The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Did Trevor's Gran Think He Was Famous? - Between The Scenes

Episode Date: September 27, 2022

“Fame wasn’t really a currency in that way”. Trevor on how his grandma and his fellow South Africans treat celebrities differently than in AmericaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to Comedy Central. You have a hand up, yes. Does your grandma tell people that you're famous? Does my grandma? Tell people that you're famous. Oh, my grandmother passed away, so I, uh... Oh no, it's not sad, she's dead. She's gonna happen.

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They'll be happy for me. Like when I got pulled over by the police, when I went home recently, which is very normal in South Africa, it's not like a thing. Here it's like, well, something's gonna happen. In South Africa, in America, it's like that. And then in South Africa, they're just like, yeah, everyone pull over, pull over, pull over. And the cops come and they just chat to you and whatever. And they do, it's really, it's really chilled out. Like, in fact, in over, and you're like, oh, and they come to the window, and they're like, how are you saying?

And you're like, oh, man, actually, I'm glad you put me. I'm feeling good. And then the cop, even he was just like, Trevor, what are you doing, my man? What are you doing here? Aren't you working? Then I'm like, I'm, the, the, the, the, to, the, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, the, the, to, to, the, the, to, the, to, the, to, to, to, to, the, the, to, the, even, even, even, the, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, even, the, the, the, the, the, t. I, t. I, t. I, t. I, t. I, t. I, t. I, t. I, t. I, t. I, t. I, t. I, t. I'm, tto, tto. I'm, even, even, even, even, even, it's like, it's an interesting thing. So, no, I don't think, my grand, I don't think ever even said the words famous in that way. She almost said famous more like it's a job.

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Must be weird, like old people probably like heaven. Heaven seems like an old people place. If you're young and you go to heaven you're just like, ah! Because everything they describe about heaven is pretty much, it's like church, it's long church. No they do, I grew up in church, that's what they say heaven will be. They say like, and you'll praise the Lord for the end to the end of your days. It's like non-stop, the trumpets will be blowing, the angels will be singing. It's basically church forever, for eternity. And I can see my grandmother being like, now this is what I came for. The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Ears Edition.

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