How To Make Yourself Unscammable. Listen Up, Young People!

[@bretfoltz7862]

My wife and I were lucky enough to get tickets to the show a week or so prior to Halloween, and the band is the bomb. I agree, he is an absolute class act.

[@resikchanel843]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqWVfK2KgM6BrdE

[@mon-6416]

My sister and I got tickets to a show a few days after Thanksgiving. I agree, he's such a class act. Jon can do everything! He's a great singer

[@Lover12210]

My dream is to go see his show one day

[@catherinejohnson1354]

Jon deserves all of the awards!! So gifted musically and seems like such a great guy all around

[@janwag6856]

Oh gosh!

[@resikchanel843]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqWVfK2KgM6BrdE

[@23adubs]

Yea he does he wins Grammys. Highest award in his field.

[@williep200707]

Yes gifted but he sounded drunk lol

[@brassholio]

He's a lovely human being. He's also had a good music education, he went to Julliard.

[@NewMessage]

They're just postponing the Grammy Awards to get extra time to engrave 'Batiste' on all those trophies.

[@sophierobinson2738]

👍🏼🏆🍾

[@resikchanel843]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqWVfK2KgM6BrdE

[@MISNM0]

Ahahahaha yes!

[@Tommyoda]

word 🏆

[@florencedelvalle8145]

Yes, why didn’t I think of that!

[@cdarklock]

Eliana has totally nailed that wide-eyed innocent look we all know from those couple friends who really do fall for all this crap. Great performance.

[@LindaC616]

True....but they're pretending young people carry a checkbook?!

[@oldrrocr]

if they were selling T-shirts with MAGAT crap on it they'd make a fortune. just saying... you could donate the money to good causes. my suggestion: 2022 resolution - arrest trump... WE SAW IT. it was treason.

[@carbine090909]

The majority of people who rent an apartment or tithe at a place of worship will have a checkbook, no matter their age. I think I got scammed out of $20 for a GoFundMe for a business that had been unfairly treated by a landlord. After I hit send, I tried to find articles and addresses, but... Nothing. Like the whole story was made up. Lesson learned.

[@mxpants4884]

@@carbine090909 Not necessarily. My landlord takes Venmo.

[@Opus313]

At least the influencer and crypto scammers just take people's money. The Q-anon and GOP scammers also take people's minds...

[@NewMessage]

I assume the ones who buy into the GOP weren't using their minds anyway.

[@TBONESIDEOFLIFE]

That they do. Most can only scream out three worded sentences. Mindless indeed. 🤣

[@cheekyb71]

Touché

[@gwynethbennellick4839]

😒

[@Confucius_Says...]

You're assuming that they had minds to begin with... Which were being used no less...

[@DianeKovacs]

Jon Batiste is a true artist and class act. I'd love to hear him play in person.

[@Marybethgeidel]

Me too. He's a gift eh? See ya at the concert!😉

[@DianeKovacs]

@@Marybethgeidel If only! :)

[@resikchanel843]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqWVfK2KgM6BrdE

[@JoelHernandez-yl6yw]

He’s on tour right now

[@handyvickers]

Totally agree... He's the real deal... Only 11 nominations??? 😏😅

[@cottoncandypinkandblue]

Please do more like this. Housing scams are also happening and many fruits in the supermarket are spoiling quickly

[@0zzzzz]

I like the writers getting some screen time, and Eliana Kwartler is genuienly funny

[@stevechance150]

And she has a Beautiful smile!

[@jeremybenoit759]

I like that someone acknowledges that Colbert is a puppet that needs writers and not an actual comedian.

[@0zzzzz]

@@jeremybenoit759 like you can not be a comedian and work together with other comedians for a daily show this big? Lol

[@Thisonegoestoeleven666]

And a total babe as well. Grrrrrowl!

[@toddklempan105]

@@jeremybenoit759 Every TV show in history has had a slew of writers for the show, but you need someone to deliver it all in a consistent way. He doesn’t proclaim to be a standup comedian, so where’s the beef? Or do you also take equal umbrage with Jack Benny, Johnny Carson, David Letterman, Conan O’Brian, and every other late night talk host? If so, then I’ll take my leave. If not, then maybe you just don’t like his delivery, and leave it at that.

