1 00:00:00,534 --> 00:00:01,835 [theme music] 2 00:00:01,935 --> 00:00:03,203 ANNOUNCER: Coming to you from New 3 00:00:03,303 --> 00:00:07,608 York City, the only city in America, it's The Daily Show. 4 00:00:07,708 --> 00:00:12,346 Tonight, wage theft in America, Michael 5 00:00:12,446 --> 00:00:17,150 Strahan, and Sheryl Lee Ralph. 6 00:00:17,251 --> 00:00:21,088 This is The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. 7 00:00:21,188 --> 00:00:28,195 [cheering] 8 00:00:36,170 --> 00:00:37,070 What's going on, everybody? 9 00:00:37,171 --> 00:00:38,071 Welcome to The Daily Show. 10 00:00:38,172 --> 00:00:39,072 I'm Trevor Noah. 11 00:00:39,173 --> 00:00:40,274 Thank you so much for tuning in. 12 00:00:40,374 --> 00:00:42,309 Thank you for coming out in person. 13 00:00:42,409 --> 00:00:43,744 Thank you for being here, everybody. 14 00:00:43,844 --> 00:00:45,145 Thank you so much for being here. 15 00:00:45,245 --> 00:00:46,847 Thank you for coming out. Take a seat. 16 00:00:46,947 --> 00:00:47,848 Take a seat. 17 00:00:47,948 --> 00:00:48,949 Let's get into this. 18 00:00:49,049 --> 00:00:50,450 We have got a great show for you tonight. 19 00:00:50,551 --> 00:00:52,886 The World Cup is continuing its run of upsets. 20 00:00:52,986 --> 00:00:54,988 Mozzarella sticks are getting sued. 21 00:00:55,088 --> 00:00:58,458 And we'll give you yet another reason to hate your boss. 22 00:00:58,559 --> 00:01:01,595 Plus, we have two fantastic guests joining us on the show. 23 00:01:01,695 --> 00:01:04,665 NFL legend Michael Strahan is going to be here. 24 00:01:04,765 --> 00:01:09,369 And one of the stars of Abbott Elementary, Sheryl Lee Ralph 25 00:01:09,469 --> 00:01:10,437 is going to be here tonight. 26 00:01:10,537 --> 00:01:11,605 So let's do this, people. 27 00:01:11,705 --> 00:01:13,640 Let's just straight into today's headlines. 28 00:01:13,740 --> 00:01:20,080 [cheering] 29 00:01:21,081 --> 00:01:22,182 All right, everybody. 30 00:01:22,282 --> 00:01:23,684 Before we get into the big stories, 31 00:01:23,784 --> 00:01:26,653 let's catch up on a few other things going on in the world, 32 00:01:26,753 --> 00:01:29,156 starting off with the World Cup. 33 00:01:29,256 --> 00:01:31,358 In today's knockout games, Portugal 34 00:01:31,458 --> 00:01:36,496 absolutely obliterated Switzerland, 6 goals to 1. 35 00:01:36,597 --> 00:01:38,899 Yeah, and after this match, now I 36 00:01:38,999 --> 00:01:41,301 guess we see why Switzerland doesn't get involved in wars. 37 00:01:41,401 --> 00:01:42,836 [laughter] 38 00:01:42,936 --> 00:01:44,338 But the major World Cup news of today 39 00:01:44,438 --> 00:01:46,440 is how the North African nation of Morocco 40 00:01:46,540 --> 00:01:49,009 pulled an absolutely stunning upset of-- 41 00:01:49,109 --> 00:01:50,010 [cheering] 42 00:01:50,110 --> 00:01:52,346 --against football powerhouse Spain. 43 00:01:52,446 --> 00:01:54,147 And I know this won't make up for the fact 44 00:01:54,248 --> 00:01:56,016 that Spain once colonized a part of Morocco. 45 00:01:56,116 --> 00:01:57,284 But it goes a long way. 46 00:01:57,384 --> 00:01:59,152 It really does. 47 00:01:59,253 --> 00:02:02,422 Oh, in international news, the government of Indonesia 48 00:02:02,523 --> 00:02:08,362 has just officially banned all sex outside of marriage. 49 00:02:08,462 --> 00:02:14,067 Yes, with a penalty of up to one year in prison. 50 00:02:14,101 --> 00:02:16,303 That's going to make for some weird conversation 51 00:02:16,403 --> 00:02:17,771 in Indonesian prisons. 52 00:02:17,871 --> 00:02:18,772 You know? 53 00:02:18,872 --> 00:02:21,341 Guys be like, I'm here for murder. 54 00:02:21,441 --> 00:02:23,143 What are you in for? 55 00:02:23,243 --> 00:02:24,945 A mediocre night with Jason. 56 00:02:25,078 --> 00:02:27,548 [laughter] 57 00:02:27,648 --> 00:02:29,149 Oh, and in some major legal news, 58 00:02:29,249 --> 00:02:31,652 the Trump organization has been found guilty 59 00:02:31,752 --> 00:02:34,087 of 17 counts of tax fraud-- 60 00:02:34,188 --> 00:02:36,456 [cheering] 61 00:02:36,557 --> 00:02:39,760 --and other financial crimes. 62 00:02:39,860 --> 00:02:40,928 And you know what that means. 63 00:02:41,094 --> 00:02:43,830 Donald Trump is going to prison-- 64 00:02:43,931 --> 00:02:46,733 [cheering] 65 00:02:46,834 --> 00:02:50,804 --to visit all the lower-ranking people 66 00:02:50,904 --> 00:02:53,607 who did this without his knowledge or his permission. 67 00:02:53,707 --> 00:02:54,975 Yeah, because we all know that's how that 68 00:02:55,108 --> 00:02:56,210 works in the world, right? 69 00:02:56,310 --> 00:02:58,011 All the successes in Trump's organization, 70 00:02:58,111 --> 00:02:59,613 they are due to the genius of Donald Trump. 71 00:02:59,713 --> 00:03:00,848 All the crimes, he had no idea. 72 00:03:00,948 --> 00:03:02,416 It's like, (IMITATING TRUMP) that's right, folks. 73 00:03:02,516 --> 00:03:05,385 I have zero control over the things I run, 74 00:03:05,485 --> 00:03:08,689 which is why you should vote for me to run the country. 75 00:03:08,789 --> 00:03:10,824 So I can run it like one of my companies, 76 00:03:10,924 --> 00:03:11,959 which I don't even run. 77 00:03:12,059 --> 00:03:14,328 I don't even run. 78 00:03:14,428 --> 00:03:15,329 But speaking of crime-- 79 00:03:15,429 --> 00:03:16,663 [cheering] 80 00:03:16,763 --> 00:03:21,301 Speaking of crime, let's move on to our main story. 81 00:03:21,401 --> 00:03:23,604 In the run up to the midterms, one 82 00:03:23,704 --> 00:03:28,242 of the major issues for voters across the land was crime. 83 00:03:28,342 --> 00:03:31,111 In fact, any time you turned on the news, 84 00:03:31,211 --> 00:03:34,314 you were bound to see stories like this. 85 00:03:34,414 --> 00:03:35,949 Business owners across the country 86 00:03:36,083 --> 00:03:37,885 are stepping up security as they 87 00:03:37,985 --> 00:03:39,853 report brazen shoplifting. 88 00:03:39,953 --> 00:03:41,088 We've all seen the videos. 89 00:03:41,188 --> 00:03:43,690 Shoplifting at supermarkets across the USA 90 00:03:43,790 --> 00:03:45,092 is out of control. 91 00:03:45,125 --> 00:03:49,696 REPORTER: Handbag haul, the brazen bandit who cops say 92 00:03:49,796 --> 00:03:52,633 walked out with all these stolen handbags. 93 00:03:52,733 --> 00:03:54,101 REPORTER: The shoplifting epidemic 94 00:03:54,201 --> 00:03:57,204 highlighted by this viral video at a Walgreens last week. 95 00:03:57,304 --> 00:03:59,606 REPORTER: Shoplifting is up 300% 96 00:03:59,706 --> 00:04:02,309 as video of brazen thieves leaving with their arms 97 00:04:02,409 --> 00:04:04,645 laden with stolen merchandise continue 98 00:04:04,745 --> 00:04:06,213 to shock all Americans. 99 00:04:06,313 --> 00:04:09,049 REPORTER: Shoplifting has gotten so bad this year. 100 00:04:09,116 --> 00:04:12,052 Rite Aid is considering literally putting 101 00:04:12,085 --> 00:04:14,188 everything behind showcases. 102 00:04:14,288 --> 00:04:15,389 Yeah you hear that? 103 00:04:15,489 --> 00:04:17,491 Shoplifting has gotten so bad that they're locking 104 00:04:17,591 --> 00:04:20,394 everything behind showcases. 105 00:04:20,494 --> 00:04:22,296 Oh, and the person who unlocks the showcase, 106 00:04:22,396 --> 00:04:23,630 they're locked behind the showcase too. 107 00:04:23,730 --> 00:04:25,132 Yeah, now you're screwed. 108 00:04:25,232 --> 00:04:27,067 What are you going to do? 109 00:04:27,167 --> 00:04:29,736 But, yes almost every day, every day in the news, 110 00:04:29,837 --> 00:04:31,338 we've seen these horrible stories, you know, 111 00:04:31,438 --> 00:04:33,140 about people blatantly breaking the law 112 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:35,175 and stealing what doesn't belong to them. 113 00:04:35,275 --> 00:04:36,710 And I don't care what anyone says. 114 00:04:36,810 --> 00:04:40,280 There is zero excuse for shoplifting-- zero excuse, 115 00:04:40,380 --> 00:04:42,883 even in the instances where you find yourself waiting in line 116 00:04:42,983 --> 00:04:44,718 forever, and there's six open registers, 117 00:04:44,818 --> 00:04:46,820 but the store only decided to hire one cashier, which makes 118 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:47,988 you feel like they're taunting you, 119 00:04:48,088 --> 00:04:49,590 showing you how fast it could be, 120 00:04:49,690 --> 00:04:51,391 but they just don't want it to be, you know? 121 00:04:51,491 --> 00:04:52,893 So then you think, oh, you're just going to go 122 00:04:52,993 --> 00:04:54,094 and use the self-checkout. 123 00:04:54,194 --> 00:04:55,462 But then there's an error because you didn't put 124 00:04:55,562 --> 00:04:57,497 the item in the bagging area or because you put 125 00:04:57,598 --> 00:04:58,966 it in too early or too late. 126 00:04:59,099 --> 00:05:00,467 And now you have to wait for the supervisor 127 00:05:00,567 --> 00:05:02,503 to come over and ask, oh, are you trying to buy this? 128 00:05:02,603 --> 00:05:03,871 No, I just enjoy holding shampoo. 