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“Well, that's. Debatable, but they allow us to be part of the process, which is nice. So for me, it's been kind of my film school. I didn't go to film school. So this has been a great education in that. And I realize I really love the process of it. So I think anything going forward, I hope that I get the opportunity to kind of create a little and be part of the process behind the scenes too.”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Not in any meaningful way. No, not necessarily, but I'm always kind of like brainstorming on ideas and. One of the gifts of working at this show is that we're not only acting, we're invited into the creative process behind the scenes so we get to be part of the writing process. We get to sit in the edit.”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Yeah, I love doing all of it. They scratch different itches. It's all a little different. Look, this show definitely has been taking up quite a bit of time, especially during an election season. This feels very fulfilling right now in many ways, but I love playing characters and I love doing scripted comedy. And yeah, I hope that there's room for that in the future as well.”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“My audition, you have to write your character and kind of show the show what you think you would do. And my character for the audition was very much a Megan Kelly Fox news type. And I use that piece to ultimately, it's what got me the job. But then very quickly, I think the whole team was like, we're not going to put you in that lane. We need you to, yeah. And I'm grateful. I'm really grateful.”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“When I auditioned for the show the first time, I auditioned when John was the host and then months went by and it was Trevor. So it was a different time and pre-Trump in a serious way.”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Unfair. It's just so juvenile. It's doo-doo. It's poo poo pen. They go poo poo in diapers. What does weird even mean? What does it mean? What no one knows what it means? Why won't they tell us what weird means so we know how to respond? She's just hiding in her bunker. She is so hopped up and just fueled on fear and paranoia and ivermectin and she has got to share the message with the audience. She can't even leave her house. She's like, I've got to get this out right now. I've got to warn you all.”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“You know who else they called weird? Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, the Unibomber. He went to Harvard. Republicans have so many wonderful patriots in their ranks. Look at this man. Does he look weird to you? Hey, stop calling Republicans weird. You guys are being so unwoke right now. Stop it. And so that idea came from one of our writers on the digital team. And the first time it was done, our first installment of it was actually with a different correspondent and it was when we were working at the studio it was with like a full studio production full setup reading the prompter And it was good Then the pandemic happened and we were working from home and that correspondent wasn't available so they called man. They go, hey, can you shoot this quick Fox Blaines thing? From your iPhone. In your apartment. That's how”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Right, right. But then I think as time has gone on, our audience kind of grew to expect a little more authenticity from the correspondence and playing that arch felt. Somewhat out of style. So we were looking for a way to not just comment on Fox News, like the host would at the desk, but actually embody the feeling of it and to play with the mental gymnastics and talking out of both sides of their mouth.”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I love them so much. We, well, for a long time, back in the old days at the Daily Show, you would through your correspondent character, you would kind of embody that perspective, the Fox News perspective. So you were.”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Yeah, I find like posting too engaged and posting content on my own personal account can be really daunting and time consuming sometimes. I lose patience for that. But I think as far as the show goes, we have an incredible digital team who's been really at the forefront for many, many, many years, which Trevor came on. That was one of the first things that Trevor talked about. It was like, we have got to engage in this space or we're going to fall away. And we do have a really solid following on digital because of our great team. And now I have to say, like Fox Plains is my favorite thing to do at the show.”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Yes, exactly. Exactly Republicans are weird. Democrats are the ones who want to make AP butt stuff a requirement for elementary schools. They're the ones milking almonds, which last I checked don't have nipples. They're the ones providing litter boxes to illegal immigrants who identify as field. No makeup.”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Oh, yeah, it exists somewhere. But acting classes and all of that, but there was only so much you could. There was only a small...”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“My advice to someone just entering the business right now trying to navigate all of it is because there are no rules. One of the huge benefits is that you can. Write your own stuff. You can record yourself. You can share it with the world. Now you have production at your fingertips and you can very pretty easily practice writing and directing and creating your own content. And that's really exciting for any artist.”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“But listen, I've been at the Daily Show for nine and a half years. I am just thrilled to have health insurance for this long. I knew what I was signing up for in being an actor.”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I try not to think about it too much. I waited tables for 10 years. I did bit parts on two and a half men in every comedy show I'm god. We don't need to talk about that. Oh, I was the girl, one of 7,000 girlfriends on that show. Yes, I was the girl of the episode or whatever. And the Emmy goes too. Yeah, right, for your consideration. Girl number three with Charlie Sheen.”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Yeah, but I think one thing that I can say that feels good about what we're doing right now at the Daily Show is that we all have different perspectives. We all come from a different backgrounds. And I'm going to cover the show differently than the way Ronnie would cover the show than the way Jordan would cover the show. So I think, you know, we all have different perspectives here in this country. And it's a gift to get to share that with each other.”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Oh, for sure. And I was a huge fan of Sam's show of Amber Ruffins' show, Lily's show, oh, Z-Way, of course, Joan Rivers and, you know, Chelsea and Sarah, huge fan of all of their shows. I think. I think America just kind of gets used to hearing their late night comedy fodder from a man and then it starts to feel right and men watch men and women have become accustomed to watching men and no one really thinks any differently. It's just like, oh, this feels like the right fit. But I know. For myself, I would love to see more women in the space. I'm growing up, maybe had I seen more women behind the desk, maybe I would have thought like, oh, I would really like to do that.”