Trevor: Hey everybody.
Welcome to The Daily Social
Distancing Show, I’m Trevor
Noah.
Today is Monday, the 14th of
December, which means Christmas
is only 11 days away.
Which means, if you’ve been
naughty all year, it’s too late
now to get on Santa’s nice list.
So you might as well double
down!
Anyway, coming up on tonight’s
show --
New vaccine just dropped, we
find out all the ways Georgia is
suppressing your vote, and
Pharrell is joining me on the
show.
to tell us about Rihanna’s new
album.
SO LET’S DO THIS, PEOPLE!
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 NOAH!
Trevor: EVERY YEAR AROUND
THIS TIME THE WHOLE COUNTRY GETS
INTO THE SAME BIG DEBATE -- IS
"DIE HARD" A CHRISTMAS MOVIE?
BUT THAT’S ACTUALLY THE WRONG
QUESTION BECAUSE, REMEMBER, THE
POP IN THAT MOVIE IS THE DAD TO
LIVES NEXT DOOR TO STEVE ERKEL.
SO THE REAL QUESTION IS IS "DIE
HARD" AN EPISODE OF FAMILY
MATTERS.
POLICE IN CALIFORNIA MIGHT HAVE
SETTLED THE ARGUMENT ONCE AND
FOR ALL.
SANTA!
SANTA AND ELF MOONLIGHTING AS A
CRIME FIGHTING DUO.
THEY KNOW WHO’S BEEN NAUGHTY OR
NICE.
THEY HELPED RIVERSIDE POLICE NAB
SUSPECTS AT A TARGET STORE
YESTERDAY STARTING WITH AN
UNDERCOVER SURVEILLANCE
OPERATION TO CATCH SHOPLIFTERS.
THE PAIR WAS WAITING OUTSIDE TO
SLAP ON THE CUFFS.
THINGS GOT INTERESTING WHEN THEY
SPOTTED THREE MEN STEALING A CAR
IN THE PARKING LOT.
SANTA AND HIS ELF GAVE CHASE,
CONFUSING THE SUSPECT.
Trevor: I WOULD BE, LIKE,
WAIT, SANTA!
ARREST MEG FOR WANGT A FREE
GIFT?
THAT’S YOUR THING!
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO THIS TO
ME?
HIRING SANTA TO BE A COP MAKES
SENSE.
HE ALREADY KEEPS A LIST OF
NAUGHTY PEOPLE, DOESN’T LIVE IN
THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE HE WORKS
AND GIVES PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT
TO RICH WHITE PEOPLE.
IT’S PERFECT!
IT IS WEIRD AS HELL TO SEE A
DUDE IN AN ELF COSTUME POINT AGO
HANDGUN AND EVEN WEIRDER IS HE
STILL HAS TO DO THE ELF VOICE SO
ANY KIDS WALKING BY WON’T HAVE
THE MAGIC ROOM FOR THEM.
’TIS THE SEASON TO LIGHT YOUR
ASS UP, ( BLEEP ), DON’T MOVE
OREL DECK THE HALLS WITH YOUR
BRAINS!
MOVING TO NEWS ABOUT CYBER
SECURITY.
FOREIGN HACKERS HAVE BECOME ONE
OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THREATS
TO NATIONAL SECURITY.
A COUPLE OF BIG STORIES FROM
THIS WEEKEND MADE CLEAR JUST HOW
VULNERABLE EVERYBODY IS.
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN
HIT WITH A SIGNIFICANT
CYBERATTACK WHICH LOOKS LIKE THE
LATEST IN RUSSIA’S ONGOING
HACKING CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE
UNITED STATES.
THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT HAS
CONFIRMED TO CNN HAT ONE OF ITS
BUREAUS SAW A DATA BREECH.
NOW "THE WASHINGTON POST"
REPORTED THAT THE RUSSIAN
HACKING GROUP APT29 ALSO KNOWN
AS COZY BEAR IS BEHIND THE
REPORTED ATTACKS AS WELL AS A
RECENT STUNNING ATTACK ON THE
CYBER SECURITY FIRM FIREEYE, IN
WHICH THE ATTACKERS STOLE
HACKING TOOLS.
Trevor: OKAY.
HOLD UP.
SO NOT ONLY DID HACKERS HACK THE
U.S. GOVERNMENT, BUT THEY ALSO
HACKED A CYBER SECURITY FIRM AND
STOLE A TOOL THAT PREVENTS
HACKING?
WHICH THEY’RE NOW GOING TO USE
TO HACK?
THAT IS HUMILIATING!
IMAGINE BEING THAT PAYNE COMPANY
AND GENTLEMEN YOUR DATA IS SAFE
WITH THIS COMPANY, THANKS TO OUR
ELITE ANTI-HACK -- HACKING -- IT
WAS SUPPOSED -- IT WAS HERE
AND -- HA-HA-HA...
NOW, IT’S STILL NOT 100% CLEAR
WHO STOLE WHAT BUT THE THING WE
ALL NEED TO ACCEPT IS AT SOME
POINT WE’RE ALL GOING TO GET
HARKSD PEOPLE.
YOU HAVE TO ACCEPT IT NOW.
BECAUSE IF A COMPANY THAT
DEVELOPS ANTI-HACKING TECHNOLOGY
CAN GET HACKED, YOUR 2015 DEL
LAPTOP DOESN’T STAND A CHANCE.
JUST PREPARE FOR IT.
WHEN YOU TAKE NUDES, PUT THE
DOGGY FILTER ON.
THEN NOBODY CAN BE SURE IT’S YOU
OR JUST A DOG WITH A HUGE PENIS.
ALSO GIVE YOUR CONTACTS
CELEBRITY NAMES IN YOUR PHONE SO
THAT WAY PEOPLE WILL THINK THAT
YOU ARE GETTING BOOTY TEXTS FROM
OPRAY OR CHRIS PINE INSTEAD OF
SWAY DAVE FROM YOUR BASEBALL
TEAM.
THE UPSIDE OF MAJOR HACKING IS
YOU CAN USE IT AS AN EXCUSE TO
BE RESPONSIBLE.
MAKE A BIG PURCHASE RIGHT AFTER
YOU GET HACKED SO WHEN IT COMES
YOU CAN BE, LIKE, WHAT THE HELL?
THESE HACKERS MUST HAVE CHARGED
A JET SKI TO MY CREDIT CARD!
WE’LL HAVE TO RETURN THIS UNLESS
I’M PRETTY GOOD ON A JET
SCIVMENT MIGHT AS WELL SEE IT
UNDERWATER AND TEST IT OUT
BEFORE WE MAKE THE DECISION.
I CAN’T BELIEVE I WAS HACKED!
