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Well, hey, what's going on,
everybody. I'm Trevor Noah,
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and this is The Daily
Social Distancing Show.
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Today is February 15,
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which means
it's President's Day.
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And if you forgot to get your
president a gift, don't worry,
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all those valentines teddy bears
at the gas station
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are on sale right now.
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Anyway, on tonight's show,
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how Stonehenge
gentrified England,
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COVID is now made in the USA,
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and you're invited
to Donald Trump's victory party.
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Plus, Neil Patrick Harris
is joining us on the show.
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So let's do this, people.
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Welcome to The Daily
Social Distancing Show.
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-? ? -ANNOUNCER: From Trevor's
couch in New York City
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to your couch
somewhere in the world, this is
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The Daily Social Distancing
Show with Trevor Noah.
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Let's kick things off
with Stonehenge.
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England's second-oldest
national treasure.
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For centuries people have been
visiting Stonehenge,
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even though no one knows
for sure what it means.
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It's basically the ancient
version of a Kanye West tweet.
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But now we're learning that if
you tried to visit Stonehenge
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when it first went up,
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you might not have found
it there in the same place.
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A dramatic discovery
has linked Stonehenge
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to its original site in Wales.
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Archaeologists from
University College London
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uncovered the remains of an
ancient stone circle in Wales,
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and supports the theory that the
monument was dismantled there
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and then dragged over 140 miles
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to Wiltshire, England.
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Okay, I'm sorry,
but that is incredible.
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Stonehenge was moved 140 miles?
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How?
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And also why?
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What was the difference
between a field in Wales
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and a field in England
in prehistoric times?
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No one was like,
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(English accent): "The schools
are much better there.
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Plus, there are so many good
restaurants you can walk to."
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(regular accent): But at least
now we finally understand
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why Stonehenge looks so weird.
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It's because they
took the whole thing apart,
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brought it to England,
and then realized
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they forgot to bring
the instructions.
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I mean, without those,
you're screwed.
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(English accent):
Uh, maybe the stone goes here.
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Well, why do we have
so many screws left over?
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Do-do you put them... I think
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they're supposed
to be next to each other.
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(regular accent): Either way,
I think it's incredible
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that they were able
to move those giant stones.
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But I also feel really bad
for whoever
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they roped into helping them.
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'Cause back then there were no
good excuses to bail on things.
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I would love to help you out
moving the stones,
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but I have a cello,
um, recital tomorrow.
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Cellos don't exist yet.
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Yep, you're right, I will see
you there to move the stones.
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But let's move on now
to the coronavirus pandemic.
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The reason you got a fake ID
saying that you're 65.
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For weeks, the big fear has been
about the dangerous variants
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of the virus from the UK
and South Africa
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that are now spreading
around the globe.
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But now the United States
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is getting some mutations
of its own.
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NEWSWOMAN: This morning,
growing concerns about variants
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of the coronavirus.
The New York Times reports
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doctors have now found seven
variants of the virus
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that originated in the U.S.,
spotlighting the urgent need
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for better tracking
of cases and mutations.
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All of these variants
had the same exact mutation.
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Now, that could just
be a coincidence,
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but some researchers are
worried that could this mean
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that the virus
is getting smarter and adapting?
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That's right, people. There are
now variants of the coronavirus
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that were made
in the United States.
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Which means these new coronas
don't even believe in corona.
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And what's depressing to realize
is that throughout the pandemic,
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the virus has been
getting smarter and smarter
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while us humans
only seem to be getting
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less brain good-gooder.
Less brain...
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Less good-brained.
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And let's be honest.
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This is kind of
our fault, people.
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We as humans let this virus
spread so easily
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that we gave it lots of chances
to mutate and evolve.
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You know, it's like what
happened with alternative milks.
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We let soy milk slide,
then almond milk,
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then oat milk.
And now we're, like,
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two months away
from the barista asking us
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if we want fish milk.
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And, yeah, I do want
some fish milk, please.
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So the pandemic
is moving into a new phase,
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but we're still
learning a lot about how
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so many things went wrong
up until now.
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And it looks like one person
that many of us
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gave a lot of credit to
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might have been
hiding some things.
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NEWSWOMAN: Growing fallout for
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo
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and his administration
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over withholding COVID death
toll numbers in nursing homes.
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The growing scrutiny
comes just weeks after
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New York Attorney General
Letitia James
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released a report claiming
the state had undercounted
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nursing home deaths
by as much as 50%.
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State health officials
acknowledge the death toll
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was more than 15,000, much
higher than originally reported.
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NEWSWOMAN 2: A top Cuomo
admitted withholding data
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for months over concerns
the Trump justice department
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might use the info against them.
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NEWSWOMAN 3: Those comments
sparked immediate backlash
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among lawmakers
on both sides of the aisle.
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NEWSWOMAN 4: State Republicans
going so far as to say
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he should be impeached.
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Wow.
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Really, Governor Cuomo?
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You lowered your own numbers
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to make yourself look better?
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Whew.
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Guess who just got uninvited
to my 29th birthday next week.
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And the explanation for this...
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the explanation that they're
going with is that they thought
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the Trump administration would
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use the high nursing home deaths
against them.
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Which, yeah.
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Usually, if you're not
doing a good job,
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it gets used against you.
That's the whole point of data.
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This would be like
if the Kansas City Chiefs said,
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"Come on, you're gonna
look at the scoreboard?
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"Isn't it enough
that I'm telling you
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that I won the Super Bowl?
Come on."
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And when you think about it,
messing with COVID numbers
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to make yourself look better
is just about
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the Trumpiest thing
that you can do.
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Which is ironic,
since the main reason
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Cuomo became
a pandemic hero is that
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he was giving "informative,"
coherent press conferences
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while Trump was trying
to inject people with bleach.
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It's like, if you take
a bowl of Chef Boyardee
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and put it
next to a bowl of worms,
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the fact it's next to
something so disgusting
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makes those worms
look really delicious.
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Like, look, man,
I don't care what anybody says,
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for me, you cannot justify
"doing the wrong thing"
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because you say "Oh, Trump
might have or might not have
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or will or wh..."
