The Matt Walsh Show - Matt Walsh Tries To Laugh At Feminist Comedienne Samantha Bee ｜ THROWBACK EDITION

00:00:00.000 You know, recently I shared the devastating news that Full Frontal with Samantha Bee has

00:00:03.960 been canceled by TBS.

00:00:05.760 Now, you might be asking questions like, why are you reading news from five years ago?

00:00:10.160 Or who the hell is Samantha Bee? 0.78

00:00:11.720 But if you're a fan of this show, you might not realize Samantha and I have a little bit

00:00:15.460 of a history together because my producers obviously hate me, as you know.

00:00:19.620 They periodically make me watch feminist comedians do their best imitation of a suffering cat, 1.00

00:00:25.120 which of course, I mean, you know, their stand-up comedy routines is what they call

00:00:27.920 them.

00:00:28.040 The very first video in this Try to Laugh series featured Samantha Bee.

00:00:31.240 You know, we were ahead of the curve.

00:00:32.260 We shot this back in 2020.

00:00:34.220 Let's just say that her jokes have aged as well as a fine glass of milk.

00:00:38.580 Watch.

00:00:39.660 So my producer suggested that I watch and review some feminist comedy bits. 1.00

00:00:46.080 And he suggested this because evidently he hates my guts, which is understandable.

00:00:51.620 I would hate me too if I wasn't me.

00:00:53.540 I am me and I hate me.

00:00:54.560 So, you know, but the thing is, I did actually watch some feminist comedy in anticipation 1.00

00:00:59.740 of doing this little YouTube video.

00:01:01.880 And, uh, but, but much of it was so bad.

00:01:04.760 I'm a feminist. 1.00

00:01:05.640 And usually like, I'm, um, I'm like not an advocate of like street harassment and stuff

00:01:11.120 like that.

00:01:11.700 Um, except from men that wear gray track suits.

00:01:16.500 Just so, so, so bad.

00:01:20.140 I remember when Kate Middleton announced her pregnancy, I was like, ah, I wonder if she'll

00:01:25.820 keep it.

00:01:26.480 Who knows?

00:01:28.260 That I thought maybe the fruit was hanging a little too low, a little too, a little, it's

00:01:32.200 a little too easy.

00:01:33.060 And there's all kinds of euphemism packed into that last sentence that you can get into

00:01:37.200 later.

00:01:37.660 But then I thought if I'm going to review feminist comedy, I shouldn't go for the obscure

00:01:41.520 ones.

00:01:41.900 I should focus on a feminist comedian who is successful, well-known, allegedly talented. 1.00

00:01:48.340 And that's why I am going to focus on Samantha Bee.

00:01:51.180 You know, Samantha Bee has her own comedy show on Lifetime or whatever it's on. 1.00

00:01:55.120 And she's hailed by the media as brilliant and hilarious and genius and so on.

00:02:00.780 That's what the media says about her. 1.00

00:02:02.160 I figure she's the best of the best when it comes to woke female comedians. 1.00

00:02:06.100 So let me give her a shot. 0.99

00:02:08.040 We're going to watch some Samantha Bee together.

00:02:10.700 And more than reviewing it, I think I want to see if I can find a reason to laugh.

00:02:18.380 I want to laugh at a Samantha Bee joke.

00:02:21.720 I want to see if I can do that today.

00:02:23.480 I'll try my hardest.

00:02:25.600 So let's watch this together.

00:02:27.380 Let's start with this.

00:02:28.320 We'll take a look.

00:02:29.080 Okay.

00:02:33.460 Meat packing workers often contend with cramped conditions, grueling labor, and long hours.

00:02:38.840 So it's unsurprising that plants have become hotspots for COVID-19.

00:02:43.120 If we want to keep our food supply safe, we should first keep our workers safe.

00:02:47.500 So naturally, the president isn't.

00:02:50.320 Following aggressive lobbying from the meat industry, Trump issued an executive order aimed

00:02:54.680 at reopening meat processing plants.

00:02:56.960 Look, it's not shocking.

00:02:58.300 The president leapt into action to save meat because burgers?

00:03:03.300 You in danger, girl. 1.00

00:03:05.460 Okay.

00:03:08.760 So I think there were some jokes in there.

00:03:10.520 I can't be sure.

00:03:11.660 And this might be part of Samantha Bee's genius, that she tells jokes and nobody knows that they're

00:03:17.240 jokes.

00:03:18.060 So she's deconstructing comedy. 0.98

00:03:20.160 That's what I'm told.

