1 00:00:01,001 --> 00:00:02,402 -♪ ♪ -ANNOUNCER: Coming to you 2 00:00:02,503 --> 00:00:05,072 from New York City, the only city in America, 3 00:00:05,172 --> 00:00:07,508 it's The Daily Show. 4 00:00:07,608 --> 00:00:11,044 Tonight: Biden gets got. 5 00:00:11,144 --> 00:00:14,014 That's a wrap on January 6th. 6 00:00:14,114 --> 00:00:17,150 And Blitz Bazawule. 7 00:00:17,251 --> 00:00:20,621 This is The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. 8 00:00:20,721 --> 00:00:22,756 -♪ ♪ -(cheering, applause) 9 00:00:35,936 --> 00:00:37,838 What's going on, everybody. Welcome to The Daily Show. 10 00:00:37,938 --> 00:00:40,707 I'm Trevor Noah. Thank you so much for tuning in. 11 00:00:40,807 --> 00:00:43,677 Thank you for coming out in person. 12 00:00:43,777 --> 00:00:46,747 Love it. Look at it. Take a seat, everybody. Let's do it. 13 00:00:46,847 --> 00:00:49,383 We've got a jam-packed show for you tonight. 14 00:00:49,483 --> 00:00:51,451 Donald Trump is running from the law. 15 00:00:51,552 --> 00:00:52,953 Well, not running, but you know. 16 00:00:53,053 --> 00:00:56,290 Boris Johnson gives the greatest farewell speech of all time, 17 00:00:56,390 --> 00:00:59,927 And you'll never guess which U.S. president got COVID. 18 00:01:00,060 --> 00:01:01,161 So let's do this, people. 19 00:01:01,261 --> 00:01:03,530 Let's jump straight into today's headlines. 20 00:01:03,630 --> 00:01:05,799 ♪ ♪ 21 00:01:10,470 --> 00:01:12,472 All right. Let's kick things off 22 00:01:12,573 --> 00:01:14,174 with the big news of the day. 23 00:01:14,274 --> 00:01:17,711 President Biden has had a rough time recently. 24 00:01:17,811 --> 00:01:19,413 He couldn't get climate change action. 25 00:01:19,513 --> 00:01:22,516 He couldn't get free community college. 26 00:01:22,616 --> 00:01:25,152 He couldn't get tax hikes on the rich. 27 00:01:25,252 --> 00:01:28,155 But it turns out there's one thing he could get. 28 00:01:28,255 --> 00:01:29,756 We begin this hour with breaking news 29 00:01:29,857 --> 00:01:31,892 from the White House, where President Joe Biden 30 00:01:31,992 --> 00:01:35,829 is in isolation after he tested positive for COVID. 31 00:01:35,929 --> 00:01:37,464 The White House press secretary saying that 32 00:01:37,564 --> 00:01:39,867 the president is fully vaccinated. 33 00:01:39,967 --> 00:01:41,735 Uh, he's been twice boosted, he's experiencing 34 00:01:41,835 --> 00:01:45,272 what they say are very mild symptoms at this point. 35 00:01:45,372 --> 00:01:47,007 So he will be isolating, 36 00:01:47,107 --> 00:01:48,575 but he will be able to continue in his role. 37 00:01:48,675 --> 00:01:50,611 He won't need to turn over any duties, it appears, 38 00:01:50,711 --> 00:01:52,746 to the vice president at this point. 39 00:02:13,500 --> 00:02:16,203 Okay, okay. First things first. 40 00:02:16,303 --> 00:02:18,172 I'm sure all of our thoughts are with President Biden 41 00:02:18,272 --> 00:02:19,673 for a speedy recovery. Get well soon, sir. 42 00:02:19,773 --> 00:02:20,874 You made it through the Spanish flu, 43 00:02:20,974 --> 00:02:23,076 you can make it through this. 44 00:02:24,077 --> 00:02:26,079 I know you can do it. 45 00:02:28,415 --> 00:02:31,385 And also, it does look like he's gonna be fine, right? 46 00:02:31,485 --> 00:02:33,120 He's even got, like, swag in that video. He's like, 47 00:02:33,220 --> 00:02:34,821 "Hey, ah, ha. 48 00:02:34,922 --> 00:02:37,724 You probably heard I got COVID, ha, ha." 49 00:02:37,824 --> 00:02:39,726 But I get why he's got swag, you know? 50 00:02:39,826 --> 00:02:41,862 He's been vaxxed, he's been boosted, 51 00:02:41,962 --> 00:02:45,465 he's been double boosted and he's taking antiviral drugs. 52 00:02:45,566 --> 00:02:47,000 And just to be safe, he's sipping some bleach 53 00:02:47,100 --> 00:02:50,103 on the side. You know? Yeah, that shit seems ridiculous 54 00:02:50,170 --> 00:02:51,238 till you get COVID, then you're like, 55 00:02:51,338 --> 00:02:53,373 "I'll try anything. I..." 56 00:02:53,473 --> 00:02:54,975 Another reason the president's gonna be fine 57 00:02:55,108 --> 00:02:56,777 is because, let's be honest, 58 00:02:56,877 --> 00:02:59,680 there's not much that COVID can do to him. 59 00:02:59,780 --> 00:03:01,715 Yeah, think about it. What's gonna happen? 60 00:03:01,815 --> 00:03:03,350 The virus is gonna get in his body and be like, 61 00:03:03,450 --> 00:03:06,420 "Let's see what can I do here. Time to get some brain fog, 62 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:09,489 "some fatigue, some dizzi-- Wait, wait. 63 00:03:09,590 --> 00:03:11,725 Have I already been here? What's going on?" 64 00:03:14,394 --> 00:03:15,629 Now, in the meantime, Biden says 65 00:03:15,729 --> 00:03:18,365 he will not be taking any sick days. 66 00:03:18,465 --> 00:03:20,133 Which is what sucks about being president, right? 67 00:03:20,234 --> 00:03:22,102 You still got to put on a strong face. 68 00:03:22,202 --> 00:03:24,204 Any other job, you'd be milking that shit. 69 00:03:24,304 --> 00:03:26,974 You know? Just like, "(coughs) Oh, COVID really got me. 70 00:03:27,074 --> 00:03:28,942 "Oh... Oh, I think I'm gonna be sick 71 00:03:29,076 --> 00:03:30,110 "for the rest of the summer. 72 00:03:30,210 --> 00:03:32,446 "(coughs) If you see pictures of me 73 00:03:32,546 --> 00:03:36,416 by the pool, my phone was hacked. (coughs)" 74 00:03:36,517 --> 00:03:38,085 All right, but let's move on from the big news out of America 75 00:03:38,151 --> 00:03:40,587 to the big news that's coming out of the United Kingdom. 76 00:03:40,687 --> 00:03:44,224 The queen has COVID. No, I'm joking, I'm joking. 77 00:03:44,324 --> 00:03:46,360 That would be crazy, though, right? That would be crazy. 78 00:03:46,460 --> 00:03:48,462 No, I'm joking. She doesn't have COVID. 79 00:03:48,562 --> 00:03:51,732 She's been dead for years. 80 00:03:51,832 --> 00:03:55,269 Anyway, back in 2019, 81 00:03:55,369 --> 00:03:57,738 Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Conservative Party-- 82 00:03:57,838 --> 00:04:01,608 they won a landslide election victory. It was huge. 83 00:04:01,708 --> 00:04:03,644 They won everywhere-- in southern England, 84 00:04:03,744 --> 00:04:06,180 in Manchester, in Sherlock-upon-Watson, 85 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:08,882 in East Narnia-- all the places. 86 00:04:09,049 --> 00:04:10,851 Basically, between Boris and Ed Sheeran, 87 00:04:10,951 --> 00:04:13,287 2019 was a good year. 88 00:04:13,387 --> 00:04:14,655 Especially for British people who look like 89 00:04:14,755 --> 00:04:17,357 they're from the year 1326. It was a good time. 90 00:04:17,457 --> 00:04:19,059 And it was such a commanding victory that 91 00:04:19,092 --> 00:04:21,662 people thought Boris Johnson might become the prime minister 92 00:04:21,762 --> 00:04:23,830 who is up there for a decade. You know? 93 00:04:23,931 --> 00:04:26,099 Which would be amazing for Britain's first human broom. 94 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:30,070 But then Boris started getting caught up in scandals. 95 00:04:30,137 --> 00:04:32,072 Right? He botched the COVID response, 96 00:04:32,139 --> 00:04:34,842 then he got caught throwing a bunch of parties 97 00:04:34,942 --> 00:04:36,844 while the rest of Britain had to be in lockdown 98 00:04:36,944 --> 00:04:38,879 and then he hired people who he knew 99 00:04:38,979 --> 00:04:39,980 were alleged sex offenders, 100 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:41,548 and, of course, there was that time 101 00:04:41,648 --> 00:04:43,517 when he showed up to Parliament wearing a T-shirt that said 102 00:04:43,617 --> 00:04:45,185 "The Carpet Matches the Drapes," 103 00:04:45,285 --> 00:04:48,722 which is totally inappropriate, because it doesn't. 104 00:04:48,822 --> 00:04:50,090 He combs the carpet. 