The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Trump’s Reality Show Cabinet, Tipflation, and a Boy Band Christmas | Joey McIntyre

Episode Date: November 21, 2024

Desi Lydic unpacks Trump’s latest celebrity cabinet choices, including Dr. Oz and WWE’s Linda McMahon, and the fate of the Department of Education. Troy Iwata investigates the impact of Trump’s “no tax on tips” policy on tipflation, food service workers, and consumers. Joey McIntyre of New Kids On The Block to discuss his new holiday film Jingle Bell Love, the band’s upcoming Vegas residency, and the secret to decades of boy band harmony.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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From the most trusted journalists at Comedy Central, it's America's only source for news. This is The Daily Show with your host, Desi Lydic. We've got so much to talk about tonight. Joe Biden can't hear you scream. Dr. Oz is moving his practice to Washington. And Trump body slams the Department of Education. So let's get into it with another installment of Trump 2.0 coming for the White House. I'm gonna come. We got a lot of transition news, but first let's check in with the guy currently transitioning out of the White House, Joseph retirement Biden. He just wrapped up a trip to, I don't know, it doesn't really matter anymore, but one reporter was still very interested

in hearing from him. Mr. President, happy early birthday! For your birthday, will you talk to us, sir? As a gift to the press, will you please talk to us? Mr. President, President Biden! Please, we haven't heard from you all Trump! Mr. President! Mr. President, I love you all Trump, Mr. President! Mr. President, I love you!

My mom drove me all the way from Milwaukee to see you. I have a poster of you eating ice cream above my bed. Please, please! I have never heard a journalist shouting so frantically. To be fair, she does work for the Sinking into QuickSand Gazette. But let's talk about the man reporters will be shouting out for the next four years, Donald Trump.

So far, he's made a number of cabinet picks, whose main qualification seems to be being on TV. His defense secretary is a guy from Fox and Friends. His transportation secretary is a guy from Fox Business., his transportation secretary is a guy from Fox Business, and his attorney general is a guy who I'm pretty sure was on To Catch a Predator. And apparently he's still flipping channels. Trump tapping yet another television personality to join his administration, this time Dr. Mehmet Oz,

Trump naming the TV doctor to oversee Medicare and Medicaid for more than 160 million Americans. Okay, all right. Okay, but hold on. It could be worse. It could be worse. At least Dr. Oz is an actual doctor. I'm impressed he didn't pick Dr. Pepper. But is someone gonna tell him

that this isn't actually a doctor's job? This is running a vast insurance bureaucracy. If you have to pick someone from TV, at least pick the Lemu Emu. Come on. Thank you. But hear him out, hear him out. What are Dr. Oz's qualifications

for running a $1.4 trillion agency that affects the lives of 160 million people? In his statement, Donald Trump led by saying, Dr. Oz has won nine daytime Emmys. Yeah, that adds up. That adds up. And even if this was a job that you had to scrub in for, I'm not sure he'd be the doctor that you had to scrub in for, I'm not sure he'd be the doctor that you want. In the early days of the pandemic, touted the drug hydroxychloroquine,

which doesn't work against COVID-19, Columbia University cut ties, you may remember, with him several years after a group of colleagues accused him of manifesting, quote, an egregious lack of integrity by promoting quack treatments and cures in the interest of personal financial gain. by promoting quack treatments and cures in the interest of personal financial gain.

Yeah! I hope he was promoting quack science for personal gain. It would be way weirder if he was just doing it for the love of the game. But yes, as Anderson Cooper points out, Dr. Oz has a long history of medical quackery. I wonder how people got the idea that he was a serious medical expert in the first place.

The first vaccines against the H1N1 virus are being distributed. Are they safe? We'll let you ask the expert, Dr. Mamad Oz, host of the Dr. Oz show. The threat from drug-resistant bacteria. And out front tonight we're lucky to have Dr. Oz, host of the Dr. Oz show. We are back with the great Dr. Oz and talking about a very critical thing for our audience about finding a woman's G-spot. No thank you. I'm good. I got it. I got it. I completely forgot CNN had that show, Old Guys Talking Pussy. It was on right after crotch fire. And of course, you can count on a guy named Oz to know what's behind the curtains.

