1 00:00:05,939 --> 00:00:07,640 [CLICK, STATIC] 2 00:00:07,707 --> 00:00:09,642 [CHORD HUMS] 3 00:00:09,709 --> 00:00:11,678 [ROCK MUSIC] 4 00:00:11,745 --> 00:00:22,756 ♪ ♪ 5 00:00:22,822 --> 00:00:31,431 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 6 00:00:31,498 --> 00:00:33,266 >> John: WELCOME, WELCOME, 7 00:00:33,333 --> 00:00:34,167 WELCOME TO "LAST WEEK TONIGHT!" 8 00:00:34,234 --> 00:00:37,003 I'M JOHN OLIVER. 9 00:00:37,070 --> 00:00:37,837 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING 10 00:00:37,904 --> 00:00:38,571 US. 11 00:00:38,638 --> 00:00:39,739 IT'S BEEN A BUSY WEEK, WITH THE 12 00:00:39,806 --> 00:00:41,074 WORLD'S ATTENTION STILL FOCUSED 13 00:00:41,141 --> 00:00:42,075 ON UKRAINE, THE PLACE YOU NOW 14 00:00:42,142 --> 00:00:43,042 THINK ABOUT SO MUCH, YOU KNOW 15 00:00:43,109 --> 00:00:45,345 EXACTLY WHERE IT IS. 16 00:00:45,412 --> 00:00:46,880 NEWS FROM UKRAINE HAS BEEN GRIM, 17 00:00:46,946 --> 00:00:48,715 WITH RUSSIAN FORCES REPORTEDLY 18 00:00:48,782 --> 00:00:49,382 FIRING AT EVACUEES TRYING TO 19 00:00:49,449 --> 00:00:50,016 FLEE, AND AIRSTRIKES HITTING A 20 00:00:50,083 --> 00:00:52,118 MATERNITY HOSPITAL. 21 00:00:52,185 --> 00:00:54,354 AND THINGS MAY BE POISED TO GET 22 00:00:54,421 --> 00:00:55,822 EVEN WORSE, AS RUSSIA'S NOW 23 00:00:55,889 --> 00:00:57,290 FALSELY CLAIMING BIOLOGICAL 24 00:00:57,357 --> 00:00:58,224 WEAPONS ARE BEING DEVELOPED IN 25 00:00:58,291 --> 00:00:59,626 UKRAINE, WHICH, AS UKRAINE'S 26 00:00:59,692 --> 00:01:01,428 PRESIDENT POINTS OUT, 27 00:01:01,494 --> 00:01:03,530 OFTEN MEANS ONE THING. 28 00:01:03,596 --> 00:01:04,330 >> Interpreter: ALLEGEDLY, 29 00:01:04,397 --> 00:01:05,298 WE ARE PREPARING 30 00:01:05,365 --> 00:01:06,866 A CHEMICAL ATTACK. 31 00:01:06,933 --> 00:01:07,667 THIS MAKES ME REALLY WORRIED. 32 00:01:07,734 --> 00:01:09,469 BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN REPEATEDLY 33 00:01:09,536 --> 00:01:11,237 CONVINCED IF YOU WANT 34 00:01:11,304 --> 00:01:13,072 TO KNOW RUSSIA'S PLANS, LOOK AT 35 00:01:13,139 --> 00:01:15,775 WHAT RUSSIA ACCUSES OTHERS OF. 36 00:01:15,842 --> 00:01:18,611 >> John: YEAH, IF YOU WANT TO 37 00:01:18,678 --> 00:01:20,113 KNOW RUSSIA'S PLANS, LOOK AT 38 00:01:20,180 --> 00:01:21,314 WHAT IT'S ACCUSING OTHERS OF. 39 00:01:21,381 --> 00:01:22,382 THAT'S GOOD ADVICE, ALONG WITH 40 00:01:22,449 --> 00:01:23,817 "WHEN PEOPLE TELL YOU WHO THEY 41 00:01:23,883 --> 00:01:24,984 ARE, BELIEVE THEM," AND "IF A 42 00:01:25,051 --> 00:01:25,819 MAN LOOKS LIKE A PORN PARODY OF 43 00:01:25,885 --> 00:01:26,886 A BOND VILLAIN, MAYBE ASSUME 44 00:01:26,953 --> 00:01:27,854 EVERYTHING HE SAYS IS 45 00:01:27,921 --> 00:01:30,056 HORSESHIT." 46 00:01:30,123 --> 00:01:32,292 WE'RE TAPING THIS ON SATURDAY, 47 00:01:32,358 --> 00:01:32,892 AND THE SITUATION'S MOVING SO 48 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:33,860 FAST, WHO KNOWS WHAT'LL HAVE 49 00:01:33,927 --> 00:01:34,461 HAPPENED BY THE TIME YOU SEE 50 00:01:34,527 --> 00:01:35,895 THIS? 51 00:01:35,962 --> 00:01:37,464 SO WE'RE GOING TO TURN OUR FOCUS 52 00:01:37,530 --> 00:01:39,232 TONIGHT TO THE U.S., WHERE IT'S 53 00:01:39,299 --> 00:01:39,833 BEEN A BLEAK FEW WEEKS FOR THE 54 00:01:39,899 --> 00:01:41,034 LGBTQ COMMUNITY. 55 00:01:41,100 --> 00:01:42,569 IN ADDITION TO GREG ABBOTT'S 56 00:01:42,635 --> 00:01:43,670 RECENT ORDER IN TEXAS, TARGETING 57 00:01:43,736 --> 00:01:45,638 THE PARENTS OF TRANSGENDER KIDS, 58 00:01:45,705 --> 00:01:47,807 HOSTILE BILLS WERE INTRODUCED 59 00:01:47,874 --> 00:01:49,576 ACROSS 33 STATES LAST YEAR, 60 00:01:49,642 --> 00:01:51,110 AND THAT NUMBER'S CONTINUING TO 61 00:01:51,177 --> 00:01:52,145 GROW. 62 00:01:52,212 --> 00:01:53,446 THIS WEEK, THE FOCUS FELL ON 63 00:01:53,513 --> 00:01:54,747 FLORIDA, WHERE RON DESANTIS -- 64 00:01:54,814 --> 00:01:57,784 THE TWIN KYLE CHANDLER SHOULD 65 00:01:57,851 --> 00:01:58,351 HAVE EATEN IN THE WOMB -- HAS 66 00:01:58,418 --> 00:01:59,586 BEEN PUSHING A "PARENTAL RIGHTS 67 00:01:59,652 --> 00:02:01,287 IN EDUCATION' BILL," POPULARLY 68 00:02:01,354 --> 00:02:01,888 KNOWN AS "DON'T SAY GAY," 69 00:02:01,955 --> 00:02:03,423 A FRAMING 70 00:02:03,490 --> 00:02:04,757 HE TAKES EXCEPTION TO. 71 00:02:04,824 --> 00:02:05,758 >> WHAT CRITICS CALL THE 72 00:02:05,825 --> 00:02:06,426 "DON'T SAY GAY BILL" 73 00:02:06,493 --> 00:02:07,327 IS ON THE SENATE FLOOR TODAY. 74 00:02:07,393 --> 00:02:07,961 >> DOES IT SAY THAT 75 00:02:08,027 --> 00:02:09,863 IN THE BILL? 76 00:02:09,929 --> 00:02:11,764 DOES IT SAY THAT IN THE BILL? 77 00:02:11,831 --> 00:02:12,832 I'M ASKING YOU TO TELL ME 78 00:02:12,899 --> 00:02:13,633 WHAT'S IN THE BILL 79 00:02:13,700 --> 00:02:14,634 BECAUSE YOU ARE PUSHING FALSE 80 00:02:14,701 --> 00:02:15,835 NARRATIVES. 81 00:02:15,902 --> 00:02:16,302 IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT 82 00:02:16,369 --> 00:02:17,570 CRITICS SAY. 83 00:02:17,637 --> 00:02:18,438 >> HOLD ON, IT SAYS IT BANS 84 00:02:18,505 --> 00:02:19,205 CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION 85 00:02:19,272 --> 00:02:19,939 ON SEXUAL IDENTITY AND GENDER 86 00:02:20,006 --> 00:02:21,107 ORIENTATION. 87 00:02:21,174 --> 00:02:27,947 >> FOR WHO? 88 00:02:28,014 --> 00:02:28,982 >> FOR GRADES PRE-K THROUGH 3. 89 00:02:29,048 --> 00:02:29,883 AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE 90 00:02:29,949 --> 00:02:30,483 THAT PARENTS ARE ABLE 91 00:02:30,550 --> 00:02:31,117 TO SEND THEIR KID TO 92 00:02:31,184 --> 00:02:32,051 KINDERGARTEN WITHOUT HAVING 93 00:02:32,118 --> 00:02:32,719 SOME OF THIS STUFF INJECTED 94 00:02:32,785 --> 00:02:33,987 INTO THEIR SCHOOL CURRICULUM. 95 00:02:34,053 --> 00:02:37,257 >> John: WOW. 96 00:02:37,323 --> 00:02:38,424 I'M GOING TO SAY IT. 97 00:02:38,491 --> 00:02:39,259 THAT MAY BE THE ANGRIEST 98 00:02:39,325 --> 00:02:40,159 ANYONE'S EVER BEEN AT A 99 00:02:40,226 --> 00:02:40,894 STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL. 100 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:41,895 BUT SINCE HE'S CLAIMING "FALSE 101 00:02:41,961 --> 00:02:42,495 NARRATIVES" THERE, LET'S TALK 102 00:02:42,562 --> 00:02:43,029 ABOUT WHAT THIS BILL WOULD 103 00:02:43,096 --> 00:02:44,464 ACTUALLY DO. 104 00:02:44,531 --> 00:02:47,100 ITS SUPPORTERS CLAIM IT ONLY 105 00:02:47,166 --> 00:02:49,168 BANS INSTRUCTION, NOT 106 00:02:49,235 --> 00:02:50,136 DISCUSSION OF SEXUAL IDENTITY 107 00:02:50,203 --> 00:02:50,870 AND GENDER ORIENTATION. 108 00:02:50,937 --> 00:02:51,504 BUT THAT STILL LEAVES TEACHERS 109 00:02:51,571 --> 00:02:52,305 WONDERING WHERE TO DRAW THE 110 00:02:52,372 --> 00:02:53,072 LINE, AND HOW THEY'RE SUPPOSED 111 00:02:53,139 --> 00:02:55,742 TO HANDLE QUESTIONS ABOUT 112 00:02:55,808 --> 00:02:57,076 SAME-SEX PARENTS OR DRAWING A 113 00:02:57,143 --> 00:02:58,111 FAMILY TREE OR EVEN BASIC FACTS 114 00:02:58,177 --> 00:02:59,846 ABOUT THEIR OWN LIVES, AS THIS 115 00:02:59,913 --> 00:03:01,614 KINDERGARTEN TEACHER EXPLAINS. 116 00:03:01,681 --> 00:03:03,983 >> CORY SAYS TEACHERS 117 00:03:04,050 --> 00:03:05,385 AT HIS SCHOOL ARE ENCOURAGED 118 00:03:05,451 --> 00:03:06,352 TO DISPLAY THEIR FAMILIES, 119 00:03:06,419 --> 00:03:06,986 AS HE DOES OF HIS PARTNER, 120 00:03:07,053 --> 00:03:08,655 JEREMIAH. 121 00:03:08,721 --> 00:03:10,290 >> AM I GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO 122 00:03:10,356 --> 00:03:11,791 TELL THEM THIS IS MY PARTNER? 123 00:03:11,858 --> 00:03:12,859 WELL, WHAT IF THEY ASK ME? 124 00:03:12,926 --> 00:03:14,027 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 125 00:03:14,093 --> 00:03:14,861 AM I GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO HAVE 126 00:03:14,928 --> 00:03:19,065 THAT DISCUSSION WITH THEM? 127 00:03:19,132 --> 00:03:19,799 >> John: RIGHT! 128 00:03:19,866 --> 00:03:20,833 THAT'S GONNA BE AN ISSUE. 129 00:03:20,900 --> 00:03:21,434 BECAUSE KIDS ASK QUESTIONS ALL 130 00:03:21,501 --> 00:03:22,135 THE FUCKING TIME. 131 00:03:22,201 --> 00:03:23,770 LIKE, "WHERE DO BABIES COME 132 00:03:23,836 --> 00:03:25,071 FROM" AND "WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE 133 00:03:25,138 --> 00:03:26,573 DIE" AND "WHY CAN'T ANYONE ELSE 134 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:28,207 SEE THE OLD LADY IN THE WINDOW?" 135 00:03:28,274 --> 00:03:34,914 THEY JUST WON'T STOP. 136 00:03:34,981 --> 00:03:37,984 THERE'S NOBODY THERE. 137 00:03:38,051 --> 00:03:39,586 ALSO, IT'S NOT JUST 138 00:03:39,652 --> 00:03:40,253 K THROUGH 3. 139 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:41,020 THE BILL ALSO LIMITS 140 00:03:41,087 --> 00:03:41,888 ANY INSTRUCTION ON THESE 141 00:03:41,955 --> 00:03:42,522 ISSUES FOR GRADES FOUR AND ABOVE 142 00:03:42,589 --> 00:03:42,956 TO WHAT'S "AGE- OR 143 00:03:43,022 --> 00:03:43,756 DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE," 144 00:03:43,823 --> 00:03:44,324 WITHOUT DEFINING WHAT THAT 145 00:03:44,390 --> 00:03:44,991 ACTUALLY MEANS. 