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LIVE IS OFFICIALLY BACK ON THE
AIR TONIGHT. THE SHOW'S RETURN
TO ABC COMES LESS THAN A WEEK
AFTER THE NETWORK SUSPENDED IT
INDEFINITELY OVER COMMENTS
KIMMEL MADE ON THE SHOOTING
DEATH OF CONSERVATIVE ACTIVIST
CHARLIE KIRK. BUT NOT EVERYONE
WILL BE ABLE TO TUNE IN.
BROADCASTERS SINCLAIR AND
NEXSTAR BOTH SAY THEY WILL
CONTINUE TO PREEMPT KIMMEL'S
SHOW WITH THEIR OWN LOCAL
PROGRAMING. NEXSTAR OWNS 28 ABC
AFFILIATES IN CITIES INCLUDING
NASHVILLE, NEW ORLEANS, AND SALT
LAKE CITY. SINCLAIR OPERATES 38
ABC AFFILIATES IN CITIES
INCLUDING WASHINGTON, D.C. AND
PORTLAND, OREGON. THAT MEANS IN
TOTAL, NEARLY 70 STATIONS ACROSS
THE U.S. WILL NOT AIR TONIGHT'S
SHOW. BUT FOR THOSE WHO WILL SEE
KIMMEL'S RETURN, THE QUESTION
STILL REMAINS WHAT WILL HE
ACTUALLY SAY? LET'S BRING IN
WAYNE FETTERMAN, A COMEDIAN WHO
WAS AHEAD. MONOLOGUE WRITER FOR
LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON,
ALSO TEACHES THE HISTORY OF
STAND UP COMEDY AT USC, THE
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA. FIGHT ON SIR. WAYNE,
TAKE US INSIDE THE WRITERS ROOM.
WHAT'S GOING THROUGH THE MINDS
OF WRITERS WORKING ON TONIGHT'S
SHOW? KNOWING THAT EVERYBODY IS
GOING TO BE WATCHING THIS SHOW?
>> RIGHT. AND I KNOW YOU THINK
IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF
PRESSURE, BUT THESE ARE ACTUALLY
THE EASIER SHOWS TO WRITE WHEN
THERE'S A LOT OF EYES ON YOU,
WHEN THERE'S A VERY SPECIFIC
IDEA BEHIND THE SHOW. AND WHAT
MAKES THIS UNIQUE TO ME IS THESE
SHOWS DO THE NEWS. BUT THE SHOW
ITSELF IS THE NEWS. THE
MONOLOGUE ITSELF IS THE NEWS. SO
THIS ADDS A KIND OF A DIFFERENT
LEVEL TO IT, BUT USUALLY LATE
NIGHT COMEDY WRITING IS A GRIND.
IT'S LIKE A GROUNDHOG DAY
SITUATION, SO THEY ARE. THIS IS
ACTUALLY FUN TO WRITE WHEN
THERE'S A LOT OF EYES ON YOU.
>> I BET IT'S A LOT OF PRESSURE
TOO. SO IF YOU WERE IN THAT
WRITER'S ROOM, WHAT WOULD BE
YOUR STRATEGY? WOULD YOU SAY, WE
NEED TO TAKE ON THIS CONTROVERSY
HEAD ON? OR DO YOU THINK MOVE
ON.
>> IT'S A LITTLE A LITTLE OF
BOTH OF THE HEAD AND THE MOVE
THE TWO ON OPTIONS. I WOULD
OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE TO TALK ABOUT
THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. YOU'RE
GOING TO HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT ON
SOME LEVEL. AND JIMMY IS GOING
TO DECIDE WHAT LEVEL OF DEFIANCE
OR CONTRITION HE HAS. AND
THAT'S THAT'S UP TO HIM. AND
THEN HIS STAFF WILL JUST FOLLOW
SUIT. AND THEN, I MEAN, I SEE
THAT HE HAS LIKE GLEN POWELL AND
SARAH MCLAUGHLIN ON THE SHOW. SO
THEY'RE GOING BACK TO THE USUAL
JOB OF THE LATE NIGHT HOST,
WHICH IS TO MAKE PEOPLE WHO ARE
PROMOTING THEIR PROJECTS LOOK
FUNNY AND WITTY AND BEAUTIFUL.