00:03:21.240 That's the thing about female comedians. 1.00

00:03:23.760 Samantha Bee, Hannah Gadsby, they're always deconstructing comedy rather than just telling

00:03:30.880 funny jokes.

00:03:32.080 And I don't mean to imply that women aren't funny.

00:03:35.100 I would never imply that.

00:03:36.300 I, in fact, am stating it explicitly.

00:03:39.380 Just kidding.

00:03:40.160 Not really, but sort of.

00:03:42.040 Okay.

00:03:42.340 Let's keep going.

00:03:42.900 From Ohio to New York, Michigan to California, this morning, the beef shortage at Wendy's

00:03:48.800 is spreading.

00:03:49.520 The company with that unforgettable catchphrase decades ago is now having trouble finding

00:03:54.580 the beef.

00:03:55.200 You're out of beef then?

00:03:56.940 Out of patties?

00:03:57.860 It's embarrassing that the Where's the Beef place is out of beef.

00:04:01.980 It'd be like if someone at Taco Bell was caught thinking inside the bun.

00:04:08.620 Okay.

00:04:09.820 Let's stop right there.

00:04:12.100 This is a professional comedian, folks.

00:04:14.380 She makes millions of dollars telling jokes. 1.00

00:04:17.740 And yet she's never actually told one, so far as I can tell.

00:04:22.760 And so I'm starting to figure out that when people say Samantha Bee is funny, which I've

00:04:27.420 never actually heard anyone say that, but theoretically, if they do say that, they don't mean it on the

00:04:32.860 scale of comedians, right?

00:04:34.580 They're using a different scale.

00:04:36.560 What they mean is that she's funny for a feminist, which is like saying a corn dog is healthy for 1.00

00:04:44.240 carnival food.

00:04:45.460 So maybe if we understand it on that scale, we get into the mind of a feminist, maybe it 1.00

00:04:50.800 becomes funny.

00:04:51.480 So let's keep going.

00:04:53.400 With some food shortages and increased prices, the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance

00:04:58.440 Program is more necessary than ever.

00:05:01.220 About 38 million people rely on SNAP benefits to feed their families.

00:05:05.820 And last month, the USDA announced it would increase overall benefits 40 percent to give

00:05:10.840 families more money to buy food.

00:05:12.760 Unfortunately, many food stamp households were left out of the benefit expansion because they

00:05:17.500 were already receiving the maximum amount.

00:05:19.780 Now, while Democrats are trying to raise benefits by 15 percent, Republicans are attempting to

00:05:25.740 block that change.

00:05:27.320 Just for context, the maximum benefit for a family of four is only $646 per month.

00:05:34.060 For Republicans, giving hungry families an extra hundred bucks during a worldwide pandemic is 0.99

00:05:39.660 too big of an ask, both because they deeply, passionately don't give a shit about poor people 0.99

00:05:45.260 and because Steve Mnuchin needs it to fashion sheets for his bed. 0.98

00:05:49.780 My God, my God in heaven, deliver me, Lord.

00:05:58.000 Let's try a different video.

00:05:59.280 Maybe this was, this could have been a bad outing.

00:06:01.100 You know, it's, it's, that's fair.

00:06:02.560 Like not, not, not, it's not going to be great every single time for a comedian.

00:06:07.180 I understand that, you know, it's a tough job, I have to imagine.

00:06:10.240 So let's be fair.

00:06:11.420 We'll go to a different video.

00:06:14.960 We'll try this.

00:06:15.780 Um, okay.

00:06:17.900 Let's give this a shot, this a shot here.

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00:06:21.480 I had hoped that as we moved into spring, the forest would start to look green and full

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00:06:26.320 Instead, it's totally infested by gnats.

00:06:29.260 Oh, yeah, they're landing on my face now.

00:06:33.420 Stop there. 1.00

00:06:34.160 Kill me. 1.00

00:06:42.360 Okay. 0.98

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00:08:03.840 Look, I know it's hard.

00:08:05.160 I've been home so long I got horny just thinking about dining in at a pizza hut.

00:08:08.580 Okay, this is worse.

00:08:12.940 This is honestly worse than I thought.

00:08:14.120 I'm actually, I'm plunging into despair right now.

00:08:16.280 I am losing my will to live every second that I watch this.

00:08:18.900 I want to cry.

00:08:20.260 I do.

00:08:20.920 I don't even know why.

00:08:21.820 I'm just, I'm overcome by this wave of just total emotional desolation.

00:08:27.860 That's how bad this is.

