1 00:00:03,962 --> 00:00:05,630 [upbeat music playing] 2 00:00:05,630 --> 00:00:08,925 Ahh, smokinghot.com/deborah. 3 00:00:08,925 --> 00:00:10,844 Gorgeous! Gorgeous! 4 00:00:10,844 --> 00:00:12,429 Someone get me a bloody spoon, 5 00:00:12,429 --> 00:00:14,389 'cause I'm eating up what you're serving. 6 00:00:14,389 --> 00:00:15,765 Look at that. Yummy. 7 00:00:15,765 --> 00:00:17,475 That's fucking tasty. - [chuckles] 8 00:00:17,475 --> 00:00:18,935 Just give us five minutes, OK? 9 00:00:18,935 --> 00:00:20,311 We're just gonna adjust for the next setup. 10 00:00:20,311 --> 00:00:21,813 - Whoo! - Thank you. 11 00:00:21,813 --> 00:00:23,481 OK, fierce. 12 00:00:23,481 --> 00:00:25,734 You gotta teach me how to take a photo like that. 13 00:00:25,734 --> 00:00:28,570 Chin down, ears forward, eyes up. 14 00:00:28,570 --> 00:00:30,989 And hum the national anthem. It keeps the jowls tight. 15 00:00:30,989 --> 00:00:32,699 OK, think I'm just gonna stick with, 16 00:00:32,699 --> 00:00:34,159 "Here, let me take it." 17 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:35,910 OK. I got great news. 18 00:00:35,910 --> 00:00:37,746 We are officially on the books for your test show 19 00:00:37,746 --> 00:00:39,831 two weeks from Friday. - Great. 20 00:00:39,831 --> 00:00:41,458 We shouldn't even have to do a test show. 21 00:00:41,458 --> 00:00:43,460 I mean, I say we force the network's hand. 22 00:00:43,460 --> 00:00:46,504 What if I tweeted something like "Deborah got the job"? 23 00:00:46,504 --> 00:00:47,964 I mean, the network's never gonna backtrack 24 00:00:47,964 --> 00:00:49,007 if it's already out there. 25 00:00:49,007 --> 00:00:50,759 OK, that's genius. 26 00:00:50,759 --> 00:00:52,010 [chuckles] 27 00:00:53,053 --> 00:00:55,305 Kayla, do not tweet anything, OK? 28 00:00:55,305 --> 00:00:56,848 We are so close to the finish line here. 29 00:00:56,848 --> 00:00:58,433 It's down to Deborah and the X Games guy. 30 00:00:58,433 --> 00:01:00,143 You know that. - OK, calm your nuts. 31 00:01:00,143 --> 00:01:02,479 Anyway, it's perfect timing for the test show 32 00:01:02,479 --> 00:01:05,607 because it's exactly when the Meena Elahi piece will run. 33 00:01:05,607 --> 00:01:06,733 - That's right. - Wait. 34 00:01:06,733 --> 00:01:08,735 Meena Elahi's the journalist you've been talking to? 35 00:01:08,735 --> 00:01:10,111 She's amazing. 36 00:01:10,111 --> 00:01:11,863 She's taken so many people down. 37 00:01:13,365 --> 00:01:16,368 But you, you, she will lift up. 38 00:01:17,869 --> 00:01:19,788 She--she's going to Berkeley, right? 39 00:01:19,788 --> 00:01:21,164 Yep. She's gonna meet you Friday. 40 00:01:21,164 --> 00:01:22,874 She's gonna be with you the whole weekend. 41 00:01:22,874 --> 00:01:24,292 Hold on. 42 00:01:24,292 --> 00:01:25,710 This weekend is Palm Springs. 43 00:01:25,710 --> 00:01:27,545 No, this weekend, Deborah's getting 44 00:01:27,545 --> 00:01:28,880 her honorary doctorate from Berkeley. 45 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:30,340 - No. - Yes. 46 00:01:30,340 --> 00:01:32,300 - No. - Am I double booked? 47 00:01:32,300 --> 00:01:34,969 It--it was not in the shared Google Cal, see? 48 00:01:34,969 --> 00:01:36,346 It was not in the shared Google Cal! 49 00:01:36,346 --> 00:01:37,555 I texted you about it, dork. 50 00:01:37,555 --> 00:01:38,973 - No, you didn't. - Yeah, I did. 51 00:01:38,973 --> 00:01:41,476 It's right--OK, shit. All right. 52 00:01:41,476 --> 00:01:43,978 I texted Damien Plumber, 53 00:01:43,978 --> 00:01:45,188 who I think is a plumber I used, 54 00:01:45,188 --> 00:01:46,481 because I'm scrolling up, 55 00:01:46,481 --> 00:01:48,316 and I'm seeing a clogged toilet. 56 00:01:48,316 --> 00:01:51,194 - There it is. - I--I was sick, but you know. 57 00:01:51,194 --> 00:01:54,364 Deborah, you headline Palm Springs Pride every year. 58 00:01:54,364 --> 00:01:56,825 And this year, we have the House of Vance activation. 59 00:01:56,825 --> 00:01:58,201 Yeah, but she can't miss Berkeley. 60 00:01:58,201 --> 00:01:59,577 It's a huge deal. 61 00:01:59,577 --> 00:02:01,955 And "The New Yorker's" gonna be there. 62 00:02:04,374 --> 00:02:05,709 You're gonna handle the activation. 63 00:02:05,709 --> 00:02:06,793 I will go to Berkeley. 64 00:02:06,793 --> 00:02:08,753 I'll fly back in time for the show. 65 00:02:08,753 --> 00:02:09,796 And we'll do both. 66 00:02:09,796 --> 00:02:11,256 It'll be great. - OK. 67 00:02:12,132 --> 00:02:13,216 OK, that can work. 68 00:02:13,216 --> 00:02:15,176 Works for us too, as well. 69 00:02:15,176 --> 00:02:16,594 It'll be fun. 70 00:02:16,594 --> 00:02:18,179 You can bring a friend. 71 00:02:18,179 --> 00:02:19,723 OK, Deb. Ready for you, mama. 72 00:02:19,723 --> 00:02:21,224 OK. 73 00:02:21,224 --> 00:02:23,435 [upbeat music playing] 74 00:02:23,435 --> 00:02:24,561 All right, let's do it. 75 00:02:24,561 --> 00:02:25,729 Sensational. 76 00:02:25,729 --> 00:02:27,439 Oh. 77 00:02:27,439 --> 00:02:28,898 Boom. 78 00:02:28,898 --> 00:02:31,901 [humming "Star-Spangled Banner"] 79 00:02:31,901 --> 00:02:35,321 ♪ ♪ 80 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:40,660 It was just a really exciting and stimulating place 81 00:02:40,660 --> 00:02:42,454 to go to school, you know, 82 00:02:42,454 --> 00:02:44,873 especially at that time with all the anti-war protests 83 00:02:44,873 --> 00:02:48,585 and that sort of thing. 84 00:02:49,794 --> 00:02:51,087 Oh, that building there, 85 00:02:51,087 --> 00:02:52,630 that is the first place I was ever on stage. 86 00:02:52,630 --> 00:02:54,632 At that Jamba Juice? 87 00:02:54,632 --> 00:02:56,092 Well, it was a blackbox theater then. 88 00:02:56,092 --> 00:02:57,302 But there were a lot of fruits! 89 00:02:57,302 --> 00:02:58,762 [chuckles] 90 00:02:59,346 --> 00:03:00,805 Oops. 91 00:03:00,805 --> 00:03:03,892 Uh, oh, Meena, I meant to ask you, with this profile, 92 00:03:03,892 --> 00:03:05,101 are you including one of your famous 93 00:03:05,101 --> 00:03:06,728 caricature illustrations? 94 00:03:06,728 --> 00:03:08,229 I love those. 95 00:03:08,229 --> 00:03:09,939 I always wanted a giant head and a tiny body. 96 00:03:09,939 --> 00:03:11,566 - Ha! - Well, that's art department. 97 00:03:11,566 --> 00:03:12,859 It's not my purview. 98 00:03:12,859 --> 00:03:14,319 Ah. 99 00:03:15,487 --> 00:03:16,863 Uh, Meena, I just want to say, 100 00:03:16,863 --> 00:03:19,324 I loved your piece about how white people 101 00:03:19,324 --> 00:03:21,451 have gentrified jokes about white people. 102 00:03:21,451 --> 00:03:23,161 So 2012 me. 103 00:03:23,161 --> 00:03:24,496 [laughs] 104 00:03:24,496 --> 00:03:26,664 I found that fabulous as well. 105 00:03:26,664 --> 00:03:27,832 Oh, thank you. 106 00:03:27,832 --> 00:03:30,669 A lot of white people liked it, which is interesting. 107 00:03:30,669 --> 00:03:32,462 both: Mm. Mm-hmm. 108 00:03:32,462 --> 00:03:35,131 Yo, are you-- are you Deborah Vance? 109 00:03:35,131 --> 00:03:37,008 Why, yes I am. 110 00:03:37,008 --> 00:03:38,301 No cap? 111 00:03:38,301 --> 00:03:39,719 None at all. 112 00:03:39,719 --> 00:03:41,971 Dude, I told you. 113 00:03:41,971 --> 00:03:43,098 You're, like, mad cute. 114 00:03:43,098 --> 00:03:45,266 Like, you should come to Chi Phi Beta's party tonight. 