The Daily Show: Ears Edition - CP Time: Thanksgiving Edition

Episode Date: November 24, 2022

From an African-American Pilgrim to the advent of mac and cheese, black people have been involved in Thanksgiving from the beginning. Roy Wood, Jr. explains.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to Comedy Central. All right. Welcome to CP Time. The only show that's for the culture. Today, we're going to talk about Thanksgiving. The holiday where we gather our families to give thanks for our many blessings. It's also the holiday when your nephew comes home from college with a lot of new woke ideas. I don't give a damn what you say, Theodore.

I don't think dolphins should get to vote. They don't even have hands. Anyway, what many people don't know about Thanksgiving is that from the very beginning, black people have been involved in this American tradition. In fact, one of the first pilgrims who came to America was black. We don't know this man's name, because the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th, I I, I, I, I, I, I, I think, I, I think, I think, I think, I don't think, I don't think, I don't thin, I don't, I thin, I don't thin, I don't think, I don't think, I think, I think, I think, I think, I think, I think, I think, I think, I think, I think, I think, I think, I think, I think, I think, I think, I think, I think, I think, I thin, I don't thin, I don't thin, I don't thin, I don't thin, I don't thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, I don't thin, I don't the first pilgrims who came to America was black. We don't know this man's name because the ship's records only describe him as a blackamore, a term used to describe someone with dark skin from North Africa. In other words, black or more was the pilgrim's way of saying, that black guy. And back then, there was so few black people in America

that everyone knew who you were talking about. Today, that would only work in Seattle. Now, food is another area of Thanksgiving where black people have made major contributions. Black people such as James Hemmings, who trained as a chef in France, but unfortunately in America, he was one of Thomas Jefferson's slaves. James introduced the dish that we all know and love today,

macaroni and cheese. Everyone knew about macaroni, but no one ever thought to throw cheese on top of it. Thanks to James Himmons, we now know that anything tastes better if you just add cheese. Macaroni, potatoes, french fries, hamburgers, I add cheese to everything. My doctor says I got five years to live. But it's going to be a delicious five years. Finally, what would a Thanksgiving Day celebration be without football?

A beautiful tradition that allows you to spend time with your family without having to actually talk to them? And even Thanksgiving football is a tradition that involves black people from the very beginning. In fact, the first NFL game played on Thanksgiving in 1920 featured Fritz Pollop who led his team to victory. Even more impressive, Fritz went on to coach the team, fulfilling a dream that every black man has had for hundreds of years, yelling at white people and getting paid for it. Interesting fact, my great Uncle Bebo was also a part of that historic Thanksgiving game. He was the Gold Post.

It's good, Bebo. Well that's our Thanksgiving episode. And from all of us at CP time, happy holidays to you and yours. And remember, well, for the culture. Ooh, I wonder if this will taste good with cheese on it. Mm-mm, four more years. Watch the Daily Show, weeknights at 11, 10 Central on Comedy Central, and stream full episodes anytime on Paramount Plus. This has been a Comedy Central podcast.