The Daily Show: Ears Edition - The Precap | Ronny Chieng on Snorkeling Pearl Harbor, Unpacking Eurovision, and Colbert's Last Week

Episode Date: May 18, 2026

This week's host Ronny Chieng sits down with Daily Show writer David Angelo to preview the week to come, and recap the latest headlines. They'll dive in to Kash Patel's FBI funded snorkeling trip at the Pearl Harbor Memorial, explore the inherent weirdness of the Eurovision Song Contest, and unpack a ridiculous Clavicular headline. Looking ahead, they discuss Colbert's last week on The Late Show, and Trump's electoral revenge campaign on Republicans that dared to cross him. -- Watch the Full Episode on YouTube⁠ -- The Daily Show airs weeknights at 11/10c on Comedy Central. Stream full episodes on Paramount+ Follow TDS: YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You're listening to Comedy Central. Hello and welcome to the pre-cap, a daily show podcast, where we sit down with this week's host of the Daily Show to recap some of the latest news and also preview what might be coming up this week. I'm David Angelo, a writer on this show, and I'm joined today by your host for the week, Ronnie Chang. Hey, David. You know, you really could become an NPR. You think so? Yeah, your voice? I just don't have the drive, you know, that's the problem.

I tried it once, and the problem is I only have this. No, but that's fine. It's monetary, but it doesn't, I can't do. Yeah, but there's a way where this is, you know. There's like one, yeah. Yeah, yeah, there's a gig. There's a gig where this is, you know. Hey.

You got the velvety voice, man. You got the velvety voice. Well, thank you, Ronnie. It's always nice doing a podcast with him. And, uh, we tell you see what you're wearing on the video podcast. I know, what's going on? We were both. Before we started, you were dressed just as terribly as me.

Yes, I was. Because you have a wardrobe privilege here. And then you went and got like a full-on designer. You've worn Farragamo suit. These are $1,200 shoes. And now I look like, now I look like I'm just on the bus. Yeah, you came off the bus. And I have no way to get.

You can't do. I can't refine it. What am I going to take the hoodie off? I'll look worse. You're wearing a polo. At least you're wearing a collar. There is a collar. Yeah.

There's probably stains. I don't even know. Don't take this the wrong way, but I mean, you know, you do look like a writer, comedy writer. That's true. We're supposed to be kind of... That's the vibe, yeah. Quirky, that type of thing. Quirky and, you know, focus on the craft.

Right, right. I'm just in my head, man, thinking up ideas. Speaking up, should we segue into... What were we talking about? The news that we've missed. Yeah. So this week we had FBI director, Cash Patel, went to Hawaii. Yep, yep.

And he got a VII. IP snorkel trip at the Pearl Harbor Memorial. Interesting. That's a weird place to snorkel. The memorial? Yeah, I guess. I mean, I don't know. It's like throwing a party at the birthday party at the 9-11 snorkeling.

As someone who goes to Hawaii a lot, specifically Oahu, which is where the Pearl Harbor Memorial is. I mean, yeah, I guess if you're in Hawaii, you do go snorkeling. I mean, look, my only thing is, what was his duty? What was he doing in Hawaii? The FBI doesn't need to be in Hawaii. They're going to crack open the case on the Pearl Harbor attack. We're this close to finding out who did this.

Yeah, so I don't mind. I guess people need vacations, but yeah, I just want to know why is this, is this an official duty thing? Is this, you know, what was he doing in Hawaii? Was he, I just need more details on this. They do get it. Have you ever been snorkeling? Snorkeling, yes.

Snorkeling, yes. I did it once at a panic attack. Yeah, you have to get over. Because you have nothing. You have nothing, and you have a tube in your mouth. Yeah. That's it. And it only works if you're like right at the service anyway.