129 00:05:04,037 --> 00:05:05,105 Yeah, that's what I'm doing here. 130 00:05:05,205 --> 00:05:06,640 Yes, I'm trying to buy this. 131 00:05:06,740 --> 00:05:07,908 Yes, I'm trying to buy it. 132 00:05:08,041 --> 00:05:10,611 And then instead of just, like, helping you out, 133 00:05:10,711 --> 00:05:11,712 they give you that look. 134 00:05:11,812 --> 00:05:13,380 They give you that look like, oh, and then 135 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:15,148 they wave the magical, little key fob. 136 00:05:15,249 --> 00:05:18,051 And then even in that instance, it is not justified. 137 00:05:18,118 --> 00:05:23,590 Even when it's justified, it is not justified to steal. 138 00:05:23,690 --> 00:05:25,058 But what if I told you-- what if I told 139 00:05:25,125 --> 00:05:29,062 you that the biggest theft isn't people 140 00:05:29,096 --> 00:05:30,197 stealing from companies? 141 00:05:30,297 --> 00:05:31,532 What if I told you the biggest theft 142 00:05:31,632 --> 00:05:33,767 is companies stealing from people? 143 00:05:33,867 --> 00:05:36,737 Well, you might ask, how or why? 144 00:05:36,837 --> 00:05:38,872 Well, let's find out in another installment of If You 145 00:05:38,972 --> 00:05:40,674 Don't Know, Now You Know. 146 00:05:40,774 --> 00:05:43,677 [music playing] 147 00:05:43,777 --> 00:05:49,149 [cheering] 148 00:05:49,249 --> 00:05:51,351 When you take a job, you're making a simple agreement 149 00:05:51,451 --> 00:05:53,287 with your employer, right? You do the work. 150 00:05:53,387 --> 00:05:54,488 They give you pay. 151 00:05:54,588 --> 00:05:56,723 That's the very foundation that jobs are built on. 152 00:05:56,823 --> 00:05:58,992 And yet all over the country, all over the world, 153 00:05:59,092 --> 00:06:00,894 in fact, employers aren't holding 154 00:06:01,028 --> 00:06:02,629 up their end of the deal. 155 00:06:02,729 --> 00:06:05,098 Imagine working and never getting paid. 156 00:06:05,199 --> 00:06:07,668 It's a growing problem called wage theft. 157 00:06:07,768 --> 00:06:09,903 REPORTER: Wage theft occurs when a worker is paid 158 00:06:10,037 --> 00:06:12,139 less than they're legally entitled to, 159 00:06:12,239 --> 00:06:15,309 such as when they're denied pay for working overtime 160 00:06:15,409 --> 00:06:18,145 or work off the clock without getting paid 161 00:06:18,245 --> 00:06:20,714 or are denied legal meal breaks. 162 00:06:20,814 --> 00:06:24,051 REPORTER: 67 letter carriers say their paychecks were 163 00:06:24,151 --> 00:06:26,753 changed to make it look like they worked less 164 00:06:26,854 --> 00:06:28,655 hours than they actually did. 165 00:06:28,755 --> 00:06:31,625 REPORTER: Workers at Hardee's and Carl's, Jr. have filed 166 00:06:31,725 --> 00:06:34,194 dozens of state and federal complaints, 167 00:06:34,294 --> 00:06:38,365 including allegations of wage theft, manipulated overtime, 168 00:06:38,465 --> 00:06:40,501 and unfair labor practices. 169 00:06:40,601 --> 00:06:42,369 REPORTER: About 10,000 people are saying 170 00:06:42,469 --> 00:06:44,538 Chipotle forced them to work off the clock 171 00:06:44,638 --> 00:06:45,806 to boost the bottom line. 172 00:06:45,906 --> 00:06:47,474 REPORTER: Wage theft is the costliest crime 173 00:06:47,574 --> 00:06:51,245 in the country, robbing US workers of $15 billion 174 00:06:51,345 --> 00:06:54,081 per year, more than car thefts, burglaries, 175 00:06:54,181 --> 00:06:56,083 and other larcenies combined. 176 00:06:56,183 --> 00:06:57,150 Yeah, that's right. 177 00:06:57,251 --> 00:06:59,353 The costliest crime in the United States 178 00:06:59,453 --> 00:07:02,723 is actually being committed by corporations. 179 00:07:02,823 --> 00:07:05,192 So I guess instead of following Black people around the store, 180 00:07:05,292 --> 00:07:06,426 security guards should be hovering 181 00:07:06,527 --> 00:07:08,228 over CEOs at their desk. 182 00:07:08,328 --> 00:07:09,296 Yeah. 183 00:07:09,396 --> 00:07:10,430 They should be looking over there-- 184 00:07:10,531 --> 00:07:12,266 [cheering] 185 00:07:12,366 --> 00:07:14,434 --and being like, I'm going to need 186 00:07:14,535 --> 00:07:16,470 you to go ahead and put that person's salary back 187 00:07:16,570 --> 00:07:17,671 where it belongs. 188 00:07:17,771 --> 00:07:18,705 It's like, oh, sorry. 189 00:07:18,805 --> 00:07:20,040 [laughs] I didn't see that I had that. 190 00:07:20,073 --> 00:07:21,942 Yeah, I bet you didn't. 191 00:07:22,042 --> 00:07:23,844 And I think we can all agree, nobody-- 192 00:07:23,944 --> 00:07:25,779 nobody should be doing work that they're 193 00:07:25,879 --> 00:07:26,813 not getting paid for. 194 00:07:26,914 --> 00:07:29,149 Because, I mean, then that's not a job. 195 00:07:29,249 --> 00:07:32,886 Now you're volunteering at a fast food restaurant, 196 00:07:33,053 --> 00:07:34,488 and who would do that? Huh? 197 00:07:34,588 --> 00:07:35,756 Who's there like, oh, me, I-- 198 00:07:35,856 --> 00:07:36,957 I'm not in it for the money. 199 00:07:37,057 --> 00:07:38,759 I'm in it for the love of childhood obesity. 200 00:07:38,859 --> 00:07:41,094 [laughs] 201 00:07:41,195 --> 00:07:42,896 And, by the way-- by the way, wage theft 202 00:07:43,063 --> 00:07:45,465 isn't just when companies don't pay employees for the work 203 00:07:45,566 --> 00:07:46,466 that they've done. 204 00:07:46,567 --> 00:07:48,836 In some instances, employers find 205 00:07:48,936 --> 00:07:52,472 really shitty ways to actually make their employees pay them. 206 00:07:52,573 --> 00:07:54,241 For example, there was a restaurant owner 207 00:07:54,341 --> 00:07:57,411 who confiscated his employees' tips at the end of their shift 208 00:07:57,511 --> 00:07:58,412 and called it-- 209 00:07:58,512 --> 00:07:59,513 I swear to god-- 210 00:07:59,613 --> 00:08:00,514 a cleaning fee. 211 00:08:00,614 --> 00:08:01,515 Yeah. 212 00:08:01,615 --> 00:08:03,383 The NFL Oakland Raiders would dock 213 00:08:03,483 --> 00:08:05,652 their cheerleaders' pay for shit 214 00:08:05,752 --> 00:08:08,188 like wearing the wrong color nail polish. 215 00:08:08,288 --> 00:08:10,591 Yeah, but this example of creative wage theft 216 00:08:10,691 --> 00:08:12,693 might be my favorite of all. 217 00:08:12,793 --> 00:08:15,128 REPORTER: This is Fantasy Gentleman's Club in Grand 218 00:08:15,229 --> 00:08:18,165 Junction, and this is the 24-page class 219 00:08:18,265 --> 00:08:19,499 action lawsuit claiming-- 220 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:22,135 Fantasy Gentleman's Club has been exploiting 221 00:08:22,236 --> 00:08:23,504 these workers for years. 222 00:08:23,604 --> 00:08:25,138 REPORTER: Among other charges, dancers 223 00:08:25,239 --> 00:08:27,908 accused the club of cutting into their take-home pay 224 00:08:28,041 --> 00:08:29,676 with excessive fines. 225 00:08:29,776 --> 00:08:31,845 REPORTER: $50 if dancers don't share tips 226 00:08:31,945 --> 00:08:34,281 with the DJ and security, a hundred bucks 227 00:08:34,381 --> 00:08:35,649 to change the schedule. 228 00:08:35,749 --> 00:08:38,285 There's even a fine for complaining to customers 229 00:08:38,385 --> 00:08:39,920 about their personal lives. 230 00:08:40,053 --> 00:08:41,722 I'm sorry, what? 231 00:08:41,822 --> 00:08:43,390 This is the biggest bullshit of all. 232 00:08:43,490 --> 00:08:46,059 You can't fine strippers for complaining to customers 233 00:08:46,159 --> 00:08:47,694 about their personal lives, all right? 234 00:08:47,794 --> 00:08:49,396 First of all, how can you even tell 235 00:08:49,496 --> 00:08:50,664 that they're complaining and not 236 00:08:50,764 --> 00:08:52,466 just singing along to the Drake song that's playing? 237 00:08:52,566 --> 00:08:53,700 You don't know. 238 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:55,068 You don't know. 239 00:08:55,169 --> 00:08:56,837 And second of all, if strippers couldn't complain 240 00:08:56,937 --> 00:08:58,172 about their lives, then how would they 241 00:08:58,272 --> 00:08:59,873 be able to convince customers into spending 242 00:09:00,007 --> 00:09:02,509 more than they plan to help save them from this life? 243 00:09:02,609 --> 00:09:05,345 So what you're saying is if we go to the champagne room, 244 00:09:05,445 --> 00:09:07,347 then you can move with me to Chicago. 245 00:09:07,447 --> 00:09:08,815 Is that it? 246 00:09:08,916 --> 00:09:10,350 And there's a lot of reasons businesses are 247 00:09:10,450 --> 00:09:11,785 able to get away with this. 248 00:09:11,885 --> 00:09:14,922 First of all, wage theft tends to target people 249 00:09:15,022 --> 00:09:18,025 with the least ability to fight back like hourly workers 250 00:09:18,091 --> 00:09:19,326 and undocumented immigrants. 