115 00:03:45,266 --> 00:03:48,269 We got a keg and, like, six couches in one room. 116 00:03:48,269 --> 00:03:49,646 Uh, I think my Jell-O shot days 117 00:03:49,646 --> 00:03:51,106 are behind me, boys--sorry. 118 00:03:51,106 --> 00:03:52,982 Well, let me know if you change your mind. 119 00:03:52,982 --> 00:03:53,983 My name's Chris, 120 00:03:53,983 --> 00:03:55,318 and I'm trying to show you a good time. 121 00:03:55,318 --> 00:03:57,612 Oh, Chris. [chuckles] 122 00:03:57,612 --> 00:03:59,823 [laughs] 123 00:03:59,823 --> 00:04:02,033 I could be their age, right? 124 00:04:02,033 --> 00:04:04,160 Well, you do own the same shorts. 125 00:04:06,037 --> 00:04:07,747 I'm just playing with you! 126 00:04:07,747 --> 00:04:08,790 Oh. - Oh. 127 00:04:08,790 --> 00:04:10,458 - Love this girl. - [laughs] 128 00:04:10,458 --> 00:04:12,460 [alarm beeping] Yeah, we're kidding. 129 00:04:12,460 --> 00:04:13,878 Oh, that's me. 130 00:04:13,878 --> 00:04:15,130 Yeah, I gotta go do that interview 131 00:04:15,130 --> 00:04:16,840 at the college radio station. 132 00:04:16,840 --> 00:04:18,216 Meena, I'd ask you to tag along, 133 00:04:18,216 --> 00:04:19,342 but I don't want you to get jealous, 134 00:04:19,342 --> 00:04:21,177 me talking to another reporter. 135 00:04:21,177 --> 00:04:23,930 Would you say jealousy plays a big role in your life? 136 00:04:25,557 --> 00:04:26,725 No. 137 00:04:26,725 --> 00:04:29,227 Um, OK, I'll see you guys. 138 00:04:29,227 --> 00:04:31,312 I'm gonna hit the dining hall. 139 00:04:31,312 --> 00:04:32,689 Hey, do you mind if I tag along? 140 00:04:32,689 --> 00:04:34,232 Maybe we could talk? 141 00:04:34,232 --> 00:04:36,651 Oh, um, yeah, sure. 142 00:04:36,651 --> 00:04:38,778 Great. 143 00:04:38,778 --> 00:04:42,407 [upbeat music] 144 00:04:42,407 --> 00:04:44,701 So yeah, after the special came out, 145 00:04:44,701 --> 00:04:46,244 I left and went to LA. 146 00:04:46,244 --> 00:04:48,455 Oh, so you left and then you came back? 147 00:04:48,455 --> 00:04:50,373 Well, I'm just here temporarily. 148 00:04:50,373 --> 00:04:52,250 Deborah freed me to pursue other work. 149 00:04:52,250 --> 00:04:53,251 Freed you? 150 00:04:53,251 --> 00:04:54,252 Sounds like you were her prisoner. 151 00:04:54,252 --> 00:04:55,378 Oh, no. No. 152 00:04:55,378 --> 00:04:57,255 It was actually really cool and selfless of her. 153 00:04:57,255 --> 00:04:58,590 I mean, she pushed me, 154 00:04:58,590 --> 00:05:01,217 and that led to me getting a job at "On The Contrary." 155 00:05:01,217 --> 00:05:03,053 I'm co-producer now. 156 00:05:03,053 --> 00:05:06,097 Oh, but if I get a title bump before this goes to print, 157 00:05:06,097 --> 00:05:07,432 how would I get in touch? 158 00:05:07,432 --> 00:05:09,934 Shoot you an email or... 159 00:05:09,934 --> 00:05:11,811 Can we get off the record here a sec? 160 00:05:13,730 --> 00:05:15,106 Sure. 161 00:05:15,940 --> 00:05:17,984 Look, Ava, I don't have an agenda here. 162 00:05:17,984 --> 00:05:20,445 I don't go into a piece with an angle, 163 00:05:20,445 --> 00:05:22,572 and I want to portray Deborah 164 00:05:22,572 --> 00:05:24,115 as the complicated person she is. 165 00:05:24,115 --> 00:05:26,618 But a lot of what I've found out about her 166 00:05:26,618 --> 00:05:29,954 does indicate she is not the easiest person to work for. 167 00:05:29,954 --> 00:05:31,456 Did you talk to the elves? 168 00:05:31,456 --> 00:05:33,458 - What? - What? 169 00:05:33,458 --> 00:05:34,751 No, I don't--I don't know. 170 00:05:34,751 --> 00:05:36,628 Uh, I talked to a hairdresser 171 00:05:36,628 --> 00:05:38,463 who requested time off for his wedding, 172 00:05:38,463 --> 00:05:40,173 but Deborah couldn't guarantee his job 173 00:05:40,173 --> 00:05:43,843 because she "couldn't predict the market." 174 00:05:45,095 --> 00:05:47,305 Yeah, um... look. 175 00:05:47,305 --> 00:05:49,140 Deborah can be tough, for sure. 176 00:05:49,140 --> 00:05:50,767 But that's 'cause she has really high standards 177 00:05:50,767 --> 00:05:52,852 for herself and everyone else. 178 00:05:52,852 --> 00:05:55,772 But if you can meet those standards, 179 00:05:55,772 --> 00:05:57,482 she'll take care of you. 180 00:05:58,400 --> 00:05:59,859 OK. 181 00:06:01,653 --> 00:06:03,905 Do you think Naomi Fry would like me? 182 00:06:03,905 --> 00:06:05,490 It's "Nomi," so... 183 00:06:05,490 --> 00:06:07,492 "Nomi." 184 00:06:07,492 --> 00:06:09,327 "Nomi," get to know me. OK. 185 00:06:09,327 --> 00:06:11,371 [upbeat music] 186 00:06:11,371 --> 00:06:12,789 But all sales are electronic, 187 00:06:12,789 --> 00:06:14,708 and so we cannot accept quarters. 188 00:06:14,708 --> 00:06:16,334 Thank you, king. 189 00:06:17,836 --> 00:06:20,588 OK, that clip-on bidet in the bathroom turned me out, 190 00:06:20,588 --> 00:06:22,674 so I will be needing one. - Got it. 191 00:06:22,674 --> 00:06:24,551 Listen, you don't have to stay here while I'm working. 192 00:06:24,551 --> 00:06:25,885 I can meet you afterward. 193 00:06:25,885 --> 00:06:27,470 It's actually kind of fun. 194 00:06:27,470 --> 00:06:29,014 - Hey. - Hi. 195 00:06:29,014 --> 00:06:31,975 Would Deborah sign my bottle of Fen-Phen? 196 00:06:31,975 --> 00:06:35,353 I've had it since the '90s from when she used to sell it. 197 00:06:35,353 --> 00:06:36,354 To the best of my recollection, 198 00:06:36,354 --> 00:06:38,023 Deborah never sold Fen-Phen and is therefore 199 00:06:38,023 --> 00:06:39,941 not liable for any cardiovascular complications 200 00:06:39,941 --> 00:06:41,901 or issues you may or may not have experienced. 201 00:06:41,901 --> 00:06:44,237 And unfortunately, she's not here today. 202 00:06:44,237 --> 00:06:46,031 - What? - Oh, no. 203 00:06:46,031 --> 00:06:47,824 I thought the whole fucking point was that this was 204 00:06:47,824 --> 00:06:49,409 a shoppable house and she was gonna be here 205 00:06:49,409 --> 00:06:50,952 to sign anything that we purchased. 206 00:06:50,952 --> 00:06:52,495 I know. It was my idea. 207 00:06:52,495 --> 00:06:53,997 And again, my apologies. 208 00:06:53,997 --> 00:06:55,373 But if you come to the show tomorrow, 209 00:06:55,373 --> 00:06:57,500 I'm making sure she does a signing session afterward. 210 00:06:57,500 --> 00:06:59,044 I'm gonna be on G then, 211 00:06:59,044 --> 00:07:00,879 and I don't want to meet her like that. 212 00:07:00,879 --> 00:07:02,714 Can't you just not do G? 213 00:07:03,715 --> 00:07:05,008 No. 214 00:07:07,218 --> 00:07:08,720 Happy Pride. 215 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:10,388 Yeah, sorry about him. 216 00:07:10,388 --> 00:07:12,140 But I think we're gonna go to the Ace 217 00:07:12,140 --> 00:07:14,309 if you want to come. 218 00:07:14,309 --> 00:07:16,061 Oh. 219 00:07:16,061 --> 00:07:19,522 I'm--I'm actually here for work, but thank you. 220 00:07:19,522 --> 00:07:21,900 Yeah, OK. 221 00:07:21,900 --> 00:07:23,401 Maybe next time. 222 00:07:24,611 --> 00:07:25,945 Have fun. - Yeah, you too. 223 00:07:25,945 --> 00:07:27,405 Watch out. 224 00:07:29,449 --> 00:07:30,575 If you need me to run the iPad 225 00:07:30,575 --> 00:07:31,743 so you can go catch a dick, 226 00:07:31,743 --> 00:07:33,328 please let me know. - No. No. No. 227 00:07:33,328 --> 00:07:34,871 - Ooh. - I can't go there. 228 00:07:34,871 --> 00:07:36,581 I do not hook up with Deborah fans. 229 00:07:36,581 --> 00:07:38,416 It's--it's too weird. 