The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Remembering Frances Noah: A Tribute to Trevor’s Gran

Episode Date: May 13, 2022

In this episode of The Daily Show: Ears Edition, we pay tribute to Trevor’s gran, Frances Noah, who passed away this week. Rest easy, Gogo.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Yeah, 96. Yeah, 96. Still, still one of the funniest people in my family, still has the best memory, better than mine, better than my mom's. Like we'll talk to her and then she'll have to remind us of things. Genuinely, she's got, like, I don't even understand how her memory is as good as it is, but she's adorable and she's like tiny, you know, and she's like, oh yes, Traffa. You know? the other the other the other the other the other the other the other the other the other the other the other the other the other the other the other the other the other the other the other the other tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho. I I, I, I, I, I, I, I th. tho, I, I, I, I, 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. to. to. to, toe. It's, toe. It's, toe. It's, toe. It's, toe. It's, toe. It's, toe. It's, t. It's, t. It's, trfah you know the other day I popped home to see her it was a

surprise though and she she like said she had like a feeling you know it was like a weird thing because my mom my mom didn't even know I was coming and so I landed in South Africa and I said to my mom was like hey what are you to do tomorrow and she's like oh because I'm here and she's like to the. you're in South Africa and I was yeah. And she's like, your grand was right. And I was like, what do you mean? She's like, your grand kept saying, I have a feeling. I'm feeling Trevor. I'm feeling Trevor. I'm feeling Trevor.

And my mom was like, oh, she's losing it. All right. My mom was like, the day, the day, the day, the day, the day, the day, the day, the day, the day, the day, the day, the day, the day, the day, the day, the day, the day, the day, the day, 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, t, the, t, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, t. the, t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttree, tttree, tree, tree, I, tree, I tree, I tree, funny for us as a family because then I walked in and then I was like hello go-go and then she's like Trevor and I was like hi go-go-go-and-then she's like oh I'm losing it it was so funny and then I was like no I'm real then we had fun so yeah so she's great thank you for asking asking She's great, thank you for asking. How's my grandmother doing? 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, go? She, go, she, she, go, she, she, she, th and I, th and she, th 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.

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She can tell you what your thing happened, what month, and so thia. 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 meet my husband and then she'd be like oh you met you and then she like tell stories and it's amazing to watch yeah and 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 that's th you that that that that that that that that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's th I that's that's th I that's th. th. th. th. th. that's th. th. that's that's th. that's the the the 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 their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their th. th. that's that's that's that's that's that's tho. that's tho. that's tho. that's tho. tho. tho. tho. know how to still read and write, oh, I'm so blessed. So that's all she does. Yeah.

That's it. You ready? All right, let's do this. Let's have fun. Like, I'll be honest with you. My grand, I mean, my whole family's like, they're not TV or entertainment people. So even hanging out with my grandmother on the day was just like, thriun, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, so, thi, 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, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that's, that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's the Daily Show was just like a freak thing that happened Because my grand on the day was just like she didn't even think of it as TV. She was just like I was I was thin. I was like, I was thrown. I was just like I was just like I was I was just like I was in Soweto for the global citizen Festival and then I was like I, hey, can, can, there's a TV crew with me they want

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