The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Nicki Minaj's Cousin's Friend's Swollen Testicles | LeVar Burton

Episode Date: September 17, 2021

Anderson .Paak becomes Trevor's bandleader, Trinidad health minister Terrence Deyalsingh responds to Nicki Minaj's vaccination misinformation, and LeVar Burton discusses his diverse career. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to Comedy Central. 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 on Apple podcasts starting September 17th. Hey, what's going on everybody? Welcome to the

Daily Show. I am Trevor Noah. Today is Thursday, September 16th and before we get started, I just wanted to say thank you for helping us settle into our amazing new studio here. You know, I'm sure you've noticed by now that we've been trying a bunch of new things, you know, I'm trying new clothes, we're having fun because we're not at home anymore. We thought that why not experiment. It's been 17 months working from home. You know when you get back just mix things up a little bit. So today, we're definitely gonna mix things up. We've got a really exciting, new edition to announce for the show. Please say hello to thetrue but he's here. We have a one-man band. Anderson, welcome man.

Thank you man. It's honored and pleasure. Congratulations on your VMA's win. Congratulations on Siliconic just being the most amazing thing ever. All right? Congratulations on Sesame Street? Yeah, no, it's a crazy ride, man. You enjoying it? I'm loving it, living a dream.

Oh man, I feel it. Well, anyway, thank you for being here. This is going to be fun. All right, people. Let's kick things off with shortage is gripping the nation. Massachusetts has even called them a National Guard to help pick up children. Superintendent Almi Abeda of Chelsea Schools near Boston says two weeks into the year and she's still short 15 drivers, meaning one in every five buses has run late. Now the guard

will drive 10 passenger school transport vans in her district. Schools returning to in-person classes say coronavirus fears pushed more drivers to retire. Other schools are turning to parents to pick up the slack. One charter school in Delaware is paying them $700 for each child they drive to and from school this year. Philadelphia parents in a similar program are getting up to $1,500 for the school year. $1,500 to get a bunch to get a to get a to get a to get a to get a to get a to get a to get a to get a to get a to get a to get a to get a to get a to get a to get a to get a to get a to get a to get a to get a to get a to get a to get a to to to get a to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to thiiiiiiii......00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00. the their. the the the. the the the. the the the the. the. the the the. thei. thei. thea. their. thi. their. thi. Philadelphia parents in a similar program are getting up to $1,500 for the school year. $1,500 to get a bunch of kids into a van? That's insane. All these years I've been doing it for free!

And thoughts and prayers for those national guard troops. I mean, war is hell, but it's got nothing on driving a bus full of 10-year-olds. It's... Hey, Anderson, that's dope. And it's our first show. This is perfect. I mean, I don't even know how you do that. It just needs to be a little shorter. Like, you know what I mean? For comedy, it's like just really sure, it's like, do them, just, that's it, and like, you know, yeah. I put a little time in there, but.

No, no, I feel, I feel it. I feel it. It was great. It was perfect. I'm your man. I got you, I know it. So yeah, the US military. So yeah, the US military is now going to start to trillion dollars and then they suddenly pull out and leave your kids with the Taliban. I don't think this is no work. Did you hit the punchline already? Yeah, um... Look at me when the punchline's coming. But the audience, I have to... I'm gonna be ready, either way.

I can't... Trevor. I can't throw the punchline to you. I know, I believe that. No, I believe that. I'm not... I'm doing the opposite... I, the opposite. I, the opposite. I, the opposite. I, the opposite. I, the opposite. I, the the the the the, the the, the, the the, I, I, the, I'm the, I, I'm the, the. I'm the, the, thea, the. Did, the. Did, the. Did, the. Did the, the, the. Did 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. Did the. Did the. Did the thea. Did thea. Did thea thea thea thea thea thea thea thea thea thea thea thea thea thea. Didea. Didea throw the punchline to you. At you. No, I believe that. I'm not, I'm doing the opposite. Like I keep... Next joke. Uh-huh.

