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Him. i notice there were no cutaway shots to the roots. i wonder why. network exec -- yeah. >> especially now, comedians have more of a responsibility because they have more power. you can reach people with comedy. it all goes back to siderman. with great power comes great responsibility. i think more comedians are asking themselves, how do i want to use my comedy. >> are people giving you a hard time for being too soft on trump? >> no. have you seen my show? i'm never too hard on anyone.

Of society, thus, great fodder for comedy. >> in the white house in the oval office, on the wall, obama has the original copy of the emancipation proclamation. which i'm sure is just there in case the tea party says, you're not free. >> politicians are loathsome, but we're stuck with them. we can't prosecute all of them so let's at least mock them. >> i believe if you can't say something nice about somebody, you must be talking about hillary clinton. >> donald trump, oh my god. donald trump is like the nagging cough that has turned into full-blown aids, you know what i'm saying? >> i think eve...

And even though you're doing it with humor, you're going right up to the line. so it's a very, very courageous thing to do. >> comedy and politics were married. it shows the true spirit of what our democracy is. you know, we're not afraid to make fun of the people that are in power. i think that's beautiful. >> what are your impressions of the night that is the white house correspondents' dinner. >> do you think president trump will invite me to be his comedian? i can't wait to find out. >> you go to the democratic convention and you've got silverman up there being really funny and then you ge...

Entertain and to be funny, to tap into commentary about what is going on, either about politicians specifically or media coverage. that's where it starts to resonate for people on a deeper level. >> the more angry, the more crazy for exactly the same reason. because the democrats make us angry and the republicans make us crazy. or switch it around, if you wish. whatever makes you [ bleep ] laugh. >> you know, the power of comedy, when it comes to politics, in my opinion, is just getting people to pay attention. young people don't generally care about politics so when you get them laughing, hop...

Our main goal, we would just stop doing jokes and collapse inwardly. >> and please, don't even think of writing something stupid like what a lucky break it is for comedians. the jokes write themselves. no, they don't write themselves. jews write jokes and they are scared [ bleep ]less. >> the only responsibility is to tell the story correctly, to get your facts straight so that you have that credibility. the show is not intended to make change and, you know, it's not -- that's not my intention. that's not my job. our job is to do a comedy show. that's interesting. >> i think if a man gets up a...