1 00:00:00,534 --> 00:00:01,902 [theme music] 2 00:00:02,002 --> 00:00:03,270 ANNOUNCER: Coming to you from New 3 00:00:03,370 --> 00:00:07,508 York City, the only city in America, it's The Daily Show. 4 00:00:07,608 --> 00:00:11,845 Tonight, Ted Cruz comes to New York, 5 00:00:11,945 --> 00:00:14,381 Jordan Klepper fingers the pulse 6 00:00:14,481 --> 00:00:16,884 and John David Washington. 7 00:00:16,984 --> 00:00:20,621 This is The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. 8 00:00:20,721 --> 00:00:27,728 [cheering] 9 00:00:38,472 --> 00:00:39,773 What's going on, everybody? 10 00:00:39,873 --> 00:00:41,241 Welcome to The Daily Show. I'm Trevor Noah. 11 00:00:41,341 --> 00:00:42,809 Thank you so much for tuning in. 12 00:00:42,910 --> 00:00:45,112 Thank you for coming out in person. 13 00:00:45,212 --> 00:00:46,180 This feels amazing. 14 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:47,181 This feels good. 15 00:00:47,281 --> 00:00:48,549 We're going to have some fun. 16 00:00:48,649 --> 00:00:49,616 Oh, I can feel it. 17 00:00:49,716 --> 00:00:50,684 Take a seat, everybody. 18 00:00:50,784 --> 00:00:52,819 We've got a great show for you tonight. 19 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:55,522 The United Kingdom has a new prime minister to replace 20 00:00:55,622 --> 00:00:56,924 their new prime minister. 21 00:00:57,024 --> 00:01:00,160 China celebrates Xi Jinping in the most awkward way possible. 22 00:01:00,260 --> 00:01:02,930 And our very own Jordan Klepper starts a civil war. 23 00:01:03,063 --> 00:01:05,365 Plus, the one and only John David Washington 24 00:01:05,465 --> 00:01:07,234 is joining us on the show, everybody! 25 00:01:07,334 --> 00:01:08,335 So let's do this, people. 26 00:01:08,435 --> 00:01:10,270 Let's jump straight into today's headlines. 27 00:01:10,370 --> 00:01:13,173 [music playing] 28 00:01:13,273 --> 00:01:17,077 [cheering] 29 00:01:17,110 --> 00:01:18,412 All right. 30 00:01:18,512 --> 00:01:19,813 Before we get into the big stories, 31 00:01:19,913 --> 00:01:23,517 let's catch up on a few other things going on in the world. 32 00:01:23,617 --> 00:01:26,553 According to the National Assessment of Educational 33 00:01:26,653 --> 00:01:31,225 Progress, US students have suffered a record drop 34 00:01:31,325 --> 00:01:33,360 in their math scores. 35 00:01:33,460 --> 00:01:36,763 Now many experts say that the two years of COVID disruptions 36 00:01:36,864 --> 00:01:38,265 are to blame for this. 37 00:01:38,365 --> 00:01:40,267 But in my opinion, everyone would 38 00:01:40,367 --> 00:01:42,135 do better if the smart kids would just 39 00:01:42,236 --> 00:01:43,370 stop hiding their answers. 40 00:01:43,470 --> 00:01:44,638 Yeah! 41 00:01:44,738 --> 00:01:45,672 Loosen up, Angela. 42 00:01:45,772 --> 00:01:46,673 We get it. 43 00:01:46,773 --> 00:01:47,808 You study. 44 00:01:47,908 --> 00:01:49,176 Open it up. 45 00:01:49,276 --> 00:01:50,711 And I know. I know. 46 00:01:50,811 --> 00:01:53,213 I know this is distressing news for all the parents out there. 47 00:01:53,313 --> 00:01:56,149 But just remember, this is the best time to cheat your kids 48 00:01:56,250 --> 00:01:57,150 out of their allowance. 49 00:01:57,251 --> 00:01:58,619 They won't know the difference. 50 00:01:58,719 --> 00:02:00,087 Yeah, 5 plus 2. 51 00:02:00,187 --> 00:02:01,088 Yeah, that's what you get. 52 00:02:01,188 --> 00:02:02,389 That's 10. 53 00:02:02,489 --> 00:02:05,058 Meanwhile, in San Francisco, officials are coming under 54 00:02:05,125 --> 00:02:08,495 fire after it came out that a new public toilet that is 55 00:02:08,595 --> 00:02:12,165 being [laughs] built in a popular tourist spot will 56 00:02:12,266 --> 00:02:17,571 cost the city $1.7 million-- 57 00:02:17,671 --> 00:02:21,175 a single public toilet. 58 00:02:21,275 --> 00:02:23,510 Yeah, now, before you complain, remember, this toilet is 59 00:02:23,610 --> 00:02:24,811 going to be top of the line. 60 00:02:24,912 --> 00:02:26,213 The seat will come pre peed on. 61 00:02:26,313 --> 00:02:29,183 And the graffiti on the walls will be 62 00:02:29,283 --> 00:02:30,617 written by George RR Martin. 63 00:02:30,717 --> 00:02:32,686 Wow! 64 00:02:32,786 --> 00:02:34,688 Oh, in sports news, the Houston Astros 65 00:02:34,788 --> 00:02:37,357 swept the Yankees to win a spot in the World Series. 66 00:02:37,457 --> 00:02:39,326 And attending the game-- oh, you're 67 00:02:39,426 --> 00:02:40,961 going to save those boos because attending 68 00:02:41,094 --> 00:02:44,298 the game in New York was Texas Senator Ted Cruz. 69 00:02:44,398 --> 00:02:46,733 [booing] 70 00:02:46,834 --> 00:02:49,837 Yeah, who was greeted by Yankee fans just like that. 71 00:02:49,937 --> 00:02:51,205 [laughter] 72 00:02:51,305 --> 00:02:52,606 Yeah, there were a lot of boos, a lot 73 00:02:52,706 --> 00:02:55,209 of extended middle fingers, which at this point, people, 74 00:02:55,309 --> 00:02:56,210 why does anyone bother? 75 00:02:56,310 --> 00:02:57,444 Ted Cruz sees those so often. 76 00:02:57,544 --> 00:02:59,346 He may not even be offended, right? 77 00:02:59,446 --> 00:03:01,148 He might just think that's how people wave now. 78 00:03:01,248 --> 00:03:02,149 Just like, hi. 79 00:03:02,249 --> 00:03:03,317 Hello, how are you? 80 00:03:03,417 --> 00:03:04,318 Hello. 81 00:03:04,418 --> 00:03:06,119 Hi, Ted Cruz. 82 00:03:06,220 --> 00:03:07,654 All right, let's move on to some of the biggest 83 00:03:07,754 --> 00:03:09,056 stories of the day. 84 00:03:09,089 --> 00:03:11,859 You know, with food prices going up, gas prices going up, 85 00:03:11,959 --> 00:03:13,727 and war crippling Europe, it may 86 00:03:13,827 --> 00:03:16,763 be easy to get distracted by short-term problems 87 00:03:16,864 --> 00:03:19,333 and lose sight of the long-term problems that will actually 88 00:03:19,433 --> 00:03:21,068 kill us all, which is why climate 89 00:03:21,168 --> 00:03:24,605 activists are going to extreme measures to get our attention. 90 00:03:24,705 --> 00:03:27,474 REPORTER: Another act of food-infused art 91 00:03:27,574 --> 00:03:31,278 vandalism, this time with mashed potatoes. 92 00:03:31,378 --> 00:03:32,646 That's right. 93 00:03:32,746 --> 00:03:35,682 Climate change activists tossed potatoes onto a Claude Monet 94 00:03:35,782 --> 00:03:37,451 painting at a German museum. 95 00:03:37,551 --> 00:03:38,452 Look at this. 96 00:03:38,552 --> 00:03:40,554 Officials there say the painting-- 97 00:03:40,654 --> 00:03:43,724 it wasn't damaged and that it's covered by glass. 98 00:03:43,824 --> 00:03:45,392 Last week, activists threw tomato soup 99 00:03:45,492 --> 00:03:47,794 onto Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers at the National 100 00:03:47,895 --> 00:03:49,096 Gallery in London. 101 00:03:49,196 --> 00:03:51,365 There was some minor damage to the frame, 102 00:03:51,465 --> 00:03:53,200 but the painting was unharmed. 103 00:03:53,300 --> 00:03:55,235 And in both cases, activists then 104 00:03:55,335 --> 00:03:58,205 glued their hands to the wall. 105 00:03:58,305 --> 00:04:01,074 Yeah, increasingly, around the world, 106 00:04:01,175 --> 00:04:03,277 climate change activists are vandalizing 107 00:04:03,377 --> 00:04:06,880 famous art to bring attention to climate change. 108 00:04:07,047 --> 00:04:11,185 First, they splashed food on a van Gogh, now a Monet. 109 00:04:11,285 --> 00:04:13,921 They also hit a Jackson Pollock, but no one noticed. 110 00:04:14,054 --> 00:04:16,823 [laughter] 111 00:04:16,924 --> 00:04:18,725 And as much as I agree with the message, 112 00:04:18,825 --> 00:04:21,762 I don't know if a museum is the right place to do this. 113 00:04:21,862 --> 00:04:23,163 Because think about it. 114 00:04:23,263 --> 00:04:26,066 If you protest in the streets, everyone knows it's a protest. 115 00:04:26,166 --> 00:04:27,734 But if anything happens in a museum, 116 00:04:27,835 --> 00:04:29,937 half the people are just going to think it's part of the art. 117 00:04:30,070 --> 00:04:31,138 You know? 118 00:04:31,238 --> 00:04:32,539 Yeah, you could be in front of a painting going, 119 00:04:32,639 --> 00:04:33,774 I'm having a heart attack! 120 00:04:33,874 --> 00:04:36,210 They'd be like, ah, very powerful, very powerful. 121 00:04:36,310 --> 00:04:37,578 No, help me! 122 00:04:37,678 --> 00:04:40,314 Ah, yes, the cry for help we all feel in the modern world. 123 00:04:40,414 --> 00:04:42,950 Bravo, bravo. 