Here's the thing that I got wrong is I didn't know this was all press I was doing for Unfrosted. I did a bunch of it and I enjoyed all of it. I did not know that people care what comedians say. [00:00:16] That literally came as news to me. I don't think the as I said, the extreme left has done anything to inhibit the art of comedy. Right. I'm taking that back now. Officially they have not. [00:00:33] But they have. What? Okay, so he is all of a sudden backtracking on a statement he made back in April where he said that the left ruined comedy. Now look, the left ruining comedy. Hyperbolic. [00:00:49] That is a little bit ridiculous, but does do some factions of the left try to police comedy because they take great offense to funny comedy. Yeah, yeah they do. Yeah they do. But, but I agree with Jerry. [00:01:05] Like, I get his frustration. So, like, whenever they're busting Kamala Harris or some Democrat corporate Democrat on some extreme left thing that they did, and we're supposed to be to the left of them and we are. But on economic issues, on things that make sense, they're like, And you agree said this. [00:01:22] I never agreed to any of that. I'm on the record. Whenever the Democrats go too far, I go, nope, not buying it. I'm not in favor of that. I don't think we should pay for undocumented trans surgeries while they're in custody. That's I don't know why we're doing that. They're not American citizens. [00:01:38] ET cetera. And watch. Like like leftists will get super mad about me saying that. - No, they're. - Melting down right now. Right. And so I never agreed to any of the extreme stuff, but there was a moment where I got so frustrated with the police abuse I originally was against defund the police very strongly, and they [00:01:54] got tons of pushback on that, right? Yep. And for like a minute, I was like, God damn it. Maybe we should defund the police. And then I regained my senses and went back to my original position. So I understand where Jerry's coming from. He got frustrated by the leftists who you write do exist, [00:02:11] who are like, you can't joke about that and you can't joke about this. And do you know how insensitive it is to joke about that? - Yeah. - Yeah, right. The Killjoys, who could very easily just not go to a comedy show that they find offensive. Yeah. You know, it's called making decisions for yourself. [00:02:26] And if you don't like the comedy, don't consume the comedy and move on with your life. Yeah. And so. But but you. Don't get to be the arbiter of, like, what kind of comedy everyone else gets to hear. Yes and no. So now but I agree with Jerry that he did go too far. And I like that he's bringing it back. Okay. [00:02:43] All right. So because what he's saying is, look, guys, we got to read the room. That's our job as comics. And Bill Burr has been saying that a lot of top comics are saying that now. So the momentum has swung from stop crying about people's complaints and do goddamn comedy. [00:02:59] - Okay, well, that. - I agree with. Like I, I also can't stand comedians incessantly whining about people being offended by their jokes. I get that it's annoying. I get that it's frustrating when people are trying to police your comedy. But also, let's not forget who has the power here. Yeah, so let me let me give you an example of, in my opinion, where we went too far, [00:03:19] where the comics went too far. Right. But to distinguish between who's right and wrong. Anyway, so for a while, every comedy set was about, oh, they don't let me make this joke, but watch this trans people, you suck! Hahaha. And I'm like, that's not a joke. - Yeah, exactly. - That's. [00:03:35] And then I'd watch their for half an hour or an hour. And guys who were enormously funny before, like Dave Chappelle all of a sudden like doing nothing but like, I'm so bold because I say things that people hate. No, you have to actually include a joke, right? [00:03:50] But I then saw the Ricky Gervais race episode special. And I was like, look, I don't want him beating up on trans people again like every other comic. And I heard that he did in his set and I was super frustrated. Then I watched it and I was like, no, that was funny. And and he wasn't beating up on them. [00:04:08] He was making a joke and then saying, but guys, of course we don't believe that it's called comedy, right? And he he shouldn't have to explain that. You should be able to get it from the way that he makes the joke. And I did, but I the times being what they were, I appreciated that he even clarified. Right. [00:04:24] So I thought Gervais did it exactly right. Chappelle, as much as I respected him in the past, I thought was so unfunny for so many specials, they turned into lectures. Yeah, some of those specials did turn into lectures. And it's like, I get that you are frustrated