146 00:03:45,058 --> 00:03:45,992 AND THE WORRY IS THAT TEACHERS 147 00:03:46,059 --> 00:03:46,726 WILL FEEL THEY HAVE TO STEER 148 00:03:46,793 --> 00:03:47,660 CLEAR OF THOSE TOPICS 149 00:03:47,727 --> 00:03:49,429 ALTOGETHER, ESPECIALLY AS THE 150 00:03:49,495 --> 00:03:50,763 BILL ALLOWS PARENTS THE RIGHT TO 151 00:03:50,830 --> 00:03:51,598 SUE IF THEY THINK THEIR CHILDREN 152 00:03:51,664 --> 00:03:52,231 HAVE RECEIVED INAPPROPRIATE 153 00:03:52,298 --> 00:03:52,966 LESSONS. 154 00:03:53,032 --> 00:03:54,534 AND WHILE YOU'LL HEAR IDIOTS 155 00:03:54,601 --> 00:03:55,668 SAYING THIS BILL IS TO PREVENT 156 00:03:55,735 --> 00:03:57,136 KINDERGARTENERS GETTING TAUGHT 157 00:03:57,203 --> 00:03:58,838 ABOUT SEX, WITH RON DESANTIS'S 158 00:03:58,905 --> 00:04:00,273 CAMPAIGN ARGUING IT'LL STOP 159 00:04:00,340 --> 00:04:01,808 R-RATED LESSONS ABOUT SEXUALITY, 160 00:04:01,874 --> 00:04:02,609 THE WORDING IS MUCH BROADER THAN 161 00:04:02,675 --> 00:04:04,844 THAT. 162 00:04:04,911 --> 00:04:10,083 AND WHEN ONE STATE SENATOR DID 163 00:04:10,149 --> 00:04:11,417 TRY TO NARROW IT AND AMEND THE 164 00:04:11,484 --> 00:04:11,851 BILL TO PERTAIN 165 00:04:11,918 --> 00:04:13,319 ONLY TO DISCUSSION ABOUT HUMAN 166 00:04:13,386 --> 00:04:19,225 SEXUALITY OR SEXUAL ACTIVITY, 167 00:04:19,292 --> 00:04:20,093 DENNIS BAXLEY, THE BILL'S 168 00:04:20,159 --> 00:04:21,160 SPONSOR, REJECTED THAT, SAYING 169 00:04:21,227 --> 00:04:21,761 IT WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY GUT THE 170 00:04:21,828 --> 00:04:22,729 LEGISLATION. 171 00:04:22,795 --> 00:04:25,031 SO IT'S CLEAR WHAT HE THINKS THE 172 00:04:25,098 --> 00:04:26,499 GUTS OF THIS LEGISLATION ARE. 173 00:04:26,566 --> 00:04:28,434 IT'S NOT ABOUT SEX AT ALL, IT'S 174 00:04:28,501 --> 00:04:29,469 ABOUT DENYING THE EXISTENCE OF 175 00:04:29,535 --> 00:04:30,603 GAY PEOPLE. 176 00:04:30,670 --> 00:04:32,939 AND WHAT'S PARTICULARLY GALLING 177 00:04:33,006 --> 00:04:34,107 IS THE SUPPORT BAXLEY AND SOME 178 00:04:34,173 --> 00:04:35,541 OF THE REPUBLICAN LEGISLATORS 179 00:04:35,608 --> 00:04:38,344 WHO VOTED FOR THIS BILL HAVE HAD 180 00:04:38,411 --> 00:04:40,546 FROM CORPORATE AMERICA. 181 00:04:40,613 --> 00:04:42,281 AT&T OUR SOON TO BE EX-BUSINESS 182 00:04:42,348 --> 00:04:44,183 DADDY, HAS DONATED TO THEM. 183 00:04:44,250 --> 00:04:45,385 BUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST DONORS 184 00:04:45,451 --> 00:04:46,119 IS DISNEY. 185 00:04:46,185 --> 00:04:47,320 IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, IT'S 186 00:04:47,387 --> 00:04:49,222 GIVEN NEARLY $300,000 TO 187 00:04:49,288 --> 00:04:49,789 DESANTIS AND THE LEGISLATORS 188 00:04:49,856 --> 00:04:51,324 THAT VOTED FOR THIS BILL. 189 00:04:51,391 --> 00:04:52,325 NOW, ARE THEY MORALLY BANKRUPT 190 00:04:52,392 --> 00:04:53,159 FOR DOING THAT? 191 00:04:53,226 --> 00:04:56,229 WHO'S TO SAY? 192 00:04:56,295 --> 00:04:57,830 I'LL TELL YOU. 193 00:04:57,897 --> 00:04:59,032 I AM. 194 00:04:59,098 --> 00:04:59,866 I AM TO SAY. 195 00:04:59,932 --> 00:05:00,466 AFTER ALL, I'M ZAZU. 196 00:05:00,533 --> 00:05:00,967 OH, NOT THAT ONE, 197 00:05:01,034 --> 00:05:02,135 NOT THE FUN ONE. 198 00:05:02,201 --> 00:05:04,103 YEAH, THAT'S ME! 199 00:05:04,170 --> 00:05:04,837 THE FUSSY LITTLE DEAD-EYED BIRD 200 00:05:04,904 --> 00:05:10,009 WHO RUINS EVERYBODY'S DAY. 201 00:05:10,076 --> 00:05:11,110 THIS GUY. 202 00:05:11,177 --> 00:05:12,045 DISNEY EMPLOYEES WERE 203 00:05:12,111 --> 00:05:12,645 UNDERSTANDABLY OUTRAGED WHEN 204 00:05:12,712 --> 00:05:13,680 THIS CAME TO LIGHT, AND BOB 205 00:05:13,746 --> 00:05:14,547 CHAPEK, DISNEY'S CEO AND 206 00:05:14,614 --> 00:05:16,416 BUSINESS THUMB, THEN MADE THINGS 207 00:05:16,482 --> 00:05:17,150 WORSE, PUTTING OUT A STATEMENT 208 00:05:17,216 --> 00:05:18,851 DEFENDING DISNEY'S SILENCE ON 209 00:05:18,918 --> 00:05:21,654 THE BILL AND LISTING A BUNCH OF 210 00:05:21,721 --> 00:05:26,292 DISNEY PROJECTS LIKE THESE 211 00:05:26,359 --> 00:05:28,027 SAYING ALL OF OUR DIVERSE 212 00:05:28,094 --> 00:05:29,395 STORIES ARE OUR CORPORATE 213 00:05:29,462 --> 00:05:30,029 STATEMENTS, AND THEY ARE MORE 214 00:05:30,096 --> 00:05:31,497 POWERFUL THAN ANY 215 00:05:31,564 --> 00:05:32,832 TWEET OR LOBBYING EFFORT. 216 00:05:32,899 --> 00:05:33,499 AND THAT'S OBVIOUSLY NONSENSE, 217 00:05:33,566 --> 00:05:34,934 ALTHOUGH I WILL SAY, ENCANTO IS 218 00:05:35,001 --> 00:05:36,135 ACTUALLY AN APT REFERENCE, GIVEN 219 00:05:36,202 --> 00:05:37,036 WHAT'S HAPPENING IN FLORIDA. 220 00:05:37,103 --> 00:05:38,805 BECAUSE ITS CATCHIEST SONG IS 221 00:05:38,871 --> 00:05:40,006 ABOUT EVERYONE REFUSES TO TALK 222 00:05:40,073 --> 00:05:42,575 ABOUT ONE MEMBER OF THEIR 223 00:05:42,642 --> 00:05:44,944 FAMILY, WHICH SOUNDS LIKE 224 00:05:45,011 --> 00:05:45,945 A LESSON PLAN DESIGNED BY 225 00:05:46,012 --> 00:05:46,779 RON DESANTIS SPECIFICALLY FOR 226 00:05:46,846 --> 00:05:48,414 THAT KINDERGARTEN TEACHER FROM 227 00:05:48,481 --> 00:05:49,449 EARLIER. 228 00:05:49,515 --> 00:05:50,316 AND HERE'S THE THING: GENERALLY, 229 00:05:50,383 --> 00:05:50,917 MOVIES CAN AFFECT HOW PEOPLE 230 00:05:50,983 --> 00:05:52,018 VIEW THE WORLD. 231 00:05:52,085 --> 00:05:53,152 BUT IS THIS REALLY A PATH YOU 232 00:05:53,219 --> 00:05:55,088 WANT TO GO DOWN, DISNEY? 233 00:05:55,154 --> 00:05:56,889 BECAUSE YOU'RE THE SAME COMPANY 234 00:05:56,956 --> 00:05:58,224 THAT'S CODED BASICALLY EVERY 235 00:05:58,291 --> 00:05:59,759 VILLAIN IN YOUR MOVIES AS GAY, 236 00:05:59,826 --> 00:06:01,728 STEREOTYPED MINORITIES TO A 237 00:06:01,794 --> 00:06:02,795 BREATHTAKING DEGREE, AND HAD 238 00:06:02,862 --> 00:06:04,297 SOMETHING CALLED A "WENCH 239 00:06:04,363 --> 00:06:06,466 AUCTION" IN PLACE AT DISNEYLAND 240 00:06:06,532 --> 00:06:08,468 UNTIL 2018. 241 00:06:08,534 --> 00:06:10,570 SO I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU'VE HAD 242 00:06:10,636 --> 00:06:12,772 A 100% NET POSITIVE EFFECT. 243 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:13,973 SO CHAPEK'S STATEMENT DIDN'T GO 244 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:16,676 OVER WELL. 245 00:06:16,743 --> 00:06:17,577 TWO DAYS LATER, 246 00:06:17,643 --> 00:06:18,811 ON A SHAREHOLDER CALL, HE TOOK 247 00:06:18,878 --> 00:06:19,345 ANOTHER SWING, EXPRESSING 248 00:06:19,412 --> 00:06:19,912 OPPOSITION TO THE BILL, AND 249 00:06:19,979 --> 00:06:20,613 SAYING THIS. 250 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:22,415 >> WHEN WE DONATE MONEY TO 251 00:06:22,482 --> 00:06:25,284 DIFFERENT POLITICAL CANDIDATES, 252 00:06:25,351 --> 00:06:26,819 WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW THEY'RE 253 00:06:26,886 --> 00:06:28,221 GOING TO VOTE GOING FORWARD 254 00:06:28,287 --> 00:06:29,756 INTO THE FUTURE. 255 00:06:29,822 --> 00:06:31,023 >> John: THAT IS SUCH BULLSHIT, 256 00:06:31,090 --> 00:06:32,091 IT'S ACTIVELY INSULTING. 257 00:06:32,158 --> 00:06:33,826 BECAUSE THAT'S NOT HOW DONATING 258 00:06:33,893 --> 00:06:35,161 WORKS. 259 00:06:35,228 --> 00:06:36,462 WHEN YOU DONATE MONEY, 260 00:06:36,529 --> 00:06:37,597 YOU GENERALLY KNOW WHAT THE 261 00:06:37,663 --> 00:06:38,197 RECIPIENT IS GOING TO DO WITH 262 00:06:38,264 --> 00:06:39,031 IT. 263 00:06:39,098 --> 00:06:41,134 THAT'S WHY PEOPLE GIVE TO 264 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:42,702 FEEDING AMERICA AND NOT FEEDING 265 00:06:42,769 --> 00:06:44,370 AMERICA OR MAYBE TAKE FOOD AWAY 266 00:06:44,437 --> 00:06:45,638 FROM AMERICA AND PUT IT IN A BIG 267 00:06:45,705 --> 00:06:48,241 HOLE, WHO REALLY KNOWS? 268 00:06:48,307 --> 00:06:50,042 AND DISNEY SHOULD ABSOLUTELY 269 00:06:50,109 --> 00:06:52,044 HAVE HAD A GOOD IDEA HOW DENNIS 270 00:06:52,111 --> 00:06:53,813 BAXLEY WOULD VOTE WHEN THEY GAVE 271 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:55,047 HIM MONEY, GIVEN HE'S NOT BEEN 272 00:06:55,114 --> 00:06:55,681 SHY ABOUT SHARING HIS VIEWS ON A 273 00:06:55,748 --> 00:06:57,116 HOST OF TOPICS. 274 00:06:57,183 --> 00:06:58,417 HE ONCE SUGGESTED ABORTION IS 275 00:06:58,484 --> 00:07:00,319 CAUSING EUROPEANS TO BE REPLACED 276 00:07:00,386 --> 00:07:01,420 BY IMMIGRANTS AND IS PAVING THE 277 00:07:01,487 --> 00:07:04,056 WAY FOR THE END OF WESTERN 278 00:07:04,123 --> 00:07:04,991 CIVILIZATION, AND AS RECENTLY AS 279 00:07:05,057 --> 00:07:06,359 2020, HE JOINED OTHERS IN FILING 280 00:07:06,425 --> 00:07:09,796 BILLS TO REPEAL PROTECTIONS FOR 281 00:07:09,862 --> 00:07:10,630 LGBTQ WORKERS AND LEGALIZE GAY 282 00:07:10,696 --> 00:07:13,032 CONVERSION THERAPY. 