The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Between the Scenes - Trevor Talks About His Family

Episode Date: December 26, 2021

In this compilation, Trevor chats about his insightful 10-year-old brother, his beloved childhood dog Fufi, his mom's disdain for food fights, his grandma's infallible memory and more. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to Comedy Central. 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 Swiss from Switzerland, so he was a white man. And so I look like this, and then my mom 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 this today. they're like different dads we get how this this works someat so he's the school right he's like he's really young at, 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, oh, kids, thrown. I I said, no, my brother's 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 say, who's my brother, then, then he says, ah, but how can not 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, really, 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? Any questions? No, you're good? Okay.

Yeah. Yeah? How's Foofie? How's? How's Fufie? Wow? That's a deep cut. Man.

You can't just ask me that like, just random. Youto be like hey Trevor so I read in your book and you can't just be like how's Fuffy because my mind went to who the hell? No because because Fufi died. So for those those don't so I had a I had a dog when I was growing up like one of the dogs we had we had my mom was working at a pharmaceutical company and her colleague came to work when they were like, hey, my neighbor's dog impregnated my dog, so now I have all these puppies I don't want and they're like this weird mix of like a bullteria and a Maltese poodle. So do you want to take them? And I was like, all right, I'll take two ta. And then my mom brought them. And I'd thi th. I have their their their th. I have their their their their their their th. I was their th. I was th. th. I was like, their, th. th. I was, th. I was, th. I was, their, their, their, their, their, their, my neighbor, my neighbor, my neighbor, my neighbor, my neighbor, my neighbor, my neighbor, my neighbor, my neighbor, my neighbor, my neighbor, my neighbor, my neighbor, my their, my neighbor, my neighbor, my mom, my mom, my mom, my mom, my mom, my mom, my mom, my mom, my mom, my mom, my mom, my mom, my mom, my mom, my mom, my mom, my mom, my mom, the the the the the the the th. M. I was th. M. I was t. I was t. I was t. M. I was tog. I was tog. I was tog. My neighbor, tog. My neighbor, tog. My neighbor, tog. My tog. My togu. My had a dog before and I was like, this is the most amazing thing in the world. And so we raised them and it was two beautiful dogs. They looked completely different, but they were sisters, they were the best Fufi and Panther.

And my mom called the one Panther because she had a pink nose or the pink panther. And then, and Fufi was like, the dumbest, like, the the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, and, the, the, the, and, the, and, the, the, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, 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 i the most because she just like looked really vicious and I used to think that Fufi was really stupid and then one day what happened was like at our house somebody was trying to like come into the house like a family friend and they were trying to open the gate and then they moved the gate and then the gate fell and then Panther ran away because they like sleep by the gate and then they moved the gate and then the gate fell and then Panther ran away because she they like sleep by the gate and then panther ran but then Fufi didn't and then the gate hit her and then like it broke her spine it was devastating so then we went to the vet and then like the vet was like I can't help her you know we've got to put it down put out of a misery and the was like, how did you guys raise a deaf dog? And we were like, what? And he was like, we're like, what do you mean a deaf dog?

And he was like, oh, like, afterwards, like, I just, when I was just going through, examining her while she's still like living, I realized that she wasn't born with, I guess, a certain part of the cochlear or something. And we were like, I literally just be like, Fufi, sit! Listen to me, sit, Fufi, that was like, you're so dumb, you're so dumb. And I never knew that the dog, and then we realized, what used to happen was, when we'd call the dogs, we'd be like, Fufi, Pantha, and Fufi would never come. But Pantha would come, and then she'd come running, you tha, and then, and then, and then, tha, tha, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, like, th, and I was like, like, like, and I was like, th, th, like, and I was like, th, th, th, th, th, I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, th, th, th, th, th, th, th. and I was like, th. And I was like, th. And I was like, th. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. thi. thi. th thi. thi. thi, thi, thi, thi, I then she'd run back and then they would both come and I always used to be like Fufi's just dumb and then I realized Panto was like

ah she didn't hear and then she'd go back and fetch her and then she'd then both of them would come and then like now I went back and my husband is like like, Vufi, I miss you for me. So that's how Fufi's doing. that. So, that's that's that's thi. that's like, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, I thi, I thi, I th, I th, I's, I'm, th, thi, thi, thi, the the the the thi, thi, I'm, I'm, the the their, their, their, their, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I'm, I 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 their, I their, I their, I their, I thi, I thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th's how Fufi's doing. She's, uh... Yeah. In Africa, like, so my mom, she would let me watch like a sex scene in a movie. She would be like, I don't care about that. But if kids were playing with food, she'd make me turn the movie off. So whenever, so that whenever there's like, I used to watch those high school movies, those American movies, and th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, so, th, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, th so, th so, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th so, thi, th so, tho, th so, so, so, fight in the cafeteria, then my mom would be like, turn it off, turn it off, turn it off.

