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Bill O'Reilly Is "Easy To Hate (And That's A Fact)"

March 26, 2026 / 55:27

This episode features Bill O'Reilly discussing his latest book, "Confronting Evil," and his experiences in media. The conversation touches on historical figures known for their evil deeds, including Genghis Khan and Napoleon, and how these stories are presented in his book.

O'Reilly shares insights about his career, including his time at Fox News and his transition to independent media. He discusses the challenges and freedoms of working without a corporate structure, emphasizing the importance of creativity in media.

The hosts, Dana Carvey and David Spade, engage with O'Reilly on various topics, including politics, comedy, and societal changes. They discuss the impact of political polarization on comedy and the media landscape.

O'Reilly also reflects on his interactions with Donald Trump and the current political climate, offering his perspective on leadership and governance. The episode concludes with a light-hearted discussion about personal anecdotes and the evolution of comedy.

TLDR

Bill O'Reilly discusses his book "Confronting Evil" and shares insights on media, politics, and comedy with Dana Carvey and David Spade.

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You know, KBY, I I wrote the book >> specifically for the church lady. I may take a nap during the podcast.
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>> That's what most of us, >> but out of uh out of respect for you and
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Spade. The last time I saw Spade, we we were both shoplifting in Beverly Hills. You know me, I've been on every arc show
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a million times. I'm banned from them now. Now they want to hear about me. Tina Fay hates me.
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Gina hates you. >> Hates you. >> Hold on. >> So does the blonde.
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>> The cuddliest cuddly bear. >> Amy Polar. >> Oh, so does the blonde. Me
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>> hates me. >> Dana Bill O'Reilly is on today. Bill O'Reilly.
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>> Bill O'Reilly >> who is interesting guest for us. A little different off the beaten path. Uh
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friends with Dennis Miller. That's where I met him. Uh >> Billy >> and has books out, lots of books out.
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He's a very much a thinker and a doer >> and he says he's an independent. I mean
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a lot of people including myself were thinking oh you're a obviously right uh
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politically and he says >> that was kind of shocking. He really what we talked about was his latest book
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was about the history of kind of evil people like Angus Khan and stuff >> and it's a very easy read but it's
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really informative you know how much you know about all these you know Napoleon or all these people who did evil things.
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>> Yeah he does >> Napoleon was in there >> a deep knowledge of history. We didn't
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really get into too much politics, but which is good. You know, we just talked about the books and about Dennis and
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about He does love comedy and so I thought it was a nice chat. >> Yeah. And he he does talk to Trump on
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the phone twice a month. So he says uh some some insightful things about the man who occupies the White House.
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>> Yeah. >> If you're interested, I think it'll be fun to listen to.
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>> It's a fun listen. And here he is, Bill O'Reilly. >> Bill O'Reilly.
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>> I feel like I'm on your show. This is really funny. You You've got a nice
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studio tie on >> now. I'm watching you guys here. >> Can't hear me. Can't hear us.
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>> Yeah. Spade looks like he's in a bat cave. >> You look like you're in Bali, Indonesia.
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>> Yes. Yeah, >> you got to have plants in podcasts. >> Yeah, absolutely. Cuz most people you're
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interview are potted plants anyway. >> Oh my god. >> Two in a row. How old are you?
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>> I'm 17. Um, this will be And thanks for having me on you guys. I really
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appreciate it. >> We're excited to talk to you. You're never ever boring ever. Well, you know,
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that's uh probably true, but I know that you have access to the Kardashians and
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you know, I'm very very flattered to be here. >> That's right. We do. By the way, I'm
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really enjoying your book. Let's just start with this because I have a lot of
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other questions, secular questions about society and all that. >> Sure. Sure.
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>> But I am really enjoying it. I'd recommend it to anyone. Confronting
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evil. I'm a I'm a casual history buff, but you realize you don't really know. I
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love the way it's written. I I uh read Genghaskhan first. It's very nice and tur sentences. It's
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very clear. It moves. It has a thesis and they tell you what they're eating and how they're sleeping. So, I'm just
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really enjoying it. I read Mau this morning, so I'm in a very cheerful mood about the state of humanity.
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>> You read all the fun parts first. >> It's you. It's bite-sized chapters,
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quote unquote, and you can go anywhere you want, but it's just the most evil
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people in history. So, anyway, that's my pitch. >> You know, Karby, I I wrote the book
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>> specifically for the church lady. I mean, Satan and I was commiserating
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with the church lady and she demanded >> that I write Confronting Evil to get all
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the evil out there. and and what the church lady commands I do. So, I want everybody to know that
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>> I talked to her before I came out. I can only paraphrase it. Well, well, well.
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Mr. Bill O'Reilly writes a book about naughty people when he could have been
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writing about himself. >> There you go. Everyone wants a church lady singer. Um, so anyway, how are you?
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Where are you in your cycle? I knew you'd be early on the podcast and you seem to have unlimited energy.
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>> So, what are you are you going to take a nap after this podcast? >> I am. I may take a nap during the
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podcast. >> That's what most of us, >> but out of uh out of respect for you and
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Spade, the last time I saw Spade, we we were both shoplifting in Beverly Hills. I don't know whether I don't know
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whether he remembers it. We were one of those big stores on Beverly Boulevard. >> Oh, it was Barney. Yeah. Yeah. He he
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stashed a little shirt in his uh in his uh sweatshirt. I think I had some silverware in my pants. Um and we kind
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of just ran into each other >> right on the stairs. I knew I had up to $1,000. So there nobody cared. I ran out
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of there. Uh no, Barney's closed. It was sad. It was sad. I couldn't waste money
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anymore. >> Uh >> but anyway, uh you know, my cycle is interesting. Uh I'm kind of a little bit
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like you guys, but uh you're much more talented than I am. So what we do here
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uh once I left Fox News >> was I said, "Look, I'm going to I've
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been working for corporations now for 42 years, >> and I'm going to do it on my own now. Um
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I'm going to go out." So I I I did three corporations, one TV, one radio, and one
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books and internet, social media. And I took five people from Fox with me and then we grew at 60 people work for me.