So yeah, so they can't get the kids to the school, right? Because there's no school buses and everyone's trying to figure out what to do. They're saying some parents should drive them, they're saying the military should drive them. Here's my opinion, you know what they should do? They should hire ice cream trucks, right? Because kids chase those things for miles. All you do is you get one ice cream truck, it drives through all the suburbs, and then the kids just chase it all the way uned the way I want them to be, but... I'll make sure we... I'm gonna... I'm gonna go over the jokes before. Yeah, I think, I think that would...

Maybe we take a little break and then, um, yeah? Yeah. I'll meet you in the break room. Yeah, I'll meet you and then we'll go through some, they'll go through would, yeah. Maybe we take a little break and then, yeah? Yeah. I'll meet you in the break room. I'll meet you, and then we'll go through some notes and stuff and then we'll start the show after that. Yeah, I'm using. This was perfect though. You use the restroom?

I appreciate it. I feel it's right through right, if you go, if you go, you shouldn't walk in front of cameras generally when... Oh, sorry. Yeah, you shouldn't... I got you. If we... Yeah, there's a door on that side and then we can... Yeah, all the way, all the way down.

Just keep going, keep going, keep going, to the toa. the to' the this is not gonna work out. Close the door, let's do the show. Coming to you from the heart of Times Square, the most important place on earth. It's the Daily Show, ears addition tonight. Ballgate continues to swell. Trinidad's health minister is here, and LaVar Burton. This is the Daily Show with Trevor Noah. Okay, people, there's a lot going on in the world right now, but there is one story that

is more important than all of them combined. I'm talking about the ongoing saga of Nikki Menage's cousin's friend's swollen testicles. As everyone on the planet has heard by now, Nicky Menage tweeted out that her cousin's friend in Trinidad took the COVID vaccine and then his balls swole and he became impotent. Now people say wild stuff about the vaccine all the time, but most people don't have tens of millions of followers. So this tweet has caused a giant uproar so big that even Dr. Fauci had to weigh in. I wouldn't normally even ask you about this,

but is there any evidence that the Pfizer, the Moderna, or the J&J vaccines cause any reproductive issues in men or women? The answer to that, Jake, is a resounding no. There's no evidence that it happens, nor is there any mechanistic reason to imagine that it would happen. You know, can we just appreciate for a moment how crazy Dr. Fauci's life has become? I mean for the first 78 years of his life, he was just minding his own business,

you know, decades working in a lab, trying to fight diseases. And now in the space of two years, he's had to stop Trump from drinking bleach, convince Americans, he's not trying to microchip them, and now he's weighing in on some Trinidadian guys' balls. I can assure you, as the nation's top scientists, that your nutsack is going to be fine. So this story has blown up bigger than a, I don't know, a pair of Trinidadian testicles. Because what happened next was that Nikki Menage said that the White House read her tweets and invited her to the White House to talk about it. But then, the White House said, nah. We just said we would do a phone call to answer Nickmanazes' questions.

We never invited her questions. And that response from the White house, to, to, to, to, to, to to to to to to to to to to to from the White House really pissed Nikki off. Nikki Minaj defending her claim she was invited to the White House to discuss her concerns about the COVID-19 vaccine. Menage took to Instagram saying she would never lie about the invite. Do y'all think that I would go on the internet and lie about being invited to the fucking White House? Like, what?

Do you guys see what is happening right now? Oh my goodness. If they assassinate me and assassinate my character and make me look crazy or stupid, guess what? No one else will ever ask questions again. Don't you see what's happening? I'm not lying guys. My cousin's friend told me I was invited to the White House.

Look, I'll be honest with you, I can see both sides of this thing. I mean, it would be kind of weird for the White House to invite Nikki Minaj for that tweet. You know, because usually someone gets an invite to the White House for like winning a gold medal or saving their entire platoon, you know, not for tweeting about their cousin's friend Scroat him. That's not usual. On the other hand, Nikki's story makes sense too. Why would you lie about going to a house that's not even as nice as yours? So I don't think Nikki is lying necessarily. It was probably just a big miscommunication, which wouldn't surprise me. Nick Menaj in the White House are from two completely different worlds. I mean, put on Monster. Put on that trek and ask Joe Biden what he hears.