LET’S MOVE ON TO THE BIG STORY
OF THE DAY, THE ONE THING WE
HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR SINCE
MARCH -- NO, NOT RIHANNA’S ALBUM
WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS, AN
HISTORIC MOMENT FOR THE NATION,
IT HAPPENED RIGHT HERE IN OUR
AREA.
A QUEENS NURSE BECAME THE FIRST
PERSON IN THE COUNTRY TO RECEIVE
PFIZER’S COVID VACCINE.
THIS IS A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING
EVERY STEP OF THE DISTRIBUTION
PROCESS CRUCIAL.
IN THE PAST 24 HOURS, THE
VACCINE DOSES, WHICH NEED TO BE
KEPT AT ARCTIC TEMPERATURES,
MOVED FROM PFIZER’S
MANUFACTURING FACILITY TO UPS
AND FED EX HUBS WHERE THEY WERE
LOADED INTO PLANES AND GUARDED
TRUCKS TO BE DELIVERED TO 636
PRE-DETERMINED LOCATION
NATIONWIDE.
FED EX SAYS IT RECEIVES A
TRANSMISSION EVERY TWO SECONDS
ON THE LOCATION OF THESE VACCINE
PACKAGES.
UPS SAYS IT’S USING BLUETOOTH
TECHNOLOGY AS WELL TO MAKE SURE
IT HAS PRECISE EYES IN REALTIME
ON WHERE THESE PACKAGES ARE
LOCATED.
Trevor: THIS IS AMAZING
NEWS, PEOPLE!
AMERICA APPROVED THE VACCINE
FRIDAY NIGHT, AND PEOPLE STARTED
GETTING IT THIS MORNING?
YOU HEAR THAT, COVID?
YOUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED, BITCH!
YOU REALIZE THIS TIME NEXT WEEK,
WE’RE ALL GOING TO BE BACK IN
THE CLUB, LIKE, SHOTS, SHOTS,
SHOTS.
SHOTS, IN MY ARM, PLEASE!
AS EXCITE AS THIS IS, DEVELOPING
THE VACCINE IS ONLY THE FIRST
PART.
IT IS STILL GOING TO BE A HUGE
LIFT TO GET IT OUT OF THE LAB
AND INTO THE HOSPITALS BECAUSE
THIS VACCINE NEEDS TO BE STORED
AT TEMPERATURES THAT ARE BELOW
NEGATIVE 100 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT
WHICH IS FREEZING!
AT THAT TEMPERATURE, THE ONLY
PEOPLE WHO CAN HANDLE IT ARE
TRAINED SPECIALISTS WITH
PROTECTIVE GEAR AND THAT ONE
WHITE DUDE WHO AILS WEARS SHORTS
IN THE WINTER.
ALSO, DID YOU HEAR WHAT THEY
SAID?
UPS AND FED EX ARE TRACKING THE
LOCATION OF THESE PACKAGES EVERY
TWO SECONDS.
I’M NOT GOING TO LIE.
WHEN I FIRST HEARD THAT, MY
REACTION WAS, LIKE, OH, NOW YOU
( BLEEP ) CAN TRACK PACKAGES
LIKE THAT?
WHEN THE FUDGE I ORDERED GETS
LOST IN TRANSIT, SORRY, NOTHING
WE CAN DO ABOUT IT.
I SEE HOW IT IS!
YOU KNOW WHO I FEEL SORRY FOR IN
THIS SITUATION, IS THE FED EX
AND UPS DRIVERS.
THEY HAUL IT ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY BUT DON’T GET ONE
THEMSELVES?
I WOULD BE ROLLING UP WITH A
BAND-AID ON MY ARM, LIKE, HERE’S
YOUR DELIVERY OF 999 VACCINE
DOSES, HAPPY INOCULATING, Y’ALL.
WITH THE VACCINE FINALLY HERE,
THERE’S ONLY ONE REAL QUESTION
LEFT, WHICH NIGHTMARE WILL BE
OVER FIRST, THE PANDEMIC OR THE
2020 ELECTION?
SO LET’S CHECK IN ON THE LATEST
IN THE PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION
WITH ANOTHER INSTALLMENT OF
VOTEGASM 2020.
♪ ♪
Trevor: EVER SINCE ELECTION
DAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS MADE IT
CLEAR THAT HE WOULD NOT ACCEPT
THE WILL OF THE VOTERS AND ALLOW
JOE BIDEN TO MOVE INTO HIS
HOUSE.
INSTEAD, HE PROMISED TO FIGHT
THE ELECTION RESULTS IN COURT,
WHERE HE WAS SURE THAT HE COULD
COUNT ON HIS HAND PICKED SUPREME
COURT JUSTICES TO RULE IN HIS
FAVOR.
OVER THE WEEKEND, TRUMP GOT A
REALITY CHECK.
THE SUPREME COURT DEALS A
CRUSHING BLOW TO PRESIDENT TRUMP
IN HIS ATTEMPT TO OVERTURN THE
ELECTION.
THE LAWSUIT WAS ATTEMPTING TO
FULL NIE ELECTORAL VOTES FROM
FOUR STATES THAT JOE BIDEN
WON -- GEORGIA, WISCONSIN,
MICHIGAN AND PENNSYLVANIA.
THE RESPONSE TO THE LAWSUIT CAME
IN THE FIRST SENTENCE -- DENIED
FOR LACK OF STANDING UNDER
ARTICLE III OF THE CONSTITUTION
SAYING THAT TEXAS DID NOT HAVE
AN INTEREST IN THE MANNER WHICH
ANOTHER STATE CONDUCTS ITS
ELECTIONS.
THE PRESIDENT HAD REPEATEDLY
SAID THAT HE WANTED HIS CASE TO
GO TO THE HIGH COURT,
PARTICULARLY AFTER HE APPOINTED
A THIRD JUSTICE, BUT THE
JUSTICES DECIDED THEY DIDN’T
EVEN WANT TO HEAR THE CASE,
ESSENTIALLY SAYING THAT THE
STATE OF TEXAS WHICH FILED THE
SUIT HAD NO BUSINESS SUING OVER
ANOTHER STATE’S ELECTION AND NOW
MR. TRUMP’S LEGAL OPTIONS HAVE
NOW EFFECTIVELY RUN OUT.
Trevor: I’M SORRY, BUT THAT
IS ICE COLD,
VACCINE-STORING-TEMPERATURES ICE
COLD.
NOT ONLY DID THE SUPREME COURT
NOT EVEN HEAR TRUMP’S CASE, THEY
ANNOUNCED TO EVERYONE THAT THEY
WEREN’T GOING TO HEAR IT.
IT’S BAD ENOUGH WHEN SOMEONE
SENDS YOU STRAIGHT TO VOICE MAIL
BUT THEN IMAGINE IF THEY WENT
AROUND TELLING EVERYONE THEY DID
IT.