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60 now. So I'm like 87 years old, which you could probably see. And and my friends are all driving around in carts
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and playing pickle ball. And I said, "Are you really hitting the pickles? I
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mean, what what are you doing? What is that?" >> Yeah. But I'm working like a sherpa. I
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mean, I would rather be taking luggage up the Himalayas than doing what I'm doing now. Sometimes working for someone
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is okay, but sometimes >> Yeah. But at least I'm calling my own shots,
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>> you know. >> Oh my god. >> Well, that trend has only accelerated
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exponentially since you started and Glenn Beck and then everybody else and Megan Kelly and Tucker Carlson, they
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create their own ecosystem and there's no difference and everybody's watching
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everything on YouTube and so I mean to me to not for you to have a boss >> doesn't seem correct. Well, I never
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really had one other than but there were some big boys like Run Aridge. He was the guy that started Monday Night
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Football and Howard Coell and then it was Roger Als. These were tough guys. They were like Michaels for you guys.
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>> Sure. >> I mean, you could go up against them, but you better have your stuff together.
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Um, but I was never a corporate guy. >> So, I stayed at Fox for more than 20
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years, bananked a lot of money. Uh, and then I said, I'm going to try to do this
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on my own because of the technology and it's worked great. And and not only that, but the freedom that we have
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because you're in the same in business now. >> Um, is just for me emotionally
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really a boost. That's where I get my energy. So, I was in LA uh over the weekend with Mah uh and his Dopey show
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>> and uh >> you know, he he works for HBO. >> Now, he's got autonomy like crazy. He's
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been there 23 years. He can do pretty much what he wants to do. He's got, you
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know, a thousand writers and all of this, but he's still got that corporate structure. you know, he still has to go
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to the meetings and stuff like that. And uh you know, I'm saying, "Hey, Mark, you
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you probably make more money just doing this on your own," which he's starting
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to do, >> right? With Club Random >> with the podcast he's inching over.
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Yeah. >> Yeah. >> But he could do the same kind of show himself and Yeah. So, I'm glad I was
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around long enough to see this happen, you know, because going on a traditional talk show, you get the Q&A up front, the
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host is feeding you, you know, and now it's just we're this is like green room
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stuff. We're just getting to talk to you unfiltered. >> Are you guys amazed though that in our
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lifespans, I'm older than you, but we came up in the what they call the golden
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era of of TV, linear TV. Are you surprised at the the changes and and how fast they came in,
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>> David? >> Yeah, I am for sure. And I'm also surprised uh it's also hard to stay in
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the business in any way, shape, or form because it goes it it switches over to Tik Tok. I mean, I was on sitcoms for a
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while. There's not many sitcoms being made. Uh there's a lot of people doing
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it the do your do-it-yourself way as you're talking about. Some it works, some it doesn't. But if you have an
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audience, hopefully they can find you and you can get a bigger piece and call the shots. I I I look at that Jimmy
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Kimmel situation. There's definitely two sides to like having a boss and saying
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what you want to say. And unless you are the boss, it just shows you can't always, it's not like real freedom of
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speech. It's more like we have to keep it within reason for advertise. There's
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always sort of a boss, right? Unless you're doing your own thing. Yeah, absolutely. And not only that though, it
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weighs you down. >> Um because YouTube in particular are creative funny guys. I'm I'm more of a
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journalist kind of give me the facts and all that, but when you have to when you're being secondguessed,
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>> all right. Yeah. >> Uh that kind of emotional stuff cuts into the creativity because if you're
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creative, >> you're gonna make mistakes. you're going to screw up. Sometimes it's going to
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fall flat. But in order to get the big hits, you got to try stuff. And all the corporate suits ARE LIKE, "OH, NO. WE
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CAN'T DO THAT." >> But Kimmel and Colbear and I I know all these guys and I
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>> Yeah, >> you you know me. I've been on every talk show a million times. I'm banned from
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most of them now. Not everyone hear about me. Okay. >> John have a nice >> You have to be banned from some. Yeah.
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>> Yeah. that changed and and it's it's a bad change for America, but once Trump
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came in, uh if you didn't hate Trump, then you were banished. I was on a view
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like a dozen times and you know mixed it up with the ladies and it was you know when Barbara Walters around was good but
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once they started to really hate Trump and I was talking to Kimmel through one of his friends and I said look
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>> it's okay to make fun of Trump but if you hate him if there's just blood
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dripping from your nose >> sure >> you're alienating 50% of the country you
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know don't be more get them if you not all right but don't be hateful about it
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that is what has changed >> my philosophy is to be funny first because that's the way I was you know
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raised on comedy be funny first if you make a point within it but if it's just
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the goal is to teach uh as a comedian I don't really like that style personally
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>> yeah it's hard what happened is that and I'm partially responsible for This I never forget I
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had I I had Ted CPP on the factor >> and CPP looked at me and said you ruined
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television news and I said thank you. >> Thank you. It needed to be ruined
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because pinheads like you were excluding half the country. >> All right. We couldn't
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>> sure >> you couldn't get their point of view because you guys are sitting in the
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ivory towers in Manhattan. So I'm glad I broke it down. But then what it went was
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in when again Trump comes in, it's they were making money hating him and they're
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making money like him. And that's where it all broke down. >> So now when people turn on linear
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television, they expect to get propaganda on one side or the other. And then the social media, at least some of
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us, and I include you guys in that. We're not interested in making money hating or loving somebody. We want to be
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entertaining and informative. And that's why I think we win. >> Yeah. Um, I'd agree with that.
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>> I agree. >> I just have to tell you, Dana, there's something I'm excited about.
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Now, you remember we talked about Jury Duty, the show? >> Oh, yeah. >> Season one. Yeah.