230 00:07:38,416 --> 00:07:40,418 Mm, right. Don't shit where you eat ass. 231 00:07:40,418 --> 00:07:42,879 [laughs] Exactly. 232 00:07:43,963 --> 00:07:46,174 Forgot the beauty of unlimited refills. 233 00:07:46,174 --> 00:07:48,802 Love a freeze-dried fruit, you know what I mean? 234 00:07:48,802 --> 00:07:50,762 I have a boyfriend. 235 00:07:52,555 --> 00:07:54,140 OK. 236 00:07:55,892 --> 00:07:56,893 What? 237 00:07:56,893 --> 00:07:58,019 If we're gonna leave water at the border 238 00:07:58,019 --> 00:07:59,896 for these people, we might as well 239 00:07:59,896 --> 00:08:01,564 leave Spanish-to-English dictionaries too. 240 00:08:01,564 --> 00:08:03,441 Hey, hey, my peers. What you watching? 241 00:08:03,441 --> 00:08:05,110 Uh, this stand-up. 242 00:08:05,110 --> 00:08:07,070 Deborah Vance. - Love her. 243 00:08:07,070 --> 00:08:08,446 I guess someone made a supercut 244 00:08:08,446 --> 00:08:10,240 of all her shitty, racist jokes. 245 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:11,616 What? 246 00:08:11,616 --> 00:08:13,118 Hey, Berkeley, is this your girl? 247 00:08:13,118 --> 00:08:16,246 A majority of cars sold in America are made in Asia. 248 00:08:16,246 --> 00:08:18,039 Asians making cars? 249 00:08:18,039 --> 00:08:20,458 That's like Polish people making light bulbs. 250 00:08:20,458 --> 00:08:22,961 - Shit. - Oh, my God, she sucks. 251 00:08:22,961 --> 00:08:25,088 So fucked up they're giving her an honorary degree. 252 00:08:25,088 --> 00:08:26,089 Right? 253 00:08:26,089 --> 00:08:28,842 Mm, nasty, nasty stuff. 254 00:08:28,842 --> 00:08:31,761 I heard the new stuff is good, though, randomly. 255 00:08:31,761 --> 00:08:33,138 Where did I--yeah. 256 00:08:33,138 --> 00:08:34,597 There--was any of the, like, progressive, 257 00:08:34,597 --> 00:08:35,974 feminist stuff in there, or no? 258 00:08:35,974 --> 00:08:37,809 - No. - No, no. 259 00:08:37,809 --> 00:08:38,810 I think they have that coming. 260 00:08:38,810 --> 00:08:39,894 She's doing that. 261 00:08:39,894 --> 00:08:42,272 That's--but would you guys excuse me? 262 00:08:44,399 --> 00:08:47,652 Oh, well, I certainly wasn't conservative, 263 00:08:47,652 --> 00:08:50,238 but I didn't love living with hippies. 264 00:08:50,238 --> 00:08:51,281 However, I do love a good alfalfa sprout. 265 00:08:51,281 --> 00:08:52,824 Hey, Deborah! 266 00:08:52,824 --> 00:08:54,451 Sorry, can I just grab you for a second? 267 00:08:54,451 --> 00:08:56,411 Just want to ask you something about your speech. 268 00:08:56,411 --> 00:08:58,329 Sorry. Work thing. 269 00:08:58,329 --> 00:09:00,290 Please excuse us for-- for a minute. 270 00:09:00,290 --> 00:09:02,334 What is the matter with you? 271 00:09:02,334 --> 00:09:04,044 Hello? Hello? Hello? 272 00:09:04,044 --> 00:09:05,545 OK, come on. - What are you doing? 273 00:09:05,545 --> 00:09:06,963 Let go of me. - Hey, listen to me. 274 00:09:06,963 --> 00:09:08,506 So little problem. 275 00:09:08,506 --> 00:09:10,467 Someone made a supercut of some of your 276 00:09:10,467 --> 00:09:12,844 more problematic older material, 277 00:09:12,844 --> 00:09:14,804 and it's gaining traction, and apparently, 278 00:09:14,804 --> 00:09:17,182 some students are planning to protest your ceremony. 279 00:09:17,182 --> 00:09:18,767 [groans] 280 00:09:18,767 --> 00:09:20,602 OK, which minority group is upset? 281 00:09:20,602 --> 00:09:23,229 OK, not great that you have to ask that. 282 00:09:23,229 --> 00:09:24,898 And also, I don't think "minority" 283 00:09:24,898 --> 00:09:26,733 is the proper term anymore. 284 00:09:26,733 --> 00:09:28,860 - What are they called? - No, don't say "they." 285 00:09:28,860 --> 00:09:30,362 Oh, I thought everybody was "they" now! 286 00:09:30,362 --> 00:09:31,946 No, that's a different thing. 287 00:09:31,946 --> 00:09:33,698 [groans] OK, just-- 288 00:09:33,698 --> 00:09:36,284 oh, God, this is just the worst possible timing. 289 00:09:36,284 --> 00:09:38,620 For you to be held accountable for your actions? 290 00:09:38,620 --> 00:09:40,205 Yes! 291 00:09:40,205 --> 00:09:42,499 I am inches away from my fucking dream job. 292 00:09:42,499 --> 00:09:45,043 Hey, I think you're getting off pretty easy, OK? 293 00:09:45,043 --> 00:09:48,338 You're lucky that Zsa Zsa Gabor shit is only available on VHS. 294 00:09:48,338 --> 00:09:49,964 I mean, it was textbook slut-shaming. 295 00:09:49,964 --> 00:09:51,216 Well, she was a slut. 296 00:09:51,216 --> 00:09:53,635 Oh, my--well, and that's-- but that's fine. 297 00:09:53,635 --> 00:09:55,178 Oh, God. OK, look. 298 00:09:55,178 --> 00:09:57,305 Just--we gotta squash this. 299 00:09:57,305 --> 00:09:58,848 I guess. 300 00:09:58,848 --> 00:10:01,476 Or you could just apologize. 301 00:10:01,476 --> 00:10:02,727 Uh, no. 302 00:10:02,727 --> 00:10:04,354 Deborah, the jokes weren't great. 303 00:10:04,354 --> 00:10:05,605 You wouldn't do them today. 304 00:10:05,605 --> 00:10:08,566 No. You never apologize for a joke. 305 00:10:08,566 --> 00:10:10,235 I'm a comedian. 306 00:10:10,235 --> 00:10:12,237 I was just doing my job. 307 00:10:12,904 --> 00:10:13,988 OK, OK. 308 00:10:13,988 --> 00:10:16,116 Look, it's just some of the students, right? 309 00:10:16,116 --> 00:10:17,367 Yeah. 310 00:10:17,367 --> 00:10:18,410 OK, OK. 311 00:10:18,410 --> 00:10:19,828 Then all I have to do is, you know, 312 00:10:19,828 --> 00:10:22,247 curry favor on campus with the other students. 313 00:10:22,247 --> 00:10:23,998 You know, drown out the dissenters. 314 00:10:23,998 --> 00:10:26,209 Make the minority voices a minority. 315 00:10:26,209 --> 00:10:28,003 That could go right in the supercut. 316 00:10:28,003 --> 00:10:29,796 I'll tell you what we're gonna do. 317 00:10:29,796 --> 00:10:31,840 We will go to that fraternity party tonight. 318 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:33,258 I'll buy them supplies. 319 00:10:33,258 --> 00:10:35,510 And I will do that student improv show 320 00:10:35,510 --> 00:10:36,928 that I was invited to do. 321 00:10:36,928 --> 00:10:38,763 It's the perfect opportunity to make myself look good. 322 00:10:38,763 --> 00:10:40,098 [laughs] OK. 323 00:10:40,098 --> 00:10:45,854 Deborah, improv has never made anyone look good, OK? 324 00:10:47,188 --> 00:10:48,565 Write that down. 325 00:10:48,565 --> 00:10:51,568 [upbeat pop music] 326 00:10:51,568 --> 00:10:53,945 ♪ ♪ 327 00:10:53,945 --> 00:10:56,281 ♪ Top down with the wind blowing ♪ 328 00:10:56,281 --> 00:10:58,408 ♪ Pop on the wave motion ♪ 329 00:10:58,408 --> 00:11:02,287 [phone ringing] 330 00:11:02,287 --> 00:11:03,538 Jimmy. 331 00:11:03,538 --> 00:11:04,706 Hey, sorry I have to be a little bit quiet. 332 00:11:04,706 --> 00:11:06,041 I'm in a cancer center. 333 00:11:06,041 --> 00:11:08,585 I'm about to run lines with a client who's getting chemo. 334 00:11:08,585 --> 00:11:10,170 He booked a role, which is cool. 335 00:11:10,170 --> 00:11:11,171 It's on the CW show. 336 00:11:11,171 --> 00:11:12,339 We hope it's gonna recur. 337 00:11:12,339 --> 00:11:14,341 The role, not the cancer. 338 00:11:14,341 --> 00:11:15,342 OK. 339 00:11:15,342 --> 00:11:16,718 So first, I just wanted to call 340 00:11:16,718 --> 00:11:18,803 and apologize again about Kayla. 341 00:11:18,803 --> 00:11:20,972 I gave her a stern talking to. 342 00:11:20,972 --> 00:11:24,642 She was wearing earbuds the whole time, but I tried. 