YOU SEE DONALD TRY TO CALL ME?
YOU WANT ME TO AN UP ON THIS,
BITCH?
I’M ABOUT TO HANG UP!
OH, OH, HE GONE!
TO BE FAIR TO THE COURT, THIS IS
A WEIRD CASE TO GET BECAUSE IT’S
FROM TEXAS.
TEXAS SUING A BUNCH OF OTHER
STATES ABOUT HOW THEIR ELECTIONS
WENT.
THAT’S LIKE TELLING THE WAITER
THAT ANOTHER TABLE SHOULD HAVE
THEIR FOOD SENT BACK.
YEAH, I NOTICED THAT THEIR FOOD
WAS A LITTLE TOO HOT, YOU SHOULD
PROBABLY TAKE IT BACK FOR THEM.
FRANKLY, I GREED WITH THEM --
IT’S A GOOD THING THAT STATES
CAN’T JUST SUE OTHER STATES FOR
ANY REASON BECAUSE, IF THAT WAS
ALLOWED, THERE WOULD BE LAWSUITS
ALL THE TIME.
CONNECTICUT WOULD BE SUING
NEW YORK FOR THE CONSTANT NOISE
VIOLATIONS, COLORADO WOULD SUE
WYOMING FOR STEALING THEIR SHAPE
AND EVERY STATE WOULD SUE TEXAS
FOR HAVING TED CRUZ.
THIS IS THE END OF IT.
THE SUPREME COURT SPOKE AND
MEMBERS TO HAVE THE ELECTORAL
COLLEGE CAST VOTES FOR JOE BIDEN
TO BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
WHICH MEANS THERE’S NOTHING MORE
DONALD TRUMP CAN DO.
THAT’S WHAT YOU THINK.
DONALD TRUMP DIDN’T BECOME A
BUSINESS MAN BY ACCEPTING HE IS
A FAILED BUSINESS MAN AND HE’S
NOT ABOUT TO ACCEPT THE
ELECTORAL COLLEGE EITHER.
CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS CAN
STILL CHALLENGE THE OUTCOME OF
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTE WHEN
CONGRESS MEETS ON JANUARY 6.
WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME
TO RIGHT THE WRONG OF THIS FRAUD
LENT ELECTION RESULT AND CERTIFY
DONALD TRUMP AS THE WINNER OF
THE ELECTION.
AS WE SPEAK, TODAY, AN ULTIMATE
SLATE OF ELECTORS IN THE
CONTESTED STATES IS GOING TO
VOTE AND WE’RE GOING TO SEND
THOSE RESULTS UP TO CONGRESS.
THIS WILL ENSURE THAT ALL OF OUR
LEGAL REMEDIES REMAIN OPEN.
Trevor: DAMN, THAT’S
EXTREME, MAN.
SO STEPHEN MILLER IS JUST GOING
TO REJECT REALITY THE SAME WAY
HIS HAIR JUST REJECTED HIS HEAD?
TRUMP IS GOING TO HAVE AN
ULTIMATE SLATE OF ELECTORS VOTE
FOR HIM.
I MEAN, WHY STOP THERE?
WHY DON’T THEY JUST SEND THOSE
ALTERNATE ELECTORS TO AN
ALTERNATE CONGRESS AND HAVE THEM
UPHELD BY AN ALTERNATE SUPREME
COURT AND HE CAN BECOME
PRESIDENT OF AN ALTERNATE
COUNTRY.
MAYBE WHICHEVER COUNTRY SPEAKS
THE WEIRD LANGUAGE TRUMP HAS
BEEN SPEAKING THE LAST FOUR
YEARS
( MUM ).
MUMBLING ).
HERE’S WHAT WORRIES ME, IF NONE
TO HAVE FLITTICLE OR ILLEGAL
SCHEMES WORK OUT, TRUMP’S PEOPLE
IEGHT MIGHT TRY TO TAKE THINGS
IN THEIR OWN HANDS.
THOUSANDS OF TRUMP SUPPORTERS
RALLYING IN WASHINGTON FOR
PRESIDENT TRUMP CITING CLAIMS OF
WIDESPREAD VOTER FRAUD.
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S SUPPORTERS
UNDETERRED INCLUDING SOME FROM
THE PROUD BOYZ RALLYING TO
SUPPORT HIM, CLASHES WITH COURT
PROTESTERS TURNING V.I.P.
VIOLENT, FOUR PEOPLE STABBED AND
MORE THAN 30 ARRESTED.
I DON’T KNOW WHO’S GOING TO
THE WHITE HOUSE IN 38 DAYS BUT I
SURE KNOW THIS, JOE BIDEN IS A
GLOBALIST AND JOE BIDEN WILL BE
REMOVED ONE WAY OR ANOTHER!
Trevor: WHOO!
JOE BIDEN WILL BE REMOVED ONE
WAY OR ANOTHER?
THAT GORILLA WHO JUST FIGURED
OUT HAIR DYE IS REALLY INTENSE.
YOU BE AT FIRST REPUBLICANS
WERE, LIKE, HOLD ON, HOLD ON, WE
DON’T KNOW WOHL WIN THE
RECOUNTS, JUST LET THE PROCESS
PLAY OUT.
THEY RECOUNTED THE VOTES AND
REPUBLICANS ARE LIKE, WE DON’T
KNOW WHO WILL WIN THE LEGAL
CHALLENGES, LET THE PROCESS PLAY
IT.
NOW THAT THE LEGAL CHALLENGES
ARE OVER, THEY’RE, LIKE, WE
DON’T KNOW WHO CONGRESS WILL
VOTE FOR, LET THE PROCESS PLAY
OUT.
MEAN WHILE SUPPORTERS IN THE
STREETS ARE CAUSING SHIT TO GO
DOWN AND BASED ON HOW THEY’VE
ACTED SO FAR, DON’T COUNT ON
REPUBLICANS TO PUT A STOP TO
THAT.
MORE LYLE THAT THEY’LL SPEND THE
NEXT FOUR YEARS SAYING I KNOW
JOE BIDEN SAYS HE’S PRESIDENT
BUT THERE’S STILL VIBES IN THE
STREETS AND WE DON’T KNOW WHO’S
GOING TO WIN THAT SO LET THE
PROCESS PLAY OUT.
ALL RIGHT, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE A
QUICK BREAK BUT WHEN WE COME
BACK WE’LL LOOK AT THE YEAR THAT
WAS 2020 AND PHARRELL WILLIAMS
IS JOINING US ON THE SHOW. DON’T MISS IT.
Trevor: WELCOME BACK TO
"THE DAILY SOCIAL DISTANCING
SHOW."