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>> Yeah. >> And that one I saw it on Tik Tok >> and then it was kind of a word of mouth
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thing. It It blew up. It was funny. >> And uh it actually all pulled together,
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which I was shocked they pulled that thing together. >> Uh and I was like, I will they do it
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again and they did. >> And cool. I think that's very cool. It it was set in a courtroom the first time
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and uh >> this is going to be a company retreat. >> H yeah. >> Yeah. Jury duty presents company
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retreat. It takes this groundbreaking social experiment >> out of the courthouse. Stay with me
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Dana. >> I got it. And drops it into the most relatable setting ever, the company
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corporate retreat. And if you've ever survived that awkward team building exercises or a trust fall with
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co-workers, >> you you know the vibe. >> Yeah. I mean, this is an inspired idea,
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I gotta say, after jury duty to put it in a company retreat. This season follows Anthony, a real temp hired by
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Rocking Grandma's Hot Sauce for their annual retreat. >> Right there. They should figure it out.
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Rocking Grandma's Hot Sauce. >> Yeah, I know. Except he has no idea the
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entire thing is staged around him. It's It's a workplace comedy means hidden
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camera. And uh it's unpredictable. It's authentic. It's so full of heart. The
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stakes are higher, the laughs are bigger, and it still celebrates the goodness in people. And here's the wild
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part. Rock and grandma's hot sauce. They're actually making it. >> Okay.
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>> And the flavors will be available on Amazon. >> Oh my god. I wonder if they started that
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first or if they >> they just made up that name and then it sounded funny. And but it's going to get
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a lot of attention. But you know, this thing, >> I'm kind of glad they didn't do it in
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the courtroom again because someone would figure that out. I would think. >> Oh, I don't think they could do it in
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the courtroom. I think that company retreat is uh the next best one. Yeah, >> it's hard to think of where to do it,
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but they did a good job. So, looking forward to that. >> Me, too. Watch now on Prime Video. For
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comedians in the last seven, eight years, it's been very, very touchy. And uh you did sort of start to say to
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yourself, well, I can't say that. And I don't really I'm not X-rated or
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anything, but even certain kind of takes couldn't do it. X-ray is better than
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having >> Well, let me give you an example as an outsider >> and then I'll give you an example.
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>> Okay. >> Okay. >> So, I'm watching you on SNL with Biden.
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>> That's what I was going to bring up. >> Go ahead. >> It's brilliant. I I mean, I'm on the
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floor. I'm on the floor. Okay. But I like you anyway. I like both of you or I
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wouldn't be here. So, I don't do podcasts with people I don't like. So I'm I'm going this he look but it
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wasn't malicious. It wasn't Alec Bowwin like if I could beat his brains in I
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would. >> No, you were just being >> you're making fun of him. >> All right. Well, but I know that
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Saturday Night Live got some blowback from it. What are you making fun of? Biden for you know and and that's the
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problem. You've got SNL now knows its audience is 90% liberal. So they're
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feeding them that stuff. It's still funny. All right. But they're feeding
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them that. >> But I think it got to the point where they were allowing it. You could make
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fun of Biden because after that George Clooney article, it started to switch and then it was like, well,
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>> okay, Dana. >> Yeah. in the sand because Lauren had asked me to do him when he was still
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going to be the nominee or you know and I said okay I'll try you know because I
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knew it was a slippery slope and he had to thread the needle even if I was in a club or doing it anywhere and then he's
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not running anymore and Camala's in there and that's when I emerged but I
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when I came out the first night with my Rudolph I was ready for maybe a heckling
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you know so I had it loaded in my head in case someone heckled me I'd say get
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your facts straight Jack. You know, I wanted to just get back at him, but it just started with this. And this isn't
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political. He would say these nonsequiters. This was the hook, folks. Guess what? And by the way, the
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fact of the matter is, no, I'm being serious here. I'm not kidding around.
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So, that was like a little song for me that didn't make a statement, but I felt
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that he was underserved, if you could say it that way, in the satirical department during his tenure. whether
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whether a president deserves it or not, you feel like it's it's a good sign of
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people are having some fun with the guy who was in charge of our country. But it
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was uh it was fun to go in there and do that. And the audience at that point accepted what I was doing. And I don't
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really actively hate anyone I do. Like in my heart, I hate this person. I'm going to do an impression.
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>> You would be the exception. I would >> because I'm really easy to hate. Um, and
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that is uh that is a fact. The other the other aspect of of what you guys do that
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intersects with what I do is that you have to be honest about it. So, I like the guy who does Trump now on SNL, the
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I've named >> James Austin Johnson. Yes. Right. I like him >> because he's a pro,
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>> but and and he gets his lines in, >> but he he doesn't drip of malice.
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>> Okay. He you can see that he he's doing his job as a comedian to deliver funny
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lines. >> There's nothing wrong with that. Yeah. >> It's just what it crosses over into the
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destruction. When I went out to LA this weekend, I had a person walk up to me at
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uh the HBO studio and goes, "Oh, I was so happy to have a Republican guest."
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And I go, "Well, who's that?" >> Looking around, "I'm not a Republican."
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>> And the person was like shocked. I said, "I'm a registered independent. What I'm
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trying to do is find a best problem solver for the country and that's who I'm going to get behind. But I'm not
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going to, you know, I am a traditional American. There's no doubt about it. I
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like all that. Uh I think that's why we're the uh most powerful nation in the
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world that's ever existed. And that's one of the reasons I wrote Confronting
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Evil was because we have evil in America. And I want people to know about it. And I write about the slave traders
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becoming the richest men in the world >> by doing this horrible stuff in New
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Orleans and Virginia. And then I write about Rockefeller and JP Morgan who are, you know, Wall Street icons to this day.
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They were rotten bastards. >> Okay. And Teddy Roosevelt took them out. >> Yeah. Um, and and so I'm I'm the kind of
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guy that that isn't an ideologue, and ideologues bore me to death. >> I just it's just the same stuff over and
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over and over again. The propaganda stuff, I hate it. >> Um, >> well, I think it's smart to be
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independent because if you if you say you're right, everyone just thinks so far extreme white supremacist or
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whatever the labels are. And if you say you're a Democrat, they think so far
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left. So there's tons of people that are still in the middle that want to think
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clearly and just sort of go case by case, issue by issue. But if someone gets a whiff, you're one side or the
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other, it's immediately a problem or not. That's that's affecting everything.
