about in the morning. - Yeah. - And now I get them as gifts. You know, initially I had a bunch of great hoodies and now people give me great hoodies. And so now I have more than I know what to do with. - Has anyone ever gifted you like a cream turtleneck or like a turquoise cardigan? And they're like, hey, make me a little something. - No, nobody but my girlfriend. - My girlfriend is like, hey, you want to mix it up? You want to do something a little different? - And you're like, nah, I'm good. I'm good. Yeah, I'm all right. (laughing) - She has great taste. So I've worn the clothes that she's gifted me before, but just, I haven't really worn them on stage or anything. - Would we need to be concerned the day that you walk out and like a, I don't know, like a hard boy denim outfit? - No, I'm not concerned because I wear, I try to dress up for the specials that I do. - Very nice. - So I will wear different things for an event. But if we're just talking, if we're just chilling, we're just relaxing. - I'm doing what I do. - Yeah, it's this. (laughing) - This is what you're going to get. - All right, I'm at it. Well, this is what you're going to get right now. - All right. - We're going to play a little game, we're calling, play it by ear. (upbeat music) - We've got some cue cards here with songs on them. And it looks like we have our first instrument. - Our, is this a harmonica or is this a kazoo? - No, no, it's a harmonica. - We're going to play the songs that we get on our cards on our harmonica. - Okay, but what was that? - Well, I was trying to press, because I know you need to press a little bit sometimes and it gave me a little crack immediate. (laughing) (laughing) - Did you just break the harmonica? - I don't think I broke it. Maybe it will be single use. (laughing) - Okay, well I guess we'll find out won't we? - Yes. - Yes, okay. - Okay, let's see what we will. Okay, guess go first, you go first. - Okay. Do you know how to play the harmonica? - Not at all. Have you ever played? - No. - No. (laughing) - Okay. - Not it. - Give me like five seconds. Let me, this first try isn't me doing the thing. It's me playing the harmonica for the first time. So just, okay. - Okay. (upbeat music) - Okay. (timer beeps) - Okay. You ready? This is the song. - This is the song. (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (timer beeps) - You get to give it another go. - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. (timer beeps) (timer beeps) (timer beeps) (timer beeps) - Okay. (upbeat music) - Look at me like, right? - Yeah, yeah. - Okay. (laughing) - Here's my question. Does it sound like the song to you playing it? Does it sound, does it sound like? You don't have to attack me like that. - No, I would, I would. - Like when you're like, - Are you here at the song when you play it? - It's a wild. - No, no, no, no. - That's a wild. - I already told you I couldn't play this. - No, no, no. - It's like, does it feel like the song in your mouth? (laughing) - It is a wild way to pass me a play. - And Josh, what I'm saying is, would you know what this song was based on that? - You look, I'm not gonna judge you if you can guess it. (laughing) - Well, last thing you need to do is judge me for how I play it. This is new for me. The one thing I will say that I got kinda right, this last time I tried, the very beginning, I think that that is the song. The chorus that I'm trying to hit, I can't hit, like I can't do in the thing, with the little piece of the song. - Okay, see that part. (upbeat music) - That's like a whole different song. - Okay, wait, wait, wait, it probably was. (laughing) - Look at the car when we're tired. - Yeah, no, I know what I'm doing. I know what I'm trying to do. - Okay. - Let me see. - Okay. (upbeat music) - Written in your lawn, I been through this too long, 'cause I be damned if you're thinking of the chick on your eye, say it in your lawn, I been through this too long, 'cause I've been doing it in a low and let you go. - I get how you got that from what I did, but that isn't the song I was going for, but that means that I was doing something that reminded you of something, which is nice. So it was all of the lights Kanye West, and it's like, (upbeat music) You know what I mean? - Want you to see everything? Want you to see all of the lights? (upbeat music) - So, that wasn't it? - No. - But, that was my attempt. So just so you know, I'm not losing my mind. Like, that was, if I could get it out through a harmonica the way that you would have been that. - You see what I was trying to do from me telling you exactly what I was trying to do. - I heard what you said. - That's it. - I did hear what you said. - What an attack. - No, no, no, it's fine, it's fine, it's fine. (laughing) - It's all good. - It's probably very difficult though. I would