283 00:07:13,099 --> 00:07:14,500 AND HE ALSO ONCE SAID THIS. 284 00:07:14,567 --> 00:07:17,870 >> I KNOW SOME DISTRICTS 285 00:07:17,937 --> 00:07:21,407 WHERE THERE'S A BIG INFESTATION 286 00:07:21,474 --> 00:07:24,577 OF HOMOSEXUALS THAT ARE PUSHING 287 00:07:24,644 --> 00:07:25,545 THEIR AGENDA UNDER THE SCREEN 288 00:07:25,611 --> 00:07:28,080 AND THEY TRY AND GET MORE PEOPLE 289 00:07:28,147 --> 00:07:30,283 HIRED THAT ARE LIKE THEM, 290 00:07:30,349 --> 00:07:32,018 AND SET UP GAY ADOPTIONS, 291 00:07:32,084 --> 00:07:34,520 AND ALL THIS STUFF, SO IT'S A 292 00:07:34,587 --> 00:07:36,756 CONTINUAL FIGHT FOR THE VALUES 293 00:07:36,823 --> 00:07:40,660 THAT WE HOLD DEAR. 294 00:07:40,726 --> 00:07:42,295 >> John: OKAY, SO THERE'S A LOT 295 00:07:42,361 --> 00:07:43,863 TO UNPACK THERE, 296 00:07:43,930 --> 00:07:44,764 FROM THE DECOR WHICH SCREAMS 297 00:07:44,831 --> 00:07:45,231 "CHRISTMAS IN HOSPICE" 298 00:07:45,298 --> 00:07:45,898 TO THE DISGUSTING USE 299 00:07:45,965 --> 00:07:46,532 OF THE WORD "INFESTATION" TO THE 300 00:07:46,599 --> 00:07:47,400 FACT HE'S TALKING ABOUT STOPPING 301 00:07:47,466 --> 00:07:48,601 GAY ADOPTION IN FRONT OF A 302 00:07:48,668 --> 00:07:50,002 RONALD REAGAN QUOTE THAT SAYS 303 00:07:50,069 --> 00:07:51,871 "MAN IS NOT FREE UNLESS 304 00:07:51,938 --> 00:07:52,905 GOVERNMENT IS LIMITED." 305 00:07:52,972 --> 00:07:55,141 AN IRONY COMPLETELY LOST ON 306 00:07:55,208 --> 00:07:57,043 DENNIS. 307 00:07:57,109 --> 00:07:58,344 CHAPEK THEN TOOK A THIRD SWING 308 00:07:58,411 --> 00:07:59,979 AT AN APOLOGY ON FRIDAY, SAYING 309 00:08:00,046 --> 00:08:00,847 DISNEY WAS PAUSING ALL ITS 310 00:08:00,913 --> 00:08:01,714 POLITICAL GIVING IN FLORIDA, 311 00:08:01,781 --> 00:08:03,883 PENDING A REVIEW, AND PROMISING, 312 00:08:03,950 --> 00:08:06,252 "I AM AN ALLY YOU CAN COUNT ON," 313 00:08:06,319 --> 00:08:06,853 FOR WHICH THE JURY IS VERY 314 00:08:06,919 --> 00:08:08,387 MUCH OUT. 315 00:08:08,454 --> 00:08:10,756 BUT WHEN THIS BILL PASSES -- 316 00:08:10,823 --> 00:08:11,891 AS SEEMS INEVITABLE -- 317 00:08:11,958 --> 00:08:13,893 THE HARM WILL HAVE BEEN DONE. 318 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:17,864 THAT KINDERGARTEN TEACHER 319 00:08:17,930 --> 00:08:20,867 WHO'S WEARING A FUCKING MICKEY 320 00:08:20,933 --> 00:08:21,667 MOUSE T-SHIRT IN THAT PHOTO WITH 321 00:08:21,734 --> 00:08:22,568 HIS PARTNER WILL HAVE BEEN 322 00:08:22,635 --> 00:08:23,669 BETRAYED BY A COMPANY WHOSE WORK 323 00:08:23,736 --> 00:08:24,503 HE LOVES. 324 00:08:24,570 --> 00:08:25,104 AND FOR ALL CHAPEK'S 325 00:08:25,171 --> 00:08:26,072 SELF-CONGRATULATION ABOUT HOW 326 00:08:26,138 --> 00:08:27,273 DISNEY MOVIES LIKE BLACK PANTHER 327 00:08:27,340 --> 00:08:28,507 CAN INSTIGATE CHANGE, THAT 328 00:08:28,574 --> 00:08:29,742 CHANGE CLEARLY HAS ITS LIMITS, 329 00:08:29,809 --> 00:08:31,944 GIVEN THAT JUST THIS WEEK, NEWS 330 00:08:32,011 --> 00:08:33,112 BROKE THAT THE MOVIE'S DIRECTOR, 331 00:08:33,179 --> 00:08:33,913 RYAN COOGLER, HAD BEEN 332 00:08:33,980 --> 00:08:34,780 HANDCUFFED BY POLICE WHILE 333 00:08:34,847 --> 00:08:35,882 TRYING TO WITHDRAW MONEY FROM 334 00:08:35,948 --> 00:08:37,850 HIS OWN BANK ACCOUNT. 335 00:08:37,917 --> 00:08:39,585 MARGINALIZED CREATORS HAVE MADE 336 00:08:39,652 --> 00:08:41,287 BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR DISNEY. 337 00:08:41,354 --> 00:08:44,190 NOW, SHOULD IT EMBARRASS THEM 338 00:08:44,257 --> 00:08:44,757 THAT IT TOOK THEM UNTIL THIS 339 00:08:44,824 --> 00:08:46,225 WEEK TO REALIZE THEY SHOULDN'T 340 00:08:46,292 --> 00:08:46,826 TAKE THAT MONEY AND ACTIVELY 341 00:08:46,893 --> 00:08:47,827 UNDERMINE THOSE CREATORS' 342 00:08:47,894 --> 00:08:48,995 INTERESTS? 343 00:08:49,061 --> 00:08:52,331 WHO'S TO SAY? 344 00:08:52,398 --> 00:08:53,165 I'LL TELL YOU. 345 00:08:53,232 --> 00:08:53,900 I AM. 346 00:08:53,966 --> 00:08:55,268 I'M ZAZU, REMEMBER. 347 00:08:55,334 --> 00:08:56,802 AND WHILE I HAVEN'T BEEN INVITED 348 00:08:56,869 --> 00:08:57,904 BACK FOR THE PREQUEL YET, AFTER 349 00:08:57,970 --> 00:08:58,537 TONIGHT, I'VE GOT A PRETTY GOOD 350 00:08:58,604 --> 00:09:00,406 FEELING ABOUT IT. 351 00:09:00,473 --> 00:09:03,743 AND NOW THIS. 352 00:09:03,809 --> 00:09:08,948 >> AND NOW JIM CRAMER PRESENTS 353 00:09:09,015 --> 00:09:09,448 GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE. 354 00:09:09,515 --> 00:09:11,651 >> LET'S START WITH WENDY'S. 355 00:09:11,717 --> 00:09:13,185 I LIKE WENDY'S. 356 00:09:13,252 --> 00:09:14,787 NOT JUST BECAUSE MY WIFE CAN PUT 357 00:09:14,854 --> 00:09:16,555 AWAY A DOUBLE BACONATOR QUICKER 358 00:09:16,622 --> 00:09:17,356 THAN ANYONE. 359 00:09:17,423 --> 00:09:19,392 THEY HAVE HIGHLIGHTED MY WIFE 360 00:09:19,458 --> 00:09:20,826 EATING A JUICY BACONATOR ALL 361 00:09:20,893 --> 00:09:22,061 OVER HER CAR. 362 00:09:22,128 --> 00:09:24,030 MY WIFE IS CRAZY ABOUT IT. 363 00:09:24,096 --> 00:09:26,232 SHE DOESN'T CARE. 364 00:09:26,299 --> 00:09:28,634 MY WIFE HAD A BACONATOR. 365 00:09:28,701 --> 00:09:29,669 HOLY COW. 366 00:09:29,735 --> 00:09:31,437 THAT'S TOUGH TO WORK OFF. 367 00:09:31,504 --> 00:09:33,372 MY WIFE HAD A BACONATOR DURING 368 00:09:33,439 --> 00:09:35,241 VACATION WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY A 369 00:09:35,308 --> 00:09:37,209 BULK UP SITUATION. 370 00:09:37,276 --> 00:09:38,044 MY WIFE CHAMPIONED THAT 371 00:09:38,110 --> 00:09:40,613 BACONATOR PRETTY GOT TO GO TO 372 00:09:40,680 --> 00:09:41,180 PLANET FITNESS RIGHT AFTER. 373 00:09:41,247 --> 00:09:43,249 MY WIFE IS A WENDY'S PERSON. 374 00:09:43,316 --> 00:09:44,684 SHE LIKES THE BACONATOR. 375 00:09:44,750 --> 00:09:45,851 SHE LOVES THE BACONATOR. 376 00:09:45,918 --> 00:09:48,054 >> I KNOW YOUR WIFE LIKES THAT 377 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:49,922 BACONATOR ON A REGULAR BASIS. 378 00:09:49,989 --> 00:09:50,790 >> SHE LOVES THE BACONATOR. 379 00:09:50,856 --> 00:09:52,458 I DID IT TO STOP MY WIFE 380 00:09:52,525 --> 00:09:53,793 YESTERDAY FROM GETTING A 381 00:09:53,859 --> 00:09:54,360 BACONATOR. 382 00:09:54,427 --> 00:09:56,629 I SAID ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! 383 00:09:56,696 --> 00:09:57,830 INCLUDING IN THE MID SINGLE 384 00:09:57,897 --> 00:09:59,799 DIGITS AND THAT WAS BECAUSE MY 385 00:09:59,865 --> 00:10:01,100 WIFE LIKED THE BACONATOR. 386 00:10:01,167 --> 00:10:03,002 SHE LIKES THE DOUBLE CHEESE 387 00:10:03,069 --> 00:10:03,936 BACONATOR. 388 00:10:04,003 --> 00:10:06,205 ONCE AGAIN, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO 389 00:10:06,272 --> 00:10:09,508 LISA. 390 00:10:09,575 --> 00:10:10,910 >> John: MOVING ON. 391 00:10:10,977 --> 00:10:12,311 OUR MAIN STORY TONIGHT CONCERNS 392 00:10:12,378 --> 00:10:13,512 LIVE ENTERTAINMENT. 393 00:10:13,579 --> 00:10:15,014 IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS PEOPLE 394 00:10:15,081 --> 00:10:16,048 MISSED MOST DURING THE PANDEMIC, 395 00:10:16,115 --> 00:10:16,816 AND EVERYONE WAS VERY EXCITED TO 396 00:10:16,882 --> 00:10:19,151 SEE IT START TO COME BACK. 397 00:10:19,218 --> 00:10:20,619 >> IT'S BEEN MORE THAN A YEAR 398 00:10:20,686 --> 00:10:21,721 WITHOUT THEM, BUT NOW HAMPTON 399 00:10:21,787 --> 00:10:22,288 COLOSSEUM IS BRINGING BACK 400 00:10:22,355 --> 00:10:23,322 CONCERTS. 401 00:10:23,389 --> 00:10:23,923 >> I'M PUMPED. 402 00:10:23,990 --> 00:10:24,590 I'M READY TO GO. 403 00:10:24,657 --> 00:10:25,391 I'M VACCINATED. 404 00:10:25,458 --> 00:10:28,427 I'M READY TO GO. 405 00:10:28,494 --> 00:10:29,428 I'VE BEEN LOCKED UP FOR A 406 00:10:29,495 --> 00:10:30,229 YEAR AND TEN MONTHS AND NOW I'M 407 00:10:30,296 --> 00:10:31,263 GONNA LET LOOSE AND DESTROY THIS 408 00:10:31,330 --> 00:10:32,264 PLACE. 409 00:10:32,331 --> 00:10:33,699 >> John: YOU KNOW WHAT? 410 00:10:33,766 --> 00:10:35,134 LET HIM HAVE IT. 411 00:10:35,201 --> 00:10:35,968 EVERYONE MISSED THEIR COMFORTS 412 00:10:36,035 --> 00:10:37,003 DURING THE PANDEMIC. 413 00:10:37,069 --> 00:10:37,837 FOR INSTANCE, I CAN GUARANTEE 414 00:10:37,903 --> 00:10:39,839 THE SENTENCE "I'VE BEEN LOCKED 415 00:10:39,905 --> 00:10:40,673 UP FOR A YEAR AND TEN MONTHS AND 416 00:10:40,740 --> 00:10:42,708 NOW I'M HERE TO DESTROY THIS 417 00:10:42,775 --> 00:10:43,776 PLACE" WAS ALSO SAID SEVERAL 418 00:10:43,843 --> 00:10:45,611 TIMES AT THE RE-OPENING OF 419 00:10:45,678 --> 00:10:46,545 AN ANN TAYLOR LOFT. 420 00:10:46,612 --> 00:10:48,881 EVERYONE'S BEEN A BIT EDGY. 421 00:10:48,948 --> 00:10:51,884 LIVE ENTERTAINMENT UNDENIABLY 422 00:10:51,951 --> 00:10:52,952 OFFERS UNIQUE EXPERIENCES FROM 423 00:10:53,019 --> 00:10:53,919 TAYLOR SWIFT UNVEILING HER 424 00:10:53,986 --> 00:10:55,054 SQUAD, TO A HOLOGRAM TUPAC 425 00:10:55,121 --> 00:10:56,822 PERFORMING AT COACHELLA, TO THIS 426 00:10:56,889 --> 00:10:57,490 UNSURPASSED MOMENT FROM A JUSTIN 427 00:10:57,556 --> 00:11:04,130 BIEBER CONCERT. 428 00:11:04,196 --> 00:11:07,133 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 429 00:11:07,199 --> 00:11:10,436 GOOD. 430 00:11:10,503 --> 00:11:11,270 GOOD. 431 00:11:11,337 --> 00:11:12,405 I'M GLAD THAT HAPPENED. 432 00:11:12,471 --> 00:11:13,406 AND WHILE IT'S AMAZING TO WATCH 433 00:11:13,472 --> 00:11:14,673 THAT TOGETHER NOW, JUST IMAGINE 434 00:11:14,740 --> 00:11:15,274 BEING THERE TO SEE IT LIVE IN 435 00:11:15,341 --> 00:11:16,709 PERSON. 