No. You did the wrong thing.
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Hey, Batman, did you kill
those innocent people?
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I had to do it.
You should have seen
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what the Joker
was gonna do to them.
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Like, worse than kill them?
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No further questions.
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But let's move on now
from a governor
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who might be getting
impeached to a president
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who just beat impeachment
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in our final installment,
probably,
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of The Magical,
Wonderful Road to Impeachment.
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That's probably
presidential harassment.
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Impeachment.
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It's the most presidential thing
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Donald Trump has ever done.
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And after a full week
of arguments
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in Trump's second senate trial,
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it all came down to this.
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NEWSWOMAN: Former president
Donald Trump tonight
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declared not guilty
of the impeachment charge
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he incited insurrection
at the Capitol on January 6.
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And he is hereby acquitted
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of the charge in said article.
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NEWSWOMAN: Seven Republican
senators voting with Democrats
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to convict, 57 to 43.
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The most bipartisan Senate
impeachment vote in history,
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but far short of the two-thirds
majority needed to convict.
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Yes. The bad news
for Donald Trump
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is that seven members
of his own party
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said that he was guilty--
which is unprecedented.
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The good news for him
is it wasn't enough,
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so Trump is free to go, baby!
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2024, here we come!
(imitates air horn)
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Ooh, and we gettin'
the whole crew back together.
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Steve Bannon, Jared Kushner,
that dude with the horns,
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Mike Pence-- sorry
about trying to get you killed.
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But that's in the past now--
let's do this!
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And true to his form,
Trump got acquitted
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43 to 57.
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This dude just loves losing
the popular vote.
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And I get...
I get that it's disappointing
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for a lot of people,
but we should know this by now--
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this is what Trump does.
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He wiggles his way
out of accountability.
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Trying to hold Trump responsible
for his crimes
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is like trying
to kill a fruit fly.
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It's just, like...
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Aha! I got it this time.
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Then you open your hands,
he's not even there.
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He's already halfway
across the room,
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sitting
on your girlfriend's boob.
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And this was actually
a bit of a tricky situation
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for Republicans, because
polls show that most Americans
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don't like Trump and think
he should have been convicted.
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But the GOP base
still loves Trump
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and would turn against anyone
who votes against him
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faster than Buffy fans turned
on Josh Whedon.
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So to make everybody happy,
senators came up
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with a really amazing
and bullshit excuse
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that even if Trump was guilty,
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they couldn't do anything
about it,
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because he's
already out of office.
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And nobody rolled around
in that bullshit more
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than my man, Mitch McConnell.
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There's no question-- none--
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that President Trump
is practically
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and morally responsible
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for provoking the events
of the day.
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We have no power
to convict and disqualify
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a former office holder
who is now a private citizen.
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As an ordinary citizen, unless
the state of limitations is run,
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still liable
for everything he did
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while he's in office.
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Didn't get away
with anything, yet.
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Yet.
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We have a criminal justice
system in this country.
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We have civil litigation.
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And former presidents
are not immune
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from being accountable
by either one.
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Wow.
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Yet another profile in courage
from Mitch McConnell.
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Basically, what he's saying is,
Trump caused the riot,
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Trump is super guilty, and Mitch
just hopes that someday
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someone else
will do something about it.
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Whew.
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I mean, look, nobody's actually
buying this explanation.
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Out of anyone, Mitch McConnell
is the one person
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who always finds a way
to get things done
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if he wants to get it done.
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This dude is so effective,
he has federal judges
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on the French Supreme Court.
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(French accent):
I don't know how he got here,
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but the law is the law,
so electric cars are illegal.
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But now, all of a sudden,
Mitch is coming up with excuses
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just so that he
doesn't have to take a stand.
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And I just have one question,
Senator McConnell.
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How can you even look
at yourself?
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Uh, I never have, Trevor.
Every time I look in the mirror,
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it kills itself.
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Oh. Okay.
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But thanks to Mitch
and 42 other Republicans,
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Donald Trump managed to beat off
the charges against him.
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And now his friends and family
are beating off in general.
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NEWSMAN: This was a big win
for Team Trump.
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The former president's taking
a victory lap,
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not showing any signs
of remorse or regret.
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After yesterday's verdict, Trump
attorney Michael van der Veen
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was seen fist-bumping
another member of the defense,
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saying,
"We're going to Disney World,"
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as if they had just won
the Super Bowl.
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NEWSWOMAN: Mr. Trump's son Eric
posting this on Twitter.
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Two-nothing.
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Now, that's
what I'm talking about.
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Two and oh!
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Obama never even won
a single impeachment.
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Shit's embarrassing.
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I mean, say what you want,
but Trump is the acquittal GOAT.
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Sorry, O.J., You had a good run,
but Trump got acquitted twice.
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And he's responsible
for more deaths.
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And you might think two and oh
is as good as it gets.
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But I think Trump might even
have a third impeachment in him.
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Eight months from now,
Congress could just be like,
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"Aw, damn it, we just found out
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that Trump sold the Declaration
of Independence on eBay!"
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"Well, I hope someone
does something about it,
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but I vote to acquit."
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"Damn it, Mitch!"
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But for now,
if you're celebrating
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alongside Team Trump,
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and you want to remember
this day forever,
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well, here's an offer
you won't want to miss.
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ANNOUNCER: It's official--
President Trump has won
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his second impeachment trial,
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on technical grounds,
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and now you can celebrate
with the president
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with the new
Trump Acquittal Collection,
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including
the official Acquittal T-shirt,
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the official Acquittal Blanket,
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and the official
Acquittal Coffee Mug.
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Order now,
and you'll get real copies
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of the Trump defense's
used trial notes.
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All purchases come
with a baseball bat
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and flex cuffs,
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for the next time we march
on the Capitol peacefully.
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Wink, wink.
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Let's say sometime this spring.
Be there.
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We'll be wild.
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Oh, man, I'm getting the hoodie!
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All right, when we come back,
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our correspondents tell us
what they learned
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during the pandemic.
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And Neil Patrick Harris
is joining me on the show.
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So don't go away.