105 00:04:50,157 --> 00:04:52,192 So, finally, last month, 106 00:04:52,292 --> 00:04:54,228 he was forced to resign in disgrace. 107 00:04:54,328 --> 00:04:56,763 And yesterday he gave 108 00:04:56,864 --> 00:04:59,199 the greatest farewell speech of all time. 109 00:04:59,299 --> 00:05:02,236 Boris Johnson facing Parliament for one last time 110 00:05:02,336 --> 00:05:05,105 as British prime minister as only he would. 111 00:05:05,205 --> 00:05:08,041 Johnson defended his record in his farewell remarks. 112 00:05:08,108 --> 00:05:11,044 He also gave some words of advice to his successor. 113 00:05:11,144 --> 00:05:13,547 Number one, stay close to the Americans, 114 00:05:13,647 --> 00:05:14,748 stick up for the Ukrainians, 115 00:05:14,848 --> 00:05:17,351 stick up for freedom and democracy everywhere. 116 00:05:17,451 --> 00:05:20,120 Cut taxes and deregulate wherever you can 117 00:05:20,220 --> 00:05:24,558 to make this the greatest place to live and invest, which it is. 118 00:05:24,658 --> 00:05:27,394 Focus on the road ahead, focus on the road ahead 119 00:05:27,494 --> 00:05:30,097 but always remember to check the rearview mirror. 120 00:05:30,197 --> 00:05:32,232 -(laughter) -And remember, remember, 121 00:05:32,332 --> 00:05:35,969 above all, it's not Twitter that counts. 122 00:05:36,069 --> 00:05:38,739 -(others assenting) -It's the people that sent us here. 123 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:42,409 Mr. Speaker, I-I want to thank everybody here, and... 124 00:05:42,509 --> 00:05:44,411 hasta la vista, baby. 125 00:05:44,511 --> 00:05:45,812 -(cheering) -Thank you. 126 00:05:45,913 --> 00:05:47,948 (laughter) 127 00:05:52,452 --> 00:05:54,988 "Hasta la vista, baby"? 128 00:05:56,323 --> 00:06:00,360 This is the land of Shakespeare and Jane Austen, 129 00:06:00,460 --> 00:06:04,765 and the quote Boris chose was from The Terminator? 130 00:06:05,933 --> 00:06:08,702 I mean, I guess that shows you the power of American culture. 131 00:06:08,802 --> 00:06:10,604 Even the prime minister of the United Kingdom is like, 132 00:06:10,704 --> 00:06:14,107 "Farewell and Godspeed, okrrr?" 133 00:06:15,342 --> 00:06:17,744 The most ridiculous thing ever. 134 00:06:19,580 --> 00:06:20,714 And, and I don't know if you saw. 135 00:06:20,814 --> 00:06:22,082 Like, the speech was weird, the whole thing. 136 00:06:22,182 --> 00:06:23,884 In the middle it looked like he just started giving 137 00:06:24,051 --> 00:06:25,452 random advice about driving. 138 00:06:25,552 --> 00:06:26,854 "Focus on the road ahead, 139 00:06:26,954 --> 00:06:28,255 "uh, always check the rearview mirror, 140 00:06:28,355 --> 00:06:29,957 "and remember, it's not a hit-and-run 141 00:06:30,057 --> 00:06:32,793 if you drive away slowly, all right?" 142 00:06:34,228 --> 00:06:35,729 You know, it's also like, 143 00:06:35,829 --> 00:06:37,464 normally when you're giving a speech, 144 00:06:37,564 --> 00:06:40,067 especially about resigning or being fired, 145 00:06:40,167 --> 00:06:44,271 like, surely you want to make people regret it. 146 00:06:44,371 --> 00:06:46,206 Like, when you give the speech you want people to go, like, 147 00:06:46,306 --> 00:06:47,975 "Oh, oh, man, have we made the wrong choice? 148 00:06:48,075 --> 00:06:49,142 They're leaving..." 149 00:06:49,243 --> 00:06:50,577 Like, remember with Obama, all right, 150 00:06:50,677 --> 00:06:52,145 when he gave his farewell speech, 151 00:06:52,246 --> 00:06:54,281 even racists in America were like, 152 00:06:54,381 --> 00:06:57,451 "Maybe he was one of the good ones." 153 00:06:57,551 --> 00:06:59,820 But this guy, this guy gives a speech and you're like, 154 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:02,689 "Yo, how did he get the job, huh? 155 00:07:02,789 --> 00:07:04,091 "Like, did he win a contest or something? 156 00:07:04,191 --> 00:07:06,260 Who is this person?" 157 00:07:08,428 --> 00:07:11,298 Anyway, let's, let's move on to some news 158 00:07:11,398 --> 00:07:14,668 about America's most powerful institution-- Amazon. 159 00:07:14,768 --> 00:07:16,303 And I know, I know from the get-go, 160 00:07:16,403 --> 00:07:18,839 people have mixed feelings about Amazon. 161 00:07:18,939 --> 00:07:21,942 "Oh, they exploit their workers, oh, they ruin local economies." 162 00:07:22,042 --> 00:07:25,179 Quit bitching, I love them. You know why? 163 00:07:25,279 --> 00:07:27,748 If I need more Charmin, I get it on Amazon, 164 00:07:27,848 --> 00:07:30,584 and, boom, it's at my house in six hours. 165 00:07:30,684 --> 00:07:32,052 And, yeah, maybe it's not exactly Charmin, 166 00:07:32,119 --> 00:07:33,387 maybe it's like a Chinese knockoff, 167 00:07:33,487 --> 00:07:35,522 and maybe the toilet paper's mostly made out of lead. 168 00:07:35,622 --> 00:07:38,859 But am I gonna get brain poisoning from wiping with lead? 169 00:07:38,959 --> 00:07:41,195 No, and I certainly am not gonna get 170 00:07:41,295 --> 00:07:43,530 brain poisoning from wiping with lead. 171 00:07:43,630 --> 00:07:45,199 Anyway, the fact is, 172 00:07:45,299 --> 00:07:48,335 Amazon is a part of life in America 173 00:07:48,435 --> 00:07:52,139 and I'm not gonna get brain poisoning from wiping with lead. 174 00:07:52,239 --> 00:07:54,741 And now Amazon 175 00:07:54,842 --> 00:07:57,110 is going to be expanding even more. 176 00:07:57,211 --> 00:07:59,179 NEWSMAN: We have breaking news out of Seattle this morning, 177 00:07:59,279 --> 00:08:01,215 home to Amazon, the company announcing 178 00:08:01,315 --> 00:08:04,651 it is diving further into the health care industry 179 00:08:04,751 --> 00:08:08,088 with plans to buy health care provider One Medical 180 00:08:08,188 --> 00:08:10,691 for about $3.9 billion. 181 00:08:10,791 --> 00:08:12,092 Amazon says health care 182 00:08:12,192 --> 00:08:15,195 is high on its list of things that needs reinventing. 183 00:08:15,295 --> 00:08:18,365 Yeah! Finally a win for Jeff Bezos. 184 00:08:18,465 --> 00:08:19,633 -Ah, man. -(laughter) 185 00:08:19,733 --> 00:08:22,035 I could not be more excited. 186 00:08:22,069 --> 00:08:23,670 Yeah, 'cause with Amazon's prediction algorithm, 187 00:08:23,770 --> 00:08:25,706 health care will never be the same. You know? 188 00:08:25,806 --> 00:08:27,174 You notice how they always know what you want, 189 00:08:27,274 --> 00:08:29,142 what you need before you even know it. 190 00:08:29,243 --> 00:08:30,544 Imagine them with health care. 191 00:08:30,644 --> 00:08:32,779 You're gonna buy a pack of double... double A batteries 192 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:34,481 and then just before you check out, they'll be like, 193 00:08:34,581 --> 00:08:36,917 "You might also need chemotherapy." 194 00:08:38,051 --> 00:08:39,686 Uh, I mean, chemotherapy? I-I don't have... 195 00:08:39,786 --> 00:08:42,055 Ah, shit! 196 00:08:42,823 --> 00:08:45,659 Shouldn't have used that lead toilet paper. 197 00:08:46,793 --> 00:08:49,162 -Now... -(applause and laughter) 198 00:08:49,263 --> 00:08:54,368 Now... I know, I know some people 199 00:08:54,468 --> 00:08:56,270 are a little uncomfortable with the idea 200 00:08:56,370 --> 00:08:59,373 of Amazon getting into every industry. 201 00:08:59,473 --> 00:09:02,009 You know, 'cause they're buying medicine now. 202 00:09:02,042 --> 00:09:04,578 They run the cloud, they own TV studios, 203 00:09:04,678 --> 00:09:06,280 they have grocery stores. 204 00:09:06,380 --> 00:09:08,015 And you know what, so what? 205 00:09:08,048 --> 00:09:10,017 What's the worst that could happen, huh? 206 00:09:10,117 --> 00:09:12,753 Oh, what, what, at some point Jeff Bezos owns everything? 207 00:09:12,853 --> 00:09:14,154 Yeah, so what? 208 00:09:14,254 --> 00:09:15,689 And then he has all of our money 209 00:09:15,789 --> 00:09:17,658 so now we're his slaves working crazy hours in the warehouse, 210 00:09:17,758 --> 00:09:19,126 you know, peeing in bottles. 