The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Sarah Silverman Reacts To Rihanna's Super Bowl Performance | Lizz Winstead

Episode Date: February 14, 2023

Sarah Silverman takes on the latest news, including Rihanna's Super Bowl performance, loosened child labor laws in Iowa and Minnesota, the three UFO's that were shot down by the U.S., and two M&M workers who fell into a vat of chocolate. Daily Show Co-Creator and Founder of Abortion Access Front Lizz Winstead explains how her career in comedy evolved into the social activism she does for abortion rightsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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So I did that thing where you picture the audience naked, which is perfect because now I'm nervous and horny. So I did that thing where you picture the audience naked, which is perfect, because now I'm nervous and horny. Now, some of you might not know who I am, so let me introduce myself in the most daily showy way possible, using a right-wing talking head pundit montage. Roll it! Sarah Silverman is a complete buffoon and aggressively unfunny She's a comedian. I'll find there's anything funny actually about her a vulgar comic who's mostly famous for saying dirty words and a little girl voice. She's a clown in her daily life an absolute fool she is a jazz about diabolically dumb she is a witch she's not funny she is a god hating horny She is a god hating boy boy. These right-wing people really hate me.

I mean, what am I, a gender-neutral bathroom over here? What am I a Starbucks cup that just says Happy Holidays over here? What am I, a grown woman with an opinion? Oh yeah, that's probably like this. All right, there's a lot to talk about, so let's get right into it with headlines. Let's kick things off with the big Rihanna concert last night. She is so cool she did it right in the middle of a football game. She doesn't care. And she dropped some pretty exciting news.

Overnight, Rianna making a surprise announcement. The superstar revealing she's pregnant with her second child in front of a packed stadium during the Apple Music Super Bowl halftime show. Her rep confirming her growing family to ABC News after she wowed fans from a floating platform in the sky. That's right, Rihanna revealed she was pregnant by bringing along all the sperm that didn't make it. I mean, and of course, the one that did, um, it was inside her. Seriously, did you see that pregnant women?

Did you see it? Riana just did a Super Bowl halftime show while pregnant. And you want my seat on the subway? Not anymore, too. No way. The bar has been raised, so hold it. All right. All right.

Oh, I mean, thank you. But you know what, guys, Rianna isn't the only one who has a surprise announcement. I just want everyone here to know that I have diarrhea. Some people were surprised that Rianna didn't bring out Kanye West during all of the lights, but when you think about it, it makes sense because there wasn't enough space for her dancers to form a swastika. I can say that because I'm a Nazi. It was really cool, I thought it was really cool that Riana did the show way up on those platforms,

but it was a little bit risky because if you've been following the news at all, this is not the time to be in the sky. This weekend, the U.S. shot down three flying objects over North American airspace, bringing in a total to four in just over a week. Questions mounting after more unidentified objects discovered over U.S. and Canadian airspace. A third mystery object in just three days, shot down by a U.S. fighter jet over Lake Huron Sunday afternoon. Three incidents in less than a week after that Chinese spy balloon.

But a senior U.S. official, saying these three are different from that spine balloon. The commander of Norad said the last three objects were similar in size and shape, and he declined to categorize them as balloons, saying they were unable to determine how they stay aloft. Now, when asked about the possibility of alien activity, he would not rule anything out. Wait, you're not ruling out aliens? I love how we're not ruling anything out, but we're shooting everything down. Is it a kite? Is it aliens? Is it the old man from up? Who cares? Well, figure it out when we sift through the wreckage? Now, the official explanation? Is it the o'celiannation? Is it the old man from up? Who cares? We'll figure it out when we sift through the wreckage. Now, the official explanation is that after the Chinese balloon last week, the government

adjusted the radars to make them more sensitive. And once they did that, they realized there's all kinds of shit flying up all the time everywhere. It's like, you know, when you start paying attention to what ingredients are in your food and realize like everything has guar gum in it. What's guar gum? Guar gum. We don't know what it is but we're eating it baby. Oh, an audience loves to turn to camera too. And you might be asking, where is Space Force in all of this? Isn't dealing with UFOs like they're saying? But apparently, it's actually more complicated than that, because some of this stuff they're

finding is too low in the atmosphere for space force's jurisdiction. They're in this like, this weird in-between zone between the sky and space. It's like, it's like the Earth's taint. And really, what we need is a taint force, you know? Protect this, this in-between area, this no-man's land. It's a very sensitive zone. It can get a little hairy, sure. At times, working there can stink, sure. But taint force will be there when the shit goes down. Moving on to a crazy story, the makers of M&M's were fined $14,000 after two workers fell into