And then I'll be like, what do you mean? She's like, why are they wasting food? Then I was like, it's a movie, she's like, but it's real food. It's real food. How can you waste food are they wasting food? When is my mom going to be on the show? Never. Here's the thing with my mom, two things. One, she has no interest in television or any of these things that I do. She just loves the fact that I can pay the rent and she loves me for who I am.

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I'm going to send it to my mom. to the the the the kid, the kid, to the kid, to to to the kid when when when when when when I was, to to to to to to to to to to the kid, to the kid, the kid, the kid, to the kid, the kid, the kid.en, their the kid. I was their their their their their. I was to to to to to to to their to to their their their their their their their their their their their their their to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to their their their. their. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. ti. ti. ti. ti. ti. ti. ti. ti. My ti. ti. was like, okay, but, uh, okay, let's move over that. First of all, the camera adds 20 pounds. Um, but let's talk about the other person in the picture. Lionel Richie. And then she was like, oh, yes. Oh, that's nice. Oh, okay. That was the thing. She, like, she just, 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. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, 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. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. th. th. to. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. oh wow, okay, that was the thing. She, like, she just genuinely, and then like four or five days ago, I guess she was on the internet, which she doesn't regularly do, she goes emails and then she's done. And she was on the internet, and then my brother, like, like, was going through pictures of me or something.

And then she was like, hey, I saw sent you the picture two and a half years ago. And then she was like, which picture, oh, the picture where you are fat? Then I'm like, ah! How's my grandmother doing? Oh, she's fantastic, man. 91 years old and 10 months. Yeah, she makes me count the years and months as well now. It's a new thing.

She's, did she cook for me? No, she's too old. Oh no, no, no, she even says to me, I was like, what do you do, go? She's like, oh me? She's like, I just enjoy being alive. And then all she does is she, she's just tooes at home. Like, she's got like her squad of grannies.

And they all just come and hang out. And she, it's like, it's like a weird team of like superheroes where they've all got their specialties and then hers is that her memory is bulletproof. So all her friends ask her about things they've forgotten about in life. But I'm like, she's got a better memory than, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, 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, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, like, th. And, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like But I'm like, she's got a better memory than me, my mom, everybody. She can tell you what your thing happened, what month, everything. And so her friends come over, and they'll be, and they'll ask like random questions. They'll be like, normalizo. Like, where, where did I theat? Where did I that? And then she'd be like, and she said, oh, you to be, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, tho, the, the, what, the, what, 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. tho, tho, thooo, thooooo, th... thooooooooo, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th., yeah. So all she does all day, she just, she loves writing, that's what she does.

And I asked her why, and she said, she says, to be 91, and know how to still read and write, oh, I'm so blessed. So that's all she does. Yeah. Did I do anything fun while I was on vacation? Actually, I went back home to South Africa. Yeah, it was just fun. I went went to went to went to went to went to to to to to to to check, to check, to check, to check, to check, to check, to to to to to to to to to 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,. I went to check on my, like the foundation, went to catch up with my people. And it's funny because every time I go home, people always shouted me about going home,

which is a weird thing. So like I'll get home and then at the board of, like literally at customs, the woman was like, Trevor like Trevor when are you coming home and I was like I'm home she's like no but when are you coming home and I was like but I'm here right now you're holding my passport she's like no that doesn't count Trevor that doesn't count Trevor we miss you then I'm like but it's not like you saw me like I'm just running around in the streets every day it's like no Trevor come home I'm like I was just running around in the streets every day. It's like, no, Trevor, come home. I'm like, I'm home.

But then what was crazy and amazing was I was, so I was in Cape Town, and then my, a friend of mine called me and said, yo, Trevor, what are you doing? And I said, I'm waiting, I'm going to go to an event later t you. So I was like, the president of what? No, because I just didn't assume that the president, like I was like the president could be like the president of this company, the president of like the student association, the president, I don't know. So I'm like, which president, and he's like, and he's like, the president. the presidential homestead, like, like, the president, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, the, like, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, 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 president, the president, the president, the president, the president, the president, the president, the president, the president, the president, the president, the president, the president, the president, the president, the president, the president, the president, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, no, he just wants to like, he wants you to come and say hi. So he wants you to come to like the, like, to the presidential homestead in Cape Town

