Adam McKay Talks Pot, Death, Pizza And The Financial Crisis

[@calebdesjardins616]

Seriously one of greatest comedic minds working today and a genius with drama as well

[@agye23]

+Caleb DesJardins seriously smart guy

[@LorenzoCalgaryRealtor]

It's refreshing to see people like Adam exist on this planet and use their skills to service the public with stories such as this one.

[@ShornChimp]

I think McKay is one of the most underrated and underhyped directors in the industry right now.

[@carrieowen5895]

He's fecking Brilliant is what he is

[@Wags438]

And also been accused of robbing bits from fellow comedians on occasion. But his work with Farrell is great.

[@RoninGaijin]

@@Wags438 he's a hack

[@edwards8891]

He's a hack and a thief!!!!

[@Yamas258]

I agree , he’s made some really entertaining films with substance way above anchorman, talledega nights, and other guys…. Sadly he was always capable, but was chained to will Ferrell

[@DrRockso79]

If only this movie drew half the fanfare of Star Wars or BvS. *This* is the movie the public should be lining up to see, IMO.

[@sittingduck4602]

Best talk show guest entrance & greeting.

[@peterp2626]

9:14 the laughter suddenly dies down, every though there was none. You can't sneak any cuts past me.

[@nephastgweiz1022]

Nice one

[@Efemral]

+Gerald Potterton I wonder what was cut. Maybe just a joke that fell flat?

[@antf1868]

+Efemral "captured by big banks..........." and stephens awkward look and neck scratch.He said it ,the system is bought and paid for. Your everyday life is manipulated by media and the corporate machines. We are all debt slaves. Economic slavery is our era. And your not allowed to get caught talking about it. They dont want anyone breaking peoples illusion of a FREE WORLD

[@alexanderaz8]

+Ant F Yes, you're not "allowed to get caught talking about it." You're only allowed to write books about it, and then make movies based on those books about it, and then go on the mainstream "media and the corporate machines" like CBS to talk about it. Totally like slavery.

[@nephastgweiz1022]

+alexm Lmao, conspiracy guys are funny

[@SkitHertz]

Now I really want to see this film.

[@xiomara5147]

It's very depressing if you give a shit about the things. Just...not on a bad day!

[@mullarky]

please continue to upload one full video

[@rotodexthepaleontologist2267]

"That is adorable" haha

[@ImJakeSrsly]

Haven't heard McKay talk at length; it's lovely.

[@userUCGGGi]

This was fantastic interview!

[@phxtonash]

Adam is one of the smartest people alive

[@idistroy111]

I can't look at Christian Bale without thinking "WHERE IS SHE!"

[@user-zn1eg9yw5n]

+John Lee who "she"?

[@gregwegleitner3888]

+John Lee mine is "WHERE'S THE TRIGGER!"

[@Austin-ws9eo]

+Greg Wegleitner WHERESH THE TRIGGHER

[@Killerjosh89]

IMNOT WEARIN HOCKEY PADS

[@illdrumatik391]

Hahahaha. So True.

[@martinaee]

He's a pretty cool guy... if you know what I mean.

[@asecretone]

One of the top directors in Hollywood today.

[@theMotiv8a]

That beat at the intro by Jon Batiste and Stay Human tho !!!!

[@Ludologies]

Wow, loved the bands intro!

[@krapfantasy]

yes, anyone know what the original song is?

[@danfrimeth2732]

7:57- 8:02 was what we call a great example of foreshadowing

[@wheelmangames5366]

Holy COW!! How have i forgotten he was in Upright Citizen Brigade?!?! I guess i was more of a Kids in the Hall Guy but I LOVED His old Show! Well Done Good Chap!!

[@some-friggin-dude]

so cool they made it more than 6 minutes. full-length baby!

[@sterowentUS]

laws such as the Glass Steagall Act, perhaps? vote bernie in the primaries, a man clean of big bank funds.

