>> THANK YOU!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
>> Stephen: HELLO!
THREE PEOPLE STOOD FOR ME, I WILL HAVE YOU KNOW.
>> Stephen: THREE OF THE BEST, THOUGH.
THREE OF THE BEST PEOPLE STOOD UP.
>> THIS IS GORGEOUS.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU!
YOU'RE GORGEOUS!
>> THANKS!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: NOW, WE HAVE
SOMETHING IN COMMON.
YOU AND ME AND SETH MYERS HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON.
>> YES!
>> Stephen: WE ALL HOST TALK SHOWS.
>> YEP.
>> Stephen: AND ALL GRADUATED FROM NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY!
>> YES, WE DID!
> ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> AND WE ALL GRADUATED IN 2012.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: SETH AND I MAJORED
IN BANTER.
>> NO, THEY HAVE TAKEN THAT OUT OF THE CURRICULUM AFTER I GOT
THERE.
>> Stephen: IT'S QUIPS.
I WAS GOOD IN QUIPS.
>> Stephen: WHAT DID YOU STUDY ITHERE?
>> BROADCAST JOURNALISM.
>> Stephen: FROM JOURNALISM TO COMEDY.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: WAS THAT A HARD TRANSITION?
>> IT'S MUCH EASIER.
THE JOURNALISM WAS THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY AND IT'S VERY HARD
AND I DON'T LIKE TO WORK THAT MUCH!
>> Stephen: THAT'S WHY I WENT INTO IMPROV, BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T
HAVE TO LEARN LINES!
>> RIGHT, AND I WENT TO SECOND CITY AFTER NORTHWESTERN.
>> Stephen: SO DID I.
BOY.
>> WE'RE THE SAME PERSON!
>> Stephen: IT'S LIKE LOOKING IN A MIRROR!
( SAYING AT THE SAME TIME ) ( LAUGHTER )
>> THIS IS VERY STRANGE!
>> Stephen: WOW...
( LAUGHTER ) I WISH I COULD PULL OFF THAT
DRESS.
I JUST CAN'T.
NOW, THE RUNDOWN, YOUR SHOW ON B.E.T., IT TALKS ABOUT MAYBE
SOME STORIES THAT SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS OF OTHER
SATIRICAL SHOWS.
WHAT ARE SHOWS YOU MIGHT COVER I WOULDN'T HAVE THE INSIGHT FOR.
>> AS A BLACK WOMAN IN LATE NIGHT I WAS ABLE TO TALK ABOUT
THINGS WITH AGENCIES OTHERS MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO.
I WAS SURPRISED AT SOME OF THE THING I GOT TO COVER.
DID YOU KNOW SOAP DISPENSER ARE RACISTS?
>> Stephen: WHY?
OMEBODY SAID, WHOO!
RACISM!
>> Stephen: HOW DOES THAT MANIFEST ITSELF?
>> SO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS OFTEN -- LONG STORY SHORT -- IT
USES THE SAME DATA SETS.
SO IF A WHITE MAN CREATES ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, HE USES
HIS OWN SKILL COLOR.
SO IF HE CREATES AN AUTOMATIC SOAP DISPENSER, THE LITTLE
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS ONLY LOOKING FOR THAT COLOR SKIN.
>> Stephen: SO THEY'RE LOOKING FOR ME.
>> YES, YOU.
AND IF YOU NOTICE -- ROUND OF APPLAUSE, BLACK PEOPLE IN HERE
( APPLAUSE ) VERY DISVERSE AUDIENCE.
DO YOU EVER NOTICE WHEN YOU DON'T PUT YOUR HANDS UNDER THE
SOAP DISPENSER, THEY DON'T WORK?
SO WHITE PEOPLE, HELP YOUR BLACK FRIENDS OUT AND GO TO THE
BATHROOM WITH THEM AND WAVE YOUR HANDS UNDER THERE SO THEY CAN
WASH THEIR HANDS.
>> Stephen: I DIDN'T KNOW THER WAS AI IN THE SOAP DISPENSER?
THAT LOOKS LIKE A WASTE OF COMPUTER POWER.
I USED TO BE A CORRESPONDENT.
>> A FABULOUS ONE.
>> Stephen: I HAD A GOOD TIME FOR MR. JON STEWART
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) AND YOU WERE THE HEAD WRITER FOR
"THE NIGHTLY SHOW" WITH LARRY.
>> YEAH ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
AND YOU WERE ALSO A CORRESPONDENT.
>> YES, I HAVE A LOT OF JOBS.
>> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE ANY HORROR STORIES FROM BEING A
CORRESPONDENT?
