The Daily Show: Ears Edition - The Black Lives Matter Movement Sparks Change | Spike Lee & Josh Gad

Episode Date: June 12, 2020

Roy Wood Jr. proposes a union to counter police unions, Spike Lee discusses his movie "Da 5 Bloods," and actor Josh Gad talks about "Central Park," "Reunited Apart" and more. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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listen to 60 Minutes, a second look, starting September 17th, wherever you get your podcasts. Hey everybody, welcome to another episode of the Daily Social Distancing Show. I'm Trevor Noah, and it is now week three of the protests against police brutality month three of us staying inside because of coronavirus and year three of me not eating dairy. Wait is ice cream dairy? Anyway on tonight's episode Roywood Jr. solves racism, NASCAR crashes the Confederate flag and how Canada can solve all of America's problems. So let's get into it.

Welcome to the Daily Social Distancing Show. From Trevor's Couch in New York City to your couch somewhere in the world. This is the Daily Social Distancing Show with Trevor Noa. Here's addition. Okay, first up, let's talk about some of the change that's taking place in America right now. In the weeks since protests began following the murder of George Floyd, the movement has

been more successful than many people could have imagined. 53% of American voters now say that they support Black Lives Matter, when only 2 years ago, it was around 40%. Multiple major corporations in America have now said that they are actively going to diversify their workplace and hire black people who they've previously discriminated against for so long. And millions of white Americans are now desperately trying to find a second black friend. But one of the biggest shifts in America is something the country has been resisting for 155 years. way in pieces. NASCAR's Bubba Wallace, racing last night with the hashtag Black Lives Matter painted

on his car. The race starting hours after NASCAR banned the Confederate flag. That was a huge pivotal moment for the sport. A lot of backlash, but it creates doors and allows the community to come together as one. Yeah. From Congress, all the way to NASCAR. All over the country, people are asking the question,

is it finally time to let go of the Confederacy? And I think it's really impressive that NASCAR is doing this, because the Confederate flag is extremely popular with a lot of their fans. In fact, just to soften the blow, here's maybe what they should do. Ban the fans from bringing the flag to the races, but then incorporate it into the race itself. You know? So like if you win the race, they wave the check-it flag, and then for the loser, they wave the Confederate flag. Yeah, that way everybody wins.

The one thing that does confuse me, though, is why did Congress have confederate statues of their, the Confederacy fought against America. So, why would you have statues of them in America's capital building? It makes no sense. That's like white ladies having statues of gluten in their kitchen. And I'll show you a funny picture of what they would look like, but I still have no idea what gluten actually is. I mean, it's a little insane how it feels like the government treats actual traitors

better than black citizens. George Floyd maybe had a $20 bill that was counterfeit. He gets choked to death. The president of the Confederacy was responsible for half a million dead Americans and the responses, well, let's ask the quarry for the finest piece of marble. We got to remember this guy. So more than 150 years after the civil war, the winning side is finally deciding it doesn't need to keep celebrating the side that try to destroy them. And one step that the Pentagon is considering is renaming military bases that are named after Confederate officers. You know,

names like Fort Bragg in North Carolina, Fort Hood in Texas and Fort Slave Catcher in Georgia. I don't even know how they let that one pass. But what's interesting is that while the military thinks that this symbolic that that thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi the symbolic move thi the symbolic thi thi thi thi thi their the their their their their their their their their th. 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. I's the. I's te. te. te. teate. tea. tea. te. te. te. te. te. their. their. their. their. I don't even know how they let that one pass. But what's interesting is that while the military thinks that this symbolic move can help race relations in the ranks, the commander in tweet strongly disagrees. U.S. military leaders have expressed a willingness to discuss renaming bases named after Confederate generals, but tonight President true today president that. A tweet for theight, President Trump says that won't happen, saying they are part of a great American heritage. A tweet for the President, he writes, the United States of America trained and deployed our heroes, on these hallowed,

world wars. Therefore, my administration will not even consider the renaming of magnificent and fabled military installations. You know, part of me thinks Trump is doing this because he's trying to appeal to his Confederate loving base. The other part of me thinks he's doing it because he thinks Fort Bragg is named after him. Never been humble, so powerful, I'm the best.