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Welcome back to The Daily
Social Distancing Show.
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Although COVID is still
a huge danger,
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the vaccine rollout
is giving us all hope
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that the end of the pandemic
is in sight.
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And with that in mind,
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Roy Wood Jr. gathered
some of the news team
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to check in on how
they spent their pandemic.
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Guys, the vaccine's on its way,
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the pandemic's almost over,
so let's take stock.
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I know we've all been locked up
for about a year now.
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-How is everybody doing?
-You know, Roy,
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all this extra time at home
really hasn't been that bad.
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I took up crochet,
and it's actually kind of fun.
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Whoa. Are you
gonna make me a scarf?
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Yeah, totally, right after
I finish off these mittens.
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(whispers):
Wow.
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Michael,
what have you been up to?
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Well, you guys know
I always wanted to paint.
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-Uh, yeah.
-Uh, yeah.
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Well, this year I took up
oil painting.
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Wow! Oh, my God, that's amazing.
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Seriously, Kosta,
those are impressive.
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Man, I'm so inspired now.
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(playing piano rag)
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Taught myself how to play piano.
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Bought this one on eBay.
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Fixed it up using
a YouTube tutorial.
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-Sounds good, right?
-Roy, that is killer.
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I love it.
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-(piano rag ends)
-So, Ronny,
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what have you been up to
all this time?
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Nothing.
I just basically sat here.
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Oh. Okay.
Yeah, like... like meditation.
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-Yeah, yeah.
-No.
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Just, like, freaking out
in silence for nine months.
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LYDIC:
Okay.
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Well, that's cool, Ronnie.
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Michael, is that a schooner?
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It is. Oh, my God, Desi,
you really know your sailboats.
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Yeah, well, I spent a week
in June studying wooden ships.
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Oh, my God. Well, then,
you're gonna love this.
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-It's the USS Constitution.
-Oh, my God.
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-The only wooden ship...
-It's the only wooden ship...
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BOTH: ...still in commission
by the U.S. Navy.
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-(chuckles): Yeah.
-What the hell?
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What is wrong with you guys?
What kind of maniac
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uses the apocalypse
for self-improvement?
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Well, guilty as charged.
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I'm rocking a six-pack now.
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Oh, yeah.
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(grunts)
Never felt better.
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I made some changes, too.
Totally revamped my diet.
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Got rid
of all the refined sugars.
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Ronnie, if you want, I'll mail
you some of my bread recipes.
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No. I don't want to make
goddamn bread at home.
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So many problems
are in the world.
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They're not going away
just by making some focaccia.
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Actually, it's...
(Italian accent): Focaccia.
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(normal voice):
I also learned Italian.
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You know, one of the biggest
knitting communities
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is in Tuscany.
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Uh, shout-out to my ladies
in the old country.
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(speaks Italian)
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Oh, my God, I love Italy.
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It's actually the setting
for my third novel.
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It's about a Venetian prince
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who fell out of favor
with the pope
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but then finds true love with
a stable maid called Rosaria.
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Shut the (bleep) up.
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Okay? Who had the energy
to do all this?
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I cut my hair once in May,
and it was a disaster.
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And that was it.
I spent the rest of the time
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looking at houses on Zillow
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in random towns
all over the country.
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Oh. Any towns you like?
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No.
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Casper, Wyoming.
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Oh, yeah. 82601.
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What?
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That's the zip code
for Casper, Wyoming.
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I memorized the whole country
back in April.
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Ugh, wasn't April a mess?
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The only thing I managed to do
was learn telekinesis.
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Wow. Okay.
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Great. You guys did stuff.
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00:16:11,970 --> 00:16:13,405
Somehow.
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Looks like I wasted my year.
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Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, Ronnie.
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Ronnie, don't be so hard
on yourself, okay?
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Look, I'm not a psychiatrist.
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I have another semester
before I become one.
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But I think the important thing
to remember in these times
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is that the biggest
accomplishment we can make
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is survival.
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And you've done that, Ronnie.
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So you should be proud.
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Hold your head up high.
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00:16:35,861 --> 00:16:37,395
You did it, man.
400
00:16:37,429 --> 00:16:41,333
Yeah, you're-you're right.
I-I did survive.
401
00:16:41,366 --> 00:16:43,935
Yeah, but wait, wait.
Ronnie, just a second.
402
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Done.
403
00:16:47,539 --> 00:16:50,108
Damn, Kosta. That's awesome.
404
00:16:50,142 --> 00:16:52,444
Aw, you look so sad.
405
00:16:52,477 --> 00:16:55,180
Oh, I know. He does.
Got me feeling...
406
00:16:55,213 --> 00:16:57,516
(playing wistful music on piano)
407
00:16:57,549 --> 00:16:59,551
Hmm.
408
00:16:59,584 --> 00:17:03,054
Okay, so, great talking
to you guys, as usual.
409
00:17:03,088 --> 00:17:05,290
I'm gonna go stare
at my ceiling until June.
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00:17:05,323 --> 00:17:07,325
-Bye, Ronnie.
-(playing upbeat music on piano)
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00:17:09,795 --> 00:17:11,163
I'm with you, Ronnie.
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I barely learned
any new languages myself.
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00:17:13,765 --> 00:17:15,333
All right, when we come back,
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Neil Patrick Harris
is joining us on the show,
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so don't go away.
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We have a moral obligation
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to admit the world's poor,
they tell us,
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even if it makes our own country
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-poorer and dirtier.
-(chime)
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00:17:27,379 --> 00:17:29,648
-What is hate speech?
-(ding)
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00:17:29,681 --> 00:17:31,049
All cultures are equal
422
00:17:31,083 --> 00:17:32,617
-except that they're not
all equal. -(chime)
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00:17:32,651 --> 00:17:35,387
-What is a white supremacist?
-(ding)
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00:17:35,420 --> 00:17:37,522
Well, I'm, like,
extraordinarily loaded
425
00:17:37,556 --> 00:17:39,658
just from, like, money
I, you know, inherited.
426
00:17:39,691 --> 00:17:41,226
-I've never needed to work.