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Which got bigger and bigger progressively the Maxi pad on the side of his face by Thursday. Unbelievable. I know you can't run. You can't write it.”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I was We canceled because after that happened, the security was already going to be hard to navigate around. We had 1,500 people coming in every night for shows in our theater. And our theater was placed within the area of the convention. We were very close to the convention. So it was already going to be challenging. But then once that happened and the security parameters were changing every day, we started to very quickly realize that it was just not going to be feasible either to load our audience in safely every day or for us to go out and do pieces, quick turnaround pieces at the convention on the floor.”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“We want to be sensitive to that. Maybe it's not the right time to make jokes about that. Maybe because there was a tragedy, we should stay away from it altogether and have the conversation in a different way. You know, I will say. We came back for the week of the RNC The assassination attempt happened.”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Well, I don't think there are hard rules about never joking about a certain topic or never joking about Certain person, but it's the style of joke has to be considered. Like, you know, Boeing is in the news all the time. This might not be the best example, but, you know, with Boeing being in the news all the time, if it's top of the day and we're going to make a run of Boeing jokes, we should be making them. Punching up at the executives of Boeing who are responsible for these mishaps, not at any potential tragedy that could happen. If there's a big, if something tragic happens in the world and we think, okay, we're a comedy show, we have to make jokes about this.”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“One point I tried to get it back on track, and then I thought, you know what, no, now I'm just interfering. We got to let”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“That's rid Overall, like, you know, isn't it a good thing that we have to sit back and think twice about what we're saying? I don't think that good comedy doesn't come well from fear. You know, you don't want to come from a place of fear when you're trying to be funny. It's not going to end well. So I understand from an emotional standpoint, being afraid of saying the wrong thing can absolutely kill comedy. But being more thoughtful about the types of jokes that you're saying and the types of narratives that you might be perpetuating and being sensitive to punching up and not punching down or that's just being a human being, right? Yeah.”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“And I didn't know if I could do it. I didn't know that I would enjoy it. And there's no manual. There's no Testing it out, you just have to kind of like throw yourself in and see how it feels, but it's really, it's messy. And I'm, you know, I have made a lot of mistakes and I continue to make mistakes, but it's such a fun challenge and it's just a joy. And I have been here for almost 10 years. So I'm getting to do all of this with people that are essentially my family. We'll be”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I just didn't really think that that would be my path. I thought I was a comedic actress that played characters. Even on the show, I was the character of the correspondent.”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I love sitting at the desk. I will do it as much as they ask me to do it. It really genuinely surprised me how much I'm enjoying it every second of the day. Like in a way that really shocked me. I would not have thought that.”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I have no idea. I have no idea. I think we're all going into this, looking at it like this is what it is. Like this is the version of the show that we all love making.”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“And you would think as a child, I saw myself. I would want to be Annie. I wanted to be Miss Hannigan. I was like, she's the funny one. She's the one. She's the star.”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“It just no one is like her. My dad would show me the episodes of the Carol Burnett show. And it's timeless and we would howl and watching her just fully commit to whatever character she was playing. She just, she owned it. And then watching her be herself and be so vulnerable in the Q&A portion of the show, which I heard originally intimidated her a little bit, and then she kind of got into her rhythm and was like, oh no, this is my favorite part of the show. She's just an icon. I was obsessed with the movie Annie growing up And I watched it probably a hundred times”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Really, who I would love to have, and this is a big ask, but Carol Burnett would be my not political answer, but just comedically Carol Burnett would be my dream.”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“You can't ask me to choose. You can't, I can't, they're all choose. They're all my boys. But I will say the last time I got to do a duo with Jordan, we had a big newsweek. And it was really fun to be collaborating together from the top of the day all the way to the end. So we have a great time at the desk together, but also the behind the scenes plotting and planning and shaping the show was surprisingly pretty effortless.”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“All local news there is kind of like a local newsy Pattern to it. There's like a rhythm that's really fun. And, you know, Jordan.”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I love that podcast. Because I have to say, it's really nice to be able to share the responsibility with someone else. Part of what we're enjoying so much about this era of the Daily Show is that we get an opportunity to host, but then we're not hosting every single show. It's a grind. We take little breaks here and there, but it's not a lot. So when we can host once a month for a full week, there's time to read the books of the authors that are coming on as guests. There's time to watch the shows and do the research and take a little breather. So we're really enjoying the ensemble aspect of it as far as being at the desk with another person. I love the duo.”