Louder with Crowder - The Science of Sketch Comedy: Election 2024 Docuseries Part 2 | Louder With Crowder
Aired: 2024-10-31
Duration: 11:39


=== A Lot More Than Meets The Eye (09:58) ===

[00:00:02]  Okay, and action.
[00:00:05]  My name is Crowder, commander of Letterwood Crowder, leader.
[00:00:09]  So sketches, a lot more goes into them than it might seem.
[00:00:13]  It's way more involved than I thought it would be.
[00:00:17]  It starts off with the writers.
[00:00:18]  I do write sketches that screw with people personally, like Gerald.
[00:00:25]  Wardrobe, props.
[00:00:26]  I mean, I freaked out when I got here and I saw the production level.
[00:00:29]  I mean, just the wardrobe.
[00:00:31]  I've done shows at NBC and ABC. They don't have that much wardrobe.
[00:00:35]  Visual effects.
[00:00:36]  I didn't realize what everyone here was capable of.
[00:00:38]  And so I was writing things, like, oh, we can't do that.
[00:00:41]  Can't do that.
[00:00:42]  And then Johnny Boyd would be like, why not?
[00:00:43]  I'm like, oh, because, well, I mean, it's got these multiple shots and it's part of a movie.
[00:00:47]  It's a parody and we got to bring this.
[00:00:49]  And he's like, that's not for us to figure out.
[00:00:53]  Okay, we'll see if that gets made, and then sure enough, it's amazing.
[00:00:56]  I'm like, what?
[00:00:58]  There's so much that goes into a 20, 30 second clip on here.
[00:01:02]  Wow.
[00:01:05]  At it!
[00:01:05]  It's your friend Colonel Slanders again!
[00:01:08]  We've done so many good things here.
[00:01:09]  What was the one when he was my psychiatrist?
[00:01:11]  Sinead O'Connor, who I couldn't help but picture in the back of my mind as the many that Nick DePaulo saw in my Rorschach test.
[00:01:21]  I'm sorry.
[00:01:21]  You see again in two months?
[00:01:27]  I like the bad monies a lot.
[00:01:28]  That's fun because I get to be a little wild.
[00:01:35]  Take a lot of hits.
[00:01:43]  I do take a lot of hits.
[00:01:44]  I do a lot of falls.
[00:01:45]  I think physical comedy is funny.
[00:01:47]  Billy the Magician is probably my favorite in recent years.
[00:01:50]  I love getting to watch Josh get smashed over the head with a bottle and that magician's sleazy laugh.
[00:01:59]  And the best part is we've got to order those bottles.
[00:02:03]  We have a lot of stuff we do for each of those.
[00:02:04]  So every time we do that bid, it's about a $30 bid at least.
[00:02:08]  Oh, the other thing is Crowder with his impressions.
[00:02:11]  I know we did a few boys.
[00:02:12]  Back in the day, someone like Kamala Harris would say, I did.
[00:02:15]  Sesame seed bun and french fries.
[00:02:17]  But now you have Donald Trump going like, oh, she loves french fries.
[00:02:20]  She can't get enough of them.
[00:02:22]  She just does the machine.
[00:02:23]  I guess french fries, onion rings, Popeyes!
[00:02:27]  I can't believe how talented he is.
[00:02:30]  And I'm not just kissing his ass, because it's way too hairy.
[00:02:33]  I'm November 5th.
[00:02:34]  Don't interrupt, Macho Man.
[00:02:36]  November 5th.
[00:02:36]  The choice is clear.
[00:02:38]  You want to have the Don or one of these crutches right there.
[00:02:45]  I could just toss anything at Steven, and he will just run with it with an impression.
[00:02:51]  CEOs financially armed to the teeth.
[00:02:54]  I'm doing a Brando thing, and they replaced me with Josh, who was doing a way better brand.
[00:02:59]  That was the best one yet.
[00:03:02]  I'm out of here.
[00:03:04]  You talking to me?
[00:03:05]  Oh, and I gotta say this.
[00:03:06]  The Nick Dipp, press secretary.
[00:03:07]  He also was the first guy to go see the midget.
[00:03:10]  Nick has no idea what he's getting himself into.
[00:03:13]  He just goes in there, they roll clips, and he rips.
[00:03:16]  And that's amazing to watch.
[00:03:18]  The view.
[00:03:20]  I love the view.
[00:03:22]  It's like a horse view.
[00:03:23]  We literally just find clips of people asking questions and then let Nick answer.
[00:03:29]  And it's so funny.
[00:03:31]  Don Lemon have to walk around in a gay nightclub and assless chaps still have a gun on his trip.
[00:03:37]  He does that one take.
[00:03:39]  The 20 questions, 20 answers, one take, and then he's out of there.
[00:03:42]  And I'm like, dude, what a pro.