Harder than a Middle Eastern climate, violet, dobe? Matter, I, you know what, I give up. Can somebody call a lot of the today. But as Nick Mnag is at the White House, it turns out a lot of people back in Trinidad are even more mad at her for making their country the butt of jokes. I'm sorry, the ball of jokes. This is almost like what you would hear about Apollo, where somebody will tell you, well, the cousin, friend, neighbor, say X, Y, Z. I mean, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th, th, the, th, th, the, th, the, th, the, the, the, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it. the. the the they, it. they, they, they. they. they. they. they. they. they. they. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. today, too. too. too. too, thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. the the cousin, friend, neighbor, say XYZ. I mean, come on, Nikki, you have 180 million followers.

People listen to you. I mean, it's irresponsible on all fronts. One, irresponsible based on the misinformation that is going out there regarding this vaccine. You know, there was no verification of this story. And furthermore, to expose your cousin friends flatire in the public domain like that, every man have a flatire, okay, he will work on that, you know, there's just herbs and punch and certain means the man can eat and bring back our vibes. But don't come now and talk that kind of talk. All right, all right, wait, guys, guys. Can we just, can, can, can, can, th. Can we th. Can we th. Can we th. Can we th. Can we th. Can we th. Can we th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi, th. th. the the the the the 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, th. th. th. th. thi. tho. thoes, thoes, thooooooooooooooooooes. thoooooooooooes. their their their their their the't come now and talk that kind of talk. All right, all right, wait, guys guys, guys. Can we just all agree that from now on,

impotence should only be referred to as a flat tire? Because erectile dysfunction, it's so clinical, you know, it comes with a stigma. I have a rectile dysfunction, but a flat tire. I mean, that sounds like something that can happen to anyone. Yeah, you can pay a guy in a truck $20 to fix it for you. You know, what was crazy is when we heard this news clip at the show, we all thought that this guy should be the official voice of Sialis. And then, this next part of the story is completely. But you're not going to believe the me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me the.

not going to believe me and that's fine. But this news anchor, his name is Jason Williams, he is actually my Trinidadian's friend's cousin. Yeah, cousin friend, friend cousin. So we called him and we actually got him to redo the Cialis ads and honestly I think it's a pretty big improvement. Do you or your cousin friend have a flat tire? Well, you don't have to tell everybody, just take this thing called Cialis. Trust me, it have all the herbs and punch to bring back your vibes. So ask your doctor about Cialis. Just make sure and don't tell Mickey Manage,

because she go for John Blas and the whole world gonna... Hmm, now I'm craving sialis and doubles. Oof. Anyway, the people of Trinidad aren't happy. The news anchors aren't happy, and Trinidad's government is definitely not impressed. A waste of time. Health officials in Trinidad and Tobago are responding to rapper Nick Minaj, her claim about the COVID vaccine. As far as we know at this point in

time there has been no such reported either side effect or adverse event and what was sad about this is that it wasted our time yesterday trying to track down because we take all these claims seriously. Oh man, you think Dr. Fauci has it rough. The health minister of Trinidad had to spend the whole day going around asking people about their balls. How are your testicles? And how are your balls? Everything fine? One thing you got to love about the Caribbean, though, is how the people there can politely cuss you out

without using a single swear word. You know, because he seemed chilled, but he was telling her off, you know? That might be the most dignified telling off I've ever heard from a government official. It made me feel ashamed and I had nothing to do with this will say this, as funny as the story is, and we have been having fun with it, unfortunately this has turned into a real problem in a real country being handled by real health professionals.

And so we thought at the Daily Show, you know, it would be great to have these people on the show to actually find out the full story, not from our cousin and not from our cousin's friend, but from the people who are there to see what's happening on the ground. So when we come back, I'll be speaking to the man from that clip, Trinidad's actual health minister, Terence, they all sing. So don't go away. 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. You're rolling? 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 on Apple podcasts starting September 17. Welcome back to the Daily Show. Everyone has been talking about the fallout from Nickmanage's testical tweets, which has affected everyone from the White House all the way to the government of Trinidad and Tobago. And since we don't actually live in Trinidad, well, we thought it would be helpful to have a conversation with the actual Minister of Health for Trinidad and Tobago. So Minister Dale Singh, welcome to the Daily Show. I'm doing well.