Yes. And even the new age ones, I don't know if you've seen the new age snorkels where it's a whole mask. and the tube sticks out the middle of the head. So versus the traditional snorkel that we think about where it's a visor and then a tube coming out of your mouth. There's one that covers your entire face so that it's supposed to be easier to use

so you can breathe normally because it's not just your mouth. But guess what? That thing causes carbon dioxide poisoning because it doesn't work properly. You can't win. You can't win. Stay safe out there. If you're trying to snorkel in Oahu,

what else do you do? If you're in Hawaii, what's the must do? If you're in Hawaii, the thing, the only thing you must do is give out the energy that you want to receive, you know, because that's what happens in Hawaii. If you give out of Hawaii, they will beat the shit out of you. And if you, you remember that guy threw the rock at the monk seal? Oh, this didn't reach your algorithm. No, no. So this guy, this white guy from Seattle threw a rock at like an endangered seal in Hawaii.

and he was kind of really like, whatever, guys, I'll pay the fine. And then the next video of him was him getting his ass beat by Hawaii justice. So, you know, Hawaii, the only thing you must do is you get the energy that you give out. And if you're nice in Hawaii, people will give it to you double. And if you're not nice in Hawaii, they will give it to you double too.

But to answer your question specifically, I know you're asking more about... I know, I was like, what about Tom's barbecue or something? I know. You could go for a hike. And Hawaii is all about going for hikes. You know, everything else is kind of whatever. But go for the secret waterfall heights, hikes. That's what you got to do in Hawaii.

That's my tip. That is a good tip, you know. Today's sponsors is Hawaii. Hawaii. Hawaii, the island nation of Hawaii. Well. Our state. No, it's a state.

It's a state. It's a state of war. We're really up to current events here, the show. What else is happening? Eurovision. Oh, yeah, Eurovision. So Eurovision, for those of you, the American. American viewers. It's a very intense song con. It's kind of like American Idol, but for songs,

right? Is that how you would describe it? Isn't American Idol for songs? No, that's for singers. Oh, but what? You're like, American Idol is like, I'm an idol. I'm the singer that you're going to, Kelly Clarkson. Oh, I never thought of it like that. Yeah. And Eurovision, although you're right, because the group is also presenting the song, but it's really like, here's the song of our country. That's a interesting that's an interesting distinction because I didn't think about it like that. The reason I know anything about Eurovision is because for some reason it's big in Australia. And why is Australia? They couldn't be further away.

Yeah. What do they button their heads into? Yeah. So Eurovision, they would broadcast it in Australia for many, many years. It would be like on the free-to-air thing. And I think because Australia has the largest population of Greeks outside of Greece, they have like, I'm pretty sure the largest, maybe the second largest population of Italians

outside of Italy and America. So they have a very, and they're very European. If you've been to Australia, it just feels very European. It's closer to Europe than it is America, well, at least until recently. But so I think it really found an audience there. And then I remember, like, just before I came over to America 10 years ago, they sent a team to join Eurovision.

So they didn't participate. They just were, like a very happy audience watching it. And then they were like, hey, you love Eurovision? Hey, come join in. So they send Australia into Eurovision. Wow. And one thing that was interesting about Eurovision, when I watched it, again,

this is over 10 years ago in Australia, Eurovision, they would, you know how it's like brackets, right? So it would be first round, second round, semi-finals, finals, it's a competition. Right. They would do the same song. Oh, yes. Yeah, the whole time through. Isn't that weird?

That is weird. Yeah, you'd think, well, give us another one because then it's hard to keep voting for this same thing. Like, oh, yeah, we still like this. Yeah. But I guess they only bring like one or two, right? I mean, they bring, when I saw it, they brought one. Maybe if they went to the finals, maybe they had a second one.

I don't remember that, but how do you know anything about your revision? I barely, I just want to say I barely know anything. Yeah, but how do you even know anything about that? Who's the big, is, did Abba win Eurovision? Maybe. Is that what it was? Maybe. Is that like the one group that ever cross over? Yeah, I don't know.

45 years ago. I think there's been a few. And I think Celine Dion. Celine Dion. But she's Canadian. Well, she's not even Canadian. She's Quebecua. She's Quebecua.

Here we go. Here we go with the... We're Googling it. We know she's Quebecua. She won 1988. See, we should have had more of like a... How come... Has America?

Does America send a name? Representing Switzerland? You know, Celine... Well, how is she representing Switzerland. Under what context? What's she representing? Very bizarre. What? You can just send Celine Dion at Switzerland? Oh yeah, maybe they drafted her. They drafted her. They're like, we want to stay neutral. I mean, you know what other thing about Eurovision? I don't think, I don't think the UK sends anyone. The UK is very weird about not being European. I understand. I know. But I'm just saying they did.

