W. Kamau Bell Full Interview - CONAN on TBS

[@CBs-Home-Vids]

about 11 or 12 years ago I was on livejournal and someone said 'hey y'all come see my cousin do his stand up' and I went because I was bored and it turned out it was this guy. I had no idea who he was, it was a tiny theater, hardly anyone there. I never forgot him. What he talked about I have remembered to this day, it was that good.

[@MF-pj9xv]

yes ive found him to be one of the beset comedians!!

[@Shortcake_Studio]

the thumbnail looks like a renaissance painting

[@WhateverHappenedToFun]

I'm savin' it right now!

[@albertrandall3603]

i realize I'm quite off topic but does anybody know a good place to stream new movies online?

[@leightonemerson4334]

@Albert Randall try flixzone. You can find it by googling =)

[@IsraelLopez-oo2fh]

Respect to Conan for being the only late night host to even have a conversation about defunding the police.

[@4m4n40]

Not much was mentioned though because Conan was being too careful

[@IsraelLopez-oo2fh]

@@4m4n40 That’s a much larger conversation about how social issues are usually tip toed on media outside of the internet but I think that it’s helpful for the rest of late night/talk shows in general to provide opportunities for necessary conversations. Every host just wants to go viral but Conan actually makes an effort to have a conversation with his guests. The idea shouldn’t be to radicalize but to get viewers to conduct their own research and think about how their communities might be impacted.

[@vic5015]

Does John Oliver count? He did an entire episode on defending the police.

[@johnq2068]

It’s a dumb idea that is blowing up in dem cities.

[@Papa_Sweep]

Respect but, defunding the police is dumb. Reform is what we need. A better force, not the same force but less equipped.

[@jeromeirvinggo]

love you conan!!! please still be around 😥

[@MFDOOMSDAa]

Conan starting to look like my Irish grandmother..but at least his comedy never gets old.👑

[@v13un]

If there was one person born to talk it has to be Conan #G.O.A.T

[@LokiDWolf]

I got Moderna (sp?) and had NO side effects. I was so happy about that. And I love that people are believing in science and not just conspiracies. And yes, I'm Black. But the suspension, though is there, what is the end game? Because this isn't about just us and America. It's the world! Can't put that on everyone, everywhere.

[@CS-vm4ul]

Cannot believe your leaving the show, Mr. Curtain. I have been being your fan for long time.

[@OrigenisAdamantios]

Thank you ALL!!

[@yolosolonorthwest6282]

We love Conan!!!

[@rantoolio]

Thanks guys

[@cyrillyons1531]

Love both of these people and the interview!! And will agree to disagree on the remedies for the famous ailment.

[@lauriecook8719]

“DEFUND 101” chart needs to go on tour! And maybe new expression could be “Refund the police?”

[@callisoncaffrey]

If you like charts, look at those about how African American districts do with less police.

[@mdot2597]

Conan stomach is trying to bust outta his shirt 😅

[@bennetdarshan9478]

You know, I didn't notice it until I read this comment and now I can't stop looking at it. Thanks Mdot.

[@mdot2597]

@@bennetdarshan9478 I couldn't help but notice it

[@edelrosario5105]

Glad to know no one was spared from the belly bulge pandemic caused by the long lockdown

[@gitongajames521]

Proud kenyan 🇰🇪🇰🇪

[@AhmedSayyedNomad]

Thanks for your time and making us Laugh.

[@whateverfastman]

Lol. They didn't cut the initial part where Conan's belly is showing ? Lol

[@bluebubblegum88]

Its TBS - they don't have the budget for that, silly! 😂

[@mdot2597]

Shout out to those ppl that dislike the video. Those are the ppl that hate to hear things they don't care about nor relate to. You know, the kinda ppl that think pointing out injustice and racism is racist......

[@argentin3]

Exactly. They think if people stop talking about racism it will just magically disappear and never be seen again.

[@mdot2597]

@@argentin3 yup. It's actually people that use that logic.

[@callisoncaffrey]

Yeah, especially those who also show racist FBI crime statistics or misleading videos of peaceful protests!

