>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
WELCOME BACK!
LADIES"s GENTLEMEN, MY NEXT GUEST WAS JUST NOMINATED
FOR TWO EMMYS FOR HER POWERFUL NETFLIX SPECIAL
"NANETTE."
SHE'S NOW PERFORMING A NEW SHOW CALLED "DOUGLAS" IN NEW YORK.
PLEASE WELCOME, HANNAH GADBSY!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
HELLO.
>> HELLO.
>> Stephen: NICE TO HAVE YOU ON.
>> ETH LOVELY TO BE HERE AT THEz ( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: WE'LL SEE HOW THE NEXT FEW MINUTES --
>> I'VE GOT SOME TIME.
>> Stephen: EXACTLY.
CONGRATULATION ON YOUR TWO EMMY NOMINATIONS.
>> THANK YOU ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: HAD YOU BEEN NOMINATED BEFORE?
>> NO, I'M NOT FROM AROUND HERE.
>> Stephen: HAVE YOU BEEN NOMINATED FOR ANYTHING?
>> I WON A CREATIVE WRITING AWARD IN GRADE THREE.
>> Stephen: THAT'S NOT EASY.
IT IS WHERE I'M FROM.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
AND I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE NOMINATED IN THE SAME CATEGORY
AS BEYONCE.
>> YEAH, BUT I EXPECT JON OLIVER WILL WIN.
>> Stephen: YEAH, HE JUST WEEPS.
HE JUST WEEPS.
>> I MEAN, AM I IN THE SAME CATEGORY AS BEYONCE?
>> Stephen: YEAH, TECHNICALLY, YOU ARE.
HAVE YOU EVER MET HER BEFORE?
>> NO.
NO.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD?
BECAUSE SHE MIGHT BE THERE.
YOU MIGHT GET A CHANCE TO MEET HER.
ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT?
>> WELL, YEAH, I PROBABLY WON'T INITIATE.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: YOU'RE HOPING éñ SHE
COMES OVER TO YOU.
>> WE'LL LEAVE IT UP TO BEYONCE, I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY
APPROPRIATE THING.
>> Stephen: BELATED CONGRATULATIONS ON "NANETTE."
>> YES.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE VERY FAMOUS, YOU'RE VERY CALIBRATED.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU ENJOYING THAT ASPECT?
>> IT'S NEW.
A LOT OF IT'S NEW.
LIKE, I DIDN'T EXPECT TO GET FAME OUT OF "NANETTE" FLICKS, AS
I LIKE TO CALL IT.
CUT OUT THE MIDDLE MAN, YOU KNOW.
>> Stephen: EXACTLY.
BUT HERE IT IS, MY LIFE HAS CHANGED QUITE A LOT.
>> Stephen: YOU DESCRIBED IT AS A GOODBYE STANDUP.
>> YEAH, YOU DON'T WRITE A SHOW LIKE THAT AND GO, OOOH, THIS IS
GOING TO BE POPULAR.
( LAUGHTER ) LIKE I DID NOT READ THE ROOM.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: EVIDENTLY YOU DID,
THOUGH.
PEOPLE WERE DESPERATE FOR SOMEBODY TO -- OR RATHER THEY
RESPONDED TO SOMEONE BEING HONEST AND BEING VULNERABLE AND
SHARING THEIR EXPERIENCE.
>> IT WORKS.
I WASlp RETREATING.
BEYONCE AND I ARE GOING TO BE B.F.F.s.
THIS IS HOW IT WORKS.
>> Stephen: THE MORE YOU PULL AWAY THE MORE SHE COMES TOWARD
YOU.
GOOD LUCK WITH THAT.
I'LL BE OUT THERE AND WATCH FROM A DISTANCE.
>> YEAH, KEEP A DISTANCE.
>> Stephen: I WILL, FROM LIKE A DUCK BLIND OR SOMETHING, I'LL
BE WATCHING YOU.
>> THAT DOESN'T SOUND CREEPY AT ALL.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: PEOPLE, AS I SAID,
RESPONDED TO YOU BEING WILLING TO SHARE YOUR OWN INTIMATE
EXPERIENCES, YOUR FEELINGS, THE TRAUMA THAT YOU HAD SUFFERED IN
YOUR LIFE, AND YOU DON'T -- YOU KNOW, ABOUT THANKFULWAY THROUGH
"NANETTE," YOU LOSE THE SENSE, THE NEED I HAVE TO PROVIDE YOU A
PUNCHLINE BEHIND EVERYTHING I'M SAYING.
I WANT TO KNOW, AS A PROFESSIONAL COMEDIENNE, WERE
YOU FIGHTING AN INSTINCT TO TELL THE PUNCHLINE IN CREATING IT, OR
WERE YOU POSSIBLY FIGHTING THE INSTINCT NOT TO TELL A
PUNCHLINE?