a vat of chocolate. So everyone be on the lookout for the newest M&M's flavor, human flesh. And the good news is when those guys fell in, they found their thean, they found a theat, they found a good news, they're their that................... So, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, the lookout for the newest Eminem's flavor, Human Flesh. And the good news is, when those guys fell in, they found the bones of Augustus Clupe. Some nice closure for the gloop family. The truth is that a lot of jobs are dangerous and that's why one new idea going around in some states is particularly odd. Some state legislatures looking to fill in needed in the labor market are considering child workers as a solution. Lawmakers in Iowa and Minnesota introduced bills last month to loosen labor regulations

around age and workplace safety. Minnesota's bill would allow 16 and 17-year-olds to work construction jobs. And the Iowa measure aims to allow 40-a-a-a-s to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to-s to-s th-s th-s th-s th-s th-s th-s th-s th-s th-s th-s th-s th-s thioliolioliole-s particularly thically thically thically thically thically thically thically thically thically thically thically thically thically thically thically thically thically thically th-s th-s th-s th-s thically thically thically thically thically thically thi-s thi-s thi-s thi-s th-s th-s th-s th-s thi-s thi-s thi-s thi-s thi-s, particularly thateeateateateateateateateateateateateateateateateateateateateateateateateatea-s 16 and 17 year olds to work construction jobs, and the Iowa measure aims to allow 14 and 15 year olds to work certain positions in the mining, meat packing, and logging industries. The Iowa proposal would also shield businesses from civil liability if a youth worker gets sick, injured or killed on the job. We're doing great, everybody. They're going to let 14-year-olds work in mining, logging, and meat packing. Those are like the three most dangerous jobs.

They didn't have any openings in the Ukrainian army. You know they'll be able to fill these positions, too. All it would take for teenagers to work in a mine is like a viral Tick-Top called the Black Lung Challenge. And these lawmakers they know it's dangerous because they're shielding the companies if the kids get killed on the job. On the bright side they will have umpa lumpas come out every time a kid dies. Little, little wonka heavy today. And I'm sure this will surprise you,

but the lawmakers sponsoring these bills call themselves pro-life. Of course they are. If women aren't forced to have babies, who's going to pack this story, we turn to Roywood Jr. Is that the Iowa State House? Roy, how can these people possibly allow this? It's outrageous, Sarah.

Child Labor has almost no place in this country. I'm... Wait, almost? You gotta have some child labor. You gotta have some child labor. You know how expensive it is to raise a kid? You gotta buy clothes, you gotta feed them two, three times a day. Gotta go to the doctor, make sure all their bones ain't jacked up. Then, you gotta take them to the dentist and get to teach

your teeth ain't nothing but mouth bones, why get the two different doctors? You gotta pay for child care, assuming you can find child care, because your last baby babysit is the co'c-a'cahed, because their, because you's, because you's, because you's, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, their, their, you're, you're, you're, you's, you's, you's, you's, you's, you's, you's, you's, you's, you's, you's, you's, you's, you's, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, 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, school care, then after school care, then there's summer camp. Because the school year is only nine months of the year, but the work year is all year. Where does it stop? These kids have got to pay their own way. Okay, sure, but like small things, like working at McDonald's or babysitting or mowing lawns. What's the difference between mowing a lawn and chainsaw and a redwood? It's all yard work. A tree ain't nothing but tall grass. That's all the tree. Roy, these are the world's most dangerous jobs. You really want children doing them?

They're the ones that want to grow up faster. We're just letting them. Why can't I have a driver's license? th. thia? the tha? the tha? tha? tha? the tha? tha? the tha tha tha tha thia thia thia thi thrower thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' their their their their their their their their their their their their their their thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' treea' towa' towa' towa' towa' towa' towa' towa' towa' towa' thin' thin' thin' thin They're the ones that want to grow up faster. We're just letting them. Why can't I have a driver's license yet? OK, OK, you can have a driver's license. For a fork lift, drive that. Get the pallet, move the palate run. OK, call me naive. But childhood isn't a time for work. It's a time for children to learn and grow and explore the world in their wonderment. Yeah, I agree with that.

Until he's a teenager. Teenagers are not exploring the world and wonderment. They throwing eggs at my house. These punks need to be put to work. They got too much time on their hands. You ruin them. Pink like Kevin. Put them on the factory line. they they they th. They th. They th. to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the the their their to their their their their their their their their their their to be to be to be their to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be their their their their their their their their their to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be tip. tipoomoomoomoomoomoomoomoomorrow. tie. tieuuoomoomoomoomorrow. tooe. tooe. tooomoomoomoomoomoomorrow. to Punks like Kevin. Put them on the factory line. Let them debone a hundred chickens an hour, you bitch, let's see. Oh, my fingers hurt. Yeah, that's hard work.

