Trump Suddenly Sides with Ukraine & MAGA Spins Conspiracies About U.N. Escalator | Sebastian Murphy

Summary

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The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Episode: Trump Suddenly Sides with Ukraine & MAGA Spins Conspiracies About U.N. Escalator | Sebastian Murphy
Date: September 25, 2025
Host: Jordan Klepper
Guest: Sebastian Murphy (Viagra Boys)

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Episode Overview

This episode of The Daily Show dives into the unexpected political about-face of Donald Trump regarding Ukraine, the right-wing media's conspiracy-laden response to a minor escalator malfunction at the U.N., and features an engaging interview with Sebastian Murphy, frontman of the punk band Viagra Boys. True to form, the episode blends sharp political satire with irreverent humor and insightful cultural commentary.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Trump’s Flip-Flop on Ukraine (01:06–03:28)

• Background:
  Jordan Klepper recaps Trump’s history of pro-Russia sentiment, pointing out his former blaming of Ukraine for the conflict and overtures to Vladimir Putin.
• Breaking News:
  Trump now claims Ukraine can “take back their country in its original form...maybe even go further than that” ([02:12]).
• Satirical Breakdown:
  Klepper mocks the inconsistency, commenting:

  “Trump went from ‘Ukraine needs to accept Russian invasion’ to ‘they need to invade Russia.’ ... I guess you can’t lose a war if you’re on both sides.” ([02:28])

• Interpretation:
  Considers if Trump’s change is due to a new geopolitical insight or “something a bit more personal" ([03:28]).

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2. The U.N. Escalator Incident & MAGA Victimization (03:28–13:16)

The Incident

• Trump and Melania’s escalator at the U.N. briefly stopped, requiring them to walk a few steps ([04:20]).
• The right-wing media treated it as a dramatic security risk—“a harrowing brush with danger.”
• Klepper lampoons their overreaction:

  “We’re not talking about some uggo Eleanor Roosevelt here. No, you could’ve hurt someone hot.” ([05:26])

Escalator Conspiracy Theories

• Some conservative pundits hint at sabotage, blaming the “deep state.”
• Klepper parodies this thinking:

  “Are we really going all in on the president being a victim of escalator sabotage because the deep state wants him to get his steps in?” ([06:15])

• UN’s official explanation—an accidental safety mechanism—fails to quash the conspiracies.
• Fox News hosts share irrelevant personal escalator anecdotes, which Klepper and Sebastian Murphy mock for their triviality ([10:41], [11:10]):

  “That’s it? Your whole story about the escalator is that you also once went up an escalator.” – Jordan Klepper ([10:54])

Investigative Satire

• Grace Kuhlenschmidt appears with a satirical “deep investigation” from a parking garage:

  “This escalator story goes all the way to the top and then flattens out and goes back down to the bottom.” ([11:33])

• Exaggerates supposed deep state tactics, lampooning paranoia:

  “You think it’s silly that Donald Trump almost fell down a flight of stairs at the UN?...Is that funny...the King of England says, ‘Good heavens, I saw testicle!’ Would that be funny to you?” – Grace Kuhlenschmidt ([12:31])

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3. Interview with Sebastian Murphy of Viagra Boys (15:57–24:37)

Band Name & Origin

• Clarification:
  Title of the new album is “Viagra Boys,” self-titled, originally for symmetry on a poster ([16:26], [16:37]).
• Band Name Origins:
  Name came from real-life necessity:

  “The actual use of Viagra was necessity, which is weird...For me it was, I was young and nothing worked. Then I grew up and look at me now...” – Sebastian Murphy ([17:31])

Joining the Band

• Founding member recruited Murphy after hearing him sing Mariah Carey's “We Belong Together” at karaoke in Sweden ([18:17]).