211 00:09:19,226 --> 00:09:21,461 That doesn't sound so bad, yeah. 212 00:09:21,562 --> 00:09:22,763 At least I'll know where my packages are. 213 00:09:22,863 --> 00:09:25,199 Yeah, I'll take it for myself. 214 00:09:25,299 --> 00:09:26,934 The one thing that does suck about this 215 00:09:27,034 --> 00:09:28,535 is if Amazon also owns your medicine, 216 00:09:28,635 --> 00:09:32,339 you realize that means Alexa knows your medical secrets. 217 00:09:32,439 --> 00:09:34,041 You gotta watch out for that. 218 00:09:34,074 --> 00:09:35,442 Yeah, 'cause you're gonna be hanging out at home 219 00:09:35,542 --> 00:09:37,377 with your friends and all of a sudden, Alexa will be like, 220 00:09:37,477 --> 00:09:39,746 "Your hemorrhoid cream is arriving this afternoon." 221 00:09:39,847 --> 00:09:42,082 No, Alexa, cancel, cancel. Cancel. 222 00:09:42,182 --> 00:09:43,317 "You would like me to cancel 223 00:09:43,417 --> 00:09:44,685 your giant tub of hemorrhoid cream?" 224 00:09:44,785 --> 00:09:46,820 No, no, no. Cancel. 225 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:48,055 All right, that's it for the headlines 226 00:09:48,088 --> 00:09:49,256 but before we go to break, 227 00:09:49,356 --> 00:09:50,424 it's time to check in on the weather forecast 228 00:09:50,524 --> 00:09:52,593 with our very own Desi Lydic, everybody. 229 00:09:52,693 --> 00:09:54,728 (cheering and applause) 230 00:09:56,263 --> 00:09:58,365 Desi... 231 00:09:58,465 --> 00:10:00,133 (cheering and applause continue) 232 00:10:00,234 --> 00:10:02,302 Desi, it is... it's absolutely insane. 233 00:10:02,402 --> 00:10:04,471 Please, just, just help us out. 234 00:10:04,571 --> 00:10:05,973 What is the weather looking like? 235 00:10:06,073 --> 00:10:09,009 Oh. Trevor, it is hot out there. 236 00:10:09,109 --> 00:10:11,578 So let's make it quick 'cause I got a kid in my car. 237 00:10:11,678 --> 00:10:13,046 -(laughter) -What? 238 00:10:13,146 --> 00:10:14,781 Relax, relax, it's not my kid. 239 00:10:14,882 --> 00:10:18,819 It's just some actor I hired so I could use the carpool lane. 240 00:10:18,919 --> 00:10:20,120 (laughter) 241 00:10:20,220 --> 00:10:24,591 Anyway, it is scorching all across this country 242 00:10:24,691 --> 00:10:26,026 as you can see. 243 00:10:26,126 --> 00:10:28,929 And is really important that we take precaution. 244 00:10:29,029 --> 00:10:31,465 So I'm just gonna, I'm gonna give everyone a few tips 245 00:10:31,565 --> 00:10:33,500 to stay safe out there, okay? 246 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:35,369 Safe and cool. 247 00:10:35,469 --> 00:10:36,637 Now this heat is dangerous 248 00:10:36,737 --> 00:10:40,007 especially for pets and the elderly. 249 00:10:40,107 --> 00:10:42,843 Basically anyone who eats out of a bowl 250 00:10:42,943 --> 00:10:46,980 is considered high risk. 251 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:49,316 Um, so do your elderly neighbors a favor. 252 00:10:49,416 --> 00:10:51,351 Pop by, see how they are doing. 253 00:10:51,451 --> 00:10:54,721 Check in because if they die, God rest their soul, 254 00:10:54,821 --> 00:10:58,325 you get first dibs on that real estate. 255 00:10:58,425 --> 00:11:01,061 And this real estate market is a beast. 256 00:11:01,161 --> 00:11:02,663 You got to be competitive. 257 00:11:02,763 --> 00:11:05,065 I... I actually checked in on my noi-- 258 00:11:05,098 --> 00:11:06,066 my neighbor this morning. 259 00:11:06,099 --> 00:11:07,734 Unfortunately, she was fine. 260 00:11:07,835 --> 00:11:09,403 -(laughter) -Well, I-I guess 261 00:11:09,503 --> 00:11:10,504 -at least you checked in. -What do you do? 262 00:11:10,604 --> 00:11:12,239 -Yeah. -What do you do? Second tip-- 263 00:11:12,339 --> 00:11:13,841 it is cooler at night, 264 00:11:13,941 --> 00:11:16,944 so you're gonna want to leave those windows open before bed. 265 00:11:17,077 --> 00:11:18,779 And I know what you're thinking, Trevor-- 266 00:11:18,879 --> 00:11:20,581 what about robbers, right? 267 00:11:20,681 --> 00:11:21,982 Crime rates are up. 268 00:11:22,082 --> 00:11:24,985 So this is why I Home-Alone my house 269 00:11:25,085 --> 00:11:27,321 every single night. 270 00:11:27,421 --> 00:11:28,856 Marbles on the floor. 271 00:11:28,956 --> 00:11:30,591 Blowtorches up above. 272 00:11:30,691 --> 00:11:31,892 The whole deal. 273 00:11:31,992 --> 00:11:34,094 You just-- Takes care of everything. 274 00:11:34,161 --> 00:11:35,429 The one thing you're gonna want to do 275 00:11:35,529 --> 00:11:37,998 is you're gonna want to remind anyone that you live with 276 00:11:38,098 --> 00:11:40,234 about that. Because my... 277 00:11:40,334 --> 00:11:42,336 my husband has not been the same 278 00:11:42,436 --> 00:11:44,004 since the paint can in-incident. 279 00:11:44,104 --> 00:11:45,506 -Oh, wow. -It was... 280 00:11:45,606 --> 00:11:46,540 a little bit rough. 281 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:47,741 Next tip-- 282 00:11:47,841 --> 00:11:49,743 wear loose clothing, okay? 283 00:11:49,843 --> 00:11:52,145 Especially if you sweat a lot like me. 284 00:11:52,246 --> 00:11:54,214 And I mean a lot. 285 00:11:55,215 --> 00:11:58,819 Trevor, it is like a Slip 'N Slide under this suit. 286 00:11:58,919 --> 00:12:00,587 It is a whole situation. 287 00:12:00,687 --> 00:12:03,357 I'm talking violently moist. 288 00:12:04,324 --> 00:12:06,493 You do not want to know what's happening 289 00:12:06,593 --> 00:12:08,629 -all... -Yeah. I-I-- Yeah. 290 00:12:08,729 --> 00:12:10,364 -Uh, yes, I do-- I do not-- I don't want to know. -You do not. 291 00:12:10,464 --> 00:12:11,632 -Yeah. -The sh... 292 00:12:11,732 --> 00:12:14,635 the sheer volume of it. 293 00:12:14,735 --> 00:12:16,703 Sometimes there's a grit to it. 294 00:12:16,803 --> 00:12:18,805 You know what I'm talking about? Like, gritty. 295 00:12:18,906 --> 00:12:22,809 Have you ever opened up a dishwasher mid-cycle? 296 00:12:24,344 --> 00:12:25,612 That's what it's like. 297 00:12:25,712 --> 00:12:27,981 -It's like that. -Well, I'm-I'm glad you didn't tell me, 298 00:12:28,081 --> 00:12:29,349 -Desi. Thank you. -Yeah. 299 00:12:29,449 --> 00:12:31,585 Anyway, it is a medical condition. 300 00:12:31,685 --> 00:12:35,455 Which is why I so appreciate you being such an ally-- 301 00:12:35,556 --> 00:12:37,257 leaving out those towels for me. 302 00:12:37,357 --> 00:12:39,726 Those beautiful, clean towels in your bathroom 303 00:12:39,826 --> 00:12:41,595 for me to use three, four, 304 00:12:41,695 --> 00:12:43,697 five times a day, sometimes. 305 00:12:43,797 --> 00:12:45,432 I just-- I really appreciate that. 306 00:12:45,532 --> 00:12:49,236 And-and to show you, that's why I always fold it up neatly 307 00:12:49,336 --> 00:12:51,905 -and put it exactly how you left it. -(groaning, laughter) 308 00:12:52,005 --> 00:12:53,106 Thank you. 309 00:12:53,140 --> 00:12:54,775 I... 310 00:12:54,875 --> 00:12:57,544 Desi, I use those towels 311 00:12:57,644 --> 00:12:59,913 -on my face. -Anyway, of course... 312 00:13:00,047 --> 00:13:02,749 the most effective way to beat the heat 313 00:13:02,850 --> 00:13:05,619 is to stay hydrated, okay? 314 00:13:05,719 --> 00:13:07,554 But, please, please, be careful. 315 00:13:07,654 --> 00:13:09,056 Watch out for products that claim 316 00:13:09,089 --> 00:13:10,958 to be more hydrating than water. 317 00:13:11,058 --> 00:13:12,459 That's a cash grab. 318 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:15,896 There is only one thing that can hydrate you more than water 319 00:13:16,063 --> 00:13:17,331 and that is... 320 00:13:17,431 --> 00:13:20,067 Darrell's Hard Brown Lemonade. 321 00:13:21,768 --> 00:13:23,203 What makes it brown? 322 00:13:23,303 --> 00:13:25,372 After one or two, no one cares. 