343 00:11:24,642 --> 00:11:27,270 You know, what else can I do? 344 00:11:27,270 --> 00:11:29,731 I also wanted to let you know about something 345 00:11:29,731 --> 00:11:32,859 the network flagged about Deborah's merchandising deals. 346 00:11:32,859 --> 00:11:34,319 What do you mean? 347 00:11:34,319 --> 00:11:35,945 Obviously, they're extremely protective 348 00:11:35,945 --> 00:11:37,238 of their advertisers, 349 00:11:37,238 --> 00:11:40,450 and they're concerned that if Deborah were to become host, 350 00:11:40,450 --> 00:11:42,660 she might be the face of a competing product, 351 00:11:42,660 --> 00:11:44,496 whether that be through a one-off deal 352 00:11:44,496 --> 00:11:47,749 or anything on QVC. 353 00:11:49,501 --> 00:11:51,503 Wow. 354 00:11:51,503 --> 00:11:53,088 OK. 355 00:11:53,088 --> 00:11:54,631 And obviously, that might not even be an issue, 356 00:11:54,631 --> 00:11:56,466 but I just wanted to give you the heads-up in case. 357 00:11:56,466 --> 00:11:58,009 And I appreciate that, Jimmy. 358 00:11:58,009 --> 00:11:59,844 I actually have my hands full over here, 359 00:11:59,844 --> 00:12:00,929 so I'm gonna have to jet. 360 00:12:00,929 --> 00:12:02,013 OK. Cool. 361 00:12:02,013 --> 00:12:05,684 Well, have a fun, safe, and very queer weekend. 362 00:12:05,684 --> 00:12:07,143 Thank you. 363 00:12:09,312 --> 00:12:11,064 All right, everyone, may I have your attention, please? 364 00:12:11,064 --> 00:12:12,357 We will be ending the activation 365 00:12:12,357 --> 00:12:13,650 a little bit early. 366 00:12:13,650 --> 00:12:16,152 This is now the official afterparty. 367 00:12:16,152 --> 00:12:17,237 Tell all your friends. 368 00:12:17,237 --> 00:12:18,655 Turn up the music. 369 00:12:18,655 --> 00:12:20,490 A drink. A drink. 370 00:12:20,490 --> 00:12:21,491 Thank you. 371 00:12:21,491 --> 00:12:23,243 Got you. 372 00:12:23,243 --> 00:12:25,537 Oh. 373 00:12:25,537 --> 00:12:27,122 All right. - I need eight more. 374 00:12:28,748 --> 00:12:30,417 Don't throw things on the floor. 375 00:12:30,417 --> 00:12:32,877 [indistinct chatter] 376 00:12:32,877 --> 00:12:34,754 Hello? 377 00:12:34,754 --> 00:12:36,965 Ms. Vance, it is such an honor. 378 00:12:36,965 --> 00:12:38,842 I'm Zed. - Hi, Zed. 379 00:12:38,842 --> 00:12:42,220 And this is Marvelous Maddie, Gregarious Greg, 380 00:12:42,220 --> 00:12:44,806 Jolly John, Coolio Caroline, 381 00:12:44,806 --> 00:12:47,350 Raunchy Rain, and Sacrilegious Sarah. 382 00:12:47,350 --> 00:12:49,310 OK. [laughs] 383 00:12:49,310 --> 00:12:50,687 You done improv before? 384 00:12:50,687 --> 00:12:52,897 - No. - Totally fine. 385 00:12:52,897 --> 00:12:54,649 So how this is gonna work is basically, 386 00:12:54,649 --> 00:12:56,401 we're gonna get a suggestion from the audience, 387 00:12:56,401 --> 00:12:57,527 and then you're gonna tell a story 388 00:12:57,527 --> 00:12:58,903 based on that suggestion, 389 00:12:58,903 --> 00:13:01,406 and then we're gonna improvise scenes based on that story. 390 00:13:01,406 --> 00:13:03,700 And feel free to jump in and join the fun at any time. 391 00:13:03,700 --> 00:13:05,368 Fun. 392 00:13:05,368 --> 00:13:07,078 So whenever you're ready, we'll warm up. 393 00:13:07,078 --> 00:13:08,329 OK. Great, great. 394 00:13:08,329 --> 00:13:10,248 I'll just be right there. 395 00:13:10,248 --> 00:13:11,750 OK. 396 00:13:11,750 --> 00:13:13,793 When they ask for audience suggestions, 397 00:13:13,793 --> 00:13:16,129 I want you to say "pediatric AIDS." 398 00:13:16,963 --> 00:13:18,214 What? 399 00:13:18,214 --> 00:13:20,383 I want you to yell "pediatric AIDS." 400 00:13:20,383 --> 00:13:22,135 See, this way I can talk about my charity work 401 00:13:22,135 --> 00:13:24,512 in front of Meena without sounding self-aggrandizing. 402 00:13:24,512 --> 00:13:26,431 You just gotta set me up. 403 00:13:26,431 --> 00:13:28,224 OK, here. Take my purse. 404 00:13:28,224 --> 00:13:30,352 And do not use my lipstick. 405 00:13:30,352 --> 00:13:32,395 I know you're using reverse psychology 406 00:13:32,395 --> 00:13:34,105 to get me to wear lipstick. 407 00:13:35,273 --> 00:13:36,941 Well, it was worth a shot. 408 00:13:37,942 --> 00:13:40,195 Oh, have you played Big Booty before? 409 00:13:40,195 --> 00:13:42,280 - Can't say as I have. - Totally fine. 410 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:45,116 Uh, we'll just do a little Zip Zap Zop. 411 00:13:45,116 --> 00:13:46,743 Zip. - Zap. 412 00:13:46,743 --> 00:13:47,744 - Zop. - Zip. 413 00:13:47,744 --> 00:13:49,746 Zap. 414 00:13:49,746 --> 00:13:51,956 The answer is no. 415 00:13:51,956 --> 00:13:56,211 OK, so the thing with improv is we try not to say no. 416 00:13:56,211 --> 00:13:58,963 Instead we say "yes and" 'cause improv's all about 417 00:13:58,963 --> 00:14:02,634 listening and respecting your fellow improvisers, so... 418 00:14:02,634 --> 00:14:06,304 Well, are there any other warm-ups maybe we could try? 419 00:14:06,304 --> 00:14:08,473 [chuckles] Oh, yeah. 420 00:14:08,473 --> 00:14:10,266 all: Eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. 421 00:14:10,266 --> 00:14:11,643 Six, five, four, three, two, one. 422 00:14:11,643 --> 00:14:12,936 Three, two, one, three, two, one, three, two, one. 423 00:14:12,936 --> 00:14:14,688 Farm! 424 00:14:14,688 --> 00:14:17,816 [all imitating animal noises] 425 00:14:17,816 --> 00:14:19,984 Take your hands off my princess! 426 00:14:19,984 --> 00:14:22,946 - Arr, shiver me timbers. - Wild Wild West. 427 00:14:22,946 --> 00:14:24,906 OK. OK. OK! OK! 428 00:14:24,906 --> 00:14:26,825 High. [all snapping] 429 00:14:26,825 --> 00:14:28,118 Camp. 430 00:14:28,118 --> 00:14:29,994 [together] High camp Ba Da Da! 431 00:14:31,204 --> 00:14:33,081 Deborah, is it worth it? 432 00:14:33,081 --> 00:14:35,250 all: Is it worth it? 433 00:14:35,250 --> 00:14:37,252 Is it worth it? Is it worth it? Is it worth it? Is it worth it? 434 00:14:37,252 --> 00:14:39,713 [chanting] Is it worth it? Is it worth it? Is it worth it? 435 00:14:39,713 --> 00:14:41,297 [all vocalizing wildly] 436 00:14:41,297 --> 00:14:43,216 ♪ Who let the dogs out ♪ 437 00:14:43,216 --> 00:14:45,010 ♪ Who, who, who, who ♪ 438 00:14:45,010 --> 00:14:46,761 ♪ Who let the dogs out ♪ 439 00:14:46,761 --> 00:14:49,014 ♪ Who, who, who, who ♪ 440 00:14:49,014 --> 00:14:51,016 ♪ Who let the dogs out, who ♪ 441 00:14:51,016 --> 00:14:52,183 [music stops] 442 00:14:52,183 --> 00:14:54,936 OK, everybody. We are Bearprov. 443 00:14:54,936 --> 00:14:56,521 How you feeling tonight? [cheers and applause] 444 00:14:56,521 --> 00:14:59,524 OK, make some noise for our guest monologist 445 00:14:59,524 --> 00:15:04,988 and comedy legend, Deborah Vance! 446 00:15:04,988 --> 00:15:07,032 [applause and boos] 447 00:15:07,032 --> 00:15:08,533 Whoo-hoo! Whoo! 448 00:15:08,533 --> 00:15:11,786 Yeah! [chuckles] 449 00:15:11,786 --> 00:15:13,329 OK, I just need a suggestion. 450 00:15:13,329 --> 00:15:14,873 - Problematic comedian. - Pineapple. 451 00:15:14,873 --> 00:15:16,458 Oh, AIDS. 452 00:15:16,458 --> 00:15:18,209 I heard pineapple. 453 00:15:21,171 --> 00:15:22,547 Pineapple. 