Life in Sweden vs. America

• Murphy left America at 17, highlighting the affordability and sense of freedom in Sweden:

  “Rent’s cheap, you know...I feel like I moved to Sweden to actually live the American dream.” ([18:59], [19:17])

• On Swedish attitude towards Americans:

  “Swedes...like them as a novelty, a little. Oh yeah, cool...and then they’re like, yeah, go sit somewhere else.” ([19:25])

Touring America

• Murphy acknowledges safety concerns but feels playing for American fans—“resistance music”—is important:

  “I come here to play for like-minded people. Hopefully...freaks are welcome.” ([20:03], [22:47])

Artistic Process & Satire

• Murphy’s satirical self-awareness:

  “It is satire, but at the same time...admitting to your own faults...I think it’s 50/50 satire [and] my truth.” ([21:22])

• Creative approach eschews overt political commentary, favoring personal perspective:

  “I don’t feel like I’m a good enough commentator on what’s going on...I can only...speak [to] how I perceive it.” ([21:58])

Notable Song Stories

• Discusses a song about a lover attracted to a “bog body,” inspired by Murphy’s fiancée’s fascination with preserved corpses in museums:

  “She was taking all these sexy photos with him and kissing him and, like, she was showing her tits...So that’s why I wrote the song.” ([23:05])

• “Pyramid of Health” pokes fun at pseudo-health trends:

  “Don’t take Tylenol, folks. You can grow a tail or whatever...it’s inspired by pseudo, pseudo health bullshit, you know, yeah. Burning Man, all that crap.” ([24:11])

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Trump’s Escalator Incident:
  “It’s a good thing Trump’s ankles are the size of car tires. You all laughed at his cankles, but guess who’s sturdy as a redwood? This cankle having mother.” – Jordan Klepper ([05:26])

• On the Escalator Conspiracy:
  “I find it bizarre that just coincidentally, all these things just don’t happen to work for the president when they work for everybody else.” – Jordan Klepper ([06:13])

• On Touring & Fans:
  “I come here to play for like-minded people. Hopefully...freaks are welcome.” – Sebastian Murphy ([22:47])

• On Satire and Self-Reflection in Art:
  “It is satire, but at the same time...admitting to your own faults...I think it’s 50/50 satire [and] my truth.” – Sebastian Murphy ([21:22])

• On Song Inspiration:
  “She was taking all these sexy photos with [the bog body]...So that’s why I wrote the song.” – Sebastian Murphy ([23:23])

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Timestamps for Important Segments

| Segment | Time | |-----------------------------------------------------|-----------| | Show opens; Ukraine headline | 01:06 | | Trump reverses on Ukraine | 02:12 | | Escalator incident coverage begins | 04:20 | | Right-wing reaction to escalator | 05:14 | | Klepper’s teleprompter riff | 06:40 | | Fox News escalator punditry | 09:40–11:10 | | Parking garage “Deep State” satire | 11:30 | | Grace’s bog body anecdote fails | 14:02 | | Sebastian Murphy interview begins | 15:57 | | Murphy discusses band name, origin | 16:26 | | “Viagra Boys” found through Mariah Carey karaoke | 18:17 | | Life in Sweden, cultural differences | 18:49 | | On American fans and “resistance music” | 20:03 | | On satirical/personal lyricism | 21:05 | | Bog body song story | 23:05 | | Outro | 24:37 |

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Tone and Style

• The episode maintains The Daily Show’s signature sardonic wit, deploying deadpan delivery, playful exaggeration, and pointed satire throughout news coverage and the artist interview.
• Klepper’s style is irreverent, quick-witted, and layered with meta-commentary, while Sebastian Murphy’s responses mix self-deprecation with sincerity, fitting the show’s blend of comedy and candidness.

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Transcript

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[Jordan Klepper]

From the most trusted journalists at Comedy Central. It's America's only source for news. This is the Daily show with your host, Jordan Klopper. Welcome to the Daily Show. I'm Jordan Flapp. Where we got so much to talk about tonight. Ukraine gets a much needed morale boost. The right takes victimization to a whole new level. And Donald Trump faces his greatest enemy a short flight of stairs. So let's get into headlines. It's no secret Donald Trump sympathizes with Russia in its war against Ukraine. He blamed Ukraine for getting invaded. He berated its president in the Oval Office. And he made the ultimate gesture of friendship to Vladimir Putin, picking him up at the airport. So safe to assume he spent this week at the UN Continuing his full throated support of Russia.