imagine, right? - Do you play a harmonica? - No. - Oh, then maybe it'll be difficult. It would suck if you did it so well that I just guessed it. I'm gonna try to guess it. Like, I'm not gonna try it now to poorly to make you look like you did what I did because you aren't gonna do what I did. I'm sure you're more of me's clean-clined. - Well! - With the harmonica. - It's a harmonica. - Yeah. - They don't call me Stevie. - Okay. (triumphant music) - This is sounds exactly like what you just did. - Oh, it does, it does. So now I feel a little bit vindicated in the fact that you know. (triumphant music) (triumphant music) - No. (triumphant music) - Okay. I'm singing it in Spanish also, which is not the way to do it 'cause, okay, look at me. (triumphant music) - I'm being annoyed if I'm right, but also, (triumphant music) - Yeah, Beyonce is irreplaceable. - Yeah, see that. - Yeah. - See that? - Yeah, but yet a little lean to you. - Yeah, your eyes. - Your eyes were telling a story. - Yeah. - Yeah. (laughing) - But then I started singing it in Spanish. I was like, "Jalavés, Jalavés." - When you said you were singing in Spanish, I was like, "That's weird." - That's a wild choice. - It's a weird thing to just flip into Spanish. I think it's probably because you probably, because she just re-released the B-Day album and it had all the Spanish versions of the Shakira, like the beautiful liar and all that. - Beautiful. - Is it right, beautiful liar? - Beautiful liar? - Yeah, yeah. - All the Spanish versions. Jalavés, Samorra, this is a Vesit event. In a La Closet, the Roombling cone. - Sacable. - This is how I love that. - Preach, yes. - Yeah. (laughing) - Right, preach. (bell ringing) - This message is a paid partnership with Apple Card. The summer may begin. coming to an end, but my travel plans are still in full effect. Whether I'm in Miami or Monte Carlo, Indianapolis or Ibiza, I never have to worry about what's in store because I've got one travel companion that always has my back. My Apple card, it's accepted anywhere in the world, nicer card is accepted, and I can earn up to 3% daily cash back on all of my purchases using Apple card with Apple Pay. But that's not all. Apple card has no fees. You heard me? No annual foreign transaction, late or over the limit fees, no fees ever, which means my vacation stays over the top. Apply in the wallet app on iPhone today. Subjected credit approval, variable APRs for Apple card range from 17.49% to 27.74% based on credit worthiness. Rates as of July 1st, 2026, existing customers can view their variable APR in the wallet app or at card.apple.com. Subjected credit approval, Apple card is issued by Goldman Sachs, Bank USA, Salt Lake City Branch, Terms and More at Apple card.com. Yeah, okay. It's um, I know. I know what it is. You'll win then, you'll spill a little freak. Maybe I should keep going one second, okay? Freak on a leash, and you'll want to go in the freak. How are you getting that out of what I'm doing? That's not what you're doing. This is a leap, what you're doing. I mean, I'm barely strumming it. There's something about your spirit that's saying, I feel like we're communicating. My spirit? Yeah. Um, okay, let me see. Freak on a leash. Oh, oh, wait, wait, one more time. It's literally just these four, just these four things. Yeah, I think I got it. Yeah. They not like us. Wow. Is that right? Yes, that was all you. I really gave you nothing. But no, it was the dum, dum, dum, danum. What I had to get out of my mind, I was like, it doesn't actually sound like a ukulele. Because then when you said it wasn't freak on a leash by corn. Yes. I was like, then it must be the dun dun dun. Yeah. And I was like, it wouldn't be. He's not doing that. And so, yeah, you, you, wow, the corn, you know, like, I don't think we talk about that enough. I don't talk about it at all. So I'm glad that you are, you're speaking on it. You're not a fan of the corn growing up. We had corn and corn fields. We just didn't have the music. Wow. Excellent job. Okay. See? Okay. The musicianship the year is 1996. Seven. I don't know the name. No one did. But is it, is it slow? Yes, it's very slow. If you're sick. Okay. Is it, um, um, you got to be bad. You got to be bold. You got to be. Oh my god. No. Same time period. Yeah. I'm too sexy for my shirt. Too sexy for my, maybe I'm going too fast. Oh, it started to do stuff. Yeah. Yeah. Imagine this sounds like this. If you don't know the song by that, there's nothing I'm going to be able to do that's going to make you sound. Yes. It's like a horror movie thing. That's exactly it. It's the quiet storm. You remember that you used to play on the radio? It'd be like 10 or 11 o'clock. We'd be in the car and it'd be like the quiet storm. And then we'll go. It was the scariest thing as a kid. I feel good