But listen. Yeah. Yeah. Listen, if you need a CNN segment to teach you how to make your wife orgasm, don't worry. She's been f***ing the neighbor for six months. she's been f***ing the neighbor for six months. And you might be saying, relax, Dr. Oz doesn't have to know what he's doing. He'll have people around him who do, sure, except that Dr. Oz's boss will be RFK Jr.

who also doesn't know what the f*** he's doing. There's not going to be a layer of competent workers at some point. It's just celebrities all the way down. Because Donald Trump isn't really picking leaders of agencies. He's just picking mascots. But nobody expects Mr. Met to actually pick up a bat and hit a ball. Because one, he would just be terrible at it. And two, you're basically asking him to hit his children, and he can't do that. And yes, Mr. Met is the father of every baseball,

all with different mothers. What can I say? Ironically, the guy hates to wear a glove. Oh! I can feel the crowd. But to be fair, Trump isn't just filling his cabinet with daytime TV personalities, he's also hiring from pay-per-view. Trump has also picked major Republican donor and former pro-wrestling executive who is

helping with his transition, Linda McMahon, for education secretary. Yeah, that's right. Pro-wrestling executive Linda McMahon. You might remember her from being head of small business in Trump's previous administration, or you might remember her from the time she kicked her husband in the balls. Linda Rose from her team!

Oh! It's too bad that was fake, because he's a monster. Now does Linda McMahon have expertise in education? No, of course not. She's being appointed to the Department of Education. Why would she? But it doesn't matter anyway when you hear Trump's plans. And one other thing I'll be doing very early in the administration is closing up the Department

of Education. And total American society pours more than a trillion dollars a year into public education systems. But instead of being at the top of the list, we are literally right smack. Guess what? At the bottom. Did he just say right smack at the bottom? I thought right smack was more of a middle thing.

It's like saying we are dead first people, but if we're not careful we could hit rock middle. But until Trump dissolves the department, I guess Linda McMahon will be in charge. And we don't know what her policies will be exactly, but at least we know her position on child discipline. But mom, just remember, like you told me when I was a little girl, this is going to hurt me a lot worse than it hurts you. Get her!

What? Stop, stop, stop, stop! That is what I call traditional family values. Yes. So we'll see who else Trump appoints to his cabinet in the days ahead, although the way things are trending, they'll probably be equally unqualified for the job. But good news, the Trump transition team is getting ahead of it by releasing this orientation video.

Hi, I'm Debra Malone. And if you're watching this, you're a random television personality who Donald Trump just appointed to run a huge federal agency. Right now you might be wondering how did I get this job so I'm just in charge now and wait what is my job again? Well I can assure you the answer to all of these questions is I don't know I also was appointed to my job without knowing what it is. Trump saw me on a reverse mortgage ad on Fox News, and here I am.

It's totally f***ing. And while starting a new job is never easy, there are two things to remember. One, we're all in the same boat, even if that boat is the Titanic. And two, more than likely, someone else will f*** up worse than you. Like RFK.

I'm pretty dumb, but that guy is... that guy is dumb. Yeah. Best of luck, and thanks for watching. I'm Debra Malone, the... What does it say? The Secretary of Internal Communications. Okay.

Wow. So that's what my job title is. Awesome. Good luck. When we come back, Troy Iwata finds out the right tip for every occasion. Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Right tip for every. John Stewart here, unbelievably exciting news. My new podcast, The Weekly Show. We're going to be talking about the election economics ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches. Listen to the weekly show with Jon Stewart wherever you get your podcasts. Getting inflation under control. But there's one thing that always seems to be getting more expensive.

Troy Iwata has more. Everyone is talking about the hottest new form of inflation, tipflation. Americans are suffering from so-called tipflation. Now it's being encouraged for a growing number of services, restaurants, to cafes, and even self-checkout kiosks. Tipping is so hot, even the president-elect is talking about it. When I get to office, we are going to not charge taxes on tips.