436 00:11:16,776 --> 00:11:17,543 BUT IF YOU'VE BOUGHT OR EVEN 437 00:11:17,610 --> 00:11:19,645 TRIED TO BUY TICKETS RECENTLY, 438 00:11:19,712 --> 00:11:20,379 YOU KNOW THOSE EXPERIENCES COME 439 00:11:20,446 --> 00:11:21,313 AT A COST. 440 00:11:21,380 --> 00:11:22,348 >> I JUST SPENT THE 441 00:11:22,415 --> 00:11:23,416 LAST HOUR AND 15 MINUTES 442 00:11:23,482 --> 00:11:25,051 TRYING TO GET PINK TICKETS. 443 00:11:25,117 --> 00:11:26,352 IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE BEHIND 444 00:11:26,419 --> 00:11:28,220 THE STAGE, YOU'RE LOOKING 445 00:11:28,287 --> 00:11:31,424 AT $500 PER TICKET. 446 00:11:31,490 --> 00:11:33,092 WHO CAN AFFORD THAT? 447 00:11:33,159 --> 00:11:35,461 >> FOR THE AMOUNT THAT I'M 448 00:11:35,528 --> 00:11:37,329 PAYING TO SEE ANY RANDOM BAND 449 00:11:37,396 --> 00:11:38,464 THAT'S GOING ON TOUR, 450 00:11:38,531 --> 00:11:39,765 THEY BETTER BE FUCKING 451 00:11:39,832 --> 00:11:40,733 SERENADING ME. 452 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:42,234 >> WHY ARE BAD BUNNY 453 00:11:42,301 --> 00:11:45,738 TICKETS SO DAMN EXPENSIVE? 454 00:11:45,805 --> 00:11:47,706 Y'ALL MAKING ME WANT TO SELL MY 455 00:11:47,773 --> 00:11:50,109 HUSBAND'S FEET ON ONLYFANS! 456 00:11:50,176 --> 00:11:51,944 >> John: WOW. 457 00:11:52,011 --> 00:11:52,978 THAT IS A STRIKING SENTIMENT. 458 00:11:53,045 --> 00:11:54,146 ACTUALLY HOLD ON. 459 00:11:54,213 --> 00:11:56,549 HOLD ON. 460 00:11:56,615 --> 00:11:59,051 FOR SALE? 461 00:11:59,118 --> 00:12:02,321 HUSBAND FEET. 462 00:12:02,388 --> 00:12:03,622 ONLYFANS. 463 00:12:03,689 --> 00:12:05,791 WE DID IT! 464 00:12:05,858 --> 00:12:06,725 WE CREATED A SADDER STORY 465 00:12:06,792 --> 00:12:07,193 IN "FIVE" WORDS. 466 00:12:07,259 --> 00:12:08,194 SUCK IT, HEMINGWAY! 467 00:12:08,260 --> 00:12:08,494 SUCK IT! 468 00:12:08,561 --> 00:12:09,095 IF YOU THINK TICKETS HAVE BEEN 469 00:12:09,161 --> 00:12:09,762 GETTING RIDICULOUSLY EXPENSIVE, 470 00:12:09,829 --> 00:12:10,029 THEY HAVE. 471 00:12:10,096 --> 00:12:10,429 THE AVERAGE PRICE 472 00:12:10,496 --> 00:12:11,063 FOR A POPULAR CONCERT HAS MORE 473 00:12:11,130 --> 00:12:12,064 THAN TRIPLED SINCE THE MID-'90s, 474 00:12:12,131 --> 00:12:13,199 VASTLY OUTPACING INFLATION. 475 00:12:13,265 --> 00:12:14,733 AND THAT'S BEFORE THEY HIT THE 476 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:16,068 RESALE MARKET. 477 00:12:16,135 --> 00:12:17,036 AND WITH HUGE ARTISTS STARTING 478 00:12:17,103 --> 00:12:18,604 TO PUT TICKETS ON SALE FOR 479 00:12:18,671 --> 00:12:19,872 SUMMER SHOWS, THAT IRRITATION IS 480 00:12:19,939 --> 00:12:21,941 ONLY LIKELY TO INCREASE. 481 00:12:22,007 --> 00:12:23,542 SO TONIGHT, WE THOUGHT WE'D TRY 482 00:12:23,609 --> 00:12:24,810 AND EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHY BAD 483 00:12:24,877 --> 00:12:26,779 BUNNY TICKETS ARE SO EXPENSIVE, 484 00:12:26,846 --> 00:12:29,682 WHO'S MAKING MONEY OFF THEM, AND 485 00:12:29,748 --> 00:12:30,249 WHAT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO 486 00:12:30,316 --> 00:12:30,916 ABOUT IT THAT DOESN'T INVOLVE 487 00:12:30,983 --> 00:12:31,951 SELLING YOUR HUSBAND'S FEET. 488 00:12:32,017 --> 00:12:33,352 AND LET'S START WITH THE COMPANY 489 00:12:33,419 --> 00:12:34,520 THAT YOU'RE IMMEDIATELY THINKING 490 00:12:34,587 --> 00:12:36,622 OF: TICKETMASTER. 491 00:12:36,689 --> 00:12:37,857 THEY'RE THE BIGGEST PLAYER IN 492 00:12:37,923 --> 00:12:39,859 THE TICKET MARKET, BY FAR, AND 493 00:12:39,925 --> 00:12:41,861 CLAIM THEY STRIVE TO PUT FANS 494 00:12:41,927 --> 00:12:43,529 FIRST, AND THAT "THE PEOPLE WE 495 00:12:43,596 --> 00:12:45,698 CARE MOST ABOUT ARE THE FANS." 496 00:12:45,764 --> 00:12:46,932 AND YET, AS ANYONE WHO'S EVER 497 00:12:46,999 --> 00:12:49,235 BOUGHT A TICKET FROM THEM KNOWS, 498 00:12:49,301 --> 00:12:50,002 THAT'S GENERALLY NOT THE FEELING 499 00:12:50,069 --> 00:12:51,904 YOU GET WHEN DEALING WITH THEM, 500 00:12:51,971 --> 00:12:53,405 AS THIS YOUTUBER EXPLAINS. 501 00:12:53,472 --> 00:12:55,341 >> IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT I 502 00:12:55,407 --> 00:12:57,743 HAD AS A WISH, FOR ANY BIG 503 00:12:57,810 --> 00:12:59,178 ARTIST OR BAND THAT COMES 504 00:12:59,245 --> 00:13:00,913 THROUGH, WHETHER IT'S K-POP, 505 00:13:00,980 --> 00:13:01,914 WHETHER IT'S A WESTERN ARTIST, 506 00:13:01,981 --> 00:13:03,816 I DON'T GIVE A SHIT IF YOU'RE 507 00:13:03,883 --> 00:13:05,451 A MAGICIAN -- ANY BIG TICKET 508 00:13:05,518 --> 00:13:09,155 PERSON THAT EVER COMES THROUGH, 509 00:13:09,221 --> 00:13:10,055 AND DOES A CONCERT -- 510 00:13:10,122 --> 00:13:10,823 NEVER USE TICKETMASTER. 511 00:13:10,890 --> 00:13:12,858 USE LITERALLY ANYONE ELSE. 512 00:13:12,925 --> 00:13:13,726 THEY ARE TERRIBLE. 513 00:13:13,792 --> 00:13:15,027 >> John: OKAY, FIRST. 514 00:13:15,094 --> 00:13:15,961 EXCELLENT SHADE THROWN AT 515 00:13:16,028 --> 00:13:22,201 MAGICIANS. 516 00:13:22,268 --> 00:13:30,709 NOTED AND APPRECIATED. 517 00:13:30,776 --> 00:13:32,478 TICKETMASTER IS ONE OF THE MOST 518 00:13:32,545 --> 00:13:36,982 HATED. 519 00:13:37,049 --> 00:13:37,783 WE'VE GOT A FEW WEEKS 520 00:13:37,850 --> 00:13:38,684 TILL THE MERGER GOES THROUGH. 521 00:13:38,751 --> 00:13:39,185 IT'S GONNA BE A BUMPY RIDE 522 00:13:39,251 --> 00:13:39,618 TILL THEN. 523 00:13:39,685 --> 00:13:40,319 AND ALSO AFTER. 524 00:13:40,386 --> 00:13:41,053 AND LOOK, IT'S NO SECRET 525 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:42,087 TICKETMASTER IS HORRIBLE. 526 00:13:42,154 --> 00:13:43,455 BUT EXACTLY HOW IT'S HORRIBLE IS 527 00:13:43,522 --> 00:13:44,590 GENUINELY INTERESTING. 528 00:13:44,657 --> 00:13:45,758 AND LET'S START WITH ONE OF THE 529 00:13:45,824 --> 00:13:46,926 THINGS THAT INFURIATES PEOPLE 530 00:13:46,992 --> 00:13:48,661 MOST ABOUT THEM: THE FEES. 531 00:13:48,727 --> 00:13:49,428 THEY CAN COME AS A NASTY 532 00:13:49,495 --> 00:13:51,697 SURPRISE AT THE VERY END OF A 533 00:13:51,764 --> 00:13:54,133 TRANSACTION AND CAN RANGE FROM 534 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:56,535 THE ANNOYING TO THE 535 00:13:56,602 --> 00:13:57,169 COMPLETELY BATSHIT. 536 00:13:57,236 --> 00:13:57,736 WE FOUND A TICKET TO A 2019 537 00:13:57,803 --> 00:13:58,504 KIDZ BOP CONCERT WITH FEES THAT 538 00:13:58,571 --> 00:14:01,607 AMOUNTED TO 75% OF FACE VALUE. 539 00:14:01,674 --> 00:14:02,641 FOR ONE TICKET TO A TYLER THE 540 00:14:02,708 --> 00:14:08,380 CREATOR SHOW NEXT WEEK, THE FEES 541 00:14:08,447 --> 00:14:15,154 ADD AN EXTRA 78%. 542 00:14:15,221 --> 00:14:18,991 TICKETS AT A MONSTER TRUCK 543 00:14:19,058 --> 00:14:19,725 RALLY $16.41. 544 00:14:19,792 --> 00:14:20,359 MORE THAN THE COST OF THE TICKET 545 00:14:20,426 --> 00:14:21,594 ITSELF! 546 00:14:21,660 --> 00:14:22,261 ALTHOUGH I WILL SAY, IN THE CASE 547 00:14:22,328 --> 00:14:22,861 OF THAT KIDZ BOP TOUR, IT 548 00:14:22,928 --> 00:14:23,762 MIGHT'VE BEEN WORTH IT, BECAUSE 549 00:14:23,829 --> 00:14:24,797 THEY COULD'VE PLAYED THIS. 550 00:14:24,863 --> 00:14:25,397 >> ♪ I JUST TOOK A DNA TEST 551 00:14:25,464 --> 00:14:27,533 TURNS OUT I'M 100% THAT KID 552 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:28,767 EVEN WHEN I'M CRYING CRAZY ♪ 553 00:14:28,834 --> 00:14:30,102 YEAH, I GOT SOME PROBLEMS, 554 00:14:30,169 --> 00:14:32,071 THAT'S THE HUMAN IN ME ♪ 555 00:14:32,137 --> 00:14:33,839 ♪ BLING BLING, THEN I SOLVE 'EM, 556 00:14:33,906 --> 00:14:34,907 THAT'S THE GODDESS IN ME ♪ 557 00:14:34,974 --> 00:14:35,708 ♪ YOU COULDA HAD A GOOD FRIEND, 558 00:14:35,774 --> 00:14:37,109 NONCOMMITTAL 559 00:14:37,176 --> 00:14:38,410 HELP YOU WITH YOUR ♪ 560 00:14:38,477 --> 00:14:40,913 CAREER JUST A LITTLE ♪ 561 00:14:40,980 --> 00:14:41,714 >> John: STOP IT! 562 00:14:41,780 --> 00:14:44,049 STOP IT RIGHT NOW! 563 00:14:44,116 --> 00:14:44,850 AND FOREVER. 564 00:14:44,917 --> 00:14:45,684 I HAVE SO MANY ISSUES WITH WHAT 565 00:14:45,751 --> 00:14:46,785 YOU JUST SAW, THE LEAST OF WHICH 566 00:14:46,852 --> 00:14:48,854 IS WHAT THEY DID TO THE LYRICS. 567 00:14:48,921 --> 00:14:50,055 BECAUSE IF YOU'RE SAYING "TOOK A 568 00:14:50,122 --> 00:14:52,224 DNA TEST TURNS OUT I'M 100% THAT 569 00:14:52,291 --> 00:14:53,425 KID," YOU'RE EITHER A, 570 00:14:53,492 --> 00:14:54,760 SETTLING A PATERNITY DISPUTE 571 00:14:54,827 --> 00:14:55,861 ON "MAURY," 572 00:14:55,928 --> 00:14:57,029 OR B, RETURNING TO YOUR HOMETOWN 573 00:14:57,096 --> 00:14:57,596 AFTER HAVING BEEN KIDNAPPED 574 00:14:57,663 --> 00:14:59,098 THIRTY YEARS AGO. 575 00:14:59,164 --> 00:15:00,032 "I SWEAR! 