The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Between the Scenes - The Funniest Moments

Episode Date: September 13, 2021

In this collection, Trevor talks about the time he literally bumped into Barack Obama, his bafflement at "clean" versions of hip-hop songs, calling 911 in South Africa, and more. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When 60 Minutes premiered in September 1968, there was nothing like it. This is 60 Minutes. It's a kind of a magazine for television. Very few have been given access to the treasures in our archives. But that's all about to change. Like none of this stuff gets looked at. That's what's incredible. I'm Seth Done of CBS News. Listen to 60 Minutes, a second look, starting September 17th, wherever you get your podcasts. You're listening to Comedy Central.

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And so it slipped out. I didn't plan it at all. So I'm speaking to him, he's like, how you doing, da, da, da, da. And then he says that, and then I was like, and then I was like, and then I was like, no, no, I meant like you look good. What is my favorite accent to do? It depends on the day. I'm not gonna lie. It depends on the day.

Sometimes I'll choose an accent for the day if I'm on vacation. Genuinely, I'll just be like, I'll just be like, I'll just be like, oh, I'm Australian for the day. And I'll just be Australian for the great thing about an Australian accent is that you always sound happy. Because always, like, it doesn't matter what it is, but it always goes up and it's like really exciting, you know? It's just got that thing. Like even an Australian gave you bad news, it always sounds good. It's like, hey mate, your mom's dead.

It's just, so yeah. It's just, so yeah. One of my favorite things to do though is sometimes, because I don't really impersonate general accents, I impersonate people. So the Australian that I do is a friend of mine from Australia. And then like if I do like a Nigerian accent, it's a friend of mine from Nigeria. Because I can't, because people all have different accents. Do you know what the Australian accent is, I know what my Indian friend's, so I just impersonate his accent.

And then like Trinidad, I just know my friend from Trinidad. This is his accent, so I just do his accent. And then I remember like one dad did the Trini accent, and then people from Trinidad. They were like, they're like, they're like, that's not guys I haven't lived in America I've lived in America for a long time and like it's not my fault I didn't try to change my accent they're like you're leading Trevor no or wrong you're not speaking to where but they want

the clean versions of the songs. Mostly because I'm always fascinated by the people who are listening to the clean version and like do they just not know what's going on there? Like so like are there some people at these events where like a rapper comes and performs and like he's got lude lyrics and then the rappers up there and is like a stigma in her and she knows that it's like and I know that and then all there some people in the audience are like I wonder what he's sticking I wonder I wonder I wonder what you think is happening in the song like what clean versions of hip-hop like a clean v. their song like what the thi thinne. th is th is th is th is th is th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thin. thinnenenenenenenene. thin. the the the the their their their thi. their their some their their their their their their their their some their some their some their some their some their some their some their some their some their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their so so. thi. thi. I thi. I thi. I thin. I thin. I thin. I theeeeeeeeememem. thin. thin. theeeeeeeeemem-s. their their their their strange concept to me. Why would you want hip-hop just without like hip-hop? I like it. I like hip-hop a lot.

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So just be like, Mary Jane, she, my heart. It's like, yeah, I don't want to hear about heartbreak. It's the clean version. That's what this is. When 60 Minutes premiered in September 1968, there was nothing like it. This is 60 Minutes. It's a kind of a magazine for television. Very few have been given access to the treasures in our archives. But that's all about to change. Like none of this stuff gets looked at.

That's what's incredible. I'm Seth Done of CBS News. Listen to 60 Minutes, a second look, starting September 17th, wherever you get your podcasts. So the blackout happened. Dave, what day was the blackout? Saturday. So, um, so Dave and I, we, we, we live in the same building, and he came from South Africa with me to come work on the Daily Show, right? And so, we're, it's blackout.

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so we'll like, we'll move the 4K TV to your promise or you can watch the thing. So anyway, so we're like, okay, cool. Let's get the TV, it's like a 60-inch TV, you know, like carrying the thing, and then like walking in the hallway, and as we walk into the hallway, the lights come on. And then, and then like, all the neighbors come out, because everyone wants to see if the lights are on ever, so everyone like opens their doors in the hallway, and then it's like, we're there there with a TV. And you, you, and it's like, and it's like, and then, th, th, th, th, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the... the. the.. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the're there with a TV. And you know what's funny? Because I love my neighbors and we know each other. And you, like, the neighbors are, hey!

And they're like, hi Trevor, hi David. And we're like, um, it's our TV. We're just, we're moving it to another. And you could just see, it was like an awkward moment. It was like, oh, man. So in my my my my my my my my my my my my my my my my my my my my my my family my family my family my family my family my family my family my family my family, 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. 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. th. th. And, you. And, you. And, you. And, you. And, you. And, you. And, you. And, you. And, you. th. And, you. th. th. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. th th th th th th th th th another. And you could just see, it was like an awkward moment. It was like, oh, man. So in my family, my two younger brothers are, so from my mother's second marriage. And so I'm still the only person in my family who looks like this.

