The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Between the Scenes - Wordle Is a Lesson in Moderation

Episode Date: February 24, 2022

Trevor discusses the comforting restraints of the wildly popular online game Wordle and how it compares to ordering food from McDonald's in South Africa. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to Comedy Central. So word is like really simple, just five letter words. And then also it just stops you. But I never realized how enjoying it is to play something that like stops you. Do you know what I mean? Like we've gotten too used to living in a world where shit just like, just more. You can candy crush the whole day. More lives, more lives. You can eat as much as you want. Just

go and go, like go to any takeout place and just order all the food. They'll never stop you. I realize that when I went back to South Africa, that's something that doesn't help America. In South Africa, you're allowed to judge people when you work in like service industries. In America, that's somehow frowned upon. So like when I was in South Africa now because I finally got a chance to go back home I went to McDonald's to order food right I was like I'm gonna have some McDonald's from back home and then went to McDonald's and then you're like you're looking at me funny but the McDonald's is different in every every single country. So like in in America you started it and then in other countries they've kept it with like food food and then you guys they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they've they've they've they've they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they 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 they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they to they to to to to to to to to th to th to to the to to to to to the. to to the. the. the the. I the the the But anyway, so I went to get some McDonald's in South Africa.

And then I got to the counter, and I was ordering for all my friends, but they didn't come with me because it's a pandemic. So they're like, you just go and then you order. It's like two of us. So we get there. And then I'm ordering and I'm ordering and I'm ordering and I'm ordering and I'm like like six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six and six and six six and six and six and six and six and six six and six and six and I'm.. And six. And six. And I'm. And I'm th. And I'm ordering for. And I'm. And I was. And I was. And I was. And I was. And I was. And I was. And I was. And I was. And I was. And I was. And I was. And I was. And I was. And I was. And I was. And I was. And I was. And I was. And I was. And I was. And I was. And I was. And I was. And I was. And I was. And I was. And I was. And I was. And I was th. And I was th. And I was th. And I was th. And I was th. And I was th. And I was th. And I was th. And I was th. And I was th. And I was th. And I was th. And I was th. And I was th. And I was th. the woman behind the contest she was like, ooh, so much food, there's just two of you. And we laughed and we're like, ha ha, that's cool. And I was like, that'll never happen in America.

You get fired for that shit. In America, no matter how much you order, does it be like, anything else? You can literally just be like, give me 15 big macs. Anything else? Yeah me your entire supply of food in the back. All right, anything else? Give me the whole of McDonald's. All right, sir, anything else? No, I mean, like, the whole of McDonald's. Give me all of it, all the fries in the country. All right, sir, you're going to need a wait, because that's a special order? And what I'm saying is Wardle has done is,'s reminded me of how nice it is to be restricted.

It's nice to not be able to just have as much as you want. Do you understand what I'm saying? Anyway, you should play Wordle. The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Ears Edition. Subscribe to the Daily Show on YouTube for exclusive content and stream full episodes anytime on Paramount Plus. This has been a Comedy Central podcast.