576 00:15:00,099 --> 00:15:01,300 I JUST TOOK A DNA TEST, TURNS 577 00:15:01,367 --> 00:15:08,440 OUT I'M 100% THAT KID!" 578 00:15:08,507 --> 00:15:12,911 IT'S EASY AND FUN TO SHIT ON 579 00:15:12,978 --> 00:15:14,313 TICKETMASTER AND THEIR FEES, AS 580 00:15:14,380 --> 00:15:16,849 THEY POINT OUT THEY ARE NOT 581 00:15:16,915 --> 00:15:18,751 SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM. 582 00:15:18,817 --> 00:15:19,752 SAYING THEY SHARE IN A PORTION 583 00:15:19,818 --> 00:15:22,454 OF THE FEES WE COLLECT WHICH IS 584 00:15:22,521 --> 00:15:23,589 TRUE. 585 00:15:23,656 --> 00:15:24,123 TICKETMASTER ENTERS INTO 586 00:15:24,189 --> 00:15:24,690 CONTRACTS THAT SET AND SHARE 587 00:15:24,757 --> 00:15:25,257 FEES WITH THE VENUES WHERE 588 00:15:25,324 --> 00:15:25,891 CONCERTS ARE HELD, THE PROMOTERS 589 00:15:25,958 --> 00:15:26,525 WHO BOOK, MARKET, AND ORGANIZE 590 00:15:26,592 --> 00:15:27,126 THE SHOWS, AND SOMETIMES EVEN 591 00:15:27,192 --> 00:15:28,894 THE ARTISTS THEMSELVES. 592 00:15:28,961 --> 00:15:31,230 YOU COULD SAY TICKETMASTER'S 593 00:15:31,297 --> 00:15:34,066 BUSINESS MODEL IS TO STAND IN AS 594 00:15:34,133 --> 00:15:34,867 THE BAD GUY AND LET ALL THOSE 595 00:15:34,933 --> 00:15:37,169 OTHER PLAYERS HIDE BEHIND THEM. 596 00:15:37,236 --> 00:15:37,736 OR YOU COULD NOT SAY IT, AND 597 00:15:37,803 --> 00:15:40,673 JUST LET TICKETMASTER'S FORMER 598 00:15:40,739 --> 00:15:41,807 CEO BASICALLY ADMIT IT DIRECTLY 599 00:15:41,874 --> 00:15:42,808 TO CONGRESS. 600 00:15:42,875 --> 00:15:43,442 >> WHEN PEOPLE HEAR WHAT 601 00:15:43,509 --> 00:15:44,143 TICKETMASTER'S SERVICE CHARGE 602 00:15:44,209 --> 00:15:45,411 IS, YOU KNOW, TICKETMASTER 603 00:15:45,477 --> 00:15:46,145 WAS SET UP AS A SYSTEM 604 00:15:46,211 --> 00:15:47,913 WHERE THEY TOOK THE HEAT FOR 605 00:15:47,980 --> 00:15:48,180 EVERYBODY. 606 00:15:48,247 --> 00:15:48,747 IN THAT SERVICE CHARGE 607 00:15:48,814 --> 00:15:49,948 ARE THE CREDIT CARD FEES, 608 00:15:50,015 --> 00:15:51,617 THE REBATES TO THE BUILDINGS, 609 00:15:51,684 --> 00:15:53,452 REBATES SOMETIMES TO ARTISTS, 610 00:15:53,519 --> 00:15:55,254 SOMETIMES REBATES TO PROMOTERS. 611 00:15:55,321 --> 00:15:56,622 SO TICKETMASTER HAS BEEN THE -- 612 00:15:56,689 --> 00:15:57,089 WE ARE LIKE THE IRS. 613 00:15:57,156 --> 00:15:58,991 WE DELIVER BAD NEWS. 614 00:15:59,058 --> 00:16:00,459 >> John: YEAH, IT'S TRUE. 615 00:16:00,526 --> 00:16:01,226 TICKETMASTER'S 616 00:16:01,293 --> 00:16:03,429 VERY LIKE THE IRS IN THAT ITS 617 00:16:03,495 --> 00:16:03,996 AN OPAQUE BUREAUCRACY, TAKES 618 00:16:04,063 --> 00:16:04,596 MORE OUT OF YOUR PAYCHECK THAN 619 00:16:04,663 --> 00:16:05,998 YOU THINK IT SHOULD, AND IS 620 00:16:06,065 --> 00:16:07,599 REPRESENTED BY MEN SO 621 00:16:07,666 --> 00:16:08,701 CATASTROPHICALLY UNCHARISMATIC 622 00:16:08,767 --> 00:16:09,601 THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE PUTTING 623 00:16:09,668 --> 00:16:10,969 THEMSELVES TO SLEEP. 624 00:16:11,036 --> 00:16:12,738 ALTHOUGH IT'S WORTH KNOWING 625 00:16:12,805 --> 00:16:14,106 THAT WHILE TICKETMASTER DOES 626 00:16:14,173 --> 00:16:16,175 SHARE FEES WITH OTHER PARTIES, 627 00:16:16,241 --> 00:16:17,576 SOME OF THOSE OTHER PARTIES MAY 628 00:16:17,643 --> 00:16:19,778 ALSO BE TICKETMASTER. 629 00:16:19,845 --> 00:16:22,781 BECAUSE JUST ONE YEAR AFTER THAT 630 00:16:22,848 --> 00:16:23,882 HEARING, THEY COMPLETED A 631 00:16:23,949 --> 00:16:24,817 GIGANTIC MERGER WITH LIVENATION, 632 00:16:24,883 --> 00:16:25,718 WHICH OWNS OR OPERATES MANY OF 633 00:16:25,784 --> 00:16:27,453 THE COUNTRY'S TOP MUSIC VENUES, 634 00:16:27,519 --> 00:16:28,420 AND CALL THEMSELVES, THE LARGEST 635 00:16:28,487 --> 00:16:30,055 PRODUCER OF LIVE MUSIC CONCERTS 636 00:16:30,122 --> 00:16:31,990 IN THE WORLD, AND SINCE THEN, 637 00:16:32,057 --> 00:16:33,058 THEY'VE HAD SOMETHING OF A 638 00:16:33,125 --> 00:16:34,626 CHOKEHOLD ON LIVE ENTERTAINMENT. 639 00:16:34,693 --> 00:16:36,595 IN FACT, THE DOJ RECENTLY 640 00:16:36,662 --> 00:16:37,529 ALLEGED THE COMPANY HAD 641 00:16:37,596 --> 00:16:40,866 REPEATEDLY STRONG-ARMED VENUES 642 00:16:40,933 --> 00:16:41,767 INTO USING TICKETMASTER AND 643 00:16:41,834 --> 00:16:43,035 RETALIATED AGAINST OR THREATENED 644 00:16:43,102 --> 00:16:43,602 VENUES THAT DID NOT USE ITS 645 00:16:43,669 --> 00:16:44,403 SERVICES. 646 00:16:44,470 --> 00:16:45,971 AND WHILE LIVENATION DENIES 647 00:16:46,038 --> 00:16:47,005 THAT, THERE'S NO DENYING JUST 648 00:16:47,072 --> 00:16:49,441 HOW MUCH POWER IT HAS. 649 00:16:49,508 --> 00:16:51,443 EVEN BEFORE THE MERGER, PEARL 650 00:16:51,510 --> 00:16:52,745 JAM, AT THE HEIGHT OF THEIR 651 00:16:52,811 --> 00:16:55,314 FAME, TRIED TO DO A TOUR WITHOUT 652 00:16:55,381 --> 00:16:56,281 TICKETMASTER OR THEIR 653 00:16:56,348 --> 00:16:57,383 AFFILIATED VENUES, BUT THEIR 654 00:16:57,449 --> 00:16:58,717 MANAGER ADMITTED AT THE TIME 655 00:16:58,784 --> 00:17:00,285 THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO PLAY 656 00:17:00,352 --> 00:17:00,953 AT WEIRD PLACES LIKE A SKI 657 00:17:01,019 --> 00:17:01,887 RESORT IN LAKE TAHOE AND A 658 00:17:01,954 --> 00:17:04,056 FAIRGROUND IN SAN DIEGO. 659 00:17:04,123 --> 00:17:06,392 AND IF PEARL JAM IN THE NINETIES 660 00:17:06,458 --> 00:17:07,793 DOESN'T HAVE THE POWER TO WALK 661 00:17:07,860 --> 00:17:08,861 AWAY FROM TICKETMASTER, NO ONE 662 00:17:08,927 --> 00:17:11,263 DOES. 663 00:17:11,330 --> 00:17:12,698 SO WHEN YOU WONDER, 664 00:17:12,765 --> 00:17:13,699 UNDERSTANDABLY, "WHY CAN'T MY 665 00:17:13,766 --> 00:17:16,001 FAVORITE ARTIST OR, INDEED, 666 00:17:16,068 --> 00:17:16,668 MAGICIAN JUST USE ANOTHER 667 00:17:16,735 --> 00:17:18,670 TICKETING COMPANY?" 668 00:17:18,737 --> 00:17:21,240 THE TRUTH IS, IF THEY WANT TO 669 00:17:21,306 --> 00:17:21,840 PERFORM AT A VENUE THAT HAS AN 670 00:17:21,907 --> 00:17:22,341 EXCLUSIVE CONTRACT WITH 671 00:17:22,408 --> 00:17:22,841 TICKETMASTER, THEY CAN'T 672 00:17:22,908 --> 00:17:25,344 ACTUALLY DO THAT. 673 00:17:25,411 --> 00:17:27,579 BUT FEES AREN'T THE ONLY 674 00:17:27,646 --> 00:17:28,847 COMPLAINT PEOPLE HAVE WITH THE 675 00:17:28,914 --> 00:17:30,249 TICKETBUYING PROCESS. 676 00:17:30,315 --> 00:17:31,383 ANOTHER IS TICKETS DISAPPEARING 677 00:17:31,450 --> 00:17:32,017 BEFORE YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO BUY 678 00:17:32,084 --> 00:17:33,452 THEM. 679 00:17:33,519 --> 00:17:34,953 CONCERTS FOR MAJOR ARTISTS CAN 680 00:17:35,020 --> 00:17:36,555 SELL OUT SO FAST, SOMETIMES, 681 00:17:36,622 --> 00:17:38,257 THEY EVEN MAKE THE NEWS. 682 00:17:38,323 --> 00:17:39,558 >> YOU KNOW YOU'RE HOT WHEN YOU 683 00:17:39,625 --> 00:17:40,459 CAN SELL OUT MADISON SQUARE 684 00:17:40,526 --> 00:17:41,727 GARDEN -- 685 00:17:41,794 --> 00:17:45,764 20,000 SEATS, 30 SECONDS. 686 00:17:45,831 --> 00:17:46,365 THAT'S WHAT JUSTIN BIEBER DID! 687 00:17:46,432 --> 00:17:48,066 >> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO 688 00:17:48,133 --> 00:17:49,501 SHOWS AT THE GARDEN, WHICH SEATS 689 00:17:49,568 --> 00:17:50,536 AROUND 20,000 PEOPLE, SELLING 690 00:17:50,602 --> 00:17:52,004 OUT IN LESS TIME THAN IT TAKES 691 00:17:52,070 --> 00:17:52,871 ME TO APPLY MY LIP GLOSS. 692 00:17:52,938 --> 00:17:55,340 THAT'S CRAZY. 693 00:17:55,407 --> 00:17:56,542 >> John: YEAH, THAT IS CRAZY. 694 00:17:56,608 --> 00:17:57,509 NOT JUST BIEBER SELLING OUT 695 00:17:57,576 --> 00:17:59,445 20,000 SEATS IN 30 SECONDS, BUT 696 00:17:59,511 --> 00:18:02,314 ALSO THAT SHE PUTS LIP GLOSS ON 697 00:18:02,381 --> 00:18:03,148 FOR OVER 30 SECONDS. 698 00:18:03,215 --> 00:18:04,550 THAT'S JUST WAY TOO MUCH TIME. 699 00:18:04,616 --> 00:18:05,484 I'LL SHOW YOU HOW YOU DO IT. 700 00:18:05,551 --> 00:18:06,018 PUT A TIMER ON THE SCREEN 701 00:18:06,084 --> 00:18:07,453 RIGHT NOW. 702 00:18:07,519 --> 00:18:12,458 CHECK THIS SHIT OUT. 703 00:18:12,524 --> 00:18:13,192 STOP THE CLOCK. 704 00:18:13,258 --> 00:18:14,259 LOOK AT THAT! 705 00:18:14,326 --> 00:18:15,794 NOT EVEN CLOSE TO 30 706 00:18:15,861 --> 00:18:18,197 SECONDS, I DIDN'T BREAK A SWEAT, 707 00:18:18,263 --> 00:18:21,133 AND I LOOK FUCKING GREAT. 708 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:22,835 BUT HERE'S THE THING. 709 00:18:22,901 --> 00:18:24,570 SELLING 20,000 SEATS IN 30 710 00:18:24,636 --> 00:18:25,504 SECONDS WOULD BE CRAZY IF THAT'S 711 00:18:25,571 --> 00:18:27,005 WHAT BIEBER DID. 712 00:18:27,072 --> 00:18:28,841 BUT HE DIDN'T. 713 00:18:28,907 --> 00:18:29,842 BECAUSE A REPORT FROM THE NEW 714 00:18:29,908 --> 00:18:31,243 YORK A.G. LATER REVEALED, FEWER 715 00:18:31,310 --> 00:18:32,244 THAN 2,000 TICKETS WERE ACTUALLY 716 00:18:32,311 --> 00:18:33,345 PUT ON SALE THAT DAY. 717 00:18:33,412 --> 00:18:34,513 AND THAT'S BY NO MEANS 718 00:18:34,580 --> 00:18:35,848 A ONE-OFF. 719 00:18:35,914 --> 00:18:37,583 FOR MANY TOP SHOWS, LESS THAN 720 00:18:37,649 --> 00:18:38,917 25% OF TICKETS ARE INITIALLY 721 00:18:38,984 --> 00:18:41,854 RELEASED TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. 722 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:43,689 AND IN AN AUDIT OF THE BLAISDELL 723 00:18:43,755 --> 00:18:45,257 CENTER IN HONOLULU, THEY FOUND 724 00:18:45,324 --> 00:18:46,625 THAT WHEN JANET JACKSON PLAYED 725 00:18:46,692 --> 00:18:48,260 THERE IN 2015, ONLY 8 PERCENT OF 726 00:18:48,327 --> 00:18:50,195 ALL TICKETS WENT TO THE GENERAL 727 00:18:50,262 --> 00:18:51,930 PUBLIC, AND WHEN MARIAH CAREY 728 00:18:51,997 --> 00:18:52,831 PLAYED THERE THE NEXT YEAR, 729 00:18:52,898 --> 00:18:56,301 IT WAS JUST 7 PERCENT. 