251 00:09:19,426 --> 00:09:21,461 Making matters worse, the government agencies 252 00:09:21,562 --> 00:09:24,464 who are supposed to be the watchdogs against wage theft 253 00:09:24,565 --> 00:09:27,234 are understaffed and underfunded. 254 00:09:27,334 --> 00:09:30,871 Oh, and when companies do get caught stealing, 255 00:09:31,038 --> 00:09:32,706 here's what happens to them. 256 00:09:32,806 --> 00:09:35,309 REPORTER: McDonald's has agreed to pay $26 million 257 00:09:35,409 --> 00:09:37,444 to settle accusations of wage theft. 258 00:09:37,544 --> 00:09:40,047 It follows a long-running, class-action lawsuit 259 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:42,349 at corporate-run locations in California. 260 00:09:42,449 --> 00:09:43,450 REPORTER: The US Labor Department 261 00:09:43,550 --> 00:09:46,053 says Walmart will pay $4.8 million 262 00:09:46,153 --> 00:09:49,857 in back wages and damages to more than 4,500 employees. 263 00:09:49,957 --> 00:09:53,060 REPORTER: Amazon agreed to pay $8.2 million 264 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:55,062 to settle a wage-theft lawsuit. 265 00:09:55,128 --> 00:09:58,799 And Krispy Kreme was ordered to pay workers more than $1.1 266 00:09:58,899 --> 00:10:01,101 million after investigators found 267 00:10:01,201 --> 00:10:03,737 widespread and systematic failure to pay 268 00:10:03,837 --> 00:10:05,572 workers what they were owed. 269 00:10:05,672 --> 00:10:07,608 Huh, that's so strange. 270 00:10:07,708 --> 00:10:11,278 All of this theft occurred, but there was no mention 271 00:10:11,378 --> 00:10:14,014 of anyone going to jail. 272 00:10:14,114 --> 00:10:16,083 But then how will they learn their lesson? 273 00:10:16,183 --> 00:10:17,684 Oh, and before you say, but, Trevor, 274 00:10:17,784 --> 00:10:20,187 you can't put a corporation in jail. 275 00:10:20,287 --> 00:10:21,655 Says who? Says who? 276 00:10:21,755 --> 00:10:23,123 They always say corporations are people, 277 00:10:23,223 --> 00:10:24,858 so why doesn't America treat them like American 278 00:10:24,958 --> 00:10:26,093 people, huh? 279 00:10:26,193 --> 00:10:27,094 Why not? 280 00:10:27,194 --> 00:10:28,862 [cheering] 281 00:10:28,962 --> 00:10:31,365 Every time-- every single time a company 282 00:10:31,465 --> 00:10:32,666 gets busted stealing their workers' wages, 283 00:10:32,766 --> 00:10:33,767 you know what they should do? 284 00:10:33,867 --> 00:10:34,735 They should say that the company headquarters 285 00:10:34,835 --> 00:10:35,736 should be taken to prison. 286 00:10:35,836 --> 00:10:36,803 Yeah, that's what they should do. 287 00:10:36,904 --> 00:10:38,305 Just take the actual headquarters, 288 00:10:38,405 --> 00:10:39,373 put it in prison. 289 00:10:39,473 --> 00:10:40,374 Yeah, you hear that, Amazon? 290 00:10:40,474 --> 00:10:41,475 Same-day delivery is going to be 291 00:10:41,575 --> 00:10:42,876 a lot harder when have to smuggle that air 292 00:10:42,976 --> 00:10:44,077 fryer in your butthole. 293 00:10:44,178 --> 00:10:47,447 [laughter] 294 00:10:47,548 --> 00:10:50,751 But just because it's all too easy for companies 295 00:10:50,851 --> 00:10:52,486 to steal from their workers, that doesn't 296 00:10:52,586 --> 00:10:53,921 mean workers are powerless. 297 00:10:54,021 --> 00:10:56,323 Wage theft has been one of the issues driving 298 00:10:56,423 --> 00:10:58,058 an increase in unionization. 299 00:10:58,158 --> 00:11:00,060 And California has just passed a law 300 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:03,397 saying that for the first time anywhere in the country wages 301 00:11:03,497 --> 00:11:05,465 and payment rules for all fast food 302 00:11:05,566 --> 00:11:07,634 workers will be set not by employers 303 00:11:07,734 --> 00:11:10,470 but by a council of experts appointed by the state. 304 00:11:10,571 --> 00:11:11,505 Yes, a council-- 305 00:11:11,605 --> 00:11:13,240 [applause] 306 00:11:13,340 --> 00:11:16,076 --of fast food experts. 307 00:11:16,143 --> 00:11:17,878 So, finally, a government job that Trump 308 00:11:17,978 --> 00:11:19,146 is actually qualified for. 309 00:11:19,246 --> 00:11:20,514 [laughter] 310 00:11:20,614 --> 00:11:22,249 But for some workers, waiting for the bureaucracy 311 00:11:22,349 --> 00:11:23,684 of the courts or the government to intervene 312 00:11:23,784 --> 00:11:26,153 just takes too long, which is why one construction 313 00:11:26,253 --> 00:11:31,391 worker in England expressed his anger in a more physical way. 314 00:11:31,491 --> 00:11:34,661 REPORTER: A row over 600 pounds that will end up costing 315 00:11:34,761 --> 00:11:36,363 so much more to put right. 316 00:11:36,463 --> 00:11:39,900 This construction worker was so angry at allegedly not being 317 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:45,839 paid that he took drastic action, driving 318 00:11:45,939 --> 00:11:49,176 a mini excavator into the newly-finished hotel 319 00:11:49,276 --> 00:11:52,179 that he'd helped build. 320 00:11:52,279 --> 00:11:53,780 [applause] 321 00:11:53,881 --> 00:11:55,682 OK, OK. 322 00:11:55,782 --> 00:11:59,953 I know this seems bad, but is it? 323 00:12:00,053 --> 00:12:02,356 No, because the guy did the work, didn't get paid, 324 00:12:02,456 --> 00:12:04,391 and then he undid the work, right? 325 00:12:04,491 --> 00:12:06,126 Seems like a fair deal to me. 326 00:12:06,226 --> 00:12:07,261 And it reminds me-- 327 00:12:07,361 --> 00:12:09,062 [applause] 328 00:12:09,162 --> 00:12:11,231 It reminds me of a very wise thing my grandfather 329 00:12:11,331 --> 00:12:12,399 used to tell me. 330 00:12:12,499 --> 00:12:13,767 He would say, (SOUTH AFRICAN ACCENT) remember, 331 00:12:13,867 --> 00:12:16,170 Trevor, if you want to screw someone over, 332 00:12:16,270 --> 00:12:18,672 make sure they don't own a bulldozer first. 333 00:12:18,772 --> 00:12:19,907 [laughter] 334 00:12:20,073 --> 00:12:22,109 And, yes, my grandfather was Nelson Mandela. 335 00:12:22,209 --> 00:12:23,377 [laughter] 336 00:12:23,477 --> 00:12:24,745 He was, indeed. 337 00:12:24,845 --> 00:12:29,483 So the next time you turn the TV on and see all the news 338 00:12:29,583 --> 00:12:31,785 about people shoplifting from drug stores, 339 00:12:31,885 --> 00:12:34,988 before assuming there is a crime, maybe, just 340 00:12:35,088 --> 00:12:37,524 for a moment, think that they could 341 00:12:37,624 --> 00:12:39,860 just be getting their wages back a totally different way. 342 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:41,495 And if you don't know, now you know. 343 00:12:41,595 --> 00:12:43,130 Before we go to a break, it's time 344 00:12:43,230 --> 00:12:45,332 to check in on the weather forecast with our very own 345 00:12:45,432 --> 00:12:46,767 Desi Lydic, everybody! 346 00:12:46,867 --> 00:12:50,470 [cheering] 347 00:12:50,571 --> 00:12:54,107 Desi, what's happening in the weather? 348 00:12:54,141 --> 00:12:55,242 I don't know. 349 00:12:55,342 --> 00:12:58,011 My Wi-Fi's down, so my weather app doesn't work. 350 00:12:58,111 --> 00:13:01,448 You know, Trevor, it's interesting. 351 00:13:01,548 --> 00:13:05,085 You're going on and on about the epidemic of wage theft, 352 00:13:05,185 --> 00:13:07,554 meanwhile ignoring the wage theft going 353 00:13:07,654 --> 00:13:09,957 on right in front of you. 354 00:13:10,057 --> 00:13:11,191 Whoa, whoa. No, no. 355 00:13:11,291 --> 00:13:12,426 Desi, what are you talking about? 356 00:13:12,526 --> 00:13:13,460 You're getting paid. 357 00:13:13,560 --> 00:13:15,863 Well, sure, maybe for doing the weather. 358 00:13:15,963 --> 00:13:18,632 Well, actually, you never actually do the weather. 359 00:13:18,732 --> 00:13:20,634 But there is a ton of other stuff 360 00:13:20,734 --> 00:13:23,303 that I do that I'm not compensated for. 361 00:13:23,403 --> 00:13:25,939 Like, I spend hours of the workday selling 362 00:13:26,073 --> 00:13:27,774 my bathtub kombucha on Etsy. 363 00:13:27,875 --> 00:13:30,744 And I haven't seen a dime from this show. 364 00:13:30,844 --> 00:13:32,079 But, Desi, that's not wage theft. 365 00:13:32,112 --> 00:13:33,947 We're not paying you to do that. 366 00:13:34,081 --> 00:13:37,084 Exactly, you're not paying me to do that. 367 00:13:37,184 --> 00:13:40,120 And it's how I spend most of my time in the office at work. 368 00:13:40,220 --> 00:13:41,121 TREVOR NOAH: What? 369 00:13:41,221 --> 00:13:42,489 But it's fine. Don't worry. 370 00:13:42,589 --> 00:13:44,291 You'll read all about it in the lawsuit. 371 00:13:44,391 --> 00:13:45,559 Well, wait, wait, wait, wait. Wait. 372 00:13:45,659 --> 00:13:46,560 You're suing me? 373 00:13:46,660 --> 00:13:48,996 Oh, yeah, no, it's been a long time 374 00:13:49,096 --> 00:13:51,832 coming because I work very, very hard at this show. 375 00:13:51,932 --> 00:13:54,801 Do you know that I have never once been paid overtime 376 00:13:54,902 --> 00:13:57,104 for organizing the office supplies 377 00:13:57,171 --> 00:13:59,473 and putting them neatly in boxes 378 00:13:59,573 --> 00:14:01,708 and taking them home to my apartment? 