BECAUSE YOU GET PUT IN UNUSUAL AND SOMETIMES TOUGH SITUATIONS
WHEN YOU'RE A CORRESPONDENT FOR A COMEDY SHOW.
>> YES, THAT IS TRUE.
EVERYBODY THINKS IT'S FUN AND SET UP.
>> Stephen: YOU GO TO WORK AND LAUGH ALL DAY.
>> NO, THAT IS NOT TRUE.
THEY WILL PUT YOUR LIFE IN DANGER.
>> Stephen: FOR A LAUGH.
FOR A LAUGH, RIGHT.
SO THERE WAS THIS FAD THAT WAS GOING AROUND CALLED PLANTATION
WEDDINGS.
HAVE YOU HEARD OF THIS?
>> Stephen: I HAVE NOT.
PEOPLE WERE GOING TO FORMER SLAVE PLANTATIONS, PROBABLY
REDUNDANT, BUT THEY WERE HAVING WEDDINGS, DRESSING IN ANTEBELLUM
GEAR AND HIRING BLACK PEOPLE TO PLAY SLAVES IN THEIR WEDDING.
ABSOLUTELY TRUE.
SO LARRY SENT ME AND ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT TO GO FIGURE OUT
WHAT WAS GOING ON.
SO WE GO THERE AND HALF OUR CREW IS NOT BLACK AND TWO OF US ARE.
SO THEY SAY, WHERE DO YOU GUYS WANT TO SLEEP?
DO YOU WANT TO SLEEP IN THE BIG HOUSE OR IN THE
NEWLY-CONSTRUCTED BUILDING?
AND ME AND THE OTHER BLACK PERSON WERE, LIKE, WE WANT TO BE
IN THE BIG HOUSE.
AND THEY'RE, LIKE, THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE IT'S HAUNTED.
AND I'M, LIKE, OKAY, GREAT.
SO OUR CREW SLEEPS THERE THE FIRST NIGHT.
WE WAKE UP IN THE MORNING, SEE THEM AT BREAKFAST.
THEY SAID, WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE, IT REALLY IS HAUNTED, THE
GHOSTS WERE OPENING THE DOORS, TURNING ON THE FIRE ALARM AND
YELLING AT US A LOT.
AND WE WERE LAUGHING GOING, WHY WOULD SLAVE GHOSTS HAUNT US?
WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.
>> Stephen: TRUE.
EVERYBODY SHOWS BLACK PEOPLE ARE IMMUNE TO BEING HAUNTED BY
SLAVE GHOSTS.
CUT TO THE SECOND NIGHT, GO TO SLEEP, I'M LAYING IN BED.
I WAKE UP BECAUSE I THINK I HEAR SOMETHING AROUND 4:30 IN THE
MORNING.
AND I LISTEN, AND BEHIND MY EAR, I HEAR --
( DEEP BREATH ) AND I'M, LIKE, WHAT IS THAT?
AND I LISTEN AND I HEAR IT AGAIN ( DEEP BREATH )
AND I'M, LIKE, I'M BLACK!
YOU CAN'T HAUNT ME!
AND THE SUN SABT TO COME UP!
>> Stephen: DID YOU YELL THE SUN SABT TO COME UP?
>> YES, AND I SCREAMED THAT AND THE LIGHT STARTED PEEKING IN THE
WINDOW AND I SAID, GET OUT OF THERE!
AND I FEEL A RUSH OF AIR AS THE LIGHT COMES IN THE WINDOW AND I
LOOK OVER AND THERE'S NOTHING THERE.
I GO TO WALK OUT OF THE ROOM AND THE OTHER BLACK PERSON'S ROOM IS
ACROSS FROM MINE AND THE DOOR IS BROKEN OFF THE HINGES.
I WAKE HIM UP AND I SAID, WAS YOUR DOOR BROKEN WHEN YOU WERE
ASLEEP?
AND HE'S, LIKE, WE GOTTA GET OUT OF HERE.
SO TURNS OUT BLACK PEOPLE CAN BE HAUNTED BY SLAVE GHOSTS.
>> Stephen: I WANT TO GO THERE.
>> NO!
DO YOU BELIEVE IN GHOSTS?
>> Stephen: I DON'T BELIEVE IN THEM.
I WANT TO GO THERE BECAUSE I MIGHT BE CONVINCED THERE'S AN
AFTERLIFE.
>> OR IS THERE?
OR DO THEY JUST WANDER AROUND OLD PLANTATIONS.
>> THAT'S SAD.
DEPENDS ON WHO YOU ASK.
>> Stephen: ROBIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ROBIN THEDE, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.