[@havcola6983]

Jokes on them, I have no money to be scammed out of.

[@justrosy5]

They'll still destroy your credit rating and stick you with bills you can't pay.

[@resikchanel843]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqWVfK2KgM6BrdE

[@HellHunter00]

@@justrosy5 What if your credit rating is already garbage though?

[@MonkeyJedi99]

@@HellHunter00 I don't even HAVE a credit rating. I have no debts, no credit cards, no car payments. I only have periodic payments such as rent and utilities. So the tyrannical credit rating system has me listed as "666 - no live credit" or just "no live credit". I don't even get credit card offers in the mail anymore, except from AAA.

[@gjms]

You still can take a loan from a loan shark! And ho boy... do I have an investment opportunity for you! =D

[@silentjay01]

That moment when you realize that the "Colbert Report" Stephen would have done a whole bit where he actually creates 'Colbert Coin' as a joke but then it actually becomes a popular crypto coin.

[@cmdraftbrn]

and comedy central would sue the shit out of them for it.

[@chrisfollett9161]

I think there is actually a Colbertcoin

[@sion8]

@@cmdraftbrn Since Viacom and CBS are one company now that won't happen, since Colbert is there employee.

[@Gk2003m]

Easiest way to stop getting scammed: stop believing in stuff. Any time some agency is telling you that you must believe in something they are pushing, you are being scammed. And the people who believe they must believe… they are the easiest in the world to scam.

[@kristilisakleiner9384]

It makes me sad, but I agree with you 🙁😕😒

[@philipthomey7884]

Maga is the biggest scam

[@loranelizabeth9148]

@@philipthomey7884 No, methinks "religion" gets that prize. .

[@loranelizabeth9148]

Sorry. Make that "organized" religion. (Wouldn't let me edit my remark.)

[@Gk2003m]

@@loranelizabeth9148 MAGA and religion are inseparable. Look at the demographics, look at the edicts coming from the pulpits.

[@worldcitizeng6507]

I almost got trick into attending a 7pm "financial services " "interview " this week. I asked for their email address and website, they only provided a KZbin link with comments turn off. Google shows a few questionable info about the company. So I texted them that I have fever and caught, best for me not to joint the group, it works. If you wanna get out of a situation, just tell that you have covid19 symptoms

[@kristinjayne6720]

Or just say you’re not coming.

[@resikchanel843]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqWVfK2KgM6BrdE

[@Nudo1985]

And if you have symptoms you should actually attend, remember to cough in the reps face. (No, don't actually.... but just picture it as poetic justice).

[@cidb.212]

You can just say "no" without providing anything personal. These people don't know you from Adam and you don't owe them any explanations.

[@globalist1990]

Or just tell them to fo

[@Salchipapafied]

I haven't been scammed, yet, I think. The key is to assume that any and every stranger who tries to contact you online is a scammer.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

Good mindset. Also, never say the word "yes," the phrase "I agree," or other confirmation phrases and words to an unknown caller. They could edit the recorded call to make it seem like you agreed to their scam. - I will say things like "This is the person you called".

[@jeremybenoit759]

You should probably assume the same of anyone you see on a liberal biased puppet show.

[@iTzDritte]

👏👏 Eliana Kwartler is my favorite Colbert Show writer, so hilarious👏👏 Also I give it 24 hours until there’s actually some copycat Colbertcoin 😂

[@resikchanel843]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqWVfK2KgM6BrdE

[@trueriver1950]

No doubt ads for the copycat colbert coin will link to this video on KZbin

[@gilenasimons7081]

Dear Mr Jon Batiste. You have already won twelve of any award in all of our hearts. Bless you and thank you for what you do. P.s. Don’t freak out bc I consider you one of my virtual “husbands.” I’m a very happy eccentric hermit and retired assemblage artist living in London. Virtual is always best for me in any relationship. 😁🇬🇧❤️

[@catherinefisher8534]

11 noms is a record for the Grammys - so Jon not only WON an Oscar, he is the MOST Grammy nominated artist in history 👏 - he is on TV, so he could win an Emmy - being an extremely talented musician he can get a Tony - Jon can easily be an EGOT. - I think he will

[@jamesgoines7663]

Catherine, sorry to bring this to you. Jay-Z is the most nominated Grammy artist with 51 nominations.