Roy, just because you're mad at your neighbor's kid doesn't mean they deserve dangerous work conditions. They can lose fingers. Sarah, how many fingers you really need? How many, these are stars right here. These are the ones. These are the fingers, you need this one in case you get married. But you know, what was the last time you use your pinky? The pinky just freeloading on all the rest of the fingers. It's the nepob baby of the hand. Plus, these kids is young enough, these things are grow back, they got time.

I'm sorry, but there is no place in our society for child labor. It is a scourge of humanity that we have luckily moved past and it brings nothing positive to the world. Let me ask you a question now. You got an iPhone? Um, I do. Who do you think makes it? I mean, Apple. Kids, Sarah, Chinese kids. So hand over your iPhone unless you want to be a hypocrite. I'm going to choose a hypocrite.

That's what I thought. Now if you'll excuse me I'm gonna go sign up my neighbors kid for the cold mines. Kiss your pig and ring goodbye Kevin I'm coming. Roy Woods Jr. everybody. All right we come back and take a look at this most important women sothey will go away. Finding great candidates to hire can be like trying to find a needle in a haystack. You might get a lot of resumes, but not enough candidates with the right skills or experience. But not with Zip Recruiter. Zip Recruiter finds amazing candidates for you fast.

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When you ask people about the greatest female scientists of the 20th century, they'll give you the same names. Marie Curie, Jane Godall, Octavia Spencer. But they always leave out the most important person. Dr. Raquel and Sidia, the world's first female mad scientist. In the field of evil, Dr. Incidia was a relentless pioneer. She put Genghis Khan's brain into a chimp.

She made Kentucky disappear. All of it. For three years, no Kentucky. She put a man on the moon as punishment. His body's still up there. Unfortunately in the 1950s, the math sciences were dominated by men. So Dr. Insidia faced a lot of sexism. One time, she shrunk the Minister of Lafeya and trapped him in a jar. They gave her a two million dollar ransom. The next week a male mad scientist kidnaps the same Prime Minister. They give him four million dollars and a guest spot on Ed Sullivan. Same Prime Minister, same jar. You tell me how that's not sexism. She was always at a disadvantage. It's hard to build a laboratory in a volcano

when you're not allowed to open your own credit card. The bank was always saying, where's Mr. Dr. Insidia? My debut as a math scientist was when I terrorized Boston with a radioactive megaphone. What I didn't tell anyone was that the megaphone was Dr. Insidia's idea. I told her it was a stupid idea. And then I stole it. I feel bad about the whole thing, but it launched my career.

They even had me on that solvent. In 1958, Dr. Insidia assembled body parts into an unholy monster. The first thing it did when it came to life was ask her to get it a cup of coffee. Of course, everything got worse after she had her baby. Well, cloned her baby. Dr. Insidia was asked to leave the Evil Alliance headquarters

because they were uncomfortable with her breastfeeding. Now look, in our defense, breast crating is gross. If Dr. Insidia had lived long enough, I think she would have become a household name. Unfortunately, she died young. Some people think her heart gave out from all the sexism. Others think it was from the heart-stopping race. She accidentally fired at herself.

Me, I think it was a little bit of both. She was truly a revolutionary. But schools refused to teach about her work. Why not? Why not? Why not? I suppose because of all of her crimes. But it's all right. Her legacy lives on. She's the one who taught me about girl power. Literally, you can power a steam engine with girls.

You see Dr. Sibylia. All right, stay tuned because when we come back the hilarious Liz Wins said we'll be joining me on the show. Yes. Thank you. Finding great candidates to hire can be like trying to find a needle in a haystack. You might get a lot of resumes, but not enough candidates with the right skills or experience. But not with Zip Recruiter. Zip Recruiter finds amazing candidates for you fast. And right now you can try it for free at Zip Recruiter. that Zip Recruiter's smart technology identifies top talent for your

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Welcome back to the Daily Show. My guest tonight is the co-creator of the Daily Show and the founder of Abortion Access Front, which uses humor to destigmatize abortion and expose those fighting against reproductive rights. Please welcome Liz Winstead. Wow, you guys spruce up the place since the last time I was here. They're doing pretty good over here. Wow, you guys spruce up the place since the last time I was here. They're doing it. Doing pretty good over here. Yeah, I mean, it's been a long way.

