Michael Schur in Conversation with Jon Stewart: How to Be Perfect

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    Michael Schur in Conversation with Jon Stewart: How to Be Perfect. Recorded Jan 26, 2022 at 92nd Street Y.
    Emmy Award-winning creator of The Good Place and co-creator of Parks and Recreation Michael Schur talks with Daily Show legend Jon Stewart on their lives in comedy - and Schur’s new book, How to Be Perfect, a hilarious and brilliant look at how ethics and moral philosophy can make us better people.
    Schur and Stewart are no strangers to the big questions: what does it mean to be ethical? Why should we strive to do the right thing in a screwed up world that often rewards doing the wrong thing? Are the Knicks and the Celtics “good” basketball teams? Hear Schur and Stewart cover it all in this funny and timely discussion about comedy, searching for the good life, and everything in between.
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  • @marcusaurelius49
    @marcusaurelius49 2 роки тому +80

    Jon has to be one of the best interviewers I have seen. His comments and insights add to the discuss, rather than distracting or derailing the discussion.

  • @parkviewmo
    @parkviewmo 9 місяців тому +12

    How have we been so fortunate to live at the same time as Jon Stewart and Michael Shur? Maybe we don't deserve them, but I am so glad they are here.

  • @IrishRaiderLarryMullinsJr
    @IrishRaiderLarryMullinsJr 10 місяців тому +15

    Please John Stewart, run for President one day. We need smart, thoughtful, charismatic people with good morals to run this country and inspire others like you to make the choice to attempt achieving leadership roles as well. You Sir could be the savior of the country and I truly believe that 🙌 ❤

  • @youtube2snoopy820
    @youtube2snoopy820 2 роки тому +22

    'Comedy isn't here to heal you. It's not here to hurt you. It's just here.' Brilliant. 👫

  • @saxlaxdm10
    @saxlaxdm10 2 роки тому +93

    Jon Stewart is easily one of the best interviewers ever. He guides the discussion is such a natural and interesting way

    • @ThatRedhedd
      @ThatRedhedd 3 місяці тому

      He's one of the best _people_ ever!

  • @mariadelpilar1590
    @mariadelpilar1590 9 місяців тому +9

    I love Jon Stewart . . . he is so smart, witty, caring, compassionate . . . and REAL

  • @Mara-gn7hq
    @Mara-gn7hq 2 роки тому +134

    Schur: Do you have any idea how fun it is to write jokes for Steve Carrell?
    John: …Yes… Yes I do.

  • @texascontessa5818
    @texascontessa5818 2 місяці тому +4

    Adored!!!!!! The Good Place!!!!!!!!!. It has changed my life. I bow to this man, Mr Shur!.

  • @oneofus6924
    @oneofus6924 2 роки тому +48

    I feel like I have done Michael an insult by not knowing he had made my favorite shows.
    I apologize, and express my deepest love for your work.

  • @seanthomas5303
    @seanthomas5303 6 місяців тому +7

    Two of my favorites in one place. Daily Show, Parks and Rec, and Good Place are all top 10 TV shows ever for me.

  • @jerrijobarkerlove3613
    @jerrijobarkerlove3613 5 місяців тому +4

    After reading "How to Be Perfect" last week, I've watched several Michael Schur interviews. They were all great, but this one is splendid! 🎉

  • @7Tajah
    @7Tajah 8 місяців тому +4

    So brilliant Michael Schur! So Chidi of you. I really love your show, and watch it repeatedly, in no particular order. Lol, John. instant karma!

  • @Hello-xp5wz
    @Hello-xp5wz Рік тому +11

    Thank you 92nd Street Y for their brilliant conversations.

  • @katboxjanitor
    @katboxjanitor 6 місяців тому +3

    Fabulous conversation! Glad I stumbled on your discussion. 😊

  • @snowytyler3793
    @snowytyler3793 Рік тому +10

    I love this show so much. I’ve watched it multiple times and gain so much from it - literally different things each time. It has so many layers

  • @JRZTXN
    @JRZTXN 9 місяців тому +3

    I thought Jon was going to be the interviewee. Pleasant surprise. Next time✌🏼🤗😎

  • @ThatRedhedd
    @ThatRedhedd 3 місяці тому +1

    Jon Stewart is one of the greatest men ever!

  • @jimstewart3283
    @jimstewart3283 Місяць тому

    Loved, loved The Good Place!