124 00:04:43,083 --> 00:04:44,284 Also, I feel like at this point, 125 00:04:44,384 --> 00:04:45,385 the problem with climate change isn't a lack of awareness. 126 00:04:45,485 --> 00:04:46,386 Right? 127 00:04:46,486 --> 00:04:47,688 It's more the fact that a ton of people 128 00:04:47,788 --> 00:04:49,523 just don't give a shit. 129 00:04:49,623 --> 00:04:51,191 And I stand to be corrected. 130 00:04:51,291 --> 00:04:53,093 But I just don't think that those people 131 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:56,396 who don't care about climate change care about fancy art. 132 00:04:56,496 --> 00:04:57,531 You know? 133 00:04:57,631 --> 00:05:00,033 I doubt your MAGA uncle is going to be like, no, 134 00:05:00,100 --> 00:05:01,935 not Monet's Water Lilies! 135 00:05:02,035 --> 00:05:03,303 No! 136 00:05:03,403 --> 00:05:04,304 All right, you win. 137 00:05:04,404 --> 00:05:05,506 You can tax carbon. 138 00:05:05,606 --> 00:05:08,475 I agree with you. 139 00:05:08,575 --> 00:05:09,910 If anything, these protests might 140 00:05:10,043 --> 00:05:13,046 bring more publicity to the art than to climate change. 141 00:05:13,113 --> 00:05:16,250 Yeah, like, you tell me, when was the last time 142 00:05:16,350 --> 00:05:18,118 you thought about Monet? 143 00:05:18,218 --> 00:05:19,386 And sex dreams don't count. 144 00:05:19,486 --> 00:05:21,688 [laughter] 145 00:05:21,788 --> 00:05:24,391 Like, if I was a painting in a museum right now, 146 00:05:24,491 --> 00:05:26,493 I would be begging-- 147 00:05:26,593 --> 00:05:30,597 I'd be begging to get some food thrown on me. 148 00:05:30,697 --> 00:05:32,900 [laughter] 149 00:05:33,066 --> 00:05:34,635 Oh, look, look. 150 00:05:34,735 --> 00:05:36,436 Someone's walking up to us right now 151 00:05:36,537 --> 00:05:38,472 with a giant bowl of pudding. 152 00:05:38,572 --> 00:05:40,174 This could be our big break. 153 00:05:40,274 --> 00:05:41,942 Oh, the pudding is-- oh, no, wait. 154 00:05:42,075 --> 00:05:43,076 They're just eating it. 155 00:05:43,110 --> 00:05:44,077 Oh. 156 00:05:44,111 --> 00:05:45,078 What the hell, man? 157 00:05:45,112 --> 00:05:47,548 Weird snack to bring to a museum. 158 00:05:47,648 --> 00:05:48,549 Oh, come on, people. 159 00:05:48,649 --> 00:05:49,550 I want to go viral. 160 00:05:49,650 --> 00:05:52,186 Somebody, throw some food at me. 161 00:05:52,286 --> 00:05:53,187 You know who I hate? 162 00:05:53,287 --> 00:05:54,321 The polar bears! 163 00:05:54,421 --> 00:05:56,123 I hate them, bunch of Coke-drinking losers. 164 00:05:56,223 --> 00:05:59,092 They deserve to die! 165 00:05:59,193 --> 00:06:00,594 Nothing? 166 00:06:00,694 --> 00:06:01,795 All right, forget it. 167 00:06:01,895 --> 00:06:05,265 I guess back to staring at people's butts all day. 168 00:06:05,365 --> 00:06:06,934 Oh, that's a nice butt. Look at that one. 169 00:06:07,034 --> 00:06:07,935 Look at that one. 170 00:06:08,035 --> 00:06:09,036 Oh. 171 00:06:09,069 --> 00:06:10,571 All right. 172 00:06:10,671 --> 00:06:13,240 Let's make like America's money and move on to China. 173 00:06:13,340 --> 00:06:15,075 Over the last decade, Xi Jinping 174 00:06:15,175 --> 00:06:18,245 has gradually taken full control of the Chinese 175 00:06:18,345 --> 00:06:19,446 Communist Party. 176 00:06:19,546 --> 00:06:21,515 He's put his people in all of the top positions. 177 00:06:21,615 --> 00:06:23,517 He's pushed out all of his top rivals. 178 00:06:23,617 --> 00:06:27,154 And he is the sole owner of the password for the country's 179 00:06:27,254 --> 00:06:28,455 Netflix account. 180 00:06:28,555 --> 00:06:31,058 Yeah, so no one in China can watch Dahmer without him. 181 00:06:31,124 --> 00:06:33,694 He's like, no, don't watch without me! 182 00:06:33,794 --> 00:06:35,162 That's one of our shows together. 183 00:06:35,262 --> 00:06:36,730 They're like, these are all our shows together! 184 00:06:36,830 --> 00:06:37,831 We're communists! 185 00:06:37,931 --> 00:06:40,901 Anyway-- anyway, over the weekend, 186 00:06:41,068 --> 00:06:44,438 President Xi was formally reupped as communist leader 187 00:06:44,538 --> 00:06:45,739 of the party, right? 188 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:48,876 That's what he was-- for an unprecedented third term, 189 00:06:48,976 --> 00:06:50,544 which means he will rule over the nation 190 00:06:50,644 --> 00:06:53,380 of 1.4 billion people for at least another five years. 191 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:55,482 And if anyone doubts on how powerful Xi Jinping 192 00:06:55,582 --> 00:06:57,417 has become, just look at how he treated 193 00:06:57,518 --> 00:06:59,319 China's previous leader. 194 00:06:59,419 --> 00:07:01,388 China's leader, Xi Jinping, is beginning 195 00:07:01,488 --> 00:07:03,490 an historic third term in office 196 00:07:03,590 --> 00:07:05,893 after being anointed again as the head of the country's 197 00:07:06,026 --> 00:07:07,027 Communist Party. 198 00:07:07,094 --> 00:07:08,629 But there was an unexpected twist 199 00:07:08,729 --> 00:07:10,864 in the normally highly-choreographed Chinese 200 00:07:11,031 --> 00:07:13,634 national Congress over the weekend, when his predecessor 201 00:07:13,734 --> 00:07:15,435 was escorted off the stage. 202 00:07:15,536 --> 00:07:17,938 REPORTER: Two aides appear to remove 203 00:07:18,038 --> 00:07:21,642 Xi Jinping's predecessor, Hu Jintao, from the front row. 204 00:07:21,742 --> 00:07:24,845 Hu appears confused, even to resist, 205 00:07:24,945 --> 00:07:28,048 while Xi Jinping shows zero sympathy. 206 00:07:28,115 --> 00:07:30,784 Was the 79-year-old Hu unwell? 207 00:07:30,884 --> 00:07:34,154 Or was it some kind of political power play? 208 00:07:34,254 --> 00:07:36,823 We'll probably never know as the incident 209 00:07:36,924 --> 00:07:41,895 has already been scrubbed from Chinese TV and social media. 210 00:07:42,062 --> 00:07:43,630 God damn. 211 00:07:43,730 --> 00:07:46,934 Yeah, scrubbed from social media and TV, 212 00:07:47,067 --> 00:07:48,569 and did you see that? 213 00:07:48,669 --> 00:07:51,171 They picked that old man out and just escorted him. 214 00:07:51,271 --> 00:07:54,107 They just escorted him out like he was Kanye at a bar mitzvah. 215 00:07:54,208 --> 00:07:56,410 [laughter] 216 00:07:56,510 --> 00:07:59,746 And did you see Xi Jinping? 217 00:07:59,847 --> 00:08:01,181 What's even wilder, he's just sitting there 218 00:08:01,281 --> 00:08:02,182 like he can't do anything. 219 00:08:02,282 --> 00:08:03,183 Like, the old man taps him like, 220 00:08:03,283 --> 00:08:04,184 hey, Xi, you going to do-- 221 00:08:04,284 --> 00:08:05,853 he's the most powerful person in China. 222 00:08:06,019 --> 00:08:07,487 And he's like, sorry, there-- there must 223 00:08:07,588 --> 00:08:08,856 be some rule or something. 224 00:08:09,022 --> 00:08:09,857 I'm new here. I don't know. 225 00:08:10,023 --> 00:08:10,858 I can't help you. 226 00:08:11,024 --> 00:08:13,927 I-- I can't do anything. 227 00:08:14,027 --> 00:08:15,062 I don't even know what this means. 228 00:08:15,162 --> 00:08:16,129 Was it supposed to send a message? 229 00:08:16,230 --> 00:08:17,464 Was it not? 230 00:08:17,564 --> 00:08:19,032 Because if it did, I don't think it worked because nobody 231 00:08:19,066 --> 00:08:20,501 knows what happened, right? 232 00:08:20,601 --> 00:08:23,203 They either took this guy away as some kind of power grab 233 00:08:23,303 --> 00:08:25,939 or because he just had one too many Island iced teas. 234 00:08:26,039 --> 00:08:27,574 We don't know, right? 235 00:08:27,674 --> 00:08:29,042 Who knows? 236 00:08:29,076 --> 00:08:31,445 I mean, I guess we do know that it didn't go according to plan 237 00:08:31,545 --> 00:08:34,114 because they scrubbed all the video of it from the internet. 238 00:08:34,214 --> 00:08:36,416 They wouldn't do that if they wanted people to see it. 239 00:08:36,517 --> 00:08:38,685 It's like your browser history. 240 00:08:38,785 --> 00:08:40,821 Yeah, nobody's clearing it because they 241 00:08:40,921 --> 00:08:42,689 donated to charity. 242 00:08:42,789 --> 00:08:44,157 You know, no one's like, I can't let my wife 243 00:08:44,258 --> 00:08:45,425 see what a good person I am. 244 00:08:45,526 --> 00:08:47,528 I can't! 245 00:08:47,628 --> 00:08:49,496 So, yeah, this is a weird, opaque story that 246 00:08:49,596 --> 00:08:51,798 has left everyone guessing. 247 00:08:51,899 --> 00:08:53,967 And I guess the only question I have is, 248 00:08:54,067 --> 00:08:55,802 can we hire those guys for whenever Joe Biden 249 00:08:55,903 --> 00:08:56,904 starts rambling in a speech? 