00:08:29.360 It is making me long for the sweet embrace of death. 0.97

00:08:32.240 I wish I was dead right now.

00:08:33.600 I just had this image while I was watching this.

00:08:35.060 I had this image in my head of a guy burning to death in a house fire, and I was jealous

00:08:40.200 of that guy because at least he's not watching Samantha Bee.

00:08:46.500 Let's try, okay, we're going to abandon this.

00:08:49.360 Let's go, here's another video.

00:08:51.840 Let's give this one a shot.

00:08:53.040 Third time's a charm, right?

00:08:54.000 That's the same goes.

00:08:54.840 Here we go.

00:08:55.500 I don't know about you, but for me, it's crucial to stay productive during quarantine.

00:09:00.080 For example, at the start of the year, I bought a journal to keep tabs on every book I've

00:09:04.620 read and every film I've seen, but now I'm just keeping a list of every porn I've watched 0.66

00:09:09.340 that's troubled me, starting with hardcore kissing.

00:09:12.620 It's not what you think.

00:09:13.880 You know what?

00:09:14.480 Maybe, okay, maybe she's having a hard time with coronavirus material because it's, let's

00:09:19.340 be fair, it can be hard to come up with funny jokes around the coronavirus.

00:09:22.520 So let's, we'll go back.

00:09:23.960 We'll go back a few months, just to be fair.

00:09:25.680 Here, let's find a video of her from before all this.

00:09:30.180 So this is from last July and we'll give this one a shot.

00:09:33.620 Let's take a look.

00:09:34.320 In the past week, our beloved president of the United States of Rhodesia has done so many

00:09:39.960 racisms, we don't have time to cover them all.

00:09:42.780 So if you want to hear about Trump's social media summit, his threatened ice raids and

00:09:46.820 his failed effort to weaponize the census, turn to TBS2 for Full Frontal After Dark, where 0.98

00:09:52.360 I rant in my sleep about what a prick our president is. 0.92

00:09:56.040 Then stay tuned for Old Sheldon. 0.96

00:09:58.840 But for now, let's focus on the three.

00:10:01.620 Did you get, it's because there's a, there's a show called Young Sheldon.

00:10:08.020 And so she's saying, there's a show called Old, what if there's a show called Old, it's

00:10:12.340 not Young Sheldon, it's Old Sheldon.

00:10:16.060 That's the joke.

00:10:17.080 Let's focus on the three racistest things Trump's been up to lately, starting with this.

00:10:22.240 President Trump unapologetic, defending his racist Twitter tirade aimed at four Democratic

00:10:28.160 Congresswomen of color, after telling them Sunday to go back to help fix the totally broken 0.90

00:10:33.560 and crime infested places from which they came.

00:10:36.680 Sadly, the only thing that should surprise anyone is that he wrote from which they came

00:10:41.240 to avoid ending a sentence with a preposition.

00:10:43.520 Way to go, Shakespeare!

00:10:45.120 Shakespeare, now return your head to the orifice from which it came.

00:10:49.640 Of course, it wasn't long before.

00:10:51.700 I'm trying.

00:10:53.420 This is, this is not a bit at this point.

00:10:56.020 I want to laugh at a Samantha Bee joke.

00:10:58.400 I do.

00:10:59.100 That is on my bucket list.

00:11:01.380 Some people want to climb Mount Everest.

00:11:04.780 I want to find, I want to find a funny Samantha Bee joke.

00:11:08.280 That's all I want to do with my life now.

00:11:10.020 I want to be able to say out loud, this is what I want to be able to say this.

00:11:14.580 Have you heard that hilarious Samantha Bee joke?

00:11:17.800 And then I want the person I'm talking to to say, did you say hilarious Samantha Bee joke? 0.88

00:11:22.820 And then I go, yes, you sexist.

00:11:26.720 What, you don't think women are funny? 1.00

00:11:28.420 Well, listen to this and then I'll repeat the joke and we'll all have a good laugh.

00:11:32.280 That's what I want.

00:11:33.240 And it will end sexism once and for all.

00:11:35.820 That is my goal.

00:11:36.680 It's the only thing I want to do with my life now is my life's work.

00:11:40.120 I will find the joke.

00:11:42.500 Let's keep looking.

00:11:43.540 We'll go to a new video.

00:11:47.140 Here we go.

00:11:47.800 I'm feeling good about this.

00:11:49.140 Okay.

00:11:49.400 This is a, this is a Greta Thunberg related thing.

00:11:52.280 So there could be some good comedy here.

00:11:54.140 Let's take a look.

00:11:54.900 To most of America.