[00:03:45]  I can't believe I get to do that.
[00:03:47]  Yeah, dead silence.
[00:03:49]  Just what I thought.
[00:03:50]  There's not another place in the industry where you could just change your role or say, hey, I want to try mixing the show today, or I want to run audio, or, you know, you get to contribute, you get to be on cam.
[00:04:07]  I never imagined writing for a show.
[00:04:10]  It was never really the goal for me to be a writer.
[00:04:12]  - I'm farted.
[00:04:13]  I laughed I'm farted.
[00:04:16]  - It's a dream I didn't know I had come true. - Three, two, and action.
[00:04:23]  There are a lot of times, especially when it comes to advertisements, that we're finding we're shooting for a new sponsor or something the day before it's going to run.
[00:04:34]  So we'll shoot it early in the afternoon and we'll end up turning a spot for the next morning.
[00:04:39]  Not the bees!
[00:04:40]  Not the bees!
[00:04:43]  Don't let the IRS take advantage of you.
[00:04:46]  When it comes to the sketches of the show, I don't think people understand how much work goes into producing.
[00:04:53]  I've learned a whole lot about what goes on behind the scenes over the last, really call it three, three and a half years.
[00:05:01]  Look at that, look, get it.
[00:05:03]  There's definitely...
[00:05:04]  Yes, we can sell that.
[00:05:05]  The lighting, the boom, the costumes, the makeup, you name it.
[00:05:09]  And it's one of those things where you watch everybody sort of do their part and when everyone does it right, it comes together and it's an awesome thing.
[00:05:18]  Everything from the keying, the compositing, the sound design.
[00:05:21]  Stream!
[00:05:22]  Street! Street!
[00:05:24]  These are things that typically teams of people would take months and months to achieve, and we do it in record time with a skeleton crew, and it's because they're all rock stars.
[00:05:34]  Make way for the emperor.
[00:05:35]  Make it close.
[00:05:37]  We're trying to do all of it.
[00:05:38]  We're trying to be factually accurate.
[00:05:40]  We're trying to be funny.
[00:05:41]  And then you're trying to make sure that you're presenting information that people can use.
[00:05:45]  And to do all of those things and on top of that...
[00:05:50]  Record a bunch of sketches.
[00:05:51]  Absolutely rounding.
[00:05:53]  I don't want any foot fetish people getting my feet.
[00:05:55]  It's just everybody's so different but mixes so well.
[00:05:58]  It's a lot of fun and you know we get to tease Gerald all the time.
[00:06:02]  And what a thick skin that guy's got.
[00:06:05]  You know what?
[00:06:06]  It's a great room.
[00:06:07]  First of all, Steven can slip into any character at will, no matter what we're talking about.
[00:06:11]  I kind of...
[00:06:12]  It's sort of touch and go with the Jews right now.
[00:06:15]  And Gerald is smart as hell.
[00:06:17]  There's always going to be an adult in the room.
[00:06:19]  She saved the Jews!
[00:06:21]  I can't figure him out.
[00:06:22]  I take pride in being able to read people.
[00:06:25]  I've known him for, what, a couple years now?
[00:06:27]  I have no idea.
[00:06:28]  He'll get mad at me if I make a joke.
[00:06:30]  He'll go, oh, like it's shocking.
[00:06:31]  And then he'll hit a Holocaust joke in there.
[00:06:34]  I can't figure him out.
[00:06:37]  Josh is a stand-up.
[00:06:38]  Josh is naturally funny and he can do characters.
[00:06:41]  And action.
[00:06:42]  Hey, I'm Colonel Slam.
[00:06:44]  And the guys that work the...
[00:06:45]  I don't want to forget about the guys that work the soundboard and all that other sh**.
[00:06:48]  Shasha, still not nearly as gay, but also gay.
[00:06:52]  Options are limited.
[00:06:54]  Noodles just jumped in there.
[00:06:55]  I was in a rhythm.
[00:06:56]  Sorry.
[00:06:59]  They were all like guys' guys.
[00:07:02]  And I think it makes for a good mix.
[00:07:04]  Like someone on an island who hasn't eaten in a while and your friend turns into a hot dog?
[00:07:08]  Yes.
[00:07:11]  Guys, do you have a white mic, please?
[00:07:15]  Comedy's probably one of the most important things that the world is desperately in need of right now.
[00:07:21]  Okay, it's for the greater good.
[00:07:23]  Bye!
[00:07:26]  For me, the best part of working here is the challenge.
[00:07:29]  You know, doing all that we do and the time that we have it.
[00:07:32]  I get to solve problems all day.
[00:07:35]  I get to do it with people that I adore.
[00:07:41]  It's more like a family here, which sounds so cheesy.
[00:07:46]  It's the worst thing to say.