323 00:13:26,373 --> 00:13:29,109 If it ain't brown, it's not going down. 324 00:13:29,209 --> 00:13:31,245 (cheering and applause) 325 00:13:37,718 --> 00:13:40,354 Has-- So good. So good. 326 00:13:40,454 --> 00:13:41,588 (sniffs) 327 00:13:41,688 --> 00:13:43,857 You know who could use Darrell's Hard Brown? 328 00:13:43,957 --> 00:13:46,093 President Biden. 329 00:13:46,159 --> 00:13:48,395 You know why? 'Cause it also cures COVID. 330 00:13:48,495 --> 00:13:51,532 -I... -The only hard brown lemonade 331 00:13:51,632 --> 00:13:53,834 that also cures COVID. 332 00:13:56,470 --> 00:13:57,971 Mmm. 333 00:14:00,307 --> 00:14:03,043 That is why I love this stuff. 334 00:14:03,076 --> 00:14:04,811 It is thick. 335 00:14:06,446 --> 00:14:07,748 Anyway, 336 00:14:07,848 --> 00:14:10,350 those are the big tips to carry you through this heat. 337 00:14:10,450 --> 00:14:13,487 Oh, um, one more thing, actually. 338 00:14:13,587 --> 00:14:16,690 If a guy named Darrell offers you $50,000, 339 00:14:16,790 --> 00:14:18,492 no strings attached, 340 00:14:18,592 --> 00:14:21,061 there are strings attached. 341 00:14:22,062 --> 00:14:24,431 Oh, shit, this kid's calling me again. 342 00:14:24,531 --> 00:14:26,667 Ugh. Yeah. 343 00:14:27,634 --> 00:14:29,403 No, you can't put the windows down. 344 00:14:29,503 --> 00:14:31,271 Someone could steal something. 345 00:14:32,706 --> 00:14:34,641 Well, did you Home-Alone the car? 346 00:14:35,609 --> 00:14:37,778 Is she gonna leave the kid-- Uh, Desi Lydic, everybody. 347 00:14:37,878 --> 00:14:39,913 -That... -(cheering and applause) 348 00:14:40,881 --> 00:14:41,849 I think that's illegal. 349 00:14:41,949 --> 00:14:43,183 All right, when we come back, 350 00:14:43,283 --> 00:14:44,551 we're gonna find out if Donald Trump 351 00:14:44,651 --> 00:14:47,087 is going to be president or prisoner. 352 00:14:47,187 --> 00:14:48,655 You don't want to miss it. 353 00:14:48,755 --> 00:14:50,791 -(cheering and applause) -(chuckles) 354 00:14:58,334 --> 00:15:00,369 (cheering, applause) 355 00:15:06,242 --> 00:15:08,577 Welcome back to The Daily Show. 356 00:15:08,677 --> 00:15:12,314 Tonight was the season finale of the January 6th hearings-- 357 00:15:12,414 --> 00:15:14,583 the TV event that investigates the day 358 00:15:14,683 --> 00:15:16,952 a mob of MAGA maniacs 359 00:15:17,052 --> 00:15:19,121 tried to help Mike Pence meet his hero. 360 00:15:19,221 --> 00:15:22,258 So, with phase one of the hearings coming to a close, 361 00:15:22,358 --> 00:15:24,126 let's catch up on the latest developments 362 00:15:24,226 --> 00:15:26,195 in our ongoing coverage of January 6th. 363 00:15:26,295 --> 00:15:28,330 ♪ ♪ 364 00:15:33,235 --> 00:15:35,070 After weeks of televised hearings, 365 00:15:35,170 --> 00:15:36,572 we're learning a lot about what happened 366 00:15:36,672 --> 00:15:39,542 on January 6th and the days that led up to it. 367 00:15:39,642 --> 00:15:41,944 We learned that Donald Trump was told by his closest advisors 368 00:15:42,044 --> 00:15:43,913 that the election wasn't stolen, 369 00:15:44,013 --> 00:15:46,181 we also learned that he set up a fake election defense fund 370 00:15:46,282 --> 00:15:48,551 that took millions of dollars from his supporters, 371 00:15:48,651 --> 00:15:51,253 we also learned that he knew his crowd was armed that day 372 00:15:51,353 --> 00:15:53,556 and still sent them to the Capitol anyway. 373 00:15:53,656 --> 00:15:56,091 And after all of this, guys, I-I don't know about you, 374 00:15:56,191 --> 00:15:57,493 but I'm starting to think 375 00:15:57,593 --> 00:15:59,995 this Donald Trump guy might be bad news. I, uh... 376 00:16:00,095 --> 00:16:02,665 I'm seeing, like, one or two red flags here. 377 00:16:02,765 --> 00:16:03,999 And I'm not the only one. 378 00:16:04,099 --> 00:16:05,534 Because, remember how we learned in those hearings 379 00:16:05,634 --> 00:16:08,437 about how Trump tried to get Mike Pence to single-handedly 380 00:16:08,504 --> 00:16:11,073 toss out the election results-- you remember that part, yeah? 381 00:16:11,173 --> 00:16:13,342 Well, a bipartisan group of senators 382 00:16:13,442 --> 00:16:16,845 has decided that shit should never happen again. 383 00:16:16,946 --> 00:16:19,081 Here in Washington, a bipartisan group of senators 384 00:16:19,181 --> 00:16:21,684 have cut a deal that would make it much tougher to pull off 385 00:16:21,784 --> 00:16:25,287 a repeat of what former President Trump tried to do-- 386 00:16:25,454 --> 00:16:27,456 that effort to pressure his vice president 387 00:16:27,523 --> 00:16:29,291 into overturning the election. 388 00:16:29,458 --> 00:16:32,528 One measure would reform the Electoral Count Act 389 00:16:32,628 --> 00:16:36,031 to make it clear that the VP's job is... 390 00:16:36,131 --> 00:16:38,167 (reading) 391 00:16:45,774 --> 00:16:49,278 Wow, this is big. This is big. 392 00:16:50,479 --> 00:16:53,482 Senators from both parties have agreed 393 00:16:53,549 --> 00:16:57,620 to amend the Electoral Count Act of 1887 394 00:16:57,720 --> 00:16:59,889 to make it clear once and for all 395 00:16:59,989 --> 00:17:04,193 that the VP cannot just toss out the election results. 396 00:17:04,293 --> 00:17:06,228 Which, yes, is something everyone in America already knew 397 00:17:06,328 --> 00:17:08,564 except for one guy. 398 00:17:08,664 --> 00:17:10,432 You know? 399 00:17:10,466 --> 00:17:11,901 It's kind of like when in kindergarten 400 00:17:12,001 --> 00:17:14,203 the t-- the teacher makes an announcement to the whole class, 401 00:17:14,303 --> 00:17:15,638 but it was clearly directed at one kid. 402 00:17:15,738 --> 00:17:18,541 You know, it was like, "Okay, class, remember, 403 00:17:18,641 --> 00:17:21,911 "we don't poop on the toilet, we poop in the toilet. 404 00:17:22,011 --> 00:17:25,247 That-That's for everyone to understand, okay, Donald?" 405 00:17:25,347 --> 00:17:28,984 -(laughter, applause) -Because... 406 00:17:30,185 --> 00:17:32,454 ...it was, it was obvious to everyone else 407 00:17:32,521 --> 00:17:34,590 that the vice president can't just throw out 408 00:17:34,690 --> 00:17:35,925 the election results. 409 00:17:36,025 --> 00:17:37,660 That would make no sense. 410 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:39,728 Why would you give so much power to someone 411 00:17:39,828 --> 00:17:42,464 who is otherwise totally powerless, huh? 412 00:17:42,498 --> 00:17:44,667 It would be like handing over control of America's drones 413 00:17:44,767 --> 00:17:47,002 to whichever kid wins the National Spelling Bee. 414 00:17:47,102 --> 00:17:49,805 "It's what the founders wanted." 415 00:17:49,905 --> 00:17:51,574 But either way this is a big deal. 416 00:17:51,674 --> 00:17:53,309 And it's also a good reminder for America 417 00:17:53,475 --> 00:17:57,012 that if an old-ass law doesn't make sense anymore, 418 00:17:57,112 --> 00:17:58,747 you can just change that shit. 419 00:17:58,847 --> 00:18:00,749 (cheering and applause) 420 00:18:00,849 --> 00:18:02,418 Right? 421 00:18:02,484 --> 00:18:04,486 And don't get me wrong, don't get me wrong. 422 00:18:04,587 --> 00:18:06,622 I'm not saying it's because people in the day were stupid. 423 00:18:06,722 --> 00:18:09,291 No, people back in the day were smart as hell. 424 00:18:09,425 --> 00:18:10,826 All right? They studied the classics, 425 00:18:10,926 --> 00:18:12,428 they-they knew how to write in cursive, 426 00:18:12,494 --> 00:18:15,731 they wore top hats, all the signs of an intelligent person, 427 00:18:15,831 --> 00:18:21,070 but they wrote the laws that made sense for their time. 428 00:18:21,170 --> 00:18:22,238 Huh? 429 00:18:22,338 --> 00:18:24,039 Yeah, they didn't need to spell this out 430 00:18:24,139 --> 00:18:27,943 because they didn't have a Donald Trump. 431 00:18:28,043 --> 00:18:29,311 So that law has changed. 432 00:18:29,445 --> 00:18:32,248 The vice president can't just overturn the election. 