>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
WE'RE HERE WITH WANDA SYKES.
LET ME ASK YOU THIS QUESTION, YOU MAKE JOKES ABOUT YOUR
FAMILY.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
AND THAT CAN BE DICEY.
>> MM-HMM.
>> Stephen: HOW DO YOU KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE OKAY WITH
THE JOKES?
BECAUSE I NEVER TALK ABOUT MY FAMILY BECAUSE THEY WILL BE
LIKE, DAD, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
HOW DO YOU GET AWAY WITH IT, IS WHAT I WANT TO KNOW.
>> WELL, THEY LIKE NICE THINGS.
>> Stephen: OH, YOU'RE PAYING THE BILLS?
>> MOMMA'S GOT TO MAKE A LIVING.
( LAUGHTER ) BUT, NO, I TRY NOT TO DO JOKES
WHERE, WHEN MY KIDS GET OF AGE, THEY WILL SEE IT AND --
>> Stephen: HOW OLD ARE THEY, NOW?
>> THEY'RE TEN.
>> Stephen: THEY MIGHT BE WATCHING NOW, RIGHT?
>> WELL, THEY'RE ASLEEP NOW.
THEY DON'T WATCH MY STANDUP, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE NOT.
BUT MY WIFE, SHE'S INTO IT.
SHE'S, LIKE, SO HOW DID MY JOKES GO TONIGHT?
YOU KNOW, SHE LOVES IT WHEN I TALK ABOUT HER.
>> Stephen: HOW -- AND SOMETIMES I GO TOO FAR
AND I SAY STUFF AND SHE DOESN'T LIKE IT AND MAYBE I HAVE TO BUY
A PIECE OF JEWELRY.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: THAT'S SMART.
THAT'S SMART.
AS YOU WERE SAYING BEFORE AND AS YOU WERE TELLING US WITH YOUR
FLAWLESS FRENCH ACCENT THAT YOUR WIFE ALEX IS FRENCH.
>> OUI, OUI.
>> Stephen: TWO KIDS, TEN.
HOW AMERICAN ARE THEY VERSUS HOW FRENCH ARE THEY?
>> I WOULD SAY THEY ARE PROBABLY 70% FRENCH, 30% AMERICAN.
>> Stephen: HOW DOES THAT MANIFEST ITSELF?
>> WELL, THEY ARE FLUENT IN FRENCH, RIGHT.
BUT THEIR CULTURE, EVERYTHING IS VERY FRENCH.
MY DAUGHTER, LIKE, IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT A BAGUETTE AND, YOU KNOW,
THERE'S CHEESE JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY ON A MEAL, YOU KNOW, LUNCH
AND DINNER THERE'S A CHEESE COURSE, SO IT'S CHEESE.
AND EITHER THEY MADE THAT UP AND THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO KILL ME,
GIVE ME A HEART ATTACK.
I DON'T KNOW.
BUT, YEAH, IT'S VERY FRENCH, THE THINGS THAT THEY LIKE TO DO.
A LOT OF OUTDOORSY STUFF, TOO.
>> Stephen: REALLY?
A LOT OF OUTDOORSY.
>> Stephen: I DON'T THINK OF THE FRENCH AS BEING OUTDOORSY.
>> OH, YEAH, THEY'RE OUTDOORSY.
THEY'RE ALWAYS OUTSIDE.
THE HOMES WE SEE, THEY'RE NOT REAL HOMES.
>> Stephen: THEY DO WALK A LOT IN EUROPE.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: DO YOUR KIDS THINK YOU'RE FUNNY?
>> MY KIDS, THEY DO, BUT THEY THINK, LIKE, YOUTUBE STARS ARE
FUNNY, SO YOU CAN'T COUNT, YOU KNOW -- YOU NEVER -- I GIVE THEM
NO CREDIT.
>> Stephen: HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU STARTED TELLING JOKES?
>> TELLING JOKES?
>> Stephen: DO YOU REMEMBER YOUR FIRST JOKE?
>> OH, I REMEMBER, OKAY, I WAS, LIKE, PROBABLY IN MAYBE THE
SIXTH OR SEVENTH GRADE, I GUESS, SIXTH GRADE, AND IT WAS A BLOCK
PARTY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND OUR NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE STREET,
ONE OF THE GUYS, HE'S PROBABLY DEAD NOW, HE FELL AND HE, YOU
KNOW, BUSTED HIS HEAD OPEN, AND HE WAS RETIRED MILITARY, SO WE
HAD TO TAKE HIM OVER TO THE BASE, AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE
OTHER NEIGHBOR WHO WAS, LIKE, SOBER, EVERYBODY WAS HAMMERED.
AND THEY WERE, LIKE, SEND WANDA WITH HER.
>> Stephen: HOW OLD WERE YOU?
IXTH GRADE, ELEVEN OR TWELVE.
SO WE GO TO THE MILITARY HOSPITAL AND GET MR. KEACH ALL
SETTLED IN, AND EVERYTHING.
AND THEY ASKED, IS THERE ANYTHING WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT
HIM?
AND I SAID, I WOULDN'T PUT HIM NEAR AN OPEN FLAME.
AND EVERYBODY FELL OUT LAUGHING.
>> Stephen: AND A CAREER WAS BORN!
( LAUGHTER ) WANDA, GOOD TO SEE YOU!
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> STEPHEN: HER NEW NETFLIX SPECIAL IS CALLED "NOT NORMAL."
WANDA SYKES, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH VANESSA BAYER.