250 00:08:57,070 --> 00:08:58,138 Can we? 251 00:08:58,238 --> 00:08:59,606 Just to bring them in, he's like, (IMITATING BIDEN) 252 00:08:59,706 --> 00:09:02,609 I passed a student bill debt with 50 and 100,000 253 00:09:02,709 --> 00:09:04,678 and 56,000 and 150-- 254 00:09:04,778 --> 00:09:05,913 OK, sir, come on with us. 255 00:09:06,013 --> 00:09:07,014 Come on. 256 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:08,315 Let's take him to where we hide Kamala. 257 00:09:08,415 --> 00:09:09,316 Come on. Let's go. 258 00:09:09,416 --> 00:09:11,018 [applause] 259 00:09:11,118 --> 00:09:14,188 All right, finally, let's move on from China to a country 260 00:09:14,288 --> 00:09:17,291 where the leadership situation is a little less secure, 261 00:09:17,391 --> 00:09:18,325 Great Britain. 262 00:09:18,425 --> 00:09:21,028 Last week, Liz Truss announced after just 263 00:09:21,061 --> 00:09:23,730 44 days in office she would be stepping 264 00:09:23,830 --> 00:09:25,465 down as prime minister. 265 00:09:25,566 --> 00:09:28,802 So she could move on to becoming that person who 266 00:09:28,902 --> 00:09:30,370 everyone recognizes, but they can't 267 00:09:30,470 --> 00:09:32,406 quite remember from where. 268 00:09:32,506 --> 00:09:34,474 Like, did we go to high school-- 269 00:09:34,575 --> 00:09:35,475 oh! 270 00:09:35,576 --> 00:09:37,544 You were the prime minister! 271 00:09:37,644 --> 00:09:39,046 Oh, so sorry about that. 272 00:09:39,079 --> 00:09:43,050 Anyway, can I have two large popcorns, please, and-- 273 00:09:43,116 --> 00:09:45,152 Anyway, Liz Truss is gone. 274 00:09:45,252 --> 00:09:47,955 And it looks like the UK's got a brand new man. 275 00:09:48,055 --> 00:09:49,656 We begin in the United Kingdom, which 276 00:09:49,756 --> 00:09:51,859 is about to get its third prime minister 277 00:09:51,959 --> 00:09:53,293 in less than two months. 278 00:09:53,393 --> 00:09:55,796 Just a short time ago, the ruling Conservative Party 279 00:09:55,896 --> 00:09:58,365 announced that former Finance Minister Rishi 280 00:09:58,465 --> 00:10:00,334 Sunak won the race to become party 281 00:10:00,434 --> 00:10:01,969 leader and prime minister. 282 00:10:02,069 --> 00:10:04,104 REPORTER: Rishi Sunak will become this country's 283 00:10:04,204 --> 00:10:06,807 first ever prime minister of color, first 284 00:10:06,907 --> 00:10:08,876 ever Asian prime minister, and first 285 00:10:08,976 --> 00:10:10,911 ever Hindu prime minister. 286 00:10:11,011 --> 00:10:13,046 REPORTER: Rishi Sunak-- not only the first person 287 00:10:13,146 --> 00:10:15,682 of color to walk through 10 Downing, also the youngest 288 00:10:15,782 --> 00:10:18,085 prime minister here in about two centuries, really 289 00:10:18,185 --> 00:10:19,319 a historic day. 290 00:10:19,419 --> 00:10:21,555 REPORTER: A former investment banker, he and his wife 291 00:10:21,655 --> 00:10:24,858 are reported to be among the country's richest people. 292 00:10:24,958 --> 00:10:27,628 It is the greatest privilege of my life 293 00:10:27,728 --> 00:10:30,330 to be able to serve the party I love 294 00:10:30,430 --> 00:10:34,735 and give back to the country I owe so much to. 295 00:10:34,835 --> 00:10:35,869 Yeah, that's right. 296 00:10:35,969 --> 00:10:39,439 The UK's new prime minister is former Finance 297 00:10:39,540 --> 00:10:40,607 Minister Rishi Sunak. 298 00:10:40,707 --> 00:10:41,608 And he's Indian. 299 00:10:41,708 --> 00:10:42,609 He's Hindu. 300 00:10:42,709 --> 00:10:44,278 And he's only 42 years old, which 301 00:10:44,378 --> 00:10:47,414 means he will probably serve well into his 42 302 00:10:47,514 --> 00:10:48,782 and a halves easily. 303 00:10:48,882 --> 00:10:51,752 [laughter] 304 00:10:51,852 --> 00:10:52,753 And let's not forget-- 305 00:10:52,853 --> 00:10:55,189 [applause] 306 00:10:55,289 --> 00:10:58,058 Let's not forget another important first. 307 00:10:58,158 --> 00:10:59,760 He's also the first prime minister 308 00:10:59,860 --> 00:11:01,328 who's an absolute snack. 309 00:11:01,428 --> 00:11:02,896 Yeah. 310 00:11:03,063 --> 00:11:05,899 Oh, look at you, Rishi. 311 00:11:06,066 --> 00:11:07,534 And before you're thinking, oh, is he, 312 00:11:07,634 --> 00:11:08,869 don't forget who came before. 313 00:11:08,969 --> 00:11:10,771 Don't forget. 314 00:11:10,871 --> 00:11:11,772 We're moving on up. 315 00:11:11,872 --> 00:11:18,645 [cheering] 316 00:11:18,745 --> 00:11:22,749 Now, of course-- of course, not everyone in the UK 317 00:11:22,850 --> 00:11:25,986 is happy about Rishi Sunak taking the top spot 318 00:11:26,086 --> 00:11:26,954 and making history. 319 00:11:27,087 --> 00:11:28,589 And it's not because of his policies 320 00:11:28,689 --> 00:11:29,990 or because of his personality. 321 00:11:30,090 --> 00:11:33,327 No, there are some people who have a problem with something 322 00:11:33,427 --> 00:11:36,697 else, as this caller to a British radio show 323 00:11:36,797 --> 00:11:38,565 so eloquently explained. 324 00:11:38,665 --> 00:11:40,234 Is the real problem here, Jerry, 325 00:11:40,334 --> 00:11:42,102 that Rishi Sunak is a Brown man, 326 00:11:42,135 --> 00:11:49,142 and you don't trust him at the top of this country? 327 00:12:09,062 --> 00:12:09,863 Yeah. 328 00:12:09,963 --> 00:12:11,131 Yeah, this guy has a good point. 329 00:12:11,231 --> 00:12:13,133 Can you imagine if white English people 330 00:12:13,233 --> 00:12:15,569 wanted to rule countries where no one looked like them? 331 00:12:15,669 --> 00:12:18,372 Oh, that would never happen. 332 00:12:18,472 --> 00:12:19,940 Can you imagine that world? 333 00:12:20,073 --> 00:12:21,909 What would that world be like? 334 00:12:22,075 --> 00:12:24,411 [cheering] 335 00:12:24,511 --> 00:12:27,948 [laughs] Now you know what's so funny to me? 336 00:12:28,081 --> 00:12:29,816 It's funny how racists always say, 337 00:12:29,917 --> 00:12:31,285 oh, colonization was fine. 338 00:12:31,385 --> 00:12:33,220 It was business-- until they feel 339 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:34,321 like they're being colonized. 340 00:12:34,421 --> 00:12:35,422 Then all of a sudden, it's like, something 341 00:12:35,522 --> 00:12:36,490 needs to be done! 342 00:12:36,590 --> 00:12:38,725 Something needs to be done! 343 00:12:38,825 --> 00:12:40,527 Not even being colonized-- the guy is British. 344 00:12:40,627 --> 00:12:41,795 What's wrong with you? 345 00:12:41,895 --> 00:12:43,730 And if you ask me, British racists are looking 346 00:12:43,830 --> 00:12:44,898 at this whole thing all wrong. 347 00:12:44,998 --> 00:12:47,000 This could be a good thing for you people. 348 00:12:47,100 --> 00:12:48,869 After 400 years, you'll finally get 349 00:12:48,969 --> 00:12:50,370 to legitimately blame a Brown person 350 00:12:50,470 --> 00:12:51,371 for your country's problems. 351 00:12:51,471 --> 00:12:52,673 You're living your dreams! 352 00:12:52,773 --> 00:12:53,974 Wake up! 353 00:12:54,107 --> 00:12:56,677 [applause] 354 00:12:56,777 --> 00:12:59,146 I mean, there is a part of me-- 355 00:12:59,246 --> 00:13:00,514 there's a part of me that feels a little 356 00:13:00,614 --> 00:13:04,718 bad for England's racists. 357 00:13:04,818 --> 00:13:07,187 No, because remember-- remember, 358 00:13:07,287 --> 00:13:11,692 they voted for Brexit specifically 359 00:13:11,792 --> 00:13:14,895 to keep Britain white. 360 00:13:15,062 --> 00:13:17,965 And that vote started a seven-year chain 361 00:13:18,065 --> 00:13:21,668 of dominoes that has now led directly 362 00:13:21,768 --> 00:13:23,504 to an Indian Prime Minister. 363 00:13:23,604 --> 00:13:28,408 [cheering] 364 00:13:28,509 --> 00:13:31,245 Oh, man. 365 00:13:31,345 --> 00:13:32,746 Yeah, they're probably like, (BRITISH ACCENT) 366 00:13:32,846 --> 00:13:35,082 oh, this is certainly a rich irony at my expense, isn't it? 367 00:13:35,182 --> 00:13:36,950 Yeah. 368 00:13:37,084 --> 00:13:38,218 And here's the thing. 369 00:13:38,318 --> 00:13:40,687 Keep in mind, this caller even says that he is Tory. 370 00:13:40,787 --> 00:13:43,257 So this is the same party as Rishi Sunak, 371 00:13:43,357 --> 00:13:44,725 right, which means they probably agree 372 00:13:44,825 --> 00:13:45,826 on all the same policies. 373 00:13:45,926 --> 00:13:47,828 He just doesn't like that he's not white, 374 00:13:47,928 --> 00:13:48,929 which I don't understand. 375 00:13:49,096 --> 00:13:49,930 I truly don't understand. 