I know. They're right there. Yeah, they're right there, you know. And they got. have the best songwriters. Yeah. They got the pipes. They sent Adele. She should have swept them. Adele. You know,

get in there. They should send Susan Boyle that one year. We were all impressed with Susan. Oh, they should have sent, what's the boy band? One dimension. One dimension? One dimension? One direction.

We are really bad. I did an unintentional slam on them. One direction. Sorry, one direction. There was a time. I ran into Harry Styles twice within 24 hours in Los Angeles. Once at Cafe 101, we were both leaving at the same time. I didn't know who he was.

Right. He just was a person, but we were the only two people in there. It was very late at night. Then the next day, where Trails Cafe in Griffith Park, I go to get a coffee. He's there, the same guy. I still don't know who he is, but it's like I ran into you literally. We were the only two people at that cafe, and now we're standing in this other. one getting coffee broad daylight and there was a commotion around him and I'm like is this a famous person

and he had a rose tattoo on his shoulder and I googled it and it was Harry Styles right but did you guys did you guys give each other like a head nod at least yeah he I think he it was it was so bizarre because I clearly wasn't stalking yes because it was so random right and you are you yeah and I didn't know who he was right but he must have been like well this is so bizarre but he did give you a bit of acknowledgement yeah oh cool you guys I think he was just like what's happening. Right. Like I was,

in his head, I might have been like a CIA. Like there must have been something weird with what was going on. When you saw him, you didn't think he's extremely good looking and. No, he was and he was very cool. Right.

And so his vibe, you're like, this guy's someone famous. Yeah. And then because the first time I saw him, it was just the two of us that we were a different, you know, not eating together,

but we're the only two people in that restaurant. Yeah. And then this time it was in public and there were like 30 people around. And it was getting very chattery the way. You know when it's like there's a famous person and no one wants to say anything, but everyone's got in like a different demeanor? Oh, I get that all the time. So just to explore this Eurovision thing,

if America was to send someone to try to sweep this, take over Eurovision. Can we send Taylor Swift? Oh, we sent Taylor Swift. We would crush it. I feel like the Euro, they would vote against us on principle. Yes, they would vote. principle but but because now you're just playing for the clips right so you will win on the internet

but but also Eurovision interesting you brought up the singer song thing because I know what you mean by Eurovision vision is more focused on the song because they put a lot of production value into the song it's like costumes there's like lighting design right and Taylor Swift that's what she does she has that you know she's got the thing she's got the edit factor yeah you know can you imagine if if America sent like you know Kendrick Lamar or someone like a hip-hop. I know, you do it, yeah. Yeah, we could, you know.

Have they had a hip-hop? No. Well, not that I know of. They probably have like Irish hip-hop or something. Eurovision, I will say this, and, you know, leave your hate in the comments. But European songs, they're a little in the same lane all the time, right? A little bit anthony. A little bit like national anthems, a little bit.

You know, they sound a little bit like national anthem. Yeah, or, yeah, it's just kind of like they have, and it's very synth-heavy. They kind of have like a sound Yeah, but they do have a sound You know, that's fair To have a Euro sound You know a Eurobeat? I think I could win Eurobe

We don't need to send Taylor Okay, I think I could go do this Hey, this is cool man I like it I'm not a hater I'm not a hater I try not to be a hater with art You know

Right I've caused the international calamity With my comments probably on What on this? Yeah, it's okay Your Europeans aren't listening to this I'm going to be a little bit. We're going to be in trouble, Ronnie, internationally on this episode of the podcast.

I like it. I like that they have a thing. And it's Euro and it's different to America. You know, it's like, it's cool. All these continents feel like different planets to me in a good way, you know. It's like when you go to Southeast Asia, it's like a different planet, you know. It's a different planet. It's what they do there.

They sing the same song six times to win a competition. And, you know, it's got this very distinct beat. It's cool. It is true. Europe is, everything's a little weird. You know, like weird to us. Yeah. You know?

Just because it's different. Yeah, I did my first comedy tour of Europe, first ever last year. And it was eye-opening. It was great. They serve food. It's, you know, it's like a quarter of the serving of American size. Right. And you look at it and you're like, is this a war ration?