-(chime)
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00:17:41,259 --> 00:17:44,229
-What, precisely, is privilege?
-(ding)
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00:17:44,262 --> 00:17:45,564
Our civilization is superior,
429
00:17:45,597 --> 00:17:46,765
-and we need to defend it.
-(chime)
430
00:17:46,798 --> 00:17:49,468
-What exactly is a nationalist?
-(chime)
431
00:17:49,501 --> 00:17:50,902
Our leaders are weak.
432
00:17:50,936 --> 00:17:53,538
If you let people spray-paint
obscenities on city hall,
433
00:17:53,572 --> 00:17:55,574
pretty soon,
they are overturning cop cars.
434
00:17:55,607 --> 00:17:57,442
-Weakness invites aggression.
-(chime)
435
00:17:57,476 --> 00:17:59,344
-What is a fascist?
-(ding)
436
00:17:59,377 --> 00:18:01,213
There was no physical evidence
that George Floyd
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00:18:01,246 --> 00:18:02,748
-was murdered by a cop.
-(chime)
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00:18:02,781 --> 00:18:05,650
-What exactly is
this disinformation? -(ding)
439
00:18:05,684 --> 00:18:07,252
All right, I got to go.
You should stick
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-to the thigh-high boots.
You're better at that. -(chime)
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00:18:09,387 --> 00:18:10,822
-Is that sexism?
-(ding)
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00:18:10,856 --> 00:18:11,957
This may be a lot of things,
443
00:18:11,990 --> 00:18:13,325
this moment
we're living through,
444
00:18:13,358 --> 00:18:15,427
but it is definitely not
about Black lives.
445
00:18:15,460 --> 00:18:17,963
And remember that
when they come for you,
446
00:18:17,996 --> 00:18:19,431
and at this rate, they will.
-(chime)
447
00:18:19,464 --> 00:18:21,967
-Who exactly is
the fear mongrel? -(ding)
448
00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:23,435
Iraq is a crappy place
449
00:18:23,468 --> 00:18:25,303
-filled with a bunch of,
you know... -MAN: Yeah.
450
00:18:25,337 --> 00:18:27,406
-CARLSON: ...semiliterate
primitive monkeys. -(chime)
451
00:18:27,439 --> 00:18:27,506
-Who's the racist here?
-(ding)
452
00:18:31,009 --> 00:18:32,977
Welcome back to The Daily
Social Distancing Show.
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Earlier today, I spoke
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with award-winning actor
Neil Patrick Harris.
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We talked
about his new limited series
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that explores the beginning
of the AIDS crisis in the U.K.
457
00:18:43,355 --> 00:18:46,591
and working with Nicolas Cage.
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They've taken him into hospital.
459
00:18:49,094 --> 00:18:51,596
Oh. Sorry.
460
00:18:52,630 --> 00:18:54,933
Is he all right?
461
00:18:54,966 --> 00:18:56,768
Yeah, fuss over nothing.
462
00:18:58,970 --> 00:19:00,972
They said it was pneumonia.
463
00:19:01,005 --> 00:19:03,441
Then they said it was like
something you get from birds
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in his lungs.
465
00:19:05,276 --> 00:19:06,711
They said it was strange.
466
00:19:06,745 --> 00:19:09,781
They said it was
some kind of psittacosis.
467
00:19:09,814 --> 00:19:12,217
-What, like you get in parrots?
-That's what they said.
468
00:19:13,918 --> 00:19:15,820
You haven't gone a parrot,
though, do you?
469
00:19:15,854 --> 00:19:18,390
Of course I haven't got
a (bleep) parrot.
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Neil Patrick Harris,
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welcome to The Daily
Social Distancing Show.
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00:19:21,926 --> 00:19:23,495
Thank you so much, man.
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This is my first time
on the show.
474
00:19:24,896 --> 00:19:26,531
I'm excited
and a little bit nervous.
475
00:19:26,564 --> 00:19:28,533
Oh, well, how can you be nerv...
I'm the one
476
00:19:28,566 --> 00:19:30,168
who should be nervous,
because, I mean, like
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Neil Patrick Harris has touched
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00:19:32,370 --> 00:19:36,307
so many of the greatest shows
and movies
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and productions
and everything that we know of.
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00:19:38,777 --> 00:19:41,212
I always find myself wondering,
in a career like yours,
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00:19:41,246 --> 00:19:44,015
do you think
you have the Midas touch,
482
00:19:44,049 --> 00:19:45,750
or do you just know
where Midas is
483
00:19:45,784 --> 00:19:47,185
and what he's about to touch?
484
00:19:47,218 --> 00:19:50,488
(laughs)
Man, that's so flattering.
485
00:19:50,522 --> 00:19:53,291
I-I like to sort of see
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if I can live
in Kevin Bacon's wake.
487
00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:58,096
(both laugh)
488
00:19:58,129 --> 00:20:01,399
And be a few degrees away
from the real man
489
00:20:01,433 --> 00:20:03,368
who's a few degrees away
from everyone.
490
00:20:03,401 --> 00:20:06,304
I'm old, mate.
I-I've been around for a while
491
00:20:06,337 --> 00:20:08,006
doing a lot of disparate things.
492
00:20:08,039 --> 00:20:10,342
So, thankfully,
I get to keep working
493
00:20:10,375 --> 00:20:14,312
in, like,
weird ways I never imagined.
494
00:20:14,346 --> 00:20:15,747
-Right.
-Acting, sure.
495
00:20:15,780 --> 00:20:18,950
Uh, but, like,
hosting award shows? Weird.
496
00:20:18,983 --> 00:20:20,385
Never part of the plot.
497
00:20:20,418 --> 00:20:22,120
Writing books? Weird.
498
00:20:22,153 --> 00:20:23,722
Like, I just do
weird stuff lately,
499
00:20:23,755 --> 00:20:25,957
so, you know, it is what it is.
500
00:20:25,990 --> 00:20:27,158
You-You've historically
just been
501
00:20:27,192 --> 00:20:28,393
one of the most busy people
out there.