SO ALL OF THIS MONTH, WE HAVE
BEEN LOOKING BACK AT 2020,
REMEMBERING ITS BIG MOVIES AND
MUSIC AND EVENTS.
BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO GO DEEPER
AND REFLECT ON WHAT THIS YEAR
MEANT TO ALL OF US AND WHAT WE
AS PEOPLE SPENT 2020 TALKING
ABOUT AND EVEN THINKING ABOUT.
SO WE WENT TO THE FOLKS AT
GOOGLE.
#AD.
AND THEY GAVE US THEIR YEAR IN
WHICH IS BASED ON THEIR GOOGLE
TRANS DATA AND HAS ALL THE BEST
MOMENTS AND QUESTIONS AND PEOPLE
THAT THE WORLD SEARCHED FOR.
♪
I LEARNED A LOT FROM THIS.
FIRST OFF, I LEARNED THAT I AM
THE MOST SEARCHED FOR TREVOR
THIS YEAR.
YEAH!
HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT, TREVOR
PATERSON FROM MARE MARIETTA, GEO
WE ALSO GOT TO SEE WHAT PEOPLE
CARED ABOUT IN 2020, AND NO
SURPRISE COVID 19 DOMINATED THE
YEAR.
THE CORONAVIRUS KILLED MILLIONS,
SEPARATED FAMILIES, WRECKED THE
GLOBAL ECONOMY, CAUSED
DEPRESSION.
THE ONLY THING COVID 19 DIDN’T
MAKE WORSE WAS THE LENGTH OF
YOUR NETFLIX CUBE.
YOU BLAZED THROUGH THAT SHIT.
AS THE PANDEMIC TOOK OVER OUR
LIVES,A WALL FOUND OURSELVES
LEARNING HOW TO LIVE IN THIS NEW
WORLD.
WE SEARCHED ABOUT WATCHING
HANDS, WEARING FACE MASKS, HOW
TO GET QUARANTINE HAIRCUTS AND A
REAL PREDICAMENT WE HAD TO DEAL
WITH, DO YOU CUT YOUR OWN HAIR?
DO YOU GROW YOUR HAIR OUT?
OR DO YOU DO WHAT I DO,
COMPLETELY SHAVE YOUR HEAD AND
PUT ON A SLIGHTLY LONGER WIG
EVERY WEEK.
THOUGH ACTUALLY, THE HARDEST
PART OF CUTTING YOUR OWN HAIR IS
DOING THE BACK PART, BUT DOESN’T
MATTER THESE DAYS BECAUSE IT
JUST NEEDS TO LOOK GOOD ENOUGH
FOR YOUR VIDEO CHATS.
BUSINESS IN THE FRONT, PANDEMIC
IN THE BACK.
I TELL YOU YOU WHAT I’VE
LEARNED, FOR ME, HAIR IS NOW THE
BIGGEST INACCURACY IN ALL
APOCALYPSE MOVIES.
LOOK AT WILL SMITH AND I AM
LEGEND.
THAT’S THE STORY OF THE LAST MAN
ON EARTH WHO CAN STILL SOMEHOW
GET A TIGHT FADE WITH RAZOR WORK
ON TEMPLES, IF THAT WAS GOING
FOR REALISM, HE WOULD BE LOOKING
LIKE DR. J.
WE HAD TO LIVE WITH 20 PAPER
SHORTAGES BECAUSE THE CHARMIN
BEAR MADE THE FORTUNE 500 AND
THEY GOT ALL BOUGHT UP.
WE LEARNED ABOUT ALL THE
SACRIFICES MADE BY FRONTLINE
HEALTHCARE WORKERS.
IN NEW YORK, PEOPLE CHEERED FOR
HEALTHCARE WORKERS EVERY NIGHT
AT 7:00 P.M.
IT WAS A SMALL BUT SINCERE WAY
TO SHOW APPRECIATION FOR THEM
AND ALSO A WAY TO LET ME KNOW
WHAT TIME IT WAS BECAUSE I
COMPLETELY LOST TRACK BACK IN
APRIL.
BUT COVID WASN’T TH ONLY
TRAGEDY OF 20206789 WE LOST SO
MANY GREAT PEOPLE, CIVIL RIGHTS
HEROES, LEGENDS IN ENTERTAINMENT
AND SPORTS, A KING, BEIRUT
ENDURED A AN EXPLOSION, CLIMATE
CHANGE, WILDFIRES BURNED THROUGH
AUSTRALIA AND TURNED
CALIFORNIA’S SKIES BRIGHT
ORANGE.
ONE THING THAT’S CLEAR IS MOTHER
NATURE IS DEFINITELY AFRICAN.
YOU CAN TELL BY HOW TO HAD SHE’S
GETTING.
WHITE MOMS KEEP IT INSIDE AND
LET YOU KNOW IN SUBTLE WAYS LIKE
DONATING YOUR SOCCER TROPHIES TO
CHARITY.
BUT AN AFRICAN MOTHER, IF SHE’S
MAD, YOU KNOW IT.
SHE’LL BE, LIKE, I’LL SHOW YOU
WITH HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU BY HOW
HARD I SPANK YOU.
2020 PROVED WE AS A PLANET CAN
ENDURE ANYTHING BECAUSE 2020’S
GOOD NEWS CAME FROM PEOPLE
TRIUMPHING OVER CHALLENGES.
PARENTS LEARNED HOW TO BECOME
TEACHERS AND SEEING HOW HARD
PARENTS WORKED THIS YEAR TO
TEACH KIDS AT HOME WAS
YEAH-INSPIRING AND LUMINATING.
IT WAS A GREAT REMINDER FOR
EVERYONE ELSE ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF BIRTH CONTROL AND
PET ADOPTION WAS HUGE.
ADOPTION SKYROCKETED AND SOME
SHELTERS ACTUALLY RAN OUT OF
RESCUES.
EVEN I ADOPTED A PET.
ALTHOUGH I ADMIT I WENT A LITTLE
OVERPORED.
NO, I CAN’T TAKE YOU ON A WALK
RIGHT NOW, JERRY!
HAD TO GETTEN ELEPHANT, MY
BUILDING SAID NO DOGS.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, 2020 WILL BE
THE YEAR THE PANDEMIC STARTED TO
END BECAUSE WE GOT TOGETHER AND
DEVELOPED A VACCINE AND NOT JUST
ANY VACCINE, A VACCINE THAT
DOLLY PARTON FUNDED.
DOLLY PARTON FUNDING MODERNA’S
COVID VACCINE MIGHT BE THE THING
THAT SAVES US BECAUSE THERE WILL
ALWAYS BE PLACES THAT EMBRACES
ANTI-VAXXER VIEWS BUT NOBODY IS
CRAZY ENOUGH TO BE ANTI-DOLLY,
AND THIS YEAR SAW TRIUMPHS OF
ALL SORT.
