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David Sedaris’ New Passion Is Picking Up Garbage

Late Night with Seth Meyers | January 27, 2026



David Sedaris talks about his new passion of picking up garbage and the comeback he wishes he dished out when questioned at the British House of Commons.
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  3. @jwm239

    January 27, 2026 at 2:19 pm

    David Sedaris continues to inspire me to pick up roadside litter around the Albany NY area. A friend who works for a municipality supplied me with dozens of large orange bags, at no cost to me, to collect that trash!

  5. @stringlarson1247

    January 27, 2026 at 2:19 pm

    I do this on my dog walks on the So. Side of Chicago.
    Sometimes, I think about leaving her turds in the park/playground if there's non-biodegradable trash, but I'm half -heartedly trying to be less passive-agressive.

  6. @kathieingram8043

    January 27, 2026 at 2:19 pm

    It troubles me that people laugh about this. He's seriously doing something good.  I've been picking up garbage in my neighborhood for years. People think I'm crazy, too.  I don't make eye contact any more, just keep going with my grabber & bucket.

  9. @Joe_J-MT_Boy

    January 27, 2026 at 2:19 pm

    Not exactly made to feel welcome as a gay man in North Carolina, so he moved to France first and then England. We lost a national treasure in that move. His Santaland Diaries is one of my Christmas traditions. It's part of his multi-CD set Holidays on Ice. His timing and inflections are just killer from doing those readings all over the world. Thanks for believing in yourself, Mr. Sedaris.

  10. @k.i.rogers7096

    January 27, 2026 at 2:19 pm

    He's right, who's "for" trash? Ignoring it and thinking "others will take care of it" isn't working. Let's take ownership of our communities and get back into civic engagement. This is a mindset – don't be a Trashole.

  14. @stefgmac9539

    January 27, 2026 at 2:19 pm

    I saw him once, outside of a theatre we were to see him do a reading/signing in that evening– I'd had a tough day— things with my Dad, specifically– he was walking by with some very sophisticated looking local ladies, I had tickets for his reading that evening, and he looked at me as they were walking by, as it was clear I'd been crying quite a bit, and I saw him and said, "Putt To Win," and he looked at me as if we understood one another on a higher plane. I'll never forget it. Big fans of his writing might get it. Daddy Issues.

  22. @dschlicks

    January 27, 2026 at 2:19 pm

    Years ago I saw David Sedaris at the Paramount in Austin, TX. The entire show was him simply standing on stage reading passages from one of his books, and it remains one of the funniest performances I've ever seen.

  25. @ingridwheeler3180

    January 27, 2026 at 2:19 pm

    Way back in 1968, I was riding my bicycle to a friend's house, (about a mile on a country road in western Massachusetts) and randomly decided to pick up litter, arriving wirh 2 bags hanging from my handlebars. When I asked permission to put it in their garbage can, I was condemned by the mother, (an Irish immigrant) as a hippie weirdo, and my friend was forbidden to hang out with me.
    Why?

  28. @brandowag3

    January 27, 2026 at 2:19 pm

    Luckily where i like they do a provisional vote of like 12 issues and you get to pick 3 of the options on how to spend district money. I always pick things that keep the city clean. I petition my aldermen about it. And do it as a moment of zen for an hour before i go to bed. Broken window theory. might not do much but, it isnt nothing.

  29. @teleopinions1367

    January 27, 2026 at 2:19 pm

    David seems to be Obsessive Compulsive.

    On another note, people in the beautiful suburbs of South Florida do the same thing. Walking a dog in that area is very difficult because among the many things they throw in the grass are chicken bones from well known fast food chains. Before you know it , your dog will be chewing on a bone that you couldn't see because the grass is too tall and thick, but the dog smelled it a block away. Very annoying, there other things that people throw out the window, like things with DNA. Let's leave at that.

  36. @QueenMegaera

    January 27, 2026 at 2:19 pm

    People who say "is that really the biggest problem?" in that tone anoy the heck out of me. Are we only allowed to act on one problem at a time? How will we get anything done that way?

  37. @QueenMegaera

    January 27, 2026 at 2:19 pm

    This is so inspiring! I try and pick up stuff I pass by on my way here and there, because it makes me feel better than being angry and sad about the littering AND WALKING ON PAST IT. Hopefully some of the people who see us pick up trash are inspired to act or shamed out of littering instead of just weirded out.

  39. @davidcopperfield-DickensBook

    January 27, 2026 at 2:19 pm

    Years and years ago I constantly griped about garbage laying around, especially the garbage that made it's way into my yard, driveway, parking spot, etc. I was mad all the time about it. One day I had the revelation that I was making myself sick about garbage/disrespect of the earth. Boom! From that second on I started picking up garbage whereever I am. I got a 'grabber' to pick stuff up. I carry some gloves with me to keep the hands clean. I am not mad anymore because the situation is in my control now…True Confession.

  40. @10tonhamster

    January 27, 2026 at 2:19 pm

    There are arseholes in our British Parliament, who will be "pro garbage" just because they resent spending a single penny on anything that benefits poor people. We have had "austerity" imposed on us as a way to cut any services like refuse collection, libraries, policing etc to the barest minimum, so that there can be tax cuts for wealthy people. Brexit will probably make it worse.

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