Distancing Show, I’m Trevor
Noah.
Today is Tuesday, the 10th of
November.
Which means it’s been three days
since the election was called,
and I’m STILL finding confetti
in my clothes. Wait, this is a piece of ham.
Weird.
Anyway, coming up on tonight’s
show:
Corona virus is going down, but
first it’s going way up, Donald
Trump thinks he’s in a heist
Movie, and rock legend Lenny
Kravitz is here.
So let’s do this people!
Welcome to "The Daily Social
Distancing Show."
FROM TREVOR’S COUCH IN
NEW YORK CITY TO YOUR COUCH
SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD THIS IS "THE DAILY SOCIAL DISTANCING
SHOW" WITH TREVOR NOAH.
Trevor: RIGHT NOW THE
CORONAVIRUS IS GIVING US GOOD
AND BAD NEWS, LIKE GETTING LAID
AT THE FAMILY REUNION.
LET’S GET STRAIGHT TO THE BAD
NEWS.
WE’RE PASSING A STAGGERING
10 MILLION COVID 19 INFECTIONS,
THE HIGHEST IN ANY NATION.
PAST WEEK, 74 AMERICANS WERE
DIAGNOSED EVERY MINUTE.
COUNTRIES ACROSS EUROPE ARE
STRUGGLING TO KEEP COVID 19 AT
BAY.
FRANCE HAS REPORTED ITS HIGHLY
DAILY DEATH TOLL SINCE THE START
OF THE SECOND WAVE, AND THE
WEEKLY DEATH TOLL IN ENGLAND AND
WALES HAS JUMPED BY 41%, SUR
SURPASSING 1,000 FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN JUNE.
IN UTAH OVERCROWDING
INTENSIVE CARE UNITS FORCING THE
GOVERNOR TO DECLARE A NEW STATE
OF EMERGENCY.
I AM PLACING THE ENTIRE STATE
OF UTAH UNDER A MASK MANDATE
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
Trevor: THAT’S RIGHT.
CORONA IS BLOWING UP IN EUROPE
AND AMERICA AGAIN.
IN FACT, IT’S RAMPAGING ACROSS
THE WESTERN WORLD SO HARD THAT
SCIENTISTS HAVE HAD TO INVENT
NEW SHADES OF RED FOR THE COVID
MAPS.
RIGHT NOW THE MIDWEST IS BLOOD
MEETS FIRE ENGINE BUT THE EAST
COAST IS ONLY AT POTHEAD EYES.
I SEE WHAT CORONA DID, IT WAITED
FOR US TO BE DISTRACTED BY THE
ELECTION AND, BOOM!
SNUCK INTO OUR LUNGS.
HOW JOEY SNUCK INTO ’N SYNC,
THEY WERE SO FOCUSED ON THE
DANCE MOVES THEY DIDN’T REALIZE
THE BUS DRIVER JOINTED THE
GROUP.
IT’S GOTTEN SO BAD EVEN UTAH IS
UNDER MASK MANDATE.
YOU KNOW IT’S BAD EVEN WHEN
MORMONS ARE USING PROTECTION.
THAT’S THE BAD NEWS.
I PROMISED YOU THE GOOD NEWS,
TOO.
THE NEWS WE HAVE BEEN WAITING
FOR --
PFIZER SAID ITS VACCINE
CANDIDATE WAS MORE THAN 90%
EFFECTIVE IN EARLY TESTING.
DR. ANTHONY FAUCI CALLED THE
NEWS EXTRAORDINARY, HE ALSO SAYS
THERE ARE LIKELY TO BE OTHER
EFFECTIVE VACCINES COMING SOON.
THE NEWS FROM PFIZER WAS EVEN
BETTER THAN EXPECTED.
I WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY
SATISFIED WITH A 70% EFFECTIVE
VACCINE.
ACCORDING TO A PFIZER PRESS
RELEASE, OUT OF 44,000 TRIAL
PARTICIPANTS, 94 GOT SICK FROM
COVID FOUR WEEKS AFTER THE START
OF THE TWO-DOSE REGIMEN AND
SEVEN DAYS AFTER THE SECOND
DOSE.
PROTECTION FROM SYMPTOMATIC
COVID WAS GREATER THAN 90%.
WE WERE JUMPING OUT OF THE
CHAIRS, SCREAMING, BASICALLY,
THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE.
OH, MY GOD WE MIGHT PUT AN END
TO THIS TERRIBLE PANDEMIC.
Trevor: JUMPING OUT OF
THEIR CHAIRS SCREAMING!
YOU KNOW SOMETHING IS GOOD NEWS
IF IT TURNS A LABORATORY INTO
THE APOLLO.
THE COVID PROTECTION RATE IS -- 90%!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
AND MAYBE IT’S BECAUSE I GREW UP
WATCHING DEXTER’S LAB, BUT THIS
SCIENTIST’S ACCENT MAKES ME WANT
TO TRUST HIM MORE BECAUSE HE
SOUNDS LIKE A SCIENTIST.
I’M NOT GOING TO LIE, IF HE HAD
THE VOICE OF A FRAT BRO, I MIGHT
BE A LITTLE HESITANT.
DUDE, THIS PROTECTION RATE IS,
LIKE, 90%.
PRETTY MUCH THE OPPOSITE OF WHEN
I BANG.
BUT THIS IS AMAZING NEWS.
IN FACT, RIGHT NOW, IF YOU’RE
FEELING CHILLS, A LITTLE DIZZY,
LIGHT-HEADED, THAT MIGHT NOT BE
CORONA, THAT MIGHT BE THE
SYMPTOMS OF -- HOPE.
I KNOW, YOU PROBABLY HAVEN’T
FELT IT IN A WHILE.
IF YOU’VE ALSO LOST YOUR SENSE
OF SMELL, YOU SHOULD GO TO THE
HOSPITAL.
THAT’S NOT HOPE.
IN A YEAR LIKE THIS, IT FEELS SO
EXCITING TO GET ALL THIS GOOD
NEWS IN ONE WEEK.
HUH?
ONE WEEK, ALL THIS GOOD NEWS.
I’M GOING TO CALM DOWN, 2020!
IS IT MY BIRTHDAY?
WAIT, IS IT MY BIRTHDAY?
I’VE LOST TRACK OF TIME.
I DON’T NEED -- DID I MISS MY
BIRTHDAY, GUYS?
PLUS DR. FAUCI APPROVES TO HAVE
THE VACCINE, AND THAT IS A GREAT
SIGN.
I PRETTY MUCH DON’T DO ANYTHING
UNLESS THAT MAN THINKS IT’S A
GOOD IDEA.