454 00:15:24,257 --> 00:15:27,552 Pineapple reminds me of another prickly subject-- 455 00:15:27,552 --> 00:15:29,262 pediatric AIDS. 456 00:15:29,262 --> 00:15:30,513 [coughs] 457 00:15:30,513 --> 00:15:33,558 [Jessie Ware's "Freak Me Now"] 458 00:15:33,558 --> 00:15:34,934 ♪ ♪ 459 00:15:34,934 --> 00:15:36,686 ♪ Baby, keep heating me up ♪ 460 00:15:36,686 --> 00:15:38,730 ♪ Oh, no, don't you go cool me down ♪ 461 00:15:38,730 --> 00:15:40,482 ♪ Baby, keep heating me up ♪ 462 00:15:40,482 --> 00:15:42,734 ♪ Oh, no, don't you go cool me down ♪ 463 00:15:42,734 --> 00:15:44,486 ♪ Baby, keep heating me up ♪ 464 00:15:44,486 --> 00:15:46,112 ♪ Oh, no, don't you go cool me down ♪ 465 00:15:46,112 --> 00:15:48,239 - Hey. - Hey. 466 00:15:48,239 --> 00:15:50,742 ♪ Uh-uh, freak me now ♪ 467 00:15:50,742 --> 00:15:52,077 ♪ Baby, keep heating me up ♪ 468 00:15:52,077 --> 00:15:54,245 ♪ Oh, no, don't you go cool me down ♪ 469 00:15:54,245 --> 00:15:55,747 ♪ Baby, keep heating me up ♪ 470 00:15:55,747 --> 00:15:57,749 [hip-hop music playing] 471 00:15:57,749 --> 00:16:00,043 This is already better than improv. 472 00:16:01,753 --> 00:16:03,922 Ooh, uh, 5 bucks each. 473 00:16:03,922 --> 00:16:06,549 OK, this is for me, her, 474 00:16:06,549 --> 00:16:09,094 and everybody in line behind us! 475 00:16:09,094 --> 00:16:11,846 [all cheering] 476 00:16:11,846 --> 00:16:14,182 Deborah Vance loves to party. 477 00:16:14,182 --> 00:16:15,934 Thank you. Oh, and they're with us too. 478 00:16:15,934 --> 00:16:17,185 Come on, fellas. 479 00:16:18,895 --> 00:16:20,105 Hi. Hi. Oh, watch out. 480 00:16:20,105 --> 00:16:21,981 Your mother's here. Ha. 481 00:16:21,981 --> 00:16:23,400 Look who fucking came. 482 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:25,151 Deborah fucking Vance. - Ooh, hi. 483 00:16:25,151 --> 00:16:26,569 You look amazing. 484 00:16:26,569 --> 00:16:27,779 This is my friend Ava. 485 00:16:27,779 --> 00:16:29,447 Oh, hey, cool. What's up? 486 00:16:29,447 --> 00:16:31,116 What are you drinking tonight, huh? 487 00:16:31,116 --> 00:16:32,242 Come on. 488 00:16:32,242 --> 00:16:33,868 Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go. 489 00:16:33,868 --> 00:16:35,995 ♪ Yuh, errybody win the lottery ♪ 490 00:16:35,995 --> 00:16:37,789 ♪ If it's glitter and it's gold ♪ 491 00:16:37,789 --> 00:16:38,915 ♪ Then it's something that I gotta see ♪ 492 00:16:38,915 --> 00:16:41,042 - Go, Deborah! - Yeah! 493 00:16:41,042 --> 00:16:43,086 Go, go, go, go, go. 494 00:16:43,086 --> 00:16:44,838 [cheers and applause] 495 00:16:44,838 --> 00:16:47,298 Who wants to order pizza? On me! 496 00:16:47,298 --> 00:16:50,635 Or should we just say fuck it and order Chez Panisse? 497 00:16:50,635 --> 00:16:51,720 No, no, no. Pizza, pizza. 498 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:54,556 I hope to see you at my ceremony tomorrow. 499 00:16:54,556 --> 00:16:55,807 ♪ It's true when I say it ♪ 500 00:16:55,807 --> 00:16:58,601 ♪ I'ma win 'cause I know who I am ♪ 501 00:16:58,601 --> 00:16:59,811 How old do you think I am? 502 00:16:59,811 --> 00:17:01,604 I have a boyfriend. 503 00:17:01,604 --> 00:17:03,565 ♪ Got the whole city swaying, yeah ♪ 504 00:17:03,565 --> 00:17:05,775 Love it. 505 00:17:05,775 --> 00:17:07,652 I love it. 506 00:17:07,652 --> 00:17:08,945 Hold my wig. 507 00:17:08,945 --> 00:17:10,822 All right. 508 00:17:10,822 --> 00:17:12,991 ♪ Gonna win 'cause I know who I am ♪ 509 00:17:12,991 --> 00:17:14,826 all: Chug, chug, chug, chug, 510 00:17:14,826 --> 00:17:18,121 chug, chug, chug, chug, chug, chug! 511 00:17:18,121 --> 00:17:19,831 [cheering] 512 00:17:19,831 --> 00:17:22,792 ♪ Yeah, 'cause girls is players too ♪ 513 00:17:22,792 --> 00:17:25,128 ♪ Uh, yeah, yeah ♪ 514 00:17:25,128 --> 00:17:26,921 ♪ 'Cause girls is players too ♪ 515 00:17:26,921 --> 00:17:29,716 ♪ Keep it player, baby ♪ 516 00:17:29,716 --> 00:17:32,177 ♪ 'Cause girls is players too ♪ 517 00:17:32,177 --> 00:17:34,346 ♪ Bitches getting' money all around the world ♪ 518 00:17:34,346 --> 00:17:36,723 ♪ 'Cause girls is players too, yeah ♪ 519 00:17:36,723 --> 00:17:38,641 ♪ 'Bout to catch another flight, yeah ♪ 520 00:17:38,641 --> 00:17:40,977 ♪ The apple bottom make 'em wanna bite, yeah ♪ 521 00:17:40,977 --> 00:17:43,313 ♪ I just wanna have a good night ♪ 522 00:17:43,313 --> 00:17:44,731 ♪ I just wanna have a good night ♪ 523 00:17:44,731 --> 00:17:46,858 I know all four of you are graduating, 524 00:17:46,858 --> 00:17:49,277 so you need to learn about wines. 525 00:17:49,277 --> 00:17:51,488 There's Brunello. 526 00:17:51,488 --> 00:17:53,698 There's Barbaresco. 527 00:17:53,698 --> 00:17:58,078 And then there's the king of Italian reds, Barolo. 528 00:17:59,079 --> 00:18:02,040 Huh? Nice mouthfeel, right? 529 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:03,500 You know, Chris knows a little something 530 00:18:03,500 --> 00:18:05,043 about mouthfeel, huh? 531 00:18:05,043 --> 00:18:08,213 Oh, oh! Yes! Yes! 532 00:18:08,213 --> 00:18:10,382 See? We all make jokes, right? 533 00:18:10,382 --> 00:18:11,383 [laughs] 534 00:18:11,383 --> 00:18:12,509 [phone buzzes] Ooh! Oh. 535 00:18:12,509 --> 00:18:14,052 It's Jimmy on the phone. Jimmy Junior. 536 00:18:14,052 --> 00:18:15,845 He used to be with Latitude. 537 00:18:15,845 --> 00:18:17,222 He's very good. 538 00:18:17,222 --> 00:18:18,890 Hey, it's our manager! 539 00:18:18,890 --> 00:18:20,558 [gasps] Jimmy! 540 00:18:20,558 --> 00:18:22,519 Oh, gosh. 541 00:18:22,519 --> 00:18:24,521 There's nobody in there. OK, Jimmy. 542 00:18:24,521 --> 00:18:25,855 I'm sorry for the late-night call, 543 00:18:25,855 --> 00:18:27,023 but something's going on at the network, 544 00:18:27,023 --> 00:18:28,775 and they canceled your test show. 545 00:18:28,775 --> 00:18:30,443 - What? - Yeah. 546 00:18:30,443 --> 00:18:31,903 - Fuck. - No. No. Why? 547 00:18:31,903 --> 00:18:33,405 Did they say why? - I don't know. 548 00:18:33,405 --> 00:18:34,614 It could be because of this supercut 549 00:18:34,614 --> 00:18:35,699 a bunch of people have sent to me. 550 00:18:35,699 --> 00:18:36,783 But I'm trying to get to the bottom of it, 551 00:18:36,783 --> 00:18:38,159 and I'll call you as soon as I do. 552 00:18:38,159 --> 00:18:40,286 OK, call-- call me as soon as you know. 553 00:18:40,286 --> 00:18:41,663 Yeah, I just said I would. 554 00:18:41,663 --> 00:18:44,082 And then get me the info for that crisis PR woman 555 00:18:44,082 --> 00:18:45,792 I used when I groped Elmo. 556 00:18:45,792 --> 00:18:47,210 OK, to the best of my knowledge, 557 00:18:47,210 --> 00:18:48,962 you did not grope any "Sesame Street" characters. 558 00:18:48,962 --> 00:18:51,256 But yeah, I'll send you Jana's info, OK? 559 00:18:51,256 --> 00:18:52,298 Call me! 560 00:18:52,298 --> 00:18:54,676 OK. I'll call you. Bye. 561 00:18:54,676 --> 00:18:56,845 Can't believe this is happening now! 562 00:18:56,845 --> 00:18:59,097 I know. It's really bad timing. 563 00:18:59,097 --> 00:19:01,224 I finally get an ounce of relevance. 564 00:19:01,224 --> 00:19:03,351 I'm this close. 565 00:19:03,351 --> 00:19:06,104 And they just want to take it away from me again. 566 00:19:06,104 --> 00:19:08,106 I'm--I'm sorry to say this, 567 00:19:08,106 --> 00:19:11,776 but, I mean, you're not the only victim here. 568 00:19:11,776 --> 00:19:13,111 Oh? Oh, really? 569 00:19:13,111 --> 00:19:14,571 Who's the other victim? 570 00:19:14,571 --> 00:19:16,614 Someone who was offended by a joke? 571 00:19:16,614 --> 00:19:18,616 - Many jokes. - I'm sorry. 