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When we say we're not political, but it affects the dating world. My friends are
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saying they go on a date and they're being felt out to see what they are right away to know if it's going to go
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any further. It wasn't like that in the old days. It's it's come into talk shows
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and everything that and comedy that wasn't like that. Now it's >> sort of infecting everything and it
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really splitting people up. >> Even families. >> Families for sure. >> Yeah. I mean Thanksgiving coming up, you
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know, and it's like, okay, here's Uncle Fred and he's a commie and I'm going to
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hit him with the gravy. >> Uh so even >> here's Uncle Zoran Mandami at dinner.
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Let's see what what happens. One of the reasons uh I put that knitw with uh uh
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Dennis Miller on my show. >> Finally, >> the one and only Dennis. >> Oh my god,
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>> what a brain. >> I I I remember going this is the greatest story.
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>> So I always liked uh Miller because Miller to me took no BS from anybody.
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>> Okay. And I know that to be true. So I went into Roger Als and I said this was
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right after Miller was on CNBC and he had a monkey on a show. I don't know whether you guys remember that.
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>> Yes, >> he a monkey. A real monkey. Okay. On the show. >> His name is Gleo,
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>> right? It was inexplicable. There was no real reason to have the monkey. But then
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there was a monkey and the show did not do well. Okay. >> That was that was the jump the shark
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monkey. Yeah, the chimp didn't quite uh his trainer overfed him, you know, and
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he likes next thing I know I'm at an 0.2. All right. >> So, I knew Miller a little bit and I
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knew how brilliant he was. >> Brilliant mind. >> So, I went into Al's the head of Fox and
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I go, "Uh, I want to put Miller on the air." And he goes, "Why?" He wasn't he
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the guy with the monkey? I said, "Yeah, we won't release the monkey." That's now
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his thing. >> But Als worked at CNBC, so he knew. But I said, "We're not using a monkey. We're
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just going to use Miller." All right. Just once a week because I want to get a
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totally unpredictable take >> on the country, on the world. >> Very true. Yeah. You'll get it
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>> right. >> Yeah. >> And it worked. It worked great. And it would just boom. It blew up. Everybody
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looked forward to it. And then Miller and I went out on the road. >> The road. Yeah. Yeah, I remember that.
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>> Yeah. And phenomenal >> huge audiences. Huge. I know from Dennis.
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>> Yeah, we did. >> We did. Well, the the only uh shows that I did that were more successful, the
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four I did with Trump, >> which were unbelievable uh about attendance and and uh grosses and stuff
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like that because that was after he lost the election. Even though he'd never
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admit he lost it, he'd lost it. Um u and we went out to the uh arenas and we did
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a history thing. But Miller's uh to this day uh the way he can analyze stuff, he just cuts right through the
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garbage and gets right to the essence of how absurd it is, >> which is what I was looking for.
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>> Yeah. >> No, he's he's amazing. I mean, his quote at the end of the day, it was like,
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Jesus, all I'm trying to do is keep half my money and kill the bad guys. All
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right. You know, that was like a nice tight way. >> Now, you guys, you got to tell me
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something now. >> Sure, please. >> I tried to drag Miller to the anniversary show, which I was invited
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to. I don't know, was it 30th or 31? Something. >> He wouldn't he wouldn't go to the SNL
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anniversary show. >> So, I did a skit for them. A What up skit? Is that the Keenan?
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>> Oh, yeah. That's right. Yeah. >> Oh, you were in that? Uh, I was in that
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and I said and then and Michaels was kind enough to invite me to the show. Nobody would sit next to me. So I I had
00:25:08
the big road to myself. >> Was this the 40th or the 50th? Which which which 10 years ago?
00:25:14
>> 40th. >> 40th. Yeah. >> And I and I go, "Miller, you got to come
00:25:18
to the SNL reunion thing with me. Come on. Be huge." And he wouldn't go.
00:25:23
>> I'll send the monkey. Do you guys know why I wouldn't go? >> Um,
00:25:34
that's a tough one. >> We should have him on right now. I I >> He wouldn't tell me either.
00:25:40
>> Yeah. >> I I said, "Mill, there's got to be a reason."
00:25:43
>> I know he doesn't like tons of fanfare, but he's kind of private, quiet. I don't
00:25:47
know. I I thought it was that he was shooting um he was shooting the Bordello of Blood 2.
00:25:58
>> Dennis was surprisingly >> good in that movie. >> Yeah. >> Surprisingly brilliant.
00:26:05
>> He brilliant. But I I think with Dennis, like I always say, of a single update guy to the
00:26:13
camera, you know, there's always the first guy, Chvy. I think Dennis is the best to do it. There were teams of Tina
00:26:19
Fay and Jimmy, but I think Dennis is the best. >> And then he was sort of other, you know,
00:26:26
he was considered a conservative in Hollywood in a certain way. So I don't know, you know, which was unfair because
00:26:33
I I see him as an independent like you. He just absolutely, >> you know, he's not an ideal.
00:26:38
>> All you need is to give someone a whiff and then word spreads. >> Yeah.
00:26:43
>> And that's what happened with him. Yeah. >> Nor McDonald was was very good. Um way
00:26:49
ahead of his time. >> Yes. >> Um doing weekend update, >> right? Time never catch up to norm.
00:26:57
>> There's an example of you're on a show and your boss doesn't like you, Don
00:27:01
Olmire, and you get fired. >> And it was ridiculous. But that being said, I understood uh the
00:27:09
animists. >> Well, it was norm bananas. >> You tell him not to do any jokes, he's
00:27:16
going to can't not do them. >> Yeah. How can I not do it? You'll get
00:27:20
fired. I get that. That's where I could not do it. >> Here's my uh Norm story. My 16-year-old
00:27:25
son at the time, Norm is playing Long Island out in Huntington, and we go to see him. And uh Norm and I had a very
00:27:34
good relationship. Uh so we went backstage. So he he looks at uh my son and he goes, whose name is Spencer, he
00:27:41
goes, "Spencer, I've got one piece of advice for you." My son's 16. And he
00:27:46
loves Norm. >> What's that, Mr. McDonald? Don't smoke crack. >> It's not a bad nugget
00:27:54
>> of all the advice. >> Yeah. >> That's very norm. >> You start with the softballs.