Why is it so small? You eat it and you're like, oh, this is the perfect amount. Right, because it's like half of its heavy cream. Yeah. No, they just knew the old world. They didn't have unlimited resources. And so their serving size was, was reasonable. And in America, we got so much abundance. They feel like to have a meal, you need four times the amount that, you know, you're supposed to have. But you don't. So that's true. And now we're all on Ozzympic. Now we're on Zempic. Maybe we're going to go Euro style. So Euro style. It wins out in the end. Eventually the European portion size is what we're all going to adopt. Yeah. But yeah, Europe, it's like, you know how their outlets are just a little different? Yeah. Like, that's for everything. Yeah.

And their phone numbers have like question marks in them. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Phone number will be like 18 letters in a number, right? Yes. I don't know. Anyway, Bulgaria, we love you, friend of the show, and I'll be in Sophia. See, I know the capital of Bulgaria, which how many people could. No many people.

Watch that be wrong. I think that's the city. Anyway, Eurovision, let's move on to looksmaxer. Oh, yeah. Clavicular got mugged recently, not mugged. Mogged by a Chad judge in Miami. So, clavik. All of these words, this is like a new vocabulary. Yeah, this sentence, I truly did not know what any of these words meant.

Right. Other than Miami. Miami, yeah We'll use that as a key We'll work around that So looks maxer clavicular Yeah Mogged by Chad Judge

So what he is is he's a looks maxer Meaning he's trying to be as good looking As he can possibly be I'm a looks minner You know I really I lean in the other way I'm just I don't know what's going I haven't seen my own hair in weeks

So I don't know what's going on But he was in court Do we know why he was in court? I don't know why he was in court. in court. Oh, oh, Alan told me this before the show. He was in court because he shot an alligator. He shot an alligator. I'm guessing for the internet. Well, that is a... Or was it self-defense? Self-defense. I mean, that's a good case. Sure. Sure. You know? Because an alligator, they're going to get you. I'm glad that he's going to court for this, but I am surprised that it's illegal to shoot an alligator in Miami.

I thought they would just let it, you know. You thought they would let it fly? Let it fly. You know? I just want to know, did somebody help the alligator and perhaps render Gatorade? Leave your comments below in the YouTube. If your comments and the thing, we'll never see any of that. Yeah.

What a strange thing. You know. So anyway, back to, you know, the theme of this topic is that the judge, who I'm assuming put in no effort. It looks better than this dude who. broke his facial bones to looks max he's full timing trying to look as good as possible and then the judge

who has a law degree slaps on a black robe steals the show yeah maybe some bribe cream that's it that's all he's got and he looks good so that's the real punishment you know he doesn't even care about the verdict after that he just knows he's got mocked

poor calivicular what's his legal name he can't show up to court like Right. Clavicular? Your Honor, my client, Clavicular. I mean, maybe he changed it. Maybe he changed it to.

Oh, Braden. That's his... Braden, Eric Peters. Three first names. Last time I read about clavicular, I thought he OD'd on meth because he OD'd on camera or something. Yeah. So I'm surprised. The next time I heard about him, he was in court and looking...

Shooting an alligator, no less. I mean, he rebounded, right? He rebounded really? Yeah. He rebounded really well. Yeah, so he's doing all right. Good for you, Clavicular. We wish you well in your quest to max.

Oh, you know what? We've got to look ahead too. So on the podcast, on the pre-cap, we don't just review what happened. We look ahead to what might happen. And this week, when you're hosting, we have a couple things going on. We have Stephen Colbert's final week of shows hosting The Late Show on CBS. Yes. Yes.

So I don't know how many years. It had to have been at least 15. 10? 10. Yeah, because he started the show when I started here. Wow. So 10, maybe 11. Yeah.

I remember he, legendary correspondent, great satire with the Colbert report. You know the kind of satire where like both sides of the political spectrum would both watch the show and get something else out of it. he took over the late show and you know I he was always very nice to me he actually let me on the couch he was the first person in America to let me sit on a couch anywhere not even just on TV we're we're very protective of the living room furniture yeah and how many times have you done the late show only once that was only time he let me on and I was super grateful he It was very kind to me.

Did you do this? You did a set? No, I sat on. He just came straight out. I was a guest, yeah, I was a guest on the show, which a little bit of show biz behind the scenes. They don't let dirty comics be guests on late shows. Right. You know, you go sing for your supper.

But Colbert was like, he let me sit on the couch with him, which was very nice. You know, so. And I remember it was a weird, the universe was weird because a couple months before I got, I was a guest on the late show of Colbert. I was doing a show in Boston. It was the day after Trump got elected. And I was literally like a day after. So I was doing the show and we were talking about it on this stand-up show in Boston.