730 00:18:56,368 --> 00:18:57,803 THAT WAS PRESUMABLY FOR HER 731 00:18:57,870 --> 00:18:58,804 FAMED MARIAH "GOOD FUCKING LUCK 732 00:18:58,871 --> 00:19:00,639 GETTING IN TO SEE THIS" TOUR. 733 00:19:00,706 --> 00:19:01,740 AND IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHERE ON 734 00:19:01,807 --> 00:19:02,708 EARTH THE REST OF THE TICKETS 735 00:19:02,774 --> 00:19:05,477 GO, WELL, THEY'RE DELIBERATELY 736 00:19:05,544 --> 00:19:06,078 HELD BACK TO BE SOLD IN OTHER 737 00:19:06,144 --> 00:19:07,980 WAYS. 738 00:19:08,046 --> 00:19:09,615 AND OFTEN A BIG CHUNK GOES TO 739 00:19:09,681 --> 00:19:10,382 CREDIT-CARD COMPANIES, AS YOU 740 00:19:10,449 --> 00:19:12,117 MIGHT KNOW FROM ADS LIKE THIS. 741 00:19:12,184 --> 00:19:13,785 >> WHEN LAUREN BROKE UP WITH ME 742 00:19:13,852 --> 00:19:14,319 SHE SAID... 743 00:19:14,386 --> 00:19:14,853 >> CHUCK, YOU'RE A LITTLE 744 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:15,787 BORING. 745 00:19:15,854 --> 00:19:17,623 BORING. 746 00:19:17,689 --> 00:19:24,096 BORING. 747 00:19:24,162 --> 00:19:25,864 >> ♪ THIS GIRL IS ON FIRE ♪ 748 00:19:25,931 --> 00:19:27,299 >> USE ANY CITI CARD TO GET 749 00:19:27,366 --> 00:19:28,367 THE BENEFITS OF PRIVATE PASS. 750 00:19:28,433 --> 00:19:29,368 MORE CONCERTS, MORE EVENTS, 751 00:19:29,434 --> 00:19:31,537 MORE EXPERIENCES. 752 00:19:31,603 --> 00:19:33,338 >> John: OH, YEAH, LAUREN? 753 00:19:33,405 --> 00:19:34,840 WOULD A BORING GUY USE OUR 754 00:19:34,907 --> 00:19:36,208 BREAK-UP AS AN EXCUSE TO SIGN UP 755 00:19:36,275 --> 00:19:37,142 FOR A CREDIT CARD SO THAT I 756 00:19:37,209 --> 00:19:38,176 COULD QUIETLY STAND BACKSTAGE 757 00:19:38,243 --> 00:19:40,012 DURING AN ALICIA KEYS CONCERT, 758 00:19:40,078 --> 00:19:41,613 AN ON-PAPER SENSIBLE DECISION? 759 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:44,750 I SUBMIT THAT A BORING GUY WOULD 760 00:19:44,816 --> 00:19:45,984 NOT DO THAT, LAUREN, AND I AWAIT 761 00:19:46,051 --> 00:19:49,521 YOUR CONFIRMATION. 762 00:19:49,588 --> 00:19:50,856 YOU FUCKED UP, LAUREN. 763 00:19:50,923 --> 00:19:52,024 AND IT'S NOT JUST TICKETS BEING 764 00:19:52,090 --> 00:19:52,591 SILOED AWAY FOR CREDIT-CARD 765 00:19:52,658 --> 00:19:53,225 OFFERS. 766 00:19:53,292 --> 00:19:55,894 THEY CAN ALSO WIND UP BEING PUT 767 00:19:55,961 --> 00:19:57,162 ON SALE BY THE PROMOTER OR A 768 00:19:57,229 --> 00:19:57,796 RADIO STATION OR THROUGH AN 769 00:19:57,863 --> 00:19:59,031 ARTIST'S FAN CLUB. 770 00:19:59,097 --> 00:20:00,098 WHICH SOUNDS FINE! 771 00:20:00,165 --> 00:20:01,199 BUT A LOT OF AVERAGE FANS CAN'T 772 00:20:01,266 --> 00:20:02,334 AFFORD SPECIAL CREDIT CARDS OR 773 00:20:02,401 --> 00:20:03,735 DON'T HAVE TIME TO JUMP THROUGH 774 00:20:03,802 --> 00:20:05,604 HOOPS IN A FAN CLUB. 775 00:20:05,671 --> 00:20:07,906 BUT ONE GROUP VERY MUCH HAS THE 776 00:20:07,973 --> 00:20:09,341 TIME AND THE RESOURCES AND 777 00:20:09,408 --> 00:20:10,075 THAT'S PROFESSIONAL TICKET 778 00:20:10,142 --> 00:20:12,144 BROKERS. 779 00:20:12,210 --> 00:20:13,145 THESE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS OR 780 00:20:13,211 --> 00:20:13,946 COMPANIES THAT BUY UP TONS OF 781 00:20:14,012 --> 00:20:15,113 TICKETS BEFORE YOU CAN GET THEM, 782 00:20:15,180 --> 00:20:16,648 SOMETIMES WITH THE HELP OF 783 00:20:16,715 --> 00:20:17,983 BOTS THAT SNAP THEM UP 784 00:20:18,050 --> 00:20:19,451 INCREDIBLY QUICKLY, BECAUSE -- 785 00:20:19,518 --> 00:20:21,687 AS YOU PROBABLY ASSUMED -- 786 00:20:21,753 --> 00:20:22,554 ALL THOSE STUPID 787 00:20:22,621 --> 00:20:23,655 "ARE YOU A ROBOT?" 788 00:20:23,722 --> 00:20:24,990 TESTS HAVE VERY MUCH NOT KEPT 789 00:20:25,057 --> 00:20:27,926 THEM ALL OUT. 790 00:20:27,993 --> 00:20:28,894 BECAUSE EVERY TIME TICKET SITES 791 00:20:28,961 --> 00:20:29,661 COME UP WITH A NEW TECHNOLOGY, 792 00:20:29,728 --> 00:20:30,862 BOTS FIND A WAY AROUND IT. 793 00:20:30,929 --> 00:20:32,731 AND ONCE BROKERS HAVE THOSE 794 00:20:32,798 --> 00:20:33,932 TICKETS, THEY'LL FLIP THEM ON 795 00:20:33,999 --> 00:20:34,566 THE SECONDARY MARKET AT A HUGE 796 00:20:34,633 --> 00:20:36,134 MARKUP. 797 00:20:36,201 --> 00:20:37,336 AND AT THIS POINT, WE SHOULD 798 00:20:37,402 --> 00:20:37,836 PROBABLY TALK ABOUT THE 799 00:20:37,903 --> 00:20:40,238 SECONDARY MARKET. 800 00:20:40,305 --> 00:20:41,273 SITES LIKE SEATGEEK, 801 00:20:41,340 --> 00:20:41,640 STUBHUB AND -- 802 00:20:41,707 --> 00:20:42,674 SURPRISE, SURPRISE -- 803 00:20:42,741 --> 00:20:45,043 TICKETMASTER AGAIN. 804 00:20:45,110 --> 00:20:46,445 THESE SITES BADLY WANT YOU TO 805 00:20:46,511 --> 00:20:47,012 THINK OF THEM AS FAN-TO-FAN 806 00:20:47,079 --> 00:20:49,081 MARKETPLACES. 807 00:20:49,147 --> 00:20:50,849 TICKETMASTER EVEN DESCRIBES ITS 808 00:20:50,916 --> 00:20:52,150 RESALE MARKETPLACE LIKE THIS. 809 00:20:52,217 --> 00:20:52,651 >> OUR OBJECTIVE IS IF 810 00:20:52,718 --> 00:20:54,586 THAT SECONDARY MARKET EXISTS, 811 00:20:54,653 --> 00:20:56,288 WE WANT TO CREATE A SAFE 812 00:20:56,355 --> 00:20:57,422 ENVIRONMENT AND PLATFORM FOR YOU 813 00:20:57,489 --> 00:20:57,756 TO BE ABLE TO 814 00:20:57,823 --> 00:20:59,358 EXCHANGE THOSE TICKETS. 815 00:20:59,424 --> 00:21:00,559 >> YOU'VE BOUGHT TICKETS 816 00:21:00,626 --> 00:21:02,327 TO GO SEE SOMEONE YOU LOVE. 817 00:21:02,394 --> 00:21:03,662 AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR, 818 00:21:03,729 --> 00:21:05,397 YOUR BABYSITTER CAN'T MAKE IT. 819 00:21:05,464 --> 00:21:07,065 YOU SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT 820 00:21:07,132 --> 00:21:08,066 TO RECOUP YOUR COSTS 821 00:21:08,133 --> 00:21:09,601 ON THAT TICKET. 822 00:21:09,668 --> 00:21:11,103 >> John: RIGHT. 823 00:21:11,169 --> 00:21:12,070 THE LAST THING YOU WANT 824 00:21:12,137 --> 00:21:13,505 IS RESENTMENT TOWARD YOUR 825 00:21:13,572 --> 00:21:15,073 BABY TO START FESTERING BECAUSE 826 00:21:15,140 --> 00:21:16,174 OF A MISSED CONCERT. 827 00:21:16,241 --> 00:21:17,242 EVERY TIME YOU LOOK AT THEIR 828 00:21:17,309 --> 00:21:18,910 CHUBBY CHEEKS, YOU'LL JUST 829 00:21:18,977 --> 00:21:19,845 THINK, "IF YOU WEREN'T BORN, 830 00:21:19,911 --> 00:21:21,913 I'D HAVE SEEN THE RED HOT CHILI 831 00:21:21,980 --> 00:21:22,648 PEPPERS LIVE AND I'D BE 832 00:21:22,714 --> 00:21:25,817 HAPPIER." 833 00:21:25,884 --> 00:21:26,652 YOU'RE THE WORST. 834 00:21:26,718 --> 00:21:28,086 BUT THE TRUTH IS, RESALE SITES 835 00:21:28,153 --> 00:21:28,687 ARE NOT JUST "FAN TO FAN," AT 836 00:21:28,754 --> 00:21:30,122 ALL. 837 00:21:30,188 --> 00:21:31,690 IN FACT, A GOVERNMENT REPORT 838 00:21:31,757 --> 00:21:33,225 FOUND THAT "PROFESSIONAL BROKERS 839 00:21:33,291 --> 00:21:34,026 REPRESENT EITHER THE MAJORITY OR 840 00:21:34,092 --> 00:21:35,594 THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF 841 00:21:35,661 --> 00:21:37,663 TICKET SALES" ON THESE SITES. 842 00:21:37,729 --> 00:21:38,530 AND THEY MAKE A LOT OF MONEY 843 00:21:38,597 --> 00:21:39,331 DOING IT. 844 00:21:39,398 --> 00:21:40,932 THE NEW YORK A.G.'S OFFICE FOUND 845 00:21:40,999 --> 00:21:42,634 BROKERS MARK UP THE PRICE OF 846 00:21:42,701 --> 00:21:45,103 TICKETS BY AN ESTIMATED 49% ON 847 00:21:45,170 --> 00:21:47,773 AVERAGE, BUT SOMETIMES BY MORE 848 00:21:47,839 --> 00:21:49,107 THAN 1,000% AND IN ONE 849 00:21:49,174 --> 00:21:52,177 CASE, BY 7,000%. 850 00:21:52,244 --> 00:21:52,978 THAT WAS FOR A ONE DIRECTION 851 00:21:53,045 --> 00:21:53,912 CONCERT. 852 00:21:53,979 --> 00:21:55,914 AND LET ME JUST SAY 853 00:21:55,981 --> 00:21:56,815 I DON'T REGRET IT. 854 00:21:56,882 --> 00:21:58,183 IT WAS WORTH IT. 855 00:21:58,250 --> 00:21:58,984 MY FAVORITE ONE DIRECTION 856 00:21:59,051 --> 00:21:59,918 IS NIALL. 857 00:21:59,985 --> 00:22:00,852 I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO THE OTHER 858 00:22:00,919 --> 00:22:01,319 ONES ARE. 859 00:22:01,386 --> 00:22:02,187 AND I GET MAD WHEN THEY SING 860 00:22:02,254 --> 00:22:04,523 OVER THE TOP OF HIM. 861 00:22:04,589 --> 00:22:05,290 AND TICKET-SELLING SITES GO OUT 862 00:22:05,357 --> 00:22:07,559 OF THEIR WAY TO CATER TO THEIR 863 00:22:07,626 --> 00:22:08,960 BROKER CLIENTS, BECAUSE THEY 864 00:22:09,027 --> 00:22:10,262 BRING THEM IN A LOT OF MONEY. 865 00:22:10,328 --> 00:22:11,830 FOR INSTANCE, WHILE THEY LIMIT 866 00:22:11,897 --> 00:22:13,098 THE NUMBER OF TICKETS ANY ONE 867 00:22:13,165 --> 00:22:14,833 ACCOUNT CAN BUY TO AN EVENT, 868 00:22:14,900 --> 00:22:16,301 THERE'S AN OBVIOUS WAY FOR 869 00:22:16,368 --> 00:22:17,502 BROKERS TO GET AROUND THAT, AND 870 00:22:17,569 --> 00:22:18,837 THAT'S SIMPLY TO HAVE MORE THAN 871 00:22:18,904 --> 00:22:20,305 ONE ACCOUNT. 872 00:22:20,372 --> 00:22:21,807 THIS IS A PRACTICE TICKETMASTER 873 00:22:21,873 --> 00:22:23,308 HAS LONG BEEN AWARE OF. 874 00:22:23,375 --> 00:22:25,143 THERE'S A TICKET-BROKER 875 00:22:25,210 --> 00:22:26,912 CONFERENCE IN VEGAS EACH YEAR. 876 00:22:26,978 --> 00:22:28,480 JUST WATCH WHAT HAPPENED WHEN 877 00:22:28,547 --> 00:22:29,815 REPORTERS WENT UNDERCOVER THERE, 878 00:22:29,881 --> 00:22:30,315 AND TALKED TO SOMEONE AT 879 00:22:30,382 --> 00:22:32,050 TICKETMASTER'S BOOTH. 