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[English]

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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

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
return /rɪˈtɜːrn/ A2	verb - to come or go back to a place noun - the act of coming back
suspend /səˈspɛnd/ B1	verb - to stop something temporarily
controversy /kənˈtrɒvərsɪ/ B2	noun - a disagreement or debate
address /əˈdres/ B1	verb - to speak to or deal with a matter
unique /juːˈniːk/ B1	adjective - being the only one of its kind
pressure /ˈprɛʃər/ A2	noun - the force exerted on something
strategy /ˈstrætɪdʒi/ B2	noun - a plan to achieve a goal
defiance /dɪˈfaɪəns/ C1	noun - open resistance or bold disobedience
conclusion /kənˈkluːʒən/ B1	noun - the end or finish of something
speculation /ˌspɛkjəˈleɪʃən/ C1	noun - the act of forming theories without firm evidence
promote /prəˈmoʊt/ B1	verb - to support or encourage
controversial /ˌkɒntrəˈvɜːrʃəl/ B2	adjective - causing disagreement or debate
grind /ɡraɪnd/ B1	noun - hard dull work
funny /ˈfʌni/ A1	adjective - amusing or humorous
witty /ˈwɪti/ B2	adjective - showing or characterized by quick, inventive humor
beautiful /ˈbjuːtɪfəl/ A1	adjective - pleasing the senses or mind aesthetically
casual /ˈkæʒuəl/ B1	adjective - relaxed and informal
situation /ˌsɪtʃuˈeɪʃən/ A2	noun - the way things are
arrested /əˈrɛstɪd/ B1	verb - to be taken into custody by law enforcement
offended /əˈfɛndɪd/ B1	adjective - resentful or upset by something