And I don't know about you, but personally, it's been stressing me out. ...to sell to a cheapskate. This is the reason why we're lying on tips. You don't think they deserve a fair wage. You don't deserve coffee. You don't deserve a coffee. I don't deserve coffee. You don't deserve coffee. I don't deserve coffee. Laughter

So I needed to hear if anyone else is stressed about the uptick in tipping requests and if they're dehydrated from crying too. It's a little much where you go somewhere and you're seeing tipped jars at grocery stores. Anywhere that I go to get lunch or coffee nowadays has like an automatic tipping option. The biggest thing is like the lowest percentage just keeps getting higher. I saw even a tip system at a plant store. What have the plants done for us besides give us air to breathe?

Yeah. Ugh. It looks like almost everyone not getting tips agrees about tipping. But do these hospitality workers notice tipping popping up everywhere? It is everywhere. I'm waiting for the MTA now workers to be asking for a tip. Just just hanging out the way. Here's your stopping by the way.

Do you have any theory as to why that's happening? People need to live. People are struggling. We see it across the nation right now with so many different industries. All right, so everyone agrees tipping is popping up everywhere and it sucks. So why not cancel the tip? We don't make enough, so we look for the tip to like all come together and make up for what we're not getting by the hour. And plus people need to realize that when you're tipping the waiter or the waitress, they also are paying out bussers and the bartenders that need to be tipped from that tip that you're leaving as well. Right. It's clear tipping is overwhelming, but how do we escape it? And then I found it. Lula Cafe, a tip-free haven where all the employees had health care

and no one carried the decimal point. They just carried food to the table. So I sat down with owner Jason Hamill to hear how he ran a restaurant without tips. Well, we actually do still accept tips at Lula. We do. Well damn. We employ a dual system of a service charge and tips. Our system takes the reliance on tips away. So there's more pay equity, but we're pretty busy,

like sizable restaurants who create that sustainability. But like, if you're smaller, maybe it doesn't work for you. Okay, I'm running out of f***ing ideas. But the president-elect did say something. Oh right, he was going to get rid of taxes on tips. I think just putting that little bit of money back in our pockets isn't such a bad thing. I think that's their submission, we tax on it.

Love it. I wholeheartedly agree. 100%. Love. Wow, that was easy. So we just stopped taxing tips. No problems whatsoever. It does feel kind of like it'll incentivize companies to have more tip workers or workers

that rely more on tips than actually the company's paying. Do you think if there was no federal tax on tips, people would get their entire paycheck in tips? I mean, that's certainly a concern. Back to square one. What else you got? It would be nice if they just raised the minimum wage. It would just be the service gets to keep their actual tips.

But also, I think that it's a much bigger issue overall. The federal minimum wage needs to be raised. Easy. Problem solved. You know, when people that aren't in the industry are talking about it, they're like, well, the owner should just pay them more. But also, the food service industry, like, the industry are talking about it. They're like, well, the owner should just pay them more. But also the food service industry, like the margins are incredibly thin. Yeah, it would be really nice to pay someone $45 an hour,

but unfortunately that would shut down most places. Don't you think that politicians could solve this by just raising the minimum wage? Sure, and maybe some healthcare and that could be good. Yeah. The healthcare part would could be good. Yeah. The healthcare part would be really good. Yeah, there's a lot of healthcare, but you know, we're not here to talk about healthcare.

Well. Okay, so tipping is everywhere more than ever, but people need tips to make a living because minimum wage is so low, and taxing tips is bad, but we need to raise the minimum wage first so companies don't resort to paying the tipped minimum on even more jobs, which could result in tipped employees

needing the consumer to tip more so they can make a living, which will result in tipping being everywhere more than ever. So how much do I tip to make sure no one starves? It's all on me! Are you okay? Do I look okay? My big takeaway, I still don't know how much to tip. Thank you so much for speaking with me.

I don't know what 20% or 25 or 18, I don't know how much. You can just go ahead and give us the wallet, we'll take care of it. Just give us your wallet. Thank you so much. Thank you for coming back, Joey McIntyre will be joining me on the show, stay don't go away. coming out every Thursday. We're gonna be talking about the election earnings calls.