880 00:22:32,117 --> 00:22:33,418 >> TICKETMASTER WAS BUSY 881 00:22:33,485 --> 00:22:39,424 SURROUNDED BY SCALPERS SOME OF 882 00:22:39,491 --> 00:22:40,559 >> I WANT TO KNOW THE STRAIGHT 883 00:22:40,625 --> 00:22:41,259 GOODS ON WHETHER TICKETMASTER IS 884 00:22:41,326 --> 00:22:41,793 GOING TO BE POLICING US 885 00:22:41,860 --> 00:22:42,427 USING OUR MULTIPLE 886 00:22:42,494 --> 00:22:43,228 ACCOUNTS. 887 00:22:43,295 --> 00:22:44,162 >> UH, NO. 888 00:22:44,229 --> 00:22:45,430 I HAVE A GENTLEMAN WHO'S 889 00:22:45,497 --> 00:22:46,465 GOT OVER 200 TICKETMASTER.COM 890 00:22:46,531 --> 00:22:46,998 ACCOUNTS. 891 00:22:47,065 --> 00:22:48,500 >> HOW MANY BROKERS ARE USING 892 00:22:48,567 --> 00:22:51,503 MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS? 893 00:22:51,570 --> 00:22:52,270 >> I'D SAY PRETTY DAMN NEAR 894 00:22:52,337 --> 00:22:53,238 EVERY ONE OF THEM. 895 00:22:53,305 --> 00:22:54,272 >> John: YEAH. 896 00:22:54,339 --> 00:22:55,807 OF COURSE THEY ARE! 897 00:22:55,874 --> 00:22:56,374 BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT STOPPING 898 00:22:56,441 --> 00:22:58,310 THEM. 899 00:22:58,376 --> 00:23:02,581 I WILL SAY 900 00:23:02,647 --> 00:23:07,319 I'M IN AWE OF ANYONE WHO CAN 901 00:23:07,385 --> 00:23:08,553 REMEMBER USERNAMES AND PASSWORDS 902 00:23:08,620 --> 00:23:09,354 FOR OVER 200 ACCOUNTS. 903 00:23:09,421 --> 00:23:10,055 I USE ONE PASSWORD FOR ALL MY 904 00:23:10,122 --> 00:23:10,756 ACCOUNTS, AND IT'S "NIALL HORAN 905 00:23:10,822 --> 00:23:11,423 IS THE BEST ONE DIRECTION, 906 00:23:11,490 --> 00:23:12,324 EXCLAMATION MARK." 907 00:23:12,390 --> 00:23:13,291 DON'T TELL ANYONE. 908 00:23:13,358 --> 00:23:14,459 NOW, I HAVE TO TELL YOU 909 00:23:14,526 --> 00:23:15,560 TICKETMASTER INSISTS IT SPENDS 910 00:23:15,627 --> 00:23:17,195 MILLIONS ON TECHNOLOGY TO WEED 911 00:23:17,262 --> 00:23:18,130 OUT BAD BEHAVIOR, AND THAT THAT 912 00:23:18,196 --> 00:23:18,730 EMPLOYEE'S COMMENTS WEREN'T 913 00:23:18,797 --> 00:23:20,132 REFLECTIVE OF ITS POLICIES. 914 00:23:20,198 --> 00:23:21,333 BUT EVEN TAKING THEM AT THEIR 915 00:23:21,399 --> 00:23:22,801 WORD, WHICH I'M NOT INCLINED 916 00:23:22,868 --> 00:23:24,536 TO DO, THEIR WHOLE SYSTEM IS 917 00:23:24,603 --> 00:23:27,072 DESIGNED TO BE OPAQUE. 918 00:23:27,139 --> 00:23:28,874 ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO 919 00:23:28,940 --> 00:23:33,545 BROKERS SELLING TICKETS, BECAUSE 920 00:23:33,612 --> 00:23:34,913 THE OTHER RESALE SITES ACTIVELY 921 00:23:34,980 --> 00:23:35,547 CHOOSE TO PROVIDE ANONYMITY TO 922 00:23:35,614 --> 00:23:37,048 THEM. 923 00:23:37,115 --> 00:23:38,250 SO WHEN YOU BUY A TICKET ON THE 924 00:23:38,316 --> 00:23:39,251 SECONDARY MARKET, THERE'S NO WAY 925 00:23:39,317 --> 00:23:40,318 TO KNOW THE IDENTITY OF WHO 926 00:23:40,385 --> 00:23:41,520 YOU'RE BUYING FROM, WHETHER 927 00:23:41,586 --> 00:23:44,489 IT'S A FAN WHOSE BABYSITTER 928 00:23:44,556 --> 00:23:45,891 JUST CANCELED OR A BROKER WHO 929 00:23:45,957 --> 00:23:46,758 MIGHT HAVE 500 OTHER TICKETS ON 930 00:23:46,825 --> 00:23:48,360 SALE FOR THAT SAME EVENT. 931 00:23:48,426 --> 00:23:49,494 WHICH, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, 932 00:23:49,561 --> 00:23:50,796 IS A BIT WEIRD. 933 00:23:50,862 --> 00:23:52,397 ON MOST SITES WHERE PEOPLE 934 00:23:52,464 --> 00:23:53,698 RESELL THINGS, YOU CAN SEE 935 00:23:53,765 --> 00:23:54,633 WHO YOU'RE BUYING FROM. 936 00:23:54,699 --> 00:23:57,035 TAKE EBAY. 937 00:23:57,102 --> 00:23:58,737 IF YOU SAW THIS LISTING, FOR A 938 00:23:58,804 --> 00:24:01,006 MICKEY MOUSE SHAPED POTATO 939 00:24:01,072 --> 00:24:02,374 AVAILABLE FOR $50, YOU COULD 940 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:04,142 LOOK AT THE SELLER, SEE THEIR 941 00:24:04,209 --> 00:24:04,876 USERNAME, KNOW THAT THEY HAVE 942 00:24:04,943 --> 00:24:06,378 A 100% FAVORABLE RATING, 943 00:24:06,444 --> 00:24:06,945 AND FEEL CONFIDENT IN YOUR 944 00:24:07,012 --> 00:24:08,713 PURCHASE. 945 00:24:08,780 --> 00:24:09,881 AND I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING. 946 00:24:09,948 --> 00:24:11,917 YOU'RE THINKING, "JOHN, YOU 947 00:24:11,983 --> 00:24:13,652 BOUGHT THAT POTATO, 948 00:24:13,718 --> 00:24:16,254 DIDN'T YOU? 949 00:24:16,321 --> 00:24:17,088 AND IT'S UNDER YOUR DESK, 950 00:24:17,155 --> 00:24:18,156 ISN'T IT?" 951 00:24:18,223 --> 00:24:20,192 NO. 952 00:24:20,258 --> 00:24:20,859 IT'S NOT UNDER MY DESK. 953 00:24:20,926 --> 00:24:21,226 IT'S OVER HERE! 954 00:24:21,293 --> 00:24:24,396 BEHOLD! 955 00:24:24,462 --> 00:24:26,097 OF COURSE WE BOUGHT IT. 956 00:24:26,164 --> 00:24:26,998 AS YOU CAN SEE, 957 00:24:27,065 --> 00:24:27,566 IT DEFINITELY KIND OF LOOKS 958 00:24:27,632 --> 00:24:31,436 A BIT LIKE MICKEY MOUSE! 959 00:24:31,503 --> 00:24:33,772 THE POINT IS, BROKERS, WITH 960 00:24:33,839 --> 00:24:35,240 THEIR IDENTITIES CONCEALED, 961 00:24:35,307 --> 00:24:37,108 CAN SNAP UP LARGE NUMBERS OF 962 00:24:37,175 --> 00:24:37,742 TICKETS AND RESELL THEM 963 00:24:37,809 --> 00:24:38,743 AT A MASSIVE MARKUP. 964 00:24:38,810 --> 00:24:40,412 MEANWHILE, THE SECONDARY-MARKET 965 00:24:40,478 --> 00:24:41,947 SITES ARE THEMSELVES MAKING 966 00:24:42,013 --> 00:24:43,648 MONEY BY CHARGING A PERCENTAGE 967 00:24:43,715 --> 00:24:44,382 ON THOSE LUDICROUS TICKET 968 00:24:44,449 --> 00:24:46,318 PRICES. 969 00:24:46,384 --> 00:24:48,486 WE FOUND A TICKET FOR ADELE 970 00:24:48,553 --> 00:24:50,388 SELLING ON SEATGEEK FOR $1,690, 971 00:24:50,455 --> 00:24:53,058 PLUS $538 IN FEES. 972 00:24:53,124 --> 00:24:54,392 AND LOOK, HERE'S WHERE WE NEED 973 00:24:54,459 --> 00:24:55,460 TO DEAL WITH AN UNCOMFORTABLE 974 00:24:55,527 --> 00:24:56,194 FACT. 975 00:24:56,261 --> 00:24:57,462 WHICH IS THE QUESTION OF WHAT 976 00:24:57,529 --> 00:24:59,364 THAT TICKET IS ACTUALLY WORTH. 977 00:24:59,431 --> 00:25:01,867 BECAUSE AN ECONOMIST WILL TELL 978 00:25:01,933 --> 00:25:03,235 YOU IT'S WORTH WHATEVER PEOPLE 979 00:25:03,301 --> 00:25:03,835 WILL PAY. 980 00:25:03,902 --> 00:25:04,970 SO IF SOMEONE'S WILLING TO SPEND 981 00:25:05,036 --> 00:25:06,238 OVER $2,000, INCLUDING FEES, FOR 982 00:25:06,304 --> 00:25:09,007 AN ADELE TICKET, THAT'S WHAT 983 00:25:09,074 --> 00:25:09,808 IT'S WORTH, AS GROSS AS THAT 984 00:25:09,875 --> 00:25:11,543 SOUNDS. 985 00:25:11,610 --> 00:25:12,978 BUT IF ADELE DOESN'T WANT TO 986 00:25:13,044 --> 00:25:14,746 CHARGE THAT, THERE'S GOING TO BE 987 00:25:14,813 --> 00:25:16,882 A GAP BETWEEN THE FACE VALUE OF 988 00:25:16,948 --> 00:25:18,717 THE TICKET AND WHAT SOMEONE CAN 989 00:25:18,783 --> 00:25:21,486 GET FOR IT, AND A WHOLE INDUSTRY 990 00:25:21,553 --> 00:25:22,821 IS SCRAMBLING TO EXPLOIT IT. 991 00:25:22,888 --> 00:25:23,788 AND UNFORTUNATELY, LIVE EVENTS 992 00:25:23,855 --> 00:25:25,323 ARE UNIQUELY VULNERABLE TO THIS, 993 00:25:25,390 --> 00:25:26,892 BECAUSE THEY'RE INHERENTLY RARE. 994 00:25:26,958 --> 00:25:28,827 BAD BUNNY, FOR INSTANCE, IS 995 00:25:28,894 --> 00:25:29,961 PROBABLY ONLY COMING TO YOUR 996 00:25:30,028 --> 00:25:31,930 TOWN ONCE A YEAR AT MOST, 997 00:25:31,997 --> 00:25:33,265 AND A LOT MORE PEOPLE WANT TO 998 00:25:33,331 --> 00:25:34,366 SEE HIM THAN THERE ARE SEATS. 999 00:25:34,432 --> 00:25:36,134 AND WHILE BAD BUNNY COULD CHARGE 1000 00:25:36,201 --> 00:25:38,803 THE GOING RATE FOR EVERY TICKET, 1001 00:25:38,870 --> 00:25:40,272 HE PROBABLY DOESN'T WANT TO DO 1002 00:25:40,338 --> 00:25:40,972 THAT BECAUSE HE'D LOOK LIKE AN 1003 00:25:41,039 --> 00:25:43,408 ASSHOLE. 1004 00:25:43,475 --> 00:25:44,276 WHICH HE VERY MUCH ISN'T. 1005 00:25:44,342 --> 00:25:45,043 HE'S NOT A BAD BUNNY AT ALL. 1006 00:25:45,110 --> 00:25:47,679 DESPITE THE NAME. 1007 00:25:47,746 --> 00:25:49,281 IF HE'S ANYTHING, 1008 00:25:49,347 --> 00:25:50,448 HE'S A VERY GOOD BUNNY. 1009 00:25:50,515 --> 00:25:51,583 AND AS LONG AS ARTISTS -- WITH 1010 00:25:51,650 --> 00:25:54,152 ALL GOOD INTENTIONS -- PRICE 1011 00:25:54,219 --> 00:25:55,787 THEIR TICKETS BELOW THE MARKET, 1012 00:25:55,854 --> 00:25:56,421 EXPLOITATION IS GOING TO HAPPEN, 1013 00:25:56,488 --> 00:25:57,422 AND THAT WOMAN'S HUSBAND IS 1014 00:25:57,489 --> 00:25:59,758 GOING TO HAVE TO SHOW FEET. 1015 00:25:59,824 --> 00:26:01,126 ALTHOUGH IT'S WORTH NOTING 1016 00:26:01,192 --> 00:26:02,093 SOME ARTISTS HAVE TRIED TO 1017 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:03,962 SNEAKILY GET THE SCALPER PRICE 1018 00:26:04,029 --> 00:26:05,163 FOR THEIR TICKETS WITHOUT ANYONE 1019 00:26:05,230 --> 00:26:06,798 REALLY NOTICING. 