572 00:19:18,616 --> 00:19:20,452 People are too easily offended now. 573 00:19:20,452 --> 00:19:23,413 If you don't like a joke, don't laugh! 574 00:19:23,413 --> 00:19:24,748 They're not. 575 00:19:24,748 --> 00:19:25,832 This is insane. 576 00:19:25,832 --> 00:19:28,710 Me! I'm being taken down by a liberal mob. 577 00:19:28,710 --> 00:19:31,671 Me, who was the first person to be fined by the FCC 578 00:19:31,671 --> 00:19:34,632 for saying the word "abortion" on TV! 579 00:19:34,632 --> 00:19:36,426 Why come after me? - Hey, hey. 580 00:19:36,426 --> 00:19:39,054 This is not a value judgment on your entire being. 581 00:19:39,054 --> 00:19:40,055 Oh, really? 582 00:19:40,055 --> 00:19:41,056 They're--they're just upset 583 00:19:41,056 --> 00:19:42,599 about some mistakes you made. 584 00:19:42,599 --> 00:19:44,142 Jokes I made. 585 00:19:44,142 --> 00:19:46,269 Jokes that everybody was doing at the time. 586 00:19:46,269 --> 00:19:50,482 Yes, and the jokes were hurtful and shitty. 587 00:19:50,482 --> 00:19:52,192 Both things can be true. 588 00:19:52,192 --> 00:19:54,569 You get to be rich and famous for making jokes, 589 00:19:54,569 --> 00:19:57,155 and people are allowed to have their reactions to them. 590 00:19:57,155 --> 00:19:58,823 I mean, why not use your comedian brain 591 00:19:58,823 --> 00:20:00,825 to fight through your defensiveness 592 00:20:00,825 --> 00:20:02,410 and think outside of yourself? 593 00:20:02,410 --> 00:20:04,454 Isn't that what good comics do? 594 00:20:05,246 --> 00:20:06,790 Why don't you just apologize? 595 00:20:06,790 --> 00:20:08,625 No. 596 00:20:08,625 --> 00:20:10,418 Never apologize for a joke. 597 00:20:10,418 --> 00:20:13,421 Yeah, you keep saying that, but why not? 598 00:20:13,421 --> 00:20:16,174 Because... 599 00:20:16,174 --> 00:20:17,967 you just don't, OK? 600 00:20:17,967 --> 00:20:19,177 Good one. 601 00:20:19,177 --> 00:20:20,512 Besides, if I apologize, 602 00:20:20,512 --> 00:20:22,180 it'll just add fuel to the fire. 603 00:20:22,180 --> 00:20:23,348 Deborah-- 604 00:20:23,348 --> 00:20:24,933 I can't be woke. 605 00:20:24,933 --> 00:20:27,352 I'm exhausted! - OK. 606 00:20:27,352 --> 00:20:30,021 I know this feels like the end of the world, 607 00:20:30,021 --> 00:20:31,898 but it really isn't. 608 00:20:31,898 --> 00:20:33,817 No one's actually canceled. 609 00:20:33,817 --> 00:20:37,112 Don't you lecture me. 610 00:20:37,112 --> 00:20:39,656 I was canceled before there was even a name for it. 611 00:20:39,656 --> 00:20:41,074 They only gave it a name after 612 00:20:41,074 --> 00:20:43,368 it started happening to powerful men. 613 00:20:43,368 --> 00:20:44,869 Problem is, I don't have the time 614 00:20:44,869 --> 00:20:47,664 to go to Europe and wait it out. 615 00:20:47,664 --> 00:20:50,125 I don't have any time! 616 00:20:50,125 --> 00:20:51,668 And I certainly don't have the time to stand here 617 00:20:51,668 --> 00:20:54,337 debating it with you. 618 00:20:54,337 --> 00:20:57,132 I have a Barolo decanting downstairs. 619 00:20:58,425 --> 00:21:00,051 Deborah, I just think apologizing 620 00:21:00,051 --> 00:21:01,344 is the right thing to do. 621 00:21:01,344 --> 00:21:03,304 [banging on door] - Hello? 622 00:21:03,304 --> 00:21:06,141 It's so easy for you to say what's right or wrong. 623 00:21:06,141 --> 00:21:08,351 It's never that simple. 624 00:21:08,351 --> 00:21:09,978 One day, you'll understand that. 625 00:21:09,978 --> 00:21:11,479 Can someone open the door? 626 00:21:11,479 --> 00:21:13,356 [door rattling] 627 00:21:17,819 --> 00:21:18,987 Nice. 628 00:21:22,574 --> 00:21:24,034 [alarm buzzes] - Up, up, up, up! 629 00:21:24,034 --> 00:21:26,578 Time to get up. The day looks fabulous! 630 00:21:26,578 --> 00:21:27,954 Up, up, up, up-- 631 00:21:29,831 --> 00:21:32,500 [mumbling indistinctly] 632 00:21:32,500 --> 00:21:34,377 [quietly] Contacts... 633 00:21:34,377 --> 00:21:36,296 D, D, D, D, D. 634 00:21:36,296 --> 00:21:38,048 [gasps softly] Deborah. 635 00:21:38,048 --> 00:21:41,176 [mumbling indistinctly] 636 00:21:41,176 --> 00:21:42,177 [gasps softly] Deborah, yes. 637 00:21:42,177 --> 00:21:43,803 - What are you doing? - [gasps] 638 00:21:43,803 --> 00:21:44,846 Are you going through my phone? 639 00:21:44,846 --> 00:21:45,847 Nope. 640 00:21:45,847 --> 00:21:47,599 725840392... 641 00:21:47,599 --> 00:21:49,934 Oh, my God, are you trying to memorize Deborah's number? 642 00:21:49,934 --> 00:21:51,644 3972584... 643 00:21:51,644 --> 00:21:54,564 - 22, 19, 500. - Stop. Stop it. 644 00:21:54,564 --> 00:21:57,317 - 25,600-- - No, 725-- 645 00:21:57,317 --> 00:22:00,362 8, 6, 7, 5, 3, 0, 99. 646 00:22:00,362 --> 00:22:01,738 - Stop! Please, just stop. - Seven, purple-- 647 00:22:01,738 --> 00:22:03,448 Why are you ruining this for me? 648 00:22:03,448 --> 00:22:05,075 This is why I don't hook up with Little Debbies. 649 00:22:05,075 --> 00:22:06,409 [laughs] Oh. 650 00:22:06,409 --> 00:22:07,911 You're a monster. 651 00:22:07,911 --> 00:22:10,789 And there is no way that these are 800 thread count sheets. 652 00:22:10,789 --> 00:22:12,999 Goodbye. - Oh, you little bitch. 653 00:22:14,959 --> 00:22:16,961 Oh, my God! 654 00:22:17,671 --> 00:22:19,589 I'm never drinking again. 655 00:22:21,049 --> 00:22:22,133 Ms. Vance. 656 00:22:23,843 --> 00:22:25,303 Hi. Gloria from the dean's office. 657 00:22:25,303 --> 00:22:27,263 - Oh, hi. - Hi. 658 00:22:27,263 --> 00:22:29,474 Um, I am so sorry, 659 00:22:29,474 --> 00:22:32,102 but we are going to have to cancel the ceremony. 660 00:22:32,102 --> 00:22:33,812 What? Why? 661 00:22:34,521 --> 00:22:37,565 There are a number of groups that are planning on protesting 662 00:22:37,565 --> 00:22:40,777 due to a video of your material that's been circulating. 663 00:22:40,777 --> 00:22:42,904 Well, this is the first I'm hearing of this. 664 00:22:43,530 --> 00:22:45,073 After the Condoleezza Rice incident, 665 00:22:45,073 --> 00:22:46,866 we realized it was better to cancel 666 00:22:46,866 --> 00:22:48,660 to avoid any potential violence. 667 00:22:48,660 --> 00:22:50,829 Smart. She might kill someone. 668 00:22:50,829 --> 00:22:53,039 We do still plan to offer you the degree, 669 00:22:53,039 --> 00:22:55,667 just in a closed-door ceremony. 670 00:22:55,667 --> 00:22:56,918 At some point. 671 00:22:56,918 --> 00:22:58,420 Fantastic. 672 00:22:58,420 --> 00:23:01,464 Also, you have been invited to a town hall 673 00:23:01,464 --> 00:23:03,800 being hosted by a coalition of students tomorrow. 674 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:04,926 You can go if you like. 675 00:23:04,926 --> 00:23:07,595 Could be a good opportunity to hear their grievances. 676 00:23:09,097 --> 00:23:10,765 Again, I'm so sorry. 677 00:23:13,184 --> 00:23:15,854 I don't know, town hall could be a good idea. 678 00:23:15,854 --> 00:23:17,647 Absolutely not. 679 00:23:17,647 --> 00:23:19,524 I spoke to my crisis PR woman this morning. 680 00:23:19,524 --> 00:23:21,317 She said do not engage at all. 681 00:23:21,317 --> 00:23:24,029 OK, OK. Please, stop yelling at me. 682 00:23:24,029 --> 00:23:25,905 I'm too hungover to argue. 683 00:23:27,532 --> 00:23:30,535 [phone ringing] 684 00:23:34,289 --> 00:23:35,248 Deborah. 685 00:23:35,248 --> 00:23:37,083 I'm not gonna make it to Pride. 