  • @gc4847
    @gc4847 2 роки тому +8

    Wonderful interview! And The Office, Parks & Rec, and The Good Place are three of my favorites! 🙏 Thank you!

  • @SilentBob731
    @SilentBob731 2 роки тому +12

    Brilliant and hilarious discussion. Love Jon Stewart, and Mike Schur has been behind some of the greatest comedies in TV history.

  • @michellemyallen
    @michellemyallen 2 роки тому +7

    Extraordinary men. Caring for animals and the world!

  • @bethleslie3994
    @bethleslie3994 8 місяців тому +1

    With speaking of sadness as it relates to comedians, Jon Stewart is right. How do I know? I’ve been watching their performances since I was 13 and would stay up late on school nights to watch Johnny Carson for the stand-up comedians he had on his show. To make an entire auditorium laugh was the most wonderful thing. (Even if later I found out about canned laughter, it was still wonderful).

  • @natechampchurch
    @natechampchurch 2 роки тому +6

    This. Was. Amazing. Thanks for uploading it!

  • @diaphanouswaffle
    @diaphanouswaffle Рік тому +2

    Thanks for this-was both engagingly funny & deeply thoughtful, really enjoyed their conversation.

  • @touchofsound
    @touchofsound 2 роки тому +4

    I haven't seen the show (yet) but the delight in creating a fun show about ethics and the afterlife mentioned in the conversation reminds so much of Dante's Divine Comedy which is (forget Dan Brown) a delightful read, full of humour, serenity and empathy.

  • @bikershark9
    @bikershark9 2 роки тому +17

    This interview is delightful and illuminating but also FUCK I miss Jon and it was so good to hear him share his thoughts.

    • @hamishcounsell5579
      @hamishcounsell5579 2 роки тому +1

      he has a show that is on Apple tv now but i think the show is pretty mediocre compared to his tenure on the daily show....

  • @Blair1Collins
    @Blair1Collins 2 роки тому +11

    Beautiful. great conversation and, candidly: leadership. good stuff. :-)

  • @lmansur1000
    @lmansur1000 2 роки тому +1

    Jon Stewart: wise man...a sage... love his perspective

  • @a.j.ponder7029
    @a.j.ponder7029 5 місяців тому

    Lovely to hear I'm not the only person who misses Leslie Knope ♥

  • @LimorG
    @LimorG 2 роки тому +22

    Nice to know I am in good company when wishing death and destruction upon traffic-safety violating strangers

  • @laurarooney6030
    @laurarooney6030 2 роки тому +10

    Great conversation. Have loved Jon for decades nice to meet this writer

  • @JaquentaJackie
    @JaquentaJackie 5 місяців тому

    Every time I watch this video, I gain a little bit of faith in humanity.❤

  • @lumpy0100
    @lumpy0100 2 роки тому

    Thanks John...and Michael Schur Et ....Stewart! Al.🙂

  • @TrumbullComic
    @TrumbullComic 2 роки тому +1

    Amazing conversation!

  • @christinestewart987
    @christinestewart987 Рік тому +7

    Wow! That was time very well spent. You gentlemen are both very funny yet more importantly, intelligent kind and insightful. Thank you!

  • @FoxMacLeod2501
    @FoxMacLeod2501 2 роки тому +8

    Might be my favorite 92nd interview yet.

  • @riri2575
    @riri2575 2 роки тому +2

    That was just excellent.

  • @alien2640
    @alien2640 2 роки тому +3

    Incredible

  • @FreeArtsakh2024
    @FreeArtsakh2024 2 роки тому +7

    Jon, we love you no matter what!

  • @fantoine3142
    @fantoine3142 6 місяців тому

    So enjoyable!!❤❤

  • @bobbyesamdahl
    @bobbyesamdahl 8 місяців тому

    yay
    fantastic... hilarious...brilliant
    you both have such great insight
    better because of listening
    thank you

  • @davedeguire3224
    @davedeguire3224 Рік тому

    I would just LOVE 2 sit down, have a Whiskey, and just talk and listen about LIFE with these 2...

  • @walstib4945
    @walstib4945 Рік тому

    This is great!

  • @fredamalanyaon9426
    @fredamalanyaon9426 2 роки тому

    so glad I saw this

  • @davidcwitkin6729
    @davidcwitkin6729 2 роки тому +4

    This was truly erudite and entertaining

  • @beckykg
    @beckykg 2 роки тому +2

    This is a great discussion. I would love to hear Schur's take on the de facto immortality in Altered Carbon but I can guess from 49:00!