[@god8063]

+Sterowent Glass-Steagall wouldn't have prevented the collapse of those failed investment banks, which is what caused most of the crisis. They would've still been able to get into derivatives under Steagall. Second, it still wouldn't have prevented commercial banks from giving out sub-primes, which is the underlying issue of their failure. So, so far, if GS was in place, 99% of the crisis would've still occurred. All it would've done would've been to prevent Citigroup from getting into cdo's. Steagall wouldn't have prevented collapse. It doesn't work for the modern era. It is an outdated depression era tactic. Barack Obama and Elizabeth Warren have both admitted that Glass-Steagall wouldn't have done anything to prevent the 2008 collapse. If it were reinstated, all it would do is lower the share price of the big banks and prevent them from making money by essentially forcing them to sit on billions of dollars and only using it when Bob's Auto-repair needs a loan. It would directly impact the middle class. It would also make a crash worse by preventing mergers and acquisitions that would be able to save a failing entity. If an IB goes under and people lose their money, GS would prevent that IB from being saved via a buyout. It's a dumb idea that has been debunked by everyone from Forbes to the NYT. People who want it are people who don't properly understand economics and think anything that was repealed, once reinstated will save them. Bernie's economic policies will weaken the economy and the dollar. It would actually be better to vote for a moderate over Sanders.

[@sterowentUS]

explain the measures needed to prevent the next crash then. from my understanding the sizes of the banks would have been prevented through glass-steagall, the risky loans that composed most of the crisis was funded by the then too big banks which would have been outlawed through glass-steagall, and the promises that repealing it would lead to cheaper banking administrative costs and function were misleading. right now, we are in the same situation as 2008, perhaps worse because the sizes of the bailed out banks are even larger than before. no, it has nothing to do with political alignment. this is a threat to our economy no matter which side of the aisle you are on, and bernie is the man to deal with it.

[@god8063]

+Sterowent Your understanding is inaccurate. Fixing the 30:1 and also making sure the government doesn't try to force industry to cater to anyone are two ways to prevent a crash among other ways. But the real point here is that GS specifically, is an act that wouldn't have done anything and if enacted, would be harmful in the current climate. GS itself would not only be inadequate in preventing a crash, it would also make a crash worse by preventing mergers and acquisitions that would be able to save a failing entity. If an IB goes under and people lose their money, GS would prevent that IB from being saved via an m&a. "the sizes of the banks would have been prevented through glass-steagall" Size is not what caused the collapsed. Size + debt is what caused it. Banks have to grow with the economy, so a bank getting bigger and bigger is not a bad thing. It is only bad when something big, also has a big debt attached to it. That is what caused the collapse. The type of debt that was accumulated by both the commercial and investment banks that caused the collapse, is again, the type of debt that GS would've done nothing to prevent. "the risky loans that composed most of the crisis was funded by the then too big banks which would have been outlawed through glass-steagall," GS wouldn't have outlawed sub-primes. GS wouldn't have prevented them from acquiring lenders that were issuing the sub-primes which what took the majority of them under. GS would've done nothing to stop the actual crisis. And stoping another crash does have to do with a political alignment. The politician and his admin that you choose, if elected, will create or enforce policy that steers the economy. Bernie's economic policies are not only radical, they weaken the overall economy, raise taxes and increase spending. Who he is as a person, doesn't matter. It's what he plans to do. And what he plans is bad for the dollar and wildly unrealistic.

[@sterowentUS]

let me say i do not entirely understand economics, so much of these definitions and abbreviations i can not in good faith comment on. that said, i do know the many economists who have agreed with bernie's economic proposals, 170 of them in fact. a quote from usuncut's article on this: "Among the 170 economists and professors backing Sanders’ plan are former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, professor James K. Galbraith of the University of Texas, and John Miller of Wheaton College. Other experts listed on the sign-on letter teach at top universities like Harvard, Cornell, and Cambridge (UK). Also included is a former member of U.S. Congress, a former researcher for the Federal Reserve Board, and even a former associate at Goldman Sachs, as well as numerous financial advisors and wealth management experts." i appreciate your effort in trying to educate me, but i'm afraid the credentials of these men and women come first in my decision on who to step forward with. i thank you for your time.

