Comedy Unwrapped

Andrew Schulz discusses preparation for and content of his White House Correspondents' Dinner set

• The White House Correspondents' Dinner is an annual event where journalists and politicians come together for a night of drinking and joking.

• The President is in attendance, as are powerful people from both sides of the aisle.

• The event is also a fundraiser for scholarships for young journalists.

• Andrew Schulz was the host of the 2021 White House Correspondents' Dinner.

• The event is a roast, and the host is expected to roast both sides of the political aisle.

• Schulz had to choose jokes that would help the audience understand who he is as a person.

• Schulz had a few months to prepare for the event.

• The news kept changing, which made it difficult to structure his set.

• The set was finalized at the last minute, with some jokes being added while Schulz was at the podium.

• The event is an opportunity for journalists and politicians to interact with each other and hopefully add empathy to the discourse.

• Schulz is one of less than 15 comedians to have hosted the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

• Schulz's set was a mix of topical jokes and personal anecdotes.Dave Chappelle discusses his jokes and process for the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

• Dave Chappelle discusses his recent Mark Twain Prize for American Humor performance.

• He talks about the red carpet and audience cutaways during the event.

• Chappelle explains his process of establishing trust with the audience and finding the right balance of joke intensity.

• He discusses the school shooting joke and the risk involved in telling it early in the performance.

• Chappelle mentions that no one edited his jokes and that he didn't censor himself for fear of repercussions.

• He shares some of the jokes that were cut for time or tone, including ones about Tucker Carlson, Mike Pence, and Florida's gay policies.

• Chappelle explains his concerns about making jokes about women and the potential for them to be misused.

• He also mentions a joke he made about Don Lemon that is now being weaponized against him.

• Chappelle discusses the importance of punchlines and the difficulty of finding the right ones.

• He mentions a joke he made about Joe Biden and Hunter Biden's drug use.

• Chappelle jokes about needing the writers in the room to help him with his jokes.

• He ends by discussing his appreciation for the Mark Twain Prize and the honor of receiving it.Andrew Schulz talks about his comedy style and ties in his father's journalism career in a speech at the White House Correspondents' Dinner

• Andrew Schulz discusses his comedy style and how he tries to lull the audience in before hitting them with a punchline.

• He explains that he prefers to complement the worst things about people or situations to make it more comedically palatable.

• Schulz mentions his father's journalism career and how he wanted to tie it into the speech to talk about the scandal in media, where local reporters are the first to be fired during layoffs.

• He talks about the importance of local reporters in covering national stories and how they are often the first to report on them.

• Schulz discusses his father protesting at a white Mississippi college during the Civil Rights Movement and how he tried to tie it into the speech but couldn't find a funny way to say it.

• He ends the speech on a sentimental note, thanking his parents for their support.

• Schulz also talks about his experience at the White House Correspondents' Dinner and quick interactions with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

• He jokes about Biden's age and how he thinks Kamala and he are sitting on the same side of the room for legal reasons.

• Schulz promotes Geology's new custom control Hair Care System and Blue Chew's erectile dysfunction pills.

• He also promotes his upcoming stand-up comedy tour, Bum Ass City's Tour, and mentions the cities he will be performing in.

• Schulz talks about his experience working on Inside Jokes and his attempt at using a military cop joke in his last special.

• He praises Patrice O'Neal, Bill Maher, and Ricky Gervais for their ability to be brawlers on stage and deliver every punchline with strength.A Conversation on Peanut Butter, Chocolate Chip Cookies, and Stand-Up Comedy

• The conversation starts with a discussion about a speech given by a comedian in North Dakota and the backstory of inside jokes.

• The speaker talks about his experience before and after his own stand-up comedy performance, including advice from fellow comedian Hasan Minhaj to bring water on stage.

• The conversation shifts to government cheese and peanut butter, which the speaker's grandmother used to get from the National Guard Armory during long walks in Mississippi.

• They discuss the invention of peanut butter and the role of George Washington Carver, with the speaker suggesting that white people love peanut butter more than black people.

• The conversation then turns to chocolate chip cookies and the possible theft of the recipe from a black inventor, with the speaker jokingly suggesting the need for reparations.

• They also touch on the topic of peanut allergies, with the speaker pointing out that he has never met a minority with a peanut allergy.

• The conversation includes jokes about the ancient Greeks using chocolate for math formulas and the potential revenge of George Washington Carver through peanut allergies.

• The conversation ends with an advertisement for Athletic Greens, a daily nutrition supplement.