Thank you so much for taking the time today. I know you've been inundated and I really do appreciate it. I really really appreciate it. Anything for an honorary retreat? I try my best. I've been told if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if the the the th. the the th. I don't the the the the the the the the the theree? I try my best. I've been told if I don't attend the next mass, I'm going to lose my citizenship, so... Exactly. Marshall has told me I need to play his band and make sure that I... That I fit into my outfit for the next mass, so...

Lovely. A few days ago, Trinidad and Tobago was thrust into the spotlight in not the most favorable way because of what what what thiii,, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, I thi, I, I, I thi, I've, I've, I've, I've, I've, I've, I've, I, I, I, I, I, I, I've, I've, I've, I've, I've, I've, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, told, thin, thin, thin, thi, thi, thi, and Tobago was thrust into the spotlight in not the most favorable way because of what could have been an innocuous tweet where it's tweeted by anybody else, but Nicki Minaj tweeted something that has thrust yourself and your team into the spotlight, and I think it would be great for you to come on the show and just to help us work through some of the misinformation that is swirling in and around the country right right. So you held a press conference that has now gone viral worldwide where you had to come out and state publicly that there is no case of testicular swelling happening in Trinidad, well it vaccine related at least. And so I wanted, from, you know from your ministry's side,

do you have any concerns in and around the vaccine? Is there anything that has made you say, oh no, people need to pause, or is there a rollout of the vaccine that you are comfortable with right now? Thank you for that question. So as part of our communication strategies from day one, we had press conferences every day.

Right now, we have them three times a week. So that was part of our normal communications process yesterday. To date, we have administered over 1 million doses of vaccines in a country of 1.4 million people. You're a small but proud country. Small but proud. And we are confident that we have brought WHO approved vaccines to Trinidad and Tobago and with those million doses we have administered to date they have only been five cases of adverse events all reported to WHO. None of them includes testicular swelling and let me just

reiterate when one weighs that against the ravages of COVID-19 around the world, where close to 4.6 million people have in fact died, the advantages of vaccination far outweigh the minuscule risk. And then what of what of Nikki Menage's further claims that nobody in Trinidad can work if they are not vaccinated. Is that true? I welcome the opportunity to put the record straight. In simple language, that is simply not true. Our vaccination program is voluntary, but highly recommended.

Vaccines are not new to the region, to the Caribbean, to Trinidad and Tobago, and to the Pauvill region. This is not new. What is new is social media trying to throw doubt on this vaccine. But globally, 5.83 billion doses of vaccines have been administered globally and it will save lives. And Trevor, if you want to come back here to play mass, get vaccinated and come back again. I mean that's a great way to get people to come back. I will personally take you to eat double. I will personally take you for coconut. I will personally take it to be to be a vaccine. I will personally take you to eat double. I will personally take you for coconuts. I personally take you to Tobago.

You know? So let me ask you this. If you were to send a message to Nicki what would that message be? My message to the Trinidad and Tobago Diaspora, anywhere that you you are is that vaccines are safe, vaccines are effective, and if I may broaden the conversation to the Caribbean diaspora. The Caribbean is one of the best places in the world to live and play. It is one of the best places to bring up your families.

My message to the Caribbean diaspora is spread the word that get vaccinated to save your life so we can get back to our Caribbean way of life. Whether it's reggae, whether it's pleads, you pan, all these lovely things, cricket, football, right, chutney, all these things. The way out of this pandemic right now is simply get vaccinated. Well, I'll tell you now, Minister, you head me at doubles and playing mass. I'm going to try and lose a little bit of my COVID weight, and then I will be back.