379 00:14:01,808 --> 00:14:03,577 [laughter] 380 00:14:03,677 --> 00:14:06,947 You've been stealing office supplies? 381 00:14:07,047 --> 00:14:08,749 Well, not to mention all the hours 382 00:14:08,849 --> 00:14:12,553 that I spent taking the laser out of the laser printer. 383 00:14:12,653 --> 00:14:15,088 Desi, that's not even how a laser printer works. 384 00:14:15,189 --> 00:14:16,690 Well, I know that now. 385 00:14:16,790 --> 00:14:18,225 But I'm not getting that time back. 386 00:14:18,325 --> 00:14:20,694 TREVOR NOAH: OK, Desi, none of this is actually wage theft. 387 00:14:20,794 --> 00:14:21,695 You realize that. 388 00:14:21,795 --> 00:14:22,729 I'm sorry. 389 00:14:22,829 --> 00:14:25,065 Who made you Judge Judy? 390 00:14:25,165 --> 00:14:26,300 OK. - You know what? 391 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:28,068 I don't want to do this, but-- 392 00:14:28,101 --> 00:14:29,403 like, I didn't want to do this. 393 00:14:29,503 --> 00:14:31,805 I don't think you're going to win a wage theft lawsuit 394 00:14:31,905 --> 00:14:35,075 with us because I have a solid year of video evidence of you 395 00:14:35,175 --> 00:14:37,177 never actually doing the weather, 396 00:14:37,277 --> 00:14:39,246 which is your actual job. 397 00:14:39,346 --> 00:14:40,914 [laughter] 398 00:14:41,081 --> 00:14:42,649 Oh, OK, OK. 399 00:14:42,749 --> 00:14:43,817 Is that how it's going to be? - Just saying. 400 00:14:43,917 --> 00:14:45,152 You want to play hardball, huh? 401 00:14:45,252 --> 00:14:46,220 Fine, I get it. 402 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:47,487 I get it. 403 00:14:47,588 --> 00:14:49,857 Yeah, Desi, look, I'm sorry that you feel that way. 404 00:14:49,957 --> 00:14:50,858 All right? 405 00:14:50,958 --> 00:14:51,959 I'm sorry that you feel that way. 406 00:14:52,092 --> 00:14:54,428 I'm just saying, if anything, it 407 00:14:54,528 --> 00:14:57,764 sounds like you are the person who's stealing from the place 408 00:14:57,865 --> 00:14:59,099 that pays your wages. 409 00:14:59,199 --> 00:15:00,234 You know? 410 00:15:00,334 --> 00:15:01,835 So I don't think taking this case to the court 411 00:15:01,935 --> 00:15:02,936 is the right idea. 412 00:15:03,036 --> 00:15:04,905 It's just like, it's one of those things-- 413 00:15:05,038 --> 00:15:07,474 [motor running] 414 00:15:07,574 --> 00:15:09,576 Wait, Desi? 415 00:15:09,676 --> 00:15:11,278 Desi, what are the-- Desi, what are you doing? 416 00:15:11,378 --> 00:15:12,279 Desi? 417 00:15:12,379 --> 00:15:15,048 Yeah, yeah, yeah! 418 00:15:15,115 --> 00:15:17,918 [cheering] 419 00:15:18,051 --> 00:15:19,853 That's right. 420 00:15:19,953 --> 00:15:21,455 You had your chance, Trevor. 421 00:15:21,555 --> 00:15:24,191 Now it's time for bulldozer justice. 422 00:15:24,291 --> 00:15:26,260 And, by the way, I'm charging extra for this. 423 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:27,694 TREVOR NOAH: No, no, don't do it, Desi. 424 00:15:27,794 --> 00:15:29,062 No. No, Desi! 425 00:15:29,096 --> 00:15:32,432 No! 426 00:15:32,533 --> 00:15:34,401 All right, we're going to take a quick break while everyone 427 00:15:34,501 --> 00:15:35,402 evacuates the studio. 428 00:15:35,502 --> 00:15:37,070 Desi Lydic, everybody. 429 00:15:37,104 --> 00:15:39,406 When we come back, the legendary Michael Strahan will 430 00:15:39,506 --> 00:15:40,407 be joining us on the show. 431 00:15:40,507 --> 00:15:41,408 So don't go away. 432 00:15:41,508 --> 00:15:48,515 [cheering] 433 00:15:50,918 --> 00:15:54,321 [music playing] 434 00:15:54,421 --> 00:15:56,156 Donald Jumanji Trump. 435 00:15:56,256 --> 00:15:57,558 Donald Jabberwocky Trump. 436 00:15:57,658 --> 00:15:59,426 Donald Jamaican Me Crazy Trump. 437 00:15:59,526 --> 00:16:01,628 (IMITATING TRUMP) You got 5G, then 6G, 438 00:16:01,728 --> 00:16:03,497 and then, of course, there's Kenny G, 439 00:16:03,597 --> 00:16:06,266 the smoothest of the G's. 440 00:16:06,366 --> 00:16:10,137 Hunter Biden's laptop exposes the whole Russia hoax. 441 00:16:10,237 --> 00:16:11,738 The election was rigged. 442 00:16:11,839 --> 00:16:14,041 Mazel tov on your bar mitzvah. 443 00:16:14,107 --> 00:16:16,076 Pussy, my favorite topic. 444 00:16:16,176 --> 00:16:17,277 Thank you for bringing this up. 445 00:16:17,377 --> 00:16:18,278 Let's talk about it. 446 00:16:18,378 --> 00:16:20,681 You stole my idea. 447 00:16:20,781 --> 00:16:23,584 And, by the way, stealing stuff is also my idea. 448 00:16:23,684 --> 00:16:25,285 Read the news. 449 00:16:25,385 --> 00:16:26,620 Read it and weep. 450 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:29,823 Harry, move those classified documents so I can illegally 451 00:16:29,923 --> 00:16:31,058 hide them from the FBI. 452 00:16:31,091 --> 00:16:33,460 But, first-- but, first, let's all wave 453 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:36,396 at that blinking red light and tell it our names. 454 00:16:36,496 --> 00:16:40,100 Donald J. Trump, the J stands for genius. 455 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:43,837 [music playing] 456 00:16:45,011 --> 00:16:51,451 [cheering] 457 00:16:54,587 --> 00:16:56,556 Welcome back to The Daily Show. 458 00:16:56,656 --> 00:16:59,192 My first guest tonight is Pro Football 459 00:16:59,292 --> 00:17:01,227 Hall of Famer who hosts Good Morning 460 00:17:01,327 --> 00:17:03,263 America and Fox NFL Sunday. 461 00:17:03,363 --> 00:17:05,131 He's here to talk about a new podcast 462 00:17:05,231 --> 00:17:07,333 he's produced called American Football-- 463 00:17:07,434 --> 00:17:09,169 How the Gridiron Was Forged, which 464 00:17:09,269 --> 00:17:10,703 is now streaming on Audible and wherever 465 00:17:10,804 --> 00:17:11,704 you get your podcasts. 466 00:17:11,805 --> 00:17:13,373 Please, welcome Michael Strahan. 467 00:17:13,473 --> 00:17:15,809 [music playing] 468 00:17:15,909 --> 00:17:22,916 [cheering] 469 00:17:25,285 --> 00:17:28,121 Hello, hello! 470 00:17:28,221 --> 00:17:29,422 Hey, what's up, everybody? 471 00:17:29,522 --> 00:17:30,423 Michael Strahan. 472 00:17:30,523 --> 00:17:31,858 Hey, before you ask me one thing-- 473 00:17:31,958 --> 00:17:33,226 Before I ask you-- 474 00:17:33,326 --> 00:17:36,062 I'm-- before you ask me, I'm going to say you're brilliant. 475 00:17:36,162 --> 00:17:37,497 - Oh, thank you. - You're brilliant. 476 00:17:37,597 --> 00:17:39,132 Thank you. Thank you. 477 00:17:39,232 --> 00:17:40,133 I appreciate that. 478 00:17:40,233 --> 00:17:41,367 Thank you. 479 00:17:41,468 --> 00:17:43,236 And, you know, you're going to be-- if you ever get, 480 00:17:43,336 --> 00:17:46,272 like, tired of not doing this, my living room is always open. 481 00:17:46,372 --> 00:17:47,741 Come over. - Can I-- 482 00:17:47,841 --> 00:17:48,742 Any time. 483 00:17:48,842 --> 00:17:50,343 That would be so much fun, just 484 00:17:50,443 --> 00:17:51,845 The Daily Show for one person. - I'm not paying you though. 485 00:17:51,945 --> 00:17:52,846 That's the thing. - You're not paying me? 486 00:17:52,946 --> 00:17:54,147 [laughter] 487 00:17:54,247 --> 00:17:55,148 I'm not paying you, man. 488 00:17:55,248 --> 00:17:56,216 You just got to show up and do it. 489 00:17:56,316 --> 00:17:57,417 I think that would be fun. I would do that. 490 00:17:57,517 --> 00:17:59,386 It's like Daily Show for one person at their house. 491 00:17:59,486 --> 00:18:00,920 I'm actually-- that's actually an idea 492 00:18:01,020 --> 00:18:02,389 that I'll just do that. Individual shows would be cool. 493 00:18:02,489 --> 00:18:03,490 I like that. 494 00:18:03,623 --> 00:18:04,657 TREVOR NOAH: Just be addressing it to you. 495 00:18:04,758 --> 00:18:05,925 Perfect. 496 00:18:06,025 --> 00:18:07,227 TREVOR NOAH: But, first, Michael, let's kick 497 00:18:07,327 --> 00:18:08,495 things off with the story. - Let's go. 498 00:18:08,628 --> 00:18:09,963 You can even ask questions. Welcome to the show. 499 00:18:10,063 --> 00:18:11,431 Thank you, man. 500 00:18:11,531 --> 00:18:12,899 I feel like you make that offer to me, 501 00:18:12,999 --> 00:18:14,000 but you wouldn't have the time for me to come to your house 502 00:18:14,100 --> 00:18:15,068 and do that. 503 00:18:15,168 --> 00:18:16,770 Because there are few people I know who 504 00:18:16,870 --> 00:18:19,072 have more jobs than you do. 505 00:18:19,172 --> 00:18:21,007 You retired from football-- 506 00:18:21,107 --> 00:18:22,041 Yeah. 507 00:18:22,142 --> 00:18:23,276 TREVOR NOAH: --to do everything else. 508 00:18:23,376 --> 00:18:24,411 To not-- 509 00:18:24,511 --> 00:18:25,645 TREVOR NOAH: To do everything else. 510 00:18:25,678 --> 00:18:27,313 I retired to get more jobs. 511 00:18:27,414 --> 00:18:29,049 TREVOR NOAH: That's essentially what you did, right? 