433 00:18:32,348 --> 00:18:35,084 And knowing America and whoever writes this story, 434 00:18:35,184 --> 00:18:36,218 what's going to happen is, 435 00:18:36,318 --> 00:18:37,453 Donald Trump's gonna get all his people 436 00:18:37,486 --> 00:18:40,055 to become the electors in each state, 437 00:18:40,155 --> 00:18:41,357 they're gonna ignore the voters, right, 438 00:18:41,457 --> 00:18:42,558 and they're gonna go, "These are the votes," 439 00:18:42,658 --> 00:18:43,859 and then it's gonna come to Kamala Harris. 440 00:18:43,959 --> 00:18:44,927 We'll be like, "Kamala, flip the thing." 441 00:18:45,027 --> 00:18:47,029 She's like, "Meh...!" 442 00:18:48,697 --> 00:18:51,033 But it looks like overturning the next election might be 443 00:18:51,133 --> 00:18:52,568 the least of Donald Trump's worries 444 00:18:52,668 --> 00:18:55,170 because after all the facts that the committee has exposed 445 00:18:55,271 --> 00:18:56,739 about his last overturning, 446 00:18:56,839 --> 00:19:00,042 the Justice Department might be paying Donald a visit. 447 00:19:00,142 --> 00:19:02,044 NEWSWOMAN: The spotlight on the justice department's 448 00:19:02,144 --> 00:19:03,412 investigation is growing. 449 00:19:03,512 --> 00:19:05,581 Attorney General Merrick Garland making it clear 450 00:19:05,681 --> 00:19:07,917 he will hold accountable every person 451 00:19:08,017 --> 00:19:09,652 who was criminally responsible. 452 00:19:09,752 --> 00:19:13,255 No person is above the law in this country. 453 00:19:13,422 --> 00:19:16,025 Nothing stops us. No per... 454 00:19:16,125 --> 00:19:18,027 I don't know how to... Let me say that again. 455 00:19:18,127 --> 00:19:20,596 No person is above the law in this country. 456 00:19:20,696 --> 00:19:23,432 I can't say it any more clearly than that. 457 00:19:23,465 --> 00:19:26,101 -Damn. -(applause) 458 00:19:27,770 --> 00:19:29,138 I've never seen that side of Merrick Garland. 459 00:19:29,238 --> 00:19:30,439 Looked like he was about to cut a bitch. 460 00:19:30,506 --> 00:19:31,740 Did you see what he did there? 461 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:33,275 (laughter) 462 00:19:33,442 --> 00:19:35,945 Yeah, he like, he turned into Samuel L. Jackson for a second. 463 00:19:36,045 --> 00:19:37,646 He's like, "No person is above the..." 464 00:19:37,746 --> 00:19:39,114 "What about the American...?" 465 00:19:39,215 --> 00:19:41,183 He's like, "What part of 'no person' 466 00:19:41,283 --> 00:19:44,053 don't you understand, mother(bleep)? 467 00:19:44,153 --> 00:19:46,088 I said no person." 468 00:19:46,188 --> 00:19:48,224 (applause) 469 00:19:49,625 --> 00:19:51,660 Now what's interesting about the story, 470 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:53,929 is that some Democrats are actually mad at Merrick Garland 471 00:19:54,029 --> 00:19:58,500 because they think he doesn't really want to prosecute Trump. 472 00:19:58,601 --> 00:20:00,302 All right? They say he's slow rolling, 473 00:20:00,402 --> 00:20:01,570 he's trying to hide behind things, 474 00:20:01,670 --> 00:20:02,938 but I'll be honest, I get it. 475 00:20:03,038 --> 00:20:04,807 I think the man is in a tough spot here. 476 00:20:04,907 --> 00:20:06,242 Think about it. 477 00:20:06,408 --> 00:20:08,510 Even if Trump is definitely guilty, 478 00:20:08,611 --> 00:20:10,045 can you imagine what would happen 479 00:20:10,145 --> 00:20:11,981 if he gets sent to prison? 480 00:20:12,081 --> 00:20:13,582 The country would explode. 481 00:20:13,682 --> 00:20:16,018 Yeah, you thought January 6 was bad? Huh? 482 00:20:16,118 --> 00:20:18,153 Trump supporters would be storming everything 483 00:20:18,254 --> 00:20:20,256 if he got arrested: the Capitol, the White House, 484 00:20:20,422 --> 00:20:21,657 the Supreme Court. 485 00:20:21,757 --> 00:20:24,593 The only place that would be safe from them is libraries. 486 00:20:24,693 --> 00:20:27,429 Be like, "Don't go in there, they got history books." 487 00:20:27,529 --> 00:20:29,465 (applause and whooping) 488 00:20:29,565 --> 00:20:31,000 But it turns out... 489 00:20:31,100 --> 00:20:34,169 it turns out Merrick Garland isn't even Trump's only problem 490 00:20:34,270 --> 00:20:37,306 because right now he's being investigated by everyone, right. 491 00:20:37,439 --> 00:20:39,742 Congress, the State of New York, 492 00:20:39,842 --> 00:20:43,012 a district attorney in Georgia, the Men in Black. 493 00:20:43,112 --> 00:20:44,480 And I get it, I get it. 494 00:20:44,580 --> 00:20:46,048 No, human beings don't just look like this. 495 00:20:46,148 --> 00:20:49,184 It doesn't make sense, that's not a human thing. 496 00:20:49,285 --> 00:20:51,287 So Trump looks like he's in a tough spot right now 497 00:20:51,453 --> 00:20:53,022 but if there's one thing we know about Donald Trump, 498 00:20:53,122 --> 00:20:55,491 is that getting out of tough spots is his specialty. 499 00:20:55,591 --> 00:20:57,459 He can get out of anything: criminal cases, lawsuits, 500 00:20:57,560 --> 00:20:59,461 marriages, marriages, other marriages 501 00:20:59,562 --> 00:21:02,031 and apparently, apparently Trump thinks he's found 502 00:21:02,131 --> 00:21:05,267 an ingenuous way to get out of his current troubles. 503 00:21:05,401 --> 00:21:07,536 It is sounding more likely that an announcement 504 00:21:07,636 --> 00:21:11,207 from former President Trump about a 2024 election bid 505 00:21:11,307 --> 00:21:14,643 is more of a matter of when and not an if. 506 00:21:14,743 --> 00:21:16,812 But it's not just about avenging a loss. 507 00:21:16,912 --> 00:21:19,081 Four people with knowledge of the situation 508 00:21:19,181 --> 00:21:20,616 tell Rolling Stone magazine 509 00:21:20,716 --> 00:21:23,719 that mounting legal issues are a motivating factor 510 00:21:23,819 --> 00:21:26,722 for Trump's desire to retake the Oval Office. 511 00:21:26,822 --> 00:21:28,657 According to the Justice Department's 512 00:21:28,757 --> 00:21:30,226 Office of Legal Counsel, 513 00:21:30,326 --> 00:21:33,862 a sitting president cannot be charged with a federal crime. 514 00:21:33,963 --> 00:21:35,497 -(groaning, chuckling) -Yeah. 515 00:21:35,598 --> 00:21:38,300 So it turns out some people are above the law. 516 00:21:38,434 --> 00:21:41,437 And it's crazy that Trump might run for president 517 00:21:41,470 --> 00:21:43,873 so that he doesn't go to jail. 518 00:21:43,973 --> 00:21:45,441 Yeah. You know, it's almost wild 519 00:21:45,507 --> 00:21:47,276 that Donald Trump is the only person who runs for president 520 00:21:47,443 --> 00:21:50,446 but has no interest in being president. 521 00:21:50,479 --> 00:21:52,548 You know? The first time, he did it to try and drum up ratings 522 00:21:52,648 --> 00:21:53,782 for The Apprentice. 523 00:21:53,883 --> 00:21:55,084 And now he's gonna run 524 00:21:55,184 --> 00:21:57,686 just to stay out of d-- out of jail. 525 00:21:57,786 --> 00:22:00,389 Like, his campaign slogan is probably gonna be "Trump 2024. 526 00:22:00,456 --> 00:22:02,091 I can't do time!" 527 00:22:04,093 --> 00:22:06,528 I actually think it would make the campaign more fun. 528 00:22:06,629 --> 00:22:08,397 Yeah. Can you imagine if Trump's running for president 529 00:22:08,430 --> 00:22:10,165 while he's running from the law? (chuckles) 530 00:22:10,266 --> 00:22:11,500 At every rally, he's just like, 531 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:15,004 "No child should ever learn pronouns or w-- 532 00:22:15,104 --> 00:22:16,639 "Oh, shit. The cops are here. 533 00:22:16,739 --> 00:22:18,741 "Rudy, open the sewer gate! 534 00:22:18,841 --> 00:22:19,808 "You'll never get me! 535 00:22:19,909 --> 00:22:21,911 -"Pow, pow! Pow, pow! -(applause) 536 00:22:22,011 --> 00:22:23,646 Pow, pow!" 537 00:22:25,748 --> 00:22:27,550 So, that's the end of the first season 538 00:22:27,650 --> 00:22:29,618 of the January 6 committee, 539 00:22:29,718 --> 00:22:32,721 and it ends with the possibility of Trump going to prison. 