[Kristen Bell]

Breaking news we are following. This morning, President Trump reversed his position on the war and voiced confidence that Ukraine can regain its territory seized by Russia. Trump writing in part, Ukraine would be able to take back their country in its original form. And who knows, maybe even go further than that.

[Jordan Klepper]

Damn. Trump went from Ukraine needs to accept Russian invasion to they need to invade Russia. When this all began, Trump said he'd end this war on day one. And instead we've now joined both sides. I guess you can't lose a war if you're on both sides. Now, let's not overreact here. Trump isn't exactly known for his consistent. He could just as easily switch sides again tomorrow if he, I don't know, gets complimented by a Russian lady or sees a photo of that dog that looks like Vladimir Putin. Oh. Oh. Who Pushes his opponents out the window. You do, you do. But still, this is a surprising development. Maybe Trump changed his position after coming to a better understanding of the geopolitical implications of the situation. Or perhaps it was something a bit more personal.

[Kristen Bell]

Last month, President Trump rolled out the red carpet for Vladimir Putin in Alaska, but is now sharing frustration.

[Jordan Klepper]

I thought that was going to be the easiest one because of my relationship with Putin, but unfortunately, that Sid relationship didn't mean anything. This season of the Golden Bachelor is. Hey, you know what? You know what? Don't get down on yourself, Donald. It's not your fault the relationship didn't work out. Who could have known not to trust Russian dictator Vladimir Putin? You're not a mind reader. But whether it was pursuing strategic objectives or merely getting tired of boys, this is a major development. Unfortunately, it was overshadowed by another international incident.

[Kristen Bell]

The President was joined by the first lady today as he made his big address at the United Nations. But they had a bit of trouble on the way. They were taking an escalator when it stopped working, leaving the first couple no other choice but to walk the rest of the way up.

[Jordan Klepper]

Yeah, I like how he's just looking around with a broke thing. Do I walk up these 15 stairs or do I just live here now? But, hey, this is a pretty standard inconvenience. I'm sure we will never hear about it again. Unless, of course, there's an entire right wing media apparatus built on grievance and hyperbole that wants to breathlessly recount it as a harrowing brush with danger. Trump and Melania were riding it up and it just stopped. The first lady lost her balance a.

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Bit, but steadied herself thankfully and then.

[Jordan Klepper]

Marched to the top. She could have been hurt. It came to a grinding halt and you can even see them kind of slightly lurching forward. This is serious stuff. It's sitting ducks.

[Commercial Announcer]

If, God forbid, there was a security.

[Jordan Klepper]

Threat, they could have hurt the most beautiful first lady in American history. Oh, my God, you monsters. We're not talking about some uggo Eleanor Roosevelt here. No, you could have hurt someone hot. It's a good thing Melania's in such good shape. And it's. It's a good thing Trump's ankles are the size of car tires. You all laughed at his cankles, but guess who's sturdy as a redwood? This cankle having mother. Now, the UN released a statement saying somebody at the top of the escalator inadvertently triggered a safety mechanism. So it seems like the whole thing is just a silly Coincidence? Coincidence or sabotage?

[Kristen Bell]

It doesn't look like a coincidence to me.

[Jordan Klepper]

Something more nefarious happening than just simple technical glitches.

[Kristen Bell]

Absolute sabotage.