[00:07:48]  Yeah, I live with these people.
[00:07:50]  They're my friends.
[00:07:52]  I think that secretly people do like me, although I am the only person on staff that Joe Lewis has bitten repeatedly.
[00:08:02]  I didn't even head or look in Joe Lewis's direction and this happened.
[00:08:08]  Scaredy.
[00:08:09]  When I'm on stage, I love it.
[00:08:10]  Doesn't matter where, whatever.
[00:08:12]  This is just nothing but fun.
[00:08:13]  It's great.
[00:08:14]  Doing something I love.
[00:08:15]  Doing something that matters.
[00:08:16]  Let my kids see something that they can do someday.
[00:08:21]  Something that's actually realistic.
[00:08:22]  I never had that growing up.
[00:08:23]  I never thought it was realistic to be an entertainer for a living.
[00:08:26]  I thought that was crazy.
[00:08:28]  I think that's important to see.
[00:08:29]  See your parents work hard and get what they want.
[00:08:33]  Rather than what I saw in my father.
[00:08:36]  Work hard and get what you get.
[00:08:38]  I don't think many people get that sort of opportunity.
[00:08:42]  I can't speak!
[00:08:43]  You look at people that hate their jobs and they go out there and they're just making ends to me.
[00:08:48]  I'm just blessed and lucky to be doing what I'm doing.
[00:08:57]  Cut!
[00:09:00]  Oh, what are you going to do right now?
[00:09:01]  Are you going?
[00:09:04]  Then we're gonna hang out in the Sesame Street set.
[00:09:09]  Can I ask you a personal question?
[00:09:12]  No.
[00:09:13]  Can you hear that, Billy?
[00:09:15]  George's a Greek.
[00:09:16]  I hate that nickname, by the way.
[00:09:17]  Yeah, anything you've written that even you think is too much, too dark for this show?
[00:09:21]  Oh, no.
[00:09:22]  I haven't even touched the tip of the iceberg.
[00:09:25]  I'm all for pushing boundaries.
[00:09:26]  I mean, I wrote a sketch about six months back when my grandmother was... ...shredded.
[00:09:39]  So...
[00:09:40]  I mean, it didn't air.
[00:09:44]  Can you do this?

=== Election Night Revelations (01:53) ===

[00:09:45]  Can you interview me in front of Oscar the Grouch's house?
[00:09:47]  That'd be fantastic.
[00:09:48]  All right.
[00:09:49]  Seven and a half, bitch.
[00:09:51]  What?
[00:09:52]  So if I actually showed my daughter those sketches, she's ten.
[00:09:54]  Now she wants me to do a sketch with her where she gets to hit me with a glass bottle, so I'm not gonna do that.
[00:10:02]  Because I could kick her ass, dude.
[00:10:03]  She's like this high.
[00:10:05]  We get the f***ing f*** to the f***.
[00:10:08]  Can I say that?
[00:10:09]  I think I did.
[00:10:10]  I mean, I rack at least, probably, on a slow day a dozen HR violations.
[00:10:16]  Which one?
[00:10:16]  The f***ing left!
[00:10:18]  Yeah, nice clap!
[00:10:20]  Let's f*** it!
[00:10:20]  Probably loses day one.
[00:10:22]  What do you think that looks like?
[00:10:24]  Looks like me going to the gun store.
[00:10:28]  Do you think that a Democrat victory here trusts Pat for a female president?
[00:10:34]  He's a f***ing b***h on wheels.
[00:10:36]  Nick, how long have you not had the use of your plate?
[00:10:42]  I told them you weren't going to ask about that.
[00:10:49]  You good?
[00:10:50]  All right, kids.
[00:10:51]  Anything else you want to add?
[00:10:52]  I do.
[00:10:52]  I'd like not to do the show anymore.
[00:10:55]  Gerald's really bugging me.
[00:10:58]  I hope it lasts.
[00:11:00]  That's all.
[00:11:00]  I need the cash.
[00:11:02]  All right.
[00:11:03]  So you and I decided to do something special on election night.
[00:11:08]  To be able to restore people's confidence in an election.
[00:11:12]  Accessing data and information and systems that no other company on the internet has really done before.
[00:11:17]  What we're doing is f***ing dangerous, man.
[00:11:19]  There's liability that comes with that, obviously.
[00:11:20]  I don't think other people want to take on that risk.
[00:11:22]  We're putting everything we got into this.
[00:11:25]  The important thing is to have an informed and enlightened audience.
[00:11:27]  You need accurate data.
[00:11:29]  There's red and there's blue, you see?
[00:11:31]  We're trying to make a difference in the way elections are reported.
[00:11:34]  I think this is going to be a historic moment.
[00:11:36]  This is sort of a watershed moment.
[00:11:38]  Do you think Trump's gonna win?