[@spenser9908]

@@argentin3 Because talking about race all the time just starts to divide people and eventually all we're able to see is race. Stop talking about race. It is so pointless.

[@beebee3333]

Thank you W. Kamau Bell. You're making the world better with your thoughtfulness, and your humor.

[@pinkkfloydd]

It's honorable to excuse violence against innocent people? Lmao

[@beebee3333]

@@pinkkfloydd Shame on you.

[@drianolem3520]

I watch the interviews to see Conan Most of the times i don't know who the guest is

[@MollyHousel]

Big same

[@sonsofthesun]

Does kamau have some roots in Kenya? His name is from the kikuyu tribe. A dominant group in Kenya.

[@joanevans6060]

No

[@mrs.elizabethdarcyladyofpe1288]

@@joanevans6060 oh, you know his family tree now? 🙄🙄🙄

[@joanevans6060]

@@mrs.elizabethdarcyladyofpe1288 kzbin.info/www/bejne/q2K6gWpvrtenpKc

[@mrs.elizabethdarcyladyofpe1288]

@@joanevans6060 he has a small percentage on Kenyan in him.

[@apanamakamu]

is that the Harvard ring on Conan's right hand?

[@charles120-n2n]

I just heard that the show will end in 2021, TBS won’t sign a renewal with Conan, is it real?

[@JohnnyE71]

@@cenispock5658 cry about it some more will ya

[@JohnnyE71]

He’s going to be shifting his stuff to HBO Max :)

[@charles120-n2n]

​@@JohnnyE71Oh, glad to see Conan keeps “Deeply Emotional Jordan” busy with numerous tasks and various duties

[@charles120-n2n]

@@cenispock5658 Conan once said to Colbert that he doesn‘t get guests like himself on CONAN.

[@itsmekaustav77]

He's actually renewed till 2022, he's probably not interested in doing this anymore and wants to do something different. So he is moving to HBO Max which is owned by the same company (AT&T) as TBS btw, so it's not like he is leaving.

[@KnivesNIN]

For being the whitest man alive Conan definitely knows his stuff and is a true ally

[@josh021588]

I see many honest comments have been erased 😢

[@jkap34]

Andy is me. "Whenever I encounter someone, I just run away. I get scared! I was raised by wolves!"

[@Kingsway322]

Gonna miss coco 😢

[@jdb9381]

I mean he's just switching platforms/formats, not retiring. There will still be plenty of Conan content.

[@nandhanakrishnan.r4279]

@@jdb9381 But they said it is only for weekends

[@Kingsway322]

And Andy?

[@trv4926]

Wrong Conan; some officers thrive on those situations, their called tyrants!

[@sneezewortyarrow5192]

I got JJ and no side effects!

[@sneezewortyarrow5192]

@Ben Franklin Thanks for the warning. I should be fine because I don't go out that much. Just need to lower my chance for hospitalization.

[@sneezewortyarrow5192]

@Ben Franklin Will do. I love fish. Thanks and take care.

[@Mojave702]

We need to talk about Conan"s. hair

[@abhijithshaju4541]

I really miss the laugh of audience

[@pirloo_oo349]

Conan = carisma

[@420JRMan]

Our world's melting. Pollinators, pollinated, people; we're our third strike, this our.

[@OrigenisAdamantios]

Police etymology “keepers of the policy”. They need to return to being peace officers; not police officers. Thoughts?

[@winterkeptuswarm]

Yes!!

[@JohnnyE71]

Here come the anti-vaxx dislikes .-.

[@JohnnyE71]

@Ben Franklin cool I guess?

[@phoenixfox2697]

Kamau is a love ❤️

[@user-td9qu5er1d]

That button

[@robvangessel3766]

I can't figure out who thought "defunding" was a good word in the PR, and why, after so much time and public confusion about its meaning, it wasn't replaced with a more clear-cut tag. Who's in charge the marketing, and why doesn't somebody respond to the controversy???