HEY, DR. FAUCI.
I WAS THINKING OF ORDERING THAI
FOOD AND I WANTED TO GET YOUR
THOUGHTS.
YEAH, I KNOW YOU’RE BUSY BUT IF
YOU TEXTED BACK, MAYBE I
WOULDN’T HAVE TO CALL!
TO BE CLEAR, THERE ARE STILL A
LOT OF UNKNOWNS ABOUT THIS
VACCINE SITUATION AND HOW IT
COULD PLAY OUT.
PFIZER PUT OUT A VERY PROMISING
PRESS RELEASE BUT THEY HAVEN’T
ACTUALLY SHOWN COMPLETE DATA
YET.
A PRESS RELEASE IS A TRAILER FOR
A MOVIE THAT LOOKS COOL BUT WE
STILL HAVE TO SEE THE WHOLE
MOVIE BEFORE WE KNOW FOR SURE.
IS IT GOING TO BE AVENGERS OR
JUSTICE LEAGUE.
PARATITE OR JUSTICE LEAGUE?
AND THIS VACCINE HAS TO BE KEPT
COLD AT APPROXIMATELY NEGATIVE
70 DEGREES CELSIUS, WHICH IS
LIKE NEGATIVE 4 BILLION
FAHRENHEIT IN THOSE IMAGINARY
NUMBERS AMERICANS USE.
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO KEEP A
VACCINE THAT COLD DURING
TRANSPORT?
ONE THING IS TO KEEP IT IN THE
LIMO BETWEEN TRUMP AND MELANIA,
SUPER CHILLY IN THERE.
OR HERE’S MY IDEA -- THE
GOVERNMENT SHOULD HIRE EVERY ICE
CREAM TRUCK IN AMERICA TO
DISTRIBUTE THE VACCINE.
YEAH, I’LL VOLUNTEER TO DRIVE.
♪
MR. ICE CREAM MAN, WE NEED THE
VACCINE!
STOP, MR. ICE CREAM MAN!
OH, I HEARD THEM.
I’M JUST GOING TO MAKE THEM RUN
A FEW MORE BLOCKS.
SO WHILE WE’RE WAITING FOR THE
VACCINE TO ACTUALLY BECOME
AVAILABLE, WE NEED TO GET THE
VIRUS UNDER CONTROL, AND THAT
JOB IS ABOUT TO FALL TO A NEW
PRESIDENT.
JOSEPH R. BIDEN AND LOOKS LIKE
HE’S HURTING THE GROUND RUNNING.
PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN
MAKING IT CLEAR THE WORK BEGINS
TODAY, WITH THE PANDEMIC HIS
FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS.
BIDEN BRIEFED BY HIS NEW
CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE LED BY
FORMER OBAMA SURGEON GENERAL,
DAVID KESSLER WHO RAN THE F.D.A.
UNDER GEORGE H.W. BUSH AND BILL
CLINTON AND DR. MARCELLA
NUNES-SMITH A PROFFER OF PUBLIC
HEALTH AT YALE.
HE IMPLORED EVERY AMERICAN TO DO
THEIR PART.
WE CAN SAVE TENS OF THOUSANDS
OF LIVES IF EVERYONE WOULD JUST
WEAR MASK FOR THE NEXT FEW
MONTHS.
NOT DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN
LIVES, AMERICAN LIVES.
Trevor: POOR JOE BIDEN.
HE’S TRYING TO HARD.
HE SOUNDS LIKE THE ONLY DUDE WHO
TRIES TO FOLLOW THE RULES AT THE
SAUNA.
GUYS, IF WE ALL JUST WORE A
TOWEL, WE COULD AVOID SO MANY
UNNECESSARY RASHES.
BUT, YEAH, BIDEN HAS A BRAND-NEW
TASK FORCE.
AND PERSONALLY, I THINK IT’S AN
INTERESTING CHOICE TO FILL YOUR
TASK FORCE WITH PEOPLE WHO KNOW
WHAT THEY’RE DOING.
LIKE I DON’T EVEN THINK HE ASKED
THE MY PILLOW GUY.
I MEAN, IT’S NOT WHAT WE’RE USED
TO, BUT I GUESS WE’LL GIVE IT A
SHOT.
THAT’S GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TRUMP AND
BIDEN AS PRESIDENT.
BIDEN WILL BE TELLING US ALL THE
BORING THINGS LIKE, BE
RESPONSIBLE, LOOK OUT FOR EACH
OTHER.
MEANWHILE, TRUMP WAS LIKE
GETTING THE ONE DAY A MONTH WITH
YOUR DIVORCED DAD.
HE’LL SNEAK YOU INTO SIX FLAGS
AN LET YOU TRY BEER.
GOOD FOR A DAY OR TWO BUT AFTER
FOUR YEARS YOUR FUTURE LOOKS
VERY BLEAK.
REMEMBER HOW THE WHITE HOUSE HAD
A CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK BECAUSE
THEY DIDN’T FOLLOW THE RULES AND
YOU THOUGHT IT WOULD WHIP THEM
INTO SHAPE?
THINK AGAIN.
THIS MORNING THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION IS YET AGAIN A
CENTER OF COVID OUTBREAK HOUSING
SECRETARY BEN CARSON A DOCTOR
AND MEMBER OF THE PRESIDENT’S
COVID PANEL AND DAVID BOSSIE
LEADING THE PRESIDENT’S ELECTION
TEAM, AT LEAST NINE PEOPLE IN
TRUMP’S CIRCLE TO BE DIAGNOSED
IN RECENT DAYS.
Trevor: GODDAM PEOPLE,
ANOTHER OUTBREAK IN TRUMP’S
WHITE HOUSE?
ANOTHER OUTBREAK?
THAT MEANS CORONAVIRUS HAS NOW
BEEN IN THE WHITE HOUSE LONGER
THAN MOST OF TRUMP’S CABINET,
AND I EXPECTED THIS FROM
EVERYONE ELSE, BUT BEN CARSON,
DR. BEN CARSON?
I KNOW YOU OWN A MASK!
YOU HAVE BEEN WEARING ONE FOR 40
YEARS!
DON’T LET THESE CRAZY WHITE FOLK
BRING YOU DOWN, CARSON, YOU SAW
WHAT HAY DID TO HERMAN CAIN!
AT THIS RATE THEY’LLLE FIND
CORONAVIRUS IN THE WHITE HOUSE
FOR DECADES, IN THE WALLS, IN
THE INSULATION.
BEFORE BIDEN MOVES IN THEY’LL
HAVE TO COVER THE WHOLE PLACE IN
ONE OF THOSE TENTS.