  • @abby-gu2su
    @abby-gu2su Рік тому

    Lovely

  • @justadad6677
    @justadad6677 2 роки тому +14

    The Good Place is one of my favorite shows. And to think I only watched it because of Kirsten Bell. Turned into loving the show more than the actors, and they were all great. Ted Danson was amazing in that role.
    Also, anyone know how to contact Michael Schur, have a great idea for a feel good show, not really comedy, but ethical and philosophical. Sounds right up his alley.

  • @terihammond5932
    @terihammond5932 8 місяців тому +1

    Tremendous interview, thank you both!

  • @joshsteele5701
    @joshsteele5701 5 місяців тому

    Glad he overcame so many obstacles to be where he is

  • @leerutledge9099
    @leerutledge9099 3 місяці тому

    Jon is fabulous

  • @alangrant3259
    @alangrant3259 9 місяців тому

    I love the good place and its premise,.amazaing cast and writing such insights. thank you, .where's my netflix job? blake bortals go jaguars.

  • @rafaekhan2999
    @rafaekhan2999 2 роки тому +18

    Here is a link to the video of The Good Place actors finding out about the twist: ua-cam.com/video/3Bhyin0HaLU/v-deo.html

  • @movingforwardLDTH
    @movingforwardLDTH 2 роки тому +2

    Love this duo.
    PSA for anyone wanting to namedrop a company that imploded (thanks to the unethical behavior of relatively few people):
    Don’t say “Arthur Andersen Consulting”, cuz there was no such thing.
    It was Arthur Andersen (comprised of the Tax & Audit divisions - this is where all the 💩 happened) and then Andersen Consulting (business consultants) … two separate (but related) organizations.
    Thanks for coming to my TedTalk.
    #TheMoreYouKnow

  • @threeofeight197
    @threeofeight197 4 місяці тому

    Leslie Knope is great. I feel like we all know a Leslie knope from school or work. They’re EXHAUSTING, but in a beautiful way.

  • @datgrrl5698
    @datgrrl5698 2 роки тому

    Cheers for uploading pet :)

  • @rob.scalioni
    @rob.scalioni Рік тому

    Nice seeing Mose

  • @chuckblack8227
    @chuckblack8227 2 роки тому +2

    the velociraptors of resource

  • @mariesnyder1313
    @mariesnyder1313 2 роки тому +2

    Schur's facial expressions are so like Leslie Knope. I wonder how much Amy Poehler was playing him in that role!

  • @BamsjMarina
    @BamsjMarina 4 місяці тому

    Jon stewart is so funny lol love him

  • @oneaboveall1895
    @oneaboveall1895 3 місяці тому

    jon stewart makes my life complete

  • @lmansur1000
    @lmansur1000 2 роки тому

    I loved the show at the beginning... but in later series I was lost and confused for some reason! :( ... from the interview, now I understand why I got confused.

  • @NoahStolee
    @NoahStolee 2 роки тому

    51:47 Coincidentally, that's what I say every Valentine's Day

  • @elysefairchild5111
    @elysefairchild5111 2 роки тому +8

    I miss Leslie Knope the most, too!!!!

    • @Tao_Tology
      @Tao_Tology 2 роки тому +1

      I heard she forges signatures.

  • @akahatapuntocero
    @akahatapuntocero 2 роки тому +4

    Looking good Mose

  • @stevereber3358
    @stevereber3358 8 місяців тому

    Regarding "Eventually you go back to being a bug" Read Joseph Campbell's description of "The humbling of Indra" Where the Indra (having taken hundreds of lifetimes to work up to that status is being a major pain to the workmen building and tearing down his infinite palace, is told that the endless stream of ants that swarm the room are "former indras all, and sells his stuff and becomes a Yogi.

  • @stevereber3358
    @stevereber3358 8 місяців тому

    In the 70's there was a "living bible" where they updated all the references for example "the jonah and the whale story became "Behold the great leviathan, for his belly is full of scales and he sallies forth like a steamroller." Likewise the Aristotle reference should be Jonah Hill or Seth Rogan who the kids think of as "wise old geezers".