[@TiffanyNg100]

Why he so old?! Conan.

[@ptsofauth5295]

Did he change his hair

[@pirloo_oo349]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@BlergleslinkVettermoo]

Two fellows with little or no experience in law enforcement or social work discuss how policing should be reformed. The reform ideas discussed are very old and well known. Kamau and Conan are doing a disservice by giving the impression that there are easy solutions to these complex problems.

[@yuckphooey]

It is a sign that we could be doomed that anything W. Kamau Bell says is considered controversial.

[@davidporter671]

Not everything. Just the race-baiting nonsense he injects into almost everything.

[@cappyjones]

@@davidporter671 uncomfortable truths do not equal "race-baiting."

[@davidporter671]

@@cappyjones The dude wants to look at US history and apply it to current citizens because of skin color. That is racist.

[@cappyjones]

@@davidporter671 If it's current citizens are still feeling the effects of history, it may be an uncomfortable truth that you don't want to hear about, but it's not racist.

[@davidporter671]

@@cappyjones They may be feeling the effects, although that's a whole different debate, but ultimately he is blaming and looking to others to solve their problems. Nobody owes you anything. (Not actually you, I'm using that vaguely.) He is completely bypassing the concept of individual responsibility and urging a more grouped view of society. I find this abhorrent, and in many cases, racist. Focus on how to better your life, not how other people can do it for you because they share the same skin tone as those who may have been immoral to your ancestors, again whom you think are your ancestors because they share the same skin tone. He has the mental capacity of a child. He has thoughts I had when I was 10 before I learned how the world actually works. But that's just my privilege right?

[@420JRMan]

Doomed, next three years, we'll taste Extinction.

[@ZurSacheBitte]

It's simple: look at the training of German police officers and just do it the same way. Done.

[@callisoncaffrey]

We have the same bullshit here. This has nothing to do with police, but with entitlement.

[@ZurSacheBitte]

@@callisoncaffrey And with that, police officers are trained to take just that to heart.

[@callisoncaffrey]

@@ZurSacheBitte Oh, my comment got deleted. Too many buzzwords I guess. That's why I disabled the comments on my channel all together.

[@smitaprajnaprusty7694]

Conan is rapidly loosing viewership ....i am afraid , he has the best talk show , i miss Jordan .

[@callisoncaffrey]

@Ben Franklin They aren't all like that.

[@callisoncaffrey]

@Ben Franklin I meant not all of his shows contain propaganda. Also I think you might want to find out a little more about my views before you waste all your energy debating me.

[@callisoncaffrey]

@Ben Franklin Nothing compared to his Black Lives Matter week. But yeah, it is how is. What are you gonna do about it?

[@SpiceAndSauce]

People should really stop touching each other’s elbows to greet. It’s weird. Just wave.

[@mark5150ty]

Damn Conan has put on some weight

[@420JRMan]

Read Roots. The Africans were tore from all they'd known, and shipped similar to luggage which deficate's upon those below it.

[@ianmartinezcassmeyer]

Nuance. Not something Americans are very fond or capable of considering.

[@martinmar555]

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[@柳岑焉-y6i]

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[@51StPi]

Could you please do a Sona watch a dirty video at work. I really would appreciate that.

[@urbanastro10]

first

[@RealSquares]

This is terrible. Remember classic Conan? I'm glad he's retiring

[@alexg4324]

First

[@samuraigundam0079]

How miserable ones life must be, when it revolves completely around concentrating on racism. Can’t we just see people as people, and judge them by their character, rather than continuing to stereotype one another, by telling others what they think this or that ethnicity does or should do and how you should perceive them and how they should perceive themselves? There’s always going to be racism. We just have to deal with it through the basic lesson of not caring what anyone looks like, and that we are all part of the human race. Not this ridiculous, recognize that this person is different from you because they look different from you, stereotyping BS, that’s actually working against equality. Tired of this crap.

[@davidjustice4035]

Black people life a lot of their life focusing on racism because it affects them. Racism should not be something that we just accept it is a problem that needs to be dealt with regardless of your worldview. We also need to acknowledge that ethnicity is also tied to economic standing which affects said minorities living conditions and makes their lives more difficult.

