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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on NBA, Activism, and Personal Growth

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

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APPLAUSE and Everything's Get Too Heavy.

When you did airplane, it was kind of transformational for you because you had always been this kind of game-faced, doe-wick dude. Maybe protecting yourself in some way. Airplane enabled me to make fun of my image and laugh about it. It got people, they stopped thinking about that is who I was. And it was right on time we won a world championship. That helped. But it feels like it unlocked something in you. We're not different. One people, one planet. We've got to take care of it and take care of each other. "I'm just like, come on, we're in outer space. Like, nothing matters"

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