about my answer because I don't think I experienced this at all. Like, like, I think I actually, what were you doing in Louisiana? You're actually going through real storms, like real hurricanes. You wouldn't then quiet about them storming. No, no, no. They came with a bag when you put it that way. But I'm just saying, you didn't do a bad job at all. I just never encountered that song. I don't think so. Oh, I'm playing it for you before you leave here today. Okay. Okay. I actually think I might do okay with this one. Okay. Ready? You got your song already? Mm-hmm. Oh, what was the last part? Oh, what is that? I mean, whether you all get it or not, I feel like I'm doing a better job than I've done this entire time with this one. This is the best one you've done. This is the only one I've been confident in. Okay. Once I give it to you again. Yeah, because you didn't even, like, you didn't break eye contact. No, no. I feel like I'm actually doing this one right. I feel like you know, like, you're, yeah, and it seems, nobody's interested in learning, but the teacher, um, let me give it to you. That one's not it. Boom. Was it Temptations? No, no, no, no, no, no. You sure it's not the Temptations? No, I'm positive. I can at least read. I read the card. Is it more current? Okay. So I'm going to tell you, I'm going to tell you, give me one more hint. Give me one more hint. Yeah. Don't lay it again. I just want you to wait at that one. Biggest rapper at the time. Early 2000s? Yeah. I mean, that was 50. That was J times. God and done and all I hear is the Temptations. Uh, it is Candy Shop. Take you to the Candy Shop. I'm gonna hit the line. He's going to hit this one. Whoa. Whoa. Yes. You're saying yes in a way that feels no, no, no, no, it's yeah, that's it. No, it's fine. Whoa. What's the whoa, whoa part of the Candy Shop? This is the end of the that chorus. Whoa, whoa. Yeah. Huh. Whoa, whoa is in the song. It's got to be. Is it not? We're going to see. There's one. Whoa. I thought there was two. Whoa. You thought there were two rows and I thought there was. I could be wrong, but I could swear. It's like, I bet you're right. Take it to the Candy Shop. I'm going to hit this one. Whoa. I'm trying to do it with one now, but whoa, whoa feels right. Whoa, whoa feels better. Yeah. It's been a while since we heard it. Yeah. I'm going to go this one. Okay. There's not a part of it. I know it wasn't a part of it. I know it wasn't a medium. You know what the song is? It was that good? I know you're doing a song. Yeah. Apart from what you're doing, I'm trying to remember the name. It was the first song this artist did. blew up on the scene. One of the biggest pop stars of all time. We've watched them grow up. Is it called Baby Baby? Oh, yeah. Okay. I got you. Yeah. Baby, baby, baby. Oh, this is just 1/0 though. I could swan there were two O's. Okay. Last one. Last one. Okay. Oh, jeez. All right. One second. Have you ever played a trumpet before? Not at all. Give me a second. Give me a second. No, I think you want to get some sound out of it. No, I would love to. I think you got to make the sound. I think I'm personally my lips to do it. One's like. Yeah. Hold on. We're going to get there. Is that the song? No, no, no, no, no. This is still breathwork. One second. (crow cawing) - Okay. - Okay. I'm getting close. I'll let you know when it's a song. Is there another note? There is another note, but it's the same note a bunch of times. Maybe. That's the one it. That should be filling things out. One minute, one minute. That sounds like a poo. Yeah, yeah. No, that was just a poo. Okay, ready? We'll put it in a post. If you do it in a post, it's actually going to look like I'm killed it because I'm going to, okay, I'm going to. Put that in. No, put that in. I'm going to put it in. No, no, no, no. All right, all right, what about? All right. No, we're going to put it in. We're going to put it in. I'm going to embarrass you. No, I got no. We're going to embarrass you. If you were going to embarrass me, what'd he give me? What about it? One second. Hold on. All the single letters. Give me a hand. Give me a hand. Give me a hand. Same word. Because of work. It's work. That was scary. Yeah, I wouldn't even use, like, you might want to hum yours because I put a lot of breath through this. Yeah, no, I'm going to let you, I'm going to work. I basically cough through it. I think we're going to end it on that note. Okay, that's fine. What do you say? Yeah, give it up and drop everybody. Would you want another lemonade? What'd you think? I would love another lemonade, some cheese crackers. I would love to stay really. Well, come on, come on. If I can stick your shoes out. Oh, yep, come on. Yep, yep, it's all happening. Question about the horns. I had no idea that these treats were just decorative.