502
00:20:28,426 --> 00:20:30,261
Like-like you said,
writing, singing,
503
00:20:30,295 --> 00:20:32,530
performing on Broadway,
acting in movies,
504
00:20:32,564 --> 00:20:34,065
TV shows, hosting shows.
505
00:20:34,099 --> 00:20:36,301
So, what have you been doing
at the height of the pandemic?
506
00:20:36,334 --> 00:20:38,069
Because there was a period
where nobody could work.
507
00:20:38,103 --> 00:20:41,206
-So, what were you doing?
-Yeah, well, I was working
508
00:20:41,239 --> 00:20:43,274
right as the pandemic started.
509
00:20:43,308 --> 00:20:46,478
I was filming The Matrix 4
in San Francisco.
510
00:20:46,511 --> 00:20:48,346
And that was
right when everything
511
00:20:48,380 --> 00:20:50,248
started being
a little bit cuckoo
512
00:20:50,281 --> 00:20:51,850
-at the beginning of last year.
-Right.
513
00:20:51,883 --> 00:20:54,352
And then I... We came home,
514
00:20:54,386 --> 00:20:55,720
were about to head to Berlin
515
00:20:55,754 --> 00:20:57,689
to film the second half
of the movie there,
516
00:20:57,722 --> 00:21:00,892
and, uh, the lockdown happened,
517
00:21:00,925 --> 00:21:02,894
so that got held for a while.
518
00:21:02,927 --> 00:21:04,763
I got COVID.
519
00:21:04,796 --> 00:21:08,767
My husband, our kids,
we all got COVID early on.
520
00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:11,436
And so we were
just hunkered down.
521
00:21:11,469 --> 00:21:12,804
We were fine.
522
00:21:12,837 --> 00:21:15,473
Like, medium on a-- on a--
523
00:21:15,507 --> 00:21:19,544
On a spicy level,
we were, like, a four.
524
00:21:19,577 --> 00:21:20,945
And then-- So then we were--
525
00:21:20,979 --> 00:21:22,814
We had antibodies
and we felt fine,
526
00:21:22,847 --> 00:21:24,749
so we weren't, y-you know,
527
00:21:24,783 --> 00:21:28,253
um, as nervous as-as some people
around us were.
528
00:21:28,286 --> 00:21:29,688
But we just kept to ourselves.
529
00:21:29,721 --> 00:21:32,023
Um... I'd been working a bit,
530
00:21:32,057 --> 00:21:33,625
so it was actually kind of nice
to exist.
531
00:21:33,658 --> 00:21:35,827
We were kind of-- We had
finished renovating a place
532
00:21:35,860 --> 00:21:38,129
and we were able to move in.
533
00:21:38,163 --> 00:21:39,597
And, I don't know, I-I thought--
534
00:21:39,631 --> 00:21:42,467
We have ten-year-old kids,
my husband and I,
535
00:21:42,500 --> 00:21:45,070
and-and, uh...
and I think it's important
536
00:21:45,103 --> 00:21:46,971
to be showing them
537
00:21:47,005 --> 00:21:50,208
the positive aspects of this
as much as the negative.
538
00:21:50,241 --> 00:21:51,710
This is normal to them.
539
00:21:51,743 --> 00:21:53,211
-Mm-hmm. -It's not--
It's a little abnormal
540
00:21:53,244 --> 00:21:55,680
but it's not super weird,
like it is to adults.
541
00:21:55,714 --> 00:21:59,150
So we've been just acknowledging
that this is what it is
542
00:21:59,184 --> 00:22:00,719
and spending time together,
543
00:22:00,752 --> 00:22:02,153
sitting in each other's sauce
544
00:22:02,187 --> 00:22:04,289
and trying to break up fights.
545
00:22:04,322 --> 00:22:09,027
And I really feel like I know
my family more than I ever have.
546
00:22:09,060 --> 00:22:10,528
And that's chaotic,
547
00:22:10,562 --> 00:22:12,263
but it's also kind of fantastic,
548
00:22:12,297 --> 00:22:13,565
so I've been--
I've been blessed.
549
00:22:13,598 --> 00:22:16,835
Then I went to Berlin,
filmed more, uh, of that movie.
550
00:22:16,868 --> 00:22:19,537
I went to Budapest and filmed
a movie with Nicolas Cage.
551
00:22:19,571 --> 00:22:21,439
Oh, nice. Why-why do you--
552
00:22:21,473 --> 00:22:23,108
Yeah, why do you s-sound
surprised about it?
553
00:22:23,141 --> 00:22:24,943
You're like,
"I went to Budapest." (stammers)
554
00:22:24,976 --> 00:22:27,078
It sounds like you were, like--
It was a stopover flight
555
00:22:27,112 --> 00:22:28,880
and then, all of a sudden, you
were in a movie with Nicolas--
556
00:22:28,913 --> 00:22:30,515
The way you said it. It was
like, "I-I was in Budapest.
557
00:22:30,548 --> 00:22:32,050
Then I was in a movie
with Nicolas Cage?"
558
00:22:32,083 --> 00:22:34,185
Because I had just finished
being in Berlin, Germany,
559
00:22:34,219 --> 00:22:35,587
filming a big, giant movie.
560
00:22:35,620 --> 00:22:37,856
And I thought that was
super cool and I can now,
561
00:22:37,889 --> 00:22:39,457
you know, sit back
with my family for a while.
562
00:22:39,491 --> 00:22:41,359
And then I got an e-mail asking
if I wanted to go
563
00:22:41,393 --> 00:22:44,729
to Budapest, Hungary,
and film a Nicolas Cage movie.
564
00:22:44,763 --> 00:22:46,331
Never met the guy.
565
00:22:46,364 --> 00:22:49,167
Never thought I'd really be
in Nicolas Cage's orbit.
566
00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:51,236
And in the middle
of the pandemic.
567
00:22:51,269 --> 00:22:53,038
Budapest
is completely locked down.
568
00:22:53,071 --> 00:22:57,909
It was one of those fly there
for multiple days of quarantine,
569
00:22:57,942 --> 00:22:59,644
-film for two days and split.
-Yes, yes, yes.
570
00:22:59,678 --> 00:23:01,379
I was there in this hotel.