After the show, someone came up to me and gave me this Colbert wristband that apparently Colbert gave out 10 years before then. So it's 20 years at this point. And he gave it out to people. And the bit on the Kobe report at that time was like, I'm going to give this to people, and then the mission is to get these wristbands back to me. You have to figure out how to pass it on back to me, Colbert.

Okay. So this guy came up to me after the show, and he's like, hey, I got this wristband from the Colbert report, and the idea is to give it back to Colbert. And so I'll give it to you because he gave it to me because he said I would have a better chance of meeting him. Right. And at that time, I didn't think I was going to meet Colbert,

but I just took it. And then I went on the Colbert report, the late show, and I gave it to him. And he was like, what's this? He was like, what is this? He was like, I don't know what this is And you know those wristbands The silicone resbands that were like cool 20 years ago

Right, the Lance Armstrongs Yeah, the Lance Armstrongs They don't age well They become like wet Wet? Yeah, over Oh gooey Like wet

Like if you touch the Livestrong shit now They're like wet So it was like this disintegrating Silicon thing Probably you know It's probably toxic And I gave it back to him And he looked at

He was like Oh yeah Okay cool I think he probably threw it away. And then the other thing that Colbert was really good about was that there's actually a chain letter that gets passed from correspondent to correspondent of Colbert advice on how to be a correspondent.

And he dictated it. And I think Rob Riggle wrote it down and gave it to Klepper who gave it to me. And it's this chain letter of, how to be a correspondent on a daily show. It's like 15 dot points. Wow. Yeah.

That's kind of a secret insider knowledge there. Yeah, it's like when you write letter to the president, you know. I never heard of that, that letter. And then you've held on to it not to give it to anyone else. No, I gave it to that. I sent it to the other correspondents, the guys who join the show. I always send it to them. I feel a little weird saying to them because it feels like a little culty,

but it's good advice about how to, you know, be a correspondent on the show. Is there any tidbit you can, is it secret? I feel like we're not allowed to talk about it. No, it's not that secret. It's, you know, it's very, very practical stuff like tape is free. Yeah. So keep taping, meaning when you're doing a field piece, just keep going. It's okay, don't stress.

It's not a live show. Right. He said stuff like, yeah, to do satire really well, you kind of have to leave your conscience hanging on a coat hanger in the office. Right. You can't bring it with you. Yeah, just stuff like that, you know, pretty mean stuff. To do satire in America, you kind of have to be a bit, you know, you have to be a bit fearless. So he was basically, you know, espousing those values.

And, no, he was great. What were you promoting, like a movie or was it a daily show? I think it was daily show. I didn't have, there was no reason he should have had me on the couch and he did because he was being nice to alumni. What was the green room like that? That's the Ed Sullivan Theater. David Letterman. The Beatles.

The Beatles, Letterman. So you played the same room as the Beatles? I guess. You know, and it's a dream for all comics. I mean, of, I guess, our generation. You know, we're just under that generation, but to be on Letterman. Right.

And we never got to do it, you know? Well, yeah, here's my Letterman story. Just to tell you, so you can gauge the level of comic I am. Kumail got on Letterman. So I went as to go in the audience, because I knew Kumail. Oh, yeah. So I went to go see the taping of Letterman.

And I was leaving, I was going to Europe and a few days later. So I was backstage and I took some cardboard boxes so I could pack something. I was moving and I took cardboard boxes from the Ed Sullivan Theater to pack.

So there's two different ends of the spectrum of show business, right? You know, you have your Colbert sending me letters And me, I'm just looking for loose cardboard Move out of my studio apartment Where did you find a cardboard? It was just in the back stage, at the time

When Letterman was there, it was really kind of run down Like the theater area And it was just there were all these cardboard boxes And I was like, can I take some of these? That's my brush with like, you know, TV fame And were they useful? Yeah, I'm sure. I mean, honestly.

And I remember that. I don't even remember. the taping. But I do remember being like, wow, this is where the Beatles were and all that stuff. Yeah, it's cool. Showbiz is cool. Also, there's Hello Deli. I don't know if you remember, next to right on the same building as Letterman. Right. Angelos Pizza. Angel's Pizza is there, but Hello Deli is more famous because Rupert G, the owner of the deli, would get on Letterman. Oh, right, right, right, right. So I would go there just to order like sandwiches. They're like Asian people. So I'm still friends with them.