[@gabb05]

hahahaha great interview...great stories

[@whatsuphotdog]

great interview

[@RonakMogra]

Damn, this guy's wit is off the charts.

[@jokerofMI6]

@9:14 Subtext: Speaking of things that are brought and paid for...

[@summs1000]

I listened to dennis miller while working in 2005-6 I think and he had a guy who talked about all the triple a rated housing securities being bad risks, people knew

[@rodham8935]

Amazing comedians, great interview

[@CaseyVirtuoso]

Adam McKay is clearly voting for Bernie Sanders.

[@lalineaa]

he did, according to wikipedia

[@kingdavid6313]

McKay is a beast director

[@sssssssev]

Band is sounding GOOD.

[@fangorn23]

To be fair to whatever character Christian Bale was playing in that scene, as we came to find out the hard way- Alan Greenspan and the others didnt know what they were talking about.

[@tuuliamoors4134]

+fangorn23 Indeed. - And Bale plays Michael Burry, and that's the guy's actual name, so you can look him up if you're interested. (The other main characters' names have been changed in the movie, but easy to find as well.)

[@shiftywily]

Vote Sanders.

[@mariokarter13]

If you know what I mean. ;)

[@Sc4r4byte]

+mariokarter13 you mean... sausage... pizza, on us.

[@buch1010]

this interview touched me, if you know what i mean

[@Keverember]

"Adam Mmkay." - Mr. Mackey, South Park.

[@franklindelanoroosevelt9177]

Pot, Death, pizza and the financial crisis sounds like a regular Saturday to me

[@KaleSlate]

This man is a legend. Free pizza, and he can call up the head of the Phillies on a whim. Bravo sir

[@edwards8891]

Yeah he loves "pizza and hot dogs"

[@brownmanofcanada]

So pretty much, Ron Paul was right all along.

[@mrhandsome513]

+Ray Ohm Ross Perot was right all along..

[@MrAyangan]

This film I gotta see

[@laughingatyrfuneral]

He didn't button all his buttons

[@mtronyoutubemtronyoutube8507]

Who else is here after watching Don't Look Up on Netflix?

[@Zabs_Mcgee]

Anyone else listen to Surprisingly Interesting podcast with this guy?

[@AbnormalWrench]

Harry Potter really let things go after doing all those movies...

[@Mrdjango1425]

Isn’t this the guy who made the SNL writers’ lives a living hell?

[@bumpin0]

Yep. He would steal writers material and forced people of of sketches.

[@Henningfest]

wauw dirty mike cleans up good

[@ajpip9719]

yoooo this is crazy.. thank you i didn’t realize this was him

[@gavinmasterson8202]

Adam McKay 👍🏻

[@lauriecoulthard9777]

When he said he was a Mormon it was awkward for a second

[@datzed]

Someone please tell me what song the band played on the intro?

[@krapfantasy]

commenting in case I ever get the answer

[@mikess56]

Did anyone notice he actually pulled out a pack of candescent pre rolls at the end right before it cuts to Steven?

[@kaivalyashah5634]

dudeee nice catch.

[@squidincsquid]

I spit coffee out my nose at "who the hell is this"

[@fuzzybits410]

Hit dat shit! Go 'head! All that truth from a stoner.

[@ChainsGoldMask]

Thought this was gunna be Tusk for a minute there

[@anthonymartinez7844]

Really now. your awesome ways keeps me Lol. .

[@Romish1204]

1:44 Stephen Colbert: 🗿🗿🗿

[@Heysamgrahamcartoons]

ye!

[@murtazazaidi95]

I would genuinely enjoy smoking with this guy and talking about the economy. Itll be like combining my favorite hobby, my love for good intelligent comedy and the degree in finance that im currently in uni studying for

[@ipodtouchfreak100]

7:58 .... holy shit

[@leonnalee2675]

Genuis

[@thewouldyouratherguy]

Is there something wrong with his head moving?

[@TmTPro]

new phone who dis?

[@petekdemircioglu]

💖💖💖

[@AlexCo008]

so did he really "sparked up that joint"? was someone in the audience?

