. —— kumail nanjiani. it is about the real—life romance.itional pakistani family were as emily is a white american, academic and eccentric family. that is the chalk and cheese dynamic for the romantic comedy. why so it called the big sick? there is also an illness which happens to one of the characters. there's a lot happening, a lot of story. the clip is from the beginning of the movie. he is trying to make it as a stand—up comedian and meets emily the first time. hi. hi, hello. my name's kamal. we know. we saw you perform. 0k. and now at the niceties are out of their way, i have to tell you when you yelled at me really put me off. you should not heckle comedians, it's so rude. i did not heckle you. ijust gave a woo—hoo, it's supportive. that's a common misconception. yelling anything at a comedian is considering heckling. it does not have to be negative. so if i yelled out, you are amazing in bed, that would be a heckle? yeah, that would be an accurate heckle. goodbye. you have scared my friend off now. already it is endearing. the writer

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rob is only 30 and >> rose: kumail nanjiani is a stand up comedian, actor and written.he new film the big sick that he wrote with his wife is a semi ought biographer of the telling of the beginning of their relationship when emily is placed in a medically induced comma they were forced to divulge his relationship to their parents. he wants to arrange the marriage with a pakistani woman. the film is a winning heart serial and story of culture clash. with that here is the trail. >> this is fun. >> wait. we haven't had time -- >> i'm not that time of girl. i only have sex once on the first date. >> what's your name. >> after dating this girl, she's like -- >> a white girl. >> okay, we hate terrorists. >> i one who that could be. >> i'm guessing it's a young single pakistani woman. >> it is out there. >> are you judging pakistani models. >> you know how we have arranged marriage in our culture. >> in which we end up together. >> we put her under a medically induced coma. >> you should call her family. >> thank you. >> i think i'm just going to wait anyway. >> you guys broke

tonight stephen welcomes seth rogen, kumail nanjiani, and paul shaffer and the world's most dangerous and stay human. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) ( band playing ) >> stephen: woo! yeah! thank you very much! woo! thanks, everybody! hey! ( cheers and applause ) very nice. hey, everybody! ( audience chanting stephen ) thank you so much! welcome to the "late show," everybody! ( cheers and applause ) woo! thank you, ladies and gentlemen! please, have a seat! ( cheers and applause ) very nice. very nice. thank you so much, everybody. welcome. ( cheers and applause ) welcome to the "late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. now, i hope you guys had a great father's day weekend. did you have an amazing father's day weekend, jon? >> jon: great one. >> stephen: i had an amazing one. i slept till 1:30. >> jon: you slept? oh, yeah, you were alone. that's right. you were by yourself. ( audience reacts ) >> stephen: alone with my dreams. ( laughter ) president had a nice one. the president was out at camp david

please welcome kumail nanjiani!cheers and applause ) i like that look, man. it's a very clean, very crisp look you've got there. fantastic. >> thank you. i'm the first person on the show that donald trump, jr. doesn't follow on twitter. i actually checked. i got excited. ( laughter ) >> stephen: i checked and found out i was followed. maybe after tonight he will. >> well, i'm going to tweet at him. >> stephen: you definitely should. >> hey, can i get a follow back. thanks, dude. >> stephen: you've got to end with the thanks, dude. >>t to keep this nice. thank you for having me. i love your show so much. it's been good. >> stephen: and i love your show so much. ( cheers and applause ) i love "silicon valley." we go way back. my show was the first tv show you were on, is that right? >> that's correct. >> stephen: where america met you is you came out from underneath my desk. eight or nine years later you have a new movie called "the big stick." >> yeah. >> stephen: you wrote it, you star in it and

first, you can see on the poster, kumail nanjiani is the writer and the star and it's written it with his partner, emily gordon, about their life, how they got together, the real—life romance. the big difference between them is kumail is originally from pakistan, moved to chicago with his family, quite a traditional pakistani muslim family, whereas emily is white american, from this academic and eccentric family. that is the chalk and cheese dynamic that every good romantic comedy needs. yes. that is at the centre of it but then people are saying, why is it called the big sick? there is also an illness which happens to one of the characters as well. there's a lot happening in the film, a lot of story. the clip is from the beginning of the movie. kumail is trying to make it as a stand—up comedian and he meets emily, played by zoe kazan, for the first time. 0k. hi. hi, hello. my name's kumail. we know. we saw you perform. now that the niceties are out of the way, i have to tell you that when you yelled at me, it really threw me off. you really should not heckle comedians, it's so rude.