So my mom is African woman, black possa woman. My father's from Switzerland, so he was a white man. And so I look like this, and then remarried a black man so my brothers don't look like me either right and I remember what was really beautiful was my brothers we always spoke about this stuff so my parent they were like yeah different dads we get how this works so my brother one day I pick him up from school right he's like he's like he's a really young at the time was what maybe like I think it was a nice I think he maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he was maybe he was maybe he was maybe he was maybe he was maybe he was maybe he was like maybe I was like maybe I was like maybe I was like I was like I was like I was like I was like I was like I was like I was like I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was I was he he he was he he was he he he he he he he he he he he was like he was a th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. I was like like. I was like. I, he gets in the passenger seat and he fastens these seat belts. And I'm like, what's going on, Isaac? And he's like, hey, Trevor, he's like, oh, kids, I just don't know what to do with kids, Trevor. You know, like, uh, kids, thanks.

Hea's today, thrown? Then I said, no, my brother is picking me up. Then he said, ah, who's your brother? Then I said, Trevor. Then now when we're walking, he sees you in the cart. Then he says, who's that, who's that? Then I said, who's that? Then he says, who's that, then, but how can your brother, how the brother, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, to, to, to, to, to, to, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, th, the, th, th, the, the, the, th. th. th. 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, th, th, th. th. th. th. th. thr. thr. thr. thr. to, to, to, tooo, th. the, thee, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, mixed, you don't look the same. How can your brother not look the same? Then, so now I'm like, oh man, I'm gonna have to like go through this.

So then I'm like, so, so what did you say to him? And he's like, ah, Trevor, like, I'd have to explain it the way kids understand. He said, I just say to him, You can have like a white chocolate and you can have a duck chocolate and you can have a milk chocolate. But it's all Nestle, okay? I was thinking like, I think part of the problem in America is that 911, people think of 911 as being instant response. And because like when I was growing up in South Africa, one of my favorite TV shows

I used to watch with my mom was a show called Rescue 911, right with William Shatnerner. And it was like a show where they go like, 911, do you have an emergency? And it'd be like, hi, I'm in my house, and something, whatever, and then like 911, and then like 911, and then like 911, and then like 911, and then like 911, and this is like, 911, and we never thought of it their number, and they, and they, and they, and, and, and, and, and, and, they, they, they, they, and, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, like, like, they, like, they, like, like, do, they, they, like, they, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, they, they, they, they, they, th, th, th, they, th, they, they, like, like, like, they, like, like, like, they, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, they, like, like, like, they, like, they, like, they, they, they, they, they, they because they try to be like yeah we've also got a thing people like 10 triple one was like no and because they try to go with that feeling but we never thought of it as instant response because if you would call our like call senses it wouldn't be as efficient and so like in America I think people are used to the fact that something will get done now so I was thinking what you should do is just like to like the like like like like like the like the like the like the like the like the like the like the like the like the like the the the the th will like th will like th will like the th will like thu thu thu. th. th. th. Just like th. th. th. th. Just like thi. Just like the. th. the. the. the. the. the. th. the. the. the. 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. th. th. th. th. they. they. they. they'll the. t. t. te. tell. tell. tell. tell. they'll. tell. they'll tell. they'll they'll try. try. th. th. operators here. Just so that people stop thinking 911 is like an instant solution. Because like South African, like they'll ask you questions. Like in America, they just go, someone's getting robbed, they're like we're on our way.

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I was like, I'm speaking German. He's like, no, it's better if you speak English. No, no, this is, no, this is, he's like, it's better if you don't speak to German, it's fine. But then now I could speak sounded a little bit like Hitler. Yeah, which no one told me on this side of the world because we don't know how he really spoke or anything, but I would be in Germany and apparently the way I would hit certain inflections

would freak people out. And it's like, think of it like Barack Obama's voice. Like if someone learned English in America and they got here and they were like, I just want to have a, you'd be like, hey, you're doing the Barack Obama thing and they'd be like, oh, what are you talking about? You know what I mean? So I would do that, like I'd go in places and then I'd like order food and like someone would be there and be like, gooden today, uh shanken! And the people would look at me. And then when we left, my friend was like, I was like, why would they look, did I say it like,

like wrong, wrong words? She's like, no, you sound a little bit like Hitler, and she was like, and the people are really frightened about that, and I was like, so I spoiled the day, and she was like, yeah, you did, you know? And I was like, well, that brings me a lot of schadenfreude. Who else do we have from where? Yes? Egypt? Oh, very nice.

That's cool. Cool and exotic. Yes. How things are going over there? Just blink if it's good. And blink twice if it's bad. I won't say your name, I won't put you on camera. You can go back, your president doesn't have to know you are here. Things are good in Egypt. When you watch Donald Trump, does he remind you a little bit of Egyptian leaders?

Yeah, a lot? Yeah, it's just like, just without the Arabic. Just like, say again? They're also what? Oh, they are friends. Yeah, yeah, he is. Can see that. It'd be cool if. Like, I feel like, Trump would be exactly the same, even if he spoke Arabic, it would be like the same thing. I'd be like, Halalawa, I trade, than I'll try to thank-lawah.

Y'alawa, eh, ya. But thick o'clock, that's a night la'a. Y'alaya. Say y'allah! The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Ears Edition. The Daily Show on YouTube for exclusive content and stream full episodes any time on Paramount Plus. This has been a Comedy Central Podcast. When 60 Minutes premiered in September 1968, there was nothing like it. This is 60 Minutes. It's a kind of a magazine for television.

Very few have been given access to the treasures in our archives. But that's all about to change. Like none of this stuff gets looked at, that's what's incredible. I'm Seth Done of CBS News. Listen to 60 Minutes, a second look, starting September 17th, wherever you get your podcasts.