540 00:22:32,821 --> 00:22:34,256 And I'm sure, right now, wherever he is, 541 00:22:34,423 --> 00:22:36,025 the man is probably terrified. 542 00:22:36,125 --> 00:22:37,726 He's just like, "What do I do? 543 00:22:37,826 --> 00:22:40,329 "Melania, I can't go to prison. 544 00:22:40,429 --> 00:22:42,431 How am I gonna survive?" 545 00:22:42,531 --> 00:22:44,300 "Don't worry, Donald. I'll give you tips. 546 00:22:44,433 --> 00:22:46,168 I've been a prisoner for 20 years." 547 00:22:46,268 --> 00:22:48,204 -(gasping, laughter) -All right, stay tuned! 548 00:22:48,304 --> 00:22:49,538 -(applause) -'Cause when we come back, 549 00:22:49,638 --> 00:22:51,574 Blitz Bazawule will be joining me on the show. 550 00:22:51,674 --> 00:22:52,641 Don't go away. 551 00:22:52,741 --> 00:22:54,777 -(laughs) -(cheering and applause) 552 00:23:03,134 --> 00:23:05,169 (cheering) 553 00:23:08,706 --> 00:23:09,974 Welcome back to The Daily Show. 554 00:23:10,074 --> 00:23:12,176 My guest tonight is a musician, 555 00:23:12,276 --> 00:23:15,179 an artist, filmmaker who has collaborated 556 00:23:15,279 --> 00:23:17,515 with the likes of Beyoncé and Oprah Winfrey. 557 00:23:17,615 --> 00:23:19,116 He's here to talk about his debut novel 558 00:23:19,216 --> 00:23:21,452 The Scent of Burnt Flowers. 559 00:23:21,552 --> 00:23:23,587 Please welcome Blitz Bazawule. 560 00:23:23,688 --> 00:23:25,723 -♪ ♪ -(cheering, applause) 561 00:23:28,859 --> 00:23:30,895 (indistinct chatter) 562 00:23:38,502 --> 00:23:40,104 -How are you, sir? -How are you doing, sir? 563 00:23:40,204 --> 00:23:41,539 I'm fantastic. 564 00:23:41,639 --> 00:23:43,974 This is so good to have you here because, you know, 565 00:23:44,075 --> 00:23:46,544 there are few people in the world who can say 566 00:23:46,644 --> 00:23:48,512 that they have people like 567 00:23:48,612 --> 00:23:53,384 Oprah Winfrey and Beyoncé as their fans. 568 00:23:53,484 --> 00:23:54,485 A few? 569 00:23:54,585 --> 00:23:56,921 None. Maybe you, maybe you. 570 00:23:57,021 --> 00:23:59,824 I-- Let's-let's start with this-with this idea. 571 00:23:59,924 --> 00:24:01,592 I mean, you know, people have seen your work 572 00:24:01,692 --> 00:24:03,394 even if they don't know you, if they don't know your name, 573 00:24:03,494 --> 00:24:04,995 you do so many different things, you know? 574 00:24:05,096 --> 00:24:07,798 Uh, nominated for a Grammy for codirecting Black is King, 575 00:24:07,898 --> 00:24:09,934 -right? Uh... -Yeah. 576 00:24:10,034 --> 00:24:12,236 You're also now creating the musical adaptation 577 00:24:12,336 --> 00:24:14,238 -of The Color Purple. -Absolutely. 578 00:24:14,305 --> 00:24:17,508 Ans all of this, and your journey begins in Ghana. 579 00:24:17,608 --> 00:24:19,310 I'm always fascinated, as an African, 580 00:24:19,410 --> 00:24:20,878 how does that journey begin? 581 00:24:20,978 --> 00:24:22,346 How does it get you to this point here? 582 00:24:22,446 --> 00:24:26,617 Well, first, no African has one job. We have many. 583 00:24:26,717 --> 00:24:28,652 -(laughs) -You know, you got to do them all, 584 00:24:28,753 --> 00:24:29,887 you got to do it all. 585 00:24:29,987 --> 00:24:32,923 And, um, you know, I've always 586 00:24:33,024 --> 00:24:34,959 been enamored by storytelling. 587 00:24:35,059 --> 00:24:37,261 That, for me, is the beginning. 588 00:24:37,294 --> 00:24:39,030 I grew up, uh, with a grandmother 589 00:24:39,130 --> 00:24:40,498 -that told stories. -Right. 590 00:24:40,598 --> 00:24:43,167 They were incredible. They were always visual. 591 00:24:43,267 --> 00:24:44,568 Um, I call it 592 00:24:44,669 --> 00:24:47,371 the HBO-Showtime-Netflix of its time. 593 00:24:47,471 --> 00:24:50,274 And-and the beauty of that 594 00:24:50,307 --> 00:24:52,476 was they were imaginative. 595 00:24:52,576 --> 00:24:55,579 -Hmm. -So I grew understanding 596 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:57,048 that stories could be nonlinear, 597 00:24:57,148 --> 00:25:00,284 they could be-- they're powerful tools... 598 00:25:00,384 --> 00:25:02,319 -um, for the imagination. -Right. 599 00:25:02,420 --> 00:25:05,122 And so, over time, for me, that's just been it. 600 00:25:05,222 --> 00:25:08,225 It's just chasing this idea of storytelling. 601 00:25:08,325 --> 00:25:10,928 Understanding that stories bring us together. 602 00:25:11,028 --> 00:25:12,763 Understanding-- Especially as a continent. 603 00:25:12,863 --> 00:25:15,466 Where stories are so few and far between 604 00:25:15,566 --> 00:25:17,601 and so few people know about our stories, 605 00:25:17,702 --> 00:25:20,871 I've found that having to do it in multiple mediums 606 00:25:20,971 --> 00:25:23,774 allows me to tell more of the same exact story. 607 00:25:23,874 --> 00:25:26,277 I-I love that you've done that across multiple mediums, 608 00:25:26,377 --> 00:25:28,713 because, you know, you don't just direct, 609 00:25:28,813 --> 00:25:31,615 uh, and you don't just, uh, you know, produce and create movies. 610 00:25:31,716 --> 00:25:34,251 -You-you also, uh, are-are a rapper. -I do. 611 00:25:34,285 --> 00:25:35,986 You have, like, four self-released albums, right? 612 00:25:36,087 --> 00:25:38,255 -I do, I do, I do. -You-you-- And now a novel 613 00:25:38,356 --> 00:25:40,725 -to throw into the mix. -A novel. Absolutely. 614 00:25:40,825 --> 00:25:42,560 What-What's happening-- you just-you just winning so hard 615 00:25:42,660 --> 00:25:45,329 and then you get bored and move on to the next thing? 616 00:25:45,429 --> 00:25:47,264 Like, explain, like, not many people would think that 617 00:25:47,298 --> 00:25:49,433 they can write the book and then not many people would write 618 00:25:49,533 --> 00:25:51,435 a book that is getting the reviews your book is getting. 619 00:25:51,535 --> 00:25:55,172 Indeed. I mean, I-I really... 620 00:25:55,272 --> 00:25:58,109 Look, it was COVID. 621 00:25:58,275 --> 00:26:00,478 -It was COVID. It was COVID. -Okay. I'll take it. 622 00:26:00,578 --> 00:26:02,213 Everyone else was-- everyone else was baking bread 623 00:26:02,313 --> 00:26:04,482 and were you writing a book. It's a fantastic book, as well. 624 00:26:04,582 --> 00:26:05,616 -Thank you. -You know? And-and the premise, 625 00:26:05,716 --> 00:26:07,385 to your point of stories, is beautiful. 626 00:26:07,485 --> 00:26:09,086 I won't give away all of the details, but essentially, 627 00:26:09,220 --> 00:26:10,921 it's a story of a couple in the '60s-- 628 00:26:11,022 --> 00:26:12,923 a Black couple in the '60s-- living in America 629 00:26:13,024 --> 00:26:15,860 -who escape to Africa -Yes. Yes. 630 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:17,962 and, you know, a whole journey unfolds. 631 00:26:18,062 --> 00:26:19,930 Now, what I loved is that it is set in the '60s 632 00:26:20,031 --> 00:26:21,699 -Yes. -and we know the civil rights movement, 633 00:26:21,799 --> 00:26:23,267 we know all the stories in and around that time. 634 00:26:23,367 --> 00:26:26,904 But it feels strangely like it could be set today, as well. 635 00:26:27,004 --> 00:26:28,472 -Absolutely. -You know? There's people going like, 636 00:26:28,572 --> 00:26:31,075 "America, I'm not sure, I need to go to Africa." 637 00:26:31,242 --> 00:26:33,077 -Absolutely, and-- -(audience laughs) 638 00:26:33,244 --> 00:26:35,379 -And it-and it-it's been been an ongoing thing. -Uh-huh. 639 00:26:35,479 --> 00:26:38,683 And for me what it is is also about expectiation. 640 00:26:38,783 --> 00:26:41,252 You know, I have a lot of friends who say 641 00:26:41,318 --> 00:26:43,554 they want to go to Africa, and they go and they go, 642 00:26:43,654 --> 00:26:45,923 "Oh, this is-this is the real Africa." 