00:28:01
Right. >> Yeah. >> And then my my sons look at me like, "What? What?"
00:28:07
>> Yeah. >> No, there's only one Norm and one Dennis. Those guys, you know, fantastic.
00:28:13
>> And I was and I was privileged to to interact with both of them. I I have to
00:28:17
say uh because what you guys do is very very difficult. >> Thank you. >> No, it's it's the hardest part of show
00:28:26
>> uh because you got to be on it all the time. expectations are through the roof
00:28:31
>> and uh you gotta perform. You got to come through. It's like hitting clean up
00:28:35
for the Dodgers. You know, if you're gonna ground at the double blaze, you're
00:28:37
a ga be there long. >> Tina Fey said that once that just every time you go out on a talk show as a
00:28:43
comedian, you feel you have to kill. >> You have to kill. >> And if you don't, then you blame
00:28:49
yourself because who else is there to blame? >> I blame the crowd. Yeah. >> Tina Fay hates me.
00:28:55
>> Tina Feay hates you. hates you. >> Hold on. >> So does your blonde.
00:29:00
>> The cuddliest cuddly bear. >> Amy Polar. >> Oh, so does the blonde. Me
00:29:05
>> hates me. >> Not right. >> Oh, Amy. Yeah. >> Hates me to the extent that it's funny.
00:29:13
>> I could see that. Yeah. >> Yeah. Oh boy. This is the worst. Here he
00:29:18
comes to the Neanderthal of all time. Here he is. >> Oh no. Do you your brain do you get your
00:29:26
feelings hurt? Are you a lost ship at sea or have you gotten post any of that just knowing where or is that just your
00:29:34
nature from >> childhood? I mean you >> take a lot of hits like Trump takes hits
00:29:41
it just keeps going. >> Listen uh I've been friends with Trump for 35 years and he's the only human
00:29:47
being I know who can take more garbage than I can. the guy is like he's like
00:29:53
boom. >> I couldn't take 1% of that. >> It's a Star Wars shield there.
00:29:58
>> But when you were raised in Levittown like I was >> and in uh post World War II when there
00:30:04
were like uh 80,000 kids on the street and your parents didn't want you in the
00:30:11
house or why don't you go it's 14 below zero. No. No. Here's some ear muffs. out
00:30:16
of here. >> I didn't care what it was. >> When you're out there with that many
00:30:21
kids unsupervised in a working class ghetto, which was what Letown was, >> you're fighting all the time. I mean,
00:30:30
you're ranking people out. Your mother is this, you're that, you know. So, by
00:30:34
the time I was 16, I was numb to all of that. >> Now, I have a list of people who were
00:30:41
untoward toward me and my family. There is a list. Yeah. All right. But usually the
00:30:48
other stupid stuff I just swat it away and so does Trump. >> That levit sounds like Instagram
00:30:54
comments in real life. >> People People People People People People People People People People
00:30:57
People aren't used to that. They're not used to the world of that in your face.
00:31:02
They hate you. And not just online. >> We had to fight, but I didn't get to 63.
00:31:07
When did you achieve your height? always I was always a big boy as an athlete and
00:31:14
that saved me. >> I played four sports and then I'd be in a penitentiary. In fact, when I go back
00:31:19
to my Levittown neighborhood because I live fairly close there on Long Island, uh people go, "How come you're not in a
00:31:25
penitentiary? We we the overunder was you were going to be in there by the time you're 22."
00:31:31
>> Oh, right. Nobody saw you being a huge success. >> No. >> Did Did you ever get Billy Joel in a
00:31:37
headlock? Yeah. Did >> you ever get Billy Joel in Thanks for bringing that up. So Billy Joel Town,
00:31:43
too. >> Yes, I know. He wrote the song. >> Yeah. >> So he lived in the Hicksville section of
00:31:50
Levittown. I lived in the Westbury section. Letown was so humongous. They divide up the four um post office. And
00:31:58
that's why Al Franken was calling me a fraud. Oh, you were up in Le Town. All
00:32:02
right. Yeah, fine. Okay. Uh Al, by the way, is in prison in Burma right now. So, you haven't seen him around, it's
00:32:09
where he is. >> Um, >> we know all these people. >> Yeah, he's on the list. Uh, so anyway,
00:32:17
>> Billy Joel and I would cross paths with same age in the summertime up what they
00:32:24
call the green where there was no air conditioning. Nobody had air conditioning. 11,000 112.
00:32:29
>> No [ __ ] >> He had his crew. I had my crew and we'd all go up there at night and sing.
00:32:38
Everybody would sing ac cappella. >> Oh, the Jets and the Sharks. >> So, yeah. So, Billy Joel, it was August,
00:32:45
middle August, 95, was wearing a leather jacket. Every night he'd be wearing a
00:32:50
leather jacket. He had the slick back hair. I go, "Hey, Billy, it's 98.
00:32:55
>> Why do you like the cigarette walking in?" So I kept in touch with him all
00:33:02
these years. Um and >> I like he's a good guy. I mean absolutely a lot of these rock people.
00:33:10
>> I mean you know >> he has no pretense. Billy Joel no overt ego at all. He talk to anybody. Yeah.
00:33:19
>> Super talented though. Super >> good guy. >> So about 10 years ago I invite him to
00:33:25
dinner over my place. So he comes with his wife and my two kids are there and we sang a song at the dinner table. So
00:33:35
in love by the times he was the lead I was the backup. I thought my daughter was going to have a heart attack at what
00:33:44
like this and her comment to her friend her comment to her friend goes Billy Joe
00:33:49
was at my house. I don't know why he likes my father, >> my own daughter.
00:33:58
>> So, are you a good singer? I mean, I know you're probably not going to
00:34:02
>> carry a tune. >> I can I can So in love, too. That you know, I can do that,
00:34:10
>> but he's lights out. >> So, if you're smart, >> all you do is
00:34:17
>> do I do that's all you do. >> Yeah. support the the genius. >> Stay near Billy. Yeah, for sure.
00:34:24
>> I want to get your hot take on a couple things. >> Yeah, let's get some tail.