GIVEN HOW MUCH CORONA IS IN THE
WHITE HOUSE, MAYBE TRUMP
SHOULDN’T LEAVE.
THAT’S CORONA’S H.Q. NOW.
KEEP TRUMP INSIDE, BUILD A WALL
AROUND IT AND GET JOE BIDEN A
NICE AIRBNB IN D.C.
THAT WAY EVERYBODY WINS.
WHEN WE COME BACK, WILL DONALD
TRUMP ACTUALLY LEAVE THE WHITE
HOUSE?
WELL, WE’LL FIND OUT.
PLUS LENNY KRAVITZ IS JOINING US
ON THE SHOW. STICK AROUND.
SHOW"!
IT HAS BEEN FOUR DAYS SINCE THE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WAS CALLED
FOR JOE BIDEN, BUT DONALD TRUMP
HAS STILL NOT CONCEDED.
WHICH I GET.
I MEAN, HE WANTS TO CLING ON TO
POWER AS LONG AS HE CAN AND,
ALSO, GOLFING ISN’T AS MUCH FUN
WHEN YOU’RE NOT MISSING WORK TO
DO IT!
AND TRUMP’S PERSONAL DELUSION HE
WON THE ELECTION MIGHT NOT
MATTER SO MUCH BUT HE’S GOT A
LOT OF PEOPLE RIGHT THERE WITH
HIM.
MANY ARE TRYING TO STEAL THIS
ELECTION FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP.
THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
THE REAL POINT IS FRAUD TOOK
PLACE AND THAT SHOULD HORRIFY
US.
I CAN FACTUALLY TELL YOU
TONIGHT IT WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE TO
EVER KNOW THE TRUE, FAIR,
ACCURATE ELECTION RESULTS.
THAT’S A FACT.
THERE’S SIMPLY NO WAY JOE
BIDEN WAS LEGITIMATELY ELECTED
PRESIDENT, I JUST CAN’T BELIEVE
IT!
I ASK, OH GOD, THAT YOU WOULD
TAKE YOUR IRON ROD, AND I ASK
THAT YOU WOULD SMASH THE
DELUSION, FATHER, AS JOE BIDEN
AS OUR PRESIDENT.
HE IS NOT!
THE MEDIA SAID JOE BIDEN IS
PRESIDENT.
HA, HA, HA, HA!
HA, HA!
HA, HA, HA, HA, HA!
HA, HA, HA!
HA, HA, HA, HA, HA!
HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA!
HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA!
( LAUGHTER )
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
( LAUGHTER )
Trevor: EITHER THAT MAN IS
THE DEVIL OR HE’S AUDITIONING TO
BE THE NEXT JOKER.
THE MEDIA SAID JOE BIDEN IS
PRESIDENT -- HA, HA, HA, HA!
( LAUGHTER )
HA, HA, HA, HA!
( MANIACAL LAUGHING )
HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA!
WHOO!
HA, HA, HA!
Trevor: HA, HA, HA!
NOW, WHAT’S REALLY WEIRD IS FOX
HAS PROJECTED BIDEN AS THE
WINNER OF THE ELECTION BUT FOX
ARE THE SAME PEOPLE DENYING HE
WON THE ELECTION.
WHICH IS IT?
LIKE WHEN YOUR DOG WANTS TO PLAY
FETCH AND REFUSES TO LET GO TO
HAVE THE BALL.
MAKE UP YOUR MIND, FIDO.
WHETHER THESE PEOPLE ARE
BELIEVING WHAT THEY’RE SAYING OR
PRETENDING, IT’S TERRIFYING
EITHER WAY.
REGARDLESS,ETH NOT SURPRISING
PEOPLE LIKE SEAN HANNITY AND BOW
DOBBS ARE TRUMP RIGHT OR DIE.
WHAT’S A BIGGER DEAL IS
REPUBLICANS WITH ACTUAL POWER
ARE ALSO THROWING THEIR WEIGHT
BEHIND TRUMP’S ELECTION
CHALLENGES.
FALLING IN LINE, KEY
REPUBLICANS GET BEHIND
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS CLAIMS
WITHOUT EVIDENCE OF WIDESPREAD
VOTER FRAUD.
THE PRESIDENT HAS EVERY RIGHT
TO LOOK INTO ALLEGATIONS AND EQ
RECOUNTS UNDER THE LAW.
I STAND WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP.
IF A DEMOCRAT WERE DOING THIS,
THEY WOULD BE CHEERED ON AND
WE’RE NOT GOING TO LET THE MEDIA
INTIMIDATE US.
SECRETARY POMPEO SAID HE
DOESN’T TRUST THE ELECTION
RESULTS EITHER.
THERE WILL BE A SMOOTH
TRANSITION TO A SECOND TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION.
OVERNIGHT ATTORNEY GENERAL
WILLIAM BARR IN A JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT MEMO AUTHORIZING U.S.
ATTORNEYS TO PURSUE SUBSTANTIAL
ALLEGATIONS OF VOTING
IRREGULARITIES, IF THEY FIND
THEM.
Trevor: OH, MAGA FANS
REJOICE BECAUSE BILL BARR IS ON
THE CASE, YES!
THE SAME BILL BARR WHO
INVESTIGATED OBAMA AND FOUND
NOTHING, WITH THE SAME
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE THAT
INVESTIGATED HILLARY AND FOUND
NOTHING.
SO IF YOU’RE LOOKING TO FIND
NOTHING YOU KNOW THE MAN TO
CALL.
LOOKS LIKE MITCH McCONNELL AND
LINDSEY GRAHAM ARE ALSO
PARTNERING WITH TRUMP TO
UNDERMINE THE ELECTION, WHICH IS
A TERRIBLE IDEA, BUT I WOULD
LOVE TO SEE THESE THREE TOGETHER
IN A HEIST MOVIE.
OKAY, GUYS!
YOU STEAL THE VOTES, AND ENI’LL
PARKING LOT!
WHICH FOUR SEASONS?
MRRR!
HERE WE GO AGAIN...
NOW, LOOK, I DON’T KNOW IF
DONALD TRUMP GENUINELY BELIEVES
THAT HE’S THE REAL WINNER OF
THIS ELECTION.
I MEAN, KEEP IN MIND, HE’S
ACTUALLY THE PERSON WHO ACTUALLY
THINKS HE LOOKS GOOD.
HE DOES HIS HAIR IN THE MORNING
AND WALKS AWAY FROM THE MIRROR
THINKING, YEAH, I NAILED IT.
