You're listening to Comedy Central. What makes a great leader? Is it courage, compassion, charisma, or is it an integrity and confidence that just leaks out of their pores, a calming strength that drips from every orifice in the way they give their blood, sweat, and other bodily fluids to make the world a better place. Since the election, Rudy Giuliani has been a national leader, spreading his patriotic message at political rally by landscaping company, parking lots and arenas
across this great nation. But how did he become the man and or man like creature he is today? This is the daily show ography of Rudy Giuliani Oozing Greatness. Rudolph William Louis Giuliani was born in nineteen forty four in East Flatbush, New York. His father was an alleged mob enforcer who did time at Sing Sing for armed robbery. He would tell me, never take any pals his money. Make sure you always pay for things. I mean. He wanted to make sure that I didn't make the same
mistakes that he believed he of me. It was an inspiring message from a father. Come up with your own original crimes and he would to keep Rudy away from New York City's criminal element. The family moved to the suburbs. I can remember as a youngster that my father would sometimes threaten me with putting me in public school if my behavior didn't improve, and that was a very frightening thought. But I was a product of Catholic education, and it instilled in me from very early agents desire to be
a priest. That's right, Juliani almost became a man of the cloth instead of a man of sweaty handkerchiefs. Ultimately, he chose not to pursue the priesthood, deciding instead to marry his childhood sweetheart, who also happened to be his second cousin. And while today that may be seen as weird, back then it was seen as super gross. After graduating law school, Giuliani began his meteoric career, quickly rising to
the third highest position at President Reagan's Justice Department. He was the youngest person ever to hold the job, but he was already sporting the comb over of a man twice his age. Soon, Rudy was u S Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Rudy wasn't afraid to take on criminals, or to give lots of press conferences
about how we took on criminals. Well, I think of five or six or seven years ago, nobody would believe it was possible to convict the head of the Sicilian mafia and have him sitting in the Metropolitan Correction Center. He loved the camera and the camera just wanted to be friends. But soon taking credit for arrest wasn't enough. He had to pretend to make the arrests himself. I bought Crack, had a female d agent who was like theoretically my date, and we went up when we purchased
Cracking Washington Heights. Now that's what I call going undercover. Tell me you don't think he smoke Crack before picking out that outfit. With his crime fighting career burning hotter than totally normal lust between second cousins, Rudy set his sights on elected office. He first ran for mayor of New York in nineteen nine, but he didn't quite have the name recognition he needed to win. I would like to command Republican candidate Rudolph Gjohani Rudy, Sorry, bet Wow.
Tough break for Rudy Geophiliuni. Four years later, Rudy tried again, and this time he had the perfect foil to rally his voters against New York's first black mayor. Denouncing David Dinkins is soft on crime, Giuliani led off duty police officers in a peaceful protest. Then minutes later, thousands of cops stored through the barricades and ran on top of cars as they charged the stairs of city. Okay, it
was a peaceful, ish protest. At least, hyping up a crowd to storm a government building would be good practice for him, So through sheer charisma and just a little hint of police intimidation, he finally became Mayor Geohani sorry Giuliani. Over the next decade, Giuliani took New York City from a gutter toilet of violence and sex and piss and turned it into a clean, safe utopia with ample magazine jobs that allowed young women to live in giant apartments
with walking closets and so many shoes. Under Giuliani, the New York Police Department pioneered some of the most iconic anti crime tactics of the era, like stop and frisk, broken windows, policing, sexual assault with a broom handle and shooting an innocent guy so many times Bruce Springsteen wrote a song about it. And Giuliani didn't just go after criminals, He went after all poor people and the most hilarious sways. Look at you lying there like that. Don't you have
any dignity lying on your butt all day collecting welfare? Yeah? I think he was still buying crack. Giuliani was bringing glamor back to New York City, and if he was making a few enemies, he was also making some good friends. You know, you're really beautiful. Oh. He Finally, Rudy found a disguise that managed to fool someone dumber than a crack dealer. By now, Giuliani was ready to shake things up. He dumped his second wife at a press conference without
telling her first. In many ways, we've grown grown to live independent and separate lives, leaving her to respond with her own statement about how he was a cheating hoe. For several years, it was difficult to participate in Rudy's public life because of his relationship with one fat member. Rudy moved out of the Mayor's mansion and crashed with some friends. A gay couple in their pet shitsu while
running a losing Senate race against Hillary Clinton. Honestly, his life was a lot simpler when he was just banging his cousin. And then just as his term was coming to an end, Rudy Giuliani found himself right where he needed to be. New York is going to be here, and we're gonna rebuild, and we're going to be stronger than we were before. Nine eleven gave Rudy his big promotion to America's mayor, and that's when the party started. That is a gentleman, Please welcome Mayor of New York City,
the Honorable Rudolph Giuliani. Yes, no one rose to greater prominence after nine eleven than Rudy Giuliani, except maybe Bin Laden. By two thousand and eight, Giuliani was finally confident enough to admit he was bald and to make a play for the highest office in the land. Rudy is in America's mayor, now wants to be America's president anyway. He came in six and Iowan was out of the race
by February. By the time the elect Janieer came around, Giuliani had realized he didn't need to be president, he could just be friends with one. It was a win win friendship. Trump gave Rudy the power he was longing for, and Rudy made Trump look attractive by comparison as Trump's bff. Rudy was really going places, even if he didn't always seem to know where he was, from the top to
the bottom, from the middle to the side. The next four years were a whirlwind of campaigning, lawyering, cheerleading, extorting, treasoning, and insurrectioning. By the time it was over, Giuliani lost his law license, several gallons of hair dye, a variety of electronic devices seized by the FBI, and most of all, his dignity. It's Rudy Giuliani and I'm on Gamrie in the pay for place. But Rudy is still using on, enjoying life to the fullest, maybe even too much. I
don't think I've ever done an interview drunk. I have sometimes. I mean I drink normally. I like Scotch. I drink Scotch. So you do not believe that you have a drinking problem. I know, I don't know, don't believe it. I know I'm not I know Prince Andrew is very questionable. Now. I never went out with him ever, never, never had a drink with him, never was with a woman or a young girl with him. One time I met him in my office and one time when we had the party,
right Bernie, you were there. Yes. Whether he's standing tall through nine eleven or a blood alcohol level of nine eleven, Rudy Giuliani is a born leader, making his mark wherever he goes, one that no stain can ever take away. What's the Daily Show weeknights and eleven ten Central on Comedy Central, in stream full episodes anytime on Paramount Plus. This has been a Comedy Central podcast