They say that I brag better than everybody. But as usual, like, Trump's logic makes no sense. Because America didn't win World War II because of the names of those bases, right? America won World War II because Tom Hanks found Matt Damon. That was the turning point. Like you can call the base whatever you want. It's not going to determine how effectively your soldiers are going to fight. America isn't going to be losing to Russia in World War III like, we should have never renamed those bases! That was our secret weapon! And I know for some people this debate might seem inconsequential, but you've got to understand.

The reason the military generals are open to changing the names of these bases is the same reason that NASCAR is doing it. They want the military to take a unified stand against racism and they want to show that the American military stands for all Americans, including the millions of minorities who have served within its ranks. Because take a second, just take a second and imagine being a black soldier, training at a base that is named after somebody who didn't even think of you as a human being. That isn't just offensive to those soldiers. It's offensive to the Confederate generals too.. to to to to to to to to to to to 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 the the the American the the American the American the American the American the American the American the American the American the American the American the American the the American the the the the the the the American 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 the the their their their their their their their their their their their tha stands stands stands stands fora.a.a tha.a.a.a even think of you as a human being.

That isn't just offensive to those soldiers, it's offensive to the Confederate generals too. Because, I mean, imagine if they came back and saw what was happening at a base that is named after them. My God, all of the slaves have guns. Now, Donald Trump isn't the only person who's trying to stand in the way of making progress. Because while states like New York are finally passing legislation that tries to stop police violence, those changes are being resisted by a very powerful force. The police unions. In fact, just listen to the head of the New York police union, Pat Lynch, lashing out at police reform. They're asking us to pull back. They're

asking us to walk away from you. They're asking us to abandon our communities. They're asking me to walk away from where I live. They're asking me to walk away from where I work. They're asking us to walk away from the neighborhoods that we brought back. And that we brought back. And that's what's happening. And you know what? We don't have a choice. If we put our hands on the criminal, you're going to jail.

I'm not being dramatic. That's how bad it is. Okay. With all due respect, I think you are being dramatic. No policeman is going to jail for touching somebody. This is almost like the police version of those guys during me too. Remember those guys who are like, so what? I can't even smile at a lady in the office anymore?

Oh, just cut my dick off now. We know that's coming next. Nobody is asking the police to abandon their communities. People are asking the police to to to to to to to to to to their to the police to to the police the police to to the police to the police to to the police to the police the police to to the police to the police to abandon their communities. People are asking the police to treat all communities like it is their community. I mean, think about the fact that this guy even says, we can't even put our hands on a criminal, that's part of the problem. All too often in America, police treat everyone that they come across like a criminal, especially black people. And I'm not being dramatic. That's just how it is. Now for those who don't know, police unions fight for their members in the ways that all unions do, right? They organize for better pay and they organize for benefits. There are a lot of good things that come from having a police union, but

they also protect members in ways that make it virtually impossible to hold bad cops accountable. They set the terms of internal investigations that accused cops can stonewall until the department has to give up. And then if a cop is found to be at fault, unions can put limits on the penalties so that even police chiefs who want to fire the officers who've done something wrong can't do it. And on top of all of that, there are even examples of police threatening not to do their jobs if politicians try to hold them accountable, which I'm sorry is ridiculous.

Can you imagine if nurses threaten to let patients die if they're not allowed to steal opioids and sell them on the side? No one would accept that. And so the question is, what can Americans do? If police unions are this powerful, what can people do? Well, for more on this, I'm joined by our very own union experts, Roywood Jr. What's going on, Roy? How you doing? What's up, man? How you been?

Well, I'm as good as I can be, and I'm assuming you've seen that video, you know the head of the New York Police Union. What did you make of the video? Yes, I saw Henry Winkler up there at the microphone doing this thing. Looked like Henry Winkle. I thought it was a Happy Days reboot. I was like, this is a terrible time to bring back this show. Also, sidebar, if you're a police union and you vote somebody to be the head of the police union, you probably shouldn't have them be named Pat Lynch. Also, big question, Trevor, where are the rest of the black people that

are on this diverse police department? Look at this photo. That looked like a 50-year reunion of a lacrosse team. Yeah, and Roy, another problem is that the police unions are now basically showing people what a powerful force they are. They're standing up against the reforms and they're so well organized that politicians are afraid of them. So like the question I have for you is, is there anything that can be done to weaken the influence they have? See, see, see, see, African, you're thinking about it wrong, man. See, here's the thing. Everybody is trying to make the police the police the police the police the police the police the police the police the police the police the police to make the police to make to make the police the police to make the police the police the police the police the police the police the police the police the police the police the police the police the police the police the police. If the police the police the police the police their their. If if their. If. If you're their. If you're, their. If you're, their. If their. If. If. If. If. If. If. If. If. If. If. If. If. If. If. If. If. If. If. If. If. If. If. tha. tha. tha. tha. th. th. th. th. th. 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 the the the the the the the the it wrong, man. See, here's the thing. Everybody's trying to make the police union weaker. But all you need to do is make a stronger union, they're stronger than the police union.