Maybe we'll be playing in the same band. You never know. We'll make it a special occasion. I will give you my friend. And my children, the laudia of great fans and divinity with you. Thank you so much. Thank you so much to the to the, I just wanted to also say thank you to the people of Trinidad for being such good sports because I know that everything has become a joke these days, but I hope that everyone remembers that for Trinidadians, this is a very real thing. Right? Trinidad is a real place with real people that is going through a very real pandemic right now, one one that has decimated the economy like economy economy economy economy economy economy economy economy economy economy economy economy economy economy economy economy economy economy economy, like, like, like, the economy, the economy, the economy, the economy, the the the thian, thian, thian, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th. th. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th. th. th. th. th. th, th, th. th. th. th, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. And, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, to be to to be to to me, to to toean, toean, toean, toean, to to to to to to to thin, thean. thi economy like many countries in the world. So this issue is something that they didn't need to be dealing with right now. And I mean not to mention, when you're from a small country, it's so easy for one negative story to define you to the world.

You know, I think Trinidad should be known for its culture, its food, it's carnival, you know, not just as the home for one guy's giant gonads. And as a South African I get this, you know, like when Oscar Pistorius happened, every time I went to the bathroom after that, people would run out screaming. So to all my friends in Trinidad, thank you for sending me information, thank you for correcting me and for keeping me in toube. And to the won't be the story that defines you and hopefully soon everyone will be vaccinated, nobody will have swollen testicles and we'll be back at carnival celebrating mass. I mean I've gained a few pounds during COVID but I still think my outfit is going to look pretty dope. Yeah.

All right, when we come back, the man who taught us how to read and survive in space, Levar Burton will be joining us on the show. So don't go away. Last week, President Joe Biden woke up from sleepy time and announced his new vaccine mandate. One of the most heinous displays we've ever seen, Joe Biden's angry, anti-American vaccine mandate. Biden's threatening the unvaccinated more than he's threatening the Taliban. He wants to yell at people. What to the idea of my body, my choice? If they can force you to take a vaccine that you don't need, what can't they do?

So what does this mean for freedom-loving Americans like you and me and Mel Gibson? Well, I've been watching Fox News for 87 hours straight, and spoiler alert, I hope you like eating your meatloaf with chopsticks because we're basically communist China now. A mandate? Sorry Joe, but the only mandate I need is court-mandated community service for gently bitch-slapping a flight attendant. You're about to put something in your body and you don't even know what's in it? Don't be stupid. No, I won't get vaccinated. No, I won't

wear a mask. No, I won't stop eating in a crowded restaurant three meals a day. And yes, I would like to speak to the manager. I'm sorry, that just came out naturally. This is North Korea times apartheid, plus Cuba, divided by the Civil War. It is a slippery slope people. First you need a vaccine card to enter a restaurant. Pretty soon you're gonna need a kid to enter a PTA meeting. What country are we living in? This is discrimination of the words I'm not allowed to sing a karaoke anymore. Don't listen to Joe Biden. Don't listen to Fauci.

Don't listen to your doctor. Listen to me, a lady woman whose favorite newscasters all shout. Minus liberty, time 1776, raised to the power of Venezuela. Here's a logistical question. Why do I need the vaccine if I'm already snorting the proven COVID-cococococococococococococ, Cinderplacd. It's not just for cows with gonorrhea anymore. Also, how about natural immunity? Science shows the best way to not get COVID is to get COVID. Read a medical study. I've caught COVID like 18 times and I'm fine.

My fellow Patriots, what's next they're going to mandate vaccinations for kids to go to school? Well, jokes on you. I don't send my kids to school. I homeschool them with Dog the Bounty Hunters' quake media podcast. Times Stalin, times Putin, times Castro, times Angelo Merkel. Pentos, please excuse my dear aunt Sally who just died of COVID. Divided by ISIS, times Jim Crow laws, plus socialist breadlines. And what is that equal? Zero. And that's how many that's thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii is that's that's th is th is thi is thi is thi is thi, thi, thi, their thi, their their thi, thi, 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, their, their. their. their their. their. tome, tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow, Biden if I had a job and I wasn't already vaccinated. Do you know where this virus is from? China. Do you know who created it? Ilhan Omar? Do you know how many years in prison you get for getting arrested at a schoolborn meeting? That was a question for my lawyer. Well, that pretty much sums up the Biden vaccine mandate.