SO WHO KNOWS WHAT HE THINKS.
BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS
MOST OF THE REPUBLICANS KNOW
THAT JOE BIDEN WILL BE THE NEXT
PRESIDENT, AND RIGHT NOW,
THEY’RE JUST SAYING WHAT TRUMP
AND HIS BASE WANT TO HEAR, NOT
BECAUSE THEY’RE WORRIED ABOUT
THE VOTE THAT JUST HAPPENED BUT
BECAUSE TO HAVE THE ONE THAT’S
AROUND THE THE CORNER.
LINDSEY GRAHAM THIS MORNING
FESSED UP AS TO ONE REASON WHY
THEY’RE STANDING BEHIND HIM.
THEY’VE GOT TWO SENATE SPECIAL
ELECTIONS THAT WILL OCCUR IN
JANUARY IF DEMOCRATS WIN BOTH.
THEY WILL GAIN CONTROL OF THE
SENATE UNDER THE NEW PRESIDENT.
LINDSEY GRAHAM SAID IF WE DON’T
SCRUTINIZE THESE ELECTION
RESULTS WE COULD HURT OUR
CHANCES OF RALLYING THE BASE AND
TURNING THEM OUT IN JANUARY.
THEY’RE CONCERNED THAT IF
THEY GET SIDEWAYS WITH THEUP,
EITHER HE WON’T HELP IN D.P.A.
WITH THESE TWO SEATS AT STAKE,
OR TRUMP VOTERS WILL BE
DEPRESSED AND STAY HOME.
SO AGAIN THEY’RE PLAYING THIS
DANGEROUS GAME TO KEEP PEOPLE
ENERGIZED.
Trevor: YEAH, THAT’S
DANGEROUS.
TRUMP IS SCREAMING MADE-UP SHIT
THAT’S WEAKENING TRUST IN
AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, BUT
REPUBLICANS ARE GOING ALONG WITH
IT SO THAT THEY CAN SQUEEZE OUT
A FEW MORE SEATS IN THE SENATE.
IT’S LIKE BURNING DOWN YOUR
HOUSE JUST TO MAKE S’MORES OR
DATING KEVIN FETTERLINE SO YOU
CAN MEET BRITNEY SPEARS.
CONCEDING TO TRUMP DOESN’T JUST
RISE CONCERN ABOUT THE
DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM, IT’S ALSO
MESSING WITH JOE BIDEN’S PLANS
IN SOME VERY CONCRETE WAYS.
STARTING THE TRANSITION OF
POWER BETWEEN THE TRUMP AND
BIDEN ADMINISTRATIONS IS
EXTREMELY CRITICAL, BUT BIDEN IS
STILL UNABLE TO UNLOCK ALL OF
THE RESOURCES THAT SHOULD NOW BE
AVAILABLE TO HIM AS THE WINNER
OF THE ELECTION, INCLUDING
ACCESS TO HIGHLY CLASSIFIED
INFORMATION AND INTELLIGENCE
BRIEFINGS.
HOLDING THE KEY, THE GENERAL
SERVICES ADMINISTRATION WHOSE
TRUMP-APPOINTED ADMINISTRATOR
EMMY MURPHY HAS REFUSED TO
COOPERATE WITH BIDEN’S
TRANSITION AS PRESIDENT-ELECT.
A SPOKESMAN TELLING CNN THERE IS
NO ELECTION WINNER.
Trevor: TO BE CLEAR, TRUMP
ISN’T OFF IN A CORNER BLOWING
OFF STEAM, NO, HIS REFUSAL TO
ACCEPT REALITY IS GOING TO
AFFECT JOE BIDEN’S ABILITY TO
GOVERN EFFECTIVELY FROM DAY ONE.
WITH ALL OF THE SHIT AMERICA IS
GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW, JOE
BIDEN NEEDS EVERY DAY THAT WE
CAN GET.
BUT NOW BIDEN CAN’T GET
BRIEFINGS, CAN’T GET THE MONEY
TO SET UP HIS STAFF, AND KNOWING
TRUMP I BET IT WILL BET PETTIER
THAN THAT, I BET TRUMP WILL TAKE
ALL THE REMOTE CONTROL BATTERIES
WHEN HE LEAVES, HE’LL REPLACE
THE TOILET PAPER WITH TALL THIN
PAPER.
HE’LL CHANGE THE SPEED DIALS IN
THE OVAL OFFICE SO THEY CALL THE
WRONG READERS.
PRESIDENT MACRON, HOW CRAZY IS
THAT VAPT?
THIS IS VLADIMIR PUTIN SO
HOPEFULLY REPUBLICANS WILL STEP
UP AND GIVE TRCH THE TOOLS HE
NEEDS TO TAKE OVER THE SAME WAY
TRUMP GOT THE TOOLS WHEN HE WAS
GOING TO TAKE OVER BECAUSE,
OTHERWISE, NO ONE IS GOING TO BE
LAUGHING.
WELL COMMENT FOR THIS GUY.
HA, HA, HA, HA, HA!
Trevor: DEFINITELY THE
DEVIL.
WHEN WE COME BACK, WE’LL TALK
ABOUT HOW PREVIOUS PRESIDENTS
HAVE CONCEDED AND WHICH ONE OF
THEM WAS H THE SHOWER WHEN HE
GOT THE BIG CALL. DON’T FORGET, LENNY KRAVITZ IS
STILL JOINING US, SO STAY TUNED.
Daily Social Distancing Show.
As we’ve been discussing,
President Trump has shown no
signs of conceding the election
to Joe Biden.
But why is that such a big deal?
Let’s find out, in another installment of "If You Don’t
Know, Now You Know."
The concession speech --
It’s a time-honored tradition of
US politics -- like kissing
babies, and interns without
their permission.
And while there’s nothing about
it in the Constitution or the
law, it’s become a very
important part of American
democracy.
One of the most important
norms that a person who loses an
election faces is to concede
that election and allow that
peaceful transfer of power to go
forward
The loser grants legitimacy
to the winner in an election
through their concession speech,
WE FOUGHT HARD, IT
WE HAVE FOUGHT THE GOOD
FIGHT.
WE ACCEPT THIS RESULT.
WE WILL WORK TOGETHER.
ONCE THE DECISION IS MADE, WE
UNITE BEHIND THE MAN WHO IS
ELECTED.
IT’S A SIMPLE COURTESY THAT
BEGAN IN 1896 WITH A TELEGRAM
THAT WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN SENT
TO WILLIAM MCKINLEY TWO DAYS
AFTER THE ELECTION, AND THE
TRADITION HAS CONTINUED IN SOME
FORM OR ANOTHER IN EVERY
ELECTION SINCE.