WE DEVELOPED THE VACCINE, WENT INTO SPACE, AMERICA ELECTED
FIRST FEMALE VICE PRESIDENT
KAMALA HARRIS.
THIS IS THE YEAR WE LEARNED THE
BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT
FINALLY STOPPED BEING
CONTROVERSIAL AND BECAME
MAINSTREAM AND MUCH MORE WIDELY
SUPPORTED.
KIND OF LIKE HOW WE WISH THE
EXACT OPPOSITE WOULD HAPPEN WITH
CROCKS.
2020 FELT LIKE THE YEAR BLACK
AMERICA FINALLY HAD THE
COUNTRY’S ATTENTION AND IF THAT
HOLDS MARK CAN MAKE PROGRESS ON
RACIAL JUSTICE, REFORMED POLICE
DEPARTMENTs AND JUST MAYBE
TEACH WHITE PEOPLE TO CLAP ON
BEAT.
SO, THAT WAS 2020.
IT WAS A BAD TIME, BUT IN THE
DARKEST MOMENT, WE FOUND LIGHT,
AND IF WE CAN REMEMBER THAT
LIGHT IS ALWAYS THERE, MAYBE
2020 WILL HAVE BEEN WORTH IT.
WHEN WE COME BACK, WE’LL TAKE A
LOOK AT AMERICA’S TOP GAME SHOW
FOR VOTER SUPPRESSION AND
PHARRELL WILLIAMS JOINS ME ON
THE SHOW.
FIRST, HAVE A LOOK AT GOOGLE’S YEAR-END SEARCH.
"THE DAILY SOCIAL DISTANCING
SHOW."
ELECTION SEASON IS STILL NOT
OVER.
I KNOW, I KNOW.
THE RUNOFF ELECTION FOR TWO
SENATE SEATS IN GEORGIA IS
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, AND SO IS
THE FIGHT OVER WHOSE VOTES GET
COUNTED.
A PERFECT TIME TO PRIBURY YOU
ANOTHER EPISODE OF AMERICA’S GOT
VOTER SUPPRESSION.
WELCOME TO THE NUMBER ONE
GAME SHOW TO FIGURE OUT WHICH
AMERICANS HAVE HAD VOTING RIGHTS
SUPPRESSED THE MOST.
DESI, HOW EXCITED ARE YOU TO BE
HERE TONIGHT?
NOT AT ALL, ROY.
EVERY GLIMPSE AT AMERICA’S
FAILURE TO FULFILL THE BASIC
PRINCIPLES OF DEMOCRACY BREAKS
MY SOUL A LITTLE BIT MORE.
WE HAVE 200 MORE EPISODES OF
THIS SHIT SO BUCKLE UP.
♪
TONIGHT, WE ARE IN BEAUTIFUL
GEORGIA, THE ONLY PLACE WHERE
WHERE YOU CAN GET PEACHES,
CHICKEN WINGS AND STRIPPERS ALL
IN THE SAME BUILDING.
THOSE ARE THREE THINGS I HAVE
A CRIPPLING ADDICTION TO.
DESI RIGHT NOW GEORGIA’S IN
THE MIDST OF A RUNOFF ELECTION
FOR TWO SENATE SEATS SO THE
VOTER SUPPRESSION DOWN HERE IS
SUPER SUPPRESSIVE.
OUR FIRST CONTESTANT JONTA
AUSTIN IS A GRAM WHERE WINNER
R&B SONG WRITER AND HE STILL HAD
TO WAIT IN LINE ELEVEN HOURS TO
VOTE.
HE WORKED FOR FAVORITES, MARIAH,
JERRY JAY, TONI BRAXTON --
WAIT, WAIT, YOU’RE INTO
’90s R&B?
YEAH, IT’S IS ONLY MUSIC I
GET NASTY TO.
WHY DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE WHAT
IT TAKES TO WIN AGS.
MY OPINION IS I STOOD IN LINE
11 HOURS TO CAST MY VOTE.
11 HOURS!
NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO WEAR A
DIAPER TO EXERCISED THE RIGHT TO
VOTE.
I DIDN’T HAVE TO WEAR A
DIAPER.
OH, YOU WENT IN YOUR PANTS.
I WOULD GO STRAIGHT IN THE
DIAPER, SAVE THE EVIDENCE, AM I
RIGHT, JOHNTA?
I DON’T KNOW ABOUT THAT ONE.
DID YOU CONSIDER WALKING
AWAY?
NEVER.
ANY GRANDFATHER WILLIAM HARRIS
WAS IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
AND HE WAS BEATEN IN MISSISSIPPI
TRYING TO REGISTER BLACK PEOPLE
TO VOTE AND HE WAS PUT IN JAIL
FOR A WEEK AND TO KNOW SOMEONE
WENT THROUGH THAT JUST TO GET ME
MY RIGHT TO VOTE, IT WAS NEVER A
QUESTION OF GETTING OUT OF LINE.
Trevor: WHY WERE THE LINES
SO LONG?
DID PEOPLE THINK THEY WERE
WAITING ON A PS5?
WHEN I FINALLY GOT INSIDE AND
RECOGNIZED THERE WERE ONLY TEN
WORKING MACHINES, THAT KIND OF
GAVE ME CLUES AS TO WHY THE RYAN
HAD BEEN TAKING SO LONG, WHEREAS
YOU GO TO OTHER COUNTIES AND THE
DEMOGRAPHICS MIGHT BE WHAT’S
CALLED A DIFFERENT, AND THEY
HAVE ALL ALL THE MACHINES THEY N
TALKING ABOUT THE THE RUNOFF,
WHAT ARE YOU MOST LOOKING
FORWARD TO WHEN YOU VOTE IN LINE
AND WAIT IN LINE FOR 17 HOURS IN
JANUARY?
I’M HOPING IT WON’T BE THAT
LONG BUT I’M PREPARED TO SHIT MY
PANTS FOR DEMOCRACY.
TRUE WORDS.
LET’S MEET THE NEXT CONTESTANT.
CHRISTINE JORDAN IS A
94-YEAR-OLD RESIDENT WHO ALSO
PRODUCED ALBUDGET WITH MARY J.
BLIGE.
HER VOTER REGISTRATION WAS
DENIED FOR NO REASON.
ON THIS DAY WHEN THEY WENT TO
FIND HER VOTER ROLES, IT WAS AS
IF SHE DID NOT EXIST.
WE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING
ON, WHAT TO SAY OR DO BECAUSE IT
WAS A LICK UP SIDE THE HEAD.
THEY HAVE NO RECORD OF HER
VOTING IN ANY ELECTION EVER.