[Jordan Klepper]

I've been caught on, like, five elevators in my life. An escalator has never stopped working mid escalation. I find it bizarre that just coincidentally, all these things just don't happen to work for the president when they work for everybody else. Are we really doing this? Are we going all in on the president being a victim of escalator sabotage because the deep state wants him to get his steps in? Can we just have a day, people? I will admit it's a little suspicious that the escalator just happened to break for Trump. But on the other hand, things do break a lot around him. You know, I pay all this money to teleprompter people, and I'd say 20% of the time, they don't work. They don't work. And I apologize for those lights. The only place I don't have a light is a park. I feel like I'm in a sauna. So I don't know what hotel this is, but you ought to try turning on the air conditioning, I think. This mic stinks, by the way. So maybe it's not a coincidence. I mean, why does everything around Trump break? Is he being followed around by gremlins? Is that okay? Yeah, maybe. Maybe that. Actually, that could be. That might be it. That might be it. So conservative media is furious that Trump was attacked by a stopped escalator. And apparently some of them are furious that his people did nothing about it. But that's a major security failure.

[Sebastian Murphy]

And I was more, you know, stunned at the reaction.

[Jordan Klepper]

Like, the leader of the free world is on the Escalade and Secret Service is looking like, what do we do? Yeah, what do we do? Do we just let this grown man walk upstairs? What do you want Secret Service to do? Wouldn't it have been more embarrassing if they had rushed in and made a big deal out of it, thrown Trump over their shoulder like a kid having a meltdown, leaving the magic kingdom. But look, there's no point trying to reason with them now. The right wing train is leaving the station, so naturally the White House is jumping on board.

[Kristen Bell]

Well, there was some concerning reporting over the weekend from the London Times, as you pointed out that UN Globalist state staffers were basically plotting to set up the President of the United States. And if we find that these were UN Staffers who were purposefully trying to trip up, literally trip up, the President and the first lady of the United States. Well, there better be accountability for those people. And I will personally see to it, Jesse.

[Jordan Klepper]

Good. Can you people please decide if Trump is the strongest man who has ever walked the earth or a sickly child with hollow bird bones who will crumble if he walks up three stairs? Now, remember, the UN already gave an official explanation about why the escalator stopped. But see if you think the president's TV friends are buying it. The spokesperson for the UN General Secretary said this as the videographer who was. I don't buy this, by the way. Was traveling backwards up the escalator, reached the top. The first lady, followed by the President and Trump, each mounted the steps at the bottom. At that moment, it was 9:50am if you're counting at home, the escalator came to a stop. Dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, Dots. We're making ellipses feel sinister now. What are these dots? What are they hiding? And don't get me started on semicolons. Are you a period or a comma? Pick one. But also, why does Brian Kilmeade think he knows better than the UN officials what makes him an expert on escalators? It's never happened to me before. I do a lot of shopping, go to a lot of malls, go to the second floor where the men's stuff is. I go right to the men's floor. I don't stop at the kids floor. No, no, no. I shop in the. I shop in the men's section. Even though sometimes a. A kid's XXL is basically a men's small and the designs are cooler. But that's totally not where I shop. Sometimes I sneak into the Spencer Gifts, but my mom's not looking. Look, you know what? I'm sorry I interrupted you, Brian Kilmeade. I'm sure this story is going somewhere. Go to the second floor where the men's stuff is. You know, because you're walking on the first floor.

[Sebastian Murphy]

Never happened to me. That's great.

[Jordan Klepper]

That's it. Your whole story about the escalator is that you also once went up an escalator. Another fascinating addition to the discourse. And if I may also add, I, too, have been on an escalator.

[Sebastian Murphy]

Uh, that's great.

[Jordan Klepper]

For more on escalator gate and the controversy around it, we turn to Grace Kuhlenschmidt. Grace. Grace, wait a minute. Why are you in a parking garage?

[Grace Kuhlenschmidt]

Because I'm investigating.

[Kristen Bell]

Jordan.

[Grace Kuhlenschmidt]

I've been talking to my sources, and let me tell you, this escalator story goes all the way to the top and then flattens out and goes back down to the bottom.

[Jordan Klepper]

Okay, wait, are you saying the Fox News people are right? That there's more to this story?