AL SMITH GAVE THE FIRST RADIO
CONCESSION IN 1928 AFTER LOSING
TO HERBERT HOOVER.
IN 1940, MOVIEGOERS WATCHED
WENDELL WILLKIE CONCEDE TO FDR
IN A NEWSREEL.
( TRUMPETING )
PEOPLE OF AMERICA, I ACCEPT
THE RESULT OF THE ELECTION WITH
COMPLETE GOODWILL.
WHEN GERALD FORD LOST THE
1976 ELECTION, HIS VOICE GONE,
HE TURNED TO HIS WIFE TO READ
HIS CONCESSION.
THE PRESIDENT ASKED ME TO
TELL YOU THAT HE TELEPHONED
PRESIDENT-ELECT CARTER A SHORT
TIME AGO AND CONGRATULATED HIM
ON HIS VICTORY.
Trevor: YOU KNOW HOW THE
SAYING GOES,
BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN IS A
GREAT WOMAN WAITING TO BE PUSHED
IN FRONT TO DO HIS DIRTY WORK.
IF YOU ASK ME, IT’S A LITTLE
RISKY HAVING YOUR WIFE CONCEDE
FOR YOU, BECAUSE SHE KNOWS SHIT.
OKAY, YOU ALL KNOW MY HUSBAND
IS A LOSER, BUT YOU HAVE NO IDEA
HOW MUCH OF A LOSER HE IS.
FIRST OF ALL HE HAS SKID MARKS
IN HIS UNDERWEAR LIKE EVERY DAY.
SO EVEN THOUGH IT’S NOT LEGALLY
REQUIRED, CONCEDING IS VERY
IMPORTANT.
OR IT’S THE SAME WAY YOU HAVE TO
SAY "LET’S CATCH UP SOON" TO
SOMEONE YOU HAVEN’T SEEN IN A
LONG TIME, EVEN THOUGH YOU KNOW
THAT’S NEVER GONNA HAPPEN.
OR THE SAME WAYS YOU HAVE TO
WASH YOUR HANDS IN A PUBLIC
BATHROOM IF SOMEBODY SEES YOU.
FIRST THEY CONCEDED BY TELEGRAM,
RADIO, THEN TELEPHONE.
IN TWENTY YEARS, DON JUNIOR WILL
HAVE TO CONCEDE TO PRESIDENT
MALIA BY TIKTOK.
♪
THAT’S RIGHT.
IN MODERN HISTORY, EVERY
CANDIDATE HAS OFFERED A
CONCESSION, NO MATTER HOW
PAINFUL.
ALTHOUGH THERE WERE SOME
CANDIDATES WHO COULDN’T WAIT TO
GET IT OUT OF THE WAY.
IN 1980, JIMMY CARTER WAS
DEFEATED BY RONALD REAGAN BY
ABOUT 10 POINTS IN 1980.
THE FIRST THING JIMMY CARTER
SAYS,
I WANT TO HAVE THE BEST
TRANSITION IN HISTORY.
CARTER DECIDED VERY EARLY IN
THE EVENING LIKE AT 530
CALIFORNIA TIME
WHERE REAGAN WAS TO CONCEDE.
HE DID THIS OVER THE OBJECTION
OF SOME OF HIS AIDES, WHO FELT
THE POLLS WERE STILL OPEN ON THE
WEST COAST, BUT CARTER WANTED TO
GET IT OVER WITH, SO HE CALLED
MUCH EARLIER THAN REAGAN
EXPECTED.
NANCY REAGAN WAS IN THE BATH,
RONALD REAGAN WAS IN THE
SHOWER.
WHEN THE PRESIDENT WAS ON THE
OTHER END OF THE PHONE, I WAS
WRAPPED IN A TOWEL AND DRIPPING
WET, AND HE TOLD ME THAT HE WAS
CONCEDING, AND THAT WASN’T THE
WAY I’D PICTURED IT.
A GUY WANTING TO CONCEDE THAT
FAST WOULD ACTUALLY MAKE ME
SUSPICIOUS OF BECOMING
PRESIDENT.
LIKE WHEN SOMEONE IS A LITTLE
TOO HAPPY YOU’RE DATING THEIR
EX.
YOU HAVE TO ADMIT, THE STORY
ABOUT REAGAN IS HUMANIZING.
YOU NEVER THINK OF PRESIDENTS AS
RUNNING THROUGH THE HOUSE IN A
TOWEL, TRYING TO GET THE PHONE
BEFORE IT STOPS RINGING.
BUT THEY DID!
EVEN PRESIDENT LINCOLN HAD TO
DEAL WITH IT.
HOLD ON!
ARE YOU CALLING TO CONCEDE?
NO, I’M NOT INTERESTED IN BUYING
SLAVES!
STOP CALLING!
UNSUBSCRIBE!
I HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT
THIS!
Trevor: SO THE FORMAL
CONCESSION HAS
BEEN AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE
PEACEFUL TRANSITION OF POWER FOR
NEARLY 125 YEARS.
BUT THERE HAVE BEEN A HANDFUL OF
TIMES WHEN IT ALMOST DIDN’T
HAPPEN.
IN 1916, THE PRESIDENTIAL
RACE WASN’T CALLED FOR MORE THAN
TWO WEEKS.
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT WOODROW
WILSON BEAT REPUBLICAN CHARLES
EVANS HUGHES.
BOTH CLAIMED VICTORY ONE DAY
AFTER ELECTION DAY, BUT HE
CONCEDED ON NOVEMBER 22ND.
IN 2000, IT PLAYED OUT OVER
36 DAYS.
AL GORE CALLED GEORGE W. BUSH TO
CONCEDE AFTER A REMARKABLY CLOSE
ELECTION, ONLY TO CALL AN HOUR
LATER TO TAKE IT BACK.
AFTER A RECOUNT AND A SUPREME COURT CASE, GORE DECIDED TO
CONCEDE AGAIN.
MANY 1876 RUTHERFORD HAZE,
GOVERNOR OF OHIO, IS RUNNING FOR
THE
REPUBLICANS SAMUEL TILDEN,
EX-GOVERNOR NEW YORK AT THAT
TIME IS RUNNING AS THE
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE AND IT’S A
VERY CLOSE, DISPUTED ELECTION
AND TWO DAYS BEFORE
INAUGURATION DAY, THE DISPUTE
WAS STILL ALIVE.