at the backlash you're getting, [00:04:43] but it's getting to your head too much and it's hurting your comedy. - Like move on 100%. - Move on. So it then became like some sort of like debate between leftists and comics, and nobody was having fun 100%. So when Burr and the others and now Jerry are saying, [00:04:58] no, let's get back to comedy and not worry about what the critics are saying. We're comics, so just do your comedy. And if it's funny, people will love it. And do you have to change with the times? Sometimes? Of course. Of course. People used to use the n word in comedy all the time. They don't use it anymore because people are like, whoa, that's weird. [00:05:13] Why are you hateful? Right. Because our culture changed and you got to change with that. You can't be like a cranky old 98 year old comic. I remember when we used to be able to say hateful things and people laughed. Now they're not even laughing at it anymore. Yeah. They're not. [00:05:28] So move. Keep. - Find something funny, do you? - Okay, I remember okay. There's that NFL guy who's kind of cute and was married to Gisele Bündchen. What was his name? Tom Brady. [00:05:44] Tom Brady. Okay, that NFL guy. - So they did, they did a roast of him. - They did. And it was great. Like, there were a lot of offensive jokes, and it was great. Sometimes you just. Sometimes you just want to laugh. You want to be able to laugh at yourself. [00:06:00] You want to be able to just like, take some of these issues that are heavy, serious issues and make light of them. Honestly, for a lot of people, the way that they cope with these heavy, difficult, terrible issues in the world is finding the humor in it or resorting [00:06:18] to humor in order to cope with it, like there is an incredibly important role for comedy in today's society. And I just take issue with any, any group, whether it's leftist people on the right, I don't care trying to be the arbiters of what is and is not acceptable comedy. [00:06:35] Yeah, but both sides have to adjust, right? - I agree. - Yes I do, I agree with that. So if audiences aren't liking your comedy because you're going too far and you're not selling tickets to your shows. Don't cry about it. That's when you have to adjust. But also, let's give comedians the space and the room to fail, okay. [00:06:55] And let the market decide. Yeah. And by the way. And if you don't, that's okay too. Who cares. So like, don't like if Dave Chappelle thinks, oh, I was funny and Jake thinks I was, and I hate him, okay, that's fine, no problem. You'll find other people that find you funny. And am I going to ban him? [00:07:12] No, I'm not going to ban him. It's a free country. You can say whatever the hell he wants. And if you say on the left, why he shouldn't be able to make jokes that I don't like. That's not really how it works, right? And you make the best jokes you got and then see if people like them. It's not that complicated. So Jake had put in a request for Bill Burr. [00:07:31] Do you want to go to that? Yeah. Let's have fun. Let's go to Bill Burr. That's my favorite quote from Tarantino. What? I saw an interview one time and they were saying like, yeah, we know he's trying to rape movies and stuff, you know? And they were going like, you can't do this. You can't do that. He's like, wait a minute. He goes, I can do whatever the fuck I want. It's like that. Well, that's why movies are great. [00:07:48] Yeah, whether you like them or not. You just like. That's. That's the comic I want to watch. I can say whatever the fuck I want. Yeah, good. I want to see you totally unfiltered. Yeah. That's good. I mean, there's a time and a place I think, you know, [00:08:03] you know, to to be filtered. Sure. You know what I mean? There's no sense just going in and showing your ass and being, you know, if if somebody hires you for a private gig and they go, okay, perform between these two lines, you're not Lenny Bruce. If you go in there and you go outside, you're right. Because you agreed to do that, right? You do a. [00:08:20] Corporate gig for a Christian church. Right. But if you're at like a comedy club, it's like, no, you you're a guest. You know, not everybody's going to like me. Yeah. I don't know what to tell you. I don't need everybody. I just need enough people to fill up enough of wherever I'm playing [00:08:36] so I can continue doing this. I'm guessing you think that's the right take. Of course the right take. I agree with that wholeheartedly. Last thing I'll add is you remember that they canceled me for jokes, right? So at first it was the right wing, the alt right back in the day that attacked that. [00:08:55] Nobody uses that word anymore. But back then they were right. Now they a lot of the right is alt right from the past. But anyways, so they attacked and they say, oh, look at