[@bond626007]

His top-second button is unbuttoned and it's driving me crazy

[@tuuliamoors4134]

+Bond626 It is? I didn't even notice.

[@okiesawada1344]

oh my god. I can't stop seeing it now lol

[@newtonsapplesauce]

Stephen said he was so skinny at one point because he couldn't afford food. Is that why he almost always eats on camera in most of the sketches (e.g. Midnight Confessions).

[@venkybabu8140]

Why people are getting poor. Though they have all resources.

[@Muthaphuckka]

0:58 whitest moment in recent memory

[@questioneverything.1178]

+Muthaphuckka I've seen plenty of blacks, Mexicans, Asians, etc. act that way, too... Haven't you?

[@Muthaphuckka]

and they're white, hence the whiteness. It wasn't a problem really, it was just funny, or maybe not, I don't know

[@questioneverything.1178]

Muthaphuckka lol ok

[@authenticallynobody283]

It was so white, but so great lol

[@psychedeliccarrie5921]

@@questioneverything.1178 White people are so fucking offend-able.

[@atlfalcns1]

too real, please take this video down before some crazy Trump supporter asserts his second amendment right. I couldn't bare to lose you guys :'(

[@krich451]

gg allin planned to kill himself on stage but accidentally overdosed before that.

[@abo.alsem7476]

so the economy collapsed because of banks greed. will it collapse again because of colleges greed ?

[@justmemadison]

+abo. alsem7 No

[@becomingfr33]

+abo. alsem7 It will collapse again because of bankers greed.

[@salomoniezpizzaeria3349]

MARIHUANA

[@wrathofme03]

Suicide is not funny.

[@fredgermain6279]

I wonder how many peoples ideas he used for his movies and never credited them. I hear a lot. A. Lot.

[@ChainsGoldMask]

Manatee!

[@ТЁМНЫЙРЫЦАР-й2п]

Русский кто понимает

[@RicoYouTube]

Does he have Parkinson's?

[@professorm4171]

Yes

[@Yayanonymity]

+Andrew Frye He has an essential tremor. It's not Parkinson's, it just makes him a bit shaky.

[@GilbertoSiqueira7]

+Yayanonymity Is it progressive?

[@falloutpc1]

+Andrew Frye apparently he has something called Essential Tremor. It caused vocal cord tremor and certain body parts to move but its not Parkinson's.

[@ajpip9719]

professorM he does not have parkinson’s. he shakes when he’s nervous. basically he’s shaking because he’s thinking that people think he has parkinson’s

[@thales7012]

wow

[@asiroproductions]

+dan catalin first

[@Carrie25]

Was that their secret Freemason handshake?

[@trewqtrewq8331]

he should see a doctor. Something wrong with his nerve system.

[@nivea123]

Adam McKay's big short was edited a bit weirdly, the movie was a bit all over the place and hard to follow, hope VICE wont be like that.

[@natkam451]

no it wasn't and why are you writing the same comment over&over? are you a troll?

[@nivea123]

Nat Kam Just incase the person didn't read the comment. what's a troll? Under the bridge? 😑

[@Thsiscool]

#RonPaul

[@linusfotograf]

I loathe this type of cinematography.

[@vnssuraj3053]

+akaElleLatham what do u expect from shots indoors....you cannot really expect mad max kinda cinematography

[@linusfotograf]

+James Whatney I expect shots with nice framing and no fake documentary feel to it. The pretend re-framing and constant shaky movement is annoying.

[@Dav3]

Does he have parkinson's...Or just incredibly nervous and twitchy....

[@teamworkformyfrainds]

it's so clear adam mckay does not understand anything about the housing bubble

[@vorlich1]

McKay and McPherson, two surnames Americans have no idea how to pronounce.

[@dyrektorscut]

Wow this guys sucks they really dropped the ball BIG TIME by giving him the late show.

[@seagullshame]

Who should they have chosen?

[@dyrektorscut]

jerry seinfeld hands down...

[@edwards8891]

Dude is talentless and steals all his ideas like most in Hollywood!!!