643 00:26:46,023 --> 00:26:48,359 -And it-and it's real. It's very real to them. -Yes. 644 00:26:48,459 --> 00:26:51,262 And I-I find that, ultimately, um, 645 00:26:51,328 --> 00:26:53,464 -I always have friends who want to come to America. -Yes. 646 00:26:53,564 --> 00:26:55,299 And you know, they're told, they're-- you know, 647 00:26:55,399 --> 00:26:57,468 there are no homeless people, there are no, uh, 648 00:26:57,568 --> 00:26:59,270 attempted coup d'états, you know, things like that. 649 00:26:59,370 --> 00:27:00,838 -Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. -And then-and then you arrive 650 00:27:00,938 --> 00:27:03,074 -and you go, "Oh, wait, uh, that happens here too. -Right. 651 00:27:03,207 --> 00:27:06,210 And so the expectation back and forth for me has been 652 00:27:06,243 --> 00:27:09,046 one of the most interesting juxtapositions of this book, 653 00:27:09,213 --> 00:27:10,948 and whether it's now, whether it's then, 654 00:27:11,048 --> 00:27:12,350 I think the story's still the same-- 655 00:27:12,450 --> 00:27:14,251 we're all longing for a home 656 00:27:14,352 --> 00:27:16,253 that we hope will be better than the one we're in. 657 00:27:16,354 --> 00:27:17,588 I love that. 658 00:27:17,688 --> 00:27:20,124 -(applause) -Thank you. -Wow, I really love that. 659 00:27:22,226 --> 00:27:25,529 I also... I also enjoy how, you know, 660 00:27:25,629 --> 00:27:27,298 how-how real you made the story. 661 00:27:27,398 --> 00:27:28,866 This-this is-- if I'm not mistaken, 662 00:27:28,966 --> 00:27:31,235 this-this has already been bought 663 00:27:31,302 --> 00:27:33,137 to be turned into a series, 664 00:27:33,237 --> 00:27:34,672 -correct? -Absolutely. 665 00:27:34,772 --> 00:27:37,575 This is, this is wild because, you know, most of the time, 666 00:27:37,675 --> 00:27:41,312 most of the time the book has to be out. 667 00:27:41,412 --> 00:27:42,947 -Yes. -And then people will be like, 668 00:27:43,047 --> 00:27:45,383 -"Oh, we need to make this into a movie or a TV series." -Yeah. 669 00:27:45,483 --> 00:27:47,618 And then you wrote the book and then there was a bidding war 670 00:27:47,718 --> 00:27:49,086 and people were like, "We want the book, we want the book..." 671 00:27:49,253 --> 00:27:50,888 -Yes. -How did they even know what was in the book? 672 00:27:50,988 --> 00:27:52,723 Did they know, or did they just know you 673 00:27:52,823 --> 00:27:54,692 and then they were like, "We'll take it, we'll take it, Blitz"? 674 00:27:54,792 --> 00:27:56,293 (laughs) I would love that. 675 00:27:56,394 --> 00:27:57,795 -Okay, okay. -That-that wasn't the case. 676 00:27:57,895 --> 00:27:59,163 -Okay, so they, so they've read... -They had to read it, 677 00:27:59,263 --> 00:28:00,531 -yes, they had to. -Okay, got it, got it, got it. 678 00:28:00,631 --> 00:28:02,099 So, now here's-here's a question I have. 679 00:28:02,199 --> 00:28:03,200 Everyone says the same thing about everything. 680 00:28:03,267 --> 00:28:04,402 "Oh, the book was always better-- 681 00:28:04,502 --> 00:28:05,903 the book is better, the book is better." 682 00:28:06,003 --> 00:28:08,906 How are you gonna make sure that the book isn't just better? 683 00:28:09,006 --> 00:28:10,541 How do you make sure that the series, you know, 684 00:28:10,641 --> 00:28:12,243 holds a candle to the book? 685 00:28:12,343 --> 00:28:13,611 Absolutely. I mean, I think first, you know, 686 00:28:13,711 --> 00:28:15,212 shout-out to Yahya Abdul-Mateen, 687 00:28:15,246 --> 00:28:17,682 who is gonna be starring in-in-in the show. 688 00:28:17,782 --> 00:28:19,316 -(cheering and applause) -Um... 689 00:28:19,417 --> 00:28:22,787 I mean, it's-it's going-- it's really going to be 690 00:28:22,887 --> 00:28:25,356 a fantastic, um, exploration 691 00:28:25,456 --> 00:28:28,025 because one thing I found about writing 692 00:28:28,125 --> 00:28:30,428 is that you can create these multiple layers 693 00:28:30,528 --> 00:28:34,832 and backstory in ways that you probably couldn't in television. 694 00:28:34,932 --> 00:28:38,602 But in television, and all film, you've got a visual medium 695 00:28:38,703 --> 00:28:40,438 in which you can tell nonverbal stories 696 00:28:40,538 --> 00:28:43,240 so you can show people as opposed to tell them. 697 00:28:43,274 --> 00:28:46,377 And so I feel like I'm... I have the best of both worlds 698 00:28:46,477 --> 00:28:48,312 because I can go in here whenever I need it 699 00:28:48,412 --> 00:28:51,015 but I also have the visual to tell the story, 700 00:28:51,115 --> 00:28:52,316 -so, to help. -I love that. 701 00:28:52,416 --> 00:28:55,152 So you're going to be working on the adaptation, 702 00:28:55,252 --> 00:28:56,454 -the musical is... -Yes. 703 00:28:56,554 --> 00:28:58,789 What's the process with that right now? 704 00:28:58,889 --> 00:29:00,925 Because, you know, The Color Purple is one of those stories 705 00:29:01,025 --> 00:29:02,727 that is really held in high esteem 706 00:29:02,827 --> 00:29:03,961 -in the United States. -Absolutely. 707 00:29:04,061 --> 00:29:05,262 It's such an important story. 708 00:29:05,363 --> 00:29:06,564 -Absolutely. -You know, it's multigenerational. 709 00:29:06,664 --> 00:29:09,200 -You're going to be redoing it as a musical... -Yes. 710 00:29:09,300 --> 00:29:11,068 -...which is particularly interesting. -Yes. 711 00:29:11,202 --> 00:29:14,705 How do you... how do you capture the essence of something 712 00:29:14,805 --> 00:29:17,541 whilst also bringing in elements of the new 713 00:29:17,641 --> 00:29:20,978 and then making sure that the world's merge together? 714 00:29:22,413 --> 00:29:23,814 How you did it. 715 00:29:23,914 --> 00:29:25,583 -Wha...? -How you did it. 716 00:29:25,683 --> 00:29:26,817 I didn't make The Color Purple. 717 00:29:26,917 --> 00:29:28,519 -No, no, no... (laughing) -(laughter) 718 00:29:28,619 --> 00:29:31,856 I think you're confusing me with Steven Spielberg. 719 00:29:31,956 --> 00:29:33,290 That's... There are a lot of people tell me that 720 00:29:33,391 --> 00:29:34,792 on this side. 721 00:29:34,892 --> 00:29:37,461 "Steven Spielberg," then I turn. They're like, "Sorry." 722 00:29:37,561 --> 00:29:38,996 I mean, I mean The Daily Show. 723 00:29:39,096 --> 00:29:40,264 I mean, it's what you did. 724 00:29:40,364 --> 00:29:43,768 And I have to be honest, it's such an inspiration. 725 00:29:43,868 --> 00:29:45,569 -You know, when I... -(cheering) 726 00:29:45,670 --> 00:29:47,405 -Seriously. Seriously. -Thank you, man. Thank you. 727 00:29:47,505 --> 00:29:50,708 When I got this job, when I got this job 728 00:29:50,808 --> 00:29:52,376 you were one of the first people I thought about. 729 00:29:52,476 --> 00:29:55,246 Which is how do you take something that is classic, 730 00:29:55,279 --> 00:29:56,914 how do you take something that people love, 731 00:29:57,014 --> 00:29:58,783 and make it your own? 732 00:29:58,883 --> 00:30:00,818 And... and you did that. 733 00:30:00,918 --> 00:30:02,953 And so in going into The Color Purple, 734 00:30:03,054 --> 00:30:04,555 which we just wrapped, by the way. 735 00:30:04,655 --> 00:30:05,990 -(applause) -Um, yes. 736 00:30:06,090 --> 00:30:07,958 -Congrats. -Fantastic. 737 00:30:08,059 --> 00:30:11,095 Um, shout-out to Steven Spielberg and-and Oprah 738 00:30:11,195 --> 00:30:12,563 for the support and love 739 00:30:12,663 --> 00:30:14,432 -and the Warner Brothers family for the love. -Mm-hmm. 740 00:30:14,532 --> 00:30:17,368 But they really allowed me to make this my own, 741 00:30:17,468 --> 00:30:19,704 and-and they allowed me to-to experiment. 742 00:30:19,804 --> 00:30:22,406 They allowed me to give Celie an imagination. 743 00:30:22,506 --> 00:30:24,975 They allowed me to do things that I think, um, 744 00:30:25,076 --> 00:30:28,879 elevate the story and-and make it something that's modern 745 00:30:28,979 --> 00:30:32,383 and something that still holds, uh, its foundations together. 