![]() ![]() So that’s what we’re going to turn our focus back to for now. We’ll figure out who the next driver is going to be, but the car is the car and it’s still racing down the road. It’s still full steam ahead on making a television show. And we’re going to focus on a lot of issues that are going on there in Georgia, correspondents are already getting their assignments. We’re still going to Atlanta for midterms. He stepped down, we made our jokes, it’s time to clock in. So you know, as far as I’m concerned it’s time to get back to work. There’s still a lot of serious issues that are dividing the country that need to be resolved, and that we need to bring attention to. Because I think what what I don’t want people to lose sight of in the midst of Trevor’s decision is that there’s still a fucking midterm election coming up, man. So, yeah, that day was myself and the writers just going, “We have to talk about what’s in the zeitgeist, we have to talk about last week.” And it’s the perfect place to mention it and be playful about it, and then get back on with the show. Shout out to “Dua Lupita,” who is not a real artist. So you understand where he was coming from? And so, you know, I think that was probably the right thing for him to do, because otherwise you’re just sitting and you’re bored and then you look like one of them animals in the zoo that shouldn’t be locked up like that. You can put a spoiler on it, you can make it a convertible, but you’re not going to be able to completely change the chassis and the functionality of that vehicle creatively to the degree that I think Trevor needed. If you want to drive a truck, I’m sorry, The Daily Show is a car. There’s not really much that you can do to change that. And The Daily Show is The Daily Show, that car is the car. But for it to remain interesting for Conan, creatively, he started coming up with different ways-and also because networks were restricting and hating on my dog-but it was something where he was allowed to evolve. I don’t know that it was like that for the first 20 years. ![]() He eventually got to that point later on. What was that real conversation that you and Trevor had about The Daily Show’ s seven-year anniversary? You can listen to the whole thing by subscribing to The Last Laugh on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, Amazon Music, or wherever you get your podcasts, and be the first to hear new episodes when they are released every Tuesday. ![]() “Let’s not forget, all of these shows are just trying to make people laugh,” he adds, “but you still have to expose the bullshit.”īelow is an edited excerpt from our conversation. When it comes to political satire on late-night TV, Wood asks, “How much of this is actual discourse and legitimate conversation, and how much of this is corrosive and destructive to the stability of our democracy? And if it’s destructive to the stability of our democracy, whatever joke you have, it ain’t worth it.” “But then you try that and you book Kanye and you have to not release the episode because he was wilding,” Wood jokes, alluding to a recent episode of LeBron James’ The Shop that was pulled following Kanye West’s antisemitic remarks. That could mean making the show more “centrist” or inviting on guests who have diametrically opposed political views from the host. We’ve got to figure out a way to use humor as a bridge,” he tells me. “Whatever the next shows are within the world of political satire, across whatever networks, we’ve got to figure out a way to be a bridge. In our conversation about a week later, Wood is not only unusually candid about what he would do if offered the coveted gig, but also has some big ideas about what the future should hold for late-night political comedy as a whole. ![]()
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