376 00:13:50,097 --> 00:13:51,598 What are you scared of? Huh? 377 00:13:51,698 --> 00:13:52,733 What is this caller scared of? 378 00:13:52,833 --> 00:13:54,234 Does he think Sunak is going to walk up 379 00:13:54,334 --> 00:13:55,669 to the podium on his first day in office 380 00:13:55,769 --> 00:13:57,604 and be like, (BRITISH ACCENT) it is the greatest privilege 381 00:13:57,704 --> 00:14:00,040 of my life to be able to give back to the country I 382 00:14:00,140 --> 00:14:01,041 owe so much to. 383 00:14:01,141 --> 00:14:02,442 And to show my gratitude, I just 384 00:14:02,543 --> 00:14:03,777 want to say, (INDIAN ACCENT) I'm selling 385 00:14:03,877 --> 00:14:05,445 the entire country to India! 386 00:14:05,546 --> 00:14:06,446 That's right. 387 00:14:06,547 --> 00:14:07,814 Revenge time, you bastards. 388 00:14:07,915 --> 00:14:09,183 This was the plan the whole time. 389 00:14:09,283 --> 00:14:11,051 Happy Diwali, mother bitches! 390 00:14:11,151 --> 00:14:12,085 [laughter] 391 00:14:12,186 --> 00:14:14,755 It's not going to happen, you racists. 392 00:14:14,855 --> 00:14:17,457 All right, that's it for the headlines. 393 00:14:17,558 --> 00:14:19,193 Before we go to break, it's time 394 00:14:19,293 --> 00:14:21,061 to check in on all the latest social media trends 395 00:14:21,094 --> 00:14:23,063 with our very own Ronny Chieng, everybody! 396 00:14:23,163 --> 00:14:28,168 [cheering] 397 00:14:28,268 --> 00:14:31,438 Hey, Trevor, all right. 398 00:14:31,538 --> 00:14:34,875 Let's see what's blowing up social media today. 399 00:14:34,975 --> 00:14:37,444 We got Taylor Swift, anti-Semitism, 400 00:14:37,544 --> 00:14:39,279 Tom Brady, the usual. 401 00:14:39,379 --> 00:14:43,083 But what's lighting social media in England up right now 402 00:14:43,150 --> 00:14:45,619 is the new prime minister of the week, Rishi Sunak. 403 00:14:45,719 --> 00:14:48,956 And I know everyone is really excited 404 00:14:49,089 --> 00:14:51,391 that this is the first Asian prime minister. 405 00:14:51,491 --> 00:14:53,093 But let's be clear. 406 00:14:53,193 --> 00:14:55,829 Indians are not Asians, OK? 407 00:14:55,929 --> 00:14:56,830 OK? 408 00:14:56,930 --> 00:14:59,533 They're still people, great people. 409 00:14:59,633 --> 00:15:02,503 They're just not Asian people, OK? 410 00:15:02,603 --> 00:15:03,504 No, no, no. 411 00:15:03,604 --> 00:15:04,905 Answer me this. 412 00:15:05,038 --> 00:15:07,441 If this guy is Asian, how come when he became prime minister, 413 00:15:07,541 --> 00:15:09,109 I felt absolutely nothing? 414 00:15:09,209 --> 00:15:11,445 [laughter] 415 00:15:11,545 --> 00:15:14,748 I mean, when I was down at Dim Sum Palace this morning, me 416 00:15:14,848 --> 00:15:18,352 and the fellas weren't like, oh, shit, that's me up there! 417 00:15:18,452 --> 00:15:20,187 I feel seen. 418 00:15:20,287 --> 00:15:22,122 I love how Indians try to have it both ways, 419 00:15:22,222 --> 00:15:24,057 like, being Indian and Asian. 420 00:15:24,091 --> 00:15:26,193 Pick a lane, OK? 421 00:15:26,293 --> 00:15:28,562 Yeah, I bet if I show up in a Bollywood film, 422 00:15:28,662 --> 00:15:31,198 I'm just going to blend right in, right? 423 00:15:31,298 --> 00:15:32,666 Because we're all just one people, 424 00:15:32,766 --> 00:15:34,935 just having a good time. 425 00:15:35,068 --> 00:15:36,703 Also, speaking of Asians and Indians, 426 00:15:36,803 --> 00:15:38,138 real quick, you mentioned America's 427 00:15:38,238 --> 00:15:41,408 math scores were dropping since COVID or something, right? 428 00:15:41,508 --> 00:15:47,514 I mean, math scores in America were bad before COVID. 429 00:15:47,614 --> 00:15:49,183 How could they get any worse? 430 00:15:49,283 --> 00:15:50,751 Like, the question used to be, what time 431 00:15:50,851 --> 00:15:52,085 did a train leave the station? 432 00:15:52,186 --> 00:15:55,822 Now you got to explain what a [bleep] train is. 433 00:15:55,923 --> 00:15:59,259 But the biggest trending story has got to be the climate 434 00:15:59,359 --> 00:16:01,094 change art protester videos. 435 00:16:01,195 --> 00:16:04,031 And my question is, who the hell is doing 436 00:16:04,064 --> 00:16:06,600 museum security these days? 437 00:16:06,700 --> 00:16:11,438 You see people walking in with two buckets of mashed potatoes 438 00:16:11,538 --> 00:16:16,043 and a high-visibility vest, and you don't 439 00:16:16,109 --> 00:16:17,878 think anything is going on. 440 00:16:18,045 --> 00:16:19,313 Were you caught by surprise? 441 00:16:19,413 --> 00:16:21,849 They're not exactly sneaking around. 442 00:16:21,949 --> 00:16:25,319 I mean, if people show up in high-visibility construction 443 00:16:25,419 --> 00:16:27,054 vest, just keep an eye on them, OK? 444 00:16:27,087 --> 00:16:28,755 Just imagine this Venn diagram. 445 00:16:28,856 --> 00:16:30,057 It's real simple. 446 00:16:30,157 --> 00:16:31,725 In one circle, you've got people 447 00:16:31,825 --> 00:16:33,093 wearing construction vests. 448 00:16:33,193 --> 00:16:35,629 In the other circle, you've got people with no upper body 449 00:16:35,729 --> 00:16:37,097 strength, OK? 450 00:16:37,197 --> 00:16:40,334 Now, when they overlap in the middle there, 451 00:16:40,434 --> 00:16:42,202 those are climate activists. 452 00:16:42,302 --> 00:16:43,737 [cheering] 453 00:16:43,837 --> 00:16:48,609 OK? 454 00:16:48,709 --> 00:16:52,212 Make sure you check every cavity for sloppy joes. 455 00:16:52,312 --> 00:16:54,882 Also, the worst part is this painting 456 00:16:54,982 --> 00:16:56,116 wasn't even expecting it. 457 00:16:56,216 --> 00:16:58,552 At least throw it at a painting that's ready. 458 00:16:58,652 --> 00:17:02,489 I mean, see, this guy knows some bad shit's 459 00:17:02,589 --> 00:17:04,858 about to go down. 460 00:17:05,025 --> 00:17:05,859 All right, what are you even doing? 461 00:17:06,026 --> 00:17:06,860 What? 462 00:17:07,027 --> 00:17:07,861 Throwing guacamole at art isn't going 463 00:17:08,028 --> 00:17:09,363 to change anything, all right? 464 00:17:09,463 --> 00:17:10,664 The only people who care about art 465 00:17:10,764 --> 00:17:12,199 are pretentious douchebags. 466 00:17:12,299 --> 00:17:13,433 Like, check out this tweet I found 467 00:17:13,534 --> 00:17:15,068 online for some random moron, all right? 468 00:17:15,169 --> 00:17:16,069 Look. 469 00:17:16,170 --> 00:17:17,070 Look at this all. 470 00:17:17,171 --> 00:17:18,772 Oh my god. 471 00:17:18,872 --> 00:17:20,340 At the Louvre. 472 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:22,309 I saw Mona Lisa for the first time. 473 00:17:22,409 --> 00:17:23,577 Is she smiling or not? 474 00:17:23,677 --> 00:17:24,578 It's so powerful. 475 00:17:24,678 --> 00:17:25,612 Everyone should see. 476 00:17:25,712 --> 00:17:27,781 [laughter] 477 00:17:27,881 --> 00:17:31,285 Oh, really? 478 00:17:31,385 --> 00:17:36,256 You think everyone should see the most famous painting ever? 479 00:17:36,356 --> 00:17:38,158 What a great discovery. 480 00:17:38,258 --> 00:17:40,194 I mean, I wonder what else this guy likes. 481 00:17:40,294 --> 00:17:42,062 You like the Beatles, Breaking Bad? 482 00:17:42,095 --> 00:17:43,063 Let me guess. 483 00:17:43,096 --> 00:17:44,498 You gave Oxygen five stars. 484 00:17:44,598 --> 00:17:47,534 I mean, how basic can a bitch get? 485 00:17:47,634 --> 00:17:48,702 Whoever he is. 486 00:17:48,802 --> 00:17:49,803 Back to you, Trevor. 487 00:17:49,903 --> 00:17:51,171 [cheering] 488 00:17:51,271 --> 00:17:52,272 I think that was a great tweet. 489 00:17:52,372 --> 00:17:54,174 Ronny Chieng, everybody. 490 00:17:54,274 --> 00:17:56,109 All right, when we come back, Jordan Klepper 491 00:17:56,210 --> 00:17:57,744 figures out what side of the civil war 492 00:17:57,845 --> 00:17:58,745 your state is going to be on. 493 00:17:58,846 --> 00:17:59,913 So don't go away. 494 00:18:00,013 --> 00:18:03,684 [cheering] 495 00:18:08,297 --> 00:18:14,737 [applause] 496 00:18:15,738 --> 00:18:18,007 Welcome back to The Daily Show. 497 00:18:18,107 --> 00:18:21,010 You know, there's no question-- there's 498 00:18:21,110 --> 00:18:23,279 no question that America is becoming 499 00:18:23,379 --> 00:18:25,014 more and more polarized. 500 00:18:25,114 --> 00:18:26,816 And it has a lot of people wondering-- 501 00:18:26,916 --> 00:18:29,819 could this division turn into violence? 502 00:18:29,919 --> 00:18:33,389 Well, we sent Jordan Klepper to find out for another episode 503 00:18:33,489 --> 00:18:34,724 of "Fingers the Pulse." 