[Grace Kuhlenschmidt]

You better believe it, bitch. The Deep State has all sorts of plans for Donald. I'm talking somebody getting on his elevator, then pushing all the buttons and then jumping out. I'm talking about those car door locks that keep unlocking just as he tries to pull it open. So he tries it again just as they unlock it again. And he's like, goddammit, just let me unlock it. I'm talking removing the latch on the bathroom stall, so he's gotta do that little football squat thing where he holds the door while pinching a loaf.

[Jordan Klepper]

Okay, but. But what's the point? It seems kind of silly.

[Grace Kuhlenschmidt]

Silly? Really, Jordan? You think it's silly that Donald Trump almost fell down a flight of stairs at the UN? Our beloved president toppling backwards, his legs flying over his head, hitting every step going down. Doi doi, doi doi. Is that funny landing on his butt, his pants splitting wide open in front of every world leader while the King of England says, good heavens, I saw testicle. Would that be funny to you?

[Jordan Klepper]

Yes, it would. It would be funny, yes. Frankly, Grace, frankly, I just doubt that there is some global prank conspiracy.

[Grace Kuhlenschmidt]

Oh, so I guess I just woke up this morning with my hand in a bowl of warm water for no reason. No, it's because they know I'm getting close, Grace.

[Jordan Klepper]

Look, it doesn't need this big investigation. It's just an escalator malfunction.

[Grace Kuhlenschmidt]

Oh, is that right? Jordan? Let me tell you a story. When I was 12 years old, all I wanted most in the world was a dress for my middle school dance. So I went to the mall and I took an escalator to the second floor because that's where the teen stuff is. Cause you walk in on the first floor floor.

[Jordan Klepper]

Is that the whole story?

[Grace Kuhlenschmidt]

Yeah. I was on an escalator once.

[Jordan Klepper]

Yeah, that's great. Great schooling, Schmidt. Everyone, we come back. Sebastian Murphy, a Viagra boy, will be joining us. Don't go.

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[Jordan Klepper]

Welcome back to the Daily Show. My guest tonight is the frontman of the band Viagra Boys, whose latest album is called Viagra a Boys. Please welcome Sebastian Murphy. I will say this, Sebastian, when I read the title of this new album, viagra a Boys.

[Sebastian Murphy]

Oh, you're wrong.

[Jordan Klepper]

Am I wrong? Yeah.

[Sebastian Murphy]

It's Viagra a Boys.

[Jordan Klepper]

It's Viagra. Cause you the a.

[Sebastian Murphy]

It's self titled.

[Jordan Klepper]

It's self titled. It feels like you were. We asked you beforehand. It feels like you're us.

[Sebastian Murphy]

Yeah, it's just a little bit. I think it's. No, we made a poster, actually. We did a poster once. And then I wanted, like, I wanted it to look symmetrical, right? And I, I think it's the same amount of letters on each side. So I'm like, let's just do that.

[Jordan Klepper]

Right?

[Sebastian Murphy]

And then it ended up.

[Jordan Klepper]

Do you ever have to say it out loud? Is that a rarity to have to say the title of it? Because everybody's like, oh, is it just Viagra, Boise? I'll be like, it's probably the first time yeah, it's the first time. How does it feel? Does it feel good?

[Sebastian Murphy]

It feels weird. I don't know, I don't like the. I don't like it anymore actually.

[Jordan Klepper]

Yeah, fair. When it was announced on our show that Viagra Boys was coming to perform. You have a lot of fans here, including myself, for big Viagra Boys fans. Hell yeah. And then you also had people in the building who didn't know Viagra Boys and they just saw what's coming on the show. Viagra Boys and they wondered if it was like a health conscious pro masculinity group, like a subpar sketch comedy group that was coming out. Where did Viagra Boys come from?

[Sebastian Murphy]

Well, the name came from a friend of mine who was just at the time when we started the band. We were pretty up people at the time and you know, now I got my shit together. But back then we were on a lot of stimulants and stuff like that and the actual use of Viagra was necessity, which is weird. It's different from, you know, most people, they. They're young and they, you know, everything works and then they get old and it doesn't. For me it was. I was young and nothing worked. Then I grew up and look at me now. You know my.