EVERYTHING WAS GONE, HER ENTIRE
HISTORY DELETED.
MS. JORDAN, HOW LONG HAVE YOU
BEEN VOTING AT THIS LOCATION.
EVER SINCE 1968.
1968...
YOU BASICALLY HAVE BEEN
VOTING SINCE THEY ALLOWED BLACK
PEOPLE TO VOTE.
YOU SHOULD HAVE YOUR OWN
DEDICATED VOTING MACHINE.
YES, YOU SHOULD.
OU SHOULD JUST WALK IN, OH,
MS. JORDAN.
I’M LIKE THAT AT APPLEBEE’S.
THEY GO, MR. WOOD, HERE’S YOUR
BOOTH.
SHOULD BE THE SAME THING.
JESSICA, DO YOU THINK THERE
COULD BE SOME SORT OF REASON FOR
THIS HAPPENING?
WAS THERE A NAME CHANGE?
WAS SHE ABDUCTED BY ALIENS AND
SWITCHED OUT WITH ANOTHER
PERSON’S BODY?
I THINK THE ALIENS ARE RIGHT
ON TRACK.
SHE’S VOTED IN EVERY ELECTION
POSSIBLE, THERE’S NEVER BEEN A
TIME, EVEN THE SMALL ELECTIONS
WE HAVE, SO THERE’S NO REASON
FOR HER TO HAVE BEEN DROPPED.
THIS WOMAN HAS SPENT MOST OF
HER LIFE AT THE POLLS.
YOU SHOULD WIN JUST FOR THAT.
I THINK YOU’RE RIGHT ROY
BRING WE NEED TO HEAR FROM THE
LAST CONTESTANT JUST TO BE
RIGHT.
LATASHA BROWN WAS A
CO-FOUNDER OF THE BLACK VOTERS
MATTER FUND.
SHE REPRESENTS HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF VOTERS WHO WERE
ILLEGALLY PURGED FROM THE ROLE
AND EVIDENTLY SHE HAS A LOT OF
CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.
BLACK VOTERS MATTERS AND
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WERE SUITING
THE STATE OF GEORGIA WAS THE
SECRETARY OF STATE IN
OCTOBER 2019 WRONGFULLY PURGED
FROM THE VOTER ROLES 2,000
PEOPLE SAYING THEY NO LONGER HAD
THE CORRECT ADDRESS.
WE DISCOVERED, IN FACT, THE
MAJORITY OF THOSE PEOPLE WERE
STILL LIVING IN THE PLACES THAT
THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE.
AH, THE PURGE, THE ONE DAY A
YEAR YOU CAN HAVE SEX WITH
SOMEONE OUTSIDE YOUR MINIMUM
WAGE.
THAT’S NOT WHAT THE MOVIE WAS
ABOUT.
WHAT DID MOVIE.
E’RE TALKING ABOUT 200,000
VOTERS IF NOT RESTORED BY THE
COURTS, THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE RUNOFF
ELECTION AS WELL.
THANK YOU, MS. BROWN.
I KNOW YOU HAVE TO GET BACK TO
SUING THE GOVERNMENT AND DESI
AND I HAVE TO DECIDE WHO W.H.O.
GOING TO WIN AMERICA’S GOT VOTER
SUPPRESSION.
IS IT GOING TO BE STANDING IN
LINE FOR ELEVEN HOURS AND
POOPING YOUR SNANTS.
OR LOSING YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE
AFTER 52 YEARS?
OR THE PURGE OF OVER 200,000
VOTERS?
AND THE WINNER OF AMERICA’S
GOT VOTER SUPPRESSION IS...
MS. JORDAN!
CONGRATULATIONS!
YOU ARE THE WINNER --
HANG ON.
HEARING SOMETHING FROM THE
JUDGES.
SAYING THEY DON’T HAVE HER
PAPERWORK.
YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS?
IT MUST MEAN MITCH MY OPINION
WINS AGAIN.
HOLD ON, DESI, MITCH DOESN’T
HAVE TO WIN, NOT IF ALL THESE
VOTERS COME OUT IN THE RUNOFF
ELECTION.
ARE YOU READY TO VOTE AGAIN,
MS. JORDAN?
IF I HAVE TO GO AND VOTE 50
MORE YEARS FROM NOW, I’LL GO.
WITH THAT TYPE OF
DETERMINATION, THE WINNER COULD
BE DEMOCRACY!
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PROBABLY STILL MITCH
McCONNELL.
THAT’S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE
FOR TONIGHT.
WHY DOES THIS SHOW STILL EXIST.
I THINK WE’RE IN HELL.
Trevor: THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR THAT ROY AND DESY.
STICK AROUND.
WHEN WE COME BACK, PHARRELL IS
GOING TO TELL ME HOW HE’S TRYING
TO GET AMERICA A NEW HOLIDAY.
MAN, THIS GUY NEVER STOPS. STAY TUNED.
Trevor: WELCOME BACK TO
"THE DAILY SOCIAL DISTANCING
SHOW."
EARLIER TODAY, I SPOKE WITH
GRAMMY AWARD WINNING MUSICIAN,
PRODUCER AND PHILANTHROPIST
PHARRELL WILLIAMS.
WE TALKED ABOUT HIS NEW
NONPROFIT INITIATIVE TO HELP
ENTREPRENEURS OF COLOR AND HOW
HE’S BEEN WORKING TO GET MARK A
BRAND-NEW HOLIDAY.
PHARRELL WILLIAMS WELCOME TO
"THE DAILY SOCIAL DISTANCING
SHOW."
THANK YOU, AND HAPPY SOCIAL
DISTANCING TO YOU.
Trevor: THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, MY FRIEND.
THIS HAS BEEN QUITE THE YEAR FOR
MANY HUMAN BEINGS, ARGUE ARGUABL
WORST YEAR FOR MANY AND FOR SOME
A YEAR MANY HAVE WRITTEN OFF.
PHARRELL WILLIAMS ISN’T ONE OF
THE PEOPLE.
YOU SAID I KNOW IT’S 2020, I’M
GOING TO STAY AT HOME AS MUCH AS
I CAN BUT I’M GOING TO DO
THINGS.
AND YOU HAVE.
YOU HAVE A ANY SKIN LINE,
PODCAST AND A PODCAST NETWORK.
YOU’VE GOT NEW MUSIC YOU’RE
WORKING ON, THEN WE’VE GOT SOME
INITIATIVES THAT ARE PROBABLY
GOING TO CHANGE THE FACE OF HOW
CORPORATE AMERICA WORKS.
SO LET’S START WITH THE MOST
IMPORTANT ONE -- RIHANNA’S NEW
ALBUM.