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original film, Jingle Bell Love. Please welcome Joey McIntyre! Is that good? Wow. Oh yeah. Wasn't that, there was a pumpkin spice latte in that scene. I could feel the spicy. Oh, I could feel it too. There was a lot of spice coming off from there. My beautiful actor who plays my daughter is Delia Chambers, and she's amazing. And that's Michelle Morgan as well. It was great to work with both of them.

They are phenomenal in the film, and so are you. But first of all, before we get into all this, I need to know, did you get all my letters 30 years ago? I mean, we need like an overtime episode of this. There's so much to work out. There's a lot to work out. I didn't hear back from you. Well, you went against our NDA.

You told everybody we got married years ago. Yes, that is true. Apparently, I was your first of three marriages. Yes. You didn't clear that with me. Yeah, well, first you, and then it was Donnie, and then Jordan. That guy, that other guy. Yeah.

Yeah. Listen, I'm glad to be part of your, you know, life in Lexicon. Oh, you definitely, my 8-year-old self is squealing with excitement right now. I love it. For the young people in the audience, New Kids on the Block was arguably the biggest boy band of all time.

Yeah. They call us the OGs. I mean, we always point to New Edition, who is from our town, too. But it's a long line of being part of pop history. But what we love is that blockheads are in positions of power. So they call the shots, and that's why I'm sitting here today.

Well, take it easy. This is... You're right. Dozens of people are watching right now. Dozens. The important people. But how does it feel to be part of that kind of legacy? It's lovely. It really is. I mean, we've been able to not mess it up.

We say we have the greatest fans in the world. We've known each other for a long time. And we've always put friendship first, and that was part of the story as well. So we're blessed, and we continue to do great things. We're doing a Vegas residency starting next June. So we're still doing it. We're still doing it, folks. Now, how X-rated will that be?

Because that will determine whether I'm going to be there or not. Again, there's different levels of the VIP experience. Got it. There's a champagne room. You know, I can talk to some people. Yeah, there's different lists to get on. So somewhere in the Magic Mike... Yeah, maybe. Here's hoping.

We'll see. You have been able to really transcend, not just in music, but in acting, TV, and film, and theater, and you've got this new Christmas movie out right now, which is very sweet. Are you a fan of holiday movies? What's your favorite holiday movie? Mine is Eyes Wide Shut.

I... LAUGHTER You beat me. I was just going to say Home Alone, but that's pretty obvious. Watching that with the kids, you know, what does he say? You filthy, what does he say, McCall? Filthy animal.

Filthy animal, thank you very much. Yeah, yeah, you got to watch that every season. That is a great family movie. I can't watch Eyes Wide Shut with my family. No. No. It's not quite the same. I didn't see that Wide Shut with my family. No. No. It's not quite the same.

I didn't see that coming. Aren't you glad you came here today? No, I'm thrilled. I'm thrilled. I'm trying to... Was there even a... Any Christmas scene in that movie at all? No, not a one.

Okay, good. Not a one. I think it was released on Christmas Day, though, if I'm not mistaken. I didn't want to miss something. Yeah. Oh, okay. Yeah. But what was the experience like filming that movie?

It was lovely. We did it in Montreal, where it's French speaking up there. So it made it even more romantic. You have this wonderful French crew. And my friend Stephanie Black was one of the writers. And she said, you want to do this movie? Next thing you know, we're shooting the movie. And we're all very thrilled to be a part of it.

It's so sweet, especially at a time like this. Why do I feel like I'm interviewing you now? Do you have questions? Do I have guest vibe or interviewer vibe? I'm like, so tell me more. Let's figure this out. Let's get in there. It's because we were married many years ago. So what he's referring to is there was a sketch

that we filmed a few months ago, and we begged him to come do a cameo in this sketch. But this man is constantly doing 17 different projects at all times. I held out for this spot instead of some skit. And I'm grateful that you did. Yes. Because now it's better.