[Jordan Klepper]

Is it true? I read somewhere that this band, your being a part of this band owes a lot to Mariah Carey.

[Sebastian Murphy]

That's true. Yeah. That's how my bassist found out. My incredible talent was. We were at a karaoke show for some. A friend of ours who was her birthday party and I sang my go to karaoke song is We Belong Together by Mariah Carey.

[Jordan Klepper]

Is that right? Yep.

[Sebastian Murphy]

Yeah, I can't sing it anymore. I don't know why, but I used to be able to hit those high notes.

[Jordan Klepper]

But that is what drew them in.

[Sebastian Murphy]

But that's. But then my bassist on, he's like, hey man, you want to start a punk band or what?

[Jordan Klepper]

This is happening in Sweden. Is that correct?

[Sebastian Murphy]

This is in Sweden.

[Jordan Klepper]

So you grew up in America?

[Sebastian Murphy]

Grew up in America. I fled.

[Jordan Klepper]

How is property in Sweden? Is there any available? There is just asking for.

[Sebastian Murphy]

Rent's cheap, you know, you don't have to pay. What is it like 2000 bucks a month to live in some shithole apartment like you do here?

[Jordan Klepper]

Okay, hey, to be fair, it's $4,000 a month to live in a shithole and we appreciate it. And you get to work four jobs. Whoa. Yes.

[Sebastian Murphy]

The American dream. No, I feel like I moved to Sweden to actually live the American dream.

[Jordan Klepper]

Yeah. How is that? What is it like to move there? You're like 17.

[Sebastian Murphy]

I was 17. Yeah, it was great. It was a bit of a culture shock. Swedes don't really. I mean, I guess they like Americans, but they like them as a novelty, a little. Oh yeah, cool. And then like hamburgers and then. And then they're like, yeah, yeah, go sit somewhere else.

[Jordan Klepper]

You know.

[Sebastian Murphy]

But luckily I speak fluent Swedish, so I was able to nestle myself into.

[Jordan Klepper]

The Swedish culture to get in there. What's it like coming back now, doing an American tour? I know there are some.

[Sebastian Murphy]

It's scary.

[Jordan Klepper]

I was gonna say. Well, I mean, some groups are choosing not to or they're canceling tours. Was that a conversation you guys had?

[Sebastian Murphy]

That was a conversation for sure. But at the same time, I kind of feel like our fans, like, I feel like, you know, they deserve to hear, you know, resistance music as well, you know, and, you know, I feel like I'm. I come here to play for like minded people. Hopefully, you know, not everyone has to think exactly like me, but it's not like I'm gonna be like, oh, these, you know. Cause the people that go to our shows, for the most part, they aren't the. They aren't the ones snatching people off the streets and you know, you know, you're not gonna.

[Jordan Klepper]

Yeah.

[Sebastian Murphy]

And yeah.

[Jordan Klepper]

It is curious because I feel like your music is not to. I mean, it's call it punk rock, but I feel like a lot of the lyricism, in many ways it feels like at least from an outside looking in, you're inhabiting a character or you sort of play this heightened version or at times is written from a perspective of like a hyper masculinity almost to the point of like dysfunctional male perspective in a way. That's very funny. I think that.

[Sebastian Murphy]

I mean, well, I am a dysfunctional man.

[Jordan Klepper]

I was gonna say. Yeah. Are you satirizing something or are you just. I am living your truth.

[Sebastian Murphy]

It is satire, but at the same time it's, you know, it's a bit, you know, that's kind of how you get over. That's how you change as well. Is, you know, admitting to your own faults and.

[Jordan Klepper]

Yeah.

[Sebastian Murphy]

And you know, doing some investigative journalism into your own soul. So, yeah, I mean, I think it's 50. 50 satire. 50. 50. My truth.