BOTH SIDES WERE PLANNING ON
INAUGURATING THEIR CANDIDATE,
AND IT WAS ONLY A
LAST-MINUTE CONCESSION BY TILDEN
BEFORE DID TILDEN CONCEDE AND
THE COUNTRY CAME VERY
VERY CLOSE TO A TERRIBLE
OUTCOME.
Trevor: Yeah, one time
America got close to having TWO
inaugurations, which would have
been a nightmare.
Just imagine all the traffic
alone.
Plus you’re gonna need TWO Sean
Spicers to lie about the size of
TWO crowds.
And the dueling presidential
speeches must be terrible.
It’s like the Brandy and Monica
of inaugurations.
the crowd is mine.
IT’S MINE.
IT’S MOON!
Trevor: BY THE WAY,
BY THE WAY, 1876 MUST HAVE BEEN
A SHITTY TIME TO LIVE THROUGH A
CONTESTED ELECTION.
AT LEAST WE GOT TO DOOM SCROLL
ON TWITTER --
THEY COULD ONLY LOOK OUT THEIR
WINDOW ALL DAY WAITING ON SOME
DUDE ON A HORSE TO DELIVER THE
NEWS.
"LOOK, HERE HE COMES!
HE’S GOT THE ELECTION RESULTS!
OH, NO, HE’S JUST GOT A LIST OF
OTHER HORSES I MAY WANT TO
FOLLOW."
JUST AN AD.
BUT IF CONCESSIONS HAVEN’T
ALWAYS GONE SMOOTHLY, BUT, IN
THE END, IT’S A GENTLEMAN’S
AGREEMENT THAT EVERY CANDIDATE
HAS ADHERED TO.
BUT DONALD TRUMP IS NO
GENTLEMAN, AND IT’S PRETTY
LIKELY THAT HE’S GOING TO END
HIS TERM IN OFFICE BY BREAKING
ONE FINAL UNWRITTEN RULE.
THE GOOD NEWS IS, IT MIGHT NOT
REALLY MATTER.
IF PRESIDENT TRUMP DECIDES
NOT TO DO IT, NOTHING
CONSEQUENTIAL HAPPENS TO THE
OUTCOME.
THERE WILL STILL BE A
PEACEFUL TRANSITION OF POWER, NO
MATTER IF DONALD TRUMP STAYS IN
THE WHITE HOUSE OR IF HE DECIDES
TO LEAVE.
THE CODES, THE NUCLEAR CODES AND
EVERY CODE WILL BE DELIVERED TO
JOE BIDEN.
THE CONSTITUTION HAS A
REMEDY.
IF YOU’RE NOT THE ELECTORAL VOTE
WINNER ON JANUARY 20TH OF THE
FOLLOWING YEAR, YOU’RE NO LONGER
THE PRESIDENT, YOU’RE A
TRESPASSER.
THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN SAYING THE
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT IS
PERFECTLY CAPABLE OF ESCORTING
TRESPASSERS OUT OF THE WHITE
HOUSE."
Trevor: That’s right.
And best believe, if Trump is
escorted out, he’s not gonna
give a shit about keeping
national secrets.
(Trump)
"Get your hands off me!
E.T. IS HIDING IN HOOVER DAM!
TUPAC IS ALIVE AND LIVING IN
MONTREAL!
THE MOON LANDING WAS FAKED --
THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS THE
MOON!"
ALL I KNOW IS, WHEN THEY KICK
HIM OUT, THEY BETTER CHANGE THE
CODES TO EVERYTHING.
BECAUSE HE’S DEFINITELY GONNA
TRY TO GET BACK IN, SO MAKE THEM
SOMETHING TRUMP COULD NEVER
GUESS, LIKE ERIC’S BIRTHDAY.
SO, IF PRESIDENT TRUMP DOESN’T
CONCEDE, HE WILL PUT A STAIN ON
THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY THAT
WILL NEVER GO AWAY.
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, HE COULD
BE PHYSICALLY DRAGGED OUT OF THE
WHITE HOUSE.
SO...MAYBE IT’S WORTH IT!
AND IF YOU DON’T KNOW, NOW YOU
KNOW.
ALL RIGHT, DON’T GO AWAY BECAUSE
WHEN WE COME BACK, THE LEGENDARY
LENNY KRAVITZ WILL BE JOINING
THE SHOW TO TALK ABOUT HIS
AMAZING LIFE. YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS IT.
EARLIER TODAY, I SPOKE WITH ROCK
STAR LENNY KRAVITZ.
WE TALKED ABOUT HOW HE’S BEEN
RIDING OUT THE PANDEMIC IN THE
BAHAMAS AND THE FASCINATING LIFE
HE LIVED AND TALKED ABOUT IN HIS
BRAND-NEW MEMOIR.
LENNY KRAVITZ, WELCOME TO "THE
DAILY SOCIAL DISTANCING SHOW."
GOOD TO SEE YOU, MY BROTHER.
Trevor: EVERY TIME I SEE
YOU, I FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE
UNLOCKED A CHEAP CODE TO LIFE
THAT MAKES YOU MORE RELAXED AND
COOL THAN ANY OTHER HUMAN BEING
ON THE PLANET AND I GENUINELY
WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IS YOUR
SECRET.
MAN, I’M JUST, UH, I’M LIVING
IN A CONSTANT STATE OF
GRATITUDE, OF ACCEPTANCE, OF
GROWTH, UM, I’M AT PEACE, YOU
KNOW.
AND IT’S BEEN A LONG JOURNEY
GETTING THERE, LET ME TELL YOU.
IT’S BEEN A LONG RIDE.
BUT I FEEL GREAT.
I’VE NEVER FELT BETTER, AND, YOU
KNOW, THE BEST IS IN FRONT OF
US.
Trevor: IT’S FUNNY YOU SAY
THE LONG RIDE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
I GREW UP KNOWING LENNY KRAVITZ
IS THE ROCK LEGEND.
I KNOW LENNY KRAVITZs THE GUY
WHO SOLD OVER 40 MILLION
RECORDS, THE GUY WHO HAS FOUR
GRAMMYS, THE GUY WHO HAS TWO --
TOURED THE WORLD MULTIPLE TIMES,
BUT READING YOUR BOOK THAT YOU
PUT OUT, THE "NEW YORK TIMES"
BEST SELLER, GAVE ME AN INSIGHT
INTO WHO YOU ARE.
I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A ROCK
STAR BOOK OF JUICY STORIES AND
ROCK TALES, BUT IT FELT LIKE A
THERAPY SESSION.
IT FELT LIKE A VULNERABLE
CONVERSATION WITH LENNY KRAVITZ
THE HUMAN BEING.