512 00:18:29,149 --> 00:18:30,383 So you're working in television. 513 00:18:30,483 --> 00:18:31,684 And it's all types of television. 514 00:18:31,785 --> 00:18:33,019 You got, like, morning television. 515 00:18:33,119 --> 00:18:34,254 You've got sports television. 516 00:18:34,354 --> 00:18:35,855 You've got a clothing line. 517 00:18:35,955 --> 00:18:37,757 You know, you've got a skincare line now. 518 00:18:37,857 --> 00:18:38,892 You've got a podcast. 519 00:18:38,992 --> 00:18:40,360 So let's start with the podcast because that's 520 00:18:40,460 --> 00:18:42,262 one of the newest aspects of what you're doing. 521 00:18:42,362 --> 00:18:44,764 Talk me through the History of the NFL because so many sports 522 00:18:44,864 --> 00:18:46,132 are popular. - Yeah. 523 00:18:46,232 --> 00:18:48,468 TREVOR NOAH: But football has a special place in America. 524 00:18:48,601 --> 00:18:52,672 What do you think it is about football that makes it what 525 00:18:52,772 --> 00:18:54,074 it is in American history? 526 00:18:54,174 --> 00:18:55,508 It's violent. 527 00:18:55,608 --> 00:18:56,509 TREVOR NOAH: Wow. 528 00:18:56,609 --> 00:18:57,911 [laughter] 529 00:18:58,011 --> 00:18:58,912 I'm joking, man. 530 00:18:59,012 --> 00:18:59,913 It's controlled aggression. 531 00:19:00,013 --> 00:19:00,914 OK. 532 00:19:01,014 --> 00:19:02,348 I call it controlled aggression. 533 00:19:02,449 --> 00:19:06,252 But I think we love football so much because it's American-- 534 00:19:06,352 --> 00:19:08,221 again, American football, the podcast, 535 00:19:08,321 --> 00:19:10,657 and it goes back to the origin of the game. 536 00:19:10,757 --> 00:19:12,759 And football was a white-collar sport back in the day. 537 00:19:12,859 --> 00:19:14,427 TREVOR NOAH: Yeah, I was shocked to find that out. 538 00:19:14,527 --> 00:19:16,496 But they wouldn't let the blue-collar guys play. 539 00:19:16,629 --> 00:19:18,431 So they created their own league to compete. 540 00:19:18,531 --> 00:19:20,166 And now it's kind of turned into it's 541 00:19:20,266 --> 00:19:22,001 blue collar guys playing, getting 542 00:19:22,102 --> 00:19:23,002 paid white-collar salaries. 543 00:19:23,103 --> 00:19:24,370 Huh. 544 00:19:24,471 --> 00:19:26,339 It's kind of-- if you think about-- the game has changed. 545 00:19:26,439 --> 00:19:29,275 But we dove back into things that I know 546 00:19:29,375 --> 00:19:30,910 about the game of football. 547 00:19:31,010 --> 00:19:32,746 I just kind of assumed I'm a player. 548 00:19:32,846 --> 00:19:33,847 I love the game. 549 00:19:33,947 --> 00:19:35,882 But when you go back and look at the origin, 550 00:19:35,982 --> 00:19:37,650 how it was founded, and the ways 551 00:19:37,684 --> 00:19:40,153 that they had to go and get around the system 552 00:19:40,253 --> 00:19:43,390 to create some of these teams, and to have Kate Mara come in 553 00:19:43,490 --> 00:19:44,958 and narrate it-- TREVOR NOAH: That is amazing. 554 00:19:45,058 --> 00:19:46,760 --who was a part of two football dynasties, 555 00:19:46,860 --> 00:19:49,929 the Giants and the Steelers through her family, it was 556 00:19:50,029 --> 00:19:51,197 like a dream project for me. 557 00:19:51,297 --> 00:19:52,832 Because without the NFL, I wouldn't 558 00:19:52,932 --> 00:19:53,833 be sitting here with you. 559 00:19:53,933 --> 00:19:56,202 It gave me a completely different life 560 00:19:56,302 --> 00:19:57,604 than I ever expected. 561 00:19:57,637 --> 00:19:59,205 But to dive back into the history of the game 562 00:19:59,305 --> 00:20:02,075 and understand how far it's come, but where it began, 563 00:20:02,175 --> 00:20:04,210 and it's totally different than what I expected. 564 00:20:04,310 --> 00:20:06,413 I hope people will tune in so that they can learn 565 00:20:06,513 --> 00:20:08,114 a little bit more about what we love so much, 566 00:20:08,214 --> 00:20:09,249 which is American football. 567 00:20:09,349 --> 00:20:10,683 TREVOR NOAH: But what I love about the podcast 568 00:20:10,784 --> 00:20:12,485 is that it's not just about the sport. 569 00:20:12,619 --> 00:20:14,354 So if you don't like the sport, the podcast 570 00:20:14,454 --> 00:20:15,955 is still amazing because it delves into history. 571 00:20:16,056 --> 00:20:17,223 It delves into classism. 572 00:20:17,323 --> 00:20:18,458 It delves into these battles between-- 573 00:20:18,625 --> 00:20:19,726 Everything. 574 00:20:19,826 --> 00:20:20,627 TREVOR NOAH: --who has and who doesn't and who should 575 00:20:20,693 --> 00:20:21,628 and who shouldn't be. 576 00:20:21,694 --> 00:20:22,962 It's a fascinating story. 577 00:20:23,063 --> 00:20:24,697 And as you talk about the progression of football, 578 00:20:24,798 --> 00:20:26,066 it made me wonder. 579 00:20:26,166 --> 00:20:29,102 You're one of the few people who has had the span of career 580 00:20:29,202 --> 00:20:32,439 that you had in football, playing for what, 15 years. 581 00:20:32,539 --> 00:20:33,940 MICHAEL STRAHAN: 15 years, yeah. 582 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:35,008 That's insane. 583 00:20:35,108 --> 00:20:36,076 MICHAEL STRAHAN: Yeah, tell me about it. 584 00:20:36,176 --> 00:20:37,377 I know. It's crazy. 585 00:20:37,477 --> 00:20:38,845 [applause] 586 00:20:38,945 --> 00:20:40,280 So I would love to know. 587 00:20:40,380 --> 00:20:42,482 As somebody who witnessed the game, like, 588 00:20:42,649 --> 00:20:44,784 up close for 15 years, would you change 589 00:20:44,884 --> 00:20:46,052 anything about football now? 590 00:20:46,152 --> 00:20:47,654 If you could-- if you could wave a magic wand 591 00:20:47,754 --> 00:20:50,123 and change three things about football tomorrow, 592 00:20:50,223 --> 00:20:51,291 what would they be? 593 00:20:51,391 --> 00:20:54,294 I would wave a magic wand and make it so that I 594 00:20:54,394 --> 00:20:55,762 could play for a lot longer. 595 00:20:55,862 --> 00:20:57,597 [laughter] 596 00:20:57,664 --> 00:20:58,598 So you're going back. 597 00:20:58,665 --> 00:20:59,599 Yeah, I want to go back. 598 00:20:59,699 --> 00:21:01,301 My body, man, you know what you miss? 599 00:21:01,401 --> 00:21:02,602 You know what you miss? 600 00:21:02,669 --> 00:21:05,739 You miss physically dominating another man. 601 00:21:05,839 --> 00:21:07,373 TREVOR NOAH: OK, OK. 602 00:21:07,474 --> 00:21:08,675 Someone's going to clip that sentence 603 00:21:08,775 --> 00:21:09,676 and take it out of context. 604 00:21:09,776 --> 00:21:11,378 [laughter] 605 00:21:11,478 --> 00:21:13,012 I mean, you enjoy it. 606 00:21:13,113 --> 00:21:14,013 I love it. 607 00:21:14,114 --> 00:21:15,382 [laughs] 608 00:21:15,482 --> 00:21:18,418 Because mine was like, I miss hugging another man so hard. 609 00:21:18,518 --> 00:21:19,486 It was cut-- 610 00:21:19,619 --> 00:21:23,390 And just loving him as hard as I could. 611 00:21:23,490 --> 00:21:24,758 But I do miss that. 612 00:21:24,858 --> 00:21:26,493 I miss the competitiveness of it. 613 00:21:26,626 --> 00:21:27,694 I miss the physicality. 614 00:21:27,794 --> 00:21:31,765 I would probably wave my magic wand and-- 615 00:21:31,865 --> 00:21:33,233 you know, I like what they're doing, though, 616 00:21:33,333 --> 00:21:35,468 when it comes to injuries and the brain and all 617 00:21:35,635 --> 00:21:36,469 these different things. 618 00:21:36,636 --> 00:21:38,371 I like what they're doing there. 619 00:21:38,471 --> 00:21:39,706 There's not much-- I don't know how 620 00:21:39,806 --> 00:21:40,940 much you can change the game. 621 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:42,776 Because I almost feel like in some aspect, 622 00:21:42,876 --> 00:21:43,943 you change it so much-- 623 00:21:44,043 --> 00:21:45,345 it takes away from what it was. 624 00:21:45,445 --> 00:21:47,247 TREVOR NOAH: OK, what would you change in and around the game? 625 00:21:47,347 --> 00:21:49,115 So, for instance, one of the things that always threw me-- 626 00:21:49,215 --> 00:21:50,116 and I might be wrong on this, but-- 627 00:21:50,216 --> 00:21:51,117 Yeah, you tell me. 628 00:21:51,217 --> 00:21:52,118 What throws you about football? 629 00:21:52,218 --> 00:21:53,586 Well, no, I was always thrown by this 630 00:21:53,620 --> 00:21:56,623 is the fact that, like, if you got injured playing football, 631 00:21:56,723 --> 00:21:57,991 it was just over for you. 632 00:21:58,091 --> 00:21:59,192 And then you don't get the money 633 00:21:59,292 --> 00:22:00,293 that was promised to you, but you 634 00:22:00,393 --> 00:22:01,361 got injured playing the sport. 