IT’S REALLY DISCOURAGI
>>> YOU’VE GOT A NEW LATE NIGHT
SHOW COMING TO PEACOCK WHERE YOU
TALK ABOUT THE STATE OF THE
WORLD, MY 90s.
>> YOU ARE KIND OF OLD
>> THE ELECTIONS
>> THE ELECTIONS, YES.
>> AND YOU’LL INTERVIEW GUESTS
WHO REALLY HAVE SOMETHING TO
SAY?
>> YES
>> LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE ONE HELL
OF A SHOW AND YOU REALLY KNOW
WHAT YOU’RE DOING.
>> I DO.
>> WILMORE, A BRAND-NEW LATE
NIGHT SERIES STREAMS SEPTEMBER
18th ON PEACOCK.
>> THE EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH
HIMSELF.
LARRY IS RETURNING TO LATE NIGHT
WITH HIS NEW SHOW "WILMORE"
WHICH PREMIERES TOMORROW ON
PEACOCK AND THE EMMY AWARD
WINNING PRODUCER, ACTOR AND
COMEDIAN JOINS US NOW.
GOOD MORNING
WELCOME BACK TO LATE NIGHT
SO GLAD YOU’RE HERE.
TELL US ABOUT THIS SHOW.
WE LOVED YOU ON "THE DAILY
SHOW," THE NIGHTLY SHOW AS A
PRODUCER OF SO MANY OF THE SHOWS
WE LOVE.
WHAT CAN YOUR FANS EXPECT
TOMORROW ON PEACOCK?
>> THANKS, WILLIE.
SO GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN, TOO
I’VE BEEN A FAN OF YOURS FOR SO
LONG
>> THANKS, WILLIE.
>> WELL, WILMORE, I WAS TALKING
TO DAN WHO RUNS PEACOCK AND HE
WANTED TO DO A SHOW WHERE WE
COULD HAVE THAT CONVERSATION
THAT AMERICA SAYS IT WANTS TO
HAVE
AND SO IT CAME OUT OF THAT
SIMPLE IDEA OF ME ENGAGING THE
PEOPLE AND THE THINGS THAT ARE
GOING ON, AND THEN WE’RE USING
THIS TIME OF THE ELECTION, LIKE
11 SHOWS, TO KIND OF COVER THAT
AS WELL.
SO IT’S A COMBINATION OF
INTERVIEWS WITH PEOPLE AND
COVERING THE ELECTION.
IT’S REALLY SIMPLE, THOUGH
>> WHAT’S IT LIKE TO LAUNCH A
LATE NIGHT SHOW.
THIS IS NOT YOUR FIRST RODEO,
BUT DOING IT THIS WAY, UNDER
THESE CIRCUMSTANCES.
OTHER LATE NIGHT HOSTS SITTING
ALONE IN THEIR HOUSES TRYING TO
DO MONOLOGUES.
WHAT IS THAT GOING TO BE LIKE?
>> IT’S VERY BIZARRE, BUT THE
GOOD NEWS IS, WE’RE CONSTRUCTING
IT WITH THAT IN MIND
WE HAVE LIKE THE SIMPLEST SET
YOU CAN IMAGINE.
IT’S JUST ME LIKE IN THE
BASEMENT OF THE CIA IT LOOKS
LIKE WITH TWO BIG -- IT LOOKS
LIKE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
INTERROGATED SOMEWHERE ON THAT
SET.
IT’S REALLY SIMPLE
WE’RE GOING -- WE KNOW WE’RE
GOING FOR SPARE.
I AM EVEN DRESSING CASUALLY.
YOU MAY SEE ME IN T-SHIRTS LIKE
THIS
IT’S BHOERMORE ABOUT ENGAGING IN
CONVERSATION AND KEEPING IT
LIGHT.
THAT KIND OF EXPRESSION.
>> THERE IT IS
>> LARRY, WES MOORE IS HERE AND
HAS A QUESTION
>> HEY, WES.
>> CONGRATULATIONS
WE’RE ALL VERY EXCITED
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU ON
SOMETHING YOU JUST SAID ON THE
IDEA OF BEING ABLE TO ADD A
SENSE OF LEVITY AND KEEP LIGHT
IT’S A DIFFICULT BALANCE TO BE
ABLE TO DO THAT.