TALK ME THROUGH WHY YOU CHOSE TO
WRITE THE BOOK ABOUT THE FIRST
25 YEARS OF YOUR LIFE INSTEAD OF
THE FOLLOWING 25 YEARS OF YOUR
LIFE.
WELL, LET ME TELL YOU, FIRST
OF ALL, I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT
WRITING BOOK, IT WAS NOT IN MY
MIND.
THROUGH A MUTUAL FRIEND, I MET
DAVID RICKS AT A DINNER.
I KNEW HIS BOOKS, I HAD READ HIS
BOOKS, I KNEW HE WAS A GREAT
WRITER, AND HE SAID YOU SHOULD
WRITE A BOOK AND I WOULD LIKE TO
HELP YU DO IT, BUT YOU SHOULD
WRITE IT.
I THOUGHT, THAT’S WONDERFUL, BUT
I’M NO INTERESTED.
BY THE END OF THE DINNER, HE
CONVINCED ME.
AND THE BIGGEST THING FOR ME WAS
I THOUGHT MY LIFE WAS NOT
INTERESTING ENOUGH TO WRITE
ABOUT.
I REALLY DIDN’T.
BUT I TOOK IT AS A CHALLENGE,
AND WHEN I GOT INTO IT, I
REALIZED THIS WAS ABOUT HEALING,
AN IT WAS ABOUT -- ESPECIALLY
WHEN IT COMES TO THE
RELATIONSHIP WITH MY FATHER
WHICH WAS VERY CHALLENGING.
AND WE HAD JUST MADE PEACE
BEFORE HE PASSED.
SO THERE WERE STILL ISSUES AND
THINGS THAT WEREN’T WORKED OUT,
BUT THROUGH WRITING THIS BOOK --
Trevor: RIGHT.
-- I WAS ABLE TO BACK UP AND
SEE PEOPLE IN MY LIFE INCLUDING
MYSELF AS A CHARACTER, AND IT
TOOK THAT -- IT TOOK THE
PERSONAL PART OFF OF IT, AND I
BEGAN TO LOVE MY FATHER IN A WAY
THAT I COULDN’T WHEN HE WAS
ALIVE.
Trevor: WOW.
AND IT JUST PROVIDED A LOT OF
HEALING AND, YOU KNOW, THE
BEAUTIFUL THING IS, EVEN THOUGH
PEOPLE MAY NOT BE ON THE PLANET
ANYMORE, IT DOESN’T MEAN THAT
YOUR RELATIONSHIP CAN’T EVOLVE
BASED UPON WHAT’S GOING ON IN
YOUR SPIRIT AND IN YOUR MIND.
Trevor: DO YOU THINK THAT
YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR
FATHER AFFECTED HOW YOU BECAME A
DAD YOURSELF?
BECAUSE, I MEAN, ONE OF MY
FAVORITE THINGS TO WATCH IS HOW
YOU INTERACT WITH YOUR DAUGHTER
ZOE.
YOU SEEM LIKEST TEAMMATE.
YOU SEEM LIKE YOU RESPECT EACH
OTHER ON A MUTUAL LEVEL BUT AT
THE SAME TIME SHE STILL GOES,
THAT’S MY DAD.
DO YOU THINK MAYBE THAT AFFECTED
IT AND YOU SAID TO YOURSELF I’M
GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT KIND OF
DAD, DOING THE BEST WITH WHAT I
HAVE?
YES, I KNEW WHAT I DIDN’T
WANT TO BE, BUT THE BEAUTY WAS,
ALSO, I GOT TO SEE HIM BE A
REALLY WONDERFUL GRANDFATHER
AND, OF COURSE, MY MOTHER AND
HER FATHER, MY GRANDFATHERS FROM
THE BAHAMAS, THEY HAD THE
RELATIONSHIP THAT ZOE AND I
HAVE, SO I WAS WITNESS TO THAT.
THEY WERE SO TIGHT, SO CLOSE,
THEY WERE FATHER AND DAUGHTER,
THEY WERE BEST FRIENDS, AND, I
MEAN, WE USED TO MAKE FUN OF IT.
MY GRANDFATHER WOULD COME OUT TO
THE HOUSE AND HANG OUT ALL DAY
WITH MY MOTHER, ALL DAY,
TALKING, TALKING, TALKING.
HE’D LEAVE AND THEN AN HOUR
LATER I WOULD HEAR HIM ON THE
PHONE TALKING TO HER AGAIN.
HE WAS HERE FOR EIGHT HOURS, HE
JUST LEFT.
WHAT POSSIBLY COULD YOU HAVE TO
TALK ABOUT MORE?
SO THAT’S HOW THEY WERE.
SO I WAS TAUGHT THAT.
AND I LOOK AT THE RELATIONSHIP
THAT ZOE AND I HAVE, WHO I JUST
SPOKE TO TWO MINUTES BEFORE YOU
AND I GOT ON THE AIR, AND WE
HAVE THAT RELATIONSHIP AND IT’S
A TRUE BLESSING.
Trevor: YOU KNOW, LENNY
KRAVITZ IS A MIX OF EVERYTHING,
YOU KNOW.
I RELATED TO A BIT OF YOUR STORY
JUST BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU KNOW,
COMING FROM A BIRACIAL
HOUSEHOLD, ESPECIALLY IN THE
TIME WHEN IT WAS NOT NORMAL, I
MEAN, THAT’S WHEN YOU WERE BORN
INTO THIS FAMILY.
TO HAVE A MOM WHO WAS THE FIRST
INTERRACIAL COUPLE ON TELEVISION
IS A BIG DEAL.
YOUR MOM IS THE WOMAN IN THE
BOOK YOU REALLY CELEBRATE.
YOU SAY THIS IS TRULY LENNY’S
LOVE LET TORE HIS MOM, AND I CAN
RELATE TO THAT.
WHAT IS IT ABOUT YOUR MOM THAT
MAKE YOU WHO YOU ARE TODAY.
SHE WAS AN ELEGANT, GRACEFUL,
SOULFUL HUMAN BEING.
SHE NEVER HAD A BAD WORD TO SAY
ABOUT ANYBODY.
SHE DIDN’T JUDGE PEOPLE, HER
MIND WAS OPEN, SHE DIDN’T
GOSSIP.
IT WAS ALL ABOUT PUTTING POSITIVE ENERGY INTO THE WORLD.
AT HER FUNERAL, ROBERT GIYAM,
THE ACTOR, GOT UP TO SPEAK AND
HE SAID, IF ROXY WERE SITTING
NEXT TO THE DEVIL HIMSELF, SHE
WOULD SAY, WHAT A LOVELY RED
SUIT.