635 00:22:01,461 --> 00:22:02,595 MICHAEL STRAHAN: You don't get guaranteed 636 00:22:02,662 --> 00:22:04,097 contracts unless certain guys now are getting them. 637 00:22:04,197 --> 00:22:05,098 OK, so that changing. 638 00:22:05,198 --> 00:22:06,800 Or you get as much money as you 639 00:22:06,900 --> 00:22:08,368 can up front in your signing bonus 640 00:22:08,468 --> 00:22:09,803 so they can't release you so early 641 00:22:09,903 --> 00:22:11,037 because they're going to get some money out of you 642 00:22:11,137 --> 00:22:12,405 by making you play. - Oh, OK, OK. 643 00:22:12,505 --> 00:22:13,773 And that was the one thing. 644 00:22:13,873 --> 00:22:16,042 Yeah, I would probably change the guarantees in contracts 645 00:22:16,142 --> 00:22:17,444 because basketball had them. TREVOR NOAH: Yes. 646 00:22:17,610 --> 00:22:19,045 Baseball has them. TREVOR NOAH: Right. 647 00:22:19,145 --> 00:22:21,047 But the problem with football that they see is that 648 00:22:21,147 --> 00:22:22,282 if you guarantee the money, there are 649 00:22:22,382 --> 00:22:24,284 60-something guys on a team. 650 00:22:24,384 --> 00:22:26,920 So if you have that many guys on injured reserve, 651 00:22:27,020 --> 00:22:29,189 how can you economically afford to have that many guys-- 652 00:22:29,289 --> 00:22:30,190 TREVOR NOAH: But they make billions. 653 00:22:30,290 --> 00:22:31,658 I know. That's their argument. 654 00:22:31,758 --> 00:22:32,759 I didn't say they were right. 655 00:22:32,859 --> 00:22:33,893 TREVOR NOAH: OK, OK, OK. 656 00:22:33,993 --> 00:22:34,894 Trust me. 657 00:22:34,994 --> 00:22:36,162 I would have loved guaranteed money. 658 00:22:36,262 --> 00:22:37,831 I'm just saying, anyone who has billions going like-- 659 00:22:37,931 --> 00:22:38,932 [whining] 660 00:22:39,032 --> 00:22:39,999 Where am I gonna get it from? 661 00:22:40,100 --> 00:22:41,167 You have billions. 662 00:22:41,267 --> 00:22:42,435 Can you get this cup of coffee? 663 00:22:42,535 --> 00:22:45,472 [laughs] Before I let you go, I want to talk 664 00:22:45,572 --> 00:22:46,906 about one of your latest ventures, 665 00:22:47,006 --> 00:22:47,907 which is your skincare line. 666 00:22:48,007 --> 00:22:49,042 Yeah, man. 667 00:22:49,142 --> 00:22:50,043 TREVOR NOAH: You know, you have beautiful skin. 668 00:22:50,143 --> 00:22:51,044 Thank you. 669 00:22:51,144 --> 00:22:52,045 TREVOR NOAH: You really do. 670 00:22:52,145 --> 00:22:53,446 [cheering] 671 00:22:53,580 --> 00:22:56,583 And this is another opportunity I don't think a lot of people 672 00:22:56,616 --> 00:22:57,851 would have thought of a long time ago. 673 00:22:57,951 --> 00:22:59,719 People would have said, like, a football player, Michael 674 00:22:59,819 --> 00:23:01,054 Strahan, bah, bah, and then it's like, 675 00:23:01,154 --> 00:23:02,822 the skincare line of Michael Strahan. 676 00:23:02,922 --> 00:23:03,823 I like this. 677 00:23:03,923 --> 00:23:05,058 It's all sides of you. 678 00:23:05,158 --> 00:23:07,260 Yeah, the guys who like to dominate other men, yes. 679 00:23:07,360 --> 00:23:09,596 [laughter] 680 00:23:09,662 --> 00:23:10,597 It's skincare now. - Yes. 681 00:23:10,663 --> 00:23:11,598 But you know what it is? 682 00:23:11,664 --> 00:23:12,699 It's like, to me-- 683 00:23:12,799 --> 00:23:14,033 Dominate other men with your skincare. 684 00:23:14,134 --> 00:23:15,668 - Yes. - Look at these pores. 685 00:23:15,769 --> 00:23:16,703 Look at them! 686 00:23:16,803 --> 00:23:19,406 [laughs] But, you know, it all started 687 00:23:19,506 --> 00:23:20,673 with the clothing line. 688 00:23:20,774 --> 00:23:22,208 And it was like, OK, I'm on TV. 689 00:23:22,308 --> 00:23:23,209 I'm always in suits and stuff. 690 00:23:23,309 --> 00:23:24,210 So it was like a confidence thing, man. 691 00:23:24,310 --> 00:23:25,211 TREVOR NOAH: Yes. 692 00:23:25,311 --> 00:23:26,212 You want to feel good like you. 693 00:23:26,312 --> 00:23:27,213 You look good. You feel good, right? 694 00:23:27,313 --> 00:23:28,515 You perform better. 695 00:23:28,615 --> 00:23:30,884 And I think that skin care was a missing link, at least 696 00:23:30,984 --> 00:23:32,085 for me, because everything I've done 697 00:23:32,185 --> 00:23:34,754 has always been about my life and my lifestyle. 698 00:23:34,854 --> 00:23:36,356 I don't do anything that isn't authentically me. 699 00:23:36,456 --> 00:23:37,357 TREVOR NOAH: Right. 700 00:23:37,457 --> 00:23:38,758 So it was about skincare and having 701 00:23:38,858 --> 00:23:41,461 a routine that is easy to do. 702 00:23:41,628 --> 00:23:43,630 Because I'm kind of lazy about that. 703 00:23:43,696 --> 00:23:44,931 TREVOR NOAH: Which I think is most men. 704 00:23:45,031 --> 00:23:47,667 Like, every single friend of mine, every woman I 705 00:23:47,767 --> 00:23:49,335 talk to who's a friend, I go-- 706 00:23:49,436 --> 00:23:50,837 they go, what do you do for your skincare. 707 00:23:50,937 --> 00:23:52,906 And I go, eh, wash the face, and I leave the house. 708 00:23:53,006 --> 00:23:54,340 And-- [gasps] - Yeah. 709 00:23:54,441 --> 00:23:56,276 Like, it's always the shock and the what's your routine. 710 00:23:56,376 --> 00:23:57,977 I'm like, there's no rou-- and then I got taught. 711 00:23:58,078 --> 00:23:59,379 Like, no, you need to respect it and treat-- 712 00:23:59,479 --> 00:24:00,380 MICHAEL STRAHAN: You've got to respect it. 713 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:01,581 So what's the routine? How many steps? 714 00:24:01,681 --> 00:24:03,383 - So we have five products. - Yeah. 715 00:24:03,483 --> 00:24:04,751 - So we have a face wash. - This would be great. 716 00:24:04,851 --> 00:24:06,119 You could do one of those YouTubes like, 717 00:24:06,219 --> 00:24:07,687 so everyone's been asking me how about my skincare routine. 718 00:24:07,787 --> 00:24:08,688 I'm Michael Strahan. 719 00:24:08,788 --> 00:24:09,889 You could be doing that right now. 720 00:24:09,989 --> 00:24:10,990 I think it would be amazing. 721 00:24:11,091 --> 00:24:12,358 I think it would be amazing. - In circles. 722 00:24:12,459 --> 00:24:13,359 Right. 723 00:24:13,460 --> 00:24:14,694 So tell me, what is your routine? 724 00:24:14,794 --> 00:24:16,129 - So we have the face wash-- - OK, we start, obviously-- 725 00:24:16,229 --> 00:24:17,130 --which every day, easy routine. 726 00:24:17,230 --> 00:24:18,131 You take a shower. 727 00:24:18,231 --> 00:24:23,103 Oh, we start-- we wash the face. 728 00:24:23,203 --> 00:24:24,304 - You wash your face. - Yes, right. 729 00:24:24,404 --> 00:24:25,004 And then you have the face and neck moisturizer. 730 00:24:25,105 --> 00:24:26,139 You get out. You-- 731 00:24:26,239 --> 00:24:26,840 TREVOR NOAH: Face and neck moisturize product. 732 00:24:26,940 --> 00:24:27,774 Yup. So, you know-- 733 00:24:27,874 --> 00:24:29,008 TREVOR NOAH: You put neck as well? 734 00:24:29,109 --> 00:24:30,076 Yeah, you can do it. TREVOR NOAH: All right, fine. 735 00:24:30,176 --> 00:24:30,810 OK, I'll do the neck. - All up in here. 736 00:24:30,910 --> 00:24:31,745 All up in here. - OK. 737 00:24:31,845 --> 00:24:32,379 Look at my neck. I'm 82 years old. 738 00:24:32,479 --> 00:24:32,879 Look at that neck. 739 00:24:32,979 --> 00:24:33,980 [laughter] 740 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:34,614 So you got the face and neck moisturizer. 741 00:24:34,647 --> 00:24:35,749 TREVOR NOAH: OK. 742 00:24:35,849 --> 00:24:36,649 And then if you have a beard, like I got a beard, 743 00:24:36,750 --> 00:24:37,984 I put the beard oil on. 744 00:24:38,084 --> 00:24:39,119 TREVOR NOAH: You've got beard oil? 745 00:24:39,219 --> 00:24:40,320 Beard oil, yeah. TREVOR NOAH: Wow. 746 00:24:40,420 --> 00:24:42,689 Gotta keep that beard silky and soft. 747 00:24:42,789 --> 00:24:44,057 You don't know who you may rub up into. 748 00:24:44,157 --> 00:24:45,058 You know what I'm saying? 749 00:24:45,158 --> 00:24:46,259 [laughter] 750 00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:50,730 So that's the second thing I did that could be-- 751 00:24:50,830 --> 00:24:51,731 I'm loving this! 752 00:24:51,831 --> 00:24:52,999 That could be messed up, man. 753 00:24:53,099 --> 00:24:54,033 I'm loving this. 754 00:24:54,134 --> 00:24:56,770 And then after that, we have our saving 755 00:24:56,870 --> 00:24:57,837 gel, like a saving lotion. 756 00:24:57,937 --> 00:24:58,838 TREVOR NOAH: OK. 757 00:24:58,938 --> 00:25:00,340 And it's clear so that you can 758 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:02,475 actually see when you shave where exactly you're shaving. 759 00:25:02,575 --> 00:25:03,476 TREVOR NOAH: Oh, OK. 760 00:25:03,576 --> 00:25:04,677 Because that was always the thing. 761 00:25:04,778 --> 00:25:05,678 I finish shaving. 762 00:25:05,779 --> 00:25:06,679 Like, one's up here. 763 00:25:06,780 --> 00:25:08,048 The other's down there. 764 00:25:08,148 --> 00:25:11,651 And then we have our postshave balm, so nice, easy put on, 765 00:25:11,751 --> 00:25:12,685 doesn't really sting your face. 766 00:25:12,786 --> 00:25:13,686 TREVOR NOAH: OK. 767 00:25:13,787 --> 00:25:14,921 But it's very simple thing, man. 768 00:25:15,021 --> 00:25:17,457 And, for me, takes less time than brushing my teeth. 769 00:25:17,590 --> 00:25:18,591 TREVOR NOAH: [laughs] 770 00:25:18,691 --> 00:25:22,228 So-- I always say, they may not be together, 771 00:25:22,328 --> 00:25:23,229 but they're clean. 772 00:25:23,329 --> 00:25:24,230 I can tell you that. 773 00:25:24,330 --> 00:25:26,132 [laughter] 774 00:25:26,232 --> 00:25:27,801 - But, dude, thank you again. - I appreciate you, man. 775 00:25:27,901 --> 00:25:29,669 Thank you for joining me on the show, as always. 776 00:25:29,769 --> 00:25:31,237 Thank you for being so wonderful. 777 00:25:31,337 --> 00:25:32,238 Michael Strahan, everybody. 778 00:25:32,338 --> 00:25:33,239 Stay tuned. 779 00:25:33,339 --> 00:25:34,707 When we come back, one of the stars 780 00:25:34,808 --> 00:25:36,443 of Abbott Elementary, Sheryl Lee Ralph 781 00:25:36,609 --> 00:25:37,710 is going to be joining me on the show. 782 00:25:37,811 --> 00:25:38,845 You don't want to miss it. 783 00:25:38,945 --> 00:25:42,515 [cheering] 784 00:25:46,131 --> 00:25:50,836 [cheering] 785 00:25:50,936 --> 00:25:52,804 Welcome back to The Daily Show. 786 00:25:52,905 --> 00:25:55,941 My next guest is a Tony-nominated and Emmy 787 00:25:56,041 --> 00:25:59,211 Award-winning actor who stars in the hit series Abbott 788 00:25:59,311 --> 00:26:01,914 Elementary, which airs Wednesday nights on ABC 789 00:26:02,014 --> 00:26:04,349 and can be streamed on Hulu. 790 00:26:04,449 --> 00:26:06,018 Although I did not participate in the gift 791 00:26:06,118 --> 00:26:08,053 exchange, I did get you the humanely-harvested 792 00:26:08,153 --> 00:26:09,588 poinsettia you asked for. 793 00:26:09,688 --> 00:26:11,323 Merry Christmas. 794 00:26:11,423 --> 00:26:16,295 Jacob, it's beautiful and perfect 795 00:26:16,395 --> 00:26:19,665 for Melissa and my annual Christmas lounge dinner. 796 00:26:19,765 --> 00:26:21,733 Every year, it's our tradition on the last day 797 00:26:21,834 --> 00:26:23,068 of school before break. 798 00:26:23,168 --> 00:26:24,736 - We bring in some food. - You have a little wine. 799 00:26:24,837 --> 00:26:25,737 Mm-hmm. 800 00:26:25,838 --> 00:26:27,039 It's our own little slice of heaven, 801 00:26:27,139 --> 00:26:31,810 you know, in between school madness and family chaos. 802 00:26:31,910 --> 00:26:33,345 Oh, actually, I remember you guys doing 803 00:26:33,445 --> 00:26:34,980 that last year when Zach and I were headed 804 00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:36,448 out on our Wildwood vacation. 805 00:26:36,548 --> 00:26:37,850 Where are you two headed this year? 806 00:26:37,950 --> 00:26:39,551 Oh, well, he's going to be with family. 807 00:26:39,651 --> 00:26:43,856 So it's just me here alone, by myself. 808 00:26:43,956 --> 00:26:44,857 Well that sounds fun. 809 00:26:44,957 --> 00:26:45,958 Come on, Barb. 810 00:26:46,058 --> 00:26:48,126 Please, welcome Sheryl Lee Ralph. 811 00:26:48,227 --> 00:26:51,063 [music playing] 812 00:26:51,163 --> 00:26:58,170 [cheering] 813 00:27:03,876 --> 00:27:09,348 Welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome. 814 00:27:09,448 --> 00:27:15,120 Thank you. 815 00:27:15,220 --> 00:27:16,288 Thank you. 816 00:27:16,388 --> 00:27:17,289 Wow. 817 00:27:17,389 --> 00:27:18,290 The one and only-- 818 00:27:18,390 --> 00:27:20,893 Thank you. 819 00:27:20,993 --> 00:27:24,096 --Sheryl Lee Ralph, welcome to The Daily Show. 820 00:27:24,196 --> 00:27:26,765 Let me start with saying congratulations, 821 00:27:26,865 --> 00:27:29,034 Emmy-award winning Sheryl Lee Ralph. 822 00:27:29,134 --> 00:27:31,303 [cheering] 823 00:27:31,403 --> 00:27:37,009 You know, there are many performers in history, 824 00:27:37,109 --> 00:27:42,414 many artists, many actors who audiences have said, 825 00:27:42,514 --> 00:27:45,450 critics alike, this person never got their flowers. 826 00:27:45,551 --> 00:27:47,719 This person never got the recognition that they deserve. 827 00:27:47,819 --> 00:27:49,721 So many people in Black Hollywood 828 00:27:49,788 --> 00:27:51,323 never got the flowers that they deserved. 829 00:27:51,423 --> 00:27:52,424 Yeah. 830 00:27:52,524 --> 00:27:54,159 Talk me through just a part of this journey. 831 00:27:54,259 --> 00:27:56,528 You know, you've done it all. 832 00:27:56,628 --> 00:27:58,730 I mean, Moesha, for me, and then 833 00:27:58,797 --> 00:27:59,965 moving from one to the next. 834 00:28:00,065 --> 00:28:01,266 [cheering] 835 00:28:01,366 --> 00:28:03,969 Dreamgirls for so many people back in the day, 836 00:28:04,069 --> 00:28:05,637 the original Dreamgirl. 837 00:28:05,737 --> 00:28:07,406 Talk talk me through the journey, 838 00:28:07,506 --> 00:28:10,409 and what has kept you being as effervescent as you are? 839 00:28:10,509 --> 00:28:11,443 Oh my god. 840 00:28:11,543 --> 00:28:14,613 I choose to be happy. 841 00:28:14,746 --> 00:28:16,748 I choose joy. 842 00:28:16,815 --> 00:28:17,749 Yeah. 843 00:28:17,816 --> 00:28:18,750 [applause] 844 00:28:18,817 --> 00:28:21,920 I believe that since I am alive, 845 00:28:22,020 --> 00:28:26,525 I might as well get up, get out there, and enjoy it. 846 00:28:26,625 --> 00:28:28,760 [cheering] 847 00:28:28,861 --> 00:28:30,596 Yes. 848 00:28:30,762 --> 00:28:35,300 I'm so happy that God has chosen throughout all 849 00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:40,372 of these years to wake me up every morning in my right mind 850 00:28:40,472 --> 00:28:43,108 so that I can carry on in life. 851 00:28:43,208 --> 00:28:44,610 I love it! 852 00:28:44,776 --> 00:28:46,245 TREVOR NOAH: Amen! - Yes. 853 00:28:46,345 --> 00:28:47,579 Yes. 854 00:28:47,713 --> 00:28:50,782 That's what keeps me going. 855 00:28:50,883 --> 00:28:54,586 That's what keeps me enjoying what I do through all 856 00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:57,823 of the ups and downs, through all of the missteps 857 00:28:57,923 --> 00:28:59,725 and the bad breaks. 858 00:28:59,758 --> 00:29:01,727 I choose to carry on. 859 00:29:01,793 --> 00:29:06,398 I choose to look in the mirror and love what I see. 860 00:29:06,498 --> 00:29:07,499 TREVOR NOAH: We love what we see. 861 00:29:07,599 --> 00:29:08,500 Thank you. 862 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:10,536 We genuinely love what we see. 863 00:29:10,636 --> 00:29:12,738 Again, I mean, I am a sucker for-- 864 00:29:12,838 --> 00:29:14,106 I love all comedy. 865 00:29:14,206 --> 00:29:15,807 Anything that is funny, I love. 866 00:29:15,908 --> 00:29:18,043 You are a master in the way you perform it. 867 00:29:18,143 --> 00:29:20,579 Abbott Elementary has done what many people 868 00:29:20,746 --> 00:29:21,647 said wasn't possible. 869 00:29:21,747 --> 00:29:23,749 People said no one watches live TV anymore. 870 00:29:23,782 --> 00:29:25,017 Nobody likes a sitcom anymore. 871 00:29:25,117 --> 00:29:26,018 Nobody likes these family stories anymore. 872 00:29:26,118 --> 00:29:27,019 SHERYL LEE RALPH: That's right. 873 00:29:27,119 --> 00:29:28,420 And yet Abbott Elementary has gone 874 00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:30,923 and done the exact thing that everyone said was impossible. 875 00:29:31,023 --> 00:29:32,257 You know, Quinta Brunson assembled 876 00:29:32,357 --> 00:29:34,259 this amazing squad of people to come 877 00:29:34,359 --> 00:29:36,128 in and tell real stories-- - That's right. 878 00:29:36,228 --> 00:29:37,462 TREVOR NOAH: --that teachers love 879 00:29:37,563 --> 00:29:39,231 of themselves, of the students, of the American schooling 880 00:29:39,331 --> 00:29:40,799 system. - That's right. 881 00:29:40,899 --> 00:29:42,601 You know, I know it touches everything. 882 00:29:42,768 --> 00:29:44,269 But what do you think it is that brings people 883 00:29:44,369 --> 00:29:46,705 back every single week and watching live, by the way, 884 00:29:46,772 --> 00:29:47,973 sharing it with each other? 885 00:29:48,073 --> 00:29:51,009 I think what they're seeing is their own struggles. 886 00:29:51,109 --> 00:29:55,547 We're just a group of regular people in the show, 887 00:29:55,714 --> 00:29:57,182 going through life. 888 00:29:57,282 --> 00:30:01,019 And we just happen to be in a very challenging situation. 889 00:30:01,119 --> 00:30:05,023 And every week, we are getting over the difficulties, 890 00:30:05,123 --> 00:30:08,427 and we are appreciating what we have together, 891 00:30:08,527 --> 00:30:12,030 working together on the show, in the show, 892 00:30:12,130 --> 00:30:14,399 in the characters, in the scripts. 893 00:30:14,500 --> 00:30:16,869 And people see themselves in it, and they love it. 894 00:30:16,969 --> 00:30:18,270 TREVOR NOAH: They feel it. - They feel it. 895 00:30:18,370 --> 00:30:19,738 TREVOR NOAH: They feel it, and they love it. 896 00:30:19,805 --> 00:30:20,739 - And they tell us. - They do. 897 00:30:20,806 --> 00:30:21,740 Oh, they do. - Oh my god. 898 00:30:21,807 --> 00:30:22,741 Oh, they do. 899 00:30:22,808 --> 00:30:23,742 Oh my god, my life now has turned 900 00:30:23,809 --> 00:30:25,210 into one big photo session. 901 00:30:25,310 --> 00:30:26,411 [laughs] 902 00:30:26,512 --> 00:30:28,547 Anytime I go out into the street, 903 00:30:28,647 --> 00:30:30,148 everybody wants to take a picture. 904 00:30:30,249 --> 00:30:32,017 Everybody wants you to talk to their people. 905 00:30:32,117 --> 00:30:35,220 And everybody wants to tell you how much they love you. 906 00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:38,490 And I am saying, see, that's why I wake up happy every day. 907 00:30:38,590 --> 00:30:42,394 [applause] 908 00:30:42,494 --> 00:30:47,232 You-- you're also the rare breed of human 909 00:30:47,332 --> 00:30:50,302 being who is talented in every aspect of what you do, 910 00:30:50,402 --> 00:30:51,703 you know? TREVOR NOAH: Thank you. 911 00:30:51,737 --> 00:30:53,272 Some people will see you as an actor on screen. 912 00:30:53,372 --> 00:30:56,542 Others know you as the phenomenal performer on stage. 913 00:30:56,708 --> 00:30:58,477 And now you have an album out. - Yes. 914 00:30:58,577 --> 00:30:59,711 - A Christmas album. - Yes. 915 00:30:59,811 --> 00:31:00,712 Sleigh. 916 00:31:00,812 --> 00:31:02,181 SHERYL LEE RALPH: Yes. 917 00:31:02,281 --> 00:31:04,550 TREVOR NOAH: Which I like the play on words, 918 00:31:04,716 --> 00:31:05,717 but talk me through that. 919 00:31:05,751 --> 00:31:07,719 Talk me through why the Christmas album 920 00:31:07,753 --> 00:31:09,154 and why an album in general. 921 00:31:09,254 --> 00:31:12,591 Well, first of all, it was only supposed to be a song. 922 00:31:12,724 --> 00:31:15,260 And before I knew it, we had done 15 songs, 923 00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:17,429 and we have an album called Sleigh. 924 00:31:17,529 --> 00:31:19,431 And people are actually downloading it everywhere-- 925 00:31:19,531 --> 00:31:20,566 TREVOR NOAH: People are loving it. 926 00:31:20,732 --> 00:31:21,934 --and loving it. It's crazy. 927 00:31:22,034 --> 00:31:22,935 - People are loving it. - Yeah. 928 00:31:23,035 --> 00:31:23,936 People are-- 929 00:31:24,036 --> 00:31:25,037 It's not your mother's Christmas album. 930 00:31:25,137 --> 00:31:26,305 It is not. 931 00:31:26,405 --> 00:31:27,806 We're going to take your mother to church and the club. 932 00:31:27,906 --> 00:31:28,807 Yes. 933 00:31:28,907 --> 00:31:30,108 I did notice that. 934 00:31:30,209 --> 00:31:31,109 I did notice that. 935 00:31:31,210 --> 00:31:33,779 [applause] 936 00:31:33,879 --> 00:31:36,281 It is one of the sexier Christmas 937 00:31:36,381 --> 00:31:37,583 albums I've ever heard. - Thank you. 938 00:31:37,749 --> 00:31:39,218 I'm not going to lie. I'm not going to lie. 939 00:31:39,318 --> 00:31:40,485 Thank you. 940 00:31:40,586 --> 00:31:42,120 TREVOR NOAH: Before I let you go, I would be remiss 941 00:31:42,221 --> 00:31:44,323 if I didn't talk about your moment at the Emmys, 942 00:31:44,423 --> 00:31:46,525 where I always say at every award show, 943 00:31:46,692 --> 00:31:47,726 I feel like there should be an award 944 00:31:47,826 --> 00:31:48,927 for the best award acceptance. 945 00:31:49,027 --> 00:31:49,928 SHERYL LEE RALPH: Aw. 946 00:31:50,028 --> 00:31:51,263 And yours was that. 947 00:31:51,363 --> 00:31:53,432 Because sometimes at awards, it can feel self-indulgent. 948 00:31:53,532 --> 00:31:55,701 It can feel like we're not part of what's happening. 949 00:31:55,767 --> 00:31:57,703 It felt like we won with you. 950 00:31:57,769 --> 00:32:00,739 It felt like people won with your win 951 00:32:00,839 --> 00:32:02,441 even just for their lives. 952 00:32:02,541 --> 00:32:04,309 It didn't feel like a platitude. 953 00:32:04,409 --> 00:32:06,078 It didn't feel like you were just saying it. 954 00:32:06,178 --> 00:32:08,313 It felt like you were embodying it. 955 00:32:08,413 --> 00:32:11,617 And I'd love to know, in that moment, when you're holding 956 00:32:11,717 --> 00:32:15,454 that award, in an industry that everyone thrives 957 00:32:15,554 --> 00:32:18,757 to be celebrated or successful in, 958 00:32:18,857 --> 00:32:21,126 what made you think of talking to the people 959 00:32:21,226 --> 00:32:24,496 and not just talking about yourself? 960 00:32:24,596 --> 00:32:27,733 Because I thought in that moment, you know, 961 00:32:27,799 --> 00:32:30,836 my dad was a great lifelong learner and educator. 962 00:32:30,936 --> 00:32:34,072 And when they called my name, it was like I could hear 963 00:32:34,173 --> 00:32:36,275 my dad saying, there you are. 964 00:32:36,375 --> 00:32:37,276 It's your time. 965 00:32:37,376 --> 00:32:38,277 Come on. 966 00:32:38,377 --> 00:32:39,845 But I couldn't-- I couldn't-- 967 00:32:39,945 --> 00:32:41,446 I was so shocked. 968 00:32:41,547 --> 00:32:45,317 I couldn't get the message from my brain to my feet to move. 969 00:32:45,417 --> 00:32:48,687 And my husband kept saying, get up. 970 00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:49,955 Get up. 971 00:32:50,055 --> 00:32:53,959 And it wasn't until I heard Quinta say, it's your name! 972 00:32:54,059 --> 00:32:56,295 Get up! 973 00:32:56,395 --> 00:33:00,799 Then I got up because Tyler came and literally lifted me 974 00:33:00,899 --> 00:33:03,335 up and guided me to the stage. 975 00:33:03,435 --> 00:33:06,271 And I got there, center stage, and there was my dad 976 00:33:06,371 --> 00:33:09,174 again saying, don't you cry. 977 00:33:09,274 --> 00:33:10,409 Don't you cry. 978 00:33:10,509 --> 00:33:12,010 This is your moment. 979 00:33:12,110 --> 00:33:16,281 Let them know who you are and how you got here. 980 00:33:16,381 --> 00:33:17,416 TREVOR NOAH: Wow. 981 00:33:17,516 --> 00:33:20,719 And there's a big screen like that in front of me 982 00:33:20,819 --> 00:33:23,956 saying, stop now, stop now. 983 00:33:24,056 --> 00:33:27,292 And I was like, I haven't even gotten started. 984 00:33:27,392 --> 00:33:30,062 [laughter] 985 00:33:30,162 --> 00:33:31,630 - Oh, I love it. - Yes. 986 00:33:31,730 --> 00:33:32,598 I love it so much. 987 00:33:32,731 --> 00:33:33,899 Thank you for joining me on the show. 988 00:33:33,999 --> 00:33:34,967 Thank you. Trevor. 989 00:33:35,067 --> 00:33:36,401 Thank you so much for everything you do. 990 00:33:36,502 --> 00:33:37,736 - I missed you. - Thank you so much. 991 00:33:37,769 --> 00:33:39,304 - Thank you. - Sheryl Lee Ralph, everybody. 992 00:33:39,404 --> 00:33:40,439 We're going to take a quick break. 993 00:33:40,539 --> 00:33:41,940 But we'll be right back after this. 994 00:33:42,040 --> 00:33:45,677 [cheering] 995 00:33:51,955 --> 00:33:52,789 [cheering] 996 00:33:52,889 --> 00:33:53,991 Well, that's our show for tonight. 997 00:33:54,091 --> 00:33:55,826 But before we go-- before we go, 998 00:33:55,926 --> 00:33:58,028 this holiday season, please, consider 999 00:33:58,128 --> 00:34:00,230 supporting Feeding America, the largest 1000 00:34:00,330 --> 00:34:02,265 hunger relief organization in the United States. 1001 00:34:02,366 --> 00:34:05,102 If you can support them in their amazing work of getting 1002 00:34:05,202 --> 00:34:06,403 nourishing food to the people who 1003 00:34:06,503 --> 00:34:08,705 need it most, then, please, donate at the link below. 1004 00:34:08,805 --> 00:34:10,607 Until next time, stay safe out there. 1005 00:34:10,707 --> 00:34:12,576 And, remember, the next time you 1006 00:34:12,676 --> 00:34:14,811 walk past a major corporation, you 1007 00:34:14,911 --> 00:34:16,079 might want to clutch your bag. 1008 00:34:16,179 --> 00:34:17,881 Now here it is, your Moment of Zen. 1009 00:34:17,981 --> 00:34:19,282 [cheering] 1010 00:34:19,383 --> 00:34:22,119 [music playing] 1011 00:34:22,219 --> 00:34:26,023 JOHN KENNEDY: It's easy to recognize the wokers. 1012 00:34:26,123 --> 00:34:29,626 They hate George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, 1013 00:34:29,726 --> 00:34:32,629 Dr. Zeus, and Mr. Potato Head. 1014 00:34:32,729 --> 00:34:36,833 Most of them eat food only fit for rabbits. 1015 00:34:36,933 --> 00:34:40,637 They almost always enter a swimming pool by the stairs. 1016 00:34:40,737 --> 00:34:43,273 They're kind of like Dwight on The Office. 1017 00:34:43,373 --> 00:34:46,777 They walk around with Ziploc bags of kale. 1018 00:34:46,877 --> 00:34:47,811 I don't eat kale. 1019 00:34:47,911 --> 00:34:49,212 You know why? 1020 00:34:49,312 --> 00:34:54,718 Because kale tastes to me like I'd rather be fat.