Dr. Faui's from Neptune. 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, listened to 60 Minutes, a Second Look on Apple Podcasts starting September 17. Welcome back to the Daily Show. My guest tonight is an award-winning actor, director, and literacy advocates, Lovar Burton. He's yet to talk about his legendary career and the importance of storytelling. Mr. Lovar Burton. Welcome to the show. Thank you very much. Let's talk a little bit about Lovar Burton, the then, then, then, then, then, thaintaintaintaintaintain, tham, tham, tham, tham, tham, tham, tham, tham, tham, tham, tham, tham, starting, thi, starting, starting, starting, tham, starting, starting, starting, starting, starting, starting, starting, starting, starting, starting, starting, starting, starting, starting, starting, starting, starting, starting, starting, starting, thi, thi, starting, thi, starting, thi, thi, starting, thi, starting, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, Lavar Burton, welcome to the show. Thank you very much. Let's talk a little bit about Lavar Burton because man what a life you've lived. I know right? Your journey keeps on moving, your story

keeps on being almost rewritten, chapters keep on being added. When you see your life, how do you see it? Mmm. Well I, I know I'm here to tell stories. I know that that's part of why I'm here. I really, I see my life, there's a through line from Kunta, right, at one end of the spectrum, and Jordi, LaForge, the chief engineer of the enterprise, at the other end of that spectrum, and L'Var, the reading Rainbow guy, is in the middle of that continuum. So I've been able to represent the black experience from slavery to the future and everything in between and what an honor that is.

It feels like an honor that I think the people would argue belongs more to them. You've always been somebody who is not just passionate about being in the stories, not just passionate about telling the stories, but encouraging others to tell their own stories and become storytellers in their own right. Absolutely. Let's talk about Reading Rainbow. Where did that passion come from? Where does the Bob Burton go, go, you know what, yeah, I can do TV, I can make movies, I can do whatever. No, what I'm going to do is basically make no money and go and just read, read to people, just have kids reading.

That's Armagine. that was my mother's name. She was an English teacher and a social worker. And my first teacher. I'm a reader because of her influence. My mom read not only to us when we were kids, I had two sisters, but she read in front of us and that's like really that critical modeling. I grew up in a house where reading was like breathing. So just the awareness that literature was a critical component of our life and lifestyle was really, you know, demonstrated and pounded

into me. I like to say in my mom's house you either read a book or you got hidden ahead with one. But you were going to have an experience with the word. I wonder if there's something in you that is almost, you know, I love that you say it's about your mom. I grew up in a similar household. My mom read everything to me. You know, everything to me, I, I, I, I to me, I to me, I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I thi thi thi thi thi thi thi tho, I tho, I tho, I tho, I tho, I thou tho thou in you that is almost, you know, I love that you say it's about your mom. I grew up in a similar household. You know, my mom read everything to me, you know, everything to me. And then from the Bible to, you know, just random books as a child growing up and I just like, I devoured books. Right. Before I ask the question, I'd love to know, what do you do when you're not enjoying a book as an avid book reader? Do you quit? What's your technique?

Are you like the 30 pages and then I'm out? Oh no, I've only ever quit reading one book in my life. Wow, what was that book? Norman Mailer's Armies of the Night. Bored me to tears, bore the shit out of me. Yeah, that must be athere's one book. So everything else you just read, you like I'll go. Yeah, absolutely, because there's a gift in everything. There's a gift in every book.

Okay. Right? I find some books hold me hostage. Like, so I'll finish them. But I'll go, maybe starts well, you know, and then I'm now I'm a hostage now every day I go like I gotta go back to that book and I have to because I'm a completionist I want to finish the thing and funny enough now because of COVID I'm learning to like let go a little bit more and be like no I don't have to. You don't have to you don't have to. I don't have to. I'm compell to I'm comp comp comp compelled to I'm compel have to I'm compel to I'm compel to I'm compel to I'm compel to I'm compel to I'm compel to I'm compel. I'm compel. I'm compel. I'm compel. I'm com- I'm com- I'm com- I'm com- I'm to. I'm com- I'm com- I'm com- I'm to because because because I'm to because because I'm to because because I'm to because because I'm I'm to because because because I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm c I'm I'm I'm to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the the the the the the th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm the th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm to thr- I'm thr- I'm to the. I'm the. I'm going to enjoy. Okay. Right. Armands of the Night was a it was an assignment in you know back in the day in school and I had to I had to fake my way through that book report because I couldn't do it. Of all the roles you've played of all the the places you've gone at fans.