686 00:23:37,751 --> 00:23:38,710 What? 687 00:23:38,710 --> 00:23:40,420 No, no, there's just too much going on. 688 00:23:40,420 --> 00:23:43,548 And you know, apparently, I need to lay low. 689 00:23:43,548 --> 00:23:46,051 All right, I told, like, 200 gay men you were coming. 690 00:23:46,051 --> 00:23:47,635 It's fine. They'll get over it. 691 00:23:47,635 --> 00:23:49,095 No, they won't, actually. 692 00:23:49,095 --> 00:23:50,555 I told you this was important. 693 00:23:50,555 --> 00:23:52,640 Marcus, I do not need this right now. 694 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:53,725 This weekend has been a-- 695 00:23:53,725 --> 00:23:54,809 I don't want to hear it. 696 00:23:54,809 --> 00:23:56,978 OK, I want you to hear me, but of course you don't, 697 00:23:56,978 --> 00:23:58,396 because you don't fucking listen. 698 00:24:00,565 --> 00:24:02,025 [sighs] 699 00:24:02,025 --> 00:24:03,068 You know what? Forget it. 700 00:24:03,068 --> 00:24:04,778 I'll cancel. Bye. 701 00:24:10,909 --> 00:24:13,828 [big band music playing] 702 00:24:13,828 --> 00:24:18,208 ♪ ♪ 703 00:24:18,208 --> 00:24:19,584 [upbeat music playing] 704 00:24:19,584 --> 00:24:21,503 - Can I grab a lemon? - Go for it. 705 00:24:21,503 --> 00:24:23,421 ♪ ♪ 706 00:24:23,421 --> 00:24:26,049 Oh, hey. 707 00:24:26,049 --> 00:24:27,842 Deborah's not gonna be able to sign anything. 708 00:24:27,842 --> 00:24:29,427 She's not coming at all. 709 00:24:29,427 --> 00:24:30,512 Really? 710 00:24:30,512 --> 00:24:32,430 She never misses Pride. 711 00:24:32,430 --> 00:24:35,266 [sighs] Well, can't blame her. 712 00:24:35,266 --> 00:24:37,310 She's had a hell of a year. 713 00:24:37,310 --> 00:24:38,395 Cheers to that. 714 00:24:38,395 --> 00:24:39,854 You can kind of blame her. 715 00:24:41,648 --> 00:24:43,233 You OK? 716 00:24:43,233 --> 00:24:44,609 I mean, I don't know you. 717 00:24:44,609 --> 00:24:46,152 This could be your personality. 718 00:24:46,152 --> 00:24:47,404 I'm just pissed off. 719 00:24:47,404 --> 00:24:48,822 She owes us so much, 720 00:24:48,822 --> 00:24:50,490 and she's letting everyone down, again. 721 00:24:50,490 --> 00:24:54,285 Well, this is what happens. 722 00:24:54,285 --> 00:24:58,707 You can't stop being a fan now that she's got more of them. 723 00:24:58,707 --> 00:25:01,584 We loved her before anybody else did, 724 00:25:01,584 --> 00:25:04,129 and she loved us before anybody else did. 725 00:25:04,129 --> 00:25:06,548 That's not nothing. 726 00:25:06,548 --> 00:25:09,300 We--we just have to share her now. 727 00:25:10,176 --> 00:25:11,928 But doesn't that make you mad? 728 00:25:11,928 --> 00:25:13,096 No. 729 00:25:13,096 --> 00:25:16,141 It just means we were right all along. 730 00:25:17,142 --> 00:25:20,437 But nobody's ever gonna know Deborah like we do. 731 00:25:20,437 --> 00:25:23,064 She's a survivor, like us. 732 00:25:23,064 --> 00:25:25,775 Well, she's always looking out for herself, so yeah. 733 00:25:28,695 --> 00:25:31,906 You know, first time I saw her, 734 00:25:31,906 --> 00:25:34,743 she was performing at a bowling alley. 735 00:25:34,743 --> 00:25:38,455 It was right after the divorce, but she was so funny about it. 736 00:25:38,455 --> 00:25:40,665 And I--I was howling. 737 00:25:40,665 --> 00:25:42,000 She was at rock bottom, 738 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:45,253 but somehow, it felt like she was on top of the world. 739 00:25:45,253 --> 00:25:50,342 She made me feel like I could be on top, like-- 740 00:25:50,342 --> 00:25:53,470 like I could laugh at all the... 741 00:25:53,470 --> 00:25:56,181 sad things that were happening to me too. 742 00:25:57,349 --> 00:25:59,225 Yeah, when I first saw her, 743 00:25:59,225 --> 00:26:01,186 my dad had just died. 744 00:26:03,188 --> 00:26:05,398 I'm sorry. 745 00:26:05,398 --> 00:26:08,443 Well, I'm glad you don't feel left behind. 746 00:26:08,443 --> 00:26:11,196 Sometimes, left behind is good. 747 00:26:11,196 --> 00:26:14,032 Cher wrote the "Believe" album at 55. 748 00:26:14,032 --> 00:26:16,493 Did she show up at Pride that year? 749 00:26:16,493 --> 00:26:19,037 [scoffs] No. 750 00:26:19,037 --> 00:26:21,706 But we got the "Believe" album. 751 00:26:21,706 --> 00:26:25,335 Sometimes good things come from letting go. 752 00:26:26,336 --> 00:26:29,214 [gasps] And letting go is actually 753 00:26:29,214 --> 00:26:33,009 the theme of "Strong Enough" from the "Believe" album. 754 00:26:33,009 --> 00:26:36,554 [chuckling] 755 00:26:36,554 --> 00:26:38,014 Snap out of it! 756 00:26:38,014 --> 00:26:41,351 [laughing] 757 00:26:41,351 --> 00:26:44,104 At the tone, please record your message. 758 00:26:44,104 --> 00:26:46,106 [phone beeps] - Roy, it's Marcus. 759 00:26:46,106 --> 00:26:47,357 Give me a call when you get this. 760 00:26:47,357 --> 00:26:49,567 I'll be coming to QVC next week, 761 00:26:49,567 --> 00:26:51,444 and I'd like to talk. 762 00:26:55,115 --> 00:26:57,200 [laughter] 763 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:58,702 If we're gonna leave water 764 00:26:58,702 --> 00:27:00,286 at the border for these people, 765 00:27:00,286 --> 00:27:01,329 we might as well leave 766 00:27:01,329 --> 00:27:02,956 Spanish-to-English dictionaries too. 767 00:27:02,956 --> 00:27:04,290 [laughter] 768 00:27:04,290 --> 00:27:06,084 Clarence Thomas put a pubic hair 769 00:27:06,084 --> 00:27:07,919 on Anita Hill's can of Coca-Cola, 770 00:27:07,919 --> 00:27:09,421 which I find disgusting. 771 00:27:09,421 --> 00:27:11,214 She should be drinking Diet Coke. 772 00:27:11,214 --> 00:27:13,008 [laughter] 773 00:27:13,008 --> 00:27:15,260 An NBA player had sex with 6,000... 774 00:27:15,260 --> 00:27:17,595 [pensive music] 775 00:27:17,595 --> 00:27:19,931 [bell tolling] 776 00:27:19,931 --> 00:27:22,434 [indistinct chatter] 777 00:27:22,434 --> 00:27:24,519 All right, let's all begin. 778 00:27:24,519 --> 00:27:26,438 Thank you for joining us. 779 00:27:26,438 --> 00:27:29,190 Sharing this marketplace of ideas, right. 780 00:27:29,190 --> 00:27:32,777 Hey, are you in my foreign policy section? 781 00:27:32,777 --> 00:27:34,946 No, but oh, my God, 782 00:27:34,946 --> 00:27:37,198 I cannot tell you how much that means to me. 783 00:27:37,198 --> 00:27:39,367 I have a girlfriend. 784 00:27:39,367 --> 00:27:40,368 What? 785 00:27:40,368 --> 00:27:42,454 Damn. Y'all are wifed up. 786 00:27:42,454 --> 00:27:44,539 Uh, ma'am, please. 787 00:27:44,539 --> 00:27:46,374 Let's get started. - Sorry. 788 00:27:46,374 --> 00:27:49,669 Now, this isn't a public flogging. 789 00:27:49,669 --> 00:27:52,464 This is a dialogue for acknowledging harm 790 00:27:52,464 --> 00:27:54,215 and fostering empathy. 791 00:27:54,215 --> 00:27:58,094 But first, Deborah, would you like to start us off? 792 00:27:58,094 --> 00:27:59,095 Sure. 793 00:27:59,095 --> 00:28:00,305 [clears throat] 794 00:28:02,849 --> 00:28:05,018 Thank you for coming. 795 00:28:05,018 --> 00:28:07,729 I--I had a speech prepared, 796 00:28:07,729 --> 00:28:11,399 but I think I owe you more than my explanations. 797 00:28:12,817 --> 00:28:14,819 I am sorry. 798 00:28:16,404 --> 00:28:20,116 I looked back at those jokes, and I'm embarrassed. 799 00:28:20,116 --> 00:28:22,327 I wish I could donate a library 800 00:28:22,327 --> 00:28:25,914 or buy you all ice cream or something. 