571
00:23:01,413 --> 00:23:03,214
Everything.
No restaurants were open.
572
00:23:03,248 --> 00:23:04,916
-It was really strange, right?
-Oh, yeah, no.
573
00:23:04,949 --> 00:23:07,986
So just a weird time
to be traveling the globe,
574
00:23:08,019 --> 00:23:11,022
filming things,
right now, this last year.
575
00:23:11,056 --> 00:23:13,591
But I did it. It's a comedy.
It was super fun.
576
00:23:13,625 --> 00:23:15,894
And, uh, Nicolas Cage is
as lovely
577
00:23:15,927 --> 00:23:17,829
as you would imagine
Nicolas Cage could be.
578
00:23:17,862 --> 00:23:20,065
-Have you met him before? -I
love that. I love-- I-I haven't.
579
00:23:20,098 --> 00:23:21,499
I haven't. But I also
haven't been to Budapest.
580
00:23:21,533 --> 00:23:22,834
So maybe that's how it happens,
581
00:23:22,867 --> 00:23:24,369
is, like, I go to Budapest
582
00:23:24,402 --> 00:23:25,837
and then I'll be in a movie
with Nicolas Cage.
583
00:23:25,870 --> 00:23:28,640
-Best VIP room ever.
-(laughs)
584
00:23:28,673 --> 00:23:30,842
Um, let's talk about, uh,
585
00:23:30,875 --> 00:23:33,745
your new show that's gonna be
premiering on, uh, HBO Max.
586
00:23:33,778 --> 00:23:35,580
It's already, um, aired
587
00:23:35,613 --> 00:23:37,415
on the other side of, uh--
of the Atlantic
588
00:23:37,449 --> 00:23:39,484
to really, really,
really great receptions,
589
00:23:39,517 --> 00:23:42,287
and that's a show called
It's a Sin.
590
00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:44,689
A beautiful and powerful story.
591
00:23:44,723 --> 00:23:47,759
Talk me a little through
what this show is about.
592
00:23:47,792 --> 00:23:49,561
Well, it...
(exhales)
593
00:23:49,594 --> 00:23:51,262
It sort of does-does two things.
594
00:23:51,296 --> 00:23:54,332
It's-it's written and produced
by Russell T Davies,
595
00:23:54,366 --> 00:23:56,167
and he's prolific.
596
00:23:56,201 --> 00:23:57,769
He did Years and Years,
597
00:23:57,802 --> 00:24:00,705
A Very English Scandal,
Dr. Who.
598
00:24:00,739 --> 00:24:04,209
He's done great-- The original
Queer as Folk in the U.K.
599
00:24:04,242 --> 00:24:06,144
And then he wanted to do
something
600
00:24:06,177 --> 00:24:07,645
that was more personal to him.
601
00:24:07,679 --> 00:24:11,583
And so he wanted to do
a five-part, sort of,
602
00:24:11,616 --> 00:24:15,186
larger story about HIV/AIDS
and how it came into the U.K.
603
00:24:15,220 --> 00:24:17,822
after it had been in the States
in the '80s.
604
00:24:17,856 --> 00:24:21,092
And no one had--
has really written that story.
605
00:24:21,126 --> 00:24:23,261
And so that's kind of
the dynamic of it.
606
00:24:23,294 --> 00:24:25,397
It's-it's a limited series.
607
00:24:25,430 --> 00:24:27,399
It follows these...
608
00:24:27,432 --> 00:24:29,501
people on the edge of adulthood
609
00:24:29,534 --> 00:24:32,737
from various parts of the U.K.
that come together in London.
610
00:24:32,771 --> 00:24:36,574
And you're watching them
all live these exciting lives
611
00:24:36,608 --> 00:24:39,711
of possibility
and you really like them.
612
00:24:39,744 --> 00:24:41,646
And yet you're also watching
knowing
613
00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:43,581
that this big...
614
00:24:43,615 --> 00:24:47,652
-shadow is slowly coming over
everyone. -Yeah.
615
00:24:47,686 --> 00:24:50,989
And so it's very emotional.
616
00:24:51,022 --> 00:24:53,725
It's very... uh, educational
617
00:24:53,758 --> 00:24:55,994
but not in a really pejorative,
618
00:24:56,027 --> 00:24:58,730
kind of, um, lecture-y way.
619
00:24:58,763 --> 00:25:03,001
Your f-- You want these people
to screw each other literally
620
00:25:03,034 --> 00:25:05,003
and have fun and dance,
you know?
621
00:25:05,036 --> 00:25:06,871
And yet you know
what's happening.
622
00:25:06,905 --> 00:25:08,073
You know what's coming.
623
00:25:08,106 --> 00:25:10,108
-So it's a really interesting
dynamic. -Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
624
00:25:10,141 --> 00:25:12,310
Um, I play the mentor
to one of the kids,
625
00:25:12,344 --> 00:25:15,113
a Savile Row tailor guy
who's living kind of,
626
00:25:15,146 --> 00:25:17,148
um, lovely, monogamous,
627
00:25:17,182 --> 00:25:20,618
old-school, same-sex,
uh, couplehood life,
628
00:25:20,652 --> 00:25:24,022
uh, and is an example to one
of the kids, uh, in the thing.
629
00:25:24,055 --> 00:25:26,157
So I-- My part's not gigantic,
630
00:25:26,191 --> 00:25:31,162
but it's been really exciting
to be a part of a piece of art
631
00:25:31,196 --> 00:25:34,099
that turns into an education
632
00:25:34,132 --> 00:25:37,302
in a way that people are
responding to legitimately well.
633
00:25:37,335 --> 00:25:39,904
My job is actor.
634
00:25:39,938 --> 00:25:43,475
I don't feel comfortable
in the role of educator.