these jokes that Jake made back in the 1990s, you naughty boy. Okay. And they pretended that it was real. And then mainstream media picked it up when I was running for office. [00:09:12] And they're like, oh yeah, Jake meant it and stuff. And the one that I had to apologize for the most, and it was like, that was the the culture back then. It was like everyone had to do the Maoist apologies and stuff, and I barely did it. And then people got super mad at me and even more furious. [00:09:29] So the one that they focused on the most was I wrote this blog post in late 1990s, when I was in Miami, about how I couldn't get laid in South Beach and how pathetic that was. Okay, because I'm like, look at all these models. And and it's amazing, but I can't. [00:09:45] And then I said at the end, well, obviously the problem is the genes of women where they don't want to sleep with me enough. Right. It's an obviously self-effacing joke about me. Yeah, right. Yeah. And everyone, literally everyone from the right wing that hatched it [00:10:00] to the left wing who believed it to the mainstream media, who propelled it all, pretended it wasn't a joke. And I was saying that there's something wrong with the genes of women. I'm so sick of the hall monitor. Yeah. I'm so sick of it. I just am sorry. [00:10:16] You can get offended by that if you want. I am so sick of the scolding. I'm sick of the bad faith attacks. It was abundantly clear that you were being self-deprecating in that blog post from the 1990s. Besides which, who gives a fuck? So all that is true. But you know what I did, I just adjusted. [00:10:35] Okay, so mainstream media is going to be unfair. Oh, good news. I've got a media company, and why don't we beat them? And then? Then we'll take their jokes and pretend they were serious and will humiliate them and scold them, and then they'll go, no, it's not fair. [00:10:50] Of course we won't do that because we're fair and. But that's okay. Look, guys, you're in the battlefield of life in a sense. Whatever your profession is, whether it's talk show host or you're just an engineer and you want to excel at your job, or if you're a comic and you've got [00:11:05] to figure out the puzzle of life. So when you get challenges, even if they're unfair ones, that's called life. So you got to figure out a way to get around it, put those pieces together. Yeah. So you know f mainstream media who lied about me. [00:11:21] F everyone who lied about me. But that's okay. My idea is that I should cancel them, or I should cry about it for the rest of my life. My idea is, why don't I beat them and see how they like it? Yep. All right, I'll take it. I like that, I like that attitude. [00:11:38] Indeed. So. All right, we got a little bit of time, and you don't have to go to salsa. - I know you're sad about it. - Okay. Let me. This is such a me thing. So here's we'll go off the cuff here. So we're going to shoot some ads here tonight [00:11:55] for, like, fun little promos for tonight. Oh, no. You're going to be here too. Oh, you're shooting something too? Yeah. Why? - Oh, no, that I'm here because. - It's going to take forever. I want to I want to be in and out. I don't want to be here past 545. [00:12:11] I everyone is very aware of that. Okay. And the schedules have been moved. I back up in my parking spot because I want to get the fuck out of here as soon as possible. Okay. They're like, we can abuse. We can keep him as long as we like. - But, Anna, you. - Like the abuse, Jake. [00:12:26] He loves the abuse. He says yes to everything. You say yes to things that you should not say yes to. Jane. You're crazy. You are crazy. Yeah, I agree that I'm crazy. And that's what this story is about actually. So. Okay. Go ahead. Okay. And so but but there's a reason why I do it. [00:12:43] Why? Because I want to win so bad. That's point one. And you can say hey that's good, that's bad. That's. But it is who I am and I know it and I'm honest with myself. But number two, I have the responsibility of everyone here. Right. So that's true. I don't get to say, hey, I'll take the day off or hey, I won't do this [00:13:03] because I got to make sure that I provide for everyone here, right? So that that's. It's a different thing. Okay. God damn it. You're a good boss. - Okay. - Anyways. Okay, so. But today, they already have a bunch of ads that they want to shoot. So I wrote two more last night. [00:13:20] - Okay. - And so this guy, this guy, this guy. Okay, continue. Okay, so there's a lot of things that we're doing here, like. So you guys see Young Turks, you might see a bunch of other shows like Damage Report, indisputable, etc. [00:13:36] You might watch watchlists with J.R. And stuff, but we do so many things and we have so many channels that nobody even knows about, right? There's like a channel called TYT