00:34:27
>> These are these are secular things and that's when you go to like an apolitical
00:34:31
thing. Okay. Um AI afraid of it. We're trying to make this superbrain, these data centers. We need
00:34:39
a superbrain to solve cancer, solve these things. Excited about it. Hot take. >> Yeah, I'm a ly number one. I don't know
00:34:48
anything about any of that. Um, but >> it's inevitable and I'm going to accept
00:34:54
it. But it will never replace me or you because AI is not going to be born with innate talent.
00:35:05
>> Keep that in mind. >> Okay. >> We just need it to process a billion
00:35:09
bits of information in a billionth of a second and tell us >> how to make fusion energy. Uh, Bitcoin.
00:35:16
Got it. Oh, sorry. David, do you have a question? >> I had one. Okay. Is >> No.
00:35:20
>> Who's >> I got my money under my bed. >> Okay. I don't
00:35:24
>> Are you just in bonds? You're not a stock market guy either? >> No, I do. I My uh my um financial
00:35:31
advisor, Swifty. Um we we have a nice portfolio. >> We believe in capitalism and we've done
00:35:40
Okay. >> Okay. >> Do you think Gavin Newsome will be the next president?
00:35:46
of Bolivia. Can't be can't be president for one reason. The hair. >> Look at all 45 presidents. You can't
00:35:58
have hair like that. >> And I said that to Mars. I said, "What you have in common with Newsome is the
00:36:04
hair." >> Oh, I saw that. Yeah. >> Guys got the hair. >> You can't still have a modeling comp
00:36:08
card. >> You guys both live in California. >> Yes. >> So, you know.
00:36:15
Yes. >> What went on or what goes on out there is going to be forefront. I don't think
00:36:20
Governor Nuomo has a chance stand up to the his record in California. >> I personally don't agree with all these
00:36:28
policies because it's kind of affecting me. But when you go on the national scale, sometimes the other states don't
00:36:35
really care. He >> Yeah, but he's so out there and he's adopting a lot of the Trump tactics, a
00:36:42
lot of the uh >> he has done the memes and stuff. Yeah. >> Yep. Yep. He's doing that. So, I think a
00:36:49
guy like Wes Moore, the governor of Maryland, probably got a better chance uh because his record is stronger than
00:36:55
Newsome's record. >> Yeah. And there's also the voice and he would be Gavin, what you call a
00:37:05
pretty boy, you know, >> he's a little pretty. >> Yeah. Well, it doesn't matter if you're
00:37:11
pretty or not, although Abe Lincoln certainly wasn't. Um, but actually Nuome's tenure
00:37:19
really did Spade and I a favor because in California you can shoplift and nobody cares anymore. So when we were
00:37:29
Yeah, I did not agree with that policy. Is that a weird thing to say? It's like,
00:37:35
>> do you think their nominee would be more toward the middle or more toward the
00:37:38
left? >> Toward the middle on the Democratic side because people are tired of the lunacy.
00:37:44
They were every single day. Give us a rest. Um, and I when I speak to uh President Trump, which is, you know,
00:37:55
maybe once every two weeks or something, I go, "Hey, you take a couple of days
00:37:59
off, you know, just >> Yeah. Just relax a second one." >> Yeah. Yeah. It just weighs everybody
00:38:05
down. >> How do we process that energy? He's 79 and you can't keep track. He's in Malay.
00:38:12
He's flying all over. I mean, what is that about? >> Hardest working president. in history.
00:38:20
Okay. The and the laziest president was Warren Harding. >> Of course I say that every day.
00:38:26
>> That's true. 1920. >> Unbelievable. >> That guy ribbon.
00:38:33
>> If you do another tour with him, will you call it? We'll do it live. If you
00:38:37
don't call >> you guys, I know you're trying to make fun of me, but that's okay.
00:38:40
>> No, I like that. It's the coolest thing you've ever done. >> You guys can open.
00:38:45
>> I'd love I'd love to. How's the green room? >> I love it.
00:38:49
>> Here's a question. >> You like diet cokes? He drinks a dozen diet cokes a day.
00:38:56
>> I know fish McDonald's golfs a little bit. Ever ready bunny sleeps four, five
00:39:03
hours a night. I mean, I'm just trying to >> minutes a night. Not even
00:39:07
>> I have to keep my phone on. This is true because he comes in between 1 and three.
00:39:14
>> Oh, O'Reilly. You know that kind of thing. loving what you're doing. You're
00:39:18
tremendous bill. They're after me. We got a lot of policies. We're going to do
00:39:23
a bill. But anyway, a lot of people, you're a historian and you have 17 books
00:39:27
killing everybody. Lincoln, whatever. 20 million. I mean, you're an author as
00:39:32
much as you are anything as far as the sales are extraordinary. I'm just saying, not not trying to kiss your ass,
00:39:39
but you know, it is amazing what you've done. And people now think no kings like
00:39:45
okay so break it down for us. If Trump was to become a dictator in the next three years what are the steps he's got
00:39:53
to make pretty soon to achieve that. >> Well first of all the view ladies would
00:40:01
be incarcerated. Uh that would be let them run around anymore. You know, I put a I put a chapter in uh Confronting
00:40:10
Evil about Henry VII, >> Confronting the >> to show everybody what a real tyrant
00:40:16
king is. >> I know. >> You didn't want to date Henry VII. Okay. No. And if if you're trans, you didn't
00:40:24
want to be in the country. Um you did not want to be around Henry. Um and and thank you for bringing up the books. We
00:40:31
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00:40:39
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and it just the filth and the disease and just the darkness of all of it is just always a reminder that we are here
00:44:03
in America. Obviously, there's people suffering, but yeah, you know, modern medicine and you can go to the grocery
00:44:09
store. Most people, I mean, it is a good check because I've seen people in the
00:44:13
street with a latte and their iPhone. I hear them talking to their friend. Oh my
00:44:18
god, this is the worst time to ever be alive. I'm thinking they should read Confronting Evil,
00:44:26
>> you know? >> Then they jump into the Prius in Valet Park, >> right? Americans lack perspective. And
00:44:35
so confronting evil is all about look, we are not a perfect country. President Trump is certainly
00:44:43
um not a perfect man, but and that's a big but. >> Most Americans are decent people. About
00:44:52
15% of us are evil. That's my uh what I put on that percentage. 15% of the whole
00:44:58
human race is evil. They'll hurt you if they can. and they like it. Putin, that's why Putin's on the cover of the
00:45:04
book. He likes certain people. We don't have a lot of that in our leadership. Um
00:45:10
Trump sees the world very black and white. >> You're either with him or you're against
00:45:16
him. You're against him, you're going to try to mock you or whatever. If you're
00:45:19
with him, he's your best pal. That's what he is. Not changing. But from a
00:45:25
historical viewpoint, he's done a lot of good things. and um he's done some bad
00:45:31
things too, but he is very interested in his legacy. So, he's not going to try to
00:45:37
take over in the next three years. He's not going to try to run for a third term. This is all ridiculous. But you
00:45:43
know what he'll do? And you guys will find this interesting. Every day, Donald
00:45:48
Trump wakes up for him is two hours sleep, >> okay? And his first thought is, "How can
00:45:55
I torture my enemies?" So he says stuff just to get the view ladies upset. >> It works
00:46:04
>> just to get Whoopy Goldberg, >> right? Yeah. He'll just >> They take it literally. They take
00:46:12
everything he says literally. >> And then he loves it. >> Look at this reaction. Look at MSNBC.