504 00:18:34,824 --> 00:18:41,397 [music playing] 505 00:18:41,497 --> 00:18:42,698 JORDAN KLEPPER (VOICEOVER): When you've 506 00:18:42,798 --> 00:18:44,533 been to as many rallies as I have, 507 00:18:44,633 --> 00:18:47,169 you get used to hearing things you don't encounter 508 00:18:47,269 --> 00:18:49,472 in everyday life, like "Go to hell," 509 00:18:49,572 --> 00:18:51,040 and "Klepper is a bitch." 510 00:18:51,140 --> 00:18:52,575 But lately, the. crowds have been 511 00:18:52,675 --> 00:18:55,077 coalescing around one particular idea 512 00:18:55,177 --> 00:18:56,579 that nobody wants to hear 513 00:18:56,679 --> 00:18:57,847 - Civil War. - Civil War. 514 00:18:57,947 --> 00:18:59,015 - Civil War. - Civil War. 515 00:18:59,115 --> 00:19:00,116 Civil War. 516 00:19:00,216 --> 00:19:01,450 JORDAN KLEPPER (VOICEOVER): The Civil War-- 517 00:19:01,550 --> 00:19:03,285 our country's bitter attempt at divorce 518 00:19:03,386 --> 00:19:05,821 that ended with mom and dad back together in a state 519 00:19:05,921 --> 00:19:06,922 of constant resentment. 520 00:19:07,023 --> 00:19:09,392 43% of Americans think it's very 521 00:19:09,492 --> 00:19:11,894 likely there's a Civil War in the next decade. 522 00:19:11,927 --> 00:19:13,029 OK. 523 00:19:13,129 --> 00:19:14,463 I'm going to be perfectly straight up and honest. 524 00:19:14,563 --> 00:19:15,998 It's going to happen much sooner than that. 525 00:19:16,098 --> 00:19:17,199 How soon? 526 00:19:17,299 --> 00:19:19,368 Because I have an Airbnb rented in the Outer Banks. 527 00:19:19,468 --> 00:19:20,903 JORDAN KLEPPER (VOICEOVER): But it turns out 528 00:19:20,936 --> 00:19:23,973 a lot of Americans think this way and not just your uncle 529 00:19:24,073 --> 00:19:26,108 who has been hoarding weapons and Vienna sausages 530 00:19:26,208 --> 00:19:27,309 in his basement bunker. 531 00:19:27,410 --> 00:19:29,912 Even sitting members of Congress, like January 6 532 00:19:30,012 --> 00:19:31,647 Committee Member Adam Kinzinger. 533 00:19:31,747 --> 00:19:34,583 How close are we to another Civil War? 534 00:19:34,684 --> 00:19:36,552 I think we're closer than we'd like to think. 535 00:19:36,652 --> 00:19:38,454 And I used to be afraid to talk about it. 536 00:19:38,554 --> 00:19:40,022 Now I think it's important for us to talk about it. 537 00:19:40,122 --> 00:19:41,023 To talk about a Civil War? 538 00:19:41,123 --> 00:19:42,324 Yeah. 539 00:19:42,425 --> 00:19:44,226 Because I think we have to be aware of where we're at. 540 00:19:44,326 --> 00:19:45,961 I don't think it's going to be North and South 541 00:19:46,062 --> 00:19:47,229 with large marching armies. 542 00:19:47,329 --> 00:19:49,598 You know, if I live in Illinois, 543 00:19:49,699 --> 00:19:52,301 there's going to be Republicans and Democrats in Illinois. 544 00:19:52,401 --> 00:19:53,936 I do think it could get violent easily. 545 00:19:53,969 --> 00:19:54,937 I mean, that's scary. 546 00:19:54,970 --> 00:19:56,205 That is scary. 547 00:19:56,305 --> 00:19:57,973 JORDAN KLEPPER (VOICEOVER): If a sitting representative 548 00:19:58,074 --> 00:20:00,142 like Kinzinger thinks a second Civil War is possible, 549 00:20:00,242 --> 00:20:02,144 it's something we need to take seriously. 550 00:20:02,244 --> 00:20:04,213 So I decided to gather Americans 551 00:20:04,313 --> 00:20:06,949 in one of our most sacred traditions of civic unity-- 552 00:20:06,982 --> 00:20:09,218 the corporate focus group, bringing together 553 00:20:09,318 --> 00:20:11,754 conservatives and liberals in purple Arizona 554 00:20:11,887 --> 00:20:14,390 who all think Civil War is a real possibility. 555 00:20:14,490 --> 00:20:16,125 The Civil War is tomorrow. 556 00:20:16,225 --> 00:20:18,160 What is the skill set you bring to the battlefield? 557 00:20:18,260 --> 00:20:19,428 Well, I'm good with a gun. 558 00:20:19,528 --> 00:20:20,730 - Yeah? - Yeah. 559 00:20:20,896 --> 00:20:21,731 OK. 560 00:20:21,897 --> 00:20:23,399 James? 561 00:20:23,499 --> 00:20:24,600 [laughs] I have survival skills. 562 00:20:24,700 --> 00:20:25,901 I was in the military. 563 00:20:25,935 --> 00:20:27,703 I know how to shoot a weapon, hand-to-hand combat 564 00:20:27,803 --> 00:20:28,938 if I have to. 565 00:20:29,038 --> 00:20:31,707 I could stick you with a knife and not cry about it. 566 00:20:31,807 --> 00:20:33,042 [laughs] 567 00:20:33,142 --> 00:20:35,011 We're laughing about sticking people with a knife, but-- 568 00:20:35,111 --> 00:20:36,045 OK. Lansing, what skills? 569 00:20:36,145 --> 00:20:37,046 Leadership JORDAN KLEPPER: Leadership? 570 00:20:37,146 --> 00:20:38,347 Yeah. 571 00:20:38,447 --> 00:20:39,915 I just feel there's going to need to be some leaders. 572 00:20:39,949 --> 00:20:41,584 Bo, what skills do you have? 573 00:20:41,684 --> 00:20:43,452 Critical thinking. 574 00:20:43,552 --> 00:20:45,187 Jesus, for all of the liberals in here, 575 00:20:45,287 --> 00:20:47,923 we have a leader and a critical thinker. 576 00:20:47,957 --> 00:20:49,525 This is why the blue side is [bleep].. 577 00:20:49,625 --> 00:20:51,260 JORDAN KLEPPER (VOICEOVER): But if America was going 578 00:20:51,360 --> 00:20:54,330 to be divided in a Civil War, where would the modern day 579 00:20:54,430 --> 00:20:55,931 Mason-Dixon Line fall? 580 00:20:55,965 --> 00:20:58,367 It was time for a state-by-state fantasy draft-- 581 00:20:58,467 --> 00:21:00,336 well, nightmare draft. 582 00:21:00,436 --> 00:21:01,604 JORDAN KLEPPER: We've terraformed 583 00:21:01,704 --> 00:21:04,974 the states that have been red and blue to create 584 00:21:05,074 --> 00:21:07,143 one land mass. 585 00:21:07,243 --> 00:21:08,711 Who sees himself as conservative part 586 00:21:08,878 --> 00:21:11,447 of the red map here? 587 00:21:11,547 --> 00:21:13,549 Are these the states you would want? 588 00:21:13,649 --> 00:21:15,518 Oh, I much prefer the red states. 589 00:21:15,618 --> 00:21:16,786 What breaks your heart? 590 00:21:16,886 --> 00:21:17,787 What are you going to miss? 591 00:21:17,887 --> 00:21:20,056 Well, Arizona-- isn't that supposed 592 00:21:20,156 --> 00:21:21,223 to be a red state now? 593 00:21:21,323 --> 00:21:22,792 Let's say we give you Arizona. 594 00:21:22,892 --> 00:21:23,893 Where do you want to travel to? 595 00:21:23,993 --> 00:21:25,895 Well, I love California. 596 00:21:25,928 --> 00:21:27,730 But it's turned into such a shithole. 597 00:21:27,897 --> 00:21:28,964 Let's be fair. 598 00:21:29,065 --> 00:21:31,200 As a red state guy, the blue state has the best food. 599 00:21:31,300 --> 00:21:32,201 Oh, yeah. 600 00:21:32,301 --> 00:21:33,202 Right. 601 00:21:33,302 --> 00:21:34,770 Bo, what would you miss? 602 00:21:34,904 --> 00:21:36,238 Not a ton. 603 00:21:36,339 --> 00:21:38,341 As a liberal, you're feeling pretty 604 00:21:38,441 --> 00:21:39,608 good about the states you get. 605 00:21:39,709 --> 00:21:40,943 Honestly, I feel all right. 606 00:21:41,043 --> 00:21:41,944 We got Hawaii. 607 00:21:42,044 --> 00:21:43,546 JORDAN KLEPPER: You do have Hawaii. 608 00:21:43,646 --> 00:21:44,747 James, what are you missing? 609 00:21:44,914 --> 00:21:46,215 You're going to be in this red conglomerate, right? 610 00:21:46,315 --> 00:21:48,017 Well, the family's from back east in Ohio, so, yeah, 611 00:21:48,117 --> 00:21:49,018 I mean-- that would be. 612 00:21:49,118 --> 00:21:50,052 You'd miss Ohio? 613 00:21:50,152 --> 00:21:51,687 I wouldn't trade Cleveland for anything. 614 00:21:51,787 --> 00:21:53,289 I'd trade Texas for California 615 00:21:53,389 --> 00:21:55,024 so I can go to San Diego. - OK. 616 00:21:55,124 --> 00:21:56,025 Any other trades? 617 00:21:56,125 --> 00:21:57,493 Texas for California-- blue side, 618 00:21:57,593 --> 00:21:58,494 would you allow that trade? 619 00:21:58,594 --> 00:22:00,162 I'll take Austin for Cleveland, 620 00:22:00,262 --> 00:22:01,297 but I don't need all of Texas. 621 00:22:01,397 --> 00:22:02,665 We'll do an Austin for Cleveland. 622 00:22:02,765 --> 00:22:04,000 I don't want Cleveland. He's in Cleveland. 623 00:22:04,100 --> 00:22:05,001 I want San Diego. 624 00:22:05,101 --> 00:22:06,535 What will you give up for San Diego? 625 00:22:06,635 --> 00:22:08,938 I would give up Florida. 626 00:22:09,038 --> 00:22:10,206 No thanks. 627 00:22:10,306 --> 00:22:11,507 There's no takers on Florida? 628 00:22:11,607 --> 00:22:12,508 No. 629 00:22:12,608 --> 00:22:13,542 JORDAN KLEPPER (VOICEOVER): OK. 630 00:22:13,642 --> 00:22:15,211 So I guess the ocean can have Florida, 631 00:22:15,311 --> 00:22:17,980 which is helpful because it will probably take it anyway. 