I'm still friends with Rupert G, and I think it's his wife. I'm not sure, but this is an Asian woman. She loves comedy. I always invite her to my shows and all that. Oh, wow, look at that. Yeah, yeah. See? So, yeah, Colbert's last episode, Thursday.

Yes. And I don't know why they're getting rid of the show. You know what I mean? Like, I'm always a fan of American comedy institutions. And so just even as a, just point out there, even as a lost leader marketing show to promote your movies. Right. Oh, right.

You know, just. As part of the conglomerate of Paramount. Yeah. You know, to be able to say, we're here in a big theater in Manhattan. Yeah. You get a crowd every night. You get a crowd every night who are excited to be there. Also, by the way, I mean, you know, obviously we're biased.

But I think there is something about that late show format that's not only very American. but it's actually very entertaining. Like making topical jokes of the day, right? Like, that's, it's fun. Like, it's, if you actually watch it, it's fun when people are doing, like, a monologue. It's about the day's topics. It's funny. It's, you know, it's lighthearted.

I mean, I know the internet has replaced a lot of that, but I'm just saying, I don't know. I just don't get it, you know, keep it going. Yeah, and there's good variety. You get music acts come on. Yeah, it's a variety show. You get some actors. You get to hear them talk. I can tell you guys is the Daily Show will be on.

We're still kicking. Every week moving forward, right? Yes. Until this episode of the podcast is going to crater the whole. You jinxed it. Yeah, they're going to be like, we've got too many negative comments about a writer that nobody knows. With a host that nobody knows. What's your IMDBZ star meter ring?

What is it? I don't. Are you top 100? I don't know. I don't even know what that is. That's how high. That's big. That's big star level. If you don't even know, I know mine. Geez. You're the cardboard. It was just a cardboard box. Yeah, my eye, my photo.

Oh my God. Alan, don't Google. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know this thing. Don't do it. Don't do it. Let me see. Ronnie, you need to have a, you need to have premium just so you know. So you can't even get it. We don't have premium. So we can't afford it here. We can't afford premium. Don't do it. But I mean, look at these photos. This is a. This is a. a page. Is it? This is a page of a very high-ranked person.

We're seeing Candids. We got posed portraits. Okay. Look at these credits. Ooh. Oh, look at the ratings. You're in Devil Wears Prada too? Yeah.

As yourself? Oh my God. That is a... Dude, that's the flex of maybe all year. As yourself in Devon. Yeah. Don't look down your popcorn. You're going to miss it.

I'm there for like two seconds. That's incredible. That's out in theaters now, right? What else do we promote? No, it's all right. I feel like I forgot what I'm supposed to do. You're supposed to talk about... What else is happening?

So Trump is... He's kind of getting involved in the local Republican primary elections. Right. Trump is getting upset because he's getting scorned by certain Republicans and he wants revenge on them. Yeah. So they have primaries and he wants to run someone against them. He's going out of his way to...

Right, totally unnecessary. It's already a Republican who has the thing, but he doesn't like the person. Yes, yes. So he's running challengers to those people he dislikes. Yeah. And I... So what I don't understand is that isn't this one, it's actually kind of surprising that he is successfully getting these guys out because the people he's getting out are quite

respected Republican senators and and congressmen, I think. Right. So I don't know much about Bill Cassidy. Okay. He's a senator, I think. But these are like, these are like veterans, you know what I mean? These aren't like these guys have been there like a while. I mean, it does speak to the political process that the veterans, the incumbents rarely get primaried.

Right. You know, it just rarely happens. So in this case. Bill Cassidy, who's the Louisiana Republican, who voted for Trump's impeachment, is going to get replaced with a new MAGA forward. Yeah. Who I don't even know who it is.

Yeah, but again, I mean, my question is like, this, wouldn't this make it harder for the Republicans to win the actual election? Because if you have like a coochier guy. Right. I guess it depends. Like in Louisiana, it's very likely that the Republican's going to win them at it. Oh, right. Right, right, right, right.

I don't know where Thomas Massey is. Oh, but he's Kentucky. He's Kentucky. So the Republican will probably win that too. Right. So in those cases, I think it's, but there were times. Remember they had that guy Roy Moore? Was that Louisiana or Alabama?