I mean, I would say so. If you watch some of the old episodes you could see light switches. You really created this whole idea of comedy noodles. You know? I mean did you know how groundbreaking that would be at the time? Well I knew that the media was consistently disappointing and so it seemed like low-hanging fruit. Especially when the show caught on and instead of the media being like you know maybe we should really be really investigating stories they were like funny graphics that's what the public on me like they sold around the date. So you found it to be like you know, you know, thoude be really investigating stories. They were like, funny graphics, that's what the public wants. They stole the wrong date. So you founded abortion access from... I did!

And that? Yes. Yes. My God. Do you see this as a kind of a natural evolution from the Daily Show for you? 100%? Well, because they explain what it is, but they deal with abortion with humor. Yeah, I mean, the truth is, whether it was this show,

whether it was Air America Radio, wherever I went, it's like knowing that you can expose hypocrisy with humor, and knowing that done well, you can make change, it kind of was a natural evolution, because no one was talking about it, th it, thi thi thi thi thi about it, thi ab ab ab ab ab ab ab ab ab ab ab ab they they they they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they they they they they they they they they they thi, they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they, but they, but they, but they, but they, but they, but they, but they, but they, but they, but they, but they, but they, but they, they, they, they, they, they,, you can make change. It kind of was a natural illusion, because no one was talking about abortion. People siloed it, they weren't talking about it. And so the reason I created it was because I wanted to speak truth to power.

Also, if everybody felt freaked out when Roe v. Wade fell, like what do I do? Did all you feel like what do I do? I wanted to give people an answer to that question. So with the abortion access front we decided what we want to do is create programs that folks can jump into. We'll meet you where you are if you have 10 minutes an hour to give. We have fun things in the streets, we can help you legislatively. We have this great program called Operation Save abortion. It's pretty simple. It's a five-part series, get together with your friends,

do it, and learn how you can actually do more than just March. Because that just feels like you're an anger fluffer at that point. Right? Where's the release? Anger Fluffer? So, you know, I feel like try to get people to get services right? So I'm not going to say you should donate but you should don't. So you started Abortion Access Front also known as abortion AF. Yes.

We have very cool shirts if you want to really go in hard. Yeah, so you founded that in 2015. Yeah. What did Liz Winstead in 2015 think abortion rights would be in 2023? Well, I mean, Liz wins. We kind of lightly started this and you were there in like 2014 because I knew it was going to get worse. You know, I've been sounding these alarm forever because it was happening in the states. And nobody seemed to understand state politics, nobody understood that. Like, the reason Roe v. Wade fell is because an abortion case in Mississippi made it to the Supreme Court. Now, is because an abortion case in Mississippi made it to the Supreme Court.

Now, if you don't think Mississippi should be deciding how you live your reproductive life, then you have to get your shit together and start paying attention. And so for me, it was always that. And the, and I mean, I will say this, and I, we have to wrap it up, but, you know, when shit started happening in Georgia, in Hollywood, well-meaning coastal elites were like, I'm pulling my production from Georgia, I'm not going to play in Georgia, and you brought three abortion providers. Yeah, reproductive justice activists, yeah. And from Georgia to Los Angeles to sit down with these people, and they said, and they said, they activists, yeah. And from Georgia

to Los Angeles to sit down with these people and they said, please don't take your productions away from from Atlanta. You know, please, this is what's giving people jobs and bringing an influx of all this wonderful stuff for people. The people shouldn't be punished. If you want to, you know, stick up for the people of Georgia, then boycott the giant donors that are giving these politicians money to make these laws. And I thought that was very... If you're going to ask the people who are living in the places and center the people who are most harmed all the time, and they'll give you the answers to help you be a better activist and make the world better. Yeah. You know, a lot of people are seeing their rights being stripped away, and it's really scary. What can people do? I mean, I'm just going to say, if you go to AAFront.org, we can guide you locally and nationally to where you need to be.

We are connectors, we're unifiers, and we're the people who are out there who really want you to do something, it will help you figure out what that something is. Yeah, I will say I was in Atlanta two nights ago and I went to Starbucks and there was a woman working there who saw a pin on my backpack that said keep your walls off my body. And she said she was so moved by it and so angry to be in a place where it is not legal to make your own decisions over your body. And the first thing I did was text Liz and say, what can I give her? What can I give? And she gave me an email address and give us to her and this woman will tell her where in

her area she can become active and what she can do. So thank you so much for everything. I'm so great. We're going to take a quick break, but we'll be right back after this. We'll be right back after this. That's that show for tonight, but before we go, please consider supporting power to decide. They give people the tools to decide if, when, and under what circumstances to get pregnant and have a child. If you can help them in their mission to advance sexual and

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