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Scripted comedy. And so I was very accustomed to playing a character and felt very comfortable that way. I never thought that my path would be posting a late night show. So I think for me, the biggest transition was getting comfortable being myself at the desk. When you're at the desk, it's your point of view. You have a lot of help from a lot of really talented writers and producers. But ultimately, you're choosing the stories, you're setting the tone. It's your take. You have a say in what guests you want to bring on and what questions that you want to ask. So getting comfortable. Being myself in that seat was different and really”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Is there a difference We have a whole staff of brilliant writers, and they do a lot of the heavy lifting, but we were involved in the writing process and we can pitch an idea, and often we do for a chat. But it's very collaborative. So it's usually for the actual bits themselves, it's two writers and a correspondent sitting down and writing it together. But I'd say as a correspondent, you're usually embodying kind of a wild perspective to try to heighten whatever point of view is being made. So you're assisting what the host's perspective is. And usually doing it by coming in and being very arch and being a character. And I never did stand up. I came up through improv and”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I think the unknown felt scary at times. I think people were on edge sometimes with not knowing what was going to, what the permanent plan was. We did not know that Trevor was going to walk away. And so there was a bit of a shock when that happened and totally understandable, by the way. He is a stand-up at heart and he was at the show for seven years. That's a long time. And it is a grind. And he did it. Beautifully. But that was, we all had to kind of like process that. And, you know, it was challenging, but I also have to say it's a huge testament to the show and the machine that's built here. Jen being so good at her job, managed to keep the train from running off the tracks and build a show every week for a new voice. And that's incredible. And I. Was part of it, but also as a viewer.”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“He's flexible when it comes to the process of it. So watching the behind the scenes in morning meetings, in rehearsal, how he shapes the show from rehearsal to the show itself, it's a masterclass. And for those of us who get to go sit at the desk for the rest of the week, it's incredible to be able to like kind of process and take it all in and then apply what we're learning, you know, the next week or the next day, attempting to. No one can be. We're not trying to be John, but there's a lot to learn.”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“He seems to be having the time of his life. Yeah, and morale is way up. It's really, really good to have him back. I think so many people here at the show have been here for many, many years and many of them actually worked with John before. So there was already, you know, a family connection there. And then the rest of the people, you know, many of them. Came here because they have such admiration and reverence for John and what he built here. So people like myself are getting to work with him for the first time. And he's the best. He is truly the best. To get to. Watch him as a performer every Monday is one thing, but to watch him come into the office with ideas the way he leads the staff and his energy coming in is upbeat and passionate. He comes in with a clear vision. He has ideas.”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Have I would though. I would take it. I don't know that he would ever come on our show. I know John wouldn't interview him. John has been vocal about that. I think any of us would love to.”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I don't know. I don't think so. I don't know. Maybe I would need to play into it in a Fox Newsy kind of way and pretend to be charmed by him to then get in there and get him to answer the question. But he is so good at evading the question and making hard turns. I think just anyone who sits down with him needs to ask him the same question over and over again until he responds.”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“What would I say if he said, You're so beautiful? I would just say I don't know exactly what I would ask him, but I would just say answer the damn question, answer the damn question.”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“But there are also loads of things that we want to talk about, issues that are really important to us, but they happen to be very tragic, sad issues. And then we go, okay, well, we're a comedy show. Can we find the humor in this? Is there a perspective from a legislator or politician that we can poke holes in and find the hypocrisy or the irony in and blow that out comedically? If not, maybe we have someone on as a guest and have this conversation in a different way.”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I mean, I think anytime that you're really agitated or irritated about something, that's a good place to come from for comedy, something that really gets under your skin that you feel, you know. hopped up about but you also don't want to perpetuate dangerous narratives so it's a fine line to walk yeah and there are times that we certainly have those conversations like do we want to make a meal out of this today”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Part of the problem. I certainly think it could. I think the more the Democrats are clear on their message on what they're going to do for the American people in a real way, in a real meaningful way, the more that they can kind of resonate with the people of Kentucky. I think there's absolutely a chance that it could shift at probably not this election.”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“That's intentional, right? That's the thing I've learned most about Fox News is that there are a thousand ways you can print Kamala.”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I highly recommend it. Namibia. Congratulations. You can say it unlike our former president, who I believe called it Nambia. Oh, Trump.”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I did. I think we have this obviously American exceptionalism and we think we're the best at everything. I really, we were ranked at the time, I think. 49th in the world by the World Economic Forum and when it comes to gender equality. And I thought, well, let's travel around the world and see if we can copy off of someone else's homework, see what they're doing in all these different areas. So we looked at female representation in government. We looked at parental leave in Iceland. We went to Spain. You went to Namibia. I went to Namibia, where they have had female representation in their government for quite some time. And that was really interesting to see. By the way, Namibia is the most beautiful place I've ever been. It was just...”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I think for us, we generally just look to mind comedy in hypocrisy anytime when there's a hypocritical point of view, that is generally the area to go in on. And he is hypocritical”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I don't even know if he believes any of those things. I think he thinks that it's going to help it politically, right? Absolutely. Did you read there was somebody who went to school with who. Yes.”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“That's the issue. I mean, if any of us Fox News day in and day out, when someone tells you we are the only source that you can rely on, no one else is telling you the truth. We are the only ones. You're going to drink the Kool-Aid.”
2024-08-12 · On with Kara Swisher · The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic Mines the “Weird” 2024 Election For Comedy Gold · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT