The Daily Show: Ears Edition - A Look Back at 2021 - Exits of the Year | José Andrés & Lou Llobell

Episode Date: December 10, 2021

Chef José Andrés discusses America's hunger crisis, Dulcé Sloan highlights the biggest exits of 2021, and actor Lou Llobell talks about her role on the Apple TV+ series "Foundation." Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to Comedy Central. Sex and the City is back, guys. After 20 years, they've started the revival, which is a weird name for a thing, because it sounds like it was dead. It sounds like all the actors were dead. And then they were like, come on, Sarah Jessica, come on, we need a few more seasons. Don't leave me now. But yeah, they've done it, and they're all back together. It's just like I don't know

how I feel about revivals. Like part of me goes, this is great because it's nostalgia. But then part of me thinks like they're just tricking us because of nostalgia. Do you know what I mean? Like we're going to watch just because it reminds us of something. It doesn't even have to the real story. Like they could bring back family matters. And it. their. their. their their their. their their their. their their their their their their their their their their their their. their, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi, thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thee. the. thi thi the. thi thi thi. the. thi, and it could be like space aliens. And we'd be like, well, there's no Urkel, but I'll watch just to see how it ends. The show brings back memories. Pshoo, phew, phew. Did I do that? It's not the same.

It's just not the same. It's coming to you from the heart of Times Square, in New York City. The only only only only only only the only the only in America. It's the Daily Show, Ears edition. Tonight, the Real Hunger Games. Chef Jose Andres and Lou Loebell. This is the Daily Show with Trevor Noah. Hey, what's going on everybody? Welcome to the Daily Show. I'm Trevor Noah. Let's jump straight into today's headlines. We kicked things off with a story out of Great Britain,

the country where Yes, Queen originated. When the COVID pandemic first swept the world in 2020, the UK was one of the countries that were hardest hit, and it responded with a national lockdown. All non-essential stores were closed, public and private gatherings were banned, and Megan and Harry were forced to socially distance 7,000 miles away. But now, we're learning that some of the people who imposed the lockdown weren't obeying it themselves.

Boris Johnson is facing fierce criticism this morning. A leaked video shows Senior Downing Street staff joking about a Christmas party thrown by the British Prime Minister during last year's Tier 3 COVID lockdown. This video shows AIDS rehearsing for a briefing four days after the alleged party. I've just seen reports on Twitter but there was a Downing Street Christmas party on Friday night. Do you recognize those reports? I went home. Hold on hold on. Um, uh, uh, uh. What's the answer? I don't know. I don't know.

It was the party who's cheese and wine. It's not clear, it's not. It's not a business meeting. It's just recorded. It's recorded. His fictional party was a business meeting. And it was not socially distanced. The insensitive remarks were recorded just days after an alleged Christmas celebration

at 10 Downing Street a year ago, a time when COVID restrictions in the country banned such gatherings and while Britain was battling with overflowing hospitals and rising COVID deaths. In Parliament, the Prime Minister addressed the scandal. I was also furious to see that clip. I have been repeatedly assured, since these allegations emerged, that there was no party, and that no COVID rules were broken,

and that is what I have been repeatedly assured. We saw them practicing the lie, and now you're gonna tell us that we must believe the lie? There was no party. You guys have to believe the thing. I have th. I I I I I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I the, I the, I the, I have the, I have the, I have the, I have the, I have thee, I have thee, I have thee, I have thee, I have been the, I have thee, I have thee, I have thee, I have thee. I have thee. I have thee. I have thee. I have thee. I have the, I have the, I have the, I have the, I the, I the, I the, I the, I the, I the, I the, I the, I the, I the, I the, I the, I have the, I have the, I've the. I've the the the the the the the the the the the the the thei the the the. I've the.the lie and now you're going to tell us that we must believe the lie? There was no party. You guys have to believe the thing that we saw is a thing, is not a thing. It is not a thing. Everybody must believe me. You know, Boris, Boris, would be a lot more believable if it didn't look like someone,

just pun. their tooge, th. I we catch another politician breaking their own COVID rules. Gavin Newsom went to that fancy restaurant. The mayor of Austin flew to Kabul. Andrew Cuomo kissed that bat. At the same time, I get why they broke COVID rules to have that party. I mean, people look forward all year long to the office

Christmas party. It's the only chance you have to have to have to have have everyone in the office see it, and then pretend like it never happened. It's like a whole pass from HR. But the worst part is how they're on video joking about it. I mean it's one thing to break your own rules. It's another thing to laugh about it. It's yet another thing to videotape it. It's like they tryrying to win the dumb-ass triathlon. If they manage a scandal that badly, how did they handle the pandemic? What? Even worse? Total disaster. Oh, that makes sense. Huh. I do feel bad for them, you know, that this whole thing came out a year later. You know, because this scandal is happening now, but the video is from a year ago. Because I'm sure after the first six or eight months, they probably thought it was over.

They probably thought they'd gotten away with it. It's almost like, imagine if you were at work, and then your eighth grade teacher walked in like, we finally tracked down whose gum that was under the desk, Mr. You're getting two weeks' to be three? But let's move on to a politician who never even had the chance to face calls for her resignation. Hillary Clinton. Five years after somehow losing an election to the world's worst person, Hillary is hoping that her failures can become a teachable moment for the rest of us.

Hillary Clinton for the first time sharing the victory speech she hoped to deliver in the 2016 presidential election. Clinton revisiting the speech as part of a masterclass video being released today on the topic of resilience. I've never shared this with anybody. I've never read it out loud. My fellow Americans, today you sent a message to the whole world. Our values endure. our democracy stands strong, and our motto remains, E. Pluribus Unum, out of many, one. Oof, that's brutal. And the way she's sitting like that, and she's reading it to us,

it's like the world's most depressing fairy tale. Once upon a time, an ogre crushed the dreams of a princess, and nobody lived happily ever after the end. But yes, Hillary Clinton is giving a master class on resiliency that's now available everywhere, except in Wisconsin for some reason. And in it, in it, she reads the victory speech that she never got to deliver. And I really love how she's like, I've never shared this speech with anybody before it was too painful and you're paying me how much?

Oh, well, I guess I could read a few pages. And you know, if this is a thing that we're allowed to do and someone pays you to do it, I also have speeches that I never got the chance to give. I've got it right here. I am so honored to be named the MVP of the NBA finals, and just days after being awarded the Nobel Prize for World's coolest penis. And look, yeah, you have to admit, it's a little weird to teach a master class on the biggest loss of your life. I mean, because there's plenty of things that Hillary could teach a master class on. She's kicked ass in so many things. It could be like the inner workings of Congress or

international relations or, um, I don't want to say killing Jeffrey Epstein. Look, I'll say one thing. You'll never see Donald Trump doing this. He doesn't write back up speeches. Because whether he wins or loses, that dude gives the same speech. And my legal team completely destroyed the prosecution. And I won the case. Totally won. What's that? Lights out?

Okay, Night Night Warden. See you guys, manana. But let's move on to our top story. It's the holiday season right now. You know, that time of year where sexual harassment is okay if it happens under a parasitic plant. It's also the time of year where Americans gather together with their families

to eat as much food as humanly possible. Yeah, between the Thanksgiving turkey and the Christmas goose and the New Year's deep-fried peacock? I don't know. Seems like every day is another excuse for a giant meal. I mean, for the whole month, people are basically playing Tetris with their stomach. If I can fit this turkey leg between these two yams, maybe I won't puked. Oh, I did it! Unfortunately, though, there are Americans who can't participate ththis feeding frenzy because for them, food is hard to come by.

And this year, there are more hungry people than usual. When COVID-19 swept across the U.S. in 2020, the need for emergency food assistance exploded. And that led experts to label hunger as the secondary pandemic. Compounding the issue, rising food prices caused by labor shortages, transportation costs, and supply chain disruptions. Consumer prices have jumped 6.2% since last year, a 30 year high, with the cost of groceries up 5.4% overall. Some items like beef and bacon surging by more than 20%.

An average family of four, paying $175 more for groceries per month than they paid last year. Feeding America says 42 million people, or one in eight, are going to bed hungry this year. Yeah, you hear that? That's a terrible, terrible stat. 42 million Americans are going to bed hungry. And nobody in America should be going to bed hungry. You should be going to bed to bed, replaying all than. than. than. th than than th than th than th than th than th than th than th th th th th th th.. th. th. th. th. th. the the, thi and th. th, thi and thi and thi and thi and the, thi, thi, thoomom- thoom- thoom- thoom- th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, and th, and th, th, th, and th, th, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thee, thee, thee, thee, thee, thee, the, and the, the, thea, thea, theaugh, thea, thea, theaugh, thea, thea, thea, thea. And, thea, thea, nobody, nobody in America should be going to bed hungry. You should be going to bed, replaying all the conversations you had all day and over-analyzing if you said anything wrong. Plus, going to bed hungry takes all the fun out of your sex dreams.

Because now a shirtless pizza guy shows up at your door and your mind is like, oh yeah, we're going to eat that pizza. But this is actually a big problem in America. It's called food insecurity, which I know sounds like when a watermelon wears its t-shirt in the swimming pool, but all it means is that people don't know where their next meal is coming from. And honestly, it makes no sense for a country this rich, to have this many hungry people. I mean, then again, it makes no sense sense the sense the sense the sense the sense the sense the sense the sense the sense the sense the s the s the s thii sense thi thi thi thi thi thi thi this many hungry people. I mean, then again, it makes no sense for a country this rich to have such poor health care, or such poor infrastructure, or such...

Actually, are you guys sure that America's rich? I'm just saying, is this like a lie that you set at a bar once and it kind of spun out of control? Either way, thanks to the pandemic, inflation and supply chain issues, this problem is as bad now in America as it's been in decades. And it may not come as a surprise that the groups hit hardest by food insecurity are the ones that get hit hardest by basically every problem in America, minorities, the elderly, and the disabled. But it turns out this problem is so widespread that it's also hitting a group you might never expect the

troops. Near Norfolk Air Station Oceania, you're looking at an American shame. The need to feed military families who can't feed themselves. 160,000 military families fight hunger. Thank you for your service. Especially vulnerable, Junior enlisted ranks. Almost 30% of them need help. The people who serve our country and sacrifice every single day

have to go to a food pantry to make sure that their families are fed. Among the causes, low wages, frequent moves, high unemployment among military spouses. How can they focus on the mission when your family can't even survive? Yeah, that's right. How can you fight a war if you're hungry? It's never a good sign for them thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi th th th th th th th th th th thu thu th thu thu thu thu thu thu thu thu- thu- thu- thu- thu- their thu- thu- thu- thu- their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their the mission when your family can't even survive? Yeah, that's right. How can you fight a war if you're hungry? It's never a good sign for your military when everyone is trying to get transferred to Colonel Sanders's units. I mean, at a certain point, you realize the other side doesn't even need weapons to defeat you. They can just hold up a bag of700 billion a year on the military. And its soldiers are going hungry? At the very least, they could make some of those fighter jets edible.

I mean, half of them can't even fly anyway. You might as well deep fry them. And that's just how bad food thrown. thinn's that food their local food bank, but it turns out it turns out things have gotten so bad that food banks are facing the same problem as everyone else. Food banks across the nation are facing yet another crisis just before the holidays. Organizers say supply chain issues and inflation have led to a drop in donations. They say that forced food banks to buy more items on their own at higher prices and of course since the pandemic hit, more people have been leaning on them for th for th for th for th for the their their their their their their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. th since the pandemic hit more people have been leaning on them for help. We are basically competing with everyone else as a pantry right supermarkets you know the household consumers at El Pasoans fighting hunger demand has quadrupled since the pandemic started

and now truckloads of food just aren't showing up to their desert community. So we are struggling every day to find adequate supply and I've never seen anything like this. One food bank director told MSNBC that her food bank usually has 5,000 turkeys in their freezer this time of year. This November, they had 5. Damn, 5 turkeys for thousands of people. Even Jesus would be like, wow, I mean I do miracles. Te. Te. Te. Te. thiiiiiiiiiiiiiii. thi for thousands of people. Even Jesus would be like, wow, I mean, I do miracles, but this, come on guys. But yes, the place that helps people who are struggling to get food is struggling to get food, which is a really bad sign. It's like a fire truck being on fire, or a firefighter being stuck up a tree. Just go down the way you came up.

Go down the way you went up. I can't. I'm scared. So right now in America, this is a real crisis. And one person helping to solve this crisis is Chef Jose Andres. His organization, the World Central Kitchen, is on the front lines fighting against food insecurity. And he joins us right now to talk about it. Chef Andres, welcome back to the daily show. Thank you for having me. Let's talk about this issue.. It this this this this this this this this this this this issue. It it this issue. It this issue. It this issue. It this issue. It this issue. It this issue. It this issue. It this issue. It this issue. this issue. this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this is this is this is this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this issue. this issue. this issue. this issue. th. th. th. thi thi thi thi. thi thi thi. thi. thi. thii. thii. this is is is is is is is is this is this is this is this is this is this is this istalk about it. Chef Andres, welcome back to the Daily Show. Thank you for having me. Let's talk about this issue. It seems like such a paradox. And honestly, I think for many people,

their minds don't see to grasp, like not what the problem is, but how they can be a problem in America. How is it that at least 10% of America's population is food insecure in a country where something like 40% of the food goes wasted. How is this possible? So Trevor, this is the conundrum we're facing not only in America but around the world. The problem of hunger is real. What happened is we don't know people that are hungry, right? Because if you and I we know them, the problem is fairly simple. We share with them what we have and the problem itself. So hunger is a problem is a problem, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi problem, thi problem, thi thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, the thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the thi, is a the is a throooan, is a that, is a their, is a their, is a their, is a their, is a their, is a their, is a them what we have and the problem itself. So hunger is a problem that actually has a very simple solution.

Let's put democracy, let's put our government, the institutions at the service of making sure that hunger is a problem of the past because yes, it's enough food to fit everybody. We need to make sure that food stops being the problem, but food actually becomes the solution of having, you know, a community, a society that keeps looking forward to the future, one-plate of food at the time. Now, have you come across any specific models that work better than others? I mean, you know, you've been in disaster zones helping people get food.

Everywhere from Puerto Rico to Texas. You know, you've been in situations where people don't have the infrastructure to get the food until you have to find a way to build that. Or there are people who are just food insecure and they don't have the meals, but they do have the infrastructure. Is there a catch all that works or does each city and each place to find find something that works for them. What is the solution from your perspective? Obviously, it's not one solution that just covers everything and everywhere. Every community will need its own response.

But let me show you what we did with Wall Central Kitchen. In a moment that the entire restaurant system was shutting down all across America, what we did at Wall Central Kitchen was very simple. If you need to stop a fire, you've seen the firefighters. If you need to feed people, who you should be putting in charge of achieving these, cooks, restaurants. How many tens of thousands of restaurants we don't have in America?

In a moment that they were shut down, what World Central Kitchen did, was simple. Let's partner with them. We had more than 3,000 restaurants in our system and let's one restaurant at the time be feeding the elderly homes, their homeless shelters, the hospitals, who whatever was in need of plate of food. What we did was keeping the system working. We put the money that people were giving to us at the service of feeding American people.. the system working. We put the money that people were giving to us at the service of feeding American people. We didn't only solve the problem. We kept the system working. The restaurants

could keep employing their cooks, the restaurants could keep paying their rent, the restaurants could keep paying their farmers. What we did was keeping the system wholly 360 degrees not only feeding the hungry, but maintaining the economy up and running. When you look at the challenges that people face, whether it's food deserts, you know, whether it's trying to find food banks that give people food that is actually good for them,

that presents a different challenge, and I know that that's something that you're very passionate about. What can we do to improve those conditions for people so that they can eat something that can help them? Let's take a look at something so simple that does so much good, snaps. What people will know as food stamps, when a single mother, maybe with three, four children that is working outside home and has to feed their children.

With food stumps, she gets the help help help help help help help that puts food on the table as she can take care of education for their children, the health issues that they may have, etceter, etc. But take a look what happens if we only give her money to buy food and all of a sudden in the community that woman lives, she has no supermarket to buy fresh foods and she has to go 10, 20, 30 minutes away to another community that woman lives. She has no supermarket to buy fresh foods and she has to go 10, 20, 30 minutes away to another community that maybe is a richer community. If all of the sudden we make that the federal government supports the ending of food debtors in America, that woman will be able to buy locally with the same

money of solving the problem of hunger. We are helping the economy to become more productive, creating jobs, helping that woman to live in a community that actually she's proud of all of a sudden we don't only end hunger, we don't only end food desert, but we make one community at the time better. This is a way we need to start thinking in smarter ways to end hunger. Not only use robing money the problem, but investing in smart solutions that make one community at the time better. I love that. I mean, you're just showing how like the food chain impacts every single aspect of society,

and if we figure that out, we can help to try and impact more parts of society. Chef Jose, thank you so much for joining me again on the show. Good luck with everything that you're doing. You know, at the end of the show, we're gonna give people information on how they can help with your organization, which may end up helping them one day. So thank you so much, to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to th for thi thi thi thi thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. thi. thi. thi, thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. the. the. the. the. tooooooo. the. the. the. the. the. tha. tha. tha. tha. th all think about building longer tables, not higher walls, and the wall will be a better place. Thank you so much, Chef.

Have a good one. All right, when we come back, we'll take a look back at everyone who ghosted us in 2021. You don't want to miss it. Welcome back to the daily show. twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty-oneone-one to-one to-one to-one to-one to-one to-one to-one to-one tooooo-one to-one is to-one is to-one is to-one is t-one. t-one. t-one. t-one. t-one. to-one. to-one. to-one. to-one, the the the too-one, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the to, to, to-one. to-one. to-one. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. to-one. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. ttoda. tttttoday, tttoday, ttoday, too. too. too. too. to. to. to. I think we can all agree that compared to last year, it has been a pretty perfect year. So for the rest of the month, we'll be remembering all of 2021's best moments in our year-end segment, a look back at 2021, the least bad year of the last two years. Tonight, Dulce-Sloan looks back at all the exits of the year. Hello, friends. 2020 was a lot of things, but more than anything, it was the year of exits.

Everyone was exiting something. People were exiting their jobs. Deonte Wilder, exited consciousness. Even Bill Cosby got out of jail. And that was an exit that nobody wanted. And you might have thought the most expensive exit of the year was Bill and Melinda Gates' divorce. But you're forgetting a much bigger separation that costs more money than Microsoft Boy could ever dream of. After nearly 20 years, the last U.S. troops have left Bagram air base in Afghanistan. Obviously the end of a chapter for America's forever war. The total cost they've they they they they they they they've they've they've they've they've they've they've they've they've they've they've they've they've they've they chapter for America's forever war. The total cost they've estimated is $2.261 trillion.

Damn! $2.61 trillion? Ah! I hope America paid for that on a credit card. Because those points will come in handy when we're booking flights to the next country we invade. Does Iran take Chase Sapphire? I guess we'll find out. But yes, after 20 long years, the U.S. finally left Afghanistan. And you know it's really over, because America

didn't even accidentally leave a toothbrush behind so we'd have an excuse to go back. Whoops, silly me. But maybe while I'm over we can try some nation building again. And while no breakup it's ever easy, this one was handled especially poorly. Although not as poorly as my last breakup, you think Afghanistan was bad? You try telling me you want to see other people. You don't need to withdraw from my apartment. I'm throwing your ass out the window myself. Where was I? Oh, yes.

While our troops were exiting Afghanistan, some of the richest Americans couldn't wait to exit America. And they were going to the normal rich people places like Monaco or Fiji or Jeffrey Epstein's Island. No, they were exiting the Earth's atmosphere. Billionaires in space. Richard Branson, going where no billionaire has gone before. 24 hours from now, Jeff Bezos will be launching to the heavens. Space Sucks, the company, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, tho, thi, thi, thi, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. And, th. And, th. And, th, th, th, th, th, th, the the th, th, the th, the th, th, th, th, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. that that that that that that. that that. that that that that. that, Bezos will be launching to the heavens.

SpaceSak Senior Director said the company actually saw an increase in increase from people who wanted to buy a private spacecraft. So clearly there are a lot of rich people out there, much richer than the rest of us. Well, first of all, this is relatable. After a year of lockdown, I was ready to blast in a space too. And these billionaires don't even live next to an apartment with a poodle yapping all damn day. Just poop in the house, Mr. Sprinkles. Nobody cares.

Your owners is nasty anyway. Still, can't get these rich dudes to calm down? I guess for these guys, you're not rich unless everyone knows you're rich. Humans, humans, Martians, the worms, the worms, the worms, the worms, the worms, them worms from Doom, whatever the hell Chubaca is, everybody. Now what I don't understand is why their rockets keep going up and then landing back on Earth again. If you're gonna get the f-out, get the fuck out. You keep calming and going. Listen, Earth's gonna start charging you a carver charge. And no, we're not giving you a risk ban either, you're gonna have to pay every time you come back in........ And to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to their, to their, to their, their, to be to be to be their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their their the, the, their their the, their their their their rocket, their their their their their their their their, the you're going to have to pay every time you come back in. But not everyone's exit was voluntary. Take former President Donald Trump. No, I'm

not talking about him getting kicked out of the White House. I'm talking about him getting kicked off of a place he cared about a lot more. Social media. Well, they did it. Donald Trump has officially been kicked off Twitter. In the wake of Wednesdays siege, right. the social, toeeee. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. thiii. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thea, thea, thea, thea, thea, thea, tha. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. So, the. the. So, the. I, t. I, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. And, th. I, th. I, th. th. t. t. t. t. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. announced late Friday that Trump is now permanently suspended from the platform. A long list of social media sites have now either banned or restricted President Trump, including Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Spotify. Yeah, ha ha! Trump got booted from basically every social media site in January and you know why, which is kind of a shame because it deprived us of what might have been the funniest milk grate challenge of all time.

I know Trump did a lot of damage as president, but what could he have possibly done on Spotify? their shit, they're scared to start a podcast? I mean, he even got kicked off of Spotify. I know Trump did a lot of damage as president, but what could he have possibly done on Spotify? Were they scared to start a podcast? Because Lord knows you wouldn't want anyone on Spotify hyping up middle-aged white men with misinformation. While billionaires were exiting gravity and tru-au-triving their twa. their damn minds.

I know nobody likes wearing masks and getting a shot, but some of y'all were embarrassing yourselves. This is tyrney and this is Paul. We don't stand up, it's only going to get worse. You don't need a mask. I have a right to my pizza. You gave me one fucking warning. One warning. Who's the one?

Who's the safety stick? You don't find it. Really? Ow Ow! Ow! to the hell? What in the hell?

When did every American become a mix between Mel Gibson and Braveheart and Mel Gibson after his arrest? And for what? Because the mask feels itchy on your shitty go-tee? Come on, dude. I tell you who I feel bad for. Those poor flight attendants. How do you lose your damn mind to the point where you assault the person that's supposed to save you in a plane crash? I know if somebody got an attitude on my plane. I have no problem opening the door and letting the ass get sucked out.

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I have money! I'm currently on TV. No? Racist. Thank you so much for that duels say. All right, when we come back, we'll be joined by the star of the new hit show. Lou Labelle. You don't want to miss it.

Welcome back to the Daily Show. My guest tonight is actor Lou L'Obel. She's here to talk about her starring role in the new Apple TV plus series Foundation. And then all hell breaks loose. Lubell. Welcome to the show. Thank you for having me, Trova. I'm so happy to be here. I'm happy to have you here because, you know, it's rare thr-it. It's rare th. It's rare th. It's rare th. It's rare th. It's rare th. It's rare th. It's rare, it's rare, it's rare, it's rare, it's rare, it's rare, it's rare, it's rare, it's rare, it's a the the the the the the the the the the the the the to be the the to be. I. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. to, I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I'm to, to be. I's. I'm the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the tr. tr. tr. the tr. tr. the the tod the today. the the today. the the the the you meet people like right at the beginning of what I believe will be like just an amazing career you're you're not just a fantastic actor but you're on a show that has just been renewed for a second season congratulations. Thank you very much. Let's start with that foundation the show. What did you know about it before you audition to be part of like this mega franchise that Apple is building now? I mean I didn't then then then then then then th. th. th. th. th. to to to to to to to th. told told told told the th. told the th. th. to have told to have th. I to have told, the the the thi. I told, told, told, told, told, the their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. I'm thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thr. I'm thr. I'm theeeat theat theeat theat theeeeeeeat thi. I thi. I thee. th mega franchise that Apple is building now. I mean I didn't know much about it. I told my dad when I got the audition that I had this audition for a sci-fi called Foundation and he was like, I love it. He read all the books. He was like, you know me and Asimov have the same PhD. Duh da da da da. And I think actually that's what got me my second audition because I mentioned that in the first audition and they were like, we love that and it worked so thank you dad for that. But yeah it's so exciting.

So I didn't know this before I started watching it but I didn't know that the the books that it's based on are actually the books that inspired Star Wars. Yeah. What I love is that your story is almost as interesting as your character story because I meet few people who I think are as much citizens of the world as you are born in Spain you're your father Spanish yeah I was born in Zimbabwe you're born in? Spanish you're born in Sibabwe you're born in Sibabwe you're born in? the? I was born in Sibabwe they. Yeah. then I was born in Sibabwe in of you move to the UK yeah because you know the world for those who don't know foundation is this is this it's like this future dystopian but not

dystopian world where everything is ending but possibly beginning and your character plays you know in many ways like you said your version of you're the version of life she's going to be everywhere for sure that to thi? to th. th. th. th. thi thi thi thi thi thi the the thi thi the the the thi the thi thi the thi thi thi thi to to to to to to to the. to to to to their their to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to their their their the their the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the thi. thi. thi. thooooooooooooooooooooooo. the the. thooooooooooooooooooooo. the. the. the. ied in in a cool way. Yeah, it's pretty amazing. I also like leaving home South Africa. Yes, exactly. To move to the UK to do this job and to, you know, work really hard to try and do this, which I thought is something I wanted to do all my life and I feel very grateful to be here. I mean, I'm sure that you have a similar experience like your career has taken off. I mean I'm I I I'm I I I'm I'm I I I I I I I'm I'm I'm I I'm I'm th. I'm th. I'm that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that I'm sure. I'm sure I'm that's that's that's that's to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to that's that's that's that's th. that's that's that's thrown. I'm thrown. I'm thrown. I'm thrown. that I'm thrown. that's thr thr the. the. the. the. the. that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's they. that's that's that's that's that's that's that's where that's where that's where that's where that's where that's where that's where that's where that's where that's where I'm that's where. that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's th. the. they. they. they. they. they. they. the. their. I. I's where I'm the. I'm that's where I'm the. I'm that's where I'm that's where I'm that's where I'm that's where I'm that coming from a place like South Africa. Oh wow, thank you very much for that. Yeah. Had I known that you were watching my career like that, I would have thought it was too much pressure and I would have just failed on purpose to get out from under the thing. But thank you for that. But it's true, but I think you are already genuinely because I thought I love about

like foundation in the stories it's this world where it's like somebody who is told that they're in a small world and small can go on to become something so big you know you're playing this huge role I was fascinated by this though like is it true that the audition process were like five days? Yeah, so I did like three rounds and the last one was five days in Ireland and Limerick, which is a few note, Ireland is a very small little town. Right. And it was six of us, going up for the same role. And we all, they tried to keep us apart, but we all kind of found each other. I mean, it's not very difficult in limerick, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, there, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is.. the, is. the, is. the, is. the, is a. the, is a. the, is a. the the the the to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to to. to to to to to the to the the, the, the brown girls and so we literally came out of the hotel and we don't go for breakfast and be like you

you must be you know like that's yes yes yes I mean and it was amazing it was of course we were all like kind of competing but we found this like weird connection because we were all women of color in a situation which we don't usually find ourselves. Which is like in a sci-fi audition? Yeah, very often. And there were six of us and it was like the most incredible like inspiring you know thing and we would let me have a group chat. Wait like you guys are still friends. Yeah we still text yeah and they're all brilliant actresses and it was just like the most amazing experience. It was tough it was tough and th th th th th th th th th th like like like like like like like like like like th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th. th. th. th. th. th. thi th. thi th. thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi. Which thi thi. thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi th, yeah. And they're all brilliant actresses. And it was just like the most amazing experience.

It was tough and harrowing. Right. Don't get me wrong, but it was a cool environment actually. Let's talk a little bit about that part of it. Because you have women who are playing roles that were in the book men. And then obviously race, race almost becomes irrelevant in the casting of the people people, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, th, to, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, thi, to to to to to to to, to, to to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, th............ the, the, the, the, the, the the the the the the the the tho, the thoooooooome, the to me, to to to to the to to get to to to to to the tho, to tho, which makes it more interesting. Was that refreshing for you to play a role where it was just like, oh, it's about you being a math genius, who happens to be brown? Exactly, brown and a woman, which I don't think is very, you know, and it's amazing to be able to be this powerful woman,

young woman in this world which is run by white men, you know, in this world of course. No no we talk about the fictitious. Yeah yeah yeah. But yeah so we and it's amazing to be able to do that and show that there's power in like working things out with your brain and not just like a physical you know fighting and stuff which is still pretty cool I think. Yeah but yeah so that was really great. What I wanted to know is how many people have noticed you Playing a cameo in the show. It is you right? Yeah, I'm in the background of episode three. It's when Hugo like flies in and the kids are running part and they run past me. Right. They did a very good job of making me someone else because I am not Gail in that scene. But I was so

desperate to be on that set because that set was like literally life-sized, you know, none of that was VFX, like except for the ship coming in, it was all like real. So you just wanted to go there. I just wanted to be on that set and I begged David Goya and Alex Graves and was, you can see me in the background. Thank you so much for joining me on the show. And congratulations on all your success. Thank you. All right, season one of Foundation is available right now on Apple TV Plus. We're going to take a quick break, but we'll be right back after this.

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