  • @nicholassingarella2299
    @nicholassingarella2299 2 роки тому +1

    I had no idea he grew up in West Hartford, CT

    • @snowytyler3793
      @snowytyler3793 Рік тому +1

      Weha!!❤️💕❤️💕 it’s a really special place that I ended up living in for a while, but I grew up in Washington CT. Growing up in CT there’s a lot I took for granted about it, (like always wishing there was more to do) but there’s a whole lot to love too.

  • @jessebarlow1277
    @jessebarlow1277 Рік тому

    21:05 awkward beat while Jon pauses for a lil applause that never comes

    • @alalalala57
      @alalalala57 Рік тому +1

      I think he was just thinking, not waiting for applause lol.

  • @leobender2910
    @leobender2910 9 місяців тому +2

    I came for Mose but was shocked to see an intellectual who has deeper understanding of life and people that I'm even ready for, mostly due to the fact that I'm absolutely immature and hopelessly behind on things like that. Eff you, Michael Schur. How dare you revealing it to myself how shallow I actually am?

    • @DizzyBusy
      @DizzyBusy 9 місяців тому

      Now imagine this guy, talking about Aristoteles, Socrates, Plato, while growing Mose's neck beard. The first time they showed Mose, it was his real beard

  • @justiceforusall7038
    @justiceforusall7038 11 місяців тому

    I makes me so sad when you can't clip vids. I want to give credit to the poster but can't. I have to download/screencapture and repost taking credit despite I can put a note under my post but will I remember? who knows....

  • @thescowlingschnauzer
    @thescowlingschnauzer 2 роки тому +4

    Pain or suburban boredom? Haves and have-nots.

  • @beebee3333
    @beebee3333 2 роки тому +49

    Using water during a drought and not getting vaccinated are selfish acts that cause harm to the community, but riding the bus without paying is predicated on necessity most of the time. It would only be a valid moral question if everyone's ability to pay and need to travel were equal. The bus should be free for those for whom paying is a hardship. I have seen cops pull a mom with small children off the bus, as well as old people and other unfortunates, and it was obscene. The ethical thing to do would clearly have been to let them ride in peace.

    • @mindymmk
      @mindymmk 2 роки тому +7

      Very true. But I think he had to use that example since most of the philosophical experiments/questions he mentioned were about the trolley problem.
      I think he was referring to an action that doesn't cost anything if only very few do it (and the people doing it know it) and would destroy a system/principle if more people were to do it. For example, in a poor corrupted country most poor people take the bus. The rich travel in luxury vehicles, helicopters and private jets. If half the people didn't pay their share because they thought they should get to ride for free then either the bus route will be canceled or the bus fair will double in price harming those who always paid even though they were also poor.
      The solution is not freeloading but demanding better policies ie a fine should be analogous to your income, as should taxes.

    • @Tao_Tology
      @Tao_Tology 2 роки тому

      You could still argue that it 'causes harm to the community' or more specifically the local income from fares.

    • @Justin-tp1mx
      @Justin-tp1mx 2 роки тому

      @@Tao_Tology To whome would suffering be instilled? A number on a page failing to rise by 50 cents isnt actually immoral unless it caused the bus system to shutdown or something

    • @Tao_Tology
      @Tao_Tology 2 роки тому

      @@Justin-tp1mx The effect, or one negative effect, is that less income is collected by the local transport authority or company.
      It doesn't mean it is a **bigger** negative effect than the possible positive effect for the person getting to travel.........but it is still there.

    • @beebee3333
      @beebee3333 2 роки тому +2

      @@Tao_Tology The community is served by the collective taking care of its most vulnerable members, not by being heartless and greedy and not caring about anyone except the financial bottom line. I want no part of a community in which police pull old infirm people off the bus -- and fine them too! Sometimes in handcuffs. It is an obscenity. And sadly I do live in exactly that community.

  • @jaybuck36
    @jaybuck36 2 роки тому +1

    Holy cow, how many advertisements can UA-cam drop into this??

  • @tammyalbertsen9522
    @tammyalbertsen9522 Місяць тому

    "What Women Want" also not on my bingo card for these 2. 😅

  • @marylhere
    @marylhere Рік тому

    Anyone else notice how his mannerisms are so much like Lesley Schoop.

  • @TerryODowd
    @TerryODowd 2 роки тому

    Mose is a genius.