>> SO DISNEY SAID IT DECIDED TO
BRING BACK THE SHOW AFTER,
QUOTE, THOUGHTFUL CONVERSATIONS
WITH JIMMY KIMMEL AND HIS
LAWYER. SO DO WE KNOW HOW THOSE
CONVERSATIONS WILL SHAPE? WILL
SHAPE? TONIGHT'S MESSAGE? WOULD
YOU THINK THEY'D EVEN GO THERE?
>> WELL, YOU'RE ASKING ME TO
SPECULATE, AND IF YOU KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT MY STOCK
PORTFOLIO, I'M TERRIBLE AT
SPECULATION, BUT I WOULD SAY
JUST BASICALLY, IT'S VERY HARD
TO HAVE A CASUAL CONVERSATION
WHEN THERE'S A LAWYER PRESENT.
THAT'S THE FIRST THING. SO
THEY'RE HAVING THESE
CONVERSATION. I REALLY DON'T I
DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT THERE. I'M
NOT PRIVY TO IT. BUT MY GUESS IS
THEY WANT TO PRESENT WHAT A LATE
NIGHT TALK SHOW IS, WHICH IS THE
NEWS OF THE DAY. AND THERE'S A
LOT OF NEWS OUTSIDE OF JIMMY
KIMMEL'S SUSPENSION. THERE'S THE
THERE'S THE UN SITUATION.
THERE'S KAMALA'S NEW BOOK JUST
CAME OUT TODAY. I JUST HEARD
ABOUT RADIOACTIVE SHRIMP.
THERE'S A LOT IN THE NEWS, SO
I'M HOPING THEY WILL TOUCH SOME
OF THOSE AS WELL.
>> WELL, IN YOUR CAREER, HAVE
YOU EVER BEEN FACED WITH
SOMETHING LIKE THIS, A TASK OF
ADDRESSING A HUGE CONTROVERSY?
>> NOT, NOT NOT FACE ON NOT
DIRECTLY DIRECTLY ON. I MEAN,
THE ONLY THINGS IS WE HAD OBAMA
ON THE SHOW AND HE DID THE NEWS.
HE. SO WE DID THAT. BUT NOT NOT
LIKE THIS. I CAN'T IMAGINE A
SITUATION WHERE THE SHOW ITSELF
IS THE NEWS STORY. AGAIN, IT'S
KIND OF UNIQUE IN THE HISTORY
OF, OF LATE NIGHT, WHERE THE
SHOW IS THE STORY. SO I THINK
JIMMY IS ALWAYS BEEN SO
UNFLAPPABLE IN THESE BIG TIME
SITUATIONS. I MEAN, HE'S HOSTED
THE OSCARS NUMEROUS TIMES, AND
HE'S ALWAYS COOL. HE'S A COOL
CHARACTER. HE'S A COOL GUY. SO
HE'S I, I THINK IT'S GOING TO
BE FUN. AND THEN AT THE END OF
THE DAY, IT'S JUST GOING TO BE
HOPEFULLY BACK TO THE GRIND OF
LIKE PROMOTING THESE, THESE
PROJECTS. I GUESS GLEN POWELL IS
GOING TO BE ON THE SHOW. SO THAT
SHOULD TELL YOU SOMETHING RIGHT
THERE.
>> SO YOU'RE ALSO A STAND UP
COMEDIAN. I'M CURIOUS, AFTER
ALL OF THIS, ARE YOU RETHINKING
YOUR SET?