635
00:25:43,508 --> 00:25:46,211
-Right. -I'm not-- I'm not
very educated. (chuckles)
636
00:25:46,244 --> 00:25:49,547
So when I am able to be a part
of something
637
00:25:49,581 --> 00:25:51,449
where people can be effective,
638
00:25:51,483 --> 00:25:54,953
where a generation who lived
in the world of HIV/AIDS
639
00:25:54,986 --> 00:25:58,490
can really have
a profound experience
640
00:25:58,523 --> 00:26:00,959
reliving things
that they had experienced,
641
00:26:00,992 --> 00:26:02,627
but, more importantly, Trevor,
642
00:26:02,660 --> 00:26:04,929
to have a younger generation
that, quite frankly,
643
00:26:04,963 --> 00:26:07,298
doesn't really know much at all
about HIV/AIDS,
644
00:26:07,332 --> 00:26:10,402
that really legitimately
doesn't know any of it
645
00:26:10,435 --> 00:26:12,470
and how it happened
and how it came to be
646
00:26:12,504 --> 00:26:14,005
and what it means now.
647
00:26:14,039 --> 00:26:16,274
Because, essentially,
you can have,
648
00:26:16,307 --> 00:26:18,410
you know, unprotected sex,
649
00:26:18,443 --> 00:26:20,445
catch it, take a pill,
you should be fine.
650
00:26:20,478 --> 00:26:22,514
Like,
a lot of younger generation,
651
00:26:22,547 --> 00:26:23,782
that's all they know from it.
652
00:26:23,815 --> 00:26:25,617
So to be able to educate
653
00:26:25,650 --> 00:26:27,719
in a way
that's still kind of vibrant,
654
00:26:27,752 --> 00:26:29,654
that's-- like, that's a really--
655
00:26:29,688 --> 00:26:32,190
that's a really nice notch
to have on a belt.
656
00:26:32,223 --> 00:26:33,458
It's a beautiful story.
657
00:26:33,491 --> 00:26:37,696
And, you know, some-some of
the comments I've seen about it,
658
00:26:37,729 --> 00:26:39,230
especially from the U.K.,
659
00:26:39,264 --> 00:26:41,066
have been many of the feelings
I had
660
00:26:41,099 --> 00:26:44,402
when just watching
the first episode was-was that
661
00:26:44,436 --> 00:26:47,138
it's interesting
to explore the paradox
662
00:26:47,172 --> 00:26:49,541
of the joy
that was contained in a world
663
00:26:49,574 --> 00:26:51,743
that was overshadowed,
as you said earlier,
664
00:26:51,776 --> 00:26:54,346
by-by this ominous feeling.
665
00:26:54,379 --> 00:26:56,214
It feels like that was important
to show as well.
666
00:26:56,247 --> 00:26:58,416
Because sometimes stories tell
one side of the story.
667
00:26:58,450 --> 00:27:00,885
Very sad or only happy.
668
00:27:00,919 --> 00:27:04,022
This seemed like it was
a complicated reality
669
00:27:04,055 --> 00:27:05,123
of what it was.
670
00:27:05,156 --> 00:27:06,491
That's very well said.
671
00:27:06,524 --> 00:27:09,661
And-and that's what I think
is so great about it.
672
00:27:09,694 --> 00:27:11,863
Because the '80s were that--
673
00:27:11,896 --> 00:27:14,165
you know, had
that kind of heartbeat to it.
674
00:27:14,199 --> 00:27:16,768
And there's lots of scenes with
people dancing in nightclubs,
675
00:27:16,801 --> 00:27:20,105
and it's-it's- there's
a sexiness to it, you know?
676
00:27:20,138 --> 00:27:23,074
So you also--
You-you get intoxicated by that.
677
00:27:23,108 --> 00:27:26,244
And yet, at the same time,
there's this...
678
00:27:26,277 --> 00:27:28,980
there's this voice on--
o-over your shoulder,
679
00:27:29,014 --> 00:27:30,348
whispering in your ear, saying,
680
00:27:30,382 --> 00:27:33,818
-"Don't forget,
this is about HIV/AIDS." -Right.
681
00:27:33,852 --> 00:27:35,954
And it's a very serious topic.
682
00:27:35,987 --> 00:27:38,356
And so, as you go, it's...
683
00:27:38,390 --> 00:27:41,359
(sighs) Your-your concern
for the people and--
684
00:27:41,393 --> 00:27:43,828
Yes, obviously,
without spoiling anything,
685
00:27:43,862 --> 00:27:46,664
not everyone in the cast
survives,
686
00:27:46,698 --> 00:27:51,669
because that's sort of part
of the-the storytelling.
687
00:27:51,703 --> 00:27:53,872
And then--
But even in episode one,
688
00:27:53,905 --> 00:27:57,208
wondering who all these people
with great futures,
689
00:27:57,242 --> 00:28:00,478
wondering who's gonna mess up
and how and what's gonna--
690
00:28:00,512 --> 00:28:02,047
like, who's gonna survive,
691
00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:06,051
it's a very treacherous
tightrope of a show.
692
00:28:06,084 --> 00:28:08,953
I don't know.
I-I think Russell T Davies
693
00:28:08,987 --> 00:28:12,624
has-has had
extraordinary writing
694
00:28:12,657 --> 00:28:14,292
after extraordinary writing.
695
00:28:14,325 --> 00:28:18,797
He's-- He-he makes content
that is really, really vital.
696
00:28:18,830 --> 00:28:21,032
And, uh--
And this is no different.
697
00:28:21,066 --> 00:28:23,468
Yeah, it's, uh, it's really
been well-received,
698
00:28:23,501 --> 00:28:26,971
um, in the U.K., and when it
premieres in the U.S.,
699
00:28:27,005 --> 00:28:28,673
it's gonna be interesting
to see, you know,
700
00:28:28,707 --> 00:28:30,308
how people resonate with
the story and what they feel
701
00:28:30,342 --> 00:28:31,910
about it. Before I let you go,
702
00:28:31,943 --> 00:28:34,379
I would love to know
how you worked on your accent,
703
00:28:34,412 --> 00:28:36,815
because one of the,
one of the... (stammers)
704
00:28:36,848 --> 00:28:40,251
the feuds that's constantly,
uh, you know, brewing
705
00:28:40,285 --> 00:28:41,986
between the U.S. and the U.K.
706
00:28:42,020 --> 00:28:44,089
is how people do
the other's accents.