One of the more recent and obviously has just been exploding on the news has been that as a guest host of Jeopardy. I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you the the the their, you their, you their, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, their their th th th thi, you thi, you thi, you thi, you thi, you thi, you 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, their, their, their, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi, thi, thi, thi, their,'ve gone at fans. One of the more recent, and obviously has just been exploding on the news, has been that as a guest host of Jeopardy. I mean, you know that you're beloved, right? And it's a wonderful feeling, I'm sure. It is. But this was special. I mean, just like, you had this lavah burden. And it's not a craze, it's like, I like love for this job.

Everyone just wanted you for, they loved seeing you. There's something about that world, maybe the jeopardy of it all, maybe the information of it all, that people associated with you. What did that moment feel like for you, just experiencing that love from people, you know, for that? You know, when we did a kickstarter several years ago, and I discovered then that the generation of adults now who grew up on reading Rainbow, they were down with whatever it is I wanted to do. And the same was true with this Jeopardy thing.

I made it public that I wanted it for myself, that it made sense to me, and they were all about it. Well, if, if, if, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, they, they, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, to, to, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, and it, it, and it, and it, and it, and it, and it, and it, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, I wanted it for myself, that it made sense to me, and they were all about it. Well, it made sense, it made as much sense to them as it did to me. And so they wanted it for me as much as I wanted it. The crazy thing is, is that when you set your sights on something, you know, they say, be careful of what you wish for. Because what I found out is that it wasn't the thing that I wanted after all. What I wanted was to compete. I mean, I wanted the job, right?

But then when I didn't get it, it was like, well, okay, what's next? And so the opportunities that have come my way as a result of not getting that gig, I couldn't have dreamt it up. I couldn't, if you had given me a pen and paper and said, well, so what do you want this to really look like? Right, right. If it doesn't include Jeopardy, I wouldn't have been this generation.

That's the,wreck that leads you to the magical island. That's it exact. Do you know what I mean? That's right. That's what that is? And you were meant to be on that island. We focus on the shipwreck. Right. We don't think about the island that it got us to. The island was where you were meant to be all along. and you know, I know that you've had a podcast for seven years reading books, you know, you still embody everything that you love in literature. I would love for you to think of a way, I mean, I know I'm giving you all the work here, but there's got to be like a, there's got to be some sort of game show in and around books. There's got to be something in that world.

We are working on creating exactly what that is. I deserve a credit for it. I mean, I know I said it late, but I feel like I feel like now this is one of those where I feel like you hacked my mind. Uh-huh So now I owe you money? No, not money. Just credit. Just credits. Okay. You can just say developed by all the people and then you say like and Trevor? Trevor no later but also developed by brother. Brother, I would be happy to give you credit because? Because the thing? T 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. that th. that th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. that that th. th. that th. that th. th. th. that th. that that th. th. th. th. that th. th. I th. I th. I the. I the. I the. I the. I the. I the. I the. I the. the. I the. the. th. th. be happy to give you credit. Because the thing is, I never thought about hosting any other game show outside of Jeopardy. But now having, they went in a different direction with their show, which is their right, and now I'm thinking, well, it does kind of make sense. Let me see what I can do. So we're trying to figure out what the right game show for Lovar Burton would be. I love that. Now you're writing your story inspired by another story. Inspired by another story. I love that. Thank you so much for joining me on the show. Trevor Noah, you are a national treasure. You're the best in the business and what you do with

your platform is really remarkable. I appreciate you, brother, for real, man. I appreciate you so much. Thank you for being here. Don't forget, people. You can listen to the LeVar Burton Reed's podcast right now at LaVar Burton podcast. orchart. Or wherever you subscribe to your favorite shows. We're going to take a quick break. When 60 Minutes premiered in September 1968, there was nothing like it.

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