[@mollyallen2400]

Michael Jackson and Babyface exceed that record by one each, at 12 nominations each in a single year.

[@jamesgoines7663]

@@mollyallen2400 thanks for the clarification

[@catherinefisher8534]

@@mollyallen2400 thanks Molly, 😊 I am so embarrassed - I would have kept commenting on his all time record, when he's got most in 2021 (which is still great) - I appreciate you for taking the time to school me 😇

[@mollyallen2400]

​@@jamesgoines7663 I don't see my original comment, which was a quote from the Grammy website, which is likely why it didn't post or got removed, so it looks a bit like I'm being a butt in the comment above lol - ouch! I'm really just a nerd for numbers and stats, so I went to check out the info when I saw both comments. Oh well! :P

[@GrandmaBev64]

Jon deserves Every nomination! And to Win! He is So Talented and What a Great Person! Never lets fame go to His head! He thinks of Others and it Shows! Thank You Jon and Steven! Evvie too!! Steven's wife is So Sweet! What a Wonderful Couple 💖😙!

[@JustNathanielThanks]

Kudos to Jon Lamply. I was in TBDBITL with him back in college. He always had so much talent and charisma. It’s so awesome to witness his success. Thank you for the music!

[@thenostalgiabusiness]

Maybe we millennial are less likely to get scammed than Gen Z'ers because we grew up with a healthy fear of the internet. We remember what a wild west it used to be. Early internet users knew that financial information was never to be shared online. But slowly, things changed, and e-commerce completely normalized sending your credit card information online, even to the most rinky dink of websites.

[@Robb403]

I've had some solicitations on KZbin by relationship scammers on well established channels. I just ignore them. Facebook has gotten really bad with scammers making friend requests. Don't 'friend' people you know nothing about. I think both platforms could do a much better job of policing and removing these scammers.

[@harrypadarri6349]

Well, I found a very effective and lasting solution for problems on facebook.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

I don't have online 'friends'. Friends are people who will help you move, or show up when you're in the hospital (well, sometimes those people may just be angling to get in your will), or feed your pets while you're away. Clicking "like" or upvoting something you put online is not sufficient to make someone your friend.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

@@harrypadarri6349 Was that solution deleting Facebook?

[@harrypadarri6349]

@@MonkeyJedi99 Good guess!

[@muhammedbaldeh1074]

Love you all greetings from The Gambia 🇬🇲

[@florencedelvalle8145]

Love that shirt Jon! Congratulations on your 11 nominations. You are the best and you will surely win some or all, fingers crossed. It doesn’t matter that they are postponed it won’t change your talent and the recognition of it.

[@lindagraham178]

Congrats Jon and Band, Awesome👏👏

[@ioresult]

Eliana! Yesss! More Eliana! More Eliana!

[@annaatkinson5267]

John also deserves a fashion award--he always looks amazing!

[@ziziroberts8041]

Can Eliana do a piece on how not to be scammed by politicians?

[@uosdwiSrdewoH]

I'm so glad Eliana is getting more screen time. She is a brilliant comedian. She elevates any material given to her. With Paramount + being a thing can we get her a streaming show the same way Amber Ruffin got her show on Peacock? You know it's going to happen. She's a star.

[@letsgetsomecake]

I was getting ready to be like "award shows are elitist white-washed trash" but then Jon got 11 nominations so now I'm gonna be real mad if he don't sweep it

[@DiscoFang]

So if he doesn't win they're racist?

[@sharontalley2155]

Love Jon! Such a gentleman and fantastic musician!

[@katherinekelly5380]

Stephen and Jon always look like they having such a good time 😄

[@rpavlik1]

I clicked this then realized I no longer count as "young people"

[@jb888888888]

IKR when TF did that happen?

[@GarretGrayCamera]

That's actually a compliment!