Yes. This is better. This is so much more fun. Now, do you think that more people fall in love around Christmas time, or is that just holiday movie propaganda? You know, it's just a time for us to say, time out, world. You know what I mean?

Let's play. Let's fantasize. Whatever works for you. Yeah. And I think I'm just happy to finally be a part of that officially. So last weekend, I got a little timeout moment. I got to come see you in the off-Broadway show,

Drag the Musical. Yes. Yeah. Just phenomenal. Thank you. If you're in New York, please go see this if you haven't already. To me, it was the perfect post-election balm. It was so much fun. It is a lot of fun. So funny. You're wonderful in York. Please go see this if you haven't already. To me, it was the perfect post-election balm. It was so much fun.

It is a lot of fun. So funny, you're wonderful in it. Thank you. It's not just a drag show, but it's got heart. It's a real book, it's a real musical. And number one job, though, is to entertain you, and I think we do that every night. You do?

It's a great show. Yes. You have a solo number called I'm Just a Straight Man. Yes. Yes. It says, it kicks off, I like Star Wars and Pearl Jam and beer and a can. I'm just a straight man.

So it kind of comes out of nowhere in the show. So I don't know if it works for the Daily Show, but it kills every night. It works. It is very funny. Here's my concern, though, is that with this new administration, it may become the new national anthem. I know.

Well, listen, I'm going to be very controversial. Please. I'm going to try to get along with both halves of the country for the four years. I'm going to try. I'm going to try. No applause for that. Yeah. No.

No, they're like, no, this ain't not me. Now that's the holiday spirit. Thank you. That's the holiday spirit. So you have this residency in Vegas. Yes. And you also have a solo album coming out, right? I know, I got a lot of stuff.

Am I talking too much about, I'm a little too busy. This is what you're here for. It's like a Christmas dump. Yeah, listen. I do, I have a solo album. We're not that kind of show, okay? That is where, we'll do a lot here, but that's where we draw the line.

Okay, that is where we'll do a lot here, but that's where we draw the line. Okay, okay. No dumping. Um, where are the, by the way, where are the, I was going to go on a, uh, uh, um, help me. I feel like it's not tangent. Thank you. I knew you were going to find it's matched. Tangent, thank you. Three words that's been moving. I knew you were gonna find it for me. The ride from JFK into New York, there should be more no dumping signs. Okay? This is for daily show overtime. Clearly you're not gonna see this in America. This will be on YouTube.

YouTube will enjoy it. Back to my solo album. I do have a solo album that you can pre-save on Monday. I'm very excited about it. It's called Freedom, which is a big term nowadays. Yes, it's a big one. This is more about personal freedom and carving out time and following your dreams.

And I was able to commit to this album and I'm excited about it and satisfied. So there's one more pitch, one more plug. What, I love it. That was it, that was it. Thank you for giving me that. Congratulations, I'm very, very excited for it. Thank you. Before I let you go, I have to ask you one final question.

Do you ever get sick of grown women fangirling over you? Not on the Daily Show, baby. You don't? Okay. Not on the Daily Show. I'm glad you said that. I'm glad you said that because. Oh! I would love for you to sign my pillow. Does it smell like mothballs? No, this is fresh. It's good. I would love for you to sign it. This is the pillow I'll be screaming into for the next four years.

So I really appreciate you being here. Can I sign it to you specifically? Yes, you can. I would very much appreciate it. You sure it's not some other blockhead? D-E-S-I. I know how to spell it. It was on our first marriage license.

J-O-N. Okay. I don't blame you. All right. Thank you very much. Thank you! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you. Jingle Bell Love is now streaming for free on the Roku Channel, Joey McIntyre! And we're gonna take a quick break. We'll be right back, everyone. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

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They're the largest hunger relief organization in the United States. If you can support them in their work, please donate to the link below. Now here it is, your moment of zen. As you were giving your answer, I was thinking if anybody ever asked me to be a senator, which would never happen, I would be like, I'm too tired. I'm just too tired to do it but you're clearly cut from a different cloth if we've learned one thing from the last couple weeks don't be so quick to say you're not gonna be picked for something if you work at Fox's.

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