00:46:18
They're setting themselves on fire. Yes. And now I'm going to say this, >> he doesn't do any of it.
00:46:26
>> So, >> you got to understand where he's coming from. I did that when I was seven years
00:46:30
old, but he continues to do it. >> Like the whole Canada thing he came out
00:46:36
with, but I think it' be the right. He was just kidding. >> Drove people crazy.
00:46:43
>> He didn't like Trudeau. Yeah, >> Trudeau is a little nebish to him
00:46:49
>> and now she he's But you got to give Trudeau he's run around Katy Perry.
00:46:52
That's not bad. >> Okay. >> He didn't like Trudeau at all. >> Not bad.
00:46:56
>> So he goes, "How can I annoy Trudeau?" >> I'm taking it over.
00:47:03
>> Of course. >> Boom. Okay. >> Now, does everyone want that from their
00:47:06
president? Not everyone. >> I know. >> But but you know, we just had Biden who
00:47:10
was very quiet. So, we've got too quiet and then we got too loud. >> He was napping.
00:47:16
>> Yeah. >> And it was it was a do not disturb sign over his entire administration. I mean,
00:47:20
that's what it was. And I knew that from the jump. Uh because Biden was never
00:47:26
never a hard worker. Even when he was a senator, he was never a guy who's that
00:47:30
interested in public policy. He just wasn't. Um boy, you should talk to Barack Obama about Joe Biden.
00:47:38
>> Well, yeah. Anyway, I've read some of that. If you understand Trump, you won't
00:47:44
hate him as much. That's my message to Beverly Hills. >> That's good. I like that.
00:47:50
>> You got to think about not what he says, but what he does >> and overseas getting those Hamas guys
00:47:58
out, those hostages. >> That was one tough deal. And if he can bring in China
00:48:06
that because I was in China at the government's request over there, they were like you. Uh they asked me to be on
00:48:12
their podcast but in person in Beijing and I and I went over on my own dime. >> Uh
00:48:20
I passed on that one. >> No, my son I dragged him because he's a political science major. Uh he goes,
00:48:26
"Are you sure we know?" And I No, no. This is once in a lifetime experience.
00:48:30
you're going to be sitting across the most powerful guys in the second most powerful nation in the country and three
00:48:36
hours we did. Um, but if Trump can bring that in and calm things down over there
00:48:42
and get a decent trade deal with them, huge. >> Do you think there's any chance we could
00:48:47
create a stronger alliance with them? >> Yeah, >> because they're business people. They're
00:48:53
not like Putin's a psychopath. He wants to kill women and children. It's
00:48:57
impossible to do. >> So, what do we do with Ukraine? You have to make a deal with China.
00:49:03
>> Oh, okay. Because they're >> and I'm involved with this very deeply
00:49:07
with President Trump. >> It's triangulation they call it. >> If we can make a deal with China and
00:49:13
China withdraws its support from Putin, Putin's finished. >> And that is starting because Trump's
00:49:21
going to sell all the Anoir oil to Beijing. That means that Beijing doesn't have to buy it from Putin.
00:49:30
And there's enough up there. It's in >> Oh my god. The polar bears are covered
00:49:34
with it. I mean, it >> they're not in weight anymore. >> Here's two. You got any other Here's two
00:49:42
when I just quick takes. One is >> that these things un unachievable, impossible. What would Trump do? the
00:49:50
debt the 38 37 38 trillion and affordability is all the and that's going to take time to bring down housing
00:49:59
costs. What what is your thoughts on those? >> Well, he knows he knows after last week
00:50:05
uh that the midterms are in jeopardy. Yeah, >> he knows and his legacy depends on
00:50:12
keeping the House and Senate in November 26. So, the first salvo was I'll give
00:50:17
everybody two grand. Okay. Um, but if you look at it, if you go to bill O'Reilly.com, which is where I live, we
00:50:26
earn that money because Trump wouldn't get any of these tariffs if not for US
00:50:31
consumers buying the stuff from China. So, what Trump's doing is basically charging an admission fee for all
00:50:38
foreign nations to sell their stuff inside the United States because we buy more than anybody else by far. Mhm.
00:50:44
>> So, it's us that are making people want to send stuff here and Trump is
00:50:49
exploiting that. >> And that's the kind of commentary I do every day on billi.com.