632 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:20,750 And now that we have our newly divided States of America, 633 00:22:20,883 --> 00:22:23,319 we get to draft some new constitutions. 634 00:22:23,419 --> 00:22:26,956 If there is a new America, you're going to need new laws. 635 00:22:27,056 --> 00:22:29,158 Are there any laws you would want to change? 636 00:22:29,258 --> 00:22:32,294 Get rid of the petty ones. 637 00:22:32,395 --> 00:22:33,896 I mean, there's lots of petty laws out there. 638 00:22:33,929 --> 00:22:35,631 I mean, if you pee in public, I mean, 639 00:22:35,731 --> 00:22:37,633 are you really going to be in the sex crime registry 640 00:22:37,733 --> 00:22:38,701 now because you peed in public? 641 00:22:38,801 --> 00:22:39,702 It's stupid. 642 00:22:39,802 --> 00:22:41,003 It's a crack in the system. 643 00:22:41,103 --> 00:22:43,339 That's the first law that comes to head? 644 00:22:43,439 --> 00:22:44,707 It's the petty laws. 645 00:22:44,807 --> 00:22:48,010 You get put in the federal sex crimes registry 646 00:22:48,110 --> 00:22:49,945 if you take a leak outside. 647 00:22:50,046 --> 00:22:50,946 It's just pretty dumb. 648 00:22:51,047 --> 00:22:51,947 That's just an example. 649 00:22:52,048 --> 00:22:54,216 We just talked about a Civil War 650 00:22:54,316 --> 00:22:55,217 tearing this country in two. 651 00:22:55,317 --> 00:22:56,485 [laughter] 652 00:22:56,585 --> 00:22:58,020 You finally get your way-- - Well, you know, I mean-- 653 00:22:58,120 --> 00:22:59,121 --and the first law that jumps 654 00:22:59,221 --> 00:23:02,258 to mind is peeing in public. 655 00:23:02,358 --> 00:23:03,726 Does your side not have toilets? 656 00:23:03,826 --> 00:23:05,161 JORDAN KLEPPER (VOICEOVER): With the vision 657 00:23:05,261 --> 00:23:08,230 of the new Confederacy already collapsing under the burden 658 00:23:08,331 --> 00:23:09,932 of sewage infrastructure, I thought 659 00:23:10,032 --> 00:23:11,867 it was time to cut to the chase and ask 660 00:23:11,901 --> 00:23:12,968 the biggest question of all. 661 00:23:13,069 --> 00:23:14,537 Which side wins? 662 00:23:14,637 --> 00:23:15,538 We all lose. 663 00:23:15,638 --> 00:23:16,872 We all lose, yeah. 664 00:23:16,972 --> 00:23:18,107 There's no winning there. 665 00:23:18,207 --> 00:23:24,780 What if one side loses and then refuses to concede? 666 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:25,881 JORDAN KLEPPER (VOICEOVER): Well, 667 00:23:25,981 --> 00:23:27,216 I don't know if I feel any better 668 00:23:27,316 --> 00:23:28,551 about the future of America. 669 00:23:28,651 --> 00:23:31,253 But for now, at least we still have elections. 670 00:23:31,354 --> 00:23:34,724 In fact, check out my new half hour special where I dive 671 00:23:34,890 --> 00:23:37,693 into the midterms and ask the very important question-- 672 00:23:37,793 --> 00:23:40,062 democracy, we still cool? 673 00:23:40,162 --> 00:23:42,631 If you knew you got fewer votes, you wouldn't concede. 674 00:23:42,732 --> 00:23:43,766 What is conceding mean? 675 00:23:43,899 --> 00:23:44,767 Yeah. 676 00:23:44,900 --> 00:23:45,901 It means accepting loss. 677 00:23:45,968 --> 00:23:46,902 - No. - No. 678 00:23:47,003 --> 00:23:47,903 Why? 679 00:23:48,004 --> 00:23:49,505 Is democracy [bleep]? 680 00:23:49,605 --> 00:23:53,209 We can be [bleep] tomorrow if the wrong thing happens. 681 00:23:53,309 --> 00:23:54,310 You were there January 6. 682 00:23:54,410 --> 00:23:56,112 It was the most beautiful thing I ever saw. 683 00:23:56,212 --> 00:23:58,681 Birds chirping, police officers screaming. 684 00:23:58,781 --> 00:23:59,749 No. 685 00:23:59,915 --> 00:24:06,255 [music playing] 686 00:24:06,355 --> 00:24:07,256 [applause] 687 00:24:07,356 --> 00:24:08,391 Thank you so much for that. 688 00:24:08,491 --> 00:24:09,392 Jordan Klepper, everybody. 689 00:24:09,492 --> 00:24:10,860 Before to check out-- 690 00:24:10,893 --> 00:24:13,396 be sure to check out Jordan's special next Tuesday at 11:30 691 00:24:13,496 --> 00:24:14,864 right after this show. All right. 692 00:24:14,897 --> 00:24:16,065 Stay tuned because when we come back, 693 00:24:16,165 --> 00:24:17,500 John David Washington will be joining 694 00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:19,735 me right here on this spot. 695 00:24:19,869 --> 00:24:22,872 [applause] 696 00:24:33,149 --> 00:24:34,384 Welcome back to The Daily Show. 697 00:24:34,484 --> 00:24:36,552 My guest tonight is an actor you know from films 698 00:24:36,653 --> 00:24:38,621 like Black Klansman and Tenet. 699 00:24:38,721 --> 00:24:40,356 He's here tonight to talk about making 700 00:24:40,456 --> 00:24:43,159 his Broadway debut in a revival of August 701 00:24:43,259 --> 00:24:44,894 Wilson's The Piano Lesson. 702 00:24:44,994 --> 00:24:47,797 Please welcome John David Washington. 703 00:24:47,897 --> 00:24:54,537 [music playing] 704 00:24:55,538 --> 00:25:02,211 TREVOR NOAH: Welcome back. 705 00:25:03,980 --> 00:25:05,481 John David Washington. - Hello. 706 00:25:05,581 --> 00:25:06,683 Welcome back to The Daily Show. 707 00:25:06,783 --> 00:25:08,451 Thanks for having me. Glad to be back. 708 00:25:08,551 --> 00:25:10,486 It's been a while since you've been here. 709 00:25:10,586 --> 00:25:12,288 I think it was maybe 2019. 710 00:25:12,388 --> 00:25:13,489 Yeah. 711 00:25:13,589 --> 00:25:15,191 TREVOR NOAH: It was Black Klansman at the time. 712 00:25:15,291 --> 00:25:18,828 And I mean, you have just ascended, consistently 713 00:25:18,928 --> 00:25:19,896 and constantly. 714 00:25:19,996 --> 00:25:22,598 Tenet phenomenal, absolutely for the part 715 00:25:22,699 --> 00:25:24,200 that we could understand. Because some of it-- 716 00:25:24,300 --> 00:25:25,201 Yeah, right. 717 00:25:25,301 --> 00:25:26,369 Let me ask you, though, before we get 718 00:25:26,469 --> 00:25:27,503 into what you're doing now. 719 00:25:27,603 --> 00:25:30,506 Like did you guys know what was-- of course, 720 00:25:30,606 --> 00:25:31,641 I loved the movie. 721 00:25:31,741 --> 00:25:33,009 I love-- no genuinely, I love all 722 00:25:33,109 --> 00:25:34,077 of Christopher Nolan's films. 723 00:25:34,177 --> 00:25:35,511 And I watch it, and I watch it again. 724 00:25:35,612 --> 00:25:36,713 I watch this first time to enjoy it, 725 00:25:36,846 --> 00:25:39,849 second time to understand what's happening. 726 00:25:39,916 --> 00:25:42,151 But then there's like parts in it where people are (MUMBLING) 727 00:25:42,251 --> 00:25:45,521 and then you guys run and (VOCALIZATIONS). 728 00:25:45,622 --> 00:25:46,856 So when you guys are in the scene, 729 00:25:46,956 --> 00:25:47,857 can you hear each other? 730 00:25:47,957 --> 00:25:51,394 Do you know what's happening? 731 00:25:51,494 --> 00:25:52,462 I don't listen. 732 00:25:52,562 --> 00:25:54,530 Look, Christopher Nolan's always watching. 733 00:25:54,631 --> 00:25:56,766 So I'm going to say, yeah, totally. 734 00:25:56,866 --> 00:25:58,101 Totally was in control, knew everything. 735 00:25:58,201 --> 00:25:59,602 I knew every plot point. 736 00:25:59,702 --> 00:26:00,870 I knew everything that was going on. 737 00:26:00,970 --> 00:26:02,372 Yeah, that's another thing I wondered. 738 00:26:02,472 --> 00:26:04,874 Do you understand the movie when you're in the movie? 739 00:26:04,974 --> 00:26:06,709 Like when you're doing the stuff 740 00:26:06,876 --> 00:26:09,412 and backwards is happening to you and-- 741 00:26:09,512 --> 00:26:10,747 because you're convincing. 742 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:12,882 I didn't watch it and go, John David Washington doesn't 743 00:26:12,982 --> 00:26:13,950 know what's happening here. 744 00:26:14,050 --> 00:26:15,485 - Yeah, you believed me? - I believed you. 745 00:26:15,585 --> 00:26:16,486 Oh, thank God. 746 00:26:16,586 --> 00:26:17,520 That means I did a good job. 747 00:26:17,620 --> 00:26:18,655 You did an amazing job. 748 00:26:18,755 --> 00:26:20,623 You know, I mean, honestly, there was a lot 749 00:26:20,723 --> 00:26:21,924 of training that went into it. 750 00:26:22,025 --> 00:26:23,960 So the physicality of it, learning how to fight 751 00:26:24,060 --> 00:26:25,128 backwards. TREVOR NOAH: Right. 752 00:26:25,228 --> 00:26:27,230 Blink backwards, walk backwards, all that stuff. 