801 00:28:25,914 --> 00:28:27,957 Make it all go away. 802 00:28:27,957 --> 00:28:30,752 But I can't. 803 00:28:30,752 --> 00:28:31,920 Right? 804 00:28:35,173 --> 00:28:37,634 OK, um... 805 00:28:37,634 --> 00:28:39,678 I think I'll just listen. 806 00:28:40,845 --> 00:28:42,681 Because I've said enough. 807 00:28:42,681 --> 00:28:46,393 And to be totally honest, 808 00:28:46,393 --> 00:28:49,229 I'm really afraid of saying the wrong thing. 809 00:28:49,229 --> 00:28:51,731 Good. [scattered laughter] 810 00:28:51,731 --> 00:28:53,900 OK, then. 811 00:28:54,734 --> 00:28:56,277 Let's open up the floor. 812 00:28:56,277 --> 00:28:57,946 Would anyone like to share? 813 00:28:59,489 --> 00:29:00,699 You in the striped sweater. 814 00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:03,952 What's up, Deborah? 815 00:29:03,952 --> 00:29:05,537 You don't know me, but we actually 816 00:29:05,537 --> 00:29:06,871 have some stuff in common. 817 00:29:06,871 --> 00:29:09,082 We're both obsessed with 9/11. 818 00:29:09,082 --> 00:29:11,292 [laughter] Yeah. 819 00:29:11,292 --> 00:29:13,086 You got about 20 minutes' worth 820 00:29:13,086 --> 00:29:15,255 of raghead and terrorist jokes out of it, 821 00:29:15,255 --> 00:29:18,216 and what my family got was harassed. 822 00:29:19,050 --> 00:29:21,553 9/11's the reason my elbow's ashy. 823 00:29:21,553 --> 00:29:24,472 'Cause TSA still confiscates my lotion. 824 00:29:24,472 --> 00:29:26,391 [laughter] 825 00:29:26,391 --> 00:29:28,476 Here's the thing. I'm not even Arab. 826 00:29:28,476 --> 00:29:29,811 My family's Punjabi. 827 00:29:29,811 --> 00:29:33,398 So on the one hand, it does take the edge off 828 00:29:33,398 --> 00:29:36,985 when you realize how dumb racists really are. 829 00:29:36,985 --> 00:29:39,988 But on the other, it's like, damn, dudes, 830 00:29:39,988 --> 00:29:40,989 buy a shower curtain 831 00:29:40,989 --> 00:29:42,532 with the world map on it or something. 832 00:29:42,532 --> 00:29:44,034 [laughter] 833 00:29:44,034 --> 00:29:46,244 Anyway, just thought you should know. 834 00:29:46,244 --> 00:29:47,245 Thank you. 835 00:29:47,245 --> 00:29:48,455 Anyone else? 836 00:29:49,622 --> 00:29:51,249 Uh, you in the grey shirt. 837 00:29:52,125 --> 00:29:53,251 Hi. Uh, yeah. 838 00:29:53,251 --> 00:29:54,502 I just wondered if you could address 839 00:29:54,502 --> 00:29:57,088 some of your ableist material. 840 00:29:57,797 --> 00:29:58,798 I--I'm sorry. 841 00:29:58,798 --> 00:30:00,091 What is ableist? 842 00:30:00,091 --> 00:30:02,886 Why do I write the emails if she doesn't read 'em? 843 00:30:02,886 --> 00:30:04,095 [shushes] 844 00:30:04,095 --> 00:30:07,849 Your jokes that made fun of people with disabilities. 845 00:30:07,849 --> 00:30:09,517 Oh, right, yes. 846 00:30:09,517 --> 00:30:11,978 As someone that has dyslexia, 847 00:30:11,978 --> 00:30:15,774 or as you called it, "lysdexia," 848 00:30:15,774 --> 00:30:18,443 yeah, I just thought maybe you'd like to speak on that. 849 00:30:18,443 --> 00:30:20,195 Oh, to be honest, I didn't realize 850 00:30:20,195 --> 00:30:22,739 dyslexia was a disability. 851 00:30:23,490 --> 00:30:26,076 "Deborah Vance is by no means 852 00:30:26,076 --> 00:30:28,703 "the obvious choice for late night. 853 00:30:28,703 --> 00:30:32,290 "Her missteps are numerous and not entirely forgivable. 854 00:30:32,290 --> 00:30:34,376 "No doubt there will be more. 855 00:30:34,376 --> 00:30:38,046 "But for all Vance's typical boomer-ness, 856 00:30:38,046 --> 00:30:40,882 "there's a curiosity that goes beyond age 857 00:30:40,882 --> 00:30:44,260 "and taps into something more human: 858 00:30:44,260 --> 00:30:47,305 "our desire to understand each other. 859 00:30:47,305 --> 00:30:53,561 "Or as her writer Ava Daniels put it, 860 00:30:53,561 --> 00:30:57,440 "'A hack is someone who does the same thing over and over. 861 00:30:57,440 --> 00:30:59,734 "'Deborah is the opposite. 862 00:30:59,734 --> 00:31:03,196 "She keeps evolving and getting better.' 863 00:31:03,196 --> 00:31:05,031 "Watching Vance say the wrong thing 864 00:31:05,031 --> 00:31:08,034 "makes for entertaining TV, 865 00:31:08,034 --> 00:31:11,538 "but watching her engage is even better. 866 00:31:11,538 --> 00:31:14,541 "It's hard to say if she would be the perfect host. 867 00:31:14,541 --> 00:31:18,670 "But what she may offer us is something more interesting, 868 00:31:18,670 --> 00:31:21,464 "someone trying to connect with humanity 869 00:31:21,464 --> 00:31:25,010 "in her attempt to connect with her own. 870 00:31:25,010 --> 00:31:26,970 And that's worth watching." 871 00:31:27,846 --> 00:31:30,682 I mean, for a Meena Elahi article, 872 00:31:30,682 --> 00:31:32,809 that's like a rave. 873 00:31:32,809 --> 00:31:35,145 - Is it? - Yeah. 874 00:31:35,145 --> 00:31:38,106 Um, what-- what are people saying? 875 00:31:38,773 --> 00:31:40,066 Let's see. 876 00:31:42,861 --> 00:31:45,155 This one guy wants you to talk to his parents for him. 877 00:31:45,155 --> 00:31:46,698 [laughs] 878 00:31:46,698 --> 00:31:48,867 Ooh. OK. 879 00:31:48,867 --> 00:31:53,246 This one woman is saying you're a nasty, racist bitch. 880 00:31:53,246 --> 00:31:55,290 Couple of those. 881 00:31:55,290 --> 00:31:56,374 Lot of engagement, though. 882 00:31:56,374 --> 00:31:59,085 That's good. That's really--wait. 883 00:32:00,003 --> 00:32:01,379 Shit. 884 00:32:01,379 --> 00:32:04,049 What? 885 00:32:04,049 --> 00:32:06,426 Looks like Kayla... 886 00:32:06,426 --> 00:32:08,386 did actually tweet that you got late night. 887 00:32:08,386 --> 00:32:10,597 No. No-- 888 00:32:12,265 --> 00:32:13,808 It's really blowing up. 889 00:32:13,808 --> 00:32:15,935 Jimmy, what the hell happened? 890 00:32:15,935 --> 00:32:17,354 I fucking told her not to do that! 891 00:32:17,354 --> 00:32:18,730 She's not gonna force their hand! 892 00:32:18,730 --> 00:32:20,106 This is just gonna backfire! 893 00:32:20,106 --> 00:32:21,566 I'm actually pulling up to your house right now. 894 00:32:21,566 --> 00:32:22,901 - You're here? - Yes. 895 00:32:22,901 --> 00:32:25,820 [dogs barking] 896 00:32:25,820 --> 00:32:26,988 Is she insane? 897 00:32:26,988 --> 00:32:28,490 I know. I'm so sorry. 898 00:32:28,490 --> 00:32:30,158 If I wasn't fucked before, I am now. 899 00:32:30,158 --> 00:32:31,242 She shouldn't have tweeted that. 900 00:32:31,242 --> 00:32:32,660 The hell was she thinking? I'm gonna kill her! 901 00:32:32,660 --> 00:32:33,870 Listen. 902 00:32:33,870 --> 00:32:35,413 The network canceled your test show 903 00:32:35,413 --> 00:32:38,249 because they realized the guest spot was the test. 904 00:32:38,249 --> 00:32:39,751 [soft music] 905 00:32:39,751 --> 00:32:42,253 It's you, Deborah. 906 00:32:42,253 --> 00:32:44,005 You got late night. 907 00:32:44,005 --> 00:32:45,757 ♪ ♪ 908 00:32:45,757 --> 00:32:46,758 What's going on? 909 00:32:46,758 --> 00:32:48,843 You're scaring the dogs. 910 00:32:48,843 --> 00:32:50,428 ♪ ♪ 911 00:32:50,428 --> 00:32:52,389 I got it. 912 00:32:52,389 --> 00:32:54,557 I got--I got late night. 913 00:32:54,557 --> 00:32:56,142 - What? - What? 914 00:32:56,142 --> 00:32:57,560 - Oh, my fucking God! - Oh, my God! 915 00:32:57,560 --> 00:32:58,895 Oh, my God! 916 00:32:58,895 --> 00:33:01,147 [laughs] 917 00:33:01,147 --> 00:33:08,196 ♪ ♪