I KNOW EVERYONE’S WAITING FOR
THE VACCINE, BUT THE OTHER HALF
TO HAVE THE COUNTRY IS WAITING
FOR RIHANNA’S NEW ALBUM.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT IT?
THERE’S NOTHING I CAN SAY.
Trevor: DAMN IT, PHARRELL!
I KNEW YOU WOULD SAY THAT, THIS
INTERVIEW IS OVER.
NO, MAN.
IT’S FUNNY BECAUSE ONCE, LIKE, I
GET ASKED THIS QUESTION, THEN I
FEEL LIKE THE OTHER INTERVIEWS
THAT FOLLOW, THEY’LL ASK FOR
MORE DETAILS OF --
Trevor: I FEEL YOU.
-- I’M JUST SO NOT AT LIBERTY
TO SAY.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT SHE’S
MAKING SOME AMAZING MUSIC, AND
WE’RE INCREDIBLY HONORED TO BE A
PART OF THAT CONVERSATION.
Trevor: SOMETHING I’VE
ALWAYS ADMIRED ABOUT YOU AS A
PERSON IS WHEN YOU SPEAK, YOU
SPEAK TO BE HEARD AND MOST TO
HAVE THE TIME I FIND YOU
LISTENING.
TELL ME WHAT PHARRELL IS DOING
IN THE PODCAST SPACE?
WHY DID YOU CHOOSE TO JUMP INTO
IT AND WHAT IS THE NEW NETWORK
GOING TO BE ABOUT?
WE STARTED OUT WITH APPLELE
SOME YEARS BACK AND TOOK A
LITTLE BREAK FROM THAT AND I
WAS, LIKE, MAN, THERE ARE SO
MANY OTHER IDEAS I CAN’T DO OR
BE ON AND I’M, QUITE FRANKLY,
NOT THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THESE
THINGS.
I JUST WANTED TO, LIKE, ENLIST
REALLY BIG PERSONALITIES THAT
COULD TELL BIG AND GREAT STORIES
FOR THE THE NETWORK.
THE REASON WE’RE BACK AT IT FOR
THE SHOW IS, MAN, I’VE ALWAYS
SEEN MY PODCASTS EXPERIENCES AS
CRASH COURSES INTO OTHER
PEOPLE’S LIVES.
SO I DON’T WANT TO HAVE SOMEBODY
ON I CAN’T LEARN SOMETHING FROM.
HOWARD STERN IS A GENIUS, THAT’S
WHY HE DOES WHAT HE DOES.
HE’S, LIKE, THE BEST, RIGHT?
BUT, FOR ME, I USE THEM AS AN
OPPORTUNITY AND A PLATFORM FOR
ME TO JUST -- FOR ME TO GO TO
COLLEGE, YOU KNOW, IN THAT
PERSON’S UNIVERSE.
Trevor: TRULY ONE OF THE
MOST IMPRESSIVE INITIATIVES THAT
I’VE SEEN PHARRELL WILLIAMS
WORKING ON AND I KNOW YOU WORKED
ON THIS FOR A WHILE WAS YOUR
PROGRAM TO REWARD AND INSPIRE
BLACK EXCELLENCE.
TALK ME THROUGH WHAT THIS
INITIATIVE IS AND HOW YOU’RE
HOPING TO INSPIRE BLACK AND
BROWN KIDS AND YOUNG ADULTS TO
BECOME THE LEADERS AND
VISIONARIES OF TOMORROW.
WE DON’T HAVE ENOUGH VOICE IN
OUR COUNTRY BECAUSE WE DON’T OWN
ENOUGH.
OUR DOLLAR, OUR CURRENCY, THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN STAYS IN ITS
COMMUNITY SIX HOURS BECAUSE WE
DON’T OWN ENOUGH BUSINESSES TO
KEEP OUR MONEY AND CURRENCY IN
CIRCULATION.
SO IT’S OUR THEORY THAT IF WE
CAN FIND A WAY TO GALVANIZE AS
MANY BLACK ENTREPRENEURS AS
POSSIBLE, THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN,
THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, HAS
PROPORTIONATE ACCESS TO
EDUCATION, PROPORTIONATE ACCESS
TO HEALTHCARE, AND PROPORTIONATE
ACCESS TO REPRESENTATION AND
LEGISLATION.
AND, SO, WE FELT LIKE THE BEST
WAY TO GET THAT GOING WAS TO
LAUNCH THE PRIZES WITH HISTORIC
BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES,
HBCUs.
WE ARE LESS THAN 13% IN THIS
COUNTRY AND NORTH OF 30 MILLION,
BUT OUR INFLUENCE, YOU WOULD
THINK WE WERE HALF THIS COUNTRY.
YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING?
Trevor: RIGHT.
WHEN WE HAVE MORE OWNERSHIP,
WE HAVE MORE VOICE AND MORE OF
THE AMERICAN PIE CHART, AND
THAT’S LITERALLY WHAT WE WANT TO
DO WITH BLACK AMBITION.
I’M SURE EXCITED BECAUSE, MAN,
THESE ARE THE H.B.C.U.s.
THEY NEED TO BE LIFTED, AND I
DON’T FEEL LIKE THE SCHOOLS GET
THE LOVE AND APPRECIATION, THE
INSTITUTIONS, THE BLACK
INSTITUTIONS DON’T GET THAT
LOVE.
Trevor: RIGHT.
HERE’S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US
TO GIVE THEM SOME LIMELIGHT IN
THIS PARTNERSHIP.
Trevor: THERE’S ALSO, IN MY
OPINION, ONE OF THE MOST
MOVEMENTS THAT YOU HAVE BEEN
SPEARHEADING WHICH HAS BEEN THE
JUNETEENTH PLEDGE WHERE YOU’VE
SAID, AS BLACK AMERICANS, FOR
MANY, MANY, MANY DECADES, PEOPLE
HAVE SAID, HEY, GUYS, WHY IS
JUNETEENTH NOT CELEBRATED AS A
DAY WHEN WE CAN SAY THAT
UNANIMOUSLY BLACK PEOPLE IN THIS
COUNTRY RECEIVED THEIR FREEDOM?
AND SOME CRITICS HAVE OBVIOUSLY
SAID, WELL, YOU’VE GOT FOURTH OF
JULY, BUT, YEAH, FOR EVERYONE TO
BE FREE.
YOU KICKED OFF THE JUNETEENTH
PLEDGE, AND YOU REALIZE
SOMETHING REALLY SMART.
YOU SAID, LOOK, YOU MAY NOT GET
THE GOVERNMENT TO INITIATE IT
BUT MOST PEOPLE WORK FOR A
COMPANY AND, SO, COMPANIES CAN
MAKE THIS A PUBLIC HOLIDAY THAT
IS PAID.