753 00:26:27,330 --> 00:26:29,132 I mean, it was like backwards fighting school we went to. 754 00:26:29,232 --> 00:26:30,333 TREVOR NOAH: No way. 755 00:26:30,433 --> 00:26:31,934 So we trained for like a month, a month and change. 756 00:26:32,035 --> 00:26:33,703 And so once I got it into my body, 757 00:26:33,836 --> 00:26:35,204 I felt it was actually helping me understand 758 00:26:35,305 --> 00:26:36,906 the plot a little more and then opening up 759 00:26:37,006 --> 00:26:38,708 the world and the possibilities of what Christopher 760 00:26:38,841 --> 00:26:40,043 Nolan was trying to do. 761 00:26:40,143 --> 00:26:40,943 TREVOR NOAH: That's probably why you were so good at it. 762 00:26:41,044 --> 00:26:42,145 Thank you. 763 00:26:42,245 --> 00:26:43,613 I feel like I feel like you're good at everything 764 00:26:43,713 --> 00:26:46,082 because you immerse yourself. 765 00:26:46,182 --> 00:26:47,450 Go in, yeah. 766 00:26:47,550 --> 00:26:48,484 In Ballers, you were amazing. 767 00:26:48,584 --> 00:26:49,852 One of my favorite parts of the show. 768 00:26:49,953 --> 00:26:51,454 But then I found out you played football. 769 00:26:51,554 --> 00:26:52,855 - I did. - In college. 770 00:26:52,889 --> 00:26:54,023 I was like, that's cheating. I didn't know that. 771 00:26:54,123 --> 00:26:55,191 But I'm nothing like that guy. 772 00:26:55,291 --> 00:26:56,960 Ricky Jerret, we are not alike at all. 773 00:26:57,060 --> 00:26:57,961 - But still. - It don't count. 774 00:26:58,061 --> 00:26:58,962 I mean-- 775 00:26:59,062 --> 00:27:00,029 But still. 776 00:27:00,129 --> 00:27:01,998 Acting, brother. 777 00:27:02,098 --> 00:27:02,999 Oh my God. 778 00:27:03,099 --> 00:27:05,969 You immerse yourself in your roles 779 00:27:06,069 --> 00:27:07,136 in a really powerful way. 780 00:27:07,236 --> 00:27:09,038 I mean, it's why you get accolade after accolade. 781 00:27:09,138 --> 00:27:10,506 People love seeing you on the screen. 782 00:27:10,606 --> 00:27:12,241 But now you're moving into Broadway, 783 00:27:12,342 --> 00:27:15,411 which every actor has said across the board 784 00:27:15,511 --> 00:27:17,213 is terrifying. - Oh my goodness. 785 00:27:17,313 --> 00:27:18,314 Why would you do this? 786 00:27:18,414 --> 00:27:21,651 It's-- totally, it's a full contact sport. 787 00:27:21,751 --> 00:27:23,553 I wanted to challenge myself. 788 00:27:23,653 --> 00:27:28,057 It was about trying to test my abilities 789 00:27:28,157 --> 00:27:29,959 and trying to grow as an artist. 790 00:27:30,059 --> 00:27:31,094 I wanted to keep searching. 791 00:27:31,194 --> 00:27:33,463 And I dove, you know, I dove head in. 792 00:27:33,563 --> 00:27:34,897 I was going for it. 793 00:27:34,998 --> 00:27:37,834 I felt like the words of August Wilson 794 00:27:37,867 --> 00:27:39,235 would lead me to the promised land. 795 00:27:39,335 --> 00:27:40,970 There was a character that I really loved and enjoyed 796 00:27:41,070 --> 00:27:41,971 every time I read it. 797 00:27:42,071 --> 00:27:42,972 TREVOR NOAH: Wow. 798 00:27:43,072 --> 00:27:44,607 And so just wanting to explore 799 00:27:44,707 --> 00:27:46,609 and see how far I can go with my abilities and what I 800 00:27:46,709 --> 00:27:48,011 can learn. 801 00:27:48,111 --> 00:27:51,648 I feel like I'm in grad school really, with LaTanya Jackson, 802 00:27:51,748 --> 00:27:54,217 our leader, our director, and Sam Jackson 803 00:27:54,317 --> 00:27:55,418 who originated the role. 804 00:27:55,518 --> 00:27:57,754 He played boy Willie in 1987. 805 00:27:57,854 --> 00:27:59,455 So here I am with him every night, 806 00:27:59,555 --> 00:28:01,591 and he's playing the uncle role now. 807 00:28:01,691 --> 00:28:03,226 But I'm looking at him across the stage, 808 00:28:03,326 --> 00:28:04,594 like, I know you originated this role. 809 00:28:04,694 --> 00:28:05,995 I'm doing my best, Unc. 810 00:28:06,095 --> 00:28:08,064 But it was a way that-- and he's been so supportive. 811 00:28:08,164 --> 00:28:11,000 And seeing just the entire cast, you know. 812 00:28:11,100 --> 00:28:13,336 So it's been a learning, a very great 813 00:28:13,436 --> 00:28:14,504 learning situation for me. 814 00:28:14,604 --> 00:28:16,873 And it's been life changing, what I'm learning. 815 00:28:16,939 --> 00:28:18,941 I can't imagine how surreal that must be for you. 816 00:28:19,042 --> 00:28:22,679 Because as you said, Samuel L Jackson originated the role. 817 00:28:22,779 --> 00:28:24,013 His wife is directing it. 818 00:28:24,113 --> 00:28:26,582 She's making her directorial debut on Broadway, right? 819 00:28:26,683 --> 00:28:30,019 So this is like a family affair, but it's legends only. 820 00:28:30,119 --> 00:28:31,487 And if you are playing-- 821 00:28:31,587 --> 00:28:34,157 you're playing the role that he originated across from him, 822 00:28:34,257 --> 00:28:35,191 but he's now playing the uncle. 823 00:28:35,291 --> 00:28:37,193 And it's this really fascinating story 824 00:28:37,293 --> 00:28:38,928 on multiple levels about a family 825 00:28:39,028 --> 00:28:40,630 arguing about an heirloom. 826 00:28:40,730 --> 00:28:41,965 And I don't want to spoil it for people. 827 00:28:42,065 --> 00:28:44,500 But it really is the question of what 828 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:46,569 does a family need to keep in order to maintain 829 00:28:46,669 --> 00:28:47,570 themselves as a family? 830 00:28:47,670 --> 00:28:49,405 And can they let go of those things 831 00:28:49,505 --> 00:28:52,008 and still respect where they come from? 832 00:28:52,108 --> 00:28:56,846 It feels pertinent to you on a personal level as well 833 00:28:56,913 --> 00:29:00,116 as a character because you grew up around Samuel L Jackson, 834 00:29:00,216 --> 00:29:01,551 didn't you? - I did. 835 00:29:01,651 --> 00:29:02,685 I did. 836 00:29:02,852 --> 00:29:06,756 Well, I've reexamined the word inheritance. 837 00:29:06,856 --> 00:29:09,959 And learning how to work hard for something, 838 00:29:10,059 --> 00:29:13,329 learning how to act, I think, is something that I feel 839 00:29:13,429 --> 00:29:14,631 like I've inherited in a way. 840 00:29:14,731 --> 00:29:17,300 And through this process, learning how to make choices 841 00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:19,902 on stage, how to immerse yourself in the role, 842 00:29:20,003 --> 00:29:21,471 and to just the work ethic. 843 00:29:21,571 --> 00:29:22,639 It's something that you can learn. 844 00:29:22,739 --> 00:29:24,440 You can learn how to work hard. 845 00:29:24,540 --> 00:29:26,576 And that's what I've been discovering 846 00:29:26,676 --> 00:29:28,645 a lot on in this process. 847 00:29:28,811 --> 00:29:30,680 Would you say would being on Broadway is 848 00:29:30,813 --> 00:29:32,015 harder than being on film? 849 00:29:32,115 --> 00:29:33,816 Or let me ask it to you differently. 850 00:29:33,850 --> 00:29:36,686 What are the harder aspects of doing Broadway 851 00:29:36,819 --> 00:29:39,322 as opposed to being on camera? 852 00:29:39,422 --> 00:29:42,058 It's harder in that it's every night, different crowds. 853 00:29:42,158 --> 00:29:45,295 You got to deliver sometimes two shows on Wednesday, 854 00:29:45,395 --> 00:29:46,429 two shows on Saturday. 855 00:29:46,529 --> 00:29:49,098 So you have to deliver sometimes twice a day. 856 00:29:49,198 --> 00:29:52,068 And you know, and you have to be on it. 857 00:29:52,168 --> 00:29:55,004 You have to have the same energy every night. 858 00:29:55,104 --> 00:29:56,873 And it's not like you can yell, cut, and let 859 00:29:56,973 --> 00:29:57,874 me start that over, crowd. 860 00:29:57,974 --> 00:29:58,875 Let me wait. 861 00:29:58,975 --> 00:30:00,076 There's none of that happening. 862 00:30:00,176 --> 00:30:01,311 You got to go. 863 00:30:01,411 --> 00:30:02,345 They are waiting on you. 864 00:30:02,445 --> 00:30:03,713 You got to go. 865 00:30:03,846 --> 00:30:07,850 So it's something that I think it builds you up. 866 00:30:07,917 --> 00:30:09,953 To me, I have more courage in trying things 867 00:30:10,053 --> 00:30:13,489 when I get back to film because of this experience. 868 00:30:13,589 --> 00:30:16,859 You've always talked about how you were reticent when it 869 00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:18,227 came to getting into acting. 870 00:30:18,328 --> 00:30:21,564 You had this idea of like your father is Denzel Washington. 871 00:30:21,664 --> 00:30:23,366 I mean, we go, this is one of the greatest 872 00:30:23,466 --> 00:30:25,702 actors who has ever lived on this planet, right? 