1020 00:26:06,865 --> 00:26:10,101 REMEMBER HOW JUSTIN BIEBER WAS 1021 00:26:10,168 --> 00:26:10,936 SUPPOSEDLY SELLING OUT VENUES 1022 00:26:11,002 --> 00:26:11,636 IN SECONDS, WHILE TONS OF 1023 00:26:11,703 --> 00:26:12,570 TICKETS WERE HELD BACK? 1024 00:26:12,637 --> 00:26:13,939 AT ANOTHER STOP ON THAT TOUR, 1025 00:26:14,005 --> 00:26:16,574 REPORTERS LOOKED INTO SOME OF 1026 00:26:16,641 --> 00:26:17,642 THE TICKETS ON RESALE SITES AND 1027 00:26:17,709 --> 00:26:19,177 FOUND SOMETHING SURPRISING. 1028 00:26:19,244 --> 00:26:20,578 >> SECTION 205, ROW G, 1029 00:26:20,645 --> 00:26:23,348 14 TICKETS LISTED FOR $246 EACH 1030 00:26:23,415 --> 00:26:24,516 AND GET THIS. 1031 00:26:24,582 --> 00:26:26,685 TICKETING DOCUMENTS SHOW THAT 1032 00:26:26,751 --> 00:26:28,687 ENTIRE G ROW WENT TO BIEBER'S 1033 00:26:28,753 --> 00:26:29,321 OWN TOUR. 1034 00:26:29,387 --> 00:26:30,855 >> I THINK THERE IS NO QUESTION 1035 00:26:30,922 --> 00:26:31,957 WHEN ONE LOOKS AT THE DOCUMENT 1036 00:26:32,023 --> 00:26:33,058 THAT BIEBER IS SCALPING 1037 00:26:33,124 --> 00:26:35,093 HIS OWN TICKETS. 1038 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:36,861 >> John: YEAH. 1039 00:26:36,928 --> 00:26:37,662 IT'S TRUE. 1040 00:26:37,729 --> 00:26:38,630 A GROUP OF TICKETS HELD 1041 00:26:38,697 --> 00:26:39,431 FOR BIEBER'S TOUR ENDED UP 1042 00:26:39,497 --> 00:26:40,065 RELEASED NOT TO THE BOX OFFICE, 1043 00:26:40,131 --> 00:26:41,032 BUT STRAIGHT TO THE SECONDARY 1044 00:26:41,099 --> 00:26:42,300 MARKET. 1045 00:26:42,367 --> 00:26:44,002 AND ON ONE HAND, I GET THE 1046 00:26:44,069 --> 00:26:45,870 IMPULSE OF, "IF SOMEONE'S GOING 1047 00:26:45,937 --> 00:26:47,305 TO MAKE $246 OFF THAT TICKET, 1048 00:26:47,372 --> 00:26:48,707 SHOULDN'T IT BE THE PERSON DOING 1049 00:26:48,773 --> 00:26:49,607 THE PERFORMING?" 1050 00:26:49,674 --> 00:26:53,611 BUT IT STILL DOESN'T FEEL GREAT, 1051 00:26:53,678 --> 00:26:54,646 DOES IT? 1052 00:26:54,713 --> 00:26:55,847 AND IT'S ALSO NOT GOING TO STOP 1053 00:26:55,914 --> 00:26:56,581 ME FROM SHOWING YOU THAT CLIP OF 1054 00:26:56,648 --> 00:26:59,484 HIM FALLING DOWN A HOLE AGAIN. 1055 00:26:59,551 --> 00:27:04,422 EXCELLENT. 1056 00:27:04,489 --> 00:27:06,725 IT GETS BETTER EVERY TIME 1057 00:27:06,791 --> 00:27:07,625 YOU SEE IT. 1058 00:27:07,692 --> 00:27:08,460 BIEBER'S NOT UNIQUE IN DOING 1059 00:27:08,526 --> 00:27:09,361 THIS. 1060 00:27:09,427 --> 00:27:10,261 A FEW YEARS BACK, IT EMERGED 1061 00:27:10,328 --> 00:27:10,929 THAT LIVE NATION HAD HELPED 1062 00:27:10,996 --> 00:27:11,596 METALLICA PLACE TICKETS DIRECTLY 1063 00:27:11,663 --> 00:27:12,097 ONTO THE RESALE MARKET, 1064 00:27:12,163 --> 00:27:13,498 ADMITTING ABOUT A DOZEN OTHER 1065 00:27:13,565 --> 00:27:14,933 ARTISTS HAD ASKED THEM TO DO 1066 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:16,568 THIS IN RECENT YEARS. 1067 00:27:16,634 --> 00:27:17,635 AND BEFORE YOU WORRY. 1068 00:27:17,702 --> 00:27:18,503 NO. 1069 00:27:18,570 --> 00:27:20,405 I'M NOT ONE OF THE ARTISTS 1070 00:27:20,472 --> 00:27:21,339 PUTTING TICKETS TO THIS SHOW 1071 00:27:21,406 --> 00:27:22,207 STRAIGHT ONTO THE RESALE MARKET. 1072 00:27:22,273 --> 00:27:23,208 WE DO IT THE RIGHT WAY, 1073 00:27:23,274 --> 00:27:25,110 DISTRIBUTING TICKETS AT RANDOM, 1074 00:27:25,176 --> 00:27:26,444 TO ANYONE WALKING PAST THE 1075 00:27:26,511 --> 00:27:28,713 STUDIO AT THE TIME. 1076 00:27:28,780 --> 00:27:29,347 HALF THESE IDIOTS THINK I'M THE 1077 00:27:29,414 --> 00:27:31,249 WARMUP ACT FOR DREW BARRYMORE. 1078 00:27:31,316 --> 00:27:35,320 SHE'LL BE OUT ANY MINUTE, FOLKS. 1079 00:27:35,387 --> 00:27:38,323 SHE'LL BE OUT ANY MINUTE. 1080 00:27:38,390 --> 00:27:39,524 SHE'S SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE. 1081 00:27:39,591 --> 00:27:40,425 SO, WHEN YOU TAKE ALL THIS 1082 00:27:40,492 --> 00:27:41,359 TOGETHER, THE REASON TICKETS ARE 1083 00:27:41,426 --> 00:27:43,194 SO HARD TO GET WHEN THEY'RE ON 1084 00:27:43,261 --> 00:27:43,928 SALE IS THAT THEY'RE OFTEN NOT 1085 00:27:43,995 --> 00:27:44,996 ON SALE. 1086 00:27:45,063 --> 00:27:46,564 AND THE REASON THEY COST SO MUCH 1087 00:27:46,631 --> 00:27:47,699 ON THE SECONDARY MARKET IS THAT 1088 00:27:47,766 --> 00:27:49,334 YOU'RE PAYING EXORBITANT FEES TO 1089 00:27:49,401 --> 00:27:51,803 THE PLATFORM AND MIGHT BE 1090 00:27:51,870 --> 00:27:52,804 BUYING FROM A BROKER OR IN RARE 1091 00:27:52,871 --> 00:27:53,838 CASES, EVEN FROM THE ARTIST 1092 00:27:53,905 --> 00:27:54,139 THEMSELVES. 1093 00:27:54,205 --> 00:27:55,874 AND THIS WHOLE ECOSYSTEM 1094 00:27:55,940 --> 00:27:57,742 ENRICHES A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO 1095 00:27:57,809 --> 00:27:59,511 DON'T CONTRIBUTE ANYTHING TO THE 1096 00:27:59,577 --> 00:28:00,445 ACTUAL SHOW YOU ARE PAYING TO 1097 00:28:00,512 --> 00:28:02,213 SEE. 1098 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:03,581 AND AT THE CENTER OF ALL THIS IS 1099 00:28:03,648 --> 00:28:05,550 TICKETMASTER, BECAUSE IT 1100 00:28:05,617 --> 00:28:07,252 TURBOCHARGED MANY OF THE SHITTY 1101 00:28:07,318 --> 00:28:07,852 PRACTICES THAT HAVE NOW BECOME 1102 00:28:07,919 --> 00:28:09,687 INDUSTRY STANDARD. 1103 00:28:09,754 --> 00:28:11,623 SO WHAT CAN WE DO? 1104 00:28:11,689 --> 00:28:13,024 WELL, CONGRESS COULD INJECT 1105 00:28:13,091 --> 00:28:14,559 TRANSPARENCY INTO THIS PROCESS, 1106 00:28:14,626 --> 00:28:16,094 BY PASSING LAWS THAT REQUIRE 1107 00:28:16,161 --> 00:28:17,495 SITES TO DISCLOSE THEIR FEES UP 1108 00:28:17,562 --> 00:28:18,663 FRONT, ALONG WITH THE IDENTITY 1109 00:28:18,730 --> 00:28:25,270 OF THE SELLER ON RESALE SITES. 1110 00:28:25,336 --> 00:28:26,404 BUT THE TRUTH IS MUCH OF THE 1111 00:28:26,471 --> 00:28:27,705 POWER IS ACTUALLY IN THE HANDS 1112 00:28:27,772 --> 00:28:28,506 OF ARTISTS HERE. 1113 00:28:28,573 --> 00:28:29,140 BECAUSE THE BIGGEST ONES COULD 1114 00:28:29,207 --> 00:28:29,908 DO THINGS TO TAMP DOWN THE 1115 00:28:29,974 --> 00:28:30,575 SECONDARY MARKET, LIKE MAKING 1116 00:28:30,642 --> 00:28:31,910 THEIR TICKETS NON-TRANSFERABLE, 1117 00:28:31,976 --> 00:28:33,745 MEANING RESALE IS RESTRICTED. 1118 00:28:33,812 --> 00:28:34,979 BANDS LIKE PEARL JAM HAVE 1119 00:28:35,046 --> 00:28:36,915 EXPERIMENTED WITH THIS, AND 1120 00:28:36,981 --> 00:28:37,816 BEFORE THEIR 2020 TOUR WAS 1121 00:28:37,882 --> 00:28:38,917 POSTPONED, THEY EVEN WORKED WITH 1122 00:28:38,983 --> 00:28:41,252 TICKETMASTER TO CREATE AN ONLINE 1123 00:28:41,319 --> 00:28:41,820 MARKETPLACE WHERE FANS COULD 1124 00:28:41,886 --> 00:28:43,455 SELL TICKETS THEY DIDN'T NEED, 1125 00:28:43,521 --> 00:28:45,190 BUT WITH NO ADDITIONAL FEES AND 1126 00:28:45,256 --> 00:28:47,158 NOT FOR A PROFIT. 1127 00:28:47,225 --> 00:28:48,860 THAT SEEMS LIKE THE MODEL 1128 00:28:48,927 --> 00:28:51,629 EVERYONE SHOULD BE USING. 1129 00:28:51,696 --> 00:28:52,864 BUT IF REGULATORS DON'T ACT, AND 1130 00:28:52,931 --> 00:28:53,531 ARTISTS DON'T HAVE THE CLOUT OR 1131 00:28:53,598 --> 00:28:54,599 THE INCLINATION TO REQUIRE 1132 00:28:54,666 --> 00:28:59,904 COMPANIES TO PUT THOSE 1133 00:28:59,971 --> 00:29:01,439 GUARDRAILS IN PLACE, I'M AFRAID 1134 00:29:01,506 --> 00:29:02,340 YOU AS A FAN ARE GOING TO REMAIN 1135 00:29:02,407 --> 00:29:03,141 VULNERABLE TO THE WORST PARTS OF 1136 00:29:03,208 --> 00:29:03,975 THIS SYSTEM. 1137 00:29:04,042 --> 00:29:05,043 ONE DRIVEN BY ONE OF THE MOST 1138 00:29:05,110 --> 00:29:08,113 WIDELY LOATHED COMPANIES ON 1139 00:29:08,179 --> 00:29:09,380 THE PLANET THAT BECAME EVEN 1140 00:29:09,447 --> 00:29:10,081 BIGGER, DUE TO A MERGER THAT 1141 00:29:10,148 --> 00:29:10,715 PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN 1142 00:29:10,782 --> 00:29:12,217 ALLOWED. 1143 00:29:12,283 --> 00:29:14,552 AND I KNOW ALL THIS MAY FEEL 1144 00:29:14,619 --> 00:29:15,453 A LITTLE UNSATISFYING. 1145 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:17,055 BUT IF IT'S ANY CONSOLATION, I 1146 00:29:17,122 --> 00:29:18,590 PERSONALLY PROMISE TO CONTINUE 1147 00:29:18,656 --> 00:29:20,558 TO OFFER THE ONLY ACCURATELY 1148 00:29:20,625 --> 00:29:22,894 PRICED ENTERTAINMENT ON THE 1149 00:29:22,961 --> 00:29:27,031 MARKET. 1150 00:29:27,098 --> 00:29:28,299 YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. 1151 00:29:28,366 --> 00:29:29,167 ONE IN WHICH TICKETS FOR 1152 00:29:29,234 --> 00:29:30,401 THIS SHOW REMAIN AVAILABLE FOR 1153 00:29:30,468 --> 00:29:31,936 FREE AND YOU CAN COME WATCH A 1154 00:29:32,003 --> 00:29:34,939 DECAYING MAN SHOUT NUMBERS, 1155 00:29:35,006 --> 00:29:36,574 APPLY LIP GLOSS SHODDILY, 1156 00:29:36,641 --> 00:29:37,642 AND SHAMELESSLY EARN BACK YOUR 1157 00:29:37,709 --> 00:29:39,010 GOOD WILL BY SHOWING YOU A 1158 00:29:39,077 --> 00:29:40,612 POTATO THAT, YOU HAVE TO ADMIT, 1159 00:29:40,678 --> 00:29:41,212 DOES LOOK A BIT LIKE A FAMOUS 1160 00:29:41,279 --> 00:29:43,381 MOUSE. 1161 00:29:43,448 --> 00:29:45,950 THAT IS OUR SHOW. 1162 00:29:46,017 --> 00:29:46,851 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. 1163 00:29:46,918 --> 00:29:47,285 WE'RE OFF NEXT WEEK. 1164 00:29:47,352 --> 00:29:48,253 WE'LL BE BACK AFTER THAT. 1165 00:29:48,319 --> 00:29:56,661 GOOD NIGHT!