707
00:28:44,122 --> 00:28:47,092
Everyone loved your accent--
how did you work on it?
708
00:28:47,125 --> 00:28:51,196
Um, I have a pretty decent ear
for accents,
709
00:28:51,229 --> 00:28:53,832
but I really didn't want
to rely on that,
710
00:28:53,865 --> 00:28:56,167
-so there was a dialectician
that I worked with -Uh-huh.
711
00:28:56,201 --> 00:28:58,703
a fair amount, we went
through the entire script.
712
00:28:58,737 --> 00:29:02,741
We sort of decided
what type of person
713
00:29:02,774 --> 00:29:05,343
-he was... -Right. Did you,
did you, like, do that thing,
714
00:29:05,377 --> 00:29:07,012
where you, like, live in,
like, were you walking
715
00:29:07,045 --> 00:29:08,480
around your house, like,
(English accent): "I would like
716
00:29:08,513 --> 00:29:10,181
-some tea, please?"
-(laughs)
717
00:29:10,215 --> 00:29:12,851
No, I went...
I went about a week early
718
00:29:12,884 --> 00:29:15,920
to walk around and just
kind of sit at pubs and listen
719
00:29:15,954 --> 00:29:19,891
to people so that, like,
my ear was just in-in-in line--
720
00:29:19,924 --> 00:29:21,593
but the hardest part,
to be honest,
721
00:29:21,626 --> 00:29:23,762
was when we were filming...
my accent...
722
00:29:23,795 --> 00:29:25,897
I was fine with my accent
as written,
723
00:29:25,930 --> 00:29:28,967
but then between takes, I wasn't
sure whether I should maintain
724
00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:31,469
the accent or whether I should
drop it, because I didn't want
725
00:29:31,503 --> 00:29:33,938
to seem like this weird method
actor that, like, is always
726
00:29:33,972 --> 00:29:36,908
in character, always speaking
with a posh British accent.
727
00:29:36,941 --> 00:29:39,411
And yet it seemed
like it was equally strange
728
00:29:39,444 --> 00:29:41,179
-To just flip out of it, right?
-to drop it and talk
729
00:29:41,212 --> 00:29:43,481
with hard Rs, uh,
the whole time in Manchester,
730
00:29:43,515 --> 00:29:45,450
where everyone's talking like...
731
00:29:45,483 --> 00:29:48,086
and so I just kind of split the,
split the difference.
732
00:29:48,119 --> 00:29:50,355
I probably talked more
like a Brit than an American
733
00:29:50,388 --> 00:29:52,657
just-just to make it
easier on myself.
734
00:29:52,691 --> 00:29:55,694
But, no, man, I have
a massive talent crush
735
00:29:55,727 --> 00:29:58,596
on the U.K.-- I think
the work that they do, uh,
736
00:29:58,630 --> 00:30:00,899
on television, I think that
the work that they do on film
737
00:30:00,932 --> 00:30:03,368
and on stage is-is, uh,
738
00:30:03,401 --> 00:30:06,271
really exciting and really, uh,
739
00:30:06,304 --> 00:30:09,307
um, important and I've
always wanted to be a part
740
00:30:09,340 --> 00:30:13,144
of something like that,
so I was very conscientious
741
00:30:13,178 --> 00:30:15,747
about not just yawning
and faking my way
742
00:30:15,780 --> 00:30:17,148
through an accent, for sure.
743
00:30:17,182 --> 00:30:18,750
Well, just judging
by the reviews,
744
00:30:18,783 --> 00:30:20,352
I can safely say they've
also got a crush on you.
745
00:30:20,385 --> 00:30:22,854
Uh, Neil Patrick Harris, thank
you for joining me on the show.
746
00:30:22,887 --> 00:30:25,490
Congratulations on another
fantastic project and, uh,
747
00:30:25,523 --> 00:30:27,592
here's to the next Budapest,
my friend.
748
00:30:27,625 --> 00:30:29,461
Uh, cheers, man-- we'll see
you soon, I appreciate it.
749
00:30:29,494 --> 00:30:32,497
Don't forget,
you can watch all episodes
750
00:30:32,530 --> 00:30:36,901
of It's a Sin on HBO Max
starting February 18.
751
00:30:36,935 --> 00:30:38,536
All right, we're gonna take
a quick break.
752
00:30:38,570 --> 00:30:38,636
But we'll be right back
after this.
753
00:30:41,672 --> 00:30:43,674
Well, that's our show
for tonight, but before we go,
754
00:30:43,707 --> 00:30:46,043
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755
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758
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760
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761
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764
00:31:09,900 --> 00:31:14,004
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765
00:31:14,038 --> 00:31:15,739
That's why we did it.
766
00:31:15,773 --> 00:31:17,574
Do something good and then
you get something good.
767
00:31:17,608 --> 00:31:19,677
Until tomorrow,
stay safe out there,
768
00:31:19,710 --> 00:31:21,612
wear a mask and remember,
769
00:31:21,645 --> 00:31:24,648
if you're moving Stonehenge,
lift with your knees.
770
00:31:24,682 --> 00:31:27,718
Now here it is,
Your Moment of Zen.
771
00:31:27,751 --> 00:31:30,354
You need to be where you need
to be by lunch today,
772
00:31:30,387 --> 00:31:31,989
if not, earlier than that.
773
00:31:32,022 --> 00:31:34,024
I know it's Sunday,
you want to go to church.
774
00:31:34,058 --> 00:31:36,093
Today is not the day
to go to church.
775
00:31:36,126 --> 00:31:37,995
Do it virtually
because you may get stuck
776
00:31:38,028 --> 00:31:40,264
at the church house
and if it's Valentine's--
777
00:31:40,297 --> 00:31:42,700
Today's Valentine's Day,
if you don't like the person
778
00:31:42,733 --> 00:31:45,069
that you're with, you might as
well go ahead, leave right now,
779
00:31:45,102 --> 00:31:47,004
'cause it ain't gonna be good
for you, 'cause you may not
780
00:31:47,037 --> 00:31:47,104
be able to leave
until about Wednesday.