[@stefanhoimes]

I was born in the 1980s. When I realized that my one of my therapists was born in a year that starts with "20"....yea, it blew my mind.

[@recole374]

You go Jon ❤️

[@iwong3357]

Honestly, that'd be a great sitcom plotline. One of the characters, ideally the one with the least success in romance, starts a long distance relationship with somebody online. Their friends notice that all of the photos of that person are stock photos and convince the first character that their suitor is catfishing or scamming them. The punchline is that the suitor was genuine and a stock photo model. Or do I recall Workaholics doing that first?

[@MrManerd]

This should be mandatory viewing for,,, well,,, EVERYONE!

[@AnonEyeMouse]

No need for credit if you just spend your own money and don't borrow. Debt is a trap.

[@ledacedar6253]

Man, I LOVE Jon, his music, band, joi de vive, styling charisma and his 11 awards! So beautiful & #Indefinite!

[@littleguynoir3253]

What a well deserved honor for Jon Baptiste to have 11 nominations!

[@KingOfMadCows]

Since this sketch mentions cryptocurrency, the comments will soon be flooded by spam bots posting long strings of conversations about how they made money from "investment advisors" and how you can contact them.

[@StephenWhitely]

Yep. They're here already.

[@Turbojonny5]

🕳️

[@janwag6856]

Off topic.

[@LindaC616]

Doesn't matter if they mention it or not. They're on every video. YT doesn't care

[@YourXavier]

Meanwhile, YT keeps trying to convince me to hand over my credit card number or a scan of my official ID, to prove I'm an adult.

[@Wunderlustgirl]

Not just YT

[@Charles_Bro-son]

You would think the generation that basically grew up with these scams should have extra sensible antennas ringing alarm, curious.

[@baronesselsavonfreytag-lor1134]

My generation grew up with TV exposes and movies about cults, then they joined cults. Go figure?

[@stefanhoimes]

Mine grew up with school shootings (I was 12 when Columbine happened) and...oh fuck. Now we're the educators running lockdown drills. 😔 H sapiens is just an omnicidal species and that's really disappointing. Our species has soooo much wasted potential.

[@baronesselsavonfreytag-lor1134]

@@stevenbrock528That, too. A lot of doctors and scientists left Nazi Germany and brought the world products like Thalidomide. Their ideology lives on even though many have been brought to justice.

[@oceanlanguage]

How adorable that it is finally public that it’s not merely older people who fall for such scams. Indeed lots of older people never would because we continue to think and know that not all that comes from the internet is either true or good. How could such a computer literate generation not have a clue about being scammed? It’s an old game and merely changed forms.

[@skywalker39100]

11 Nominations is Awesome! Congratulations!

[@skywalker39100]

Voting Rights Bill is very important!🇺🇲🎯

[@Teshia]

The cute foible at the end was just perfect!

[@matthuck378]

"Influencer" is a complete con job, even when they aren't actively trying to con people. "Blockchain" BS is also a huge grift.

[@TCGView]

The show needs more Eliana.

[@stefanhoimes]

I'm officially an "old people" reminder that this coming September (in only about 8ish months), people who were born _after_ 911 will be able to legally drink (and purchase cannabis in a thankfully growing amount of states). Yup.

[@TheErik249]

How do make yourself unscammable? Stop basing your decisions on social media opinion. Stop watching so much TV. Stop listening to celebrities, politicians, and social media influencers. Never engage mob mentality. Never agree with anyone just because its popular opinion. Learn the true description of critical thinking. Learn the true description of the difference between subjective and objective. If its to good to be true... It is not true. Be an individual... Not a face in the crowd.

[@joels5150]

ANYONE that asks or demands your bank account information to GIVE you a prize is sketchy as hell. This is not a new concept, it’s been going on longer than the Internet has been around.

[@margholtz]

Jon Batiste and his band are amazing

[@ericminch]

Congratulations! You are one of only *two* people in these comments who managed to spell *both* of his names correctly!

[@dottyjyoung]

"I Got E-Leven Nominations." Wow. The man. The legend.

[@slypear]

11! So well deserved.