[Jordan Klepper]

Yeah, for sure. How do you start with an idea there? Are you starting with that in mind? Like, it does feel like in 2025, the punk scene in and of itself is always speaking towards or against oftentimes authority. And now we're in this weird time in America, specifically, that feels like you're under the weight of the time that we are in. Do you grapple with that? Is that a place that you start from creatively?

[Sebastian Murphy]

Not really. Like, I don't really.

[Jordan Klepper]

God, I gotta move to Sweden, I gotta tell you.

[Sebastian Murphy]

No, but there's not too many. I mean, like, dude, it bums me out to think about that shit all the time. Like, you know, so I usually, you know, maybe, you know, I'll start writing a song from maybe just my perspective of kind of what I'm seeing around me and not instead, like, oh, yeah, this is what, you know, like, freedom. Or, like, we need to fight for our rights to. You know, I'm not a. I don't feel like I'm a good enough commentator on what's going on. You know, what I can only. What I can do is speak my. You know, what I see and how I perceive it. And I perceive things in a kind of up way, but hopefully, you know. But it obviously resonates with some people. Yeah.

[Jordan Klepper]

I mean, when you come here, what do you hope American audiences take away from it?

[Sebastian Murphy]

Just that you can be yourself and, you know, and be whoever the hell you want to be. And, you know, that, you know, freaks are welcome.

[Jordan Klepper]

Freaks are welcome.

[Sebastian Murphy]

Yeah.

[Jordan Klepper]

But, yeah, I mean, to be fair, on this latest album, there is a song that investigates what it's like when somebody's partner falls in love with a body that's found in a bog. Dead. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Sebastian Murphy]

Well, that's almost. That was actually kind of of a true story, too. I mean, not entirely, but my fiance, she spends a lot of time, like, reading on weird stuff. Like, it can be.

[Jordan Klepper]

I've talked to these people before. Yeah, yeah.

[Sebastian Murphy]

She'll just, like, find one subject and then she's in it for, you know, like, weeks. She's, oh, did you know that bog bodies are. And I'm like, I don't want to hear any more about these bog bodies. And then she was at a museum one day where they have a lifelike creation of Sweden's most famous bog body. But they made what he would look like, you know, made out of wax. And she was taking all these sexy photos with him and kissing him and, like, she was showing her tits and doing all this. And I was like, this mother. And so that's why I wrote the song.

[Jordan Klepper]

And to be clear, is that a trope in Sweden? Bog bodies? Is that there is a most famous thing.

[Sebastian Murphy]

It's a thing It's a kink, which.

[Jordan Klepper]

In and of itself is a perfectly preserved corpse.

[Sebastian Murphy]

Corpses.

[Jordan Klepper]

Yeah. Yeah. Well, tonight you're giving us Pyramid of health. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Is that inspired by Tylenol?

[Sebastian Murphy]

Yeah, it is. Yeah, yeah, it's, you know, don't take Tylenol, folks. You can grow a tail or whatever, you know, who knows? But yeah, it's inspired by pseudo, pseudo health bullshit, you know, yeah. Burning man, all that crap.

[Jordan Klepper]

I want to say it right. Viagra, a boys, Viaga, Viagar a boy, a boys. Viagra or Viagra?

[Sebastian Murphy]

Boys?

[Jordan Klepper]

Viagra Boys is available now. ABC Wednesday. Shifting Gears is back. He has arisen. Tim Allen and Kat Dennings return in television's number one new comedy.

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[Jordan Klepper]

With a star studded premiere including Jenna Elfman, Nancy Travis and. Hey buddy. A big home improvement reunion. Welcome. Oh, boy, that guy's a tool. Shifting Gears season premiere Wednesday, 8, 7 Central on ABC and stream on Hulu.

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[Grace Kuhlenschmidt]

Yes.

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[Jordan Klepper]

Let's do this.

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[Jordan Klepper]

Hey, you weren't listening to me.

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[Kristen Bell]

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[Sebastian Murphy]

That's cool.

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[Jordan Klepper]

That's our show for tonight. Now here it is. Your moment is end. You are married to Stephen Miller.

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