investigates that people watch a lot. Right. But but a lot of you guys probably don't have never even heard of TYT investigates as a channel on YouTube and Facebook, etc. [00:13:54] But one of the things we recently came up with is called rat adds. Okay, so I don't know that I'm. Anyway, so there it is. Okay. And so and we did a couple of ads, and I'm sure the reason I'm telling you now is because even though I shouldn't be, I should wait for it to go through the process. [00:14:10] And then we tell you anyways, is that we did just did an ad about abortion, and for a candidate in Nebraska and it's so good. And we did a couple of ads that are so good. They're very different. They're rad ads. [00:14:28] So but of course, me being the mental guy that I am, the reason I wrote those two ads is because there's like 18 days left and I want I don't want to I want to leave everything on the field. I want to do everything I possibly can to defeat Trump. [00:14:45] And so the ads I wrote are not for us. They're for ads that Democrats can use in this race, even though there's almost no hope that those can get done, used and be effective by the end of the race. But just in case Jake is. [00:15:05] I like I can't even put into words how good of a person you are because you are killing yourself to ensure a party that fucking despises you gets elected into office, [00:15:20] I you're a better person than me. I'm not as motivated as you when it comes to that. I don't think they deserve it. I think that they have failed their voters. I think that they plan to continue failing their voters, and the only saving grace they have is Trump bad. And that's it. That's it. [00:15:37] But you're a good person, so. Well, thank you for saying that and I appreciate it. But really. So why am I doing it? Is it because, oh my God, I love the Democrats so much. And I believe that they'll deliver. And I believe that they they will accept me and we will be great friends. No, no, none of that. Right. [00:15:53] Because you have to work, in my opinion, for me or gay, you have to work as hard as you possibly can to get to the right answer, because the right answer is what's going to help the most amount of people. And what's going to help the most amount of people is to make sure that a mentally [00:16:09] unstable fascist doesn't get into office. So it does. Like, I refuse to live in this binary world, I don't, I do nuance. Okay, so if you know, there's so many people who never look at the other side of the equation and we're all living with them now, [00:16:27] look, I that's why I love the Young Turks audience, because we built a community here where you guys say, it's okay. The people who thought it's not okay have already left. Okay. To have these conversations and to do nuance and to understand that we disagree sometimes and to and to look at both sides. [00:16:43] So. So a lot of people will say, Jake, look, you hate you hate the establishment. You hate mainstream media. The Democrats have screwed you over. What are you, a sucker? You know, supporting them. Yeah, but you're only talking about. Yes, all that is true. But you're only talking about half the equation. [00:16:58] What's on the other side of the equation? The other side of the equation is a guy who is deranged I. And look, we've talked about it a billion times, but I'm gonna say it one more time in this context. I don't know why people are not having the same reaction I'm having. [00:17:16] And not just Republicans, not just independents, but the media and people on the left and Democrats, I don't this is the one I am most perplexed by. His chief of staff told them they're going to murder your vice president, and he said he deserves it. [00:17:32] That's a deranged guy. That is a deeply, deeply deranged guy. There's like, fill in the blank on, they're going to kill this person. It doesn't even have to be the president. It could be a guy who runs a company. It could be a guy who's in the military. It could be a guy who's a plumber. [00:17:48] It doesn't matter. They're going to kill this person who works with you. Your right hand man. There is not a person who goes, oh, yeah, he deserves. They should. My supporters should kill him. Should murder him. That isn't deranged. That's a psychopath. Can I? [00:18:04] I can't speak for anyone else. I'm speaking for myself. But I agree with you about Trump being deranged, right? Like, I mean, there's other examples that we can provide for that. But I think what has happened for me personally is watching the Democratic [00:18:24] Party be as deranged as they have been during this war in in Gaza and this now broadening war in the Middle East. And I just can't accept the notion that these wonderful Democrats are less deranged than Trump, [00:18:42] as little kids are getting shot in the head by