[@BirdsNNVA]

Jon, I love your new album! Listen to it while doing stuff around the house! Good luck with the indefinite Grammies!

[@js27-a5t]

Incidentally, The Indefinite Grammies was the name of my high school punk band

[@leightnite3056]

I'm sure the Grammys will NOT reassemble their best songs list for this year in the downtime...shame....and they should just hand Jon all 11 he's up for now! That'd be cool

[@resikchanel843]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqWVfK2KgM6BrdE

[@annat4014]

Jon B is so good. His music always makes my heart sing.❤️

[@rulerchop4032]

Congrats to John on the Grammy noms. 11 though! Holy hell that is some work and talent.

[@PaperRaines]

Sad part is some people watching this genuinely learned something that will help them not get scammed.... Today at least

[@DiscoFang]

Do young people watch this show?

[@DrNancyLivingCoCreatively]

Jon B. love you. We give you all the wins. You are a Master. 💙💙💙💙

[@thomashughes_teh]

If you think voting should be harder you need to ask yourself : "Why do elections always happen on a Tuesday?".

[@shaneighne]

Congratulations on your nominations John! Wow!!! 🤩

[@viviennea.293]

Well done. I will share this episode. Well done.

[@lizbmusic11]

Every time I comment on your Facebook page I get scammers wanting to friend me! You need to delete these people- get your Facebook mods to do a purge. I even had a message from Keanu Reeves lol

[@chezmoi42]

Why are you surprised? I thought that's what FB was for.

[@rosemaryallencarlson9911]

Thank you

[@enviromental2565]

Working in in a financial institution, many people call and claim fraud on their account. We ask them: Did you give out your banking / electronic banking info? Did you, or did you allow people to deposit unknown checks to your account and then withdraw funds? If the answer is yes then you are responsible to the financial institution for any loses and we will sue you for those loses. Please keep this in mind young'uns.

[@twstf8905]

Haha she's awesome 👍 😍

[@Empress-Angel]

You can avoid at least 90% of scams by just having basic common sense and realizing when things are too good to be true. There's no such thing as a guaranteed risk free investment. Crypto isn't some magic internet money that makes you an instant millionaire. If beautiful woman aren't throwing themselves at you in real life, they're not going to do it online either. If the huge, well known stores can't keep that video game console in stock, some random shop you found on Twitter isn't really selling it for a 75% discount.

[@jaybee8862]

Idk how people still get scammed... idk how many times I've pretended to be a member of African royalty stuck in jail, and it works almost everytime... Thank god too, because my girlfriend from Euromania has had cancer for the past four years and is always needing help with her medication... and that piece of shit car of her that breaks down every two weeks... god is she ever lucky I'm so damn brilliant

[@jonnyleeg4058]

Wow! That was actually funny. It's been a minute. Feels like Stephen Colbert

[@brownkemosabe]

They should (LSSC) seriously upload the intermittent musical pieces played by Stay Human. Brilliant big band stuff.

[@dainbramage9508]

She's great, more of her please 🤣

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

❤❤❤❤ Eliana Kwartler ❤❤❤❤ 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 ❤❤❤❤

[@TBONESIDEOFLIFE]

Well... there go all my NFT sales. The gig is up.

[@ericminch]

"jig" not "gig"

[@TBONESIDEOFLIFE]

@@ericminch "Tomato" or "Tomatoe": The term "gig" (It's slang) means having paid work, being employed. Get it? But thanks for pointing "Jig" out for me. Cheers! 😉

[@AngelLopez-iv5jv]

👏👏👏 great job Jon

[@knolsey]

the Squid swipe was genius, literally using Squid Game and it's message of how far people will go in their quest for upward mobility in a broken capitalist society. the creators of Squid won Squid Game in real life.

[@TreeCutterDoug]

Sadly, you're not wrong.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

I still have not watched Squid Game, and have no interest in doing so.

[@DiscoFang]

​@@MonkeyJedi99 Can anyone join this club? Do I just not watch it? Or do I have to announce to everyone that I'm an actively not watching it? Do I remain in the club if I stop telling people? Do I have to announce it annually? Sounds like a real commitment but I'm ready.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

@@DiscoFang I see your sarcasm and raise you one apathy! Oops, I meant "One apathy, or whatever..."