HOW MUCH PROGRESS HAVE YOU MADE
AND WHY DO YOU THINK IT’S SO
IMPORTANT TO DO THIS?
EVERYTHING BOILS DOWN TO WHAT
WE’RE BUYING, ESPECIALLY IF
COVID HAS NOT TAUGHT US ANYTHING
BEYOND THE FACT THAT WE HAVEN’T
BEEN SELFLESS ENOUGH WITH EACH
OTHER IN WEARING OUR MASKS, IT’S
ALSO TAUGHT US PEOPLE ARE
BUYING, YOU KNOW WHAT I’M
SAYING, AND WE HAVE BEEN MORE
CONSUMER BASED THAN ANYTHING
ELSE.
AND I THINK THE SMART COMPANIES
ARE RECOGNIZING THAT.
THEY KNOW THAT THE CONSUMER BASE
IS PAYING ATTENTION AND THEY
HAVE OPINIONS AND THEY VOTE AND
THEY ACTIVATE, IF YOU WILL, WITH
THEIR DOLLAR.
SO TO SEE THESE COMPANIES COME
ON AND JUST JUMP IN LIKE THAT,
THAT’S BEEN GREAT.
I WANT TO TELL YOU SOME OF THE
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN TAKEN THE
PLEDGE IS ADIDAS, NIKE, LEVIS,
TARGET --
Trevor: WOW.
WAL-MART IS COMING.
I’M GOING TO SAY THAT RIGHT NOW.
COME ON, WARM, COME ON, COME ON,
WAL-MART.
IT’S IMPORTANT THAT THE BIG
BEHEMOTHS GET INVOLVED.
Trevor: RIGHT.
I REMEMBER WHEN WE SPOKE ABOUT
THIS A WHILE AGO, YOU WERE,
LIKE, YO, MAN, WE’VE GOT TO GET
YOUR PEOPLE INVOLVED.
I’M EXCITED, WE HAVE BEEN
KEEPING IT UNDER WRAPS, BUT VIACOM, CBS, OUR PARENT COMPANY,
SO EVERYTHING FROM NICKELODEON
TO CCTV, WE’RE GETTING INVOLVED.
I HOPE WE CAN GET AS MANY OF
THESE CORPORATIONS TOGETHER SO
EVERYONE IN THE COUNTRY GOES,
ALL RIGHT, MAN, THIS IS THE DAY
WHEN WE CELEBRATE THE PROMISE OF
FREEDOM DENIED FOR SO MANY FOR
SO LONG.
SO, YEAH.
ABSOLUTELY.
AND YOU GUYS IF YOU’RE PAYING
ATTENTION OUT THERE, IT’S THE
JUNETEENTH PLEDGE.com.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE A BIG
BEHEMOTH LIKE TREVOR AND I ARE
TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE WE WANT
ALL THE LITTLE GUYS, TOO.
I LOVE FOURTH OF JULY.
I DO.
RED WHITE AND BLUE, BURGERS, HOT
DOGS, TRIPS, WHO DOESN’T LOVE
THAT?
FIREWORKS, IT’S GREAT.
BUT MY ANCESTORS FOUGHT IN THAT
WAR WHEN THEY WERE NOT FREE, YOU
KNOW, AND THEY FOUGHT IN THAT
WAR WILLINGLY.
THEY WANTED WHAT SIMPLY SHOULD
HAVE BEEN THEIR WHITE BROTHERS
AND SISTERS, BUT IT WAS THEIR
MASTERS AT THE TIME, FOR THE
MOST PART, THEY WANTED TO SEE
THEM HAVE THEIR INDEPENDENCE
AND, LIKE, THE THING IS, IF
JUNETEENTH IS THE OFFICIAL DAY
WHEN ALL AMERICANS WERE FREE AND
SHOUT TO OUR, YOU KNOW, FIRST
NATION’S BROTHERS AND SISTERS
BECAUSE THEY HAVEN’T BEEN
TREATED TO WELL, BUT JUNETEENTH
IS PRETTY MUCH WHEN EVERYBODY
WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FREE.
SO I FEEL LIKE IT’S SOMETHINGT
THAT ALL AMERICANS SHOULD BE
CELEBRATING, RIGHT?
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, BY THE WAY,
WE WERE SET FREE IN 1863, BUT,
YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN’T CHOOSE TO
ACKNOWLEDGE IT TILL 1865.
SO YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, IT
WAS LONG OVERDUE THEN, AND IT’S
LONG OVERDUE NOW.
Trevor: I FEEL YOU THERE,
MAN.
PHARRELL WILLIAMS,
CONGRATULATIONS ON EVERYTHING
THAT YOU ARE DOING, UNTIL I CHAT
WITH YOU AGAIN, MY FRIEND, LOOK
OUT FOR YOURSELF.
STAY GRATEFUL.
THANKS FOR EVERYTHING YOU’RE
DOING, MAN.
Trevor: I APPRECIATE
EVERYTHING YOU DO.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CHECK OUT
THE WEB SITE BELOW.
WE’LL TAKE A QUICK BREAK BUT WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS.
Trevor: WELL, THAT’S OUR
SHOW FOR TONIGHT.
BEFORE WE GO, THIS HOLIDAY
SEASON, PLEASE DO NOT FORGET TO
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL RESTAURANTS.
THEY’RE STRUGGLING TO STAY OPEN
DURING THIS PANDEMIC AND IF THEY
DON’T GET THE HELP THEY NEED
THEY MIGHT NOT BE OPEN FOR YOU
WHEN THE PANDEMIC IS OVER.
IF YOU WANT TO HELP BEYOND JUST
BUYING FOOD FOR THEM, THEN
PLEASE CONSIDER A DONATION TO
THE JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION’S
OPEN FOR GOOD CAMPAIGN WHICH
WILL HELP INDEPENDENT
RESTAURANTS SURVIVE THE PANDEMIC
AND REBUILD STRONGER.
UNTIL TOMORROW, STAY SAFE OUT
THERE, WEAR A MASK, AND
REMEMBER, IF SANTA ASKS YOU IF
YOU HAVE BEEN NAUGHTY OR NICE,
DON’T SAY ANYTHING WITHOUT A
LAWYER.
NOW HERE IT IS, YOUR MOMENT OF
ZEN.
( SLEIGH BELLS RINGING )
HO, HO, HO!
A SPECIAL VISITOR STOPPED BY
TEXAS CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL ON
FRIDAY TO SPREAD A LITTLE
HOLIDAY CHEER.
OLD ST. NICK REPELLED DOWN THE
SIDES OF THE METHODIST
CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL ALONGSIDE
WITH HIS ELVES.
THEY KEPT THEIR VISIT SOCIAL
DISTANCING AND WAIVED TO
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES THROUGH
THE WINDOWS.
♪