That's why I propose that all black people come together, and we form a black people union, is called the National Black Association. Wait, hold up. The NBA? Shit, man, I'll think of another name. Look, the point is, is that once this union is together, it brings together every black person in the country. And if you're black, you're automatically approved.

It's the opposite of a home loan. Okay, fine. And then what happens once you have the black union? thould that help? Once we're we organize we organize we organize we organize we're we organize we organize we organize we organize we organize th we're th we're thoan organize thoan organize thoan once you have the Black Union? How does that help? Once we're organized, every year we'll make America negotiate a new deal with us, and with our strength and numbers, we can finally get our demands met. Hold cops accountable for misconduct, demilitarize the police, shift funding away from cops and towards schools and education. And while we're at it, rescue Kanye West from the sunken place. We need them back, man.

Okay, look, Roy, that sounds like fair demands. But what if America and the Black Union can't agree on a deal? What happens then? Well, then black people just have to take out talents elsewhere. Like when LeBron left Cleveland, only now is black people leaving all of America. Does America really want that? Do you really want to be without black people?

No sports, no music, no more dance moves. Y'all gonna be on Tick Tock doing the hokey-poke after we leave. Good luck going viral with that shit. I don't know, I don't know. If black people leave America, their black people they'll go anywhere. their thakak. tha tho. tho, if tho, if tho, if th. th. th. th. th. that, if, if, if, if, if that, if that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, 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. tha, tha, tha, tha, tha, tha, the the the the the the the the the thea the the thea thea thea thea tha tha one of them countries that doesn't have any police brutality. You know, Japan, there's New Zealand, there's, um, what's the white one? Norway? You can go to Norway. You know what? I don't think we should go to Norway because I know winter up there is brutal. That's a whole different type of brutality to black people. So we'll just go to Japan. And by the way way way way way way way way way the the their their type thapapapapap type type type type type type type type type type type type type type type type type type thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi 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 thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. tipe tipea. tipea. tipea. tipea. tipe. thea. thea. thi. their thi. their their when we do leave America, we'll get ourselves there. We don't need you offering no boat rides. We're following for that no more. Uh-uh.

Travel vouchers only. Now, if you'll excuse me, Trevor, I need to check on these 50,000 business cards that I ordered that said NBA on it. See if I can get those canceled. Hey, what's up, man? Yeah, I need you to cancel the order. All right, well, thank you, Roy. It's time for us to take a short break. But when we come back, we'll talk about a way to solve coronavirus,

police brutality, and long voting lines, like that. 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. 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 Social Distancing Show. You know, with states opening up and people protesting in the streets, a lot of the public feel like coronavirus is over. The only problem is nobody told coronavirus. America's COVID-19 pandemic has passed another terrible milestone as of this morning. More than 2 million Americans have tested positive for the coronavirus. More than 112,000 of them have died.

The head of Harvard's Global Health Institute said yesterday, the US death toll Institute said yesterday, the U.S. death toll could reach 200,000 in September. Earlier this week, 16 states reported an increase in average new COVID-19 cases compared to two weeks ago. At least 14 states have seen a rise in current hospitalizations since Memorial Day, including Texas, where hospitalizations jumped 42%. In Arizona, hospital capacity is at 83%. State data shows the usage of ventilators, ICU beds, and intubations at all-time highs.

You know, I can't say this for certain because I'm not like a scientist. But I feel like coronavirus grew up with a father who never loved it. Because right now it's working really hard to prove itself. I mean, 200, thousand deaths. scientist, but I feel like coronavirus grew up with a father who never loved it, because right now it's working really hard to prove itself. I mean, 200,000 deaths by September? Coronavir is attacking America so hard, half of the country is going to want to put up a statue of it. And look, there are many reasons that Americans are taking the pandemic less seriously.