IT WAS ALL ABOUT ALWAYS PUTTING
POSITIVE ENERGY FORTH REGARDLESS
OF THE SITUATION, AND, SO, SHE
WAS THAT PERSON, AND SHE ALSO
TAUGHT ME TO BE PROUD OF WHO I
WAS, THAT I WAS A YOUNG, BLACK
PERSON, BUT I HAD THIS RUSSIAN
JEWISH FATHER, I WANT YOU TO BE
PROUD OF BOTH SIDES, I WANT YOU
TO UNDERSTAND BOTH SIDES, I WANT
YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN BOTH
SIDES, BUT UNDERSTAND THAT YOU
ARE BLACK, AND SHE TAUGHT ME
THAT FROM A VERY YOUNG AGE.
Trevor: YOU TAKE THE GOOD
WITH THE BAD AND TRY TO LIVE THE
BEST LIFE POSSIBLE.
I FEEL LIKE THAT’S WHAT LENNY
KRAVITZ DOES.
I MEAN, YOU’RE THE GUY WHO GOT
STRANDED IN THE BAHAMAS.
YOU KNOW, ALSO, IT’S YOUR HOME,
IT’S ONE OF YOUR HOMES.
RIGHT.
Trevor: BUT YOU WENT THERE
THINKING I’M GOING FOR A WEEK OR
A WEEKEND.
A WEEK.
Trevor: THE PANDEMIC HITS,
AND THEN IT’S, LIKE, THAT’S IT.
SO YOUR CLOTHES RUN OUT, WE
MEANS YOU’RE RUNNING AROUND
TOPLESS, WHICH IS GREAT FOR
EVERYONE ELSE AROUND THERE.
I BROKE OUT A SHIRT I HAVEN’T
WORN IN AN ENTIRE MONTH.
YOU’RE GETTING ONE TO HAVE THE
NEW SHIRTS THAT’S BEEN HANGING
IN THE BACK OF THE CLOSET THAT
DOESN’T SMELL TOO BAD.
Trevor: I APPRECIATE THAT.
WHY DO YOU THINK IT’S SO
IMPORTANT FOR LENNY KRAVITZ TO
SPEND SO MUCH TIME DISCONNECTED?
THAT’S SOMETHING I’VE NOTICED
ABOUT YOU AS A HUMAN BEING.
IN THE CONVERSATIONS I HAVE BEEN
LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE WITH YOU
WHEN WE’VE HUNG OUT, THAT’S
IMPORTANT TO YOU.
YOU FIND WAYS TO DISCONNECT.
YOU GO TO THE BAHAMAS, HAVE YOUR
FARM IN BRAZIL, YOU HAVE MANY
SPACES WHEN YOU’RE NOT WITH THE
WORLD.
WHY DO YOU DO THAT?
DISCONNECTING FOR ME IS
CONNECTING, ACTUALLY, BECAUSE
THAT’S WHEN IT GETS QUITE,
THAT’S WHEN I SLOW DOWN, AND I
BECOME PART OF THE NATURE, AND I
CAN HEAR, I CAN TRULY HEAR, AND
THAT’S WHEN THE MUSIC JUST
STARTS COMING.
Trevor: RIGHT.
I’M NOT WRITING IT, I’M
RECEIVING IT.
AND, SO, I LOVET THAT, YOU KNOW,
KEEPING -- YOU KNOW, I HAVEN’T
WORN SHOES INNING AMONTHS.
I’M GROUNDED, I’M WALKING IN THE
GRASS, ON THE DIRT, ON THE SAND,
FOR THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS WITH
NO SHOES.
ALL OF THAT, AND JUST BEING
QUIET AND BEING IN THE MIDDLE OF
ALL THIS NATURE JUST ENABLES ME
TO BE MORE CREATIVE.
Trevor: WOW.
YEAH, MAN.
I’LL TELL YOU THIS, YOU ARE
LIVING A BLESSED LIFE AND YOU
BLESS US WITH THOSE BLESSINGS.
THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AFTER
YOURSELF.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING WHAT
YOU’VE SHARED IN THE BOOK.
NICE TO SEE YOU, MAN, I’M
ALWAYS WATCHING YOU.
Trevor: I APPRECIATE IT.
IT’S A PLEASURE, MY BROTHER.
I HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON IN
PERSON.
Trevor: YEAH, MAN, I’M
GOING TO GET TO THE DREADS AND
WE’LL WALK IN THE STREETS
TOGETHER AND THEY WILL BE LIKE,
DAMN, LOOK AM THOSE TWO GUYS!
THERE’S A GUY WITH A SIX-PACK
AND ONE WITH WITHOUT A SIX-PACK
AT ALL.
HE PROBABLY EATS FOR THE OTHER
GUY.
THAT’S WHAT HAPPENS THERE.
LENNY KRAVITZ, THANK YOU SO
MUCH, DUDE.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
LENNY’S MEMOIR, "LET LOVE RULE,"
IS AVAILABLE NOW.
WE’RE GONNA TAKE A QUICK BREAK,
BUT WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS.
WELL, THAT’S OUR SHOW FOR
TONIGHT, BUT BEFORE WE GO,
THANKSGIVING IS COMING UP.
BUT IN THE CORONA ERA, HOMEBOUND
SENIORS ARE AT GREATER RISK THAN
EVER, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO DON’T
KNOW WHERE THEIR NEXT MEAL IS
COMING FROM.
BUT MEALS ON WHEELS IS OUT THERE
IN THE STREETS, DELIVERING MEALS
TO ELDERLY AMERICANS EVERY DAY,
TO KEEP THEM SAFE AND NOURISHED
IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
IF YOU CAN HELP OUT, AND WANT TO
SUPPORT THE WORK THEY DO, PLEASE
DONATE AT THE LINK BELOW.
UNTIL TOMORROW -- STAY SAFE OUT
THERE, WEAR A MASK, AND
REMEMBER, NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE,
THERE’S NO SHAME IN ADMITTING
YOU’VE LOST, OR IN GIVING A
CONCESSION SPEECH, OR CRYING BIG
BOO-BOO TEARS BECAUSE YOU’RE A
BOO-BOO BABY.
NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE.
NOW, HERE IT IS -- YOUR MOMENT
OF ZEN.
BREAKING JUST MOMENTS AGO,
NEW REPORTING ON SOMETHING WE
TALKED ABOUT AT THE TOP OF THE
HOUR, THIS TIME IT INVOLVES OUR
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.
KEN, WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED, SIR?
OH, SHIT -- (~BLEEP~). OKAY.