WHICH WAS HARDER, NOT TELLING THE PUNCHLINE OR TELLING THE
PUNCHLINE.
>> I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'VE JUST ASKED.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: YEAH, I'M
WONDERING WHETHER YOU HAD A STRONG INSTINCT TO GO, LIKE, OH,
I WANT TO TELL A JOKE HERE BUT I'M NOT GOING TO BECAUSE I WANT
TO TRY SOMETHING NEW.
>> THAT ONE.
THAT'S NOT COMPLICATED.
>> Stephen: THAT WAS YOUR INSTINCT.
>> YEAH.
IT WAS REALLY DIFFICULT THE STAND ON STAGE IN FRONT OF A
LIVE AUDIENCE AND HAVE TENSION IN THE AIR.
WHEN YOU'VE GOT TENSION, IT'S REALLY EASY TO MAKE PEOPLE
LAUGH.
AND NOT, 'EM WASTING A REAL WICKED HERE.
IT'S A CRICKET TERM, THAT ONE.
>> Stephen: YOU LOST ME THERE.
I NEED TO CORRECT MY INFERIOR DIALECT.
>> Stephen: CRICKET, THAT'S THE BASEBALL GAME THAT GOES ON
FOR THREE DAYS.
>> YEAH, WHO KNEW YOU COULD MAKE BASEBALL MORE BORING, BUT YOU
CAN.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: YOU REALLY CAN.
YEAH.
>> Stephen: WELL, NOW YOU HAVE A SHOW CALLED "DOUGLAS."
>> CORRECT.
>> Stephen: "DOUGLAS."
THERE ARE PUNCH LICENSE IN THIS ONE?
>> IT'S HARD TO SAY WHEN I MEAN IT, BUT PEOPLE ARE LAUGHING.
( LAUGHTER ) WHICH I'M PLEASED ABOUT.
YEAH, IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING FOR SOMEONE TO -- I'M TALKING
ABOUT MYSELF -- IT'S INTERESTING TO ME THAT, YOU KNOW --
( LAUGHTER ) I'M GOOD AT WORDS.
IT'S MY JOB.
>> Stephen: YES.
IN MY SHOW, I TALK ABOUT HAVING AUTISM, AND I DO DO SOME
ANTI-VAX MATERIAL, WHICH IS DANGEROUS, BUT, SO, I ENCOURAGE
PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO VACCINATE THEIR CHILDREN, THAT
INSTEAD OF HAVING CHILDREN, THEY SHOULD PERHAPS GET A PET ROCK.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) AND, SO, I HAVE BEEN MAKING PET
ROCKS TO SELL AS MERCHANDISE.
( LAUGHTER ) TO SELL AS MERCHANDISE AT
OVERINFLATED PRICES BECAUSE I'VE MADE THEM, I'VE SIGNED THEM
AND -- >> Stephen: WHAT IS IT?
LET ME DO MY SHPEEL.
I'M NOT A FLEXIBLE THINKER.
( LAUGHTER ) ANYWAY, SO --
>> Stephen: YOU SIGNED THEM.
I SIGNED THEM.
I'M NOW MATCHING THEM TO PEOPLE.
SO THIS ONE'SQ/ IS CHLOE, THE ME ( LAUGHTER )
SO I'M SELLING THEM FOR A CHARITY FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS WITH
AUTISM, NONBINARY FOLK AND ANYONE IN A MARGINALIZED GENDER,
WHICH PRETTY MUCH MEANS EVERYONE EXCEPT YOU, STEPHEN.
( LAUGHTER ) OH, THAT'S RAFAEL.
RAFAEL WITH SIDE EYE.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
>> THANK YOU.
SO I TAKE 100 FOR EACH, I THINK.
YOU KNOW, THE MATERIALS DIDN'T COST MUCH.
I DON'T THINK YOU CAN AFFORD ME.
>> Stephen: I'LL TAKE -- WHICH ONE WOULD YOU LIKE?
>> Stephen: I'D LIKE RAFAEL, IF YOU LIKE.
>> WOULD YOU JUST?
>> Stephen: YES.
CLASSIC.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: I FEEL CRITICIZED.
OH, DO YOU?
>> Stephen: YES.
OH, SEE, THAT'S TONE.
I HAVE ISSUE WITH TONE.
( LAUGHTER ) I MEANT WARMTH.
MY VOICE SAID COLD.
( LAUGHTER ) DELIGHTFUL TO MEET YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> STEPHEN: "DOUGLAS" IS AT THE DARYL ROTH THEATER UNTIL
SEPTEMBER 7.
HANNAH GADSBY, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH COMEDIAN SHANE TORRES.