[@changuirus5000]

More of Eliana please

[@DarkLord75253]

Excellent.

[@TacetTheTerror]

How does Gen Z get scammed out of their money if they have no money to begin with?

[@catherinejohnson1354]

Using their credit cards and student loans

[@silvasilvasilva]

Well, looks like they do, after all...

[@sweetsugarjones]

How did people without money lose houses they couldn’t afford in the real estate bubble? How do payday loan companies get people? Why do people who have filed bankruptcy receive so many credit card offers?

[@zevfarkas5120]

Eliana and Steve - Isn't this the way Soupy Sales got in trouble? 😀

[@dallasdandigitalproduction393]

"you can trust us, cuz we're on teevee show" 😄👍

[@sgram09]

I know you do the Behind the Scenes. Can you do a Jon Baptiste and the band segment so we can experience the excitement.

[@MISNM0]

This!

[@petercase7697]

I love Stephen's breathtaking ability to suffer the American life. We all watched him when he nearly escaped to New Zealand.... normal...America is not by the way.

[@jeremybenoit759]

Suffer the American life? Ya I'm sure a rich liberal puppet like Colbert knows alot of the average American life struggles lol

[@petercase7697]

@@jeremybenoit759 Being surrounded by idiots not about money.

[@ThorbjrnKuhl]

Wow, I can’t believe he had Liv Tyler on the show and didn’t talk about LOTR. No wait, I’m sorry, that’s Anne Hathaway.

[@backelie]

Are you sure it's not Andy Samberg in a wig?

[@eduardoregueiracampos]

COINBERT was right there!!!!

[@Kynk]

Gen z: "So where can I get in on this Colbert Coin?"

[@1monagale]

Wow, excellent talented musicians 👏👏

[@RafaelPerches]

I love Eliana!

[@titusmagnuseinuniversumaus6354]

Fascinating. Making fun of dumb young people while also trying to make them watch this.

[@fatmankingaj2561]

Love her

[@Zuraneve]

At the time of this comment, there are 37 comments on the video...25 of which are from bitcoin scammers.

[@TreeCutterDoug]

Crazy... First time I've seen a whole scam thread.

[@jb888888888]

Six hours later there's only one scam thread.

[@Zuraneve]

I guess it's nice to know that reporting every single one of the scam comments as spam does absolutely no good. Most videos I see only ever get one scam bot thread, but a couple might get two. They are almost always on videos talking about crypto.

[@jamielancaster01]

That girl is easy on the eyes😃

[@RodneyG669]

"Listen up young people" it's not the young people that are getting scammed by African princes, it's the Boomers.

[@halfaznsolja]

So awesome. I hope they really make a Colbert Coin 😆

[@billyforkell1501]

Reminds me of SBTK. Inside joke with about 35 people.🤣😂

[@BuildinWings]

We don't have money to scam us out of.

[@ernestomarcos0103]

It's funny how they're talking about a cryptoscam when yesterday I learned about a pyramid scheme using cryptocurrency here in Argentina. Which tbh sounds redundant because cryptocurrency already seems like a pyramid scheme.

[@LindaC616]

👍

[@HungryLoki]

Don't worry, there are pyramid schemes using regular money too. Really has nothing to do with crypto, but you keep on hating on what you don't even understand.

[@an3fantasy]

not wearing christmas sweater 😂

[@vannshuttleworth4738]

Omg...she's the voice of Kylie Weaver! I'm in virtual 💘!

[@basbekjenl]

Media does not equal education

[@myradioon]

Gen Z/Millennials got scammed into buying those "Portable Air Conditioners" the size of a Toaster that is supposed to cool an entire apartment filled with palm plants and sleek "Modern' furniture.

[@dimitriosdesmos4699]

lol...yeah no worries, .....!!! got the message. i kind of sensed it too. lol.

[@zeldablizzard]

It's very easy: just pursue higher education and then you'll be able to afford a house. Wait, I'm getting told THAT was a scam, too.