873 00:30:25,868 --> 00:30:27,203 One of the greatest to ever do it. 874 00:30:27,303 --> 00:30:28,571 And then you step into the game. 875 00:30:28,671 --> 00:30:30,273 And you've always said you didn't want to at first. 876 00:30:30,373 --> 00:30:32,208 You're like, this feels like a burden. 877 00:30:32,308 --> 00:30:34,410 But everyone can agree, you've stepped into it. 878 00:30:34,510 --> 00:30:35,812 You've made it your own. 879 00:30:35,845 --> 00:30:38,214 You still have characteristics that remind us of your dad 880 00:30:38,314 --> 00:30:39,816 because you are his son. 881 00:30:39,849 --> 00:30:42,285 But what's that journey been like for you 882 00:30:42,385 --> 00:30:44,821 in finding your own, but also accepting 883 00:30:44,921 --> 00:30:47,123 your heirloom, like the piece that you've 884 00:30:47,223 --> 00:30:48,591 inherited from him? 885 00:30:48,691 --> 00:30:51,361 I'm finding it with every project. 886 00:30:51,461 --> 00:30:55,131 You know, Spike Lee helped me find my identity. 887 00:30:55,231 --> 00:30:57,400 Christopher Nolan helped me find my identity. 888 00:30:57,500 --> 00:31:00,069 This play, in so many ways, is helping me find my identity. 889 00:31:00,169 --> 00:31:04,841 What my process even is and what like different power 890 00:31:04,874 --> 00:31:07,010 spots on stage and how I relate to characters 891 00:31:07,110 --> 00:31:09,379 and what my way in is-- all those things 892 00:31:09,479 --> 00:31:11,381 I'm discovering on my journey. 893 00:31:11,481 --> 00:31:14,250 And the support I've gotten from the directors 894 00:31:14,350 --> 00:31:18,855 I just named have been just so important for my growth 895 00:31:18,888 --> 00:31:20,089 and for my confidence. 896 00:31:20,189 --> 00:31:21,624 And the support I've gotten from my family. 897 00:31:21,724 --> 00:31:24,394 You know, no handouts. 898 00:31:24,494 --> 00:31:25,495 I've been working very hard. 899 00:31:25,595 --> 00:31:26,696 I've worked very hard on this play, 900 00:31:26,863 --> 00:31:29,399 and I'm proud of what we're doing with it. 901 00:31:29,499 --> 00:31:30,466 You see it. 902 00:31:30,566 --> 00:31:32,268 You can tell when somebody's passionate 903 00:31:32,368 --> 00:31:34,871 and when they work beyond where they ever thought they could. 904 00:31:34,971 --> 00:31:36,172 You always put the effort in. 905 00:31:36,272 --> 00:31:37,273 It always comes across. 906 00:31:37,373 --> 00:31:38,875 The play is also fascinating. 907 00:31:38,975 --> 00:31:40,410 It's a great story that is being 908 00:31:40,510 --> 00:31:43,179 told by great people, great actors, a great director. 909 00:31:43,279 --> 00:31:45,381 And one thing that surprised me about the play 910 00:31:45,481 --> 00:31:48,318 is that it's also, as the director says, 911 00:31:48,418 --> 00:31:50,353 it's like this is also a ghost story. 912 00:31:50,453 --> 00:31:51,321 Yeah. 913 00:31:51,421 --> 00:31:53,089 And I found myself thinking, in life, 914 00:31:53,189 --> 00:31:56,492 there are two types of ghosts-- the ghosts that we carry, 915 00:31:56,592 --> 00:31:58,861 almost like a-- and then there are like ghosts ghosts. 916 00:31:58,962 --> 00:32:00,430 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 917 00:32:00,530 --> 00:32:01,431 No, you know what I mean. 918 00:32:01,531 --> 00:32:02,632 There's like ghost ghosts. 919 00:32:02,732 --> 00:32:04,267 Do you believe in ghosts? - Absolutely. 920 00:32:04,367 --> 00:32:06,202 Yeah, Halloween's always-- I mean, I love Halloween. 921 00:32:06,302 --> 00:32:07,704 But I definitely sleep with the light 922 00:32:07,837 --> 00:32:09,973 on around this time of year. 923 00:32:10,073 --> 00:32:11,207 So I don't mess around. 924 00:32:11,307 --> 00:32:12,442 I don't play with that ghost stuff. 925 00:32:12,542 --> 00:32:13,443 It's real. 926 00:32:13,543 --> 00:32:15,845 You superstitious like that? 927 00:32:15,912 --> 00:32:19,449 Yep. 928 00:32:19,549 --> 00:32:20,550 Yes I am. 929 00:32:20,650 --> 00:32:23,686 You know, it's like, put that nightlight on. 930 00:32:23,853 --> 00:32:25,421 I believe in ghosts. 931 00:32:25,521 --> 00:32:29,025 But it's also-- this play, yes, it's a ghost story. 932 00:32:29,125 --> 00:32:30,893 It's also incredibly funny. 933 00:32:30,994 --> 00:32:32,629 It's got a lot of humor in it. 934 00:32:32,795 --> 00:32:33,896 I mean, August Wilson is a genius. 935 00:32:33,997 --> 00:32:35,231 TREVOR NOAH: Yes. 936 00:32:35,331 --> 00:32:39,235 And it's loaded with family situations and dynamics that 937 00:32:39,335 --> 00:32:41,270 are universal, not just the African American experience, 938 00:32:41,371 --> 00:32:42,805 but a universal experience. 939 00:32:42,872 --> 00:32:46,175 And family arguments, you know, nephew and uncle dynamics, 940 00:32:46,275 --> 00:32:47,176 sister and brother things. 941 00:32:47,276 --> 00:32:49,078 So there's so many things and so 942 00:32:49,178 --> 00:32:51,814 many themes in this story that are relatable, 943 00:32:51,881 --> 00:32:52,849 which is what I love about it. 944 00:32:52,949 --> 00:32:54,117 I think it's relatable. 945 00:32:54,217 --> 00:32:56,085 I think it's a continued celebration 946 00:32:56,185 --> 00:32:59,155 of Black excellence in Broadway, which we've seen 947 00:32:59,255 --> 00:33:02,725 in everything from Slave Play through to Strange Loop 948 00:33:02,825 --> 00:33:04,260 through to like all of the-- - Topdog/Underdog. 949 00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:06,195 - Yeah, exactly. - It's a great time right now. 950 00:33:06,296 --> 00:33:07,630 It's been growing, and it's a great time. 951 00:33:07,730 --> 00:33:09,265 And I'll recommend everybody go and watch it. 952 00:33:09,365 --> 00:33:11,601 Because when will you ever get the opportunity 953 00:33:11,701 --> 00:33:15,004 to be almost this close to John David Washington and Samuel 954 00:33:15,104 --> 00:33:16,372 L Jackson at the same time? 955 00:33:16,472 --> 00:33:18,141 Thank you so much for joining the show. 956 00:33:18,241 --> 00:33:19,542 Thank you so much. 957 00:33:19,642 --> 00:33:20,843 Great seeing you again. 958 00:33:20,910 --> 00:33:22,078 John David Washington, everybody. 959 00:33:22,178 --> 00:33:23,713 We have to take a quick break. 960 00:33:23,846 --> 00:33:25,348 We'll be right back after this. 961 00:33:25,448 --> 00:33:26,549 All right, brother. 962 00:33:26,649 --> 00:33:28,785 Thank you, man. 963 00:33:34,957 --> 00:33:37,493 [applause] 964 00:33:37,593 --> 00:33:39,595 Well, that's our show for tonight. 965 00:33:39,695 --> 00:33:41,664 But, before we go-- before we go-- 966 00:33:41,764 --> 00:33:44,633 before we go, peaceful protesters in Iran 967 00:33:44,734 --> 00:33:46,402 are risking their lives to be heard. 968 00:33:46,502 --> 00:33:48,304 The Center for Human Rights in Iran 969 00:33:48,404 --> 00:33:50,306 is helping to bring their voices to the 970 00:33:50,406 --> 00:33:52,108 important international stage. 971 00:33:52,208 --> 00:33:55,011 And it provides legal aid for political prisoners 972 00:33:55,111 --> 00:33:56,278 and victims of violence. 973 00:33:56,379 --> 00:33:59,115 So, please, if you can, all you need to do 974 00:33:59,215 --> 00:34:01,183 is follow the link below to help them in their work. 975 00:34:01,283 --> 00:34:02,885 Until next time, stay safe out there. 976 00:34:02,985 --> 00:34:05,221 And remember, if you're really hungry 977 00:34:05,321 --> 00:34:06,756 but don't want to spend any money, 978 00:34:06,856 --> 00:34:09,892 just pretend you're a painting and wait. 979 00:34:09,992 --> 00:34:11,627 Now here it is, your moment of zen. 980 00:34:11,727 --> 00:34:13,129 [applause] 981 00:34:13,229 --> 00:34:20,202 [music playing] 982 00:34:21,704 --> 00:34:23,205 Do you support Bono solo? 983 00:34:23,305 --> 00:34:25,441 Would you go see him? 984 00:34:25,541 --> 00:34:26,776 Sure. 985 00:34:26,876 --> 00:34:30,680 I haven't listened to any of his new music that is solo. 986 00:34:30,780 --> 00:34:32,782 It's definitely worth investigating. 987 00:34:32,882 --> 00:34:36,819 If it's anywhere near as good as U2, yeah, sure I would. 988 00:34:36,919 --> 00:34:38,654 I usually like the band as a whole. 989 00:34:38,754 --> 00:34:41,390 Look, Van Halen wasn't as good when they 990 00:34:41,557 --> 00:34:43,192 got rid of David Lee Roth. 991 00:34:43,292 --> 00:34:46,262 And I'm not sure U2 will be as good when it's just Bono, 992 00:34:46,362 --> 00:34:47,296 but I'll check it out. 993 00:34:47,396 --> 00:34:50,466 [music playing]