and just come and say hi. I was like, okay? And so then I was with my friends, and I was like, guys, we've got to go do this thing. And my friend's like, their friend's like, their friend's like, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, 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 president... the, the president. the, the, the, the, the, the president. the, the, the president. the, the president. the president. the president. the president,them what it was. So like my friend's like wearing a hoodie, my other friend's wearing like a free t-shirt. And then we, and I'm wearing a suit because I'm going to another event. And then we get there and then they're like, are we here to pick up? And then I say to the person on the count, I'm like, oh, we're here to see the president. and the president. and the president. and the president, and the president, and the president, dude, dude, dude, dude, dude, dude, dude, dude, dude, dude, dude, dude, dude, dude, dude, dude, dude, dude, dude, dude, dude, dude, dude, dude, dude, dude, thu, thre's, thre's, and then, and I'm thre's, and I'm thre's, and I'm tho, and I'm tho, and I'm thu, and I'm thu, and I'm thu, and I'm thu, and I'm thu, and I'm thu, and I'm thu, and I'm thu, and I'm thu, and I'm th. th. th. th. th. I'm th. And, and I'm th. And, and I'm th. And, and I'm th. And, and I'm 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 threate th th'm sorry that I didn't, I forgot to tell you where we were going. And so then we went in and then we met the president and he was just very cool. It was like, you know, and then my friend was like he apologized.

He's like, I'm so sorry, Mr. President, I did not know. I was meeting a president today. And then, just out of nowhere, the president, the president, the president, the president, the president, the president, the president, the president, the president, the president, guys. That's why I dressed like this. It was cool. He was nice about it. And then, just out of nowhere, the president was like, Trevor, he's like, what are you doing now? He's like, come with me to Parliament. I want to introduce you.

So he's like, he's like, you know, you're going to, you. And I'm like, just what do you do on this walk? And he's like, you just act like you're thinking of serious things. And so I'm walking next to him the whole time. And I'm just like, yes, nuclear war, immigration, unemployment. And so we walked together. And then we get to parliaments. And then when we got that you take for granted because it happens gradually in life. But I genuinely just had to breathe like a few days afterwards and be like,

yo, you were in Parliament and the president of your country was like, okay, give her honor of applause to Trevor Noah is giving back to the country and we love him. And literally in that moment, I was sitting there and I was like, god, where, Where is my history teacher now? What? What? What? What? What would it be? If there was one aspect of South African culture that I could transplant to America, what would it be?

What would it be? I think it would be maybe our general ease that talking about race and our racial past, you know? Because South African America have very similar histories, you know, in that there was like, there were many things that were done to people of color that were extremely heinous, but we just maybe because the truth and reconciliation commission in our country, we were forced to talk about it and we just talk about it. It's painful, but we laugh about it and it's out there. Whereas in America, I find there's like a lot of tension in and around that a lot of people are just like, yeah, come on, we don't, we don't have to bring that up.

And it's like, dude, I'm not saying you did slavery, calm down, you know what I mean? Because that's how a lot of people treat it. They're just like, I feel like there could be, it helps to be able to have conversations about those things because then it helps you understand how you got to, where you got to. But if you can't have those conversations, then you just have to operate in a blind space of like, how did this happen? You know, why do you so many black people live in this part of Harlem? I don't know? I don't know. Why do you get what the saying? Why tho? Why tho? Why tho? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? th? th. Why? th. Why? 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. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi? thi? thi? up, I think. That would be like the one part. And it doesn't fix everything, don't get me wrong. But I do think it makes it easier to address issues, to have conversations when you can just be like, yeah, man, this should happen.

You know what I mean? You can just be like, yeah, that was crazy. That was wild. that was can move forward and understand why things need to be fixed or how they got there in the first place. Does that make sense? Like imagine, like imagine, like, you want to talk to your doctor about something that happened inside your body, and then you like, doc, I think I might have like a cancer, your doctor's like, I wasn't there, I wasn't eating with you. You're like, no, I just need your help fixing it.

Yeah, I wasn't there though, I wasn't eating. It's like, no, man, just chill out. You know what I mean? Just talk up, that's the one thing. I'll transplant that. And chickens, and throwns, and like, and chickens, and chickens, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, and, and, like, like, and, like, like, like, and, and, like, like, and, like, and just like, what, what is it? Like once I saw them, I was like, I'm sorry, what? Is that the thing I'm eating? Oh.

Like, I remember when I first saw a chicken wing in America? This is the dumbest thing you've ever heard. And you're going to judge me, but I judge you back. I remember the first time I had a chicken wing in America is like, I ordered like buffalo wings, okay? And I know this sounds crazy, but the reason I was intrigued, because I saw it on someone else's plate, and then I was like, what are those? And someone said, those are buffalo wings,

and I was like, oh, is this? Is this? And I was like, I want to taste buffalo wings. And then I was like, I want's buffalo. And then they're like, no, it's chicken. Then I was like, but what chicken is this? I was like, how big is the wing of this chicken? What? What dinosaur chickens do you guys have here? Because that's not the size of any normal chicken anywhere in the world.

So yeah, I would, that's the one other thing I would bring normal animals. Normal, that's all. Yeah, I bring normal animals and conversations about race. Watch the Daily Show, Week Nights at 11, 10 Central on Comedy Central. And stream full episodes anytime on Paramount Plus. This has been a Comedy Central podcast.