But one of those reasons might be the fact that the people running the country barely seem to be thinking about it anymore at all. I mean, they haven't held a Corona Press conference to update the public in weeks. Like, I don't know where the country officially stands. Do you? Are we winning? Are we losing?

Can we go back outside? Can we sneeze on the buffet again? Like what's happening? And it doesn't help that yesterday, just yesterday, the head of the coronavirus task force did this. Vice President Mike Pence has deleted his tweet showing campaign staffed ditching coronavirus safety recommendations. He posted the tweet. the tweet last night showing him with a large group of Trump re-election campaign staffers with no social distancing or face masks. That despite the fact that the the recommendations of the coronavirus task force that is led by Pence. You see, this is the problem. How do you expect the public to take things seriously when you yourself are not taking it seriously?

You tell people to wear masks, but then you're roardogging the air. You tell people the social distance, but then you guys are crammed together like those tiny fish, like the fish inside the can, the fish, you know the fish, they got the smell, the, the, ah, it's on the tip of my tongue, god damn it. Anyway, you know what I'm talking about? Because it's clear to see America's battle against COVID. It was sardines. You packed together in a room like sardines! Ha! Look, the point is, America's butched coronavirus response is just one of the reasons

that 74% of Americans now feel like the country is on the wrong track. And I don't blame them. Police are beating up protesters in the streets. Millions of people are unemployed and Georgia couldn't even hold a primary election without making people wait in lines for hours. Clearly American democracy is failing, which means there's only one thing to do. What if I told you about a country in crisis?

A country ravaged by disease. Where the economy has collapsed. Where soldiers patrol the streets. A government gasses its own people. And the lines to vote are longer than the bathroom line at Coachella. Now what if I told you that country is America is a failed state? Amnit if it's one thing America knows? That's the Shambalong. Admit it. America is a failed state. American needs a return to democracy.

And if it's one thing America knows, it's when a country needs democracy, you invade it. It's time for someone to invade the United States. Specifically, Canada. That's right. We're asking the good people of Canada to invade us. Please invade us. Please invade us for the love of God. Wait, what do y'all pray to up there? Y'all pray to a moose? We're not asking for

a donation. We're asking for an invasion. Some of our states are already basically Canadian. Minnesota, Maine, the non-Detroyed parts of Michigan. We're right next to you. Just invade us for the weekend and see if you like it. No new language is to learn. It's English, but with a slightly more normal accent. And to my fellow Americans, why would we not want Canada to invade us? We'll still have racism, but it'll be polite. Canadian racism, with a smile. In Canada, we apologize for making fun of you so much. We're so sorry. I'm so sorry. I'm sick. Y'all make it easy.

We're just jealous of your functioning health care system, which, if you don't mind, bring that with you. We did great under our last black president. We're willing to try yours. And on top of all that, I'm going to fuck a Canadian. I want to fuck a Canadian. We want to f-co-Canadianians. So if you agree that Canada should spread democracy to the United States,

if you're ready to see Canada's military, zambonies roam the streets of our great nation, go to Daily Show. to Daily Show. the petition and share with your friends. If enough of us tha th politely, they can't say no. Come on, Canada. It's your time to shine.

All right, when we come back, I'm gonna be talking to legendary director Spike Lee about his critically acclaimed new film, DeFive Bloods, stick around. When 60 Minutes premiered in September 1968, there was nothing like it. This is 60 minutes. It's, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, thaaa, it, tha, tha, tha, tha, tha, thee-a, the-a, the, the, the, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it's a tha, it's a thia, it, it's to to to to to to to to to to to to to to your to your to your 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 to thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi-s thiolea tiole, thiole, thiole, thiol 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 17. Welcome back to the Daily Social Distancing Show.

Filmmaker and storyteller Spike Lee joined me early on the show to talk about his new Netflix film, Defive Bloods and how it relates to what's happening in America today. Check it out. Spike Lee, welcome to the Daily Social Distancing Show. It's a pleasure spending time with you. And I said this off screen, but I want to say on camera. You are doing a great job. You are speaking truth to power.

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But this interview is about you, man. Let's let's talk to the great Spike Lee. You've got a new movie that is coming out on Netflix, that I had the pleasure of watching last night. And it's interesting. I mean, the last time I spoke to you about a film, it was Black Clansman, right? If you do me a favor, Spike, I'm gonna direct you for a second.