00:50:55
But it's going to be very difficult to force people to lower their prices. When
00:51:02
I was in LA, the hotel I stayed at was charging $36 for a cheeseburger. $36 for a cheeseburger. So I went out to
00:51:11
In and Out and I got 14 for $36. Sure. >> You know, and I brought them in and gave
00:51:18
them to all the bellhops. I said, "And I don't buy that stuff." But
00:51:22
>> to go in it though, don't. So you can't charge that. So it's a very very
00:51:27
difficult thing. I don't know whether the Republicans are going to be successful. However, the Democrats don't
00:51:34
have much and that is the Republicans's big advantage. Well, the terms of leadership policies
00:51:42
or whatever >> when you say the Democrats don't have much need their policies, a leadership
00:51:49
um >> all of it across the board. You you said a $ 38 trillion debt. Well, what do the
00:51:54
Democrats want to do? They want to spend more and more and more and more and more
00:51:59
and you can't. Now, >> if you try to lower it, how do you get reelected? I mean, it's a very difficult
00:52:04
thing for both. promise every Mandani just got elected comm and he's a communist he's not a socialist and uh
00:52:12
free bus rides for everybody and the governor yesterday goes well we don't have enough money to do that it's $800
00:52:17
million a year to give free bus rides to everybody and New York state is already
00:52:22
like California in deep in debt where are they going to get the money and all the rich people are moving out they're
00:52:28
all going to Florida or wherever and um where you going to get it so that's what
00:52:34
I say the Democrats can't continue on this and then they got the woke stuff and then they got this stuff and you
00:52:41
know if the Democrats had a guy like JFK, not IRFK Jr., no. All right. But RFK senior,
00:52:51
>> they'd win. >> They had a charismatic leader like Trump, big win.
00:52:56
>> So they're looking for that guy. Yeah. Well, good looking. Uh, you know, Co
00:53:02
Bear turned it down, but um, >> um, anyway, this has been a pleasure. I mean,
00:53:11
>> very, you're never boring, like I said. And, uh, Bill O'Reilly.com
00:53:16
>> and the No Spin News podcast, you're everywhere. >> Yeah. >> Yeah, we're all And I really appreciate
00:53:23
you guys reading uh, Confronting Evil. Um, and I hope people will check that book out. But you learn a lot and it's
00:53:29
it's fun to read. You know, I hate to use the word fun and evil in the same thing.
00:53:34
>> It's fascinating. You these names are iconic. Gangask, whatever. And then
00:53:38
you're into the detail of how they got so evil, how they got their power and
00:53:43
what happens to them and the people who risk their lives to take them out. So that it it's just stories that are
00:53:51
fascinating that happen to be kind. >> I'm glad you guys liked it. I just want
00:53:55
to say I've always admired your talent both of you. Um that whole crew uh with
00:54:02
Miller and Norm and you guys. I mean it was just >> that was just a highlight of American
00:54:08
television and it was and I uh I'm pleased to be on with you and thanks for taking the time.
00:54:13
>> Thank you. >> Thank you Bill. Appreciate it and we'll talk soon.
00:54:15
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00:54:41
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00:54:49
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Episode Highlights

  • Bill O'Reilly's Surprising Book
    Bill O'Reilly discusses his latest book on evil figures in history, revealing surprising insights.
    “He really says he's an independent.”
    @ 01m 01s
    March 26, 2026
  • The Evolution of Comedy
    A discussion on how comedy has changed, especially in the context of political figures.
    “You can't always, it's not like real freedom of speech.”
    @ 09m 50s
    March 26, 2026
  • Confronting Evil in America
    The speaker discusses the dark history of America and its powerful figures.
    “We have evil in America. And I want people to know about it.”
    @ 19m 55s
    March 26, 2026
  • The Impact of Politics on Personal Life
    The conversation shifts to how political affiliations affect dating and friendships.
    “It’s sort of infecting everything and really splitting people up.”
    @ 21m 27s
    March 26, 2026
  • Dennis Miller's Unpredictable Take
    The speaker reflects on bringing Dennis Miller onto the show for his unique insights.
    “I want to get a totally unpredictable take on the country, on the world.”
    @ 23m 26s
    March 26, 2026
  • The Challenge of Comedy
    The difficulty of performing in comedy and the pressure to succeed is discussed.
    “Every time you go out on a talk show as a comedian, you feel you have to kill.”
    @ 28m 41s
    March 26, 2026
  • Gavin Newsom's Presidential Chances
    A humorous take on Gavin Newsom's potential candidacy based on his hair.
    “You can’t have hair like that.”
    @ 35m 53s
    March 26, 2026
  • The Nature of Evil
    A discussion on the percentage of evil people in society.
    “About 15% of us are evil.”
    @ 44m 52s
    March 26, 2026
  • Trump's Daily Thoughts
    Every morning, Trump wakes up thinking about how to annoy his enemies.
    “How can I torture my enemies?”
    @ 45m 50s
    March 26, 2026
  • Understanding Trump
    A perspective on how to view Trump's actions and legacy.
    “If you understand Trump, you won’t hate him as much.”
    @ 47m 40s
    March 26, 2026
  • Political Landscape Commentary
    Insight into the challenges Republicans face in upcoming elections.
    “I don’t know whether the Republicans are going to be successful.”
    @ 51m 31s
    March 26, 2026
  • Fascinating Insights on Evil
    A look into the iconic names and stories in 'Confronting Evil.'
    “It’s fascinating. These names are iconic.”
    @ 53m 36s
    March 26, 2026

Episode Quotes

  • I talked to her before I came out.
    Bill O'Reilly Is "Easy To Hate (And That's A Fact)"
  • I'm a registered independent.
    Bill O'Reilly Is "Easy To Hate (And That's A Fact)"
  • It's not a bad nugget of all the advice.
    Bill O'Reilly Is "Easy To Hate (And That's A Fact)"
  • You can’t keep track. He’s in Malay.
    Bill O'Reilly Is "Easy To Hate (And That's A Fact)"
  • Hardest working president in history.
    Bill O'Reilly Is "Easy To Hate (And That's A Fact)"
  • I don’t know whether the Republicans are going to be successful.
    Bill O'Reilly Is "Easy To Hate (And That's A Fact)"

Key Moments

  • Shoplifting Story00:18
  • Comedy Evolution09:50
  • Political Identity19:31
  • Historical Reflection19:55
  • Comedy Pressure28:41
  • AI Concerns34:35
  • Evil in Society44:52
  • Political Commentary51:31

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