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Azmari, i would say, what, 2,000 years? >> maya: yeah, it's like the first music that we had, right? >> anthony: the trick is, they've always used a system of lyrical double meanings referred to as "wax," meaning, "the apparent meaning," and "gold," which is, "the underlying" or "real" meaning. poking fun at the audience is fundamental to the form. ♪ ♪
I set this up only to then show you a video from the senate minority leader chuck schumer, democrat, poking fun. >> i thank everybody for coming. i thought we would go around the room. how did we do on the sunday show? >> your tone was perfect. >> how did my hair look coming out of the gym? >> you have great hair. nobody has better hair. bl before we go any further, i just want to say thank you for the opportunity and blessing to serve your agenda. >> david, you heard the giggles as the camera panned away from senator chooschumer. funny or not so funny? >> probably not so funny to trump, open ...
Years? >> maya: yeah, it's like the first music that we had, right? >> anthony: the trick is, they've always used a system of lyrical double meanings referred to as "wax," meaning, "the apparent meaning," and "gold," which is, "the underlying" or "real" meaning. poking fun at the audience is fundamental to the form. ♪
This is a standard scarf. >> sure. >> this is good, okay? this is good. not good. okay? not good. good. not good. okay? all right? fun. scary. that was comedian hassan manage poking fun at the trump travel ban. he'll be heading the dinner tomorrow night. donald trump will not be there. he's holding a rally in pennsylvania instead. a presidential attempt at trolling, perhaps. he's written this piece in the daily beast and he's the host of his own show on sirius xm. why do you think donald trump is scared of being at the
Comedy, so you're poking fun at something. so is it just a general political comedy monologue? it's a great room for it, right? that would be a great place to try it out. on the other hand, that crowd has so many aluminum nars and so many powerful people, you have to think for one second, do i want to be seen laughing at this joke, you know? >> i mean -- live on tv, sure. >> oh, yeah. >> it's broadcast live. >> and there's a camera on everyone. there's a way to zoom in on everyone. it's a tough -- it's a real high wire act, you know, and i remember there was this one time i very dumbly said so...