the IDF as young as five. I just can't I'm sorry. They've lost the moral high ground for me, Jake. No, no I don't. Look, it's not about their moral high ground. It's not about any of that. It's. I reverse engineer, okay, a problem. [00:18:59] So the problem is we live under corporate rule. We've lost democracy. The donors control everything, right? So in order to defeat that, you have to have what? The Democrats are magically going to do the right thing. The Republicans are going to magically do the right thing. No, there's a 0% chance of either one of those things happening. [00:19:16] Anyone who thinks, no, my side are the good guys and they're going to do it. Oh my God, please, please disabuse yourself of that notion. Okay, then what's the plan? - Explain it. - To me. Yeah. So in order to do that, you have to start basically [00:19:31] what is a political populist revolt? And so the way that you do that is you bring the populist from both sides in. Now, that is a super hard thing to do. And you and you have to do it the right way because you can't go to the right wing, as some people did, and go, oh, I cosign on everything. [00:19:48] Oh, you hate these people. I cosign on it, right? Oh, you want to start a war? You want to imprison people for no reason. Whatever it is, I cosign on it. No, you can't do that. You have to find the common ground on the things that you agree on and build a coalition. It is incredibly difficult. It's like the hardest thing on the planet. [00:20:04] It's the hardest thing on the planet. But we don't have a choice because there is no other path. That's what I'm trying to explain to people. That's why I get so frustrated with the Justice Democrats, because they think, well, that's so hard, and that's going to make me really uncomfortable, [00:20:20] and that's going to make me hate it. So I'll pretend that these Democratic colleagues of mine who I know for a fact are corrupt, and who I know for a fact aren't ever going to change anything. I'll pretend they'll eventually get there through gradualism. [00:20:35] No, they're never going to. The whole point of gradualism isn't to eventually get there. It's to make sure you don't get there. Okay? And that's why Martin Luther King warned against it. So but I, I can fight a machine as hard as that machine is. Establishment Democrats and Republicans. Any machine can be broken down. [00:20:53] It always has an Achilles heel and and etc.. Right? I can get into the details of that another time. Okay. But if Trump wins, it's not a machine. We're back to the J. Edgar Hoover days where there's a lot of people in the 1960s and 70s that wanted to bring people together and do like [00:21:11] a populist revolt like Fred Hampton. Right. And he brought in poor blacks and whites and Latinos and united them. And back then you couldn't win because a certain number of families that went to Yale and the whole Skull and Bones stuff was real back then. [00:21:27] Right? And the Deep State was real back then. Right? And and so back then, if the those families or a powerful person like J. Edgar Hoover decided you're done, they wouldn't try to smear you in the press. They wouldn't do character assassinations. They put a bullet in your head and you're done. [00:21:44] Fred Hampton dead. Okay. You want to bring poor people together and middle class people together and rise up against the powerful families? We put a bullet in your head. So I don't want to go back to those days. You go back to those days, then there's no hope. All hope is extinguished. Okay. [00:22:01] And so that's another reason why I think the Israelis being out of control worries me, because they're now saying, if you do journalism we don't like, we're going to put a bullet in your head. And they did to Abu Shireen and they've now done it. [00:22:17] They've killed more journalists than all other conflicts combined. So that's a and that government, let's be honest, basically controls our government. So that's a scary time. And they have Miriam Adelson has given more money to Trump than anyone else. And whatever she says Trump will do like a dog because we already saw it [00:22:36] back in the first term. Sheldon Adelson gave him 100 million, and he did every single thing that Sheldon ordered him to do, right? So you go back to the despots and the totalitarian guys and the guys who don't believe in democracy, and the guys who want to terminate the Constitution and [00:22:52] don't mind murdering their vice president. You can't recover from that. We have we have to go back to the machine we know and hate and defeat it like we were planning to defeat it and not go backwards and go to a dark, hopeless place. That's why I'm against Trump, and that's why I'm writing ads. [00:23:10] With 19 days left and trying desperately to help a party that despises me.