Could you pull back up just a little bit so I get more of you in frame. Thank you so much. much that's fantastic that's beautiful. I want to take directions from you. I wanted to talk to you about about about how Spike Lee is making movies now and and what you're doing with your platform because you know black clansmen so many people watched it and for me one of the moments I will never forget is the scene the scenes that you played from the news real life news at 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 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 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 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 they. they. they. they. they. they. they. the the the the the the the the the the they. the the the they. the the the the the they. the the the the the the the the the the the the scene the scenes that you played from the news, real life news at the end of the movie.

And how what was happening in the movie, connected with what we're experiencing today, you've done something really similar in the Five Bloods, you know, in that you've created a story that's, that's, you know, it's a powerful story about black war veterans from the Vietnam War, coming back together for a trip to go back to Vietnam, to reconnect as brothers, to go and, you know, pay respect to somebody that they've lost. But you've made the film tie into what's happening now. You've even got some moments of today in that. Explain to me why you've chosen to do that. Well, I think that, and also thank you for having me on the show.

I think that people are more apt to enjoy an historical piece if in some way, shape, or form, you could slip in what's happening now. And as you mentioned, we did that to end the Black Clansman, where we saw the murder of Heather Hare with that rally in Charlottesville. And it wasn't the way the film came out, had nothing to do with the timing. But they could not have been a better time for this film because I truly

think that a lot of what's in the film is why people are marching all across this world chanting Black Lives Matter. And in many cases, those are black and brown faces yelling Black Lives Matter. And that's a win right there. That's a win right there. So I really feel strong about this, that all this energy, all these different people that were coming together, we're becoming galvanized, particularly United States and America, we have to keep this energy, register to vote, vote, and celebrate when the numbers come in, like a brother prince said, like it's 1999. I'm telling you, they're going to be some of the biggest parties ever.

You've made films, Spike, that have captured the moment in America. So what I wanted to know was this. When you made the Five Bloods, every theme in the story connects to what's happening now. It's a story of four black men who served the American military during Vietnam. And what's really powerful is that they don't just face, you know, the struggles that all veterans face when they come back, but they have the compound suffering of being black as well. They come back to a country that still oppresses them, even though they fought for that country when they were called upon. That part of the story is really strong.

You know, it's not just a trip. It's not just a boy's trip movie. It's a movie that goes into the war, it goes into their experiences, it goes into their PTSD. That felt like a, like something you were really trying to focus to focus to focus to focus, to focus, to focus, to focus, to focus, to focus, to focus, to focus, to focus, to focus, to focus, to focus, to focus, to focus, tho, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, thi, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, thi, their, is their, is their, is, is, is, is their, is, is, is, is, is their, is, is, is, is their, is.a, is.a, is their, is their, is a their, is a their, thi.a, thi.a, thi.a, thi.s.s.s.s.s, thi.s, thi.s, thi.s, thi.s, is a thi.s, is a thi.s, is a thi.s, is a thr.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a, is a that so important for you to do? A very simple answer, my brother, Shavik Bozeman, who plays Stormin Norman, he tells him that the first person to die for the United States of America in the war, the American Revolutionary War was a black man. 1770 is a thing called the Boston Massacre.

And a black man died, crisp his addicts. So, from the very beginning, we've been fighting for this country. From the very beginning, from the very beginning, the very beginning, we've been fighting for this country. From the very beginning, from the very beginning, we've been fighting for this country as you said that doesn't fight for us. We've been loving this country that doesn't love us. And so when this guy, Agent Orange, talks about our brother Colin Kappenig not being patriotic.

That's some BS. First of all, Colin, him, Neal, was had nothing to do with blasting the armed forces or disgracing old glory, red, white, blue. It's about the same thing that people are marching all across the streets in this world. Agent Orange also called black NFL players SOBs. He also said that refrain, which came really from the Vietnam War, which is told towards anti-war protesters, America, love it, leave it. First of all, you cannot tell any African American, love it, leave it. We built this bitch. We built it. The foundation, I know some people might have heard many states before, but bear with me.