[@samuraigundam0079]

@@davidjustice4035 No ones saying that racism doesn’t need to be addressed,. I’m saying that racism is not addressed by constantly insisting that everyone must acknowledge everyone else’s ethnicity, and that we should always only see their ethnicity first, because of the erroneous assumption that their ethnicity defines them as a person. That’s more segregational, especially when you add in the ridiculous concept that someone being a different ethnicity than you means that you can’t possibly understand or know what that person is thinking, because they are not you’re ethnicity, as if simply being another ethnicity, means your brain and mind set are naturally different, which is absurd. Labeling activities as a “Black thing” or “White thing”, automatically puts an intellectual limit in ones mind, preventing them from forging their own path, by instilling fear that you are somehow not permitted, must stick to the stereotype your ethnicity is associated with and must only defend and have knowledge of, your ethnicity, or else you aren’t one of them. It is at odds with the idea that you can be whatever you want to be, and with the idea that we should not see color, yet we should still see and acknowledge perceived stereotypical differences, hence, a form of racism. It’s hypocritical, and harmful to us as a Human race. When someone like this goes out and constantly points out how other ethnicities are racist, and uses a few examples of racist people to give the impression that an entire ethnicity is inherently racist, or portray those above mentioned perceived ethnic stereotypical differences as inherent, we fail to see how we are all very similar, and true racists get lost in the shuffle, where they can truly cause harm. Morgan Freeman once said that he disliked ceremonies like the NAACP Awards, because he thinks that we should see each other as just people, and judge each other by our personal actions. He has said similar things multiple times, as a matter of fact, and I think that’s the right way to view each other. That’s my point. Don’t ignore racism, but don’t go around appointing stereotypical traits, making gross assumptions and making judgments about other ethnicities based on simplified preconceived notions, because that is also racist.

[@rogierburlage]

@@samuraigundam0079 Amen

[@davidjustice4035]

@@samuraigundam0079 No one is saying that because your ethnicity is different your brain is different. What they’re saying is that being a certain ethnicity comes with different experiences which shape you into the person you are. Also every ethnicity has its own culture and customs to say that we are all the same in that regard is truly absurd. What we need to do is acknowledge our differences and accept we are equal but different

[@samuraigundam0079]

@@davidjustice4035 I’m sorry, but that’s one of the most ignorant comments I’ve ever read. Being a different ethnicity does not mean you automatically have a different experience in life than any other ethnicity. You’re experiences in life aren’t tied to your ethnicity - that’s ridiculous. Just because your are of a certain ethnicity doesn’t mean it shapes you, or your view of life, and not every person of a certain ethnicity is going to be surrounded by the culture of that ethnicity, and even if you are, that’s doesn’t mean you have to be, or are, everything that ethnicity or culture represents, nor should that even be expected of you. To even think that of someone, is stereotyping someone, and that’s racism. You, as an individual person, has the right and the ability to be whatever you want to be, and like whatever you want to like. You shape yourself, and any one who tells you that you have to represent and act like what your ethnicity typically acts like is wrong. You are not your ethnic stereotype and you should never feel like you have to be. I don’t give a damn about my ethnicity, or any one else’s. It has no influence on me at all. I was raised to be my own free thinking person, which I firmly believe is the right way to live your life, despite what the majority in the media tells you, or portrays people as.

[@Dewoy1]

Anyone who has watched a few police vods (especially the shoot outs) to see what they go through on a daily bases should know why they see everyone as a potential threat. You are either very careful or end up bleeding out on the street with the criminal owning all your gear, potentually killing more.

[@valleyshrew]

Thousands of extra homicides a year due to people like this guy attacking the police constantly so that they become scared to do their job, and few good people want to be police officers anymore.

[@beebee3333]

Police officer is not in the top ten most dangerous jobs. Construction is more dangerous. Watching dramatic videos is not a way to learn reliable information.

[@martinmar555]

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