. >> kumail nanjiani is a an actor and writer. he wrote "the big sick" with his wife. it's a biobraphy of the beginning of their relationship and opens in theaters nationwide this weekend. >> i love movies, horror, sci-fi and comedies, too. that was my first, like, big thing. so -- but it's tough to make movies. it's easier to do standup. >> rose: they cost a lot of money. >> yeah, just sign up. >> rose: or it doesn't take much. you've got to find somebody to give you that. >> with standup, go, put your name on the list at a bar, go do it. you could decide to be a comedian and be a comedian in six hours. if you want to be a filmmaker, you have to convince a lot of people. >> rose: is writing for comedy, writing for standup different than writing a script for a movie or is it a series of one-liners strung 20g9? >> no, it's very different. with standup, there is kind of no rules. i could do a bit, a joke that's a minute long and that's it. that's how long it's supposed to be. i could write a story that's eight minutes long, and that's all it has to be. with the movie, an

. >> hey, really proud of this movie, kumail, nanjiani, it is the true story of how think met.p he to you sts second producer and ray ramona and holly hunter. and it's out everywhere this weekend. it's like all around the world. >> i like it like this. i appreciate it but there is actually like-- . >> stephen: that's how it supposed to be worn. >> it's cool. >> stephen: i didn't realize that, let me get hip to the scene. >> this is like, this is cool. (applause) >> it's the cool thing. >> stephen: you have to give the ladies, you have to give the ladies what they want. >> hey man. >> stephen: middle age man gut, hello. and of course, now let's get back to wet hot american summer. the very first one was how long ago did you do the first one? >> 2,000. >> stephen: 2,000. and then the sequel took place. >> three months, no two months before that movie. >> stephen: so it is a prequell before that movie even though you guys were decades older. >> we were 30 then. >> stephen: you were 30 when you were laying teenagers. >> 30 playing 16. then we were like 40 playing a little bit young

[ cheers and applause ] she stars alongside kumail nanjiani in a great new film "the big sick."azan is here. [ cheers and applause ] and he is the founder of barstool sports. dave portnoy is joining us. we're gonna talk about sports -- [ cheers and applause ] and pizza which is very exciting, because those are two great things. before we get to all that, president trump tried once again today to revive his party's failed healthcare bill, and whether or not he succeeds, the state of the bill and the way we got here tell us a lot about how his agenda will fare going forward. for more on this, it's time for "a closer look." ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: six months into trump's presidency, his approval ratings are at record lows and his agenda has stalled. but one thing that's very impressive about trump's presidency so far is that things continue to get weirder. just in the last week, we've learned that the president wants a see-through border wall, kid rock is running for senate, and this is the guy who tried to help don jr. collude with the russians. for real. [ applause ] a

first, you can see on the poster, kumail nanjiani is the writer and the star and it's written it withe romance. the big difference between them is kumail is originally from pakistan, moved to chicago with his family, quite a traditional pakistani muslim family, whereas emily is white american, from this academic and eccentric family. that is the chalk and cheese dynamic that every good romantic comedy needs. yes. that is at the centre of it but then people are saying, why is it called the big sick? there is also an illness which happens to one of the characters as well. there's a lot happening in the film, a lot of story. the clip is from the beginning of the movie. kumail is trying to make it as a stand—up comedian and he meets emily, played by zoe kazan, for the first time. 0k. hi. hi, hello. my name's kumail. we know. we saw you perform. now that the niceties are out of the way, i have to tell you that when you yelled at me, it really threw me off. you really should not heckle comedians, it's so rude. i did not heckle you. i just woo—hooed you, it's supportive. that's a common misc

charlie: i am pleased to have nanjiani at the table. you came to iowa? kumailrom karachi, pakistan. i went there for college. charlie: and you stayed. kumail: i did four years of college and then moved to chicago. charlie: wanting all the time to be an entertainer? kumail: it wasn't until my last college -- i was studying computer science and philosophy and one i was not good at and one i could not make any money at. charlie: that is a problem. kumail: it is. [laughter] philosophy, i knew i didn't want to be a professor or anything. and with computer science, i feel like i missed some class and i never caught up. it never made sense. charlie: i hear it is great for romance. kumail: [laughter] charlie: they just love it. kumail: and my last year, i didn't know what i wanted to do. i fell in love with standup comedy at that point. i thought i will see if this takes me anywhere. comedians iot of know who have been at this table whaty love comedy, and they want to do is make movies. kumail: that is right. for me it is true because i grew up watching movies more tha