The foundation, United States of America, is the stealing the land from Native people and the genocide committed against them paired with slavery. That is the foundation of the United States and America. It's a fact. Boom! I know before I let you go before I let you go Spike I wanted to ask you I know this is a really controversial question and I need you to bear with me but do you think the NBA stopping was the best thing that happened to the Knicks? Or do you wish you

were still there, Courtside? If you remember, because the whole thing blew up, I said I'm not coming back to a game this regular season. And now nobody's coming to a regular game, Spike? Oh man, thank you so much for joining me again. I truly truly try and I truly to try to the try and I to to to to to to to to the to to to to to the to the to to to to the 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 court 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 the the the the the the the the court the court the court the court the court the court the court the court the court the court the court the the the the court. the the the the the to. the the the the the the the the the the the the the today. the tooooo. too. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. to. to. to. to.'s coming to a regular game, Spike. Oh man, thank you so much for joining me again. I truly, truly appreciate it. Continue doing what you're doing, and as always, it's an honor to have you on the show. And it's my honor. Let me just say it's real quickly. We've never ever had a meal or a drink. We gotta do that.

AC after Corona. I love that. We're here in New York, baby, come on. AC, after Corona, me and you, Spike Lee, having a drink. All right, man. And we both know who's paying. I love you, Spike. I got you. Thank you so much again for that, Spike.

When we come back, I'll be talking to actor Josh Gad about all of his new projects. Stay tuned. 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, starting September 17, wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome back to the Daily Social Distancing Show. Earlier today, I spoke with Tony nominated actor Josh Gadd. He stars in Artemis Fowl, which is going to be premiering on Disney Plus, and he's also a star in the animated hit Central Park, which is on Apple TV Plus.

We talked about those projects and about the YouTube series that he's created to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for charity. Josh Gadd. Oh, Trevor. Welcome to the Daily Social Distancing Show, my friend. I'm so honored. I remember seeing you the first night you took over when John left, and you said to me, I can't wait to have you on.

It's only been, what, five years since you've had me on? So this is what happened is I remember I remember I went home that night and I said to somebody man I saw Josh Gad and I invited him to the show and the person said you should only invite him at like a very special time in the world right and I was like okay I'll wait for something really special to happen. They're like, you should wait for a global pandemic and make sure that's exactly what it is. He can't come to a studio, make sure that you guys are, are literally thousands of miles away from each other and then it is exactly.

That's exactly it. But you're here now, my friend. Thank you very much for being here. I love you. I mean, this is such a strange,time because like like you say I mean you know we've got protests in the streets which you've been talking about you know you've been one of the people who's been most vocal about what's going on like talking about black lives matter showing support we've we've got coronavirus that's been going on the pandemic it must be a whirlwind for you emotionally because you've got

the joy of some of these beautiful shows you've created but then the world stuck indoors watching your shows and then like I guess going outside protesting and then coming back and watching your shows again to calm down. It's all the above. I mean you are the case in point like right like you're doing the same thing it's it's a weird time to entertain it's a weird time to do my job which is a pretty you know in the scheme of things pointless job or so I think and and all I can to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do 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 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 the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the to to the to the the the the to to know, in the scheme of things, pointless job, or so I think, and all I can do since I'm not medically trained, since I don't have much to offer on a professional level, is try to bring a little light and joy to the world, and that's what I'm trying to do. Maybe not great, but I'm trying to do it.

You've always done that. I mean whether whether it's, whether, whether, whether, whether, whether, whether, whether, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, and, the, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, I, and, I, and, I, and, the the the the the the, is, they. they. they. they. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. thi.a, tooooo.a.a.a. too.a.a. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th it. You've always done that. I mean, whether it's been Book of Mormon, you know, whether it's been like your two weeks on the Daily Show, which a lot of people don't even know about, which, uh, whether it, you know, whether it was you as Olaf. I think you've always, as Josh, you've always been somebody who loves making people laugh. We've got three projects that I want to talk to you about. And so let's talk about the Disney Plus one first. Artemis Fowl, what is going on? It just looks like one of those epic franchises. Tell me about Artemis Fowl.

Well it is. It's based on a series of books by author Owen Kulfer, who described the first book as Die Hard with Ferrys, which was immediately like, what the hell is that is that is that is th. is th. is th. is th. is the hell, is find out more about that. And Kenneth Brown, who directed me a murder on the Orient Express, was the director for this. And I was immediately drawn to the character who is this insane loner type. He is, he's Hagrid by way of Hans Solo. He's sort of a mess. And then, this whole story is about this 12-year-old who is a criminal mastermind. And I just thought that that was such a cool story. It was so different than anything I'd read before. We've got Central Park as well.