00:11:55.800 I'm Samantha Bee, the comedian.

00:11:57.540 Samantha Bee, the style icon.

00:11:59.600 Samantha Bee, the author of the 12th most popular line of self-published dinosaur erotica

00:12:04.220 on Amazon Canada.

00:12:05.320 But at home, I'm just mom.

00:12:08.060 From my own parenting experience, I can tell you there's nothing more terrifying than a

00:12:12.380 teenage girl.

00:12:13.440 And right now, one teenage girl in particular is scaring the crap out of all of us.

00:12:19.280 What's your message to world leaders today?

00:12:21.880 My message is that we'll be watching you.

00:12:24.560 And she means it too.

00:12:25.820 This morning I woke up and she was standing over my bed.

00:12:28.400 That, of course, is Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist who's been traveling

00:12:34.980 the world with one simple message.

00:12:37.300 She's just a girl standing in front of a group of world leaders asking them to do something

00:12:42.200 before the whole planet melts and we all die.

00:12:45.440 You all come to us young people for hope.

00:12:49.640 How dare you?

00:12:51.000 For more than 30 years, the science has been crystal clear.

00:12:56.440 How dare you continue to look away and come here saying that you're doing enough when the

00:13:03.720 politics and solutions needed are still nowhere in sight?

00:13:07.780 The only thing scarier than a 16-year-old girl is a 16-year-old girl with an agenda who knows 1.00

00:13:14.060 how to hold a grudge.

00:13:15.920 Greta Thunberg terrifies me and I love her for it. 1.00

00:13:20.940 Okay.

00:13:22.400 Samantha kind of ruined it there when she started trying to tell jokes. 1.00

00:13:26.540 But I did crack a smile at the Greta Thunberg clip.

00:13:32.340 Is it Thunberg?

00:13:33.120 Thunberg.

00:13:33.680 Thunberg.

00:13:34.140 Thunberg.

00:13:34.640 I've been saying Thunberg this whole time.

00:13:36.680 I'm going with Thunberg.

00:13:38.500 That one gets me.

00:13:39.380 That clip gets me every time I have to.

00:13:40.800 I'm sorry.

00:13:41.340 It does.

00:13:41.800 It's a little funny.

00:13:44.800 So we might have to count that as my Samantha Bee laugh.

00:13:47.480 I might just have to call it and say that that qualifies.

00:13:50.380 But let's see.

00:13:51.620 We'll plunge forward one more time.

00:13:54.180 Let's give this a shot.

00:13:55.780 She doesn't want to inspire us or give us hope.

00:13:58.040 She wants to give us nightmares because we deserve them. 1.00

00:14:01.920 Greta is bringing something very important to the discourse about climate change.

00:14:06.960 Shame.

00:14:08.080 She's traveled all over the world ripping into our craven leaders like a miniature Don Rickles 1.00

00:14:12.820 in braids.

00:14:13.360 And you know what?

00:14:14.140 It is working.

00:14:15.900 Her international shaming tour has led the EU to commit hundreds of billions of euros 0.74

00:14:20.220 to combating climate change.

00:14:21.640 She got the British Parliament to declare a climate emergency and pledged to zero out

00:14:25.960 its carbon emissions by 2050.

00:14:27.820 And she got the band Scorpions to finally stop rocking everyone like a hurricane.

00:14:33.260 Hurricanes are dangerous.

00:14:34.700 No.

00:14:40.100 You know what?

00:14:41.060 We're just going to...

00:14:41.760 I'm going to call it.

00:14:42.740 I can't do this anymore.

00:14:44.540 There's only so much punishment a man can take.

00:14:46.680 This is like...

00:14:47.580 This is like someone gave a microphone and a laugh track to my drunk aunt at Thanksgiving.

00:14:53.560 And I just...

00:14:54.040 I can't do it.

00:14:54.500 So the Greta Thunberg thing, that counts.

00:14:56.320 That's my laugh.

00:14:57.000 I did it.

00:14:58.160 I'm done.

00:14:59.920 Goodbye.

00:15:00.280 Goodbye.

00:15:00.380 Goodbye.

00:15:00.420 Goodbye.

00:15:01.280 Goodbye.

00:15:01.380 Goodbye.

00:15:02.380 Goodbye.

00:15:02.420 Goodbye.

00:15:03.420 Goodbye.

00:15:04.420 Goodbye.

The Matt Walsh Show - July 29, 2022

Matt Walsh Tries To Laugh At Feminist Comedienne Samantha Bee ｜ THROWBACK EDITION

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