  • @mikefraley6935
    @mikefraley6935 9 місяців тому

    I thought I was the only one to do the 'car game.' My version is closer to John's but with a lot of screaming and cursing.

  • @flanamac7993
    @flanamac7993 9 місяців тому +2

    When the Libertarian concepts were accepted in America, we as a culture started this "I got mine." Lots of liberals in Jon's generation as older left their beliefs and became dedicated libertarians. They've added one more sentence since Trumpism. "I got mine. F you."

  • @copamatique
    @copamatique 2 роки тому +1

    Lmao so true about BTS

  • @stevereber3358
    @stevereber3358 8 місяців тому

    Mr Schur make sure their names are in the glossary, so Hollywood kids go glossary and then the pages you want them to read

  • @DylanMcBryde
    @DylanMcBryde 2 роки тому +2

    1:27:50

  • @WaywardBrigand
    @WaywardBrigand 2 роки тому +12

    ... First? Can't be. There have to be unloaded comments.

  • @elaineycho
    @elaineycho 2 роки тому +1

    gee, i wonder which family stewart is alluding to? LOL

  • @dannyvasquez1791
    @dannyvasquez1791 2 роки тому +15

    I blame John Mulaney and Nick Kroll for making me think these are all going to be 1 hour of the funniest improv you’ve ever seen

    • @oneirishpoet
      @oneirishpoet 2 роки тому

      Hahahaha John Mulaney is the most unfunny douchebag! 😅😅

    • @thesmilingmercenary937
      @thesmilingmercenary937 2 роки тому +3

      Mullaney and Bill Hader was even funnier. They are both whip smart and have such a history of making each other laugh. Same as Mulaney and Kroll, but Bill is such an easy laugh!

    • @dannyvasquez1791
      @dannyvasquez1791 2 роки тому +1

      @beep boop lol I’m not saying i was misled or anything clearly it’s just two comedians being conversational I was just making a joke about how Mulaney and Kroll on 92Y is all time great stuff and it makes everything else seem less funny

    • @dielaughing73
      @dielaughing73 2 роки тому

      That was something special

    • @Det.RichardDick
      @Det.RichardDick 2 роки тому

      @@dannyvasquez1791 i really wish we'd get a 3rd time

  • @rhondag.simmons3312
    @rhondag.simmons3312 2 місяці тому

    Christianity on a plot level that is just freaking hilarious

  • @Rottenkirsche13
    @Rottenkirsche13 Рік тому

    Mose now has grey all over instead of one spot

  • @tinydancer8536
    @tinydancer8536 2 роки тому

    What makes a metronome swing back and forth?

  • @michelleprice7605
    @michelleprice7605 9 місяців тому

    Lol. I have an airplane thats destined to crash. Where the person is seated is greatly dependent on their seat number. 😊

  • @tinydancer8536
    @tinydancer8536 2 роки тому +1

    Who was it that yelled with hands on someone shaking that person, saying "LOOK AT ME"?

  • @reneolguin1081
    @reneolguin1081 4 місяці тому

    JOHN STEWART FOR POTUS

  • @tinydancer8536
    @tinydancer8536 2 роки тому +6

    "Picking up shit" was why I got fired from Target. But they told me I was too slow.... And now I know I was unwilling to conform and wanted to hang out with comedians and assholes.

  • @laurarooney6030
    @laurarooney6030 2 роки тому +1

    Michael Schur

  • @CJ-uo5cl
    @CJ-uo5cl 2 роки тому +3

    Oh dang. Not John Mulaney and Nick Kroll with John Oliver?Scrolling on...
    HA just kidding. Kinda.

  • @lololololololo
    @lololololololo 2 роки тому

    #JasonJasonJasonJasonJason #EpicLikeNoOther

  • @Emanon...
    @Emanon... 3 місяці тому

    The "points" for being a good person is basically how it's done in Islam.
    Look it up.

  • @RM-xf9gi
    @RM-xf9gi 2 роки тому

    Did any American in the Panama Papers and the Pandora Papers go to jail?

  • @isabella-a-a-a
    @isabella-a-a-a 2 роки тому +2

    ………third!

  • @MsMemi2011
    @MsMemi2011 8 місяців тому

    This ages me, but I'd really love to see a remake of All In The Family with a MAGA Archie Bunker.

  • @hymanocohann2698
    @hymanocohann2698 2 роки тому

    How's about an invasion of space alien's that communicate via odors...we could all make fun of them.