That's a lot of fun. I mean, you know, just from the when the show kicks off with your character with your little, I don't know if it's a guitar, you know got that fun little, just that opening number that, and it's, if you live in New York, as I do, it's such a wonderful feeling because it really captures how, just like, how crazy and diverse Central Park actually is. It's like everyone's home and nobody's home at the same time. Tell me a little bit about that animated musical and how that came together. I'm so unbelievably proud of Central Park. You know, I co-created it with Lauren Bouchard,

the creator of Bob's Burgers, and we wanted to do a true musical. We wanted to create the same sort of feeling that you got if you saw a book of Mormon or that you got if you saw frozen, things that I've done on the stage and on the big screen, but never on the small screen. And it's a love letter to Newer. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, we's, we's, we's, we're, we's, we want, we's, we's, we's, we's, we's, we's, we, we, we's, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. to, we, we, we, to, to, to, to, th. to, the, thr, thr. thr. thr. to, thr-a. t. toda. toda. toda. toda, today, tr. tr. true, true, true, it's a love letter to passion, it's a love letter to perseverance in the face of adversity with an insane cast, Leslie Odom Jr., David Diggs, Catherine Hahn, Kristen Bell, Titus Burgess and Stanley Tucci. It's like the Avengers of Musical Theater. Let me ask you this question about a project that you took on just, you know, of your own volition. Reunited apart. You've got the show the show the show the show the show the show the show the show the show the show the show the show the show the show the show, the show, the show, the show, the show, the show, the show, the show, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, 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, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, their, their, th..... th.e.ea, today, te.....e.l.l.l.l.l. te. te. te. te. te. t. volition. Reunite it apart. You've got the show on YouTube.

You know, everyone's stuck at home. Many people are like their projects are just on hold and that's that. But Josh Gads steps up and says, no, I'm going to try my utmost to raise money. Raise money for organizations who are helping to feed kids. Raise money for organizations who are helping Americans who are out of work, raise money to try and just help Americans, help Americans. And the concept that you came up with is amazing. You were reuniting the cost of just blockbuster movies in time.

First of all, where did you get the idea? Second of all, how on earth did you pull it together? I got the idea by being stuck at home and thinking to myself, Trevor's never going to call, I'm never going to be allowed to go to his studio. How do I take that emotional pain? And how do I circumvent that into something positive? And lo and behold, I came up with this idea of, what would bring me so much joy? It's, you know, before I got on you and I were talking about the fact that like, it does something psychologically when you see your favorite tasks doing lines again from your favorite movies.

It just, it gives you a sense of like, ah, and I, whatever that is, whatever that is, whatever you call that thing. And so I think that's, I think that's the action for euphoric joy. Yes, that is it. It's sort sort sort sort sort sort sort sort sort sort sort sort sort sort sort sort sort sort sort sort sort sort sort sort, it. It's sort, it. It's sort, it. It's sort, it. It's sort, it. It's sort, it. It's sort, it. It's sort, it. It's sort, it. It's sort that it. It's, it. It's, it. It's, it. It's like, it's, it's, it. It's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it. It. It. It. It. It. It. It. It. It's, it. It. It. It. It. It. It. It. It. It. It. It. It. It's, it. It's, it. It's, it. It's, it. It's, it. It's, it. It's, it. It's, it. It's, it. It's, it. It's like, it. It's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, th. It's like, th. It's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it's like, it. It's like, it. It's sort of like a scoop up of your breastplate. So I really wanted to give people that. And in turn, what I hoped is that people would then donate if they can, what they can, to help lift others up. So off of Lord of the Rings, we've been able to raise $145,000 for No Kid Hungry. And we continue to do that. Our next episode, Ghost Busters is set for Monday, and we hope to raise a lot of money for the Equal Justice Initiative. And so I'm going to keep doing them to keep helping as many different causes as I can, you know, knowing that it may bring somebody somewhere a little bit of joy right now.

Well, I'll tell you, my friend, you're not trying, you are doing it, as the great Spike Lee told me, so keep doing what you are doing. And, you know, let's let's grab coffee sometime, my friend. Yeah, let's do this again in like six years. I can't wait to see you again. No, Josh, five years max. Josh. I love you, you're killing, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, thi, thi, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, thi, thi, thi, thi, 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. to to to to to to to to to to to too. too. too. too. too. too. too. to to thi. th it. Thank you so much, my friend. Thanks for joining us. Thank you so much for that, Josh. Well, that's our show for tonight, but before we go,

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