>> IT IS
>> WHEN EVERYTHING FEELS SO
HEAVY TO PEOPLE RIGHT NOW.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> WHERE ANXIETY IS HIGH
FRUSTRATION IS HIGH.
UNCERTAINTY IS HIGH.
HOW DO YOU APPROACH THE PROCESS
OF DOING SOMETHING THAT IS GOING
TO BE INFORMATIVE BUT KEEPING IT
LIGHT, DESPITE THE FACT IT’S
SUCH A HEAVY TIME IN OUR
COUNTRY’S HISTORY.
>> IT’S A GREAT QUESTION, WES.
AND IT COULD BE BECAUSE I GREW
UP IN THE ’60s
LIKE WHEN I WAS FIRST AWARE OF
THINGS WAS ABOUT THAT YEAR WHERE
MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS KILLED
AND RFK AND REMEMBER THE LATE
’60s AND I GOT LIKE BREATH FROM
WATCHING FLIP WILSON OR THE
COMEDIES ON TELEVISION
I’LL NEVER FORGET HOW MUCH
COMEDY MEANT TO ME GROWING UP IN
THE WORST OF TIMES
NO MATTER HOW BAD THINGS ARE, IF
WE CAN FIND SOME KIND OF HUMOR
IN IT, AND IT’S NOT EASY WITH
EVERYTHING, ESPECIALLY IN A
COVID YEAR WHERE PEOPLE ARE
DYING AND THAT’S A SERIOUS
ISSUE.
OF COURSE, I’D NEVER TAKE THAT
LIGHTLY.
BUT TO FIND LEVITY IN IT, EVEN
IF WE’RE DECONSTRUCTING IT, I
THINK IT CAN JUST HELP US GET
THROUGH THESE TOUGH TIMES.
IT’S IN THE TOUGH TIMES WHEN WE
NEED LEVITY AND HUMOR THE MOST
AND SOMETIMES, AS I SAY, WES, I
HAVE TO KEEP IT 100% REAL, TOO
SOMETIMES WE FIND THE HUME NOROR
THAT
>> SO LARRY, LET’S TALK ABOUT,
WITHOUT GIVING TOO MUCH AWAY
ABOUT TOMORROW’S PREMIERE ON
PEACOCK.
YOU’RE GOING TO FOCUS ON PROTESTERS
YOU’VE GOT MEGHAN RAPPIN INRAPIN
BOOKED AND AMBER
>> YOU GUYS COVERED ALL THAT
STUFF BACK IN 015, THE FERGUSO
PROTESTS, AND SHE WAS ON THE
GROUND THERE STARTING AS A
MEDIC.
NOW HERE SHE IS RUNNING FOR
CONGRESS
SO I WANTED TO GET A PERSPECTIVE
OF WHAT IT’S LIKE ON THE GROUND,
INSIDE OF THE PROTESTS, THAT
TYPE OF THING.
SHE WAS GREAT.
OF COURSE, MEGHAN BEING IN THE
SPORTS WORLD AND THE SPORTS
WORLD TO ME CAN SOMETIMES GET A
LITTLE PERFORMATIVE WITHOUT HOW
THEY APPROACH PROTESTS
SO WE HAD A REALLY FUN
CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.
OF COURSE, AMBER HAS HER NEW
SHOW COMING OUT.
YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN HER AND WE
HAVE A LITTLE FUN.
AT THE END OF OUR SHOW, WE TRY
TO HAVE A LITTLE FUN
WE DO THE LIGHTNING ROUND WHERE
IT’S JUST JOKES.
WE WANT TO LEAVE THE AUDIENCE
FEELING GOOD RATHER THAN
FEELING, OH, NO.
YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE HORRIBLE OR
WHATEVER
>> THAT IS CERTAINLY WELCOME
RIGHT NOW.
SO GLAD TO SEE YOU BACK.
TOMORROW NIGHT ON PEACOCK, THE
SHOW IS CALLED "WILMORE," LARRY
WILMORE, WE’LL BE WATCHING
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> THANKS.
I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DVR
"MORNING JOE" EVERY DAY LIKE I
DO, EVEN IF YOU CAN’T GET UP
EARLY ON THE WEST COAST.
>> TRADING PLUG FOR PLUG
>> WHAT CAN I SAY?