>> NO, BECAUSE I DON'T YOU
DON'T KNOW MY ACT AT ALL. THAT
HURTS A LITTLE BIT. THANK YOU,
ELIZABETH, BUT I DON'T DO
TOPICAL MATERIAL. I ONLY DO
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL STUFF ABOUT
GROWING UP AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S. NO, IT WOULD NOT MAKE
ME RETHINK IT AT ALL. BUT I DO.
AS SOMEONE WHO TEACHES THE
HISTORY OF STAND UP, I MEAN,
THERE WAS A TIME, BELIEVE IT OR
NOT, AND I KNOW THIS IS SHOCKING
FOR THE COMEDIANS WERE ARRESTED
FOR WHAT THEY SAID ON STAGE.
I'M TALKING ABOUT LENNY BRUCE
AND EVEN MAE WEST IN THE 20s,
SPENT A WEEK IN JAIL. IN JAIL
FOR THE CONTENT SHE WAS PUTTING
OUT FOR A SHOW CALLED SEX. SO
WE'RE LUCKILY WE'RE NOT IN THAT
SITUATION NOW WHERE PEOPLE ARE,
YOU KNOW, BEING CARTED AWAY AND
READ THE RIGHTS.
>> ARE YOU CONCERNED WE COULD GO
BACK? THERE?
>> NOT REALLY. NOT REALLY. I
THINK WE'RE I THINK THAT SHIP
HAS SAILED RIGHT NOW. THIS IS.
YEAH. I'M NOT CONCERNED. ARE
YOU? LET ME ASK YOU. I'M GOING
TO TURN IT RIGHT AROUND ON YOU
A.
>> LITTLE BIT. YOU KNOW, IT'S MY
IT'S NOT MY JOB TO SPECULATE AT
ALL. IT'S MY JOB TO ASK THE
QUESTIONS FROM THE EXPERTS THAT
THAT ARE OUT THERE IN THE COMEDY
SCENE. BECAUSE I'M CURIOUS,
BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF OF
COMEDIANS OUT THERE THAT TOP
THAT EVENTS AND POLITICS IS A
BIG PART OF THEIR ACT. AND I'M
CURIOUS IF YOU'VE SPOKEN TO
OTHER COMEDIANS WHO MAYBE DO
RELY ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE
WORLD AND POLITICIANS TO BE PART
OF THEIR ACT? I'M CONCERNED.
I'M WONDERING IF YOU IF THEY'VE
VOICED ANY KIND OF CONCERNS TO
YOU.
>> WELL, I MEAN, EVERY COMEDIAN
WANTS THIS COMPLETE FREE SPEECH
WITHOUT ANY KIND OF CULTURAL
PUSHBACK AND THAT TODAY WITH THE
INTERNET IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.
SO THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE
THE DAYS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, OF
VAUDEVILLE, WHERE PEOPLE WERE
UPSET AT RACIAL STEREOTYPES THAT
COMEDIANS DID ON STAGE. SO THIS
IS A LONG RUNNING BATTLE BETWEEN
FREE SPEECH AND FREE IDEAS AND
PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO BE
OFFENDED. SO THAT'S JUST THE
NATURE OF STAND UP COMEDY. BUT I
THINK, AND I'M FINGERS CROSSED
THAT WE'RE IN AN ERA WHERE
EVERYONE ON BOTH SIDES
APPRECIATES THE GIFT OF THE
FIRST AMENDMENT.
>> YOU GOT TO HAVE A THICK SKIN
IN COMEDY. IT SOUNDS LIKE.
>> OH, JESUS, WHY ARE YOU
ATTACKING ME? IT'S MY.
>> ACTING. YOU GOT TO HAVE A
THICK SKIN IN THIS DAY AND AGE.
>> YEAH, OF COURSE, OF COURSE,
OF COURSE.
>> WAYNE FETTERMAN, IT WAS A
PLEASURE. THANKS SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US. AND I HOPE WE CAN
TALK TO YOU SOON. AFTER
TONIGHT'S ACT.
>> GOOD LUCK WITH THE
RADIOACTIVE SHRIMP.
>> THANK YOU
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