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The Midnight Miracle

Dave (Side A)

The Midnight Miracle

Dave Chappelle, Talib Kweli, yasiin bey

Comedy, Society & Culture

4.68.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

“Didn’t I say Japan is fly?”—David Letterman


Featuring, in order of appearance: Mo Amer, Michelle Wolf, David Letterman


Contains music by Wiener Philharmoniker (Symphony No.7 in A Major, Op. 92), conducted by Carlos Kleiber.


Recorded in Ohio, Summer 2020. Originally published in June of 2021.


Executive Produced by Talib Kweli, yasiin bey, Dave Chappelle, Noah Gersh, Jamie Schefman, Nick Panama, Kenzi Wilbur, and Miles Hodges


Produced by Noah Gersh and Jamie Schefman for SALT

Production Manager: Liz LeMay

Recording Engineer: Federico Lopez

Recording Engineer: Adrián Bruque for NPND

Assistant Editors: Danny Carissimi and Noah Kowalski 

Senior Sound Designer: Russell Topal

Transcription Supervisor: Sam Beasley

Mixer: Jordan Galvan


Podcast Artwork: Rachel Eck

Still Photography: Mathieu Bitton


The Midnight Miracle is a Luminary Original Podcast in partnership with Pilot Boy Productions and SALT.


Special thanks to Paul Adongo, Cipriano Beredo, Elaine Chappelle, Ivy Davy, Rikki Hughes, Kyle Ranson-Walsh, Sina Sadighi, Mark Silverstein, and Carla Sims.


Photography made available courtesy of Pilot Boy Productions, Inc. Copyright © 2021 by Pilot Boy Productions, Inc., all rights reserved.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Now remember guys when he gets here no gushing it makes him uncomfortable it'll close him up.

0:18.2

He's gonna know we look up to him but you just can't just don't talk about it and no strenuous

0:26.6

picture taken and take turns talking guys he likes order. I'm glad that we're recording this briefing.

0:37.0

Y'all, I got like a bit for...

0:40.0

I'm gonna try it on you guys, okay?

0:42.0

What did Dave just say?

0:44.0

It's referencing one of his jokes.

0:48.0

Just give me an honesty, if it sucks,

0:50.0

it's fine.

0:51.0

He said, they say that there are over 12 million illegal immigrants in America, but if you

1:00.0

ask a Native American, that number is more like 300 million.

1:04.0

So I wanted to say,

1:09.0

I wanted to say, uh, ladies and gentlemen, one of the most important illegal immigrants of all time.

1:37.0

No, it doesn't work, it doesn't work, it's fine. Welcome to the midnight miracle. The midnight miracle. Oh, oh, oh. Oh, Now, We don't treat ourselves.

2:21.0

We do treat ourselves with a meal out.

2:26.0

The Amex Platinum card with 300 pound global dining credit every year

2:30.0

you can eat at the restaurants you've always wanted to try.

2:33.0

Representative 704.6% APR variable.

2:36.0

Selected restaurants only annual fee, terms apply 18 plus subject to approval.

2:41.0

We don't treat ourselves.

2:42.0

Oh, we't treat ourselves. We do treat ourselves with a meal out.

2:46.7

The Amex Platinum card with 300 pound global dining credit every year you can eat at the

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