746 00:30:32,483 --> 00:30:34,919 And also Alice Walker's amazing text, 747 00:30:35,019 --> 00:30:36,554 which is the original inspiration 748 00:30:36,654 --> 00:30:38,356 -for all of this. -Yeah. Yeah. 749 00:30:38,456 --> 00:30:39,890 Very, very lucky. 750 00:30:39,990 --> 00:30:41,759 I think we're lucky, because we-we're gonna be the ones 751 00:30:41,859 --> 00:30:44,395 who experience, you know, how you put the work together. 752 00:30:44,495 --> 00:30:47,898 I-I find myself intrigued with a lot of the work you create, 753 00:30:47,998 --> 00:30:50,434 because you can tell that, you know, 754 00:30:50,534 --> 00:30:52,737 Ghana and Africa as a whole 755 00:30:52,837 --> 00:30:54,238 have an indelible impression 756 00:30:54,271 --> 00:30:56,273 on how you think and how you apply your mind 757 00:30:56,374 --> 00:30:57,975 to the projects that you're working on. 758 00:30:58,075 --> 00:30:59,710 Y-You see this in the book, 759 00:30:59,810 --> 00:31:02,079 and I-I loved how you did it. 760 00:31:02,179 --> 00:31:05,282 You tell a story about people who are connected 761 00:31:05,383 --> 00:31:07,018 by so many things 762 00:31:07,184 --> 00:31:09,020 and yet have so many things 763 00:31:09,186 --> 00:31:10,454 that actually make them different. 764 00:31:10,554 --> 00:31:12,757 -Yes. -You know? Particularly an African American couple 765 00:31:12,857 --> 00:31:14,091 -going to Africa and going... -Yes. 766 00:31:14,191 --> 00:31:15,559 -"This is our home..." -Yeah. 767 00:31:15,659 --> 00:31:17,895 -...and then realizing it's not but it is. -Yeah. 768 00:31:17,995 --> 00:31:19,764 And-and there are things that are different. 769 00:31:19,864 --> 00:31:21,966 How did-- how did you tackle that sensitively? 770 00:31:22,066 --> 00:31:24,001 Because what I felt reading the book was, 771 00:31:24,101 --> 00:31:26,570 -wow, we are the people... -Absolutely. 772 00:31:26,671 --> 00:31:27,772 ...but we can also celebrate the fact 773 00:31:27,872 --> 00:31:29,373 that new cultures have emerged 774 00:31:29,473 --> 00:31:31,042 and new ideas have spread across the, you know-- 775 00:31:31,208 --> 00:31:32,209 from generation to generation. 776 00:31:32,309 --> 00:31:33,711 How did you-- how did you capture that? 777 00:31:33,811 --> 00:31:36,113 And did you do it on purpose or is it just innate? 778 00:31:36,213 --> 00:31:37,648 I mean, it's-it's on purpose. 779 00:31:37,748 --> 00:31:41,252 I mean, the fact that I grew up in Ghana through high school. 780 00:31:41,352 --> 00:31:42,787 I went to Achimota Secondary School, 781 00:31:42,887 --> 00:31:44,355 which is a fantastic school. 782 00:31:44,455 --> 00:31:45,923 Produced presidents. 783 00:31:46,023 --> 00:31:47,758 -I'm lu-- I'm lucky to be from that school. -Okay. 784 00:31:47,858 --> 00:31:49,694 -Okay, okay, okay. -(chuckles) And, um... 785 00:31:49,794 --> 00:31:52,697 And the-the beauty there was that I-I've been able 786 00:31:52,797 --> 00:31:54,732 to really never let go 787 00:31:54,832 --> 00:31:57,835 of, you know, that early-- 788 00:31:57,935 --> 00:31:59,670 -those early years of my life. -Got it, got it. 789 00:31:59,770 --> 00:32:01,605 Which then, you know, spending as much time 790 00:32:01,706 --> 00:32:03,808 -as I have now in the U.S... -Mm-hmm. 791 00:32:03,908 --> 00:32:06,210 ...it's kind of found a way to kind of all "coagulesce" 792 00:32:06,310 --> 00:32:07,445 -as one thing. -Ah. 793 00:32:07,545 --> 00:32:10,514 Which now-- which now is kind of the-the mirror 794 00:32:10,614 --> 00:32:12,183 through which I-I am-- 795 00:32:12,283 --> 00:32:14,518 or the vessel through which I have made music. 796 00:32:14,618 --> 00:32:16,354 It's the same. It was like taking, 797 00:32:16,454 --> 00:32:18,389 you know, Public Enemy 798 00:32:18,489 --> 00:32:21,058 -and mixing it with... Fela Kuti. -Yes. 799 00:32:21,192 --> 00:32:22,693 Which-which, you know, you know, 800 00:32:22,793 --> 00:32:24,962 now you got Afrobeats and everybody knows it. 801 00:32:25,062 --> 00:32:26,630 -Right. -But ten years ago, it was... 802 00:32:26,731 --> 00:32:28,232 -That idea was wild. -It was-- it was wild. 803 00:32:28,332 --> 00:32:29,934 It was-- it was K'naan. It was myself. 804 00:32:30,034 --> 00:32:31,869 -Uh-huh, uh-huh. -It was very few people who were-- 805 00:32:31,969 --> 00:32:33,237 who were attempting to do this. 806 00:32:33,337 --> 00:32:36,540 And I think it's all about this double consciousness, 807 00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:39,276 where you kind of zigzag through these worlds 808 00:32:39,377 --> 00:32:42,747 where you know that you're never quite either, 809 00:32:42,847 --> 00:32:44,849 -because they both become one thing. -Mm. 810 00:32:44,949 --> 00:32:47,385 And-and that's how these characters find themselves. 811 00:32:47,485 --> 00:32:50,554 They find themselves constantly wrestling with identity. 812 00:32:50,654 --> 00:32:51,722 Um, who am I? 813 00:32:51,822 --> 00:32:53,624 You know? U-Um, where-where am I going? 814 00:32:53,724 --> 00:32:57,061 -In-in what world do I belong, ultimately? -Mm-hmm. 815 00:32:57,228 --> 00:32:59,330 Is it where you are? Is it where you were born? 816 00:32:59,430 --> 00:33:01,932 -Is it-- is it where you're-- where you're going next? -Mm. 817 00:33:02,033 --> 00:33:03,868 And that's kind of what I-I find-- 818 00:33:03,968 --> 00:33:05,703 I've personally wrestled with that myself. 819 00:33:05,803 --> 00:33:08,072 Um, and many-many immigrants do. 820 00:33:08,172 --> 00:33:11,809 Um, and so that's kind of how I-I filter all that through 821 00:33:11,909 --> 00:33:13,678 -into this book. -You've done an amazing job. 822 00:33:13,778 --> 00:33:15,112 -It's gonna be an amazing show. -Thank you, sir. 823 00:33:15,212 --> 00:33:16,480 -And, uh, thank you so much for joining me. -Thank you. 824 00:33:16,580 --> 00:33:17,915 -Such a pleasure. Such a pleasure. -I appreciate you. 825 00:33:18,015 --> 00:33:19,750 -Thank you very much for being here. -(cheering) 826 00:33:19,850 --> 00:33:22,420 The Scent of Burnt Flowers is available now. 827 00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:24,221 Blitz Bazawule, everybody. We're gonna take a quick break, 828 00:33:24,321 --> 00:33:26,657 but we'll be right back after this. 829 00:33:26,757 --> 00:33:28,793 -Thank you, my brother. -(cheering and applause) 830 00:33:34,961 --> 00:33:35,862 -(cheering) -Well, that's our show for tonight. 831 00:33:35,962 --> 00:33:38,064 But before we go, before we go, 832 00:33:38,164 --> 00:33:40,333 please consider supporting Keen. 833 00:33:40,433 --> 00:33:43,336 They're a fantastic organization providing free fitness 834 00:33:43,436 --> 00:33:46,439 and recreation programs for youth with disabilities. 835 00:33:46,539 --> 00:33:49,042 So if you want to help them offer equal occo-- opportunities 836 00:33:49,142 --> 00:33:51,077 for recreation, fitness, and friendship, 837 00:33:51,177 --> 00:33:52,946 then please donate at the link below. 838 00:33:53,046 --> 00:33:55,148 Until next time, uh, stay safe out there. 839 00:33:55,248 --> 00:33:58,285 And remember-- if you can't do the time, 840 00:33:58,385 --> 00:33:59,686 don't do the crime. 841 00:33:59,786 --> 00:34:00,887 Or just run for president. 842 00:34:00,987 --> 00:34:03,523 Now here it is, Your Moment of Zen. 843 00:34:03,623 --> 00:34:05,659 ♪ ♪ 844 00:34:08,194 --> 00:34:09,763 I don't want any bad health on him. 845 00:34:09,863 --> 00:34:11,197 I think life comes at you fast. 846 00:34:11,298 --> 00:34:13,166 I think when you're pretending to have cancer one day 847 00:34:13,266 --> 00:34:14,501 and you've got COVID the next, 848 00:34:14,601 --> 00:34:16,336 you might want to recalibrate how you treat things 849 00:34:16,436 --> 00:34:17,470 -and how you talk. -(chuckles) 850 00:34:17,570 --> 00:34:18,872 That's karma, man. You don't want to-- 851 00:34:18,972 --> 00:34:20,573 you don't want to fool with that.