There's Alabama. There's Alabama. And they're like Roy Moore. He was, yeah, involved in it. He was? He was campaigning for the Democrats

in Alabama, yeah. And I think the Democrat then won. He didn't, I can't remember. It's always tough to get us off script on politics stuff because we don't know as much as much as we.

We don't know anything. Most of our days spent Googling. You know what, Alan, that was a mistake to even bring up this topic. We tried. Yeah, let's go back to a cat falls off,

a roof, and a viral video. Oh, Daily Show and Tell. This is our final segment where what we do is we go over things that we've been watching, reading, or listening to are something that's just been on your mind lately. Ronnie, has anything been of interest? I was in Syracuse, I think it was. New York doing a stand-up show, and my thing is I will go to use bookstores in every town. I perform in just to take a look around.

And, you know, I found this book from 1992 that was about the presidential election. Though the title is weird. I think it's like Quest 1992 presidential election. It's by the Newsweek journalists. So it's written by a team of journalists. And but it's written it like, this goes back to, you know, the skill set of writing

because it's written like a narrative. So if it's entertaining, I mean, look, it's obviously very political. So if you're not into politics, you probably think it's boring. But the way it's written is not like academic paper. It's written like a narrative. They're telling the story of the 1992 election, you know, Bush senior coming off of the victory in Iraq, thinking he's riding high as an incumbent and getting upset, you know, upset victory, upset loss by Bill Clinton,

a young upstart that no one actually thought would win at the time. So I'm reading this book. And I'm reading the first few people. And they're describing America that's where people are unhappy at both parties, where the populace thinks that there's no, there's not even two parties. They just think it's the same party, you know, doing essentially the same job, but they just seem to be, they're just calling themselves two different. Two factions of the business party. Exactly. Noam Chomsky would put it. Yes. And they also are upset at the professional class of kind of civil servants.

in America. They see these people as not great leaders and there's upstart billionaire third party candidate who is immensely popular as an independent third party candidate. I'm reading the book and the situation is laying out. It's like it might as well be 2024. Right. Honestly. So things are just they never really changed that much. Yeah. So I think, you know, the perspective it gave me the book was something like as unprecedented as we think things are. I mean, they probably aren't, you know. Right. There's always, there's probably historical lessons we can draw upon, you know.

Even though America's a very young country, 250 years old this year, I think there's a lot that we can draw upon in terms of making a better future just based on our recent history, 1992. Right, it is true. I mean, I was watching an episode of Politically Incorrect. with Bill Marr on YouTube. And it was the same thing of like, I cannot believe these are the,

these is the same topics we're talking about 25, 30 years later. And they were talking, it was like gender on college campuses. It was even the stuff that you think is really. So this episode was like 20 years old. This was from like the late 90s or something. And they're like, oh, we're doing like non-binary genders.

It was like, what? I thought this was like fresh and hip. Right. They've been talking about this for 35 years. Right. It's kind of interesting. Like, you notice that they, you know, sometimes people get on Hollywood for repackaging and rebooting. And it's like, we're rebooting like literally all the issues we ever get upset about.

It's like we could go back to the 1960s. Yeah. And I wonder what the lesson is from that, you know, because unfortunately I haven't finished the book yet. So I. The lesson is probably that we never solve any problem. Yeah. You can solve anything. Or the lesson.

Okay, how about this for a lesson? That things aren't as bad as they seem. Right. They're hyped for engagement, and they've been doing that for a long time. Yes. Just, you know, drink electrolytes, read books, vote properly, and everything will be okay. And watch Eurovision. Watch Eurovision.

All right. Well, I think we've successfully navigated that. Only a few scandals we had, right? Yeah, we might get this whole channel get taken off YouTube. Right. There were some rough spots, but it was. mostly me and I think you'll weather this storm.

All right, that's all the time we have for the precap. I'm David Angelo. Catch Ronnie Chang hosting the Daily Show this week on Comedy Central, Paramount Plus. And right here in podcast form on the Daily Show Ears Edition. It's not really an ending into this

on the Daily Show ears edition. You can